7 ngabuyela eJerusalema, lapho ngafike ngatfola ngebubi lobabentiwe ngu-Eliyashibi ngekutsi anikete Thobiya likamelo lelalisekhatsi etibuyeni tendlu yaNkulunkulu wetfu.
Emadvodzana a-Eliyoyenayi bekuboHodaviya, na-Eliyashibi, naPhelaya, na-Akhubi, naJohanani, naDelaya, na-Anani; abesikhombisa asawonkhe.
Emvakwekutsi konkhe loku kwentiwe, baholi beta kimi bafike batsi: “Sive saka-Israyeli kanye nebaphristi nemaLevi, asikatehlukanisi kuletive letibomakhelwane: emaKhenani, nemaHethi, nemaPheresi, nemaJebhusi, nema-Amoni, nemaMowabi, nemaGibhithe kanye nema-Amori letenta lokunengekako.
Ngalelo langa kwafundvwa iNcwadzi yaMosi, ifundvwa ngelivi leliphakeme kakhulu ifundzelwa sive, lapho kwatfolakala kubhaliwe kutsi kute um-Amoni nome um-Mowabi lekufanele angeniswe emhlanganweni waNkulunkulu,
abemnikete lenkhulu indlu leyayikadze iyingungu yeminikelo yalokutinhlavu, neyemphepho, neyetintfo tasethempelini, neyekwelishumi kwalokutinhlavu, neyekweliwayini lelisha, neyekwemafutsa labekabelwe emaLevi, nebahlabeli, nabomahlalesangweni kanye naloko lokwakuletselwa baphristi.
Sitsa sabeka tandla taso kuyo yonkhe imicebo yayo; iJerusalema yabona betive bangena ethempelini layo, labo lowabalela kutsi bangene ebandleni lakho.
Loku ngikusho ngobe sengivile ngani, bazalwane bami, ngitjelwe bendlu yakaKlowe, kutsi kukhona siphitsiphitsi sekwehlukana emkhatsini wenu.