24 Mikaya aamwaakhula: “Nyuwo mmoonelele vanihukuni muneeraanyu mwiipithe mukwartuni mwa mpuwaxa.”
Yaahanlaawo yaatthawela esidade ya wAfeki, mwa weiwo yaamorenlaayawo exiri atthu 27 000 a yaale. Vano Beni-Hadadi aatthawelatho osidade, aniipitha mpaani ekwartu ekwartu.
Vano Zedekiya, mwaana mulopwana a Kenaana, aamukhuveela, anamvaha Mikaya makoofi owiitho, anamukoha: “Okuxenre ephiro heeni munepa wa mpatta wa Yave, okhumakaru mwa miyo weera wuulume ni nyuwo?”
Vano mwene a oYixrayeli aalamulela: “Munrumihe Mikaya weera ahokoleele wa Amoni, governadori a esidade ni wa Yowaxi, mwaana mulopwana a mwene,
Ii! Yave, ntatananyu nootheteiwa, mene awosa khaanoona. Awosa yooneke nthiti munkhalelaanyu mulokwaanyu ni yuulihiheye muru; mooro athokororeliwaaya amwiittanaanyu waalalihe.
Murowe, mulokwaaka, mwavolowe mukwaartuni ni mwiiwalele. Mwiipithe vakhaani mpaka isarasawe sineeraaya sivire.
Tivawo Yave oneeraawe ha: Kinoomuttaruxa Xemayeya, muNehelami, ni ekhapiraaweene. Khamuhaleelaru naari mmoha eriyari ya muloko ola, ni owo khoona itthu kineeraaka kipake keerelaka mulokwaaka, onghima Yave, niwoko owo oolaleiya omvaanya Yave.’”