34 Baphi bonkulunkulu baseHamathi ne-Aphadi? Baphi bonkulunkulu baseSefavayimu, neHena, nebase-Ava? Bayisindzisile yini iSamariya esandleni sami?
Kwatsi kube Thoyi, inkhosi yaseHamathi, eve kutsi Davide ubhubhise yonkhe imphi yakaHadadezeri,
Kwatsi ngemnyaka wemfica wekubusa kwaHosheya, inkhosi yase-Asiriya yatfumba iSamariya, yase itfumba baka-Israyeli yabayisa e-Asiriya. Yabeka labanye eHala, labanye eGozani ngasemfuleni iHabori, nalabanye emadolobheni emaMede.
IKhalno ayikafanani yini neKhakhemishi? IHamathi ayifanani yini ne-Aphadi? ISamariya yona ayifanani yini neDamaseko?
Iphi inkhosi yaseHamathi, nenkhosi yase-Aphadi, nenkhosi yelidolobha laseSefavayimu, neyaseHena, neyase-Ava?’ ”
Macondzana neDamaseko: “IHamathi ne-Aphadi kujabhile, ngobe kuve tindzaba letimbi. Kuphelelwe tinhlitiyo, kugubhutele njengemagagasi elwandle.
Kutsiwa: “Hambani niye eKhalne, niye kuyibuka. Nibosuka lapho nicondze eHamathi lenkhulu, nisuke lapho nehlele eGathi yaseFilistiya! Nine nincono yini kunaleyo mibuso? Live labo lalilikhulu yini kunelenu?”
Benyuka, bafike balihlola lonkhe lelo live kusukela eHlane laseSini kuze kuyewufika eRehobu, edvute nemsaho, iHamathi.