17 Ahabi, inkhosi yaka-Israyeli, watsi kuJehoshafati: “Angikakutjeli-ke kutsi kute lokuhle langahle akuphrofethe ngami, kodvwa lokubi kuphela?”
Ahabi, inkhosi yaka-Israyeli, watsi kuJehoshafati: “Angikakutjeli-ke kutsi kute lokuhle langahle akuphrofethe ngami, kodvwa lokubi kuphela?”
Mikhaya wase uyaphendvula, watsi: “Ngibone onkhe ema-Israyeli ahlakatekile etintsabeni njengetimvu letite umelusi; Simakadze watsi: ‘Labantfu abanamelusi. Nguloyo akatibuyelele ekhaya lakhe ngekuthula.’ ”
Mikhaya wachubeka watsi: “Ngako-ke lalela livi laSimakadze: Ngabona Simakadze ahleti esihlalweni sakhe sebukhosi, nayo yonkhe imphi yasezulwini ime ngakuye ngesekudla sakhe nangesancele.
Inkhosi Ahabi yaphendvula Jehoshafati, yatsi: “Usekhona munye lesingabuta ngaye kuSimakadze, kodvwa ngiyamenyanya, ngobe akaze nje aphrofethe lokuhle ngami, kodvwa uphrofetha lokubi kodvwa. NguMikhaya, umsa waJimla.” Jehoshafati waphendvula watsi: “Inkhosi ayikafaneli kukusho loko.”
Umuntfu lotsi nakelulekwa acinise inhloko, uyakufohlotwa masinyane.