Amadodana kaBela : ngo-Esiboni, no-Uzi, no-Uziyeli, noJerimoti, no-Iri, beyisihlanu, izinhloko zezindlu zawoyise , amaqhawe anamandla , beyizinkulungwane ezingamashumi amabili nambili namashumi amatha thu nane, bebhalwe ngezizukulwane zabo.

Kwathi ngomnyaka wamashumi amatha thu nesikhombisa wokuthunjwa kukaJehoyakini inkosi yakwaJuda ngenyanga yeshumi nambili ngolwamashumi amabili nesikhombisa lwenyanga , u-Evili Merodaki inkosi yaseBabele, ngomnyaka wokuqala wokubusa kwakhe , waphakamisa ikhanda likaJehoyakini inkosi yakwaJuda, wamkhipha etilongweni,

Ngidabukile ngawe mfowe thu Jonathani; wawumnandi kakhulu kimi ; lwaluyisimangaliso kimi uthando lwakho, ludlula uthando lwabesifazane.

Nanku umumo wazo : izingqwembe ezingamashumi amatha thu zegolide , nezingqwembe eziyinkulungwane zesiliva , nawomese abangamashumi amabili nesishiyagalolunye,

kepha libe ngufakazi phakathi kwethu nani naphakathi kwezizukulwane zethu emva kwethu , ukuze senze inkonzo kaJehova phambi kwakhe ngeminikelo yethu yokushiswa , nangemihlatshelo ye thu, nangeminikelo yethu yokuthula , ukuba abantwana benu bangasho kubantwana bethu ngesikhathi esizayo ukuthi: Aninasabelo kuJehova.