no-Azariya kaHilikiya kaMeshulamu kaSadoki kaMerayoti ka -Ahithubi, umphathi wendlu kaNkulunkulu,

Umphathi wendlu nomphathi womuzi kanye namalunga nabondli bathumela kuJehu, bathi: Siyizinceku zakho , siyakwenza konke oyakusitshela khona ; asiyikwenza muntu abe yinkosi; yenza okuhle emehlweni akho.

OJehiyeli, no-Azaziya, noNahati, no-Asaheli, noJerimoti, noJozabadi, no- Eleyeli, noJisimakiya, noMahati, noBenaya babe ngababonisi phansi kwesandla sikaKhonaniya noShimeyi umfowabo ngesiyalezo sikaHezekiya inkosi no-Azariya umphathi wendlu kaNkulunkulu.

Lapha uZebule umphathi womuzi ezwa amazwi kaGali indodana ka -Ebedi, kwavutha ulaka lwakhe.

Wamenza umphathi wendlu yakhe nenduna yezinto zakhe zonke,

Khona bonke bambamba uSostene umphathi wesinagoge, bamshaya phambi kwesihlalo sokwahlulela; kodwa uGaliyu akaze anaka lutho lwalokho.

Kepha uKrispu umphathi wesinagoge wakholwa yiNkosi kanye nendlu yakhe yonke, nabaningi babaseKorinte balalela, bakholwa, babhapathizwa.

Umphathi wokudla ezwa amanzi aphenduke iwayini , engazi ukuthi livelaphi, kepha izinceku ezaziwakhile amanzi bezazi , umphathi wokudla wabiza umyeni, wathi kuye:

Yayisithi iNkosi : Ngumuphi-ke umphathi othembekileyo noqondileyo , inkosi yakhe eyakumbeka phezu kwabendlu bayo ukuba abanike isabelo sabo sokudla ngesikhathi sakho?

Umphathi wesinagoge, ecunukile ngokuba uJesu ephulukisile ngesabath a, waphendula, wathi kuso isixuku: Kukhona izinsuku eziyisithupha okufanele ukusetshenzwa ngazo ; ngakho-ke anoza ngazo , niphulukiswe, kungabi ngosuku lwesabatha.

Wayesethi umphathi phakathi kwakhe : Ngizakwenze njani , lokhu inkosi yami ingaphuca ubuphathi? Anginamandla okulima, nginamahloni ukunxiba.

Inkosi yambabaza umphathi ongalungile ngokuthi wenze ngokuhlakanipha, ngokuba abantwana balesi sikhathi bahlakaniphile esizukulwaneni sabo kunabantwana bokukhanya.

Esakhuluma lokhu kubo, bheka, kwafika umphathi othile, wakhuleka kuye, wathi: Indodakazi yami ifa khona manje ; kepha woza, ubeke isandla sakho phezu kwayo, izakuphila.

Misani i bhanela ezweni , nibethe amacilongo phakathi kwezizwe , ningcwelise izizwe ukuba zilwe nalo , nilibizele imibuso yase -Ararati, naseMini, nase-Ashikenaze, nibeke phezu kwalo umphathi wempi , nikhuphuke namahhashi anjengezinkumbi ezimahaye.

noSeraya kaHilikiya , kaMeshulamu, kaSadoki, kaMerayoti, ka-Ahithubi, umphathi wendlu kaNkulunkulu;