1. Kwaba yiminyaka emithathu iluxolo phakathi kwamaSirayeli nama-Aram.
2. Kambe ke kulo nyaka wesithathu uYoshafati ukumkani wakwaJuda wehla waya kubonana nokumkani wakwaSirayeli.
3. Ukumkani wakwaSirayeli wayethethe namaphakathi akhe wathi: “Niyaqonda na ukuba iRamoti yaseGiliyadi ngumhlaba wethu, ibe ke asenzi nto ukuzabalazela ukuyithatha kukumkani wama-Aram?”
4. Ngoko ke wathi kuYoshafati: “Uya kuhamba nam na, silwe neRamoti yaseGiliyadi?”UYoshafati wathi kukumkani wakwaSirayeli: “Mna nawe sibanye; abantu bam ngabantu bakho, namahashe am ngamahashe akho.”
5. Kodwa ke uYoshafati waleka ngelithi kukumkani wakwaSirayeli: “Khawuqale ubuzise *kuNdikhoyo.”
6. Ngoko ke ukumkani wakwaSirayeli wabaqokelela abashumayeli bekwisithuba samakhulu amane, wathi: “Ndingaya kulwa na neRamoti yaseGiliyadi, okanye ndirhoxe?”Bathi: “Yiya; uNdikhoyo uza kuyinikela esandleni sikakumkani.”
7. Kambe ke uYoshafati wathi: “Akusekho mshumayeli kaNdikhoyo na apha esinokubuza kuye?”
8. Ukumkani wakwaSirayeli wathi kuYoshafati: “Kusekho indoda enye esingabuzisa ngayo kuNdikhoyo, kodwa ke mna ndiyithiyile, kuba ayishumayeli okuhle ngokubhekisele kum, soloko ibububi bodwa. Igama layo nguMika, unyana kaImla.”UYoshafati wathi: “Hayi bo, ukumkani makangathethi njalo.”
9. Ngoko ke ukumkani wakwaSirayeli wabiza elinye lamaphakathi akhe, wathi kulo: “Khawuleza uze noMika, unyana kaImla.”
10. Ke kaloku ukumkani wakwaSirayeli noYoshafati ukumkani wakwaJuda babevethe ezobukhosi, bengqendeve ezihlalweni zabo esandeni sokubhula esikufuphi nesango laseSamariya, belapho phambi kwâbo bashumayeli.
11. Ke uZedekiya, unyana kaKenana, wayenze iimpondo ngentsimbi, waza ke wathi: “Utsho uNdikhoyo ukuthi: ‘Ngezi mpondo ùya kuwahlaba uwatshabalalise ama-Aram.’ ”