1. Ke kaloku uAtaliya, unina ka-Ahaziya, uthe, akubona ukuba unyana wakhe ufile, wesuka wayitshabalalisa yonke imbewu yokumkani.
2. Ke uYoshebha, intombi yokumkani uYehoram, udade boAhaziya, wamthabatha uYowashe unyana ka-Ahaziya, wamba phakathi koonyana bokumkani ababulawáyo, wamsa yena nomondli wakhe egumbini lokulala, bamfihla kuAtaliya, ukuba angàbulawa.
3. Wayenaye endlwini kaYehova, ezinyeziwe, iminyaka emithandathu. Waye uAtaliya engukumkanikazi kulo ilizwe.
4. Ngomnyaka wesixhenxe uYehoyada wathumela, wathabatha abathethelimakhulu basebancinithini nabasezigidimini, wabazìsa kuye endlwini kaYehova. Wabamisela umnqohiso, wabafungisa endlwini kaYehova, wababonisa unyana wokumkani.
5. Wabawisela umthetho, wathi, Yiyo le into eniya kuyenza: Isahlulo sesithathu kuni, bangénayo ngesabatha, sogcina isigxina sendlu yokumkani;
6. esinye isahlulo sesithathu sibe sesangweni laseSure; esinye isahlulo sesithathu sibe sesangweni emva kwezigidimi; nisigcine isigxina sendlu, nithintele.
7. Ke izahlulo ezibini phakathi kwenu nonke, niphumayo ngesabatha, zosigcina isigxina sendlu kaYehova kukumkani;