2 “Tshela abako-Israyeli ukuthi bakhiphele phandle kwezihonqo wonke umuntu olobulephero+ laye wonke umuntu ophuma ubomvu+ kanye laye wonke umuntu ongcoliswe yisidumbu somuntu.+

14 UJehova wasemphendula uMosi wathi: “Kambe nxa uyise ubengamkhafulela ebusweni ubengasoze athwale ihlazo okwamalanga ayisikhombisa yini? Kahlaliswe yedwa ngaphandle kwezihonqo+ okwamalanga ayisikhombisa, ngemva kwalokho usengabuyiselwa.”

3 Kwakulamadoda amane ayelobulephero ayehlala egedini ledolobho.+ Amadoda la akhuluma wodwa athi: “Kanti sihlaleleni sizaze sifele khonapha?

20 U-Azariya umphristi okhokhelayo labo bonke abaphristi bathi bemkhangela babona ukuthi wayesetshaywe ngobulephero ebunzini. Ngakho bahle bamkhiphela phandle futhi laye wahle waphuma masinyane ngoba uJehova wayesemtshayile.

21 INkosi u-Uziya yaba lobulephero yaze yafa futhi yayisihlala yodwa kwenye indlu.+ Yayingasavunyelwa ukuya endlini kaJehova. Indodana yayo uJothamu yiyo eyayisiphethe isigodlo senkosi,* isahlulela abantu elizweni.+