22 Amadodana kaShemu kwakungu-Elami,+ lo-Ashuri,+ lo-Aphakhishadi,+ loLudi kanye lo-Aramu.+

5 Ngakho wathuma izithunywa kuBhalamu indodana kaBheyori ePhethori+ eduze komfula* elizweni adabuka kulo. Wathumela ilizwi lokuthi abizwe, esithi: “Zwana, kulesizwe esibuye lapha sivela eGibhithe njalo abantu bakhona bagcwele umhlaba wonke*+ futhi bahlezi khonapha phambi kwami.

3 “Kakho um-Amoni loba umMowabi ongangena ebandleni likaJehova.+ Lanxa kungaba yisizukulwane setshumi kakho owosendo lwabo okumele angene ebandleni likaJehova, 4 ngenxa yokuthi abazange balihlangabeze bazolinceda ngokudla lamanzi ngesikhathi lisendleleni livela eGibhithe,+ langenxa yokuthi baqhatsha uBhalamu indodana kaBheyori owayevela ePhethori eMesophothamiya ukuthi azoliqalekisa.+