22 INkosi u-Ahazi yathi isisebunzimeni yenza okubi kakhulu phambi kukaJehova kulakuqala. 23 Yaqalisa ukunikela kubonkulunkulu beDamaseko+ ababeyinqobile+ futhi yathi: “Onkulunkulu bamakhosi aseSiriya bawancedisile, yikho lami ngizanikela kubo ukuze bangincedise.”+ Kodwa lokhu kwenza ukuthi yona labantu bonke bako-Israyeli behlelwe ngumonakalo.

21 “UJehova wayikhumbula imihlatshelo yenu laleyo eyenziwa ngokhokho benu, lamakhosi enu, lezikhulu zenu labantu bonke emadolobheni akoJuda lasemigwaqweni yeJerusalema,+ kazange ayikhohlwe!