8 Inkosi yako-Israyeli yaphendula uJehoshafathi yathi: “Ukhona oyedwa esingabuza kuye ukuthi uJehova uthini+ kodwa ngiyamzonda+ ngoba kakaze aphrofethe okuhle ngami, uhlala ephrofetha okubi kuphela.+ NguMikhaya indodana ka-Imla.” Kodwa uJehoshafathi wathi: “Inkosi kayingatsho njalo.”

15 Ngakho uJehova wamthukuthelela kakhulu u-Amaziya wasethumela umphrofethi wakhe kuye. Umphrofethi wafika wathi: “Kungani ulandela onkulunkulu abehluleke ukuvikela abantu babo esandleni sakho?”+ 16 Wathi elokhu esakhuluma inkosi yathi: “Ngubani okubeke ukuthi ube ngumeluleki wenkosi?+ Thula,+ ngizacina ngisithi bakubulale.” Kodwa engakathuli umphrofethi wathi: “Ngiyakwazi ukuthi uNkulunkulu usehlose ukukutshabalalisa ngoba wenze lokhu futhi awuzange ulalele ngikucebisa.”+