7 Kwatsi nje lapho Sanbalati, Thobiya,+ ema-Arabiya,+ ema-Amoni kanye nema-Ashdodi+ beva kutsi umsebenti wekuvusetela tindvonga taseJerusalema uyachubeka nekutsi bekuvalwa tikhala tato, batfukutsela kakhulu.

6 Ngekushesha nje ngesikhatsi boSanbalati, Thobiya,+ naGeshemu um-Arabiya+ kanye nato tonkhe titsa tetfu babikelwa kutsi sengilwakhe kabusha lolubondza+ nekutsi kute tikhala letisele (nanobe ngaleso sikhatsi bengisengakatifaki tivalo temagede),+ 2 boSanbalati naGeshemu bavele bangitfumelela umlayeto lotsi: “Asihlangane emadolobhaneni laseSihosheni sase-Ono.”+ Kodvwa bebenta licebo lekungilimata.