8 Inkhosi yaka-Israyeli yase itsi kuJehoshafati: “Kukhona indvodza yinye lesele lengasibutela kuJehova;+ kodvwa ngiyayitondza+ ngobe ayikaze iphrofethe tintfo letinhle ngami, iphrofetha letimbi todvwa.+ Ligama layo nguMikhaya indvodzana yaJimla.” Kodvwa Jehoshafati watsi: “Inkhosi akukafaneli ikhulume kanjena.”

15 Ngako Jehova wamtfukutselela kakhulu Amasiya futsi watfumela kuye umphrofethi lowatsi: “Ubalandzelelani bonkulunkulu bebantfu labangabasindzisanga bantfu babo esandleni sakho?”+ 16 Nakasakhuluma loko lomphrofethi, inkhosi yatsi: “Thula!+ Sikubekile yini kutsi ube ngumeluleki wenkhosi?+ Ngitawutsi abakubulale nawuchubeka ukhuluma.” Lomphrofethi wabese uyathula, kodvwa asengakathuli watsi: “Ngiyati kutsi Nkulunkulu uncume kukuletsela inhlekelele ngenca yaloku lokwentile futsi awukasilaleli seluleko sami.”+