¹ Emunyakeni wesikhombisa, Kubusa kwaJoash bagan; wabusa iminyaka lengemashumi lamane eJelusalema. Libito lenina bekungu Zibiah, wase Beersheba. ² Joash wentakahle ebusweni baSimakadze sonkhe sikhatsi. Ngobe Jehoiada lobekangumu pristi bekamu bonisa. ³ kepha beba chubeka benta imihlatjelo etindzaweni. letiphakeme tekushisela umhlabelo ⁴ Joash watsi kumpristi, ''Yonkhe imali lenikwe endlini yaSimakadze, leyo mali lebeyi nikelwe ngumuntfu ngamunye ibuketwe, kungaba nguletfolakele elubalweni, nobe intfolakele etifungweni tabo, nobe ngabe ngumunikelo labawukiphe ngekutsi batsintfwe nguSimakadze. ⁵ Umpristi kumele kube nguye lotsatsa imali layigcinwa khona alungise lokufuna kulungiswa. ⁶ Kepha emunyakeni wemashumi lamabili nakutsatfu yenkhosi Joash, Umpristi bekute lakake wakulungisa ethempelini. ⁷ Inkhosi Joash watfumela kutsi kubitwe umpristi Jehoiada nalabanye, watsi kubo, Yini ningaka lilungisi lithempeli? Nyalo sane niyekela kutsatsa itsela, kepha tsatsani lemali leseyikhona ninikete libandla lelingalungisa lithempeli.'' ⁸ Ngakoke umpristi wakhokha invume yekutsi bangasatseli futsi abasatitsengiselanga. ⁹ Ngakoke Jehoiada watsatsa liputumende, wali vula imbobo esivalweni, walibeka ngase alitali, ngasehlangotsini lesekudla mawungena endlini yaSimakadze. Bapristi labeba gadza ekungeneni kwelithempeli bebafaka khona yonkhe imali lebeyi lebeyinikelwe endlini yaSimakadze. ¹⁰ Bebatsi bangabona kutsi imali seyinyenti eputumendeni, Babhali benkhosi nebapristi babahlangana bayitfulule bayifake emasakeni bese bayayibala, lemali lebeyitfola kale ethempelini laSimakadze. ¹¹ Bayiniketa labebasebeta ekwakheni lithempeli laSimakadze. Babhadala babati kanye nebakhi labasebente ekwakheni lithempeli laSimakadze, ¹² baniketa nebalekeleli labebafaka emandla kanye nebabati bematje, lenye batsenga tingodvo kute bakwati kulungisa indlu yaSimakadze, nakonkhe lebekudzingeka kutsi kubhadelwe kute kuchubeke umsebenti wekuvusetela. ¹³ Kepha lamali lebeyiletsiwe endlini yaSimakadze ayitange ibhadelele kutsi kwakhiwe tinkomishi tesiliva, tibambo tetibane, tindishi, macilongo, nobe umshobiso wegolide nama isiliva. ¹⁴ Baniketa labebenta lomusebenti endlini yaSimakadze. ¹⁵ Abatange bayifune lemalilebeseyi bhadelwe kulabangawentanga umsebenti ngobe wonkhe lobekasebeta bekasebenta ngekwetsembeka. ¹⁶ Kepha imali lebeyikhishwa ngulabebonile, nalabebanetono beyingayi endlini yaSImakandze, ngoba yona beyiyeba pristi. ¹⁷ Hazael inkhosi yema Aram yahlasela yalwa neGath, watsa lendzawo. Hazael wagucuka wahlasela iJerusalema. ¹⁸ Joash inkhosi yema Judah watsatsa tonkhe tintfo letita Jehoshat, Jehoram, Ahaziah kanye nekweyise, Inkhosi yema Judah, lebekubeke eceleni, naye labekakubeke eceleni., watsatsa nalolonkhe leligolide lalitfola egumbini lekugcina titfo egumbini lemahhashi aSimakadze futsi neyenkhosi watfumela kutsi bakumise kuHazael inkhosi yema Aram. Hazael akabanga asaya eJerusalema. ¹⁹ Mayelana naletinye tintfo latenta Joash, Atibhalwangayini encwadzini yemakhosi akaJudah? ²⁰ Tisebenti takhe tamakhela lisu lekumubulala, bahlasela Joash e-Beth Millo, kulendlela leya entasi eSilla. ²¹ Jozabad indvodzanaya Shimeath, naJohozabad indvodzana yaShomer, sisebenti sakhe, tamuhlasela, futsi wafa. Bamungcwaba Joash kanye nabokhokho bakhe edolobheni laDavide, futsi Amaziah, indvodzana yakhe yaba yinkhosi esikhudleni sakhe.