19 Amoni+ bekaneminyaka lengu-22 budzala nakaba yinkhosi futsi wabusa iminyaka lemibili eJerusalema.+ Libito lamake wakhe bekunguMeshulemethi, indvodzakati yaHarusi waseJotbha. 20 Wachubeka nekwenta lokubi emehlweni aJehova njengobe babe wakhe Manase bekentile.+ 21 Wachubeka ahamba ngetindlela babe wakhe lebekahambe ngato futsi wachubeka akhonta tithico letenyanyekako lebetikhontwa ngubabe wakhe waphindze watikhotsamela.+ 22 Ngako wamshiya Jehova Nkulunkulu wabokhokho bakhe futsi akahambanga ngendlela yaJehova.+ 23 Ngekuhamba kwesikhatsi, tinceku ta-Amoni tamakhela lisu lekumbulala futsi tambulalela endlini yakhe. 24 Kodvwa bantfu bakuleyo ndzawo bababulala bonkhe labantfu lebebakhe lelisu lekubulala iNkhosi Amoni futsi babeka Josaya indvodzana yayo waba yinkhosi esikhundleni sayo.+