12 Amadoda akwa-Efrayimi abizelwa ndawonye, awelela eZafoni* athi kuJefta: “Kungani ungasibizanga ukuba sihambe nawe lapho uyolwa nabakwa-Amoni? + Sizokushisela endlini yakho.”

10 Ngakho u-Amaziya wawahambisa amabutho ayeze kuye evela kwa-Efrayimi, ewathumela endaweni yawo. Nokho, amthukuthelela kakhulu uJuda, ngakho abuyela endaweni yawo evutha intukuthelo.