Lowo muntu uMika wayenendlu enawonkulunkulu , wenza ingubo yamahlombe namatherafi , wahlukanisela enye indodana yakhe ibe ngumpristi wakhe.

Abantu abayisihlanu ababeyile ukuhlola izwe laseLayishi base bephendula, bathi kubafowabo : Niyazi yini ukuthi kukho na kulezi zindlu ingubo yamahlombe, namatherafi, nesithombe esibaziweyo , nesithombe esibunjiweyo na? Ngalokho cabangani manje ukuthi niyakwenzani.

Abantu abayisihlanu ababeyile ukuhlola izwe benyuka , bafika lapho , basithatha isithombe esibaziweyo , nengubo yamahlombe , namatherafi, nesithombe esibunjiweyo ; umpristi wema ngasesikhaleni sesango kanye nabantu abangamakhulu ayisithupha bebhince izikhali zokulwa.

Labo sebengenile endlini kaMika basithatha isithombe esiba ziweyo, nengubo yamahlombe, namatherafi, nesithombe esibunjiweyo; umpristi wathi kubo: Nenzani na?

Yayisithokoza inhliziyo yompristi , wayithatha ingubo yamahlombe , namatherafi, nesithombe esibaziweyo, wangena phakathi kwabantu.

Ngokuba ukwambuka kunjengesono sokubhula, nenkani ifana nokukhonza izithombe namatherafi. Ngokuba ulilahlile izwi likaJehova , naye ukulahlile wena ukuba ungabe usaba yinkosi.

Futhi abanamadlozi , nabathakathi, namatherafi, nezithombe, nazo zonke izinengiso ezazibonwa ezweni lakwaJuda naseJerusalema uJosiya wakuqeda ukuba afeze amaz wi omthetho alotshwe encwadini uHilikiya umpristi ayifumanayo endlini kaJehova.

Ngokuba izinsuku eziningi abantwana bakwa -Israyeli bayakuhlala bengenankosi, bengenasikhulu, bengenamhlatshelo, bengenansika, bengenangubo yamahlombe namatherafi.