The Lord struck the king with a plague and he was a leper until the day of his death; he lived in isolated quarters while Yotam, the king's son, was in charge of the palace and governed the people of the land.
Simakadze washaya inkhosi ngesifo lesisabulephelo, kwaze kwaba lilanga leyafa ngalo, yase ihlala endlini yayo yodvwa.Nome "endlini lapha yayingasahlushwa khona ngimisebenti yebukhosi" Kwase kunguJothamu, umsa wayo, labesengamele sigodlo, sekunguye nalobusa sive eveni.