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| 1. | Kwasekusithi uRehobowamu eseqinise umbuso, eseziqinisile, watshiya umlayo we Nkosi, loIsrayeli wonke laye. |
| 2. | Kwasekusithi ngomnyaka wesihlanu wenkosi uRehobowamu, uShishaki inkosi yeGibhithe wenyuka wamelana leJerusalema, ngoba babephambukile eNKOSIni, |
| 3. | elezinqola ezingamakhulu alitshumi lambili labagadi bamabhiza abazinkulungwane ezingamatshumi ayisithupha; labantu babengelakubalwa abeza laye bephuma eGibhithe, amaLibiya, amaSukhi, lamaEtiyopiya. |
| 4. | Wasethumba imizi ebiyelweyo eyayingeyakoJuda weza eJerusalema. |
| 5. | UShemaya umprofethi wasefika kuRehobowamu lezikhulu zakoJuda ezazibuthene eJerusalema ngenxa kaShishaki, wathi kubo: Itsho njalo i Nkosi: Lina lingilahlile, ngakho lami ngililahlele esandleni sikaShishaki. |
| 6. | Iziphathamandla zakoIsrayeli kanye lenkosi basebezithoba bathi: I Nkosi ilungile. |
| 7. | I Nkosi isibona ukuthi bazithobile, ilizwi le Nkosi lafika kuShemaya lisithi: Bazithobile; kangiyikubabhubhisa, kodwa ngizabanika ukukhululwa emva kwesikhatshana, lolaka lwami kaluyikuthululelwa eJerusalema ngesandla sikaShishaki. |
| 8. | Kodwa bazakuba zinceku zakhe ukuze bazi inkonzo yami lenkonzo yemibuso yamazwe. |
| 9. | Ngakho uShishaki inkosi yeGibhithe wenyukela eJerusalema, wathatha okuligugu kwendlu kaJehova lokuligugu kwendlu yenkosi, wathatha konke; wathatha lezihlangu zegolide uSolomoni ayezenzile. |
| 10. | Inkosi uRehobowamu yasisenza izihlangu zethusi endaweni yazo, ya zi nikela ngaphansi kwesandla senduna zabalindi ababegcina umnyango wendlu yenkosi. |
| 11. | Kwasekusithi lapho inkosi ingena endlini kaJehova bafika abalindi bezithwele, bazibuyisela ekamelweni labalindi. |
| 12. | Isizithobile, ulaka lwe Nkosi lwaphenduka lwasuka kuyo ukuze inga yi bhubhisi ngokuphelelelyo; futhi lakoJuda kwakulezinto ezinhle. |
| 13. | Inkosi uRehobowamu yasiziqinisa eJerusalema, yabusa. Ngoba uRehobowamu wayeleminyaka engamatshumi amane lanye lapho esiba yinkosi, wabusa iminyaka elitshumi lesikhombisa eJerusalema, umuzi i Nkosi eyayiwukhethile phakathi kwazo zonke izizwe zakoIsrayeli, ukubeka ibizo layo khona. Lebizo likanina lalinguNahama umAmonikazi. |
| 14. | Wasesenza okubi ngoba engalungisanga inhliziyo yakhe ukudinga i Nkosi. |
| 15. | Lendaba zikaRehobowamu, ezokuqala lezokucina, kazibhalwanga yini ezindabeni zikaShemaya umprofethi lezikaIdo umboni mayelana lemibhalo yosendo, lezimpi zikaRehobowamu loJerobowamu zonke izinsuku? |
| 16. | URehobowamu waselala kuboyise, wangcwatshelwa emzini kaDavida. UAbhiya indodana yakhe wasesiba yinkosi esikhundleni sakhe. |
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