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| 1. | URehobowamu wasesiya eShekema ngoba uIsrayeli wonke wayeze eShekema ukumbeka abe yinkosi. |
| 2. | Kwasekusithi uJerobowamu indodana kaNebati esizwa, owayeseGibhithe lapho ayebalekele khona ubuso bukaSolomoni inkosi, uJerobowamu wabuya evela eGibhithe. |
| 3. | Basebethumela bambiza; uJerobowamu loIsrayeli wonke basebesiza, bakhuluma kuRehobowamu besithi: |
| 4. | Uyihlo wenza ijogwe lethu laba lukhuni; ngakho-ke yenza ube lulanyana umsebenzi olukhuni kayihlo, lejogwe lakhe elinzima abesithwalise lona, njalo sizakukhonza. |
| 5. | Wasesithi kibo: Buyani kimi emva kwensuku ezintathu. Abantu basebehamba. |
| 6. | Inkosi uRehobowamu yasicebisana labadala ababesima phambi kukaSolomoni uyise esaphila, isithi: Licebisa ukubuyisela impendulo bani kulababantu? |
| 7. | Basebekhuluma kuye besithi: Uba uzalunga kulababantu, ubathokozise, ukhulume kibo amazwi amahle, bazakuba zinceku zakho insuku zonke. |
| 8. | Kodwa wadela iseluleko sabadala abamcebisa ngaso, wacebisana lamajaha ayeyintanga yakhe, ayesima phambi kwakhe. |
| 9. | Wasesithi kuwo: Licebisa ukuthi sibuyisele mpendulo bani kulababantu, abakhulume kimi besithi: Yenza libe lulanyana ijogwe uyihlo alibeka phezu kwethu? |
| 10. | Amajaha ayeyintanga yakhe asekhuluma laye esithi: Uzakutsho njalo ebantwini abakhuluma kuwe besithi: Uyihlo wenza ijogwe lethu laba nzima, kodwa wena ulenze libe lulanyana kithi; uzakutsho njalo kubo: Ucikilicane wami uqatha kulokhalo lukababa. |
| 11. | Ngakho-ke ubaba walethwesa ijogwe elinzima, kodwa mina ngizakwengezelela ejogweni lenu. Ubaba walijezisa ngeziswepu, kodwa mina ngabofezela. |
| 12. | Ngakho uJerobowamu labo bonke abantu beza kuRehobowamu ngosuku lwesithathu njengokutsho kwenkosi isithi: Libuye kimi futhi ngosuku lwesithathu. |
| 13. | Inkosi yasibaphendula kalukhuni; inkosi uRehobowamu yasidela iseluleko sabadala, |
| 14. | yakhuluma kubo njengeseluleko samajaha isithi: Ubaba wenza ijogwe lenu laba nzima, kodwa mina ngizakwengezelela kulo; ubaba walijezisa ngeziswepu, kodwa mina ngabofezela. |
| 15. | Ngokunjalo inkosi kayibalalelanga abantu; ngoba inguquko yayivela kuNkulunkulu ukuze i Nkosi iqinise ilizwi layo eyayilikhulume ngesandla sikaAhiya umShilo kuJerobowamu indodana kaNebati. |
| 16. | Lapho uIsrayeli wonke ebona ukuthi inkosi kayibalalelanga, abantu bayiphendula inkosi besithi: Silesabelo bani kuDavida? Njalo ka si lalifa endodaneni kaJese. Ngulowo emathenteni akho, Israyeli; khathesi, zibonele indlu yakho, Davida. Ngakho uIsrayeli wonke waya emathenteni akhe. |
| 17. | Kodwa abantwana bakoIsrayeli ababehlala emizini yakoJuda, uRehobowamu wabusa phezu kwabo. |
| 18. | Inkosi uRehobowamu yasithuma uAdoramu owayengumphathi wezibhalwa; abantwana bakoIsrayeli basebemkhanda ngamatshe, wasesifa. Inkosi uRehobowamu yaziqinisa ukukhwela enqoleni ukubalekela eJerusalema. |
| 19. | Ngalokho uIsrayeli wayihlamuka indlu kaDavida kuze kube lamuhla. |
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