1URehobowamu waya eShekemi, ngokuba wonke u-Israyeli wafika eShekemi ukumbeka inkosi.
2Kwathi uJerobowamu indodana kaNebati eseGibithe, lapho ayebalekele khona ebusweni benkosi uSolomoni, ekuzwa lokho, uJerobowamu wabuya eGibithe.
3Basebethumela bambiza. UJerobowamu no-Israyeli wonke beza bakhuluma kuRehobowamu, bathi:
4Uyihlo wenza ijoka lethu laba nzima; yenza kube lula manje inkonzo enzima kayihlo nejoka lakhe elisindayo alibeka phezu kwethu, futhi sizokukhonza.
5Wathi kubo: “Buyelani kimi emva kwezinsuku ezintathu.” Bahamba-ke abantu.
6Inkosi uRehobowamu yacebisana namadoda amadala ayemi phambi kukaSolomoni uyise esekhona, yathi: “Ningalulekana ngani ukuba ngiphendule laba bantu na?
7Bakhuluma kuye, bathi: “Uma unomusa kulaba bantu, ubathande, ukhulume amazwi amahle kubo, bayakuba yizinceku zakho kuze kube phakade.”
8Kodwa wasishiya iseluleko amadoda amadala ayemnike sona, wacebisana nezinsizwa ayezonda ngazo ezazimi phambi kwakhe.
9Wayesethi kubo: “Nina iseluleko bani ukuba sibaphendule laba bantu ababekhuluma kimi, bathi: ‘Yenza libe lula ijoka uyihlo alibeka phezu kwethu na?’
10Izinsizwa ezikhuliswe kanye naye zakhuluma kuye, zathi: “Uzabaphendula kanje abantu abakhulume kuwe, uthi: ‘Uyihlo walenza ijoka lethu laba nzima, kepha ulenze libe lula kithi; ngakho-ke uzothi kubo: Ucikicane wami uyakuba mkhulu kunokhalo lukababa.
11Ngokuba lapho ubaba wanithwesa ijoka elinzima, mina ngiyakuneka futhi ejokeni lenu;
12UJerobowamu nabo bonke abantu beza kuRehobowamu ngosuku lwesithathu, njengalokho inkosi yayiyalile, yathi: “Buyelani kimi ngosuku lwesithathu;
13Inkosi yabaphendula kalukhuni; inkosi uRehobowamu yawushiya umphakathi wabadala;
14Wabaphendula njengeseluleko sezinsizwa, wathi: “Ubaba walenza ijoka lenu laba nzima, kepha mina ngiyakunezela kulokho; ubaba wanishaya ngezitswebhu, kepha mina ngiyakunishaya ngawofezela.”
15Ngalokho inkosi ayizange ibalalele abantu, ngokuba le ndaba yayingekaNkulunkulu, ukuze uJehova afeze izwi lakhe alikhuluma ngesandla sika-Ahiya waseShilo kuJerobowamu indodana kaNebati.
16Kwathi wonke uIsrayeli esebonile ukuthi inkosi kayibalalelanga, abantu baphendula inkosi, bathi: Silesabelo sini kuDavida? futhi asinafa endodaneni kaJese; yilowo nalowo makaye ematendeni akho, Israyeli! Manje, Davide, gcina indlu yakho. Khona-ke wonke u-Israyeli waya ematendeni abo.
17Kepha abantwana bakwa-Israyeli ababehlala emizini yakwaJuda uRehobowamu wabusa phezu kwabo.
18Inkosi uRehobowamu yathuma uHadoramu owayephethe ukutheliswa; abantwana bakwa-Israyeli bamkhanda ngamatshe, wafa. Kepha inkosi uRehobowamu yagijima masinyane ukumkhwelisa enqoleni yakhe, ibalekele eJerusalema.
19U-Israyeli wayihlubuka indlu kaDavide kuze kube namuhla.
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