2 IziKronike
10:1 URehobowamu waya eShekemi, ngokuba wonke u-Israyeli wayesefikile eShekemi
ambeke inkosi.
10:2 Kwathi lapho uJerobowamu, indodana kaNebati, eseGibhithe.
lapho ayebalekele khona ebusweni bukaSolomoni inkosi, wezwa;
ukuthi uJerobowamu wabuya eGibithe.
10:3 Bathumela futhi bambiza. UJerobowamu naye wonke u-Israyeli beza bakhuluma
kuRehobowamu, ethi:
10:4 Uyihlo walenza laba lukhuni ijoka lethu;
ubugqila obulukhuni bukayihlo, nejoka lakhe elinzima alibeke phezu kwakhe
thina, futhi sizokukhonza.
10:5 Wathi kubo, Nibuye nize kimi emva kwezinsuku ezintathu. Futhi i
bahambe abantu.
10:6 Inkosi uRehobowamu wacebisana namadoda amadala ababemi phambi
USolomoni uyise esekhona wathi: “Ningangiluleka ngani na?
ukubuyisela impendulo kulababantu?
10:7 Bakhuluma kuye, bathi: "Uma unomusa kulaba bantu, futhi."
uzithokozise, ukhulume amazwi amahle kubo, bayakuba yizinceku zakho
njalo.
10:8 Kodwa wasishiya iseluleko amadoda amadala ayemnike yona, futhi weluleka
nezinsizwa ayezikhuliswe naye, ezazimi phambi kwakhe.
10:9 Wathi kubo: "Iseluleko bani nina ukuze siphendule
laba bantu abakhulume kimi, bethi: 'Yehlisa ijoka.'
ukuthi uyihlo asibeke phezu kwethu?
10:10 Futhi izinsizwa ayekhuliswe naye zakhuluma kuye, wathi.
Uzabaphendula njalo abantu ababekhuluma kuwe besithi: Ngowakho
Ubaba wenza ijoka lethu laba nzima, kodwa wena yenza libe lula kithi;
Uzakusho kanje kubo, uthi: 'Ucikicane wami uyakuba mkhulu kunowami.'
izinkalo zikababa.
10:11 Ngoba njengoba ubaba wathwesa ijoka elinzima phezu kwenu, mina ngiyobeka ngaphezu kwakho
ijoka: ubaba wanishaya ngeziswebhu kodwa mina ngizonishaya ngazo
ofezela.
10:12 UJerobowamu nabo bonke abantu beza kuRehobowamu ngosuku lwesithathu,
inkosi yasisithi: Libuyele kimi ngosuku lwesithathu.
10:13 Inkosi yabaphendula kalukhuni; inkosi uRehobowamu yawushiya uJehova
iseluleko sabadala,
10:14 Futhi waphendula kubo ngokweseluleko izinsizwa, wathi: "Baba
nenza ijoka lenu laba nzima, kepha mina ngiyakwenezela kulo; ubaba wanishaya
ngeziswebhu, kepha mina ngiyakunishaya ngawofezela.
10:15 Ngakho inkosi ayibalalelanga abantu, ngoba indaba yayivela kuNkulunkulu.
ukuze uJehova agcwalise izwi lakhe alikhuluma ngesandla sakhe
u-Ahiya waseShilo kuJerobowamu indodana kaNebati.
10:16 Futhi lapho wonke u-Israyeli ebona ukuthi inkosi yayingafuni ukubalalela, the
abantu bayiphendula inkosi, bathi: “Sinasabelo sini kuDavide na? futhi thina
ningabi nafa endodaneni kaJese: yilowo nalowo makaye ematendeni akho, O
Israyeli; manje-ke, Davide, zikhangelele indlu yakho. Ngakho wonke u-Israyeli waya khona
amatende abo.
10:17 Kepha abantwana bakwa-Israyeli ababehlala emizini yakwaJuda,
uRehobowamu waba yinkosi phezu kwabo.
10:18 Inkosi uRehobowamu yathuma uHadoramu, owayephethe izisebenzi; kanye ne
abantwana bakwa-Israyeli bamkhanda ngamatshe, wafa. Kodwa nkosi
URehobowamu washesha wagibela enqoleni yakhe, ukuba abalekele eJerusalema.
10:19 U-Israyeli wayihlubuka indlu kaDavide kuze kube namuhla.