2 IziKronike 10:1-19
10 URehobowamu+ waya eShekemi,+ ngoba wonke ama-Israyeli afika eShekemi ezombeka inkosi.
2 Kwathi nje lapho uJerobowamu+ indodana kaNebhati ezwa ngakho lapho eseseGibhithe,+ (ngoba wayebalekile ngenxa kaSolomoni inkosi,) uJerobowamu wabuya masinyane eGibhithe.+
3 Ngakho bathumela bambiza, futhi uJerobowamu no-Israyeli wonke bafika bakhuluma noRehobowamu, bathi:+
4 “Uyihlo wenza ijoka lethu laba nzima;+ manje yenza inkonzo enzima kayihlo nejoka elinzima+ alibeke phezu kwethu kube lula, sizokukhonza.”+
5 Khona-ke wathi kubo: “Ake kudlule izinsuku ezintathu. Bese nibuyela kimi.” Ngakho abantu bahamba.
6 INkosi uRehobowamu yacebisana+ namadoda amadala ayekhonza uSolomoni uyise njalo ngesikhathi esaphila, yathi: “Ningiluleka ukuba ngisiphendule ngithini lesi sizwe na?”+
7 Akhuluma nayo, athi: “Uma uzoba muhle kulesi sizwe usijabulise impela futhi ukhulume amazwi amahle kuso,+ naso ngokuqinisekile siyoba yizinceku zakho njalo.”+
8 Nokho, yasishiya iseluleko+ samadoda amadala ayeyiluleke ngaso, yacebisana nezinsizwa ezazingontanga bayo,+ okuyizo ezaziyikhonza.+
9 Yathi kuzo: “Neluleka+ ukuba sisiphendule ngokuthini lesi sizwe esikhulume nami, sathi, ‘Lenze libe lula ijoka uyihlo alibeka phezu kwethu’?”+
10 Izinsizwa ezazingontanga bayo zona zakhuluma nayo, zathi: “Yilokhu okufanele ukusho kubantu abakhulumé nawe, bathi, ‘Uyihlo wenza ijoka lethu laba nzima, kodwa, wena lenze libe lula phezu kwethu’; yilokhu okufanele ukusho kubo,+ ‘Ucikicane wami ngokuqinisekile uzoba mkhulu kunokhalo lukababa.+
11 Ubaba yena wanithwesa ijoka elinzima, kodwa mina ngizonezela ejokeni lenu.+ Ubaba wanishaya ngezitswebhu, kodwa mina ngizonishaya ngezitswebhu ezinameva.’”+
12 UJerobowamu nabo bonke abantu beza kuRehobowamu ngosuku lwesithathu, njengoba nje inkosi yayikhulumile, yathi, “Buyelani kimi ngosuku lwesithathu.”+
13 Inkosi yaqala ukubaphendula ngokhahlo.+ Yasishiya kanjalo iNkosi uRehobowamu iseluleko+ samadoda amadala,+
14 yaqhubeka yakhuluma nabo ngokweseluleko sezinsizwa,+ yathi: “Ngizokwenza ijoka lenu libe nzima ngokwengeziwe, futhi mina ngizonezela kulo. Ubaba wanishaya ngezitswebhu, kodwa mina ngizonishaya ngezitswebhu ezinameva.”+
15 Inkosi ayizange ibalalele abantu; ngoba izinto zenzeka ngokuthanda kukaNkulunkulu+ weqiniso ukuze uJehova afeze izwi lakhe+ ayelikhulume ngo-Ahiya+ waseShilo+ kuJerobowamu indodana kaNebhati.+
16 Kepha bonke abakwa-Israyeli, ngenxa yokuthi inkosi ingabalalelanga, abantu manje baphendula inkosi, bathi: “Sinasabelo sini kuDavide?+ Futhi alikho ifa endodaneni kaJese.+ O Israyeli, yilowo nalowo makaye konkulunkulu bakhe!+ Manje, Davide, zibonele indlu yakho.”+ Ngakho wonke u-Israyeli waya ematendeni akhe.
17 Kepha abantwana bakwa-Israyeli babehlala emizini yakwaJuda, uRehobowamu waqhubeka ebabusa.+
18 INkosi uRehobowamu yabe isithumela uHadoramu,+ owayengamele labo ababebuthelwe umsebenzi ophoqelelwe, kodwa abantwana bakwa-Israyeli bamshaya ngamatshe,+ wafa. INkosi uRehobowamu yona yakwazi ukugibela enqoleni yayo yabalekela eJerusalema.+
19 Ama-Israyeli aqhubeka nokuvukela+ kwawo indlu kaDavide kuze kube yilolu suku.
