URehobhowamu waya eShekhemi, lapho wonke u-Israyeli ayebuthene khona ukuba ambeke inkosi. Kwathi lapho uJerobhowamu, indodana kaNebhathi, ekuzwa lokho, kwazise wayeseseGibhithe lapho ayebalekele khona, ebalekela inkosi uSolomoni, wayohlala eGibhithe. Bathumela bayombiza uJerobhowamu nebandla lonke lakwa-Israyeli, beza bakhuluma noRehobhowamu, bathi: “Uyihlo wenza ijoka lethu laba nzima, manje siyakucela ukuba wena uwenze lula umsebenzi olukhuni uyihlo ayesethwese wona, nejoka lakhe elinzima ayelibeke phezu kwethu, siyokukhonza uma wenze kanjalo.”
Wathi kubo: “Hambani, kuthi emva kwezinsuku ezintathu nibuye nize kimi.”
Basuka-ke abantu.
Inkosi uRehobhowamu yacela iseluleko ezingwevini ezazikade zeluleka uSolomoni, uyise, esaphila, yathi: “Nina ningeluleka ukuba ngibuyisele impendulo ethini kulaba bantu na?”
Zakhuluma kuye, zathi: “Uma namuhla uzokuba yinceku yalaba bantu, ubakhonze, ukhulume amazwi amahle lapho ubaphendula, bayokuba yizinceku zakho, zonke izinsuku zabo.”
Kepha akasishayanga mkhuba iseluleko sezingwevu ezazimeluleke ngaso, wayesecela iseluleko ezinsizweni ezaziyintanga yakhe.
Wathi kuzo: “Nina ningeluleka ukuba ngibaphendule ngithini laba bantu abakhulume kimi, bathi: ‘Yenza lula ijoka uyihlo alibeka phezu kwethu’ na?”
Izinsizwa ezaziyintanga yakhe zathi kuye: “Uyothi kulaba bantu abakhulume kuwe, bathi: ‘Uyihlo walenza laba nzima ijoka lethu, kepha wena lenze libe lula kithina,’ uyokhuluma kanje kubo: ‘Ucikicane wami mkhulu kunokhalo lukababa. Ubaba wanethwesa ijoka elinzima, mina-ke ngizothasisela ejokeni lenu. Ubaba wanishaya ngeziswebhu, kodwa mina ngizonishaya ngofezela.’ ”
UJerobhowami nabo bonke abantu, bafika kuRehobhowamu ngosuku lwesithathu njengalokhu yayishilo inkosi, yathi: “Buyani kimi ngosuku lwesithathu.”
Inkosi yabaphendula kanzima abantu, yasishaya indiva iseluleko amalunga ayeyeluleke ngaso. Yakhuluma kubo njengokwelulekwa yizinsizwa, yathi: “Ubaba wayenethwese ijoka elinzima, mina-ke ngizothasisela ejokeni lenu; ubaba wanishaya ngeziswebhu, mina ngizonishaya ngofezela.”
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