UBawo wethu Uyawunqamla uMlo kaRehabheham

URehabheham uhlanganisa umkhosi ukubuyisela umntla, aze anqandwe lilizwi likaBawo wethu: le nto iphume kum, buyelani ekhaya. Endaweni yoko unqabisa imizi yakwaYuda, baza ababingeleli nabaLevi abagxothwe ziziganga zamathole kaYarobheham beza kuye, beqinisa ubukumkani iminyaka emithathu.

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Weza uRehabheham eYerusalem, wayihlanganisa indlu yakwaYuda neyakwaBhenjamin, ikhulu elinamanci asibhozo lamawaka amagorha anyuliweyo, ukuba alwe namaSirayeli, abuyisele ubukumkani kuRehabheham. Kodwa lafika ilizwi likaBawo wethu kuShemaya, umfo kaBawo wethu, lisithi:

“Yitsho kuRehabheham unyana kaSolomon, ukumkani wakwaYuda, nakuwo onke amaSirayeli akwaYuda nakwaBhenjamin, uthi: Utsho uBawo wethu ukuthi: Ningenyuki niye kulwa nabazalwana benu. Buyelani ekhaya, elowo kuni; le nto iphume kum.” Baliphulaphula ke ilizwi likaBawo wethu, baza babuya ekuhambeni kwabo besiya kulwa noYarobheham.

URehabheham Uyayinqabisa iYuda

URehabheham wahlala eYerusalem, waza wakha imizi yokhuselo kwaYuda. Wakha iBhetelehem, ne-Etam, neTekowa, neBhete-tsure, neSoko, neAdulam, neGati, neMaresha, neZifi, neAdorayim, neLakishe, neAzeka, neTsora, neAyalon, neHebron, imizi enqatyisiweyo ekwaYuda nakwaBhenjamin. Wazomeleza iinqaba, wabeka abathetheli kuzo, kunye nemiphako yokudla, neoli, newayini. Kuwo wonke umzi wabeka amakhaka neentshuntshe, wazomeleza kakhulu. Ngoko ke uYuda noBhenjamin baba ngabakhe.

Ababingeleli nabaLevi ababekuyo onke amaSirayeli beza kuye bevela kuwo wonke ummandla wabo, kuba abaLevi bashiya amadlelo abo nezinto zabo, baya kwaYuda naseYerusalem, ngenxa yokuba uYarobheham noonyana bakhe bebatyekisile ekubeni babe ngababingeleli bakaBawo wethu. Yena wazimisela abakhe ababingeleli beziganga, nabeebhokhwe ezizizithixo, nabamathole ezizizithixo awayewenzile. Kuzo zonke izizwe zakwaSirayeli, abo babekubeka iintliziyo zabo ekumfuneni uBawo wethu, uThixo kaSirayeli, balandela abaLevi baya eYerusalem, besiya kubingelela kuBawo wethu, uThixo wooyise. Babomeleza ubukumkani bakwaYuda, bemxhasa uRehabheham unyana kaSolomon iminyaka emithathu, kuba bahamba ngendlela kaDavide noSolomon iminyaka emithathu.

Usapho lukaRehabheham

URehabheham wazeka uMahalati, intombi kaYerimoti unyana kaDavide, no-Abhihayili intombi kaEliyabhi unyana kaYese. Yamzalela oonyana: uYehushe, noShemariya, noZaham. Emveni kwayo, wazeka uMahaka intombi kaAbhisalom, owamzalela uAbhiya, no-Atayi, noZiza, noShelomiti. URehabheham wamthanda uMahaka intombi kaAbhisalom ngaphezu kwabanye abafazi bakhe namashweshwe akhe, kuba wayenabafazi abalishumi elinesibhozo, namashweshwe amashumi amathandathu, noonyana abamashumi amabini anesibhozo, neentombi ezimashumi amathandathu. URehabheham wammisa uAbhiya, unyana kaMahaka, ukuba abe yintloko enkulu phakathi kwabazalwana bakhe, egqiba kwelokuba amenze ukumkani. Wenza ngobulumko, wasasaza inxenye yoonyana bakhe kuwo wonke ummandla wakwaYuda nowakwaBhenjamin, kuwo wonke umzi onqatyisiweyo, ebanika ukudla okuninzi, ebafunela abafazi abaninzi.