2 IZikhronike 10

10 ¹URehobowamu waya eShekemu, ngokuba u-Israyeli wonke wayefike eShekemu ukuba bambeke inkosi. ²Kwathi uJerobowamu indodana kaNebati esekuzwile lokho—wayeseGibhithe, ngokuba wayebalekele inkosi uSolomoni—uJerobowamu wabuya eGibhithe. ³Base bethumela ukuyombiza, uJerobowamu no-Israyeli wonke beza bathi kuRehobowamu: ⁴“Uyihlo wenza ijoka lethu laba nzima. Manje yenza lube lula umsebenzi onzima kayihlo nejoka elinzima asethwese lona, thina sizakukukhonza.”

⁵Wathi kubo: “Buyelani kimi emva kwezinsuku ezintathu.” Basuka-ke abantu.

⁶Inkosi uRehobowamu yacebisana namalunga ayesebenzele uyise uSolomoni esaphila, yathi: “Ningeluleka kanjani ukuba ngibaphendule laba bantu?”

⁷Baphendula bathi: “Uma ulungile kulaba bantu, ubajabulise, ukhulume kahle nabo, bayakuba yizinceku zakho kuze kube phakade.”

⁸Kodwa wasichitha iseluleko samalunga, wacebisana nezinsizwa ezazikhule naye ezazimkhonza. ⁹Wathi kuzo: “Niyeluleka ngokuthini? Siyakubaphendula kanjani laba bantu abathi kimi ngenze lube lula ijoka ubaba asethwese lona?”

¹⁰Izinsizwa ezazikhule naye zaphendula zathi: “Yitsho kubantu abathe kuwe, ‘Uyihlo wenza ijoka lethu laba nzima; silwenzele lube lula’—yitsho kubo: ‘Ucikicane wami mkhulu kunokhalo lukababa.’ ¹¹Ubaba wanethwesa ijoka elinzima; mina ngizakwenezela kulo. Ubaba wanijezisa ngeziswebhu; mina ngizakunijezisa ngofezela.’” ^a a v11 Ofezela: uhlobo lwesiswebhu esinameva noma esinezihloko zensimbi, esibuhlungu kakhulu kunesiswebhu esivamile.

¹²Base beza uJerobowamu nabantu bonke kuRehobowamu ngosuku lwesithathu, njengoba inkosi yayithe: “Buyelani kimi ngosuku lwesithathu.” ¹³Inkosi yabaphendula kalukhuni. Inkosi uRehobowamu yasichitha iseluleko samalunga, ¹⁴yakhuluma kubo njengokweluleka kwezinsizwa, yathi: “Ubaba wenza ijoka lenu laba nzima; mina ngizakwenza libe nzima nakakhulu. Ubaba wanijezisa ngeziswebhu; mina ngizakunijezisa ngofezela.”

¹⁵Ngakho inkosi ayibalalelanga abantu, ngokuba lokhu kuphenduka kwakuvela kuBaba wethu, ukuze kugcwaliseke izwi uBaba wethu alikhuluma ngo-Ahiya waseShilo kuJerobowamu indodana kaNebati.

¹⁶Kwathi u-Israyeli wonke esebonile ukuthi inkosi ayibalaleli, abantu bayiphendula bathi: “Sinasabelo sini kuDavide? Asikho ifa endodaneni kaJese! Yiyani ematendeni enu, Israyeli! Zibonele indlu yakho, Davide!” U-Israyeli wonke-ke wagoduka waya ematendeni akhe. ^b b v16 “Yiyani ematendeni enu” kwakungumkhosi wasendulo wokubizela abantu ndawonye, osho ukuthi “buyela ekhaya ususe ukwethembeka kwakho enkosini.”

¹⁷Kodwa uRehobowamu wayelokhu ebusa phezu kwabantwana bakwa-Israyeli ababehlala emizini yakwaJuda. ¹⁸Inkosi uRehobowamu yathuma uHadoramu owayephethe abasebenzi bokucindezelwa, kodwa abantwana bakwa-Israyeli bamkhanda ngamatshe waze wafa. Inkosi uRehobowamu ngokwayo yagxumela enqoleni yayo yabalekela eJerusalema. ¹⁹Kanjalo u-Israyeli uhlala evukela indlu kaDavide kuze kube namuhla.