U fhandekana ha muvhuso
1Rehabiamu a takuwa a ya Shikheme, ngauri Vhaisraele vhoṱhe vho vha vho ya henengei uri vha mu vhumbe khosi. 2Musi Jerobiamu ṅwana wa Nebati a tshi zwi pfa, a vhuya a tshi bva Egipita, ngauri o vha o shavhela Egipita a tshi shavha khosi Solomoni. 3Vhathu vha vhidzisa Jerobiamu, ene na Vhaisraele vhoṱhe vha ya ha Rehabiamu vha swika vha mu vhudza vha ri, 4“Khotsi aṋu vho ri hwesa dzhogo ya u lemela, huno zwino ri fhungudzeleni mushumo wa tshiṱuhu na dzhogo i lemelaho ye vha ri hwesa yone, ndi hone ri tshi ḓo vha vhalanda vhaṋu.”
5Rehabiamu a fhindula a ri, “Vhuyani hó fhela maḓuvha mararu.” Ndi hone vhathu vha tshi ṱuwa.
6Khosi Rehabiamu a vhudzisa vhakalaha vhe vha vha vha tshi shumela khotsi awe Solomoni vha tshi kha ḓi tshila, vha tshi vha eletshedza, a vha vhudzisa a ri, “Nnyeletshedzeni uri avha vhathu ndi vha fhindule hani!”
7Vhone vha fhindula vha ri, “Arali vhathu avha na vha itela vhuthu, na vha takadza, na vha fhindula nga nḓila i takadzaho, vha ḓo vha vhalanda vhaṋu tshoṱhe.”
8Huno Rehabiamu a landula nyeletshedzo ya vhahulwane, a yo vhudzisa vhaṱhannga vhe vha aluwa nae, vhe vha vha vha tshi khou mu shumela vhe vhone vhaeletshedzi vhawe. 9Rehabiamu a vha vhudzisa a ri, “Inwi ni tshi nnyeletshedza ni ri mini? Vhathu avha ri fanela u vha fhindula hani vhane vha nkhumbela vha ri ndi vha fhungudzele dzhogo ye khotsi anga a vha hwesa yone?”
10Vhaṱhannga vhe vha aluwa nae vha fhindula vha ri, “Vhudzani vhathu vhe vha ni vhudza vha ri khotsi aṋu o vha hwesa dzhogo ya u lemela, hone inwi ni vha leludzele dzhogo, ni ri, ‘Tshinwaanwane tshanga tsho denyefhala u fhira khundu dza khotsi anga. 11Khotsi anga vho ni hwesa dzhogo ya u lemela, nṋe ndi ḓo ita uri i lemelese. Khotsi anga vho ni rwa nga zwimebi, nṋe ndi ḓo ni rwa nga mboma.’ ”
12Ho no fhela maḓuvha mararu Jerobiamu na vhathu vhoṱhe vha vhuelela ha khosi Rehabiamu nga he a vha vhudza a ri, “Vhuyani ho fhela maḓuvha mararu.” 13Khosi ya vha ḽela vhuhali i tshi vha fhindula, ya landula nyeletshedzo ya vhahulwane, 14ya tevhela nyeletshedzo ya vhaṱhannga, ya ri, “Khotsi anga vho ni hwesa dzhogo i lemelaho, nṋe ndi ḓo ni hwesa i lemelesaho. Khotsi anga vho ni rwa nga zwimebi, nṋe ndi ḓo ni rwa nga mboma.” 15Khosi a yo ngo thetshelesa vhathu, ngauri izwo zwo iteaho zwo vha zwi tshi bva kha Mudzimu uri hu khunyelele zwe Muṋe washu a amba a tshi vhudza Jerobiamu ṅwana wa Nebati nga mulomo wa Ahia wa Shilo.
16Musi Vhaisraele vhoṱhe vha tshi vhona uri khosi yo landula zwe vha humbela, vha fhindula khosi vha ri,
“Ri na mukovhe-ḓe na Dafita?
Riṋe a ri vhathihi na ṅwana wa Isai!
Vhaisraele, humelani hayani!
Iwe Dafita, sala na vha nnḓu yau!”
Ndi hone Vhaisraele vhoṱhe vha tshi vhuelela hayani. 17Hone Vhaisraele vhe vha vha vha tshi dzula miḓini ya Juda vha ḓi vhuswa nga Rehabiamu.
18Khosi Rehabiamu a ruma Adoniramu mulangi wa mushumo wa khombekhombe, hone Vhaisraele vha mu kanḓa nga matombo vha mu vhulaha. Khosi Rehabiamu zwa ri u ralo a ṱavhanya a namela gariki yawe a shavhela Jerusalema. 19Vhaisraele vha mbo ḓi vha vho shandukela nnḓu ya Dafita, na ṋamusi.