URehabheham ulawula eYerusalem
1Weza uRehabheham eYerusalem, wabizela ndawonye indlu yakwaYuda neyakwaBhenjamin, ikhulu elinamanci asibhozo amawaka amadodana okulwa imfazwe, ukuba aye kulwa namaSirayeli, bubuyiselwe ubukumkani kuRehabheham. 2Lafika ilizwi likaYehova kuShemaya, umfo wakwaThixo, lisithi, 3Yitsho kuRehabheham unyana kaSolomon, ukumkani wakwaYuda, nakumaSirayeli onke, kwaYuda nakwaBhenjamin, ukuthi, 4Utsho uYehova ukuthi, Ize ningànyuki; ize ningàlwi nabazalwana benu. Buyani, aye elowo endlwini yakhe; ngokuba iphume kum le nto. Baliphulaphula izwi likaYehova, babuya ekuyeni kulwa noYarobheham.
5Wahlala uRehabheham eYerusalem, wákhe imizi yokunqabisa kwaYuda. 6Wákha iBhetelehem, ne-Etam, neTekowa, 7neBhete-tsure, neSoko, neAdulam, 8neGati, neMaresha, neZifi, 9neAdorayim, neLakishe, neAseka, 10neTsora, neAyalon, nowaseHebron, ekwaYuda nekwaBhenjamin, imizi enqatyisiweyo. 11Waziqinisa iinqaba, wabeka iingànga zamadoda kuzo, noovimba bokudla neoli newayini. 12Nakwimizi ngemizi yonke wabeka amakhaka, nezikhali; wayiqinisa kakhulu kunene. Aba kuye amaYuda namaBhenjamin.
13Ababingeleli nabaLevi ababekwelakwaSirayeli lonke bathelela kuye, bevela emideni yabo yonke. 14Ngokuba abaLevi bawashiya amadlelo abo, nemfuyo yabo, beza kwaYuda naseYerusalem; ngokuba uYarobheham noonyana bakhe babebakhuphile, ukuba bangabi ngababingeleli kuYehova; 15wazimisela ababingeleli bezigánga, nabamaxhonti, nabamathole awawenzáyo. 16Emva kwabo ke, ezizweni zonke zakwaSirayeli, bathi abazinikeláyo iintliziyo zabo ukumquqela uYehova uThixo kaSirayeli, beza kubingelela eYerusalem kuYehova, uThixo wooyise. 17Babuzinzisa ubukumkani bukaYuda, bamomeleza uRehabheham unyana kaSolomon iminyaka emithathu; ngokuba bahamba ngendlela kaDavide noSolomon iminyaka emithathu.
18Ke kaloku uRehabheham wazeka uMahalati, intombi kaYerimoti unyana kaDavide, noAbhihayile, intombi kaEliyabhi unyana kaYese; 19wamzalela oonyana: ooYehushe, noShemariya, noZaham. 20Emva kwakhe wazeka uMahaka intombi ka-Abhisalom; wamzalela uAbhiya, noAtayi, noZiza, noShelomiti.
21URehabheham wathanda uMahaka intombi ka-Abhisalom, ngaphezu kwabafazi bakhe bonke namashweshwe akhe (ngokuba ubenabafazi abalishumi elinesibhozo, namashweshwe angamashumi amathandathu; wazala oonyana abamashumi mabini anesibhozo, neentombi ezimashumi mathandathu). 22URehabheham wamisa uAbhiya unyana kaMahaka, ukuba abe yinkulu, abe yingànga phakathi kwabazalwana bakhe; ngokuba ubecinga ukumenza ukumkani. 23Wenza ngenqondo, wabathi saa oonyana bakhe bonke emazweni onke akwaYuda nakwaBhenjamin, emizini yonke enqatyisiweyo, wabanika ukudla okuninzi, wabafunela into eninzi yabafazi.
