12 Kwaphela emalanga lamatsatfu, Jerobowamu nesive sonkhe babuyela kuRehobowamu, njengobe phela inkhosi beyishito, kutsi babobuya emvakwemalanga lamatsatfu.
Babe wanetfwesa lijoko lelimatima; mine-ke ngitalenta libe matima kakhulu. Babe abenibhacabula ngetiswebhu, mine-ke ngitanibhacabula ngetiswebhu letinetipikili.’ ”
Inkhosi yasilahla seluleko salabadzala, sive yasiphendvula ngelulaka,
Rehobowamu wabaphendvula watsi: “Ase nihambe nibuye emvakwemalanga lamatsatfu.” Ngako-ke sive sesuka sahamba.