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 yabaphendvula ngelulaka, yalahla leseluleko salabadzala,
Rehobowamu wabaphendvula watsi: “Nibobuya lapha kimi emvakwemalanga lamatsatfu.” Ngako-ke sive sesuka sahamba.