37 Noko-ke wena ngitakutsatsa ngikubeke ube ngumholi wabo bonkhe labo labafunwa yinhlitiyo yakho, utawuba yinkhosi etikwesive sema-Israyeli.
Abneri wakhuluma kuDavide, watsi: “Ngicela kutsi ngihambe khona nyalo inkhosi yami ngiyihlanganisele Israyeli wonkhe, khona sitekwenta sivumelwane kanye nawe, nekutsi utewubusa etikwako konkhe lokufisako.” Ngako Davide wase uhambisa Abneri; wahamba ngekuthula.
Jerobowamu, umsa waNebati, naye futsi wavukela Solomoni, inkhosi. Yena abengulomunye wetindvuna taSolomoni, awaka-Efrayimu waseSereda, unina bekungulomfelokati lekwakutsiwa nguSeruya.
Umsa wakhe ngitamnika sive sibe sinye, kuze kutsi Davide, inceku yami, ihlale inesibane embikwami eJerusalema, lidolobha lengalikhetsela kutsi ngibeke Libito lami kulo.
Nawenta konkhe lengikuyale ngako, uhambe ngetindlela tami, wente lokuhle emehlweni ami ngekugcina timiso tami nemiyalo yami, njengaDavide, inceku yami, ngitawuba nawe. Ngiyawukwakhela luhlanga lwebukhosi loluyakuma njengalolwa lwaDavide, ngikunike sive sema-Israyeli.
Sonkhe sive sema-Israyeli satsi kube sive kutsi Jerobowamu sewubuyile, satfumela kutsi akalandvwe ete emhlanganweni, sambeka inkhosi etikwawo onkhe ema-Israyeli. Kwasala sive sakaJuda kuphela, lesasala sinamatsele kaDavide.
Hamba utjele Jerobowamu kutsi naku lokushiwo nguSimakadze, Nkulunkulu wema-Israyeli, utsi: ‘Ngakuphakamisa emkhatsini wesive, ngakwenta waba ngumholi wesive sami sema-Israyeli.
Ngaleyo mali niyawutsenga nome ngabe yini leniyitsandzako: tinkhomo, nome timvu, nome liwayini, nome sinatfo lesifakwe imbiliso, nome ngabe yini leniyifisako. Wena nendlu yakho uyawudla lapho utfokote embikwaSimakadze Nkulunkulu wakho.