4 Ngako umkaJerobowamu wakwenta konkhe loko labekutjeliwe, wahamba waya endlini ya-Ahiya eShilo. Ahiya abengasaboni emehlweni ngenca yekutsi abesamdzala kakhulu.
Kwatsi Isaka asamdzala kakhulu, emehlo akhe asafiphele angasaboni kahle. Watfumela wabita Esawu, indvodzana yakhe lendzala, wafike watsi kuye: “Msawami!” Wasabela watsi: “Ngilapha, babe.”
Emehlo a-Israyeli abengasaboni kahle, ngenca yebudzala, abesafifiyela. Ngako Josefa wawasondzeta kuye. Jakobe wawanga, wawagaca ngemikhono.
Ngaleto tikhatsi Jerobowamu watsi uphumela ngaphandle kweJerusalema, wahlangana na-Ahiya, umphrofethi waseShilo, embetse sembatfo lesisha. Bahlangana baba bobabili jwi, esigangeni.
Jerobowamu wakhuluma kumkakhe, watsi: “Hamba, utifihle ngekwembatsa letinye tingubo, ungabonakali, khona bangetikubona kutsi umgumkaJerobowamu, bese uya eShilo. Umphrofethi Ahiya ukhona lapho, yena lowo lowangitjela kutsi ngitawuba yinkhosi etikwalesive.
Iminyaka yekuphila kwetfu ingiminyaka lengemashumi lasikhombisa, nangabe sisacinile iba ngiminyaka lengemashumi lasiphohlongo; noko linyenti laleyo minyaka seliphetse kuhlupheka nelusizi. Kuphila kwetfu kwendlula ngekushesha, yebo, siyandiza sihambe.
Ngaleso sikhatsi balindzi bendlu bayawutfutfumela, nemadvodza lanemandla ayawutfotfobala, lapho basili bayakuyekela kusila, ngobe nalabo basili bayawube sebambalwa; nalabo labalunguta ngemafasitelo bangabe basahlola;
Mosi abesaneminyaka leli-120 budzala ngesikhatsi afa, noko emehlo akhe abengakacundzeki, kantsi futsi nasemtimbeni abesecinile.
Sonkhe sive sema-Israyeli sahlangana ndzawonye eShilo semisa lithende lekuhlangana khona lapho. Ema-Israyeli abesalincobile lonkhe live,
Ngalobunye busuku Eli, labesanemehlo labutsakatsaka asabona kalufifi, abelele endzaweni yakhe njengasemihleni.
labesaneminyaka lengema-98 budzala, nemehlo akhe abengasaboni.