20 Jerobowamu akazange aphindze abe nemandla ngesikhatsi kusabusa Abiya kaJuda. Simakadze wamshaya, wafa.
Wabusa iminyaka lengema-22, wabe sewuyakhotsama. Nadabi, umsa wakhe, wase uba yinkhosi esikhundleni sakhe.
Ngemnyaka wema-20 wekubusa kwaJerobowamu, inkhosi yaka-Israyeli, kaJuda kwabekwa Asa, waba yinkhosi;
Abiya wacosha Jerobowamu, wadzimate watfumba emadolobha iBetheli, neJeshana, ne-Efroni kanye nemiti yawo.
Kodvwa Abiya wakhula waba nemandla. Watsatsa bafati labali-14, watala emadvodzana langema-22 nemadvodzakati lali-16.
“Ndvodzana yemuntfu, ngekugadla kanye nje sengitawususa kuwe loko lokuyinjabulo yemehlo akho. Noko ungalili, futsi ungasidzindzi sililo nome ukhale tinyembeti.
Khona lapho ingilosi yeNkhosi yashaya Herodi, ngobe abengamniki Nkulunkulu ludvumo. Wadliwa tibungu waze wafa.
Emvakwemalanga labengaba lishumi Simakadze washaya Nabali, wafa.
Ngifunga ngekuphila kwaSimakadze kutsi nguSimakadze cobo lwakhe lotakumshaya. Loko kuyakwenteka ngekutsi kufike sikhatsi sakhe sekufa, nome atsi uye emphini afike afele khona.