3 Ndipo Abiya anayambana nkhondo ali ndi khamu la ngwazi za nkhondo, amuna osankhika zikwi mazana anai; Yerobiamu atandandalitsa nkhondo yace ilimbane naye ndi amuna osankhika zikwi mazana asanu ndi atatu, ndiwo ngwazi zamphamvu.
4 Ndipo Abiya anaimirira pa phiri la Zemaraimu, ndilo ku mapiri a Efraimu, nati, Mundimvere Yerobiamu ndi Aisrayeli onse;
5 simudziwa kodi kuti Yehova Mulungu wa Israyeli anapereka ciperekere ufumu wa Israyeli kwa Davide, kwa iye ndi ana ace, ndi pangano la mcere?
6 Koma Yerobiamu mwana wa Nebati mnyamata wa Solomo mwana wa Davide anauka, napandukana ndi mbuye wace.
7 Ndipo anamsonkhanira amuna acabe, anthu opanda pace, ndiwo anadzilimbikitsa kutsutsana naye Rehabiamu mwana wa Solomo, muja Rehabiamu anali mnyamata ndi woolowa mtima, wosakhoza kuwalaka.
8 Ndipo tsopano, mukuti mudzilimbikitse kutsutsana nao ufumu wa Yehova m'dzanja la ana a Davide; ndinu aunyinji ambiri, ndi pamodzi nanu ana a ng'ombe agolidi adawapanga Yerobiamu akhale milungu yanu.
9 Simunapitikitsa kodi ansembe a Yehova, ana a Aroni, ndi Alevi, ndi kudziikira ansembe monga amacita anthu a m'maiko ena? kuti ali yense wakudza kudzipatulira ndi mwana wa ng'ombe, ndi nkhosa zamphongo zisanu ndi ziwiri, yemweyo ndiye wansembe wa iyo yosati milungu.