16 Ba latelwa ke ba meloko yohle ya Iseraele ba batlang Jehova, Modimo wa Iseraele, ka pelo yohle ya bona, ba bileng ba tla Jerusalema ho hlabela Jehova, Modimo wa bontata bona.
17 Ba tiisa mmuso wa Juda jwalo, mme ba natlafatsa Roboame, mora Salomone, ka lemo tse tharo; hobane ba fela ba tsamaya mehlaleng ya Davida le Salomone ka dilemo tse tharo.
18 Roboame a inkela mosadi: ke Mahalathe, moradi wa Jerimothe, mora Davida le Abihaile, moradi wa Eliabe, mora Jese.
19 A mo tswalla bara, Jeushe le Shemaria le Sahame.
20 A ntoo nka Maaka, moradi wa Absalome; eo a mo tswalla Abija, Attai, Sisa le Shelomithe.
21 Roboame a rata Maaka, moradi wa Absalome, ho ena le basadi ba hae ba bang kaofela le direthe tsa hae; athe o ne a nkile basadi ba leshome le metso e robileng meno e le mmedi le direthe tse mashome a tsheletseng, mme a tswala bara ba mashome a mabedi a metso e robileng meno e le mmedi le baradi ba mashome a tsheletseng.
22 Roboame a bea Abija, mora Maaka, ya kapele ho ba bang, hore e tle e be hlooho ya banababo; hobane o ne a rata ho mo etsa morena.