12 Rehobowamu ajya i Shekemu, kuko i Shekemu+ ari ho Abisirayeli bose bari bahuriye, kugira ngo bamushyireho abe umwami.+ 2 Yerobowamu umuhungu wa Nebati arabimenya. (Icyo gihe yari akiri muri Egiputa yarahunze Umwami Salomo kandi ni ho yabaga.)+ 3 Nuko bamutumaho abantu araza. Hanyuma Yerobowamu n’Abisirayeli bose baraza babwira Rehobowamu bati: 4 “Papa wawe yatumye umutwaro wacu uturemerera cyane,+ ariko wowe nutworohereza imirimo ivunanye papa wawe yadukoreshaga kandi ukoroshya umutwaro uremereye yadukoreye, natwe tuzagukorera.”