31 Pavuli paki wangukambiya Yerobowamu kuti:

“Topu vigamba 10, chifukwa Yehova Chiuta waku Isirayeli wakamba kuti: ‘Ini ndikeruwengi ufumu ndi kuwutuzgamu mu manja mwaku Solomoni, ndipu yiwi ndikupaskengi mafuku 10.+

32 Yerobowamu wangujalikiska so phwandu mu mwezi wa 8 pa zuŵa la 15 mu mwezi wenuwu, nge phwandu lo lachitikanga ku Yuda.+ Paguŵa la sembi lo wanguzenga ku Beteli,+ wanguperekiyapu sembi ku ŵana a ng’ombi wo wangupanga. Ku Beteli kwenuku, wangusankha so asembi kuti ateŵetiyengi pamalu ngapachanya ngo wanguzenga.

10 Pa chifukwa chenichi, ndiwisiyengi soka pa nyumba yaku Yerobowamu, ndipu ndipeyengi* munthulumi weyosi* munyumba yaku Yerobowamu, kusazgapu munthu wawuliwuli kweniso wakulopwa mu Isirayeli. Ndipeyiyengi limu nyumba yaku Yerobowamu+ nge mo munthu wapeye mavi nga nyama mpaka po ngosi ngatuliyapu!

14 Alevi anguleka malu ngawu ngakuliskaku viŵetu kweniso vinthu vawu+ ndipu anguza ku Yuda ndi ku Yerusalemu, chifukwa Yerobowamu ndi ŵana ŵaki anthulumi anguŵalekesa kuteŵete nge asembi aku Yehova.+

3 Sonu Abiya wanguluta ku nkhondu limoza ndi asilikali 400,000 wo ŵenga anthazi kweniso akusambizika mo angachitiya nkhondu.*+ Ndipu Yerobowamu limoza ndi asilikali 800,000 wo ŵenga akusambizika mo angachitiya nkhondu* kweniso anthazi angundanda mumzeri wakunozgeke nkhondu kuti alimbani nayu.

20 Yerobowamu wangujapu so wanthazi cha mu nyengu yaku Abiya. Pavuli paki, Yehova wangumulanga ndipu wangufwa.+