16. Israel nile we hu na eze egeghi ha nti, ndi Israel we weghachiri eze okwu, si, Òkè gini ka ayi nwere nime Devid? ọ dighi kwa ihe-nketa di nime nwa Jesi: lanu, nwoke ọ bula, n'ulo-ikwū-unu, Israel: ub͕u a le ulo-gi, Devid. Israel nile we la n'ulo-ikwū-ha.
17. Ma umu Israel ndi bi n'obodo nile nke Juda, Rehoboam we buru eze-ha.
18. Eze, bú Rehoboam, we ziga Hadoram, onye bu onye-isi usu ndi nēfè òfùfè; umu Israel we were nkume tub͕ue ya, o we nwua. Eze, bú Rehoboam, we b͕a onwe-ya ume irigo n'ubọ-ala-ya, ib͕alaga na Jerusalem.
19. Israel we jehie megide ulo Devid, rue ta.