26. Ndipo Yerobiamu mwana wa Nebati M-efrati wa ku Zereda mnyamata wa Solomo, dzina la amace ndiye Zeruwa, mkazi wamasiye, iyenso anakweza dzanja lace pa mfumu.
27. Ndipo cifukwa cakukweza iye dzanja lace pa mfumu ndi cimeneci: Solomo anamanga Milo, namanganso pogumuka pa linga la mudzi wa Davide atate wace.
28. Ndipo munthu ameneyo Yerobiamu anali ngwazi; ndipo pamene Solomo anamuona mnyamatayo kuti ngwacangu, anamuika akhale woyang'anira wa nchito yonse ya nyumba ya Yosefe.
29. Ndipo kunali nthawi yomweyo kuti Yerobiamu anaturuka m'Yerusalemu, ndipo mneneri Ahiya wa ku Silo anampeza m'njira; tsono iyeyo anabvaliratu cobvala catsopano, ndipo iwo awiri anali okha kuthengo.
30. Ndipo Ahiyayo anagwira cobvala cace catsopano, nacing'amba khumi ndi pawiri.
31. Nati kwa Yerobiamu, Takwaya magawo khumi; popeza atero Yehova Mulungu wa Israyeli, Taona ndidzaung'amba ufumu m'dzanja la Solomo ndi kukupatsa iwe mafuko khumi.
32. Koma iye adzakhala nalo pfuko limodzi, cifukwa ca Davide mtumiki wanga, ndi ca Yerusalemu, mudzi umene ndinausankha m'mafuko onse a Israyeli.