1. Ngaleso sikhathi u-Abiya indodana kaJerobowamu wagula.
2. UJerobowamu wathi kumkakhe: “Ake usuke uzifihle, ukuze kungaziwa ukuthi wena ungumkaJerobowamu, uye eShilo; bheka, u-Ahiya umprofethi ulapho, yena owakhuluma ngami ukuthi ngiyakuba yinkosi phezu kwalaba bantu.
3. Uphathe ngesandla sakho izinkwa eziyishumi, nemiqathane, nophiso lwezinyosi, uye kuye; uyakukutshela ukuthi kuzakuba njani kumntwana.”
4. UmkaJerobowamu wenze njalo; wasuka, waya eShilo, wafika endlini ka-Ahiya.U-Ahiya wayengenakubona, ngokuba amehlo akhe ayequndekile ngenxa yobudala bakhe.
5. UJehova wayeshilo ku-Ahiya, ethi: “Bheka, umkaJerobowamu uyeza ukubuza kuwe ngendodana yakhe, ngokuba iyagula; womphendula ngokuthi nangokuthi, ngokuba kuyakuthi ekungeneni kwakhe azishaye omunye umuntu.”
6. Kwathi lapho u-Ahiya ezwa izigqi zezinyawo zakhe ekungeneni kwakhe emnyango, wathi: “Ngena, mkaJerobowamu; uzishayelani omunye; mina ngithunyiwe kuwe nginendaba elukhuni.
7. Hamba umtshele uJerobowamu ukuthi: ‘UJehova uNkulunkulu ka-Israyeli usho kanje, uthi: Njengokuba ngakuphakamisa phakathi kwabantu, ngakubeka ube ngumbusi wabantu bami u-Israyeli,
8. ngawuhlwitha umbuso endlini kaDavide, ngawunika wena, kepha awubanga njengenceku yami uDavide owagcina imiyalo yami nowangilandela ngayo yonke inhliziyo yakhe ukwenza okulungile emehlweni ami kuphela,