¹ Eminyakeni welishumi nesiphohlongo Inkhosi Jeroboam indvodzana yaNebat, Abijah acalile kubusa kaJudah. Wabusa iminyaka lemitsatfu eJurusalema. Unina ² kwakunguMaakah. Bekayindvodzakati yaAbishalom. ³ Wahamaba tikwato tonkhe tono uyise wakhe latentile ngesikhatsi sakhe; inhlitiyo yakhe abengakayinikeli kuSimakadze Nkulunkulu wakhe njenge nhlitiyo yaDavide. ⁴ Nomakusenjalo, ngencaya Davide, Simakadze Nkulunkulu wakhe wamunika sibane eJerusalema ngekuphakamisa indvodzana yakhe emvakwakhe khona atocinisa iJerusalema. ⁵ Nkulunkulu wakwenta loku ngenca yekutsi Davide wenta lokulungile emehlweni akhe; ngawo onkhe emalanga ekuphila kwakhe, akesuki etitfweni labayalela kito, ngaphendle kwenkinga yaUriah longumuHittite. ⁶ Kwase kunemphi emkhatsini kwaRehoboam kanyenaJeroboam imphilo yonkhe yaAbijah yonkhe. ⁷ Ngalendzaba yaAbijah, lakwenta, akukabhalwa emabhukwini lemicimbi yeNkhosi yaJudah? Kwakunemphi emkhatsini waAbijah kanye naJeroboam. ⁸ Abijah walala phansi kanye nabokhokho mkhulu bakhe, bamugcwabela edolobheni edolobheni laDavide. Asa indvodzana yakhe waba yinkhosi endzaweni yakhe. ⁹ Ngemnyaka wemashumi lamabili nesiphohlongo Jeroboam Inkhosi yakaIsrael, Asa wacala kubusa kaJudah. ¹⁰ Wabusa iminyaka lengemashumi lamane nakunye eJerusalem. Ligama lagogo wakhe kwakungu Maakah, indvodzakati yaAbishalom. ¹¹ Asa wenta loku lungile emehlweni aSimakadze, njenga Davide, njengamkhulu wakhe, lakwenta. ¹² Wacosha tonkhe titabane endzweni wasusa tonkhe tithico lebetakhiwe bokhokho bakhe. ¹³ Waphindze wasusa Maakah, gogo wakhe, ekubeni yindlovukati, ngoba wakha insika yaAsherah leyayinyanyisa. Asa wagawula lensika wayishisela esigodzini saseKidron. ¹⁴ Kodvwa tindzawo letiphakemeatiznge titsatfwe. Nomakunjalo, Asa abeyinikele inhlitiyo yakhe kuSimakadze emalanga akhe onkhe. ¹⁵ Wabuyisela tonkhe tintfo labetihlukaniswe ngubabe wakhe endlini yaSimakadze, netintfo takhe lebetihlukanisiwe takhiwe ngesiliva, neligolide, kanye nelivasi. ¹⁶ Kwakunemphi emkhatsini waAsa kanye naBaasha Inkhosi yema Israel, emalangeni abo onkhe. ¹⁷ Baasha Inkhosi yaka Israel, wankhombisa kubaneludlame kuJudah wase wakha iRamah, kute kubebete lamvumela kutsi ahambe nobe angene endzaweni yaAsa Inkhosi yakaJudah. ¹⁸ Asa wase utsatsa lonkhe lisiliva negolide lebelisele egushedeni laSimakadze, nasegudasheni lasebukhosini. Walibeka etandleni letisebenti takhe wase ulitfumela kuBen-Hadad indvodzana yaTabrimmon indvodzana yaHezion, Inkhosi yaseAram, labehlala eDamscus. Watsi, ¹⁹ ''Makube nesivumelwano ekhatsini wami nawe, njengababe wami kanye nababe wakho. Buka, ngikutfumele sipho selisiliva kanye neligolide. Phula setsembiso sakho naBaasha Inkhosi yakaIsrael, kute awuhlukana nami.'' ²⁰ Ben-Hadad wayilalela Inkhosi Asa wase utfumela baholi bembutfo wakhe, bahlasela emadolobha onkhe aka Israel. Bahlasela Ijon, Dan, Abel Beth Maakah, kanye nawonkhe maKinnereth, kanye nayo yonkhe indzawo yNaphtali. ²¹ Kwase kuyenteka kutsi Baash evangaloko, wema kwekha iRamah wabuyela kuTizah. ²² Inkhosi Asa yenta simemetelo kuJudah wonkhe. Kute lowakhishwa. Batsatsa ematje kanye nemapulangu labesentjetiswa nguBaasha nakakha lidolobha laseRamah. Inkhosi Asa wase usebentisa letintfo kwakha iGeba yaBenjamini kanye Mizpah. ²³ Kuletinye tinkinga taAsa, longungenteka, lakwentile, nemadolobha lawakhile, akabhalwa encwadzini yemicimbi yeNkhosi yakaJudah? Ngesikhatsi sekuguga kwakhe wase ugula ngetinyawo. ²⁴ Asa washona wagcwatjelwa nabokhokho mkhulu bakhe edolobheni laDvide uyise. Jehoshaphat indvodzana yakhe yaba yiNkhosi endzaweni yakhe. ²⁵ Nadad indvodzana yaJeroboam wacala kubusa tikwa Israel emnyakeni wesibili waAsa inkhosi yakaJudah; wabusa kaIsrael iminyaka lemibili. ²⁶ Wenta lokukubi kemehlweni aSimakadze njengababe wakhe, netono takhe, lowahola Israel kutsi aone. ²⁷ Baasha indvodzana yaAhijah, wemndeni waIssachar, wakha lizungu macondzana naNadad; Baasha wambulala phansi eGibbethon, lebekacondzene kumaPhilistines, ngoba Nadab nawo onkhe emaIsrael abecambalele emceleni waseGibbethon. ²⁸ Ngemnyaka wesitsatfu weNkhosi Asa yakaJudah, Baash wabulala Nadab wase ubayiNkhosi endzaweni yakhe. ²⁹ Kwatsi nje abayiNkhosi , Baasha wabulala wonkhe umndeni waJeroboam. Washiya kute ngisho nasinye situkulwane saJeroboam; ngaleyo ndlela wabulala lilayni lebukhosi bakhe, njengobe Simakadze akhulumile ngesisebenti sakhe Ahijah umShilonite, ³⁰ ngenca yetono taJeroboam latenta kuhola Israel kutsi ente sono, ngekukwata kwakhe wachukuluta Simakadze, Nkulunkulu wakaIsrael. ³¹ Kuletinye tinkinga lebetidzinga Nadab, nako konkhe lakwenta, bekungakabhalwa encwadzini yemicimbi yeNkhosi yaka Israel? ³² Kwakunemphi emkhatsini waAsa kanye naBaasha Inkhosi yaka Israel emalangeni abo onkhe. ³³ Ngemnyaka wesitsatfu Asa ayiNkhosi yaka Judah, Baasha indvodzana yaAhijah yacala kubusa kaIsrael eTirzah wabusa iminyaka lengemashumi lamabili nakune. ³⁴ Wenta lokubi emehlweni aSimakadze wahamba endleleni aJeroboam kanye nasesonweni sakhe lahola ngaso Israel kutsi ente sone.