12 Three days later Jeroboam and all the people returned to Rehoboam, as the king had directed when he said, "Come back to me in three days." 13 The king answered them harshly, rejecting the counsel of the elders.
12Ho no fhela maḓuvha mararu Jerobiamu na vhathu vhoṱhe vha vhuelela ha khosi Rehabiamu nga he a vha vhudza a ri, "Vhuyani ho fhela maḓuvha mararu." 13Khosi ya vha ḽela vhuhali i tshi vha fhindula, ya landula nyeletshedzo ya vhahulwane, 14ya tevhela nyeletshedzo ya vhaṱhannga, ya ri, "Khotsi anga vho ni hwesa dzhogo i lemelaho, nṋe ndi ḓo ni hwesa i lemelesaho.