When he took over the kingdom from his father, Solomon, many from Israel came to him and said, "Your father made our yoke hard; now therefore lighten the hard service of your father and his heavy yoke which he put on us, and we will serve you" (1 Kings 12:4).
UJerobowamu lebandla lonke lakoIsrayeli basebesiza bakhuluma loRehobowamu besithi: 4Uyihlo wenza ijogwe lethu laba lukhuni; ngakho-ke wena yenza kube lula umsebenzi olukhuni kayihlo, lejogwe lakhe elinzima abesithwalise lona, njalo sizakukhonza e .