5 Uwo mugabo Mika yari afise inzu y’imana+; atangura rero gukora efodi+ na terafimu*+ no kwuzuza ububasha ukuboko+ kw’umwe mu bahungu biwe, kugira ngo amubere umuherezi+.

27 Nayo bo, batwara ivyo Mika yari yarahinguye na wa muherezi+ wiwe, babandanya kuja i Layishi+, gutera abantu batekanye kandi ata co binona+. Batangura kubakubitisha ubugi bw’inkota+, igisagara na co bagiha umuriro+.

33 Inyuma y’ico kintu, Yerobowamu ntiyahindukira ngo ave mu nzira yiwe mbi, mugabo asubira gufata abo mu bantu basanzwe abagira abaherezi b’ibibanza bikirurutse+. Nayo uwo vyahimbara wese, Yerobowamu yaruzuza ukuboko kwiwe ububasha+, mu kuvuga ati: “Nabe umwe mu baherezi b’ibibanza bikirurutse.”

9 Mbega ntimwirukanye abaherezi ba Yehova+, bene Aroni, n’Abalewi, kandi vyongeye, mbega ntimuguma mwishiriraho abaherezi nk’abantu bo mu bindi bihugu+? Nayo umuntu wese yaje akishira mw’ibango ry’ubuherezi mu gutanga ikimasa be n’impfizi z’intama indwi, yarabaye umuherezi w’ibitari imana+.