Jeroboam's Son Dies
1 About the same time, Abijah son of Jeroboam got sick. 2-3 Jeroboam told his wife:
Disguise yourself so no one will know you're my wife, then go to Shiloh, where the prophet Ahijah lives. Take him ten loaves of bread, some small cakes, and honey, and ask him what will happen to our son. He can tell you, because he's the one who told me I would become king.
4 She got ready and left for Ahijah's house in Shiloh.
Ahijah was now old and blind, 5 but the Lord told him, “Jeroboam's wife is coming to ask about her son. I will tell you what to say to her.”
Jeroboam's wife came to Ahijah's house, pretending to be someone else. 6 But when Ahijah heard her walking up to the door, he said:
Come in! I know you're Jeroboam's wife—why are you pretending to be someone else? I have some bad news for you. 7 Give your husband this message from the Lord God of Israel: “Jeroboam, you know that I, the Lord, chose you over anyone else to be the leader of my people Israel. 8 I even took David's kingdom away from his family and gave it to you. But you are not like my servant David. He always obeyed me and did what was right.
9 “You have made me very angry by rejecting me and making idols out of gold. Jeroboam, you have done more evil things than any king before you.
10 “Because of this, I will destroy your family by killing every man and boy in it, whether slave or free. I will wipe out your family, just as fire burns up trash. 11 Dogs will eat the bodies of your relatives who die in town, and vultures will eat the bodies of those who die in the country. I, the Lord, have spoken and will not change my mind!”
12 That's the Lord's message to your husband. As for you, go back home, and right after you get there, your son will die. 13 Everyone in Israel will mourn at his funeral. But he will be the last one from Jeroboam's family to receive a proper burial, because he's the only one the Lord God of Israel is pleased with.
14 The Lord will soon choose a new king of Israel, who will destroy Jeroboam's family. And I mean very soon. 15 The people of Israel have made the Lord angry by setting up sacred poles for worshiping the goddess Asherah. So the Lord will punish them until they shake like grass in a stream. He will take them out of the land he gave to their ancestors, then scatter them as far away as the Euphrates River. 16 Jeroboam sinned and caused the Israelites to sin. Now the Lord will desert Israel.
17 Jeroboam's wife left and went back home to the town of Tirzah. As soon as she set foot in her house, her son died. 18 Everyone in Israel came and mourned at his funeral, just as the Lord's servant Ahijah had said.
Jeroboam Dies
19 Everything else Jeroboam did while he was king, including the battles he won, is written in The History of the Kings of Israel. 20 He was king of Israel for 22 years, then he died, and his son Nadab became king.
King Rehoboam of Judah
(2 Chronicles 11.5—12.16)21 Rehoboam son of Solomon was 41 years old when he became king of Judah, and he ruled 17 years from Jerusalem, the city where the Lord had chosen to be worshiped. His mother Naamah was from Ammon.
22 The people of Judah disobeyed the Lord and made him even angrier than their ancestors had. 23 They also built their own local shrines and stone images of foreign gods, and they set up sacred poles for worshiping the goddess Asherah on every hill and in the shade of large trees. 24 Even worse, they allowed prostitutes at the shrines, and followed the disgusting customs of the foreign nations that the Lord had forced out of Canaan.
25 After Rehoboam had been king for four years, King Shishak of Egypt attacked Jerusalem. 26 He took everything of value from the temple and the palace, including Solomon's gold shields.
27 Rehoboam had bronze shields made to replace the gold ones, and he ordered the guards at the city gates to keep them safe. 28 Whenever Rehoboam went to the Lord's temple, the guards carried the shields. But they always took them back to the guardroom as soon as he was finished.
29 Everything else Rehoboam did while he was king is written in The History of the Kings of Judah. 30 He and Jeroboam were constantly at war. 31 Rehoboam's mother Naamah was from Ammon, but when Rehoboam died, he was buried beside his ancestors in Jerusalem. His son Abijam then became king.
Yerobowamu la dimbaayaa burukañaa
1 Wo waatoo kono Mansa Yerobowamu dinkewo Abiya naata saasaa. 2 Yerobowamu ko a la musoo ye ko, “Taa, i ye i faŋ muluŋo faliŋ, ñiŋ kamma la ì te i suutee la ko ite le mu n na musoo ti. Bituŋ i si taa Silo saatewo to, Annabilayi Ahiya be jee le, meŋ ye a fo n ye nuŋ ko, m be ke la ñiŋ moolu la mansa ti le. 3 Mbuuru kuŋ taŋ samba ñoo la, munku janiriŋo doo, aniŋ lii kaboo, aduŋ i si taa a yaa. A be a fo la i ye le meŋ be ke la ǹ diŋo la.” 4 Bituŋ Yerobowamu ye meŋ fo, a la musoo ye wo le ke, aduŋ a taata Annabilayi Ahiya la buŋo to Silo saatewo to.
Saayiŋ Ahiya buka jeroo ke noo, kaatu a ñaalu maŋ diyaa kotoo kamma la. 5 Bari Yaawe* ko Ahiya ye le ko, “Yerobowamu la musoo be naa i yaa le ka naa i ñininkaa a dinkewo la kuwo la, kaatu a saasaata le. I be a jaabi la teŋ niŋ teŋ ne. Niŋ a naata, a be a faŋ ke la le ko moo doo le mu.”
6 Bari kabiriŋ Ahiya ye a siŋ kaŋo moyi naŋ daa to, a ko, “Duŋ naŋ, Yerobowamu la musoo. Muŋ ne ye a tinna i ka i faŋ ke ko moo doo le mu? Ŋa kibaari jawoo le soto i ye. 7 Taa, a fo Yerobowamu ye ko, Yaawe, Banisirayila la Alla ye ñiŋ ne fo ko:
“Nte Yaawe ye i sikandi le ka bo moolu kono, aduŋ ŋa i ke ñaatonkoo ti n na moolu, Banisirayilankoolu kunna. 8 Ŋa mansayaa buusi Dawuda la dimbaayaalu la le, aduŋ ŋa a dii ite le la. Bari ite maŋ ke komeŋ n na dookuulaa Dawuda, meŋ ye n na yaamaroolu muta, aduŋ a ye n nooma niŋ a sondomoo bee la, ka kuwolu doroŋ ke mennu tilinta n ñaa koto. 9 I ye kuu jawoo meŋ ke, wo le tambita moolu bee taa la i be mennu siŋ kaŋ. I ye batufeŋolu le dadaa i faŋo ye, jalaŋolu mennu dadaata newo la. I ye nte fayi i kooma, i ye n kamfandi.
10 “Ñiŋ kuwo kamma la, m be kuu jawoo laa la Yerobowamu la dimbaayaa kaŋ ne. M be a la dimbaayaa kewolu bee le faa la, biriŋ a foro fo a joŋ Banisirayila kono. M be Yerobowamu la dimbaayaa jani la le ka a kasaara komeŋ moo ka ñaamoo jani ñaameŋ fo a bee ye baŋ fereŋ. 11 Moo-wo-moo keta Yerobowamu la dimbaayaa moo ti, niŋ a faata saatewo kono, wuloolu le be a domo la, aduŋ niŋ meŋ faata kene koomoo to, duwoolu le be a domo la. Nte Yaawe le ye ñiŋ fo!”
12 Bituŋ Ahiya tententa ka a fo Yerobowamu la musoo ye ko, “Saayiŋ muru suwo kono. Niŋ i dunta saatewo kono doroŋ, dindiŋo ñiŋ be faa la le. 13 Banisirayila bee be a saŋakumboo la le, aduŋ ì be a baadee la le. Ate doroŋ ne mu Yerobowamu la dimbaayaa moo ti meŋ be baadee la, kaatu ate doroŋ ne mu moo ti Yerobowamu la dimbaayaa kono Yaawe, Banisirayila la Alla ye kuu betoo je meŋ kono.
14 “Yaawe be mansa doo wulindi la a faŋo ye Banisirayila kunna le, meŋ be Yerobowamu la dimbaayaa buruka la. Aduŋ wo te mee la.
15 “Yaawe be Banisirayila busa la le, fo a ye ke komeŋ niŋ seyiŋo be jiijaa kaŋ jiyo kono. A be Banisirayila suloo wutu la ñiŋ banku betoo kaŋ ne a ye meŋ dii ì mumuñolu la, ka ì janjandi Yufurati Boloŋo kooma, kaatu ì ye Yaawe kamfandi niŋ Asera* jalaŋ dokoolu le la ì ye mennu dadaa. 16 Aduŋ a be a koo dii la Banisirayila la le junuboolu kamma la, Yerobowamu ye mennu ke, aniŋ a ye a tinna Banisirayila ye ì ke.”
17 Bituŋ Yerobowamu la musoo wulita, a taata ka muru Tirisa. A loota bundaa to doroŋ, kambaanendiŋo ñiŋ faata. 18 Ì ye a baadee, aduŋ Banisirayila bee ye a la saŋo kumboo, komeŋ Yaawe ye a fo ñaameŋ ka bo niŋ a la dookuulaa la, Annabilayi Ahiya.
Yerobowamu faata
19 Yerobowamu la mansayaa kuu doolu, a la keloolu, aniŋ a ye maraloo ke ñaameŋ, ì safeeta Banisirayila Mansoolu la Taarika Kitaaboo le kono. 20 A mansayaata le fo sanji muwaŋ niŋ fula, bituŋ a naata faa ka kafu a mumuñolu ma. A dinkewo Nadabu le siita a noo to ka ke mansa ti.
Rehobowamu Yahuuda mansa
(2 Taarika 11:5—12:16)21 Sulemani dinkewo Rehobowamu le keta nuŋ mansa ti Yahuuda. A siyo be nuŋ sanji taŋ naani niŋ kiliŋ ne, kabiriŋ a be ke la mansa ti. A ye maraloo ke Yerusalaamu le fo sanji taŋ niŋ woorowula, saatewo meŋ Yaawe ye a tomboŋ Banisirayila lasiloolu la saatewolu bee kono, a ye a too ke wo kunna ka ke a batudulaa ti. Rehobowamu baamaa too mu Naama le ti, Ammoninkoo.
22 Yahuuda moolu ye kuu jawoo ke Yaawe ñaa koto le. Ì ye a la kiiliyaa kamfaa wulindi ì la junuboolu la ka tambi ì mumuñolu ye a ke ñaameŋ nuŋ. 23 Itolu fanaa ye jalaŋ batudulaalu loo ì faŋolu ye, jalaŋ bere looriŋolu aniŋ Asera jalaŋ doko looriŋolu, konkoolu bee kaŋ aniŋ yirisuŋ biireeriŋolu bee koto. 24 Cakoolu mennu ka tara batudulaa tintiŋolu* to, wolu fanaa tarata bankoo kaŋ ne. Moolu tarata kuu haraamuriŋolu le ke kaŋ, bankoo moolu ka mennu ke nuŋ, Yaawe ye mennu bayi nuŋ ka ì fintindi Banisirayilankoolu ye.
25 Mansa Rehobowamu la maraloo sanji luulunjaŋo kono, Sisaki, Misira mansa ye Yerusalaamu boyinkaŋ. 26 A ye Yaawe Batudulaa naafuloo bee taa, aniŋ mansabuŋo naafuloo, a ye ì samba. A ye feŋolu bee le taa, ka taa sani koteeroolu*, Sulemani ye mennu dadaa. 27 Bari Mansa Rehobowamu ye jaawali koteeroolu le dadaa ka ì seyi ì noo to, aduŋ a ye ì dii mansa kantalaa kuntiyolu le la mennu tarata kantaroo la mansasuwo daa to. 28 Waati-wo-waati niŋ mansa be taa kaŋ Yaawe Batudulaa Buŋo* to, mansa kantalaalu si koteeroolu cafu, niŋ wo bota a la ì si naa ì murundi kantari buŋo kono.
29 Rehobowamu la mansayaa kuu koteŋolu, aniŋ a ye kuwolu mennu bee ke, ì safeeta Yahuuda Mansoolu la Taarika Kitaaboo le kono. 30 Kele bambaloo le tarata nuŋ Rehobowamu niŋ Yerobowamu teema. 31 Bituŋ Rehobowamu naata bele ka kafu a mumuñolu ma. Ì ye a baadee Dawuda la Saatewo* le to. A baamaa too mu Naama le ti, meŋ keta Ammoninkoo ti. A dinkewo Abiyamu le siita a noo to ka ke mansa ti.
