Taäŋgu Semaya ro
(1 'Bädri'bai 12:21-24)1 Ondro Rehoboama kosate Yerusalema ya oko, nda mbikala kyila'bai kadopara rote kutu kama alo 'butenjidriena ni 'bakala Benjamina ro ndi Yuda robe yasi. Nda usutate oyine kyila oyene ogone lidri mä'dudri Yisaraele roya logone nda zele. 2 Oko OPI atate nebi Semaya ri 3 lazo ono itine 'Bädri'ba Rehoboama ri ago lidri cini 'bakala Yuda ndi Benjamina ro robe ri ekye: 4 Nyogota Yisaraele'ba azi amiro ko. Vo ami cini ro migo 'bäru. Tase ka'dobe ono orivoya ole maro. 'Dooko ànya royi ota OPI rote ago oyiyi kote kyila oyene Yeroboama be.
Rehoboama be Tiṛi Ṛatararo te 'Bakicii Lomvosi
5 Rehoboama rite Yerusalema ya, ago nda be tiṛi ṛatararo te 'bakicii Yuda ndi Benjamina be ro kwoi gagaza. 6 Beteleme, Etama, Tekoa, 7 Betezura, Soko, Adulama, 8 Gata, Maresa, Zifa, 9 Adoraima, Lakisa, Azeka, 10 Zora, Aijalona ndi Eberona be. 11 Nda be tiṛi na te ṛatararo, ago 'ba otaozo'bai te ba alo alo kigyesi, ndi vo ŋgaonya, ido, vino odroro be, 12 ago nda 'ba ŋga 'digagaro ndi äzui be kpate 'bakicii cini yasi. Nda 'ba Yuda ndi Benjamina be te nda zele liti ono yasi.
Ikyi kohanii ndi Lewe'bai be ro Yuda ya
13 Kohanii ndi Lewe'bai se cini wari Yisaraele roya ikyiyite ŋgäṛiŋwadri Yuda ya. 14 Lewe'bai e'beyi vo cini ànyaro ndi wari ànyaro be te ago ikyiyite Yuda ndi Yerusalema be ya, tana Yeroboama 'Bädri'ba Yisaraele ro ndi ŋgwàagoro ndaro be leyi kote ànyari losi kohanii ro oyene OPI ri. 15 Yeroboama ka'da kohanii modo ndaro rote ruindune vo mäturo Lu uniako'bai ro yasi ago demona ndi lu awi se nda kedebe beti 'daŋgo ro ronye ana mätune. 16 Ànya se cini koleyibe OPI Lu Yisaraele ro mätune ya cini si ni 'bakala cini Yisaraele ro yasi kai, soyite Lewe'bai vo ago ikyiyite Yerusalema ya, tori olone OPI, Lu zutui ànyaro ro ri. 17 Ànya tombayi miri 'bädri'ba Yuda ro rote, ànya ätiyi Rehoboama ŋgwa Solomo rote ago ànya riyite oso se ànya koriyibe ŋgamiri 'Bädri'ba Dawidi ro ndi 'Bädri'ba Solomo robe zele ana ronye ndroa na nätu.
Katidri Rehoboama ro
18 Rehoboama gye Malata, ŋguti Jerimota ŋgwa Dawidi ro ro se endre na ni Abihaila ŋguti Eliaba ro kwozo Yisai ro ana te toko ro. 19 Ànya ti ŋgwàagoro te nätu: ni Jeusa, Semaraya, ndi Zama be. 20 Kovolesi nda gye Maka ŋguti Abisolomo rote, se ti ŋgwàagoro te su ni: Abija, Atai Ziza, ndi Selomita be. 21 Rehoboama orivoya 'ditoko be cini 'butealo fonjidriena, nda ŋgwàagoro be 'buteritu fonjidriena ago ndririŋwa be 'butenjidrialo. Oko nda lu Maka te ndrani 'ditoko ndi 'ditoko ogyeako cini ndaro be drisi, 22 ago Rehoboama ka'da ŋgwa anyaro te opi ro ŋgwàagoro cini ndaro azaka dri, tana nda ratate nda o'bane 'bädri'ba ro vo ndaro ya. 23 Rehoboama nji losi te ŋgwàagoro ndaro ri tavouni si ago 'ba ànya te orine 'bakicii se cini tiṛi ṛatararo be Yuda ndi Benjamina robe kai yasi. Nda ozo ŋgaamba te ànyari, ago gye 'ditoko te ànyari.
Shemaiah's Prophecy
(1 Kings 12.21-24)1 When King Rehoboam arrived in Jerusalem, he called together 180,000 of the best soldiers from the tribes of Benjamin and Judah. He intended to go to war and restore his control over the northern tribes of Israel. 2 But the Lord told the prophet Shemaiah 3 to give this message to King Rehoboam and to all the people of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin: 4 “Do not attack your own relatives. Go home, all of you. What has happened is my will.” They obeyed the Lord's command and did not go to fight Jeroboam.
Rehoboam Fortifies the Cities
5 Rehoboam remained in Jerusalem and had fortifications built for the following cities of Judah and Benjamin: 6 Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa, 7 Bethzur, Soco, Adullam, 8 Gath, Mareshah, Ziph, 9 Adoraim, Lachish, Azekah, 10 Zorah, Aijalon, and Hebron. 11 He had them strongly fortified and appointed a commander for each of them, and in each one he placed supplies of food, olive oil, and wine, 12 and also shields and spears. In this way he kept Judah and Benjamin under his control.
Priests and Levites Come to Judah
13 From all the territory of Israel priests and Levites came south to Judah. 14 The Levites abandoned their pastures and other land and moved to Judah and Jerusalem, because King Jeroboam of Israel and his successors would not let them serve as priests of the Lord. 15 Jeroboam appointed priests of his own to serve at the pagan places of worship and to worship demons and the idols he made in the form of bull-calves. 16 From all the tribes of Israel people who sincerely wanted to worship the Lord, the God of Israel, followed the Levites to Jerusalem, so that they could offer sacrifices to the Lord, the God of their ancestors. 17 This strengthened the kingdom of Judah, and for three years they supported Rehoboam son of Solomon and lived as they had under the rule of King David and King Solomon.
Rehoboam's Family
18 Rehoboam married Mahalath, whose father was Jerimoth son of David and whose mother was Abihail, the daughter of Eliab and granddaughter of Jesse. 19 They had three sons, Jeush, Shemariah, and Zaham. 20 Later he married Maacah, the daughter of Absalom, and they had four sons: Abijah, Attai, Ziza, and Shelomith. 21 In all, Rehoboam had eighteen wives and sixty concubines, and he fathered twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters. Of all his wives and concubines he loved Maacah best, 22 and he favored her son Abijah over all his other children, choosing him as the one to succeed him as king. 23 Rehoboam wisely assigned responsibilities to his sons and stationed them throughout Judah and Benjamin in the fortified cities. He provided generously for them and also secured many wives for them.