ǀApas ǃhaodi di khâikhâisens
(1 Gao-aogu 12:1-20)1 Rehabeammi ge Sexems ǃoa ge ǃgû; hoaraga ǃhaodi Israeli didi ge ǁîba di nî gao-aodīse ǁnāpa ge ǀhao hâ i. 2 Nebati ôab Jerobeammi ge gao-aob Salomoba xu ǃhū, tsîb Egipteb ǃnâ hâ hîab ge nē ǂhôasa ǁnâu, o ge oa. 3 ǀApas ǃhaodi ge ǁîba ge ǂgaihā kai tsîn ge ǁîn hoana sī tsî Rehabeamma ǃoa ge mî: 4 “Sa îb Salomob ge ǃgom ǃnaoba ge ǁgui-ai da; sats ga sa îb ge ǁgui-ai da ǃgom ǃoabas tsî ǃnaoba supusupubada, o da ge sa ǃoabasabese nî hâǀgara.”
5 Ob ge ǁîba ge ǃeream: “ǃNona tsēdi khaoǃgâ du ǁkhawa tita ǃoa hā re.” On ge ge ǃgû.
6 Ob ge gao-aob Rehabeamma, ǁnā kaira ǀapemā-aogu, ǁîb îb Salomob ǃoabas ǃnâ ge hâ igu ai ge dî: “Mâti go ra ǂâi, mâti ta nē khoena nî ǃeream?”
7 O gu ge ǁîb ǃoa ge mî: “Nē khoenats ga ǂhanuse ǃoaba ǂgao, o ǁîna ǃgâi ǃereamsa mā re, on ge hoaǁae sa ǃoabasabese nî hâ.”
8 Xaweb ge ǁîba kaira aogu ge mā bi ǀapesa ǁnāxū tsî ǂkham khoegu, ǁîb ǀkha ge kai tsî ǁîb ǃoabas ǃnâ mâ igu ai sī ǀape-ôa, 9 tsî ge mî: “Mâti go sago ra ǂâi, mâti ta nē khoen, sa îb ge ǁgui-ai da ǃgom ǃnaoba supusupubada, ti ra mîna nî ǃeream?”
10 O gu ge ǁîga ge ǃeream: “Nētits ge ǁnā khoen, ‘Sa îb ge sida ǃnaoba ge ǃgomǃgombada, satsa ǁîba supusupubada’ ti ge mîna nî ǃeream: ‘Ti ǂkharigaǂenneb ge ti îb di kamanab ǃgâ-ai a ǁau. 11 Ti îb ge sado ǃgom ǃnaoba ge ǁgui-ai, tita ge ǁîba ǃaruǀîǀgui nî ǃgomǃgomba du. Ti îb ge sado ǃnabagu ǀkha gere ǂnau, tita ge sado ǀhūgu ǀkha nî ǂnau.’ ”
12 ǃNona tsēdi khaoǃgân ge gao-aob Jerobeammi tsî ǁaes hoas tsîna, mîb ge hâ i khami Rehabeammi tawa a hā, 13 ob ge ǁîna ǁkhōse ge ǃeream. ǁÎb ge kaira aogu di ǀapemāsa ǃharaxū 14 tsî ǁaesa ǂkham khoegu ge ǀapemā bi khami ge ǃeream: “Ti îb ge sado ǃgom ǃnaoba ge ǁgui-ai, tita ge ǁîba ǃaruǀî nî ǃgomǃgomba du. Ti îb ge sado ǃnabagu ǀkha gere ǂnau, tita ge sado ǀhūgu ǀkha nî ǂnau.” 15 Gao-aob ge ǁaes ge ǂgan bi khami dī tama ge i, nē ǃkhais ge ǃKhūba xu hâ i xui-ao; ǃKhūb di mîs, Ahiab, Silos dib ǃnâ-ub ge Nebati ôab Jerobeamma ǃoa mî hâ is nî dīǀoaǀoahese.
16 Tsî khoen ge gao-aob, ǁîna ǃgâ ǂgao tama ǃkhaisa mûo, on ge ǁîb ǃoa ge mî: “Mâ mî-amǃnâ-e da Davidi tawa ūhâ. Xū-i xare-e da kom Isaib ôab tawa ūhâ tamao. Israelǁîdo sadu omdi ǁga oa, îb Davidi ôaba aitsama mûbasen.” 17 Rehabeammi ge Judab ǃādi ǃnâ ǁan hâ Israelǁîn ǀguin ǂama ge gao-ao kai.
18 Gao-aob Rehabeammi ge Adorammi, ǁgarisîsenni mûǂamaoba Israelǁîn ǁga ge sî, xawen ge Israelǁîna ǁîba ge ǀuiǁhomǃan. Ob ge gao-aob Rehabeamma ǃhaese torokunis âb ai ǂoa tsî Jerusalems ǁga ge ǃhū. 19 ǁNātin ge Israelǁîna nētsēs kōse, Davidi di ǂgaeǂguisa xu ge ǁnāǁgôa.
Some of the People Rebel against Rehoboam
(1 Kings 12.1-20)1 Rehoboam went to Shechem where everyone was waiting to crown him king.
2 Jeroboam son of Nebat heard what was happening, and he returned from Egypt, where he had gone to hide from Solomon. 3 The people from the northern tribes of Israel sent for him. Then together they went to Rehoboam and said, 4 “Your father Solomon forced us to work very hard. But if you make our work easier, we will serve you and do whatever you ask.”
5 Rehoboam replied, “Come back in three days for my answer.” So the people left.
6 Rehoboam went to some leaders who had been his father's senior officials, and he asked them, “What should I tell these people?”
7 They answered, “If you want them to serve and obey you, then you should be kind and promise to make their work easier.”
8 But Rehoboam refused their advice and went to the younger men who had grown up with him and were now his officials. 9 He asked, “What do you think I should say to these people who asked me to make their work easier?”
10 His younger advisors said:
Here's what we think you should say to them: “Compared to me, my father was weak. 11 He made you work hard, but I'll make you work even harder. He punished you with whips, but I'll use whips with pieces of sharp metal!”
12 Three days later, Jeroboam and the others came back. 13 Rehoboam ignored the advice of the older advisors. He spoke bluntly 14 and told them exactly what his own advisors had suggested. He said: “My father made you work hard, but I'll make you work even harder. He punished you with whips, but I'll use whips with pieces of sharp metal!”
15-19 When the people realized that Rehoboam would not listen to them, they shouted: “We don't have to be loyal to David's family. We can do what we want. Come on, people of Israel, let's go home! Rehoboam can rule his own people.”
Adoniram was in charge of the work force, and Rehoboam sent him to talk to the people. But they stoned him to death. Then Rehoboam ran to his chariot and hurried back to Jerusalem.
Everyone from Israel's northern tribes went home, leaving Rehoboam to rule only the people from Judah. And since that day, the people of Israel have been opposed to David's descendants in Judah. All of this happened just as Ahijah the Lord's prophet from Shiloh had told Jeroboam.
