Rehabeam ta kelelwa okulwa nOvaisraeli
1 Ndele Rehabeam eshi e uya kuJerusalem, okwa shiva epata laJuda nolaBenjamin, ovalumenhu ovanyasha va wana okulwa, ve fike pomayovi efele nomilongo hetatu, va ka homone Israel, va alulile Rehabeam ouhamba. 2 Ndelenee ondjovo yaKalunga ye uya kuShemaia, omulumenhu waKalunga ndele tai ti: 3 “Lombwela Rehabeam yaSalomo, novanhu aveshe moilando yaJuda naBenjamin, u tye: 4 ‘Inamu dengafana nOvaisraeli shaashi nye vamwe aveke. Shuneni amushe komaumbo, osheshi eshi sha ningwa kehalo lange.’ ” Vo aveshe va dulika keendjovo dOmwene ndele va shuna komaumbo. Inava homona Jerobeam.
Rehabeam ta pameke oshilongo shaye
5 Ndele Rehabeam okwa kala muJerusalem nokwa pameka oilando yomuJuda neehotekuma. 6 Osheshi a tunga eehotekuma kuBetlehem nokuEtam nokuTekoa, 7 nokuBet-Sur nokuSoko nokuAdullam, 8 nokuGat nokuMaresa nokuSif, 9 nokuAdoraim nokuLakis nokuAseka, 10 nokuSorea nokuAijalon nokuHebron. Oyo oilando i neehotekuma muJuda nomuBenjamin. 11 Nokwa pameka oilando i neehotekuma ndele ta tula mo ovakulunhu vovakwaita ve noituvikilwa yeendja nomaadi nomaviinyu, 12 nomoshilando keshe oikelelifo inene nomaonga. Nokwe i pameka shili unene. Ndele Juda naBenjamin ya kala mepangelo laye.
13 Novapristeli nOvalevi ovo va li muIsrael ashishe va dja moshilongo ashishe, ve uya kuye. 14 Osheshi Ovalevi va fiya po omaulifilo noitukulwafyuululo yavo, ndele ve uya kuJuda nokuJerusalem. Shaashi Jerobeam novana vaye ovalumenhu ve va ta mo, vo inava itavelwa vali okukala ovapristeli vOmwene. 15 Ndele ye okwe likongela ovapristeli va kalela oikulundu neendemoni domofuka neenhana deemhedi, e di ningifa. 16 Ndele venya va shikulwa kuvo va dja momapata aeshe aIsrael, nokutya ovo va yukifa omitima davo okukonga Omwene Kalunga kaIsrael, ve uya kuJerusalem va ka yambele Omwene Kalunga kooxe. 17 Ndele osho va pameka ouhamba waJuda ndele va yambidida Rehabeam yaSalomo omido nhatu, osheshi va enda nondjila yaDavid noyaSalomo omido nhatu.
Ovalikadi vaRehabeam novana vaye
18 Ndele Rehabeam okwa hombola Mahalat, omona okakadona kaJerimot yaDavid nokaAbigail, omona okakadona kaEliab yaIsai. 19 Nokwe mu dalela ovana ovamati: Jehus naShemaria naSaham. 20 Ndele konima yaasho okwa hombola Maaka, omona waAbsalom, ndele ye okwe mu dalela Abia naAttai naSisa naSelomit. 21 Ndele Rehabeam okwa li e hole Maaka, omona waAbsalom, komesho yovalikadi vaye novalikadi vaye vopomunghulo. Osheshi okwa konga ovalikadi omulongo navahetatu novalikadi vopomunghulo omilongo hamano. Nokwa ninga xe yovana omilongo mbali navahetatu ovalumenhu novana oukadona omilongo hamano. 22 Ndele Rehabeam okwa lenga Abia, omona waMaaka, a ninga omukulunhu mokati kovamwaxe aveshe, shaashi okwa li a hala oku mu ninga ohamba. 23 Nokwa enda neendunge ndele ta tukulile ovana vaye ovalumenhu aveshe oilongo noilando aishe i neehotekuma yomuJuda noyomuBenjamin, nokwe va pa eendja dihapu ndele te va kongele ovalikadi vahapu.
1 And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he gathered of the house of Judah and Benjamin an hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men , which were warriors, to fight against Israel, that he might bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam. 2 But the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying, 3 Speak unto Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin, saying, 4 Thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not go up, nor fight against your brethren: return every man to his house: for this thing is done of me. And they obeyed the words of the LORD, and returned from going against Jeroboam.
5 ¶ And Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and built cities for defence in Judah. 6 He built even Beth-lehem, and Etam, and Tekoa, 7 And Beth-zur, and Shoco, and Adullam, 8 And Gath, and Mareshah, and Ziph, 9 And Adoraim, and Lachish, and Azekah, 10 And Zorah, and Aijalon, and Hebron, which are in Judah and in Benjamin fenced cities. 11 And he fortified the strong holds, and put captains in them, and store of victual, and of oil and wine. 12 And in every several city he put shields and spears, and made them exceeding strong, having Judah and Benjamin on his side.
13 ¶ And the priests and the Levites that were in all Israel resorted to him out of all their coasts. 14 For the Levites left their suburbs and their possession, and came to Judah and Jerusalem: for Jeroboam and his sons had cast them off from executing the priest’s office unto the LORD: 15 And he ordained him priests for the high places, and for the devils, and for the calves which he had made. 16 And after them out of all the tribes of Israel such as set their hearts to seek the LORD God of Israel came to Jerusalem, to sacrifice unto the LORD God of their fathers. 17 So they strengthened the kingdom of Judah, and made Rehoboam the son of Solomon strong, three years: for three years they walked in the way of David and Solomon.
18 ¶ And Rehoboam took him Mahalath the daughter of Jerimoth the son of David to wife, and Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse; 19 Which bare him children; Jeush, and Shamariah, and Zaham. 20 And after her he took Maachah the daughter of Absalom; which bare him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith. 21 And Rehoboam loved Maachah the daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines: (for he took eighteen wives, and threescore concubines; and begat twenty and eight sons, and threescore daughters.) 22 And Rehoboam made Abijah the son of Maachah the chief, to be ruler among his brethren: for he thought to make him king. 23 And he dealt wisely, and dispersed of all his children throughout all the countries of Judah and Benjamin, unto every fenced city: and he gave them victual in abundance. And he desired many wives.
