Ehunganeko lyaShemaia
(1 Aak. 12:21-24)1 Rehoboam sho a thiki muJerusalem, okwa hiya aakwiita ya pyoka 180 000 yomomazimo gaBenjamin nogaJuda. Okwa dhiladhila, a ye miita, a galule omazimo gAaisraeli gokuumbangalantu, e ga pangele natango. 2 Ihe Omuwa okwa lombwele omuhunganeki Shemaia, 3 a fale elaka ndika komukwaniilwa Rehoboam nokaantu ayehe yomazimo gaJuda nogaBenjamin 4 tali ti: “Inamu matukila aamwanyoko Aaisraeli. Shuneni komagumbo amuhe. Shika sha ningwa, ongame nde shi hala.” Oya vulika keutho lyOmuwa noinaa ka kondjitha Jeroboam.
Rehoboam ta koleke iilando
5 Rehoboam okwa kala muJerusalem e ta tungithile iilando mbika yomuJuda naBenjamin omadhingililokuma: 6 Betlehem, Etam, Tekoa, 7 Bet Sur, Soko, Adullam, 8 Gat, Maresha, Sif, 9 Adoraim, Lakish, Aseka, 10 Soar, Ajalon naHebron. 11 Okwe yi koleke, yi ninge iilandohote, nomukehe shimwe shomuyo okwa langeke mo elenga, nokwa pungulithile mo iikwakuliwa, omagadhi nomaviinu, 12 osho wo iikandekitho nomagonga. Mokuninga ngeyi okwa kaleke Juda naBenjamin mepangelo lye.
Aayambi nAalevi taa ya kuJuda
13 Aayambi nAalevi oya zi noshilongo ashihe shaIsrael noye ya kuumbugantu kuJuda. 14 Aalevi oya thigi po iinapelo yawo nomapya gawo e taa tembukile kuJuda naJerusalem, oshoka omukwaniilwa gwaIsrael Jeroboam noluvalo lwe inaye ya pitika, ya longe iilonga yaayambi yOmuwa. 15 Jeroboam okwa langeke aayambi ye mwene, ya nonomene pomahala giinonoma yuupagani, ya saagelele oompwidhuli niimenka mbyoka e yi hambulithitha molupe lwoontsezi. 16 Momazimo agehe gaIsrael aantu mboka ya li ya hala okulongela shili Omuwa, Kalunga kaIsrael, oya landulile Aalevi kuJerusalem, opo ya vule okuyamba omayambo kOmuwa, Kalunga koohekulu. 17 Shika osha koleke oshilongo shaJuda, nomomimvo ndatu oya popile Rehoboam yaSalomo noya kala ngaashi muuyuni womukwaniilwa David nowomukwaniilwa Salomo.
Egumbo lyaRehabeam
18 Rehoboam okwa hokana Mahalat gaJerimot yaDavid, yina oAbihail yaEliab lyaIsai. 19 Oya mono aamati yatatu: Jeush, Shemaria naSaham. 20 Konima Rehoboam okwa ka hokana po ishewe Maaka gaAbsalom noya mono aamati yane: Abia, Attai, Sisa naShelomit. 21 Aakiintu yaRehoboam ayehe kumwe oya li omulongo nayahetatu noohonda omilongo hamano. Okwa ningi he yaamati omilongo mbali nayahetatu naakadhona omilongo hamano. Maakadhi ayehe nomoohonda dhe okwa li e hole mo unene Maaka, 22 nomoyana okwa li a hokwa Abia e vule yalwe ayehe, e te mu hogolola, e mu landule muukwaniilwa. 23 Okwa longo pandunge, sho a halakanithile oyana miilandohote ayihe miikandjo yaJuda naBenjamin nokwe ya kongele iikulya naakiintu oyendji.
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.
