Ahijah’s Prophecy Against Jeroboam
1At that time Abijah became sick. He was the son of Jeroboam. 2Jeroboam said to his wife, “Go. Put on some different clothes. Then no one will recognize you as my wife. Go to Shiloh. That’s where Ahijah the prophet is. He told me I would be king over the Israelites. 3Take ten loaves of bread with you. Take some cakes and a jar of honey. Go to him. He’ll tell you what will happen to our son.” 4So Jeroboam’s wife did what he said. She went to Ahijah’s house in Shiloh.
Ahijah couldn’t see. He was blind because he was so old. 5But the Lord had told Ahijah, “Jeroboam’s wife is coming. Her son is sick. She’ll ask you about him. Give her the answer I give you. When she arrives, she’ll pretend to be someone else.”
6Ahijah heard the sound of her footsteps at the door. He said, “Come in. I know that you are Jeroboam’s wife. Why are you pretending to be someone else? I have some bad news for you. 7Go. Tell Jeroboam that the Lord has a message for him. The Lord is the God of Israel. He says, ‘I chose you from among the people. I appointed you king over my people Israel. 8I tore the kingdom away from the royal house of David. I gave it to you. But you have not been like my servant David. He obeyed my commands. He followed me with all his heart. He did only what was right in my eyes. 9You have done more evil things than all those who lived before you. You have made other gods for yourself. You have made statues of gods out of metal. You have made me very angry. You have turned your back on me.
10“ ‘Because of that, I am going to bring horrible trouble on your royal house. I will cut off from you every male in Israel. It does not matter whether they are slaves or free. I will burn up your royal house, just as someone burns up trash. I will burn it until it is all gone. 11Some of the people who belong to you will die in the city. Dogs will eat them up. Others will die in the country. The birds will eat them. The Lord has spoken!’
12“Now go back home. When you enter your city, your son will die. 13All the Israelites will mourn for him. Then he will be buried. He is the only one who belongs to Jeroboam who will be buried. That is because he is the only one in Jeroboam’s royal house in whom I have found anything good. I am the Lord, the God of Israel.
14“I will choose for myself a king over Israel. He will destroy the family of Jeroboam. This day your son will die. Even now this is beginning to happen. 15I, the Lord, will strike down Israel. Israel will be like tall grass swaying in the water. I will pull Israel up from this good land by the roots. I gave it to their people who lived long ago. I will scatter Israel to the east side of the Euphrates River. That is because they made the Lord very angry. They made poles used to worship the female god named Asherah. 16I will give Israel up because of the sins Jeroboam has committed. He has also caused Israel to commit those same sins.”
17Then Jeroboam’s wife got up and left. She went to the city of Tirzah. As soon as she stepped through the doorway of the house, her son died. 18He was buried and all the Israelites mourned for him. That’s what the Lord had said would happen. He had said it through his servant, Ahijah the prophet.
19The other events of Jeroboam’s rule are written down. His wars and how he ruled are written down. They are written in the official records of the kings of Israel. 20Jeroboam ruled for 22 years. Then he joined the members of his family who had already died. Jeroboam’s son Nadab became the next king after him.
Rehoboam King of Judah
21Rehoboam was king in Judah. He was the son of Solomon. Rehoboam was 41 years old when he became king. He ruled for 17 years in Jerusalem. It was the city the Lord had chosen out of all the cities in the tribes of Israel. He wanted to put his Name there. Rehoboam’s mother was Naamah from Ammon.
22The people of Judah did what was evil in the sight of the Lord. The sins they had committed made the Lord angry. The Lord was angry because they refused to worship only him. They did more to make him angry than their people who lived before them had done. 23Judah also set up for themselves high places for worship. They set up sacred stones. They set up poles used to worship the female god named Asherah. They did it on every high hill and under every green tree. 24There were even male prostitutes at the temples in the land. The people took part in all the practices of other nations. The Lord hated those practices. He had driven those nations out to make room for the Israelites.
25Shishak attacked Jerusalem. It was in the fifth year that Rehoboam was king. Shishak was king of Egypt. 26He carried away the treasures of the Lord’s temple. He also carried away the treasures of the royal palace. He took everything. That included all the gold shields Solomon had made. 27So King Rehoboam made bronze shields to take their place. He gave them to the commanders of the guards on duty at the entrance to the royal palace. 28Every time the king went to the Lord’s temple, the guards carried the shields. Later, they took them back to the room where they were kept.
29The other events of Rehoboam’s rule are written down. Everything he did is written in the official records of the kings of Judah. 30Rehoboam and Jeroboam were always at war with each other. 31Rehoboam joined the members of his family who had already died. He was buried in his family tomb in the City of David. His mother was Naamah from Ammon. Rehoboam’s son Abijah became the next king after him.
Ahijah sọtẹ́lẹ̀ fún Jeroboamu
1Ní àkókò náà Abijah ọmọ Jeroboamu sì ṣàìsàn, 2Jeroboamu sì wí fún aya rẹ̀ pé, “Lọ, sì pa ara rẹ dà, kí wọn kí ó má ba à mọ̀ ọ́n ní aya Jeroboamu. Nígbà náà ni kí o lọ sí Ṣilo. Ahijah wòlíì wà níbẹ̀; ẹni tí ó sọ fún mi pé, èmi yóò jẹ ọba lórí àwọn ènìyàn yìí. 3Mú ìṣù àkàrà mẹ́wàá pẹ̀lú rẹ̀, àti àkàrà wẹ́wẹ́ àti ìgò oyin, kí o sì lọ sí ọ̀dọ̀ rẹ̀. Òun yóò sì sọ fún ọ ohun tí yóò ṣẹlẹ̀ sí ọmọkùnrin náà.” 4Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni aya Jeroboamu sì ṣe bí ó ti wí, ó sì lọ sí ilé Ahijah ní Ṣilo.
Ahijah kò sì ríran; ojú rẹ̀ ti fọ́ nítorí ogbó rẹ̀. 5Ṣùgbọ́n Olúwa ti sọ fún Ahijah pé, “Kíyèsi i, aya Jeroboamu ń bọ̀ wá béèrè nípa ọmọ rẹ̀ lọ́wọ́ rẹ, nítorí tí ó ṣàìsàn, báyìí báyìí ni kí ìwọ kí ó wí fún un. Nígbà tí ó bá dé, yóò ṣe ara rẹ̀ bí ẹlòmíràn.”
6Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni ó sì rí, nígbà tí Ahijah sì gbọ́ ìró ẹsẹ̀ rẹ̀ ní ẹnu-ọ̀nà, ó sì wí pé, “Wọlé wá, aya Jeroboamu. Kí ló dé tí ìwọ fi ṣe ara rẹ bí ẹlòmíràn? A ti fi iṣẹ́ búburú rán mi sí ọ. 7Lọ, sọ fún Jeroboamu pé báyìí ni Olúwa Ọlọ́run Israẹli wí; Èmi sì gbé ọ ga láti inú àwọn ènìyàn, mo sì fi ọ́ jẹ olórí lórí Israẹli ènìyàn mi. 8Mo fa ìjọba náà ya kúrò ní ilé Dafidi, mo sì fi fún ọ ṣùgbọ́n, ìwọ kò dàbí Dafidi ìránṣẹ́ mi, tí ó pa àṣẹ mi mọ́, tí ó sì tọ̀ mí lẹ́yìn tọkàntọkàn rẹ̀, láti ṣe kìkì èyí tí ó tọ́ ní ojú mi. 9Ìwọ sì ti ṣe búburú ju gbogbo àwọn tí ó ti wà ṣáájú rẹ lọ. Ìwọ sì ti ṣe àwọn ọlọ́run mìíràn fún ara rẹ, àwọn òrìṣà tí a gbẹ́; o sì ti mú mi bínú, o sì ti gbé mi sọ sí ẹ̀yìn rẹ.
10“ ‘Nítorí èyí, Èmi yóò mú ibi wá sí ilé Jeroboamu. Èmi yóò ké gbogbo ọ̀dọ́mọkùnrin kúrò lọ́dọ̀ Jeroboamu, àti ọmọ ọ̀dọ̀ àti òmìnira ní Israẹli. Èmi yóò mú ilé Jeroboamu kúrò bí ènìyàn ti ń kó ìgbẹ́ kúrò, títí gbogbo rẹ̀ yóò fi tán. 11Ajá yóò jẹ ẹni Jeroboamu tí ó bá kú ní ìlú, àti ẹni tí ó bá kú ní igbó ni àwọn ẹyẹ ojú ọ̀run yóò jẹ. Olúwa ti sọ ọ́!’
12“Ní ti ìwọ, padà lọ ilé, nígbà tí o bá sì fi ẹsẹ̀ rẹ tẹ ìlú, ọmọ náà yóò kú. 13Gbogbo Israẹli yóò sì ṣọ̀fọ̀ fún un, wọn yóò sì sin ín. Òun nìkan ni a ó sì sin nínú ẹni tí ń ṣe ti Jeroboamu, nítorí lọ́dọ̀ rẹ̀ nìkan ni a ti rí ohun rere díẹ̀ sípa Olúwa Ọlọ́run Israẹli, ní ilé Jeroboamu.
14“Olúwa yóò gbé ọba kan dìde fúnrarẹ̀ lórí Israẹli tí yóò ké ilé Jeroboamu kúrò. Ọjọ́ náà nìyìí! Kí ni? Àní nísinsin yìí. 15Olúwa yóò kọlu Israẹli, yóò sì dàbí koríko ti ń mì nínú omi. Yóò sì fa Israẹli tu kúrò ní ilẹ̀ rere yìí, tí ó ti fi fún àwọn baba wọn, yóò sì fọ́n wọn ká kọjá odò Eufurate, nítorí wọ́n ti rú ìbínú Olúwa nípa ṣíṣe ère Aṣerah. 16Yóò sì kọ Israẹli sílẹ̀ nítorí ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ tí Jeroboamu ti ṣẹ̀ àti tí ó mú Israẹli ṣẹ̀.”
17Nígbà náà ni aya Jeroboamu sì dìde, ó sì lọ, ó sì lọ sí Tirsa. Bí ó sì ti fi ẹsẹ̀ tẹ ìloro ilé, ọmọdé náà sì kú. 18Wọ́n sì sin ín, gbogbo Israẹli sì ṣọ̀fọ̀ rẹ̀, gẹ́gẹ́ bí Olúwa ti wí láti ẹnu ìránṣẹ́ rẹ̀, Ahijah wòlíì.
19Ìyókù ìṣe Jeroboamu, bí ó ti jagun, àti bí ó ti jẹ ọba, ni a kọ sínú ìwé ọ̀rọ̀ ọjọ́ àwọn ọba Israẹli. 20Jeroboamu sì jẹ ọba fún ọdún méjìlélógún, ó sì sùn pẹ̀lú àwọn baba rẹ̀. Nadabu ọmọ rẹ̀ sì jẹ ọba ní ipò rẹ̀.
Rehoboamu ọba Juda
21Rehoboamu ọmọ Solomoni sì jẹ ọba ní Juda. Ó jẹ́ ẹni ọdún mọ́kànlélógún nígbà tí ó bẹ̀rẹ̀ sí ní jẹ ọba, ó sì jẹ ọba ní ọdún mọ́kànlélógún ní Jerusalẹmu, ìlú tí Olúwa ti yàn nínú gbogbo ẹ̀yà Israẹli láti fi orúkọ rẹ̀ síbẹ̀. Orúkọ ìyá rẹ̀ sì ni Naama, ará Ammoni.
22Juda sì ṣe búburú níwájú Olúwa nípa ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ wọn tí wọ́n ti dá, wọ́n sì mú u jowú ju gbogbo èyí tí baba wọn ti ṣe lọ. 23Wọ́n sì tún kọ́ ibi gíga fún ara wọn, àti ère òkúta àti òpó Aṣerah lórí gbogbo òkè gíga, àti lábẹ́ gbogbo igi tútù. 24Àwọn tí wọn jẹ́ ọkùnrin alágbèrè ojúbọ òrìṣà wà ní ilẹ̀ náà, àwọn ènìyàn náà sì ṣe gẹ́gẹ́ bí gbogbo ohun ìríra àwọn orílẹ̀-èdè tí Olúwa ti lé jáde kúrò níwájú àwọn ọmọ Israẹli.
2514.25-31: 2Ki 12.1-16.Ó sì ṣe ní ọdún karùn-ún Rehoboamu, Ṣiṣaki ọba Ejibiti kọlu Jerusalẹmu. 26Ó sì kó ìṣúra ilé Olúwa lọ àti ìṣúra ilé ọba. Gbogbo rẹ̀ ni ó kó lọ, pẹ̀lú asà wúrà tí Solomoni ti ṣe. 27Rehoboamu ọba sì ṣe asà idẹ ní ipò wọn, ó sì fi wọ́n sí ọwọ́ olórí àwọn olùṣọ́ tí ń ṣọ́ ìlẹ̀kùn ilé ọba. 28Nígbàkígbà tí ọba bá sì lọ sí ilé Olúwa Wọ́n á rù wọ́n, wọ́n á sì mú wọn padà sínú yàrá olùṣọ́.
29Ní ti ìyókù ìṣe Rehoboamu, àti gbogbo ohun tí ó ṣe, ǹjẹ́ a kò ha kọ wọ́n sínú ìwé ọ̀rọ̀ ọjọ́ àwọn ọba Juda bí? 30Ogun sì wà láàrín Rehoboamu àti Jeroboamu ní ọjọ́ wọn gbogbo. 31Rehoboamu sì sùn pẹ̀lú àwọn baba rẹ̀, a sì sin ín pẹ̀lú wọn ní Ìlú Dafidi. Orúkọ ìyá rẹ̀ sì ni Naama; ará Ammoni. Abijah ọmọ rẹ̀ sì jẹ ọba ní ipò rẹ̀.
