Israel Sɔre Tia Rehoboam
Wɔsrɛ Rehoboam sɛ ɔntew n'agya konnua no so. Ɔfa ne nnamfo afotu sen mpanyimfo de, ɔhyɛ bɔ sɛ ɔde akekantwerɛ bɛhwe wɔn sen mmaa, na mmusuakuw du twe wɔn ho fi ne ho. Kyerɛwfo no kyerɛ sɛ saa nsakrae yi fi yɛn Agya, de hyɛɛ asɛm a wɔka kyerɛɛ Yeroboam no ma.
10 1Rehoboam kɔɔ Sekem, efisɛ Israel nyinaa aba Sekem sɛ wɔrebɛsi no ɔhene. 2Bere a Nebat babarima Yeroboam tee saa asɛm yi no—na ɔwɔ Misraim, efisɛ oguan fii Ɔhene Salomo anim—Yeroboam san fii Misraim bae. 3Enti wɔsomaa kɔfrɛɛ no, na Yeroboam ne Israel nyinaa bɛkaa kyerɛɛ Rehoboam se, 4“Wʼagya maa yɛn konnua yɛɛ duru. Afei, tew adwuma den a wʼagya de too yɛn so ne konnua duru a ɔde too yɛn kɔn mu no so, na yɛbɛsom wo.”
5Ɔka kyerɛɛ wɔn se, “Nnansa akyi, monsan mmra me nkyɛn.” Enti nnipa no kɔe.
6Afei Ɔhene Rehoboam kɔɔ mpanyimfo a wɔsom nʼagya Salomo bere a na ɔte ase no nkyɛn kɔbisaa wɔn se, “Mmuae bɛn na motu me fo sɛ memfa mma nnipa yi?”
7Wɔbuaa no se, “Sɛ woyɛ nnipa yi yiye, na wosɔ wɔn ani, na wode ayamye kasa kyerɛ wɔn a, wɔbɛyɛ wʼasomfo daa.”
8Nanso ɔpoo mpanyimfo no afotu, na ɔkɔbisaa mmerante a wɔne no nyinii na wɔsom no no. 9Ɔbisaa wɔn se, “Afotu bɛn na mode ma? Mmuae bɛn na ɛsɛ sɛ yɛde ma nnipa yi a wɔreka akyerɛ me sɛ mentew konnua a mʼagya de too yɛn so no so yi?”
10Mmerante a wɔne no nyinii no buaa no se, “Ka kyerɛ nnipa a wɔka kyerɛɛ wo se, ‘Wʼagya maa yɛn konnua yɛɛ duru; tew so ma yɛn’ no—ka kyerɛ wɔn se: ‘Me nsateaa ketewa so sen mʼagya sisi. 11Mʼagya de konnua a emu yɛ duru too mo so; mɛma ayɛ duru asen saa. Mʼagya de mpire bɔɔ mo; mede nkekantwerɛ bɛbɔ mo.’” a a v11 Nkekantwerɛ: mpire bi a ɛwɔ nsɛmmɛn anaa dade wɔ ano, na ɛyɛ yaw sen mpire a wɔde bɔ nnipa daa no koraa.
12Enti Yeroboam ne nnipa no nyinaa baa Rehoboam nkyɛn da a ɛto so abiɛsa no, sɛnea ɔhene no kae se, “Da a ɛto so abiɛsa no, monsan mmra me nkyɛn.” 13Ɔhene no de abufuw buaa wɔn. Ɔhene Rehoboam poo mpanyimfo no afotu, 14na ɔka kyerɛɛ wɔn sɛnea mmerante no tuu no fo no se, “Mʼagya maa mo konnua yɛɛ duru; mɛma ayɛ duru asen saa. Mʼagya de mpire bɔɔ mo; mede nkekantwerɛ bɛbɔ mo.”
15Enti ɔhene no antie nnipa no, efisɛ yɛn Agya na ɔmaa nsɛm dannee saa, sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a asɛm a yɛn Agya nam Silonini Ahia so ka kyerɛɛ Nebat babarima Yeroboam no bɛba mu.
16Bere a Israel nyinaa hui sɛ ɔhene no rentie wɔn no, nnipa no buaa no se, “Kyɛfa bɛn na yɛwɔ wɔ Dawid mu? Yɛnni agyapade biara wɔ Yisai babarima mu! Israel, monkɔ mo ntamadan mu! Dawid, hwɛ wo ara wo fi!” Enti Israel nyinaa san kɔɔ wɔn ntamadan mu. b b v16 “Monkɔ mo ntamadan mu” yɛ tete teɛm a wɔde frɛ nkurɔfo, na ase ne sɛ “monkɔ fie na munnyi mo ho mfi ɔhene no akyi.”
17Nanso Rehoboam kɔɔ so dii Israelfo a wɔte Yuda nkurow mu no so hene. 18Afei Ɔhene Rehoboam somaa Hadoram a ɔhwɛ nnipa a wɔhyɛ wɔn ma wɔyɛ adwuma no so, nanso Israelfo no sii no abo kum no. Ɔhene Rehoboam ankasa huruw kɔtenaa ne nteaseɛnam mu, na oguan kɔɔ Yerusalem. 19Enti Israel atew atua atia Dawid fi de bɛsi nnɛ.
