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Wax Sii Sheegiddii Axiiyaah Ee Ka Geesta Ahayd Yaaraabcaam

14 Oo waagaas ayaa Abiiyaah oo ahaa ina Yaaraabcaam bukooday. Markaasaa Yaaraabcaam wuxuu bilcantiisii ku yidhi, Waan ku baryayaaye, kac oo isbeddel, oo yaan lagu aqoon inaad tahay bilcantii Yaaraabcaam; oo waxaad tagtaa Shiiloh, waayo, halkaas waxaa jooga Nebi Axiiyaah oo ii sheegay inaan dadkan boqor u ahaanayo. Oo waxaad qaaddaa toban xabbadood oo kibis ah, iyo buskuddo, iyo ubbo malab ah, oo isaga u tag; oo wuxuu kuu sheegi doonaa waxa wiilka ku dhici doona. Oo Yaaraabcaam bilcantiisiina sidaasay yeeshay, oo waxay u kacday Shiiloh oo gurigii Axiiyaah bay timid. Haddaba Axiiyaah waxba ma arki karin, waayo, indhihiisii waxay la dhaceen dugow aawadiis. Markaasaa Rabbigu wuxuu Axiiyaah ku yidhi, Bal eeg, Yaaraabcaam bilcantiisii ayaa kuugu imanaysa inay ku weyddiiso wax ku saabsan wiilkeeda, maxaa yeelay, isagu wuu bukaa; haddaba iyada saas iyo saas ku dheh; waayo, markay kuu timaado waxay iska dhigaysaa naag kale. Oo markii Axiiyaah maqlay sanqadhii cagaheeda, markii ay albaabka soo gashay ayuu ku yidhi, Soo gal, Yaaraabcaam bilcantiisay, maxaadse isaga dhigaysaa mid kale? Waayo, waxaa la iigu soo kaa dhiibay war xun. Haddaba tag, oo Yaaraabcaam waxaad ku tidhaahdaa, Rabbiga ah Ilaaha reer binu Israa'iil wuxuu leeyahay, Anigu dadka oo dhan waan kaa sara mariyey, oo waxaan amiir kaaga dhigay dadkaygii Israa'iil, oo boqortooyadiina intaan reerkii Daa'uud ka soo xoogay ayaan ku siiyey, oo weliba ma aadan ahaan sidii addoonkaygii Daa'uud, kii amarradaydii xajiyey, oo qalbigiisa oo dhanna igu raacay inuu sameeyo wixii hortayda ku qummanaa oo keliya, laakiinse waxaad samaysay shar ka sii badan kii intii kaa horraysay oo dhan, oo waxaad samaysatay ilaahyo kale iyo sanamyo la shubay, waanad iga xanaajisay, oo waxaad igu tuurtay gadaashaada. 10 Sidaas daraaddeed, bal ogow, shar baan ku soo dejin doonaa reer Yaaraabcaam, oo Yaaraabcaam waxaan ka baabbi'in doonaa wiil kasta, ha ahaado mid kasta oo dalka Israa'iil ku dhex xidhan ama mid kasta oo ku dhex furan, oo reer Yaaraabcaam oo dhanna waan xaaqi doonaa ilaa uu wada baabbo'o sida digo dibadda loogu xaaqo. 11 Oo Yaaraabcaam dadkiisa kii magaalada kaga dhinta waxaa cuni doona eeyaha, oo kii duurka kaga dhintana waxaa cuni doona haadka samada, waayo, Rabbigu saasuu ku hadlay. 12 Haddaba kac, oo gurigaaga tag, oo mar alla markay cagahaagu magaalada galaan ayuu wiilkii dhiman doonaa. 13 Oo dadka dalka Israa'iil oo dhan ayaa u barooran doona oo aasi doona, waayo, dadka Yaaraabcaam oo dhan isaga keliya ayaa xabaasha gelaya, maxaa yeelay, reer Yaaraabcaam isaga keliya ayaa laga helay wax ku wanaagsan xagga Rabbiga ah Ilaaha reer binu Israa'iil. 14 Oo weliba Rabbigu wuxuu sara kicin doonaa boqor u taliya dadkii Israa'iil, oo kaasuna maalintaas wuxuu baabbi'in doonaa reer Yaaraabcaam, laakiinse taasu waa goorma? Waa haddeer. 15 Waayo, Rabbigu wuxuu dadkii Israa'iil u layn doonaa sida cawsduur biyo ugu ruxmado, oo dadkii Israa'iil wuu ka rujin doonaa dalkan wanaagsan oo uu siiyey awowayaashood, oo wuxuu ku firdhin doonaa Webiga shishadiisa, maxaa yeelay, waxay samaysteen geedihii Asheeraah, oo Rabbigana saasay uga xanaajiyeen. 16 Oo Rabbigu wuxuu dadka dalka Israa'iil u sii daynayaa dembiyadii Yaaraabcaam dembaabay oo uu dadka dalka Israa'iilna dembaajiyey aawadood.

17 Markaasay Yaaraabcaam bilcantiisii kacday oo tagtay, oo waxay timid Tirsaah; oo markay guriga iriddiisii soo gaadhay ayaa wiilkii dhintay. 18 Oo dadkii dalka Israa'iil oo dhammu way aaseen, wayna u wada baroorteen siduu ahaa eraygii Rabbigu ku hadlay ee uu nebigii ahaa addoonkiisii Axiiyaah u soo dhiibay. 19 Oo Yaaraabcaam falimihiisii kale ee ku saabsanaa siduu u diriray, iyo siduu u talin jiray, waxay ku qoran yihiin kitaabka taariikhda boqorradii dalka Israa'iil. 20 Oo Yaaraabcaamna wuxuu talinayay laba iyo labaatan sannadood; markaasuu dhintay oo awowayaashiis la seexday, oo waxaa meeshiisii boqor ka noqday wiilkiisii Naadaab.

Rexabcaam, Boqorkii Dalka Yahuudah

21 Oo Rexabcaam ina Sulaymaanna boqor buu ka ahaa dalka Yahuudah. Oo markuu Rexabcaam boqor noqday wuxuu jiray kow iyo afartan sannadood, oo toddoba iyo toban sannadood ayuu boqor ku ahaa Yeruusaalem oo ahayd magaaladii Rabbigu ka doortay qabiilooyinkii reer binu Israa'iil oo dhan inuu magiciisa halkaas dhigo. Oo hooyadiis magaceeduna wuxuu ahaa Nacamaah tii reer Cammoon. 22 Oo reer Yahuudahna waxay sameeyeen wax Rabbiga hortiisa shar ku ah, oo waxay Rabbiga kaga hinaasiyeen dembiyadoodii ay galeen oo ka badnaa kuwii ay awowayaashood galeen. 23 Waayo, waxay buur kasta oo dheer dusheed iyo geed kasta oo dheer oo doog ah hoostiis ka dhisteen meelo sarsare, iyo tiirar, iyo geedo Asheeraah. 24 Oo weliba dalka waxaa joogay makhnuudyo, oo waxay u wada sameeyeen sidii kulli karaahiyadii ay samayn jireen quruumihii Rabbigu ka eryay reer binu Israa'iil hortooda. 25 Oo sannaddii shanaad oo Boqor Rexabcaam ayaa Shiishaq oo boqorkii Masar ahaa Yeruusaalem ku kacay, 26 oo wuxuu qaatay khasnadihii guriga Rabbiga iyo khasnadihii guriga boqorka, oo dhammaantood wuu wada qaatay; oo wuxuu kaloo wada qaatay gaashaammadii dahabka ahaa oo Sulaymaan sameeyey. 27 Oo Boqor Rexabcaam ayaa meeshoodii ka sameeyey gaashaammo naxaas ah, oo wuxuu u dhiibay saraakiishii waardiyayaashii albaabkii guriga boqorka dhawri jiray. 28 Oo mar alla markii boqorku gurigii Rabbiga galo ayay waardiyayaashu gaashaammada qaadi jireen, oo haddana waxay ku soo celin jireen qolkii waardiyayaasha. 29 Haddaba Rexabcaam falimihiisii kale iyo wixii uu sameeyey oo dhammuba sow kuma qorna kitaabkii taariikhda boqorradii dalka Yahuudah? 30 Oo Rexabcaam iyo Yaaraabcaamna dagaal baa ka dhexayn jiray had iyo goorba. 31 Oo Rexabcaamna wuu dhintay oo la seexday awowayaashiis, oo waxaa lagula aasay awowayaashiis magaaladii Daa'uud; oo hooyadiis magaceeduna wuxuu ahaa Nacamaah tii reer Cammoon. Oo meeshiisiina waxaa boqor ka noqday wiilkiisii Abiiyaam.

Ahijah’s Prophecy Against Jeroboam

14 At that time Abijah son of Jeroboam became ill, and Jeroboam said to his wife, “Go, disguise yourself, so you won’t be recognized as the wife of Jeroboam. Then go to Shiloh. Ahijah(A) the prophet is there—the one who told me I would be king over this people. Take ten loaves of bread(B) with you, some cakes and a jar of honey, and go to him. He will tell you what will happen to the boy.” So Jeroboam’s wife did what he said and went to Ahijah’s house in Shiloh.

Now Ahijah could not see; his sight was gone because of his age. But the Lord had told Ahijah, “Jeroboam’s wife is coming to ask you about her son, for he is ill, and you are to give her such and such an answer. When she arrives, she will pretend to be someone else.”

So when Ahijah heard the sound of her footsteps at the door, he said, “Come in, wife of Jeroboam. Why this pretense?(C) I have been sent to you with bad news. Go, tell Jeroboam that this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says:(D) ‘I raised you up from among the people and appointed you ruler(E) over my people Israel. I tore(F) the kingdom away from the house of David and gave it to you, but you have not been like my servant David, who kept my commands and followed me with all his heart, doing only what was right(G) in my eyes. You have done more evil(H) than all who lived before you.(I) You have made for yourself other gods, idols(J) made of metal; you have aroused(K) my anger and turned your back on me.(L)

10 “‘Because of this, I am going to bring disaster(M) on the house of Jeroboam. I will cut off from Jeroboam every last male in Israel—slave or free.[a](N) I will burn up the house of Jeroboam as one burns dung, until it is all gone.(O) 11 Dogs(P) will eat those belonging to Jeroboam who die in the city, and the birds(Q) will feed on those who die in the country. The Lord has spoken!’

12 “As for you, go back home. When you set foot in your city, the boy will die. 13 All Israel will mourn for him and bury him. He is the only one belonging to Jeroboam who will be buried, because he is the only one in the house of Jeroboam in whom the Lord, the God of Israel, has found anything good.(R)

14 “The Lord will raise up for himself a king over Israel who will cut off the family of Jeroboam. Even now this is beginning to happen.[b] 15 And the Lord will strike Israel, so that it will be like a reed swaying in the water. He will uproot(S) Israel from this good land that he gave to their ancestors and scatter them beyond the Euphrates River, because they aroused(T) the Lord’s anger by making Asherah(U) poles.[c] 16 And he will give Israel up because of the sins(V) Jeroboam has committed and has caused Israel to commit.”

17 Then Jeroboam’s wife got up and left and went to Tirzah.(W) As soon as she stepped over the threshold of the house, the boy died. 18 They buried him, and all Israel mourned for him, as the Lord had said through his servant the prophet Ahijah.

19 The other events of Jeroboam’s reign, his wars and how he ruled, are written in the book of the annals of the kings of Israel. 20 He reigned for twenty-two years and then rested with his ancestors. And Nadab his son succeeded him as king.

Rehoboam King of Judah(X)

21 Rehoboam son of Solomon was king in Judah. He was forty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the Lord had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel in which to put his Name. His mother’s name was Naamah; she was an Ammonite.(Y)

22 Judah(Z) did evil in the eyes of the Lord. By the sins they committed they stirred up his jealous anger(AA) more than those who were before them had done. 23 They also set up for themselves high places, sacred stones(AB) and Asherah poles(AC) on every high hill and under every spreading tree.(AD) 24 There were even male shrine prostitutes(AE) in the land; the people engaged in all the detestable(AF) practices of the nations the Lord had driven out before the Israelites.

25 In the fifth year of King Rehoboam, Shishak king of Egypt attacked(AG) Jerusalem. 26 He carried off the treasures of the temple(AH) of the Lord and the treasures of the royal palace. He took everything, including all the gold shields(AI) Solomon had made. 27 So King Rehoboam made bronze shields to replace them and assigned these to the commanders of the guard on duty at the entrance to the royal palace.(AJ) 28 Whenever the king went to the Lord’s temple, the guards bore the shields, and afterward they returned them to the guardroom.

29 As for the other events of Rehoboam’s reign, and all he did, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Judah? 30 There was continual warfare(AK) between Rehoboam and Jeroboam. 31 And Rehoboam rested with his ancestors and was buried with them in the City of David. His mother’s name was Naamah; she was an Ammonite.(AL) And Abijah[d] his son succeeded him as king.

Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 14:10 Or Israel—every ruler or leader
  2. 1 Kings 14:14 The meaning of the Hebrew for this sentence is uncertain.
  3. 1 Kings 14:15 That is, wooden symbols of the goddess Asherah; here and elsewhere in 1 Kings
  4. 1 Kings 14:31 Some Hebrew manuscripts and Septuagint (see also 2 Chron. 12:16); most Hebrew manuscripts Abijam