2 DIKETSAHALO 11

₁Ha Rehoboame a fihla Jerusalema, a kgobokanya banna bohle ba morabe wa Juda le ba morabe wa Benjamine; e le mokgetho wa bahlabani ba dikete tse lekgolo le mashome a robedi. Ba ne ba ilo lwantsha Baiseraele hore ba hape mmuso, ba o kgutlisetse ho yena. ₂Empa lentswe la Morena la fihla ho Shemaya, moporofeta wa Modimo, la re: ₃“Bolella Rehoboame, mora wa Solomone, kgosi ya Juda, le Baiseraele bohle ba naheng ya Juda le ya Benjamine, o re: ₄‘Morena o bua tjena: Le se ke la nyoloha ho ya lwantsha bana babo lona; motho ka mong a kgutlele ha hae hobane hona ho entswe ke nna.’ ” Yaba ba mamela lentswe la Morena, mme ba kgutla, ba se ke ba futuhela Jeroboame.

₅Rehoboame a aha Jerusalema, mme a haheletsa metse naheng ya Juda, ₆e leng Betlelehema, le Etame, le Tekowa, ₇le Bete-Sure, le Soko, le Adulame, ₈le Gade, le Maresha, le Sife, ₉le Adoraime, le Lakishe, le Aseka, ₁₀le Sora, le Aiyalone, le Heborone. Metse ena ke yona e neng e haheleditswe naheng ya Juda le naheng ya Benjamine. ₁₁A haheletsa metse ena, a bea balaodi ho yona, a ba fa dijo, le ole ya mohlwaare, le veine. ₁₂Motse o mong le o mong a o hlomella ka dithebe le ka marumo, a o matlafatsa haholo. Ba morabe wa Juda le wa Benjamine ba ba tlasa puso ya hae.

₁₃Baprista le Balevi ba neng ba le naheng yohle ya Iseraele, ba tloha dibakeng tsohle tsa bona, ba fallela ho Rehoboame. ₁₄Balevi ba siya dibaka tsa bona le maruo o bona, ba fallela naheng ya Juda le Jerusalema, hobane bo-Jeroboame le bara ba hae ba ne ba ba hanela ho etsetsa Morena ditshebeletso tsa bona tsa boprista. ₁₅Jeroboame a itlhomamisetsa baprista ba dibaka tseo ho rapellwang medimo ya bohata ho tsona, le ba sebeletsang medingwana ya diphooko, le ba sebeletsang manamane ao a a bopileng. ₁₆Bohle ba merabe ya Iseraele, ba neng ba rata Morena Modimo wa Iseraele, ba sala Balevi bao morao, ba tla Jerusalema, ho tla etsetsa Morena Modimo wa bo-ntata bona mahlabelo. ₁₇Ka dilemo tse tharo ba matlafatsa mmuso wa Juda, ba tshehetsa le Rehoboame, mora wa Solomone. Ka dilemo tseo tse tharo ba tsamaya mehlaleng ya Davida le Solomone.

₁₈Rehoboame a nyala Mahalate, moradi wa Jeremote, mora wa Davida eo mmae e neng e le Abihaele, moradi wa Eleabe, mora wa Jese, ₁₉mme eo a mo tswalla bana, e leng Jeushe, le Shamariya, le Sahame. ₂₀A boela a nyala Maaka, moradi wa Abosalome, ya ileng a mo tswalla Abiya, le Atai, le Sisa, le Shelomite. ₂₁Rehoboame o ne a rata Maaka, moradi wa Abosalome, ho feta basadi bohle ba hae, le basadi ba hae ba mafielo. O ne a nyetse basadi ba leshome le metso e robedi, le basadi ba mafielo ba mashome a tsheletseng. A tswala bara ba mashome a mabedi a metso e robedi, le baradi ba mashome a tsheletseng.

₂₂Rehoboame a kgetha Abiya, mora wa Maaka, hore e be yena hlooho ya lelapa, le mmusi wa bana babo, hobane o ne a rata ho mo etsa kgosi. ₂₃A sebetsa ka bohlale, bara ba hae bohle a ba ntsha motse, a ba bea diterekeng tsohle tsa naha ya Juda le ya Benjamine, motseng o mong le o mong o haheleditsweng. A ba nea dijo tse ngata, a ba a ba nyadisa le basadi ba bangata.