1 Kings 14
1 At that time Abijah son of Jeroboam became ill,
Nʼoge a, Abija nwa Jeroboam nọ nʼọrịa nke dị ukwuu.
2 and Jeroboam said to his wife, “Now get up, disguise yourself so they will not recognize you as my wife, and go to Shiloh. For Ahijah the prophet is there; it was he who spoke about my kingship over this people.
Nʼihi ya, Jeroboam sịrị nwunye ya, “Gaa, jikwaa onwe gị nʼụzọ mmadụ na-enweghị ike ịmata na ị bụ nwunye Jeroboam. Ị ga-ejekwa Shaịlo, Ahija onye amụma nọ nʼebe ahụ, bụ nwoke ahụ gwara m okwu na m ga-abụ eze ndị nke a.
3 Take with you ten loaves of bread, some cakes, and a jar of honey, and go to him. He will tell you what will become of the boy.”
Chịrịkwa ogbe achịcha iri, na achịcha nta ole na ole, na otu karama mmanụ aṅụ, jekwuru ya. Ọ ga-agwa gị ihe ga-eme banyere nwantakịrị a.”
4 Jeroboam’s wife did as instructed; she arose and went to Shiloh and arrived at Ahijah’s house. Now Ahijah could not see, for his eyes were dim because of his age.
Nwunye Jeroboam mere ihe o kwuru, o biliri jee nʼụlọ Ahija na Shaịlo. Ahija bụ agadi nwoke nʼoge a. Ọ naghị ahụkwa ụzọ nʼihi nka ọ kara.
5 But the LORD had said to Ahijah, “Behold, the wife of Jeroboam is coming to ask you about her son, for he is ill. You are to say such and such to her, because when she arrives, she will be disguised.”
Ma Onyenwe anyị agwalarị Ahija okwu sị ya, “Nwunye Jeroboam na-abịa ịjụta ase nʼaka gị banyere nwa ya nwoke ahụ na-adịghị ike, ọsịsa dị otu a ka i ganye ya. Mgbe ọ ga-abịa ịhụ gị ọ ga-eme onwe ya dịka ọ bụghị nwunye Jeroboam.”
6 So when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet entering the door, he said, “Come in, wife of Jeroboam! Why are you disguised? For I have been sent to you with bad news.
Mgbe Ahija nụrụ ụda nzọ ụkwụ ya ka ọ na-abata nʼọnụ ụzọ, ọ kpọrọ ya oku sị ya, “Bata, nwunye Jeroboam. Gịnị mere i ji jie ejiji dịka onye ọzọ? Enwere m akụkọ ọjọọ m ga-akọrọ gị
7 Go, tell Jeroboam that this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘I raised you up from among the people and appointed you ruler over My people Israel.
Ga gwa Jeroboam sị ya, Otu a ka Onyenwe anyị, Chineke Izrel kwuru, ‘Esi m nʼetiti ndị m welie gị elu, mee gị ka ị bụrụ onye ga-achị ndị m, bụ Izrel.
8 I tore the kingdom away from the house of David and gave it to you. But you were not like My servant David, who kept My commandments and followed Me with all his heart, doing only what was right in My eyes.
Adọwapụrụ m alaeze Izrel site nʼụlọ Devid nye gị ya, ma ị geghị ntị nʼiwu m, maọbụ debe ha dịka ohu m Devid debere ihe niile m nyere ya nʼiwu. Onye echiche obi ya na ihe na-atọ obi ya ụtọ mgbe niile bụ idebe iwu m, na ime ihe ziri ezi nʼanya m.
9 You have done more evil than all who came before you. You have proceeded to make for yourself other gods and molten images to provoke Me, and you have flung Me behind your back.
Ma ihe ọjọọ i mere adịla ukwuu karịa nke ndị niile bu gị ụzọ bụrụ eze mere. Ị kpụọlara onwe gị chi ndị ọzọ, chi ndị e ji ọla kpụọ, si otu a kpasuo m iwe, gbakụta m azụ gị.
10 Because of all this, behold, I am bringing disaster on the house of Jeroboam: I will cut off from Jeroboam every male, both slave and free, in Israel; I will burn up the house of Jeroboam as one burns up dung until it is gone!
“‘Nʼihi ihe ndị a, aga m eme ka ihe ọjọọ bịakwasị ezinaụlọ Jeroboam. Aga m ekpochapụkwa ụmụ ndị ikom gị niile, ma ndị ohu, ma ndị nwe onwe ha nọ nʼala Izrel. Aga m ekpochapụkwa ụlọ Jeroboam dịka mmadụ si ekpochapụ nsị anụ, ruo mgbe e kpochapụrụ ha niile.
11 Anyone belonging to Jeroboam who dies in the city will be eaten by dogs, and anyone who dies in the field will be eaten by the birds of the air.’
Nkịta ga-eri ozu ndị nke Jeroboam ndị nwụrụ nʼime obodo, ma ndị nwụrụ nʼọhịa ka anụ ufe nke eluigwe ga-eri ozu ha. Onyenwe anyị ekwuola ya.’
12 As for you, get up and go home. When your feet enter the city, the child will die.
“Ma gị onwe gị, Laa nʼụlọ gị. Mgbe ị na-azọbanye ụkwụ gị nʼobodo, nwokorobịa ahụ ga-anwụ.
13 All Israel will mourn for him and bury him. For this is the only one belonging to Jeroboam who will receive a proper burial, because only in him has the LORD, the God of Israel, found any good in the house of Jeroboam.
Ndị Izrel niile ga-akwa akwa nʼihi ya lie ya. Ọ bụ naanị ya bụ onye a ga-eli eli, nʼihi na nʼime ezinaụlọ Jeroboam, ọ bụ naanị nʼime nwokorobịa a ka Onyenwe anyị, Chineke Izrel chọtara ihe dị mma.
14 Moreover, the LORD will raise up for Himself a king over Israel who will cut off the house of Jeroboam. This is the day—yes, even today!
“Ma Onyenwe anyị ga-emekwa ka eze ọzọ bilie nʼIzrel, onye ga-ekpochapụ ezinaụlọ Jeroboam niile. O bidola taa, e, ma ugbu a kwa!
15 For the LORD will strike Israel as a reed is shaken in the water. He will uproot Israel from this good land that He gave their fathers, and He will scatter them beyond the Euphrates, because they have made their Asherah poles, provoking the LORD to anger.
Onyenwe anyị ga-eti Izrel ihe, mee ka ọ maa jijiji dịka osisi achara nke ikuku na-ebugharị nʼime mmiri. Ọ ga-ehopu Izrel site nʼezi ala o nyere nna nna ha, fesaa ha nʼofe osimiri Yufretis, nʼihi na ha akpasuola iwe Onyenwe anyị site nʼiguzobe ogidi ofufe Ashera.
16 So He will give Israel over on account of the sins Jeroboam has committed and has caused Israel to commit.”
Ọ ga-agbakụta Izrel azụ nʼihi mmehie Jeroboam mere, ma meekwa ka Izrel niile soro ya mehie.”
17 Then Jeroboam’s wife got up and departed for Tirzah, and as soon as she stepped over the threshold of the house, the boy died.
Mgbe ahụ, nwunye Jeroboam biliri laghachi Tịaza. Ma nwokorobịa ahụ nwụrụ mgbe ọ na-azọbata ụkwụ ya nʼọnụ ụzọ ụlọ ha.
18 And they buried him, and all Israel mourned for him, according to the word that the LORD had spoken through His servant Ahijah the prophet.
Ha liri ya, ndị Izrel niile rukwara ụjụ nʼihi ya, dịka okwu Onyenwe anyị si dị, nke o kwuru site nʼọnụ Ahija, onye amụma.
19 As for the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, how he waged war and how he reigned, they are indeed written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.
Ihe niile ọzọ Jeroboam mere, na ihe niile banyere ibu agha ya niile, na ọtụtụ ihe ọzọ dị iche iche banyere ọchịchị ya, ka e dere nʼakwụkwọ akụkọ ihe ndị eze Izrel mere.
20 And the length of Jeroboam’s reign was twenty-two years, and he rested with his fathers, and his son Nadab reigned in his place.
Jeroboam chịrị Izrel iri afọ abụọ na abụọ. O sooro ndị nna nna ya ha dina nʼọnwụ, nwa ya Nadab ghọrọ eze nʼọnọdụ ya.
21 Meanwhile, Rehoboam son of Solomon reigned 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 from all the tribes of Israel in which to put His Name. His mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonite.
Nʼoge a, Rehoboam nwa Solomọn, bụ eze Juda. Ọ gbara iri afọ anọ na otu mgbe ọ malitere ịbụ eze. Ọ chịrị afọ iri na asaa na Jerusalem, bụ obodo ahụ Onyenwe anyị họọrọ site nʼetiti ebo niile nke Izrel, bụ ebe ọ ga-akpọkwasị Aha ya. Aha nne ya bụ Naama, onye Amọn.
22 And Judah did evil in the sight of the LORD, and by the sins they committed they provoked Him to jealous anger more than all their fathers had done.
Mgbe ahụ, ndị Juda mehiekwara megide Onyenwe anyị. Ha sitere nʼọtụtụ mmehie ha mere, nke karịrị mmehie nke ndị nna nna ha ochie mere, kpasuo ekworo ya.
23 They also built for themselves high places, sacred pillars, and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.
Ha wukwara nye onwe ha ebe ịchụ aja na ogidi arụsị nʼelu ugwu niile, na ogidi chi Ashera, na nʼokpuru osisi ọbụla akwụkwọ ndụ dị nʼelu ya.
24 There were even male shrine prostitutes in the land. They imitated all the abominations of the nations the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.
E nwere ndị ikom akwụna nʼala ahụ, ndị nọ nʼụlọ arụsị ha dị iche iche. Ndị mmadụ mere ụdị ihe arụ ahụ nke ndị mba niile ndị ahụ na-eme, bụ mba ndị ahụ Onyenwe anyị sitere nʼihu ndị Izrel chụpụ.
25 In the fifth year of Rehoboam’s reign, Shishak king of Egypt came up and attacked Jerusalem.
Nʼafọ nke ise, nke ọchịchị eze Rehoboam, Shishak, eze Ijipt, busoro Jerusalem agha.
26 He seized the treasures of the house of the LORD and of the royal palace. He took everything, including all the gold shields that Solomon had made.
O bukọrọ akụ niile dị nʼime ụlọ Onyenwe anyị, na akụ niile dịkwa nʼụlọeze. Ọ kwakọọrọ ihe niile, werekwa ọta ọlaedo niile ndị ahụ Solomọn kpụrụ.
27 Then King Rehoboam made bronze shields in their place and committed them to the care of the captains of the guard on duty at the entrance to the royal palace.
Ma eze Rehoboam kpụrụ ọta bronz i ji dochie ndị ahụ, nyefee ha nʼaka ndịisi ndị nche, bụ ndị na-eche nʼọnụ ụzọ ụlọeze nche ka a lekọta ha anya.
28 And whenever the king entered the house of the LORD, the guards would bear the shields, and later they would return them to the guardroom.
Mgbe ọbụla eze na-aga nʼụlọnsọ ukwu Onyenwe anyị, ndị nche na-ebu ọta ndị ahụ, emesịa, ha na-ebughachikwa ha nʼime ụlọ ndị nche.
29 As for the rest of the acts of Rehoboam, along with all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?
Ma banyere ihe ndị ọzọ niile mere nʼoge ọchịchị Rehoboam, na ihe niile o mere, ọ bụ na e deghị ha nʼakwụkwọ akụkọ ndị eze Juda?
30 There was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam throughout their days.
Agha dịgidere nʼetiti Rehoboam na Jeroboam ụbọchị niile nke ndụ ha.
31 And Rehoboam rested with his fathers and was buried with them in the City of David; his mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonite. And his son Abijam reigned in his place.
Rehoboam sooro ndị nna nna ya ha dina nʼọnwụ, e lie ya nʼebe e liri ha nʼobodo Devid. Aha nne ya bụ Naama, onye Amọn. Abija nwa ya ghọrọ eze nʼọnọdụ ya.
