1 Kings 14
1 AT that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam fell sick.
Le ɣe ma ɣi me la, Yeroboam ƒe vi, Abiya dze dɔ
2 And Jeroboam said to his wife, Arise, I pray thee, and disguise thyself, that thou be not known to be the wife of Jeroboam; and get thee to Shiloh: behold, there is Ahijah the prophet, which told me that I should be king over this people.
eye Yeroboam gblɔ na srɔ̃a be, “Yi, nàtrɔ ɖokuiwò ale be womanya be wòe nye Yeroboam srɔ̃ o, emegbe nàyi Silo. Nyagblɔɖila Ahiya le afi ma, ame si gblɔ nam be manye fia ɖe ame siawo dzi.
3 And take with thee ten loaves, and cracknels, and a cruse of honey, and go to him: he shall tell thee what shall become of the child.
Tsɔ abolo meme ewo kple akpɔnɔ vivi kple anyitsi goe ɖeka ɖe asi eye nàyi egbɔ. Agblɔ nu si adzɔ ɖe ɖevi la dzi na wò.”
4 And Jeroboam’s wife did so, and arose, and went to Shiloh, and came to the house of Ahijah. But Ahijah could not see; for his eyes were set by reason of his age.
Ale srɔ̃a yi Ahiya ƒe aƒe me le Silo. Ahiya zu ametsitsi aɖe azɔ eye megatea ŋu kpɔa nu o.
5 And the Lord said unto Ahijah, Behold, the wife of Jeroboam cometh to ask a thing of thee for her son; for he is sick: thus and thus shalt thou say unto her: for it shall be, when she cometh in, that she shall feign herself to be another woman.
Ke Yehowa ɖee fia Ahiya bena, fianyɔnu la gbɔna eɖokui trɔ ge abe ame bubu ene eye wòava egbɔ ava bia nyae tso via ŋu elabena via dze dɔ sesĩe. Yehowa gblɔ nu si wòagblɔ na nyɔnu la nɛ.
6 And it was so, when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet, as she came in at the door, that he said, Come in, thou wife of Jeroboam; why feignest thou thyself to be another? for I am sent to thee with heavy tidings.
Ale esi Ahiya se nyɔnu la ŋkɔ le eƒe ʋɔtru nu ko la, edo ɣli be, “Yeroboam srɔ̃, ge ɖe eme. Nu ka ta nèle agbagba dzem be yeadze ame bubui?” Egblɔ na nyɔnu la be, “Nya vɔ̃ aɖe le asinye na wò,
7 Go, tell Jeroboam, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Forasmuch as I exalted thee from among the people, and made thee prince over my people Israel,
gblɔ nya siawo tso Yehowa, Israel ƒe Mawu la gbɔ na srɔ̃wò be, ‘Metia wò tso ame maɖinuwo dome eye meɖo wò fiae ɖe Israel dzi.
8 And rent the kingdom away from the house of David, and gave it thee: and yet thou hast not been as my servant David, who kept my commandments, and who followed me with all his heart, to do that only which was right in mine eyes;
Mexɔ fiaɖuƒe la le David ƒe ƒometɔwo si hetsɔ na wò gake mèwɔ nye seawo dzi abe nye dɔla, David ene o. David ƒe didi vevi wònye be yeawɔ nye seawo dzi ɣe sia ɣi eye yeawɔ nu sia nu si medi be wòawɔ.
9 But hast done evil above all that were before thee: for thou hast gone and made thee other gods, and molten images, to provoke me to anger, and hast cast me behind thy back:
Ke èwɔ nu vɔ̃ wu fia siwo katã do ŋgɔ na wò. Èwɔ mawu bubuwo na ɖokuiwò, èdo dɔmedzoe nam kple wò sikanyiviawo eye nètrɔ megbe dem.
10 Therefore, behold, I will bring evil upon the house of Jeroboam, and will cut off from Jeroboam him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel, and will take away the remnant of the house of Jeroboam, as a man taketh away dung, till it be all gone.
“‘Le esia ta la, mahe dzɔgbevɔ̃e ava Yeroboam ƒe aƒe dzi eye matsrɔ̃ ŋutsuwo katã kple eƒe alimeviwo le Israel. Matɔ dzo Yeroboam ƒe aƒe abe ale si wotɔa dzo lãwo ƒe afɔdzi tso lãkpowo me ene.
11 Him that dieth of Jeroboam in the city shall the dogs eat; and him that dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat: for the Lord hath spoken it.
Meka atam be avuwo aɖu wò ƒometɔ siwo aku le dua me eye xewo aɖu esiwo aku ɖe gbedzi.’”
12 Arise thou therefore, get thee to thine own house: and when thy feet enter into the city, the child shall die.
Ahiya gagblɔ na Yeroboam srɔ̃ be, “Yi aƒe. Ne èɖo dua me teti ko la, ɖevi la aku.
13 And all Israel shall mourn for him, and bury him: for he only of Jeroboam shall come to the grave, because in him there is found some good thing toward the Lord God of Israel in the house of Jeroboam.
Israel blibo la afae eye woaɖii, gake eya koe nye miaƒe ƒometɔ si aku le ŋutifafa me,
14 Moreover the Lord shall raise him up a king over Israel, who shall cut off the house of Jeroboam that day: but what? even now.
Yehowa ŋutɔ aɖo fia aɖe na eɖokui ɖe Israel dzi. Fia sia aɖe Yeroboam ƒe ƒome blibo la ɖa. Egbee nye ŋkeke la! Nu ka? Ɛ̃, fifi laa gɔ̃ hã.
15 For the Lord shall smite Israel, as a reed is shaken in the water, and he shall root up Israel out of this good land, which he gave to their fathers, and shall scatter them beyond the river, because they have made their groves, provoking the Lord to anger.
Ekema Yehowa aʋuʋu Israel abe ale si tɔsisi nyamaa aƒla si ge ɖe eme la ene, aho Israel le wo fofowo ƒe anyigba nyui sia dzi eye wòakaka wo ɖe Frat tɔsisi la godo, esi wodo dɔmedzoe na Yehowa to aƒeliwo subɔsubɔ me la ta.
16 And he shall give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam, who did sin, and who made Israel to sin.
Yehowa agblẽe ɖi le nu vɔ̃ si Yeroboam wɔ eye wòkplɔ Israel blibo la hã de nu vɔ̃ me la ta.”
17 And Jeroboam’s wife arose, and departed, and came to Tirzah: and when she came to the threshold of the door, the child died;
Yeroboam srɔ̃ trɔ yi Tirza. Esi wòɖo eƒe aƒe me ƒe agbo nu ko la, ɖevi la ku.
18 And they buried him; and all Israel mourned for him, according to the word of the Lord, which he spake by the hand of his servant Ahijah the prophet.
Wofa ɖevi kuku la le anyigba blibo la dzi abe ale si Yehowa gblɔe da ɖi to eƒe nyagblɔɖila Ahiya dzi la ene.
19 And the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, how he warred, and how he reigned, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
Woŋlɔ Yeroboam ƒe nuwɔna bubuawo, eƒe aʋawɔwɔwo kple nya bubu siwo dzɔ le eƒe fiaɖuɖu me la ɖe Israel fiawo ƒe ŋutinyagbalẽ me.
20 And the days which Jeroboam reigned were two and twenty years: and he slept with his fathers, and Nadab his son reigned in his stead.
Yeroboam ɖu fia ƒe blaeve. Esi wòku la, via Nadab ɖu fia ɖe eteƒe.
21 And Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah. Rehoboam was forty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the Lord did choose out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his mother’s name was Naamah an Ammonitess.
Le ɣeyiɣi sia me la, Rehoboam, Solomo ƒe vi nye fia le Yuda. Exɔ ƒe blaene-vɔ-ɖekɛ esi woɖoe fiae. Eɖu fia ƒe wuiadre le Yerusalem, du si Yehowa tia le Israel duwo katã dome be yeanɔ eme la me. Rehoboam dadae nye Naama, Amoni nyɔnu aɖe.
22 And Judah did evil in the sight of the Lord, and they provoked him to jealousy with their sins which they had committed, above all that their fathers had done.
Le Rehoboam ƒe fiaɖuɣi la, Yudatɔwo wɔ nu vɔ̃ abe Israelviwo ke ene eye wotsɔ woƒe nu vɔ̃ wɔwɔ do dɔmedzoe na Yehowa elabena woawo ƒe nu vɔ̃wo wu wo fofowo tɔ gɔ̃ hã.
23 For they also built them high places, and images, and groves, on every high hill, and under every green tree.
Wotu nuxeƒewo, li aƒeliwo kple legbawo ɖe to kɔkɔ ɖe sia ɖe dzi kple ati dama ɖe sia ɖe te.
24 And there were also sodomites in the land: and they did according to all the abominations of the nations which the Lord cast out before the children of Israel.
Ŋutsu nuxeƒegbolowo hã xɔ anyigba blibo la dzi. Ame siwo nɔ Yuda la wɔ busunuwo abe trɔ̃subɔdukɔ siwo Yehowa nya le anyigba la dzi be yeƒe amewo nakpɔ teƒe anɔ la ene.
25 And it came to pass in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem:
Le Fia Rehoboam ƒe fiaɖuɖu ƒe ƒe atɔ̃lia me la, Egipte fia Sisak ho aʋa ɖe Yerusalem ŋu eye wòɖu edzi.
26 And he took away the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the king’s house; he even took away all: and he took away all the shields of gold which Solomon had made.
Elɔ nu sia nu le gbedoxɔ la kple fiasã la me dzoe. Etsɔ sikakpoxɔnu siwo Solomo wɔ la katã hã dzoe.
27 And king Rehoboam made in their stead brasen shields, and committed them unto the hands of the chief of the guard, which kept the door of the king’s house.
Ke Fia Rehoboam wɔ akɔblikpoxɔnuwo ɖe wo teƒe eye wòtsɔ wo de asi na eŋudzɔlawo ƒe amegã.
28 And it was so, when the king went into the house of the Lord, that the guard bare them, and brought them back into the guard chamber.
Ɣe sia ɣi si Fia la yi gbedoxɔ la me la, eŋudzɔlawo tsɔa wo bɔa asaɖa le eŋgɔ eye emegbe la, wogbugbɔa wo dana ɖe dzɔlawo ƒe xɔ me.
29 Now the rest of the acts of Rehoboam, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
Woŋlɔ nyadzɔdzɔ bubuwo tso Rehoboam ƒe fiaɖuɖu ŋuti ɖe Yuda fiawo ƒe ŋutinyagbalẽ me.
30 And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all their days.
Aʋa dzɔna ɖe Rehoboam kple Yeroboam dome enuenu.
31 And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David. And his mother’s name was Naamah an Ammonitess. And Abijam his son reigned in his stead.
Esime Rehoboam, ame si dadae nye Naama, Amoni nyɔnu la ku la, woɖii ɖe tɔgbuiawo dome le David ƒe du la me eye via Abiyam ɖu fia ɖe eteƒe.
