Fiawo 1 14
1 Le ɣe ma ɣi me la, Yeroboam ƒe vi, Abiya dze dɔ
At the time that he became sick Abijah [the] son of Jeroboam.
2 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.
And he said Jeroboam to wife his arise please and you will disguise yourself and not people will know that (you *Q(K)*) [are] [the] wife of Jeroboam and you will go Shiloh there! [is] there Ahijah the prophet he he spoke on me to king over the people this.
3 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.”
And you will take in hand your ten bread[s] and cakes and a jar of honey and you will go to him he he will tell to you what? will it happen to the lad.
4 Ale srɔ̃a yi Ahiya ƒe aƒe me le Silo. Ahiya zu ametsitsi aɖe azɔ eye megatea ŋu kpɔa nu o.
And she did thus [the] wife of Jeroboam and she arose and she went Shiloh and she went [the] house of Ahijah and Ahijah not he was able to see for they were fixed eyes his from old age his.
5 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.
And Yahweh he had said to Ahijah here! [the] wife of Jeroboam [is] about to come to seek a word from with you concerning son her for [is] sick he like this and like this you will speak to her and it may be when comes she and she [will be] acted as a stranger.
6 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,
And it was when heard Ahijah [the] sound of feet her coming in the entrance and he said come O wife of Jeroboam why? this [are] you acting as a stranger and I [have been] sent to you hard.
7 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.
Go say to Jeroboam thus he says Yahweh [the] God of Israel because that I raised up you from among the people and I made you a ruler over people my Israel.
8 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.
And I tore away the kingdom from [the] house of David and I gave it to you and not you have been like servant my David who he kept commandments my and who he walked after me with all heart his to do only the right in view my.
9 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.
And you have done evil to act more than all [those] who they were before you and you have gone and you have made for yourself gods other and molten images to provoke to anger me and me you have cast behind back your.
10 “‘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.
Therefore here I [am] about to bring calamity to [the] house of Jeroboam and I will cut off to Jeroboam [one who] urinates on a wall shut up and freed in Israel and I will sweep away behind [the] house of Jeroboam just as someone sweeps away dung until is complete it.
11 Meka atam be avuwo aɖu wò ƒometɔ siwo aku le dua me eye xewo aɖu esiwo aku ɖe gbedzi.’”
The [one who] dies of Jeroboam in the city they will devour the dogs and the [one who] dies in the open country they will devour [the] bird[s] of the heavens for Yahweh he has spoken.
12 Ahiya gagblɔ na Yeroboam srɔ̃ be, “Yi aƒe. Ne èɖo dua me teti ko la, ɖevi la aku.
And you arise go to house your when go feet your the city towards and he will die the child.
13 Israel blibo la afae eye woaɖii, gake eya koe nye miaƒe ƒometɔ si aku le ŋutifafa me,
And they will mourn for him all Israel and they will bury him for this [one] to only him he will go of Jeroboam into a grave because it was found in him something good to Yahweh [the] God of Israel in [the] house of Jeroboam.
14 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.
And he will raise up Yahweh for himself a king over Israel who he will cut off [the] house of Jeroboam this the day and what? also now.
15 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.
And he will strike down Yahweh Israel just as it sways reed in the water and he will pluck up Israel from on the ground good this which he gave to ancestors their and he will scatter them from [the] other side of the River because that they have made Asherah poles their provoking to anger Yahweh.
16 Yehowa agblẽe ɖi le nu vɔ̃ si Yeroboam wɔ eye wòkplɔ Israel blibo la hã de nu vɔ̃ me la ta.”
So he may give up Israel on account of [the] sins of Jeroboam which he has sinned and which he has caused to sin Israel.
17 Yeroboam srɔ̃ trɔ yi Tirza. Esi wòɖo eƒe aƒe me ƒe agbo nu ko la, ɖevi la ku.
And she arose [the] wife of Jeroboam and she went and she came Tirzah towards she [was] coming at [the] threshold of the house and the lad he died.
18 Wofa ɖevi kuku la le anyigba blibo la dzi abe ale si Yehowa gblɔe da ɖi to eƒe nyagblɔɖila Ahiya dzi la ene.
And they buried him and they mourned for him all Israel according to [the] word of Yahweh which he spoke by [the] hand of servant his Ahijah the prophet.
19 Woŋlɔ Yeroboam ƒe nuwɔna bubuawo, eƒe aʋawɔwɔwo kple nya bubu siwo dzɔ le eƒe fiaɖuɖu me la ɖe Israel fiawo ƒe ŋutinyagbalẽ me.
And [the] rest of [the] matters of Jeroboam which he waged war and which he reigned there they [are] written on [the] scroll of [the] matters of the days of [the] kings of Israel.
20 Yeroboam ɖu fia ƒe blaeve. Esi wòku la, via Nadab ɖu fia ɖe eteƒe.
And the days which he reigned Jeroboam [were] twenty and two year[s] and he lay down with ancestors his and he became king Nadab son his in place of him.
21 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.
And Rehoboam [the] son of Solomon he reigned in Judah [was] a son of forty and one year[s] Rehoboam when became king he and seven-teen year[s] - he reigned in Jerusalem the city where he had chosen Yahweh to put name his there from all [the] tribes of Israel and [the] name of mother his [was] Naamah the Ammonite [woman].
22 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.
And it did Judah the evil in [the] eyes of Yahweh and they made jealous him more than all that they had done ancestors their by sins their which they sinned.
23 Wotu nuxeƒewo, li aƒeliwo kple legbawo ɖe to kɔkɔ ɖe sia ɖe dzi kple ati dama ɖe sia ɖe te.
And they built also they for themselves high places and sacred pillars and Asherah poles on every hill high and under every tree luxuriant.
24 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.
And also cult prostitute[s] he was in the land they did according to all the abominations of the nations which he had dispossessed Yahweh from before [the] people of Israel.
25 Le Fia Rehoboam ƒe fiaɖuɖu ƒe ƒe atɔ̃lia me la, Egipte fia Sisak ho aʋa ɖe Yerusalem ŋu eye wòɖu edzi.
And it was in the year fifth of the king Rehoboam he came up (Shishak *Q(K)*) [the] king of Egypt on Jerusalem.
26 Elɔ nu sia nu le gbedoxɔ la kple fiasã la me dzoe. Etsɔ sikakpoxɔnu siwo Solomo wɔ la katã hã dzoe.
And he took [the] treasures of [the] house of Yahweh and [the] treasures of [the] house of the king and everything he took and he took all [the] shields of gold which he had made Solomon.
27 Ke Fia Rehoboam wɔ akɔblikpoxɔnuwo ɖe wo teƒe eye wòtsɔ wo de asi na eŋudzɔlawo ƒe amegã.
And he made the king Rehoboam in place of them shields of bronze and he entrusted [them] on [the] hand of [the] commanders of the runners who guarded [the] entrance of [the] house of the king.
28 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.
And it was as often as went the king [the] house of Yahweh they carried them the runners and they returned them to [the] guardroom of the runners.
29 Woŋlɔ nyadzɔdzɔ bubuwo tso Rehoboam ƒe fiaɖuɖu ŋuti ɖe Yuda fiawo ƒe ŋutinyagbalẽ me.
And [the] rest of [the] matters of Rehoboam and all that he did ¿ not [are] they written on [the] scroll of [the] matters of the days of [the] kings of Judah.
30 Aʋa dzɔna ɖe Rehoboam kple Yeroboam dome enuenu.
And war it was between Rehoboam and between Jeroboam all the days.
31 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.
And he lay down Rehoboam with ancestors his and he was buried with ancestors his in [the] city of David and [the] name of mother his [was] Naamah the Ammonite [woman] and he became king Abijam son his in place of him.
