1 Bakonzi 14
1 Na tango wana kaka, Abiya, mwana mobali ya Jeroboami, akomaki kobela.
At that time, Jeroboam’s son Abijah became very sick.
2 Jeroboami alobaki na mwasi na ye: — Mibongola mpo ete bato bayeba te ete ozali mwasi ya mokonzi Jeroboami; bongo, kende na Silo. Mosakoli Ayiya azali kuna; ye nde alobaki na ngai ete nakozala mokonzi ya bato oyo.
Jeroboam said to his wife, “Disguise yourself, in order that no one will recognize that you are my wife. Then go to Shiloh [city], where the prophet Ahijah [lives]. He is the one who predicted/prophesied that I would become the king of Israel.
3 Kamata mapa zomi, ndambo ya bagato, na ekolo ya mafuta ya nzoyi, mpe kende kokutana na ye; akoyebisa yo makambo oyo ekokomela mwana na biso ya mobali.
Take with you ten [loaves of] bread and some small flat cakes, and a jar of honey, [and give them] to him. [Tell him about] our son, [and] he will tell you what will happen to him.”
4 Mwasi ya Jeroboami asalaki makambo oyo mobali na ye atindaki ye: akendeki na Silo mpe akotaki na ndako ya Ayiya. Nzokande, Ayiya azalaki komona lisusu te, pamba te miso na ye ekufaki mpo ete akomaki mobange.
So his wife went to Shiloh, to Ahijah’s house. Ahijah was unable to see, because he was very old and had become blind.
5 Yawe alobaki na Ayiya: — Mwasi ya Jeroboami azali koya kotuna yo toli mpo na mwana na ye ya mobali, pamba te azali kobela. Osengeli kopesa ye eyano songolo to pakala. Tango akoya, akosala lokola nde azali moto mosusu.
But [before she got there, ] Yahweh told Ahijah that Jeroboam’s wife was coming to inquire about their son, who was very sick. And Yahweh told Ahijah what he should tell her. When she came to him, she pretended to be another woman.
6 Tango Ayiya ayokaki makelele ya makolo ya mwasi ya Jeroboami na ekuke, alobaki: — Kota, mwasi ya Jeroboami! Mpo na nini ozali komibongola? Natindami epai na yo mpo na koyebisa yo sango mabe.
But when Ahijah heard her footsteps as she entered the doorway, he said to her, “Come in, wife of Jeroboam! (Why do you pretend that you are someone else?/It will not help you to pretend that you are someone else.) [RHQ] [Yahweh] has given me bad news to tell you.
7 Kende koloba na Jeroboami: « Yawe, Nzambe ya Isalaele, alobi: ‹ Natombolaki yo kati na bato mpe nakomisaki yo mokambi ya bato na Ngai, Isalaele.
Go and tell Jeroboam that this is what Yahweh, the God whom we Israelis [worship], says to you: ‘I chose you from among the common people and enabled you to become the king of my Israeli people.
8 Nalongolaki bokonzi na maboko ya ndako ya Davidi mpe napesaki yo yango, kasi otambolaki te lokola Davidi, mowumbu na Ngai, oyo atosaki mibeko na Ngai mpe azalaki kolanda Ngai na motema na ye mobimba, mpo na kosala oyo kaka ezali malamu na miso na Ngai.
I took [most of] the kingdom of Israel away from David’s descendants and gave it to you. But you have not been like David, who served me [very well]. He obeyed all my commandments very sincerely, doing only things that I considered to be right.
9 Kasi yo, osali mabe koleka bato nyonso oyo bazalaki liboso na yo: omisaleli banzambe mosusu, bikeko ya bibende banyangwisa na moto; boye, olamusi kanda na Ngai mpe opesi Ngai mokongo.
But you have done more evil things/deeds than all those [who ruled] before you. You have rejected me, and you have caused me to become very angry by making metal images of other gods so that you [and others] could worship them.
10 Yango wana, nakoyeisa pasi na ndako ya Jeroboami, nakosilisa koboma mibali nyonso kati na ndako ya Jeroboami, ezala mowumbu to monsomi kati na Isalaele; nakokomba ndako ya Jeroboami ndenge bakombaka matiti ya mbindo, kino nyonso penza ekosila.
‘So, I am going to cause terrible things to happen to your family. I will cause all your male descendants to die, young ones and old ones. I will completely get rid of your family [MTY]. I will get rid of your family [MTY] just like a man completely burns dung [to cook his food].
11 Bambwa ekolia bato nyonso ya Jeroboami, oyo bakokufa kati na engumba; mpe bandeke ya likolo ekolia bato nyonso oyo bakokufa na zamba, elobi Yawe. › »
[The corpses of] any members of your family who die in cities will be eaten by dogs. And [the corpses of] any members of your family who die in the open fields will be eaten by vultures. [This will surely happen because] I, Yahweh, have said [that it will happen].’
12 Mpo na yo, telema mpe zonga na ndako na yo. Tango kaka okotia makolo na yo kati na engumba na yo, mwana na yo ya mobali akokufa.
So go back home. And as soon as you enter the city, your son will die.
13 Bato nyonso ya Isalaele bakosalela ye matanga mpe bakokunda ye. Ye moko kaka, kati na ndako ya Jeroboami, nde bakokunda; pamba te kati na ndako mobimba ya Jeroboami, ye kaka nde Nzambe amoni na eloko ya malamu oyo esepelisi Yawe, Nzambe ya Isalaele.
All the Israeli people will mourn for him and bury him. He is the only one of Jeroboam’s family who will be buried [properly], because he is the only one of Jeroboam’s family with whom Yahweh is pleased.
14 Yawe akobimisa mpo na Ye moko, mokonzi mosusu ya Isalaele oyo akosilisa koboma ndako nyonso ya Jeroboami. Solo, ezali nde mpo na lelo, kaka sik’oyo!
Furthermore, Yahweh will appoint for himself a king to rule over Israel who will get rid of Jeroboam’s descendants. And that [will start to happen] today!
15 Yawe akobeta Isalaele, mpe Isalaele akoningana lokola nzete oyo ebotaka na mayi, oyo mayi ezali koningisa; akopikola Isalaele wuta na mabele ya malamu oyo apesaki na bakoko na ye mpe akopanza bango mosika ya ebale Efrate, pamba te balamusi kanda ya Yawe na kosalaka makonzi ya bule mpo na Ashera.
Yahweh will punish the people of Israel; he will shake them like [the wind] shakes the reeds [that grow in] a stream. He will expel the Israeli people from this good land that he gave to our ancestors. He will scatter them into countries east of [the Euphrates] River, because they have caused him to become very angry by [worshiping statues of] the goddess Asherah.
16 Akokaba Isalaele mpo na masumu oyo Jeroboami asali mpe asalisi Isalaele.
Yahweh will abandon the Israeli people because of the sins that Jeroboam committed, sins which led the Israeli people to commit them.”
17 Mwasi ya Jeroboami atelemaki, akendeki mpe akomaki na Tiritsa. Tango akomaki na ekuke ya ndako na ye, mwana na ye ya mobali akufaki.
Jeroboam’s wife returned home to Tirzah [city, the new capital of Israel]. And just as she entered her house, her son died.
18 Bakundaki ye, mpe Isalaele mobimba basalaki matanga ndenge kaka Yawe alobaki na nzela ya mowumbu na Ye, mosakoli Ayiya.
All the Israeli people mourned for him and buried him, which is what Yahweh had told his servant, the prophet Ahijah, would happen.
19 Misala mosusu ya Jeroboami, bitumba mpe bokonzi na ye ekomama kati na buku ya masolo ya bakonzi ya Isalaele.
Everything else that Jeroboam did, and the record of wars that his [army] fought, and how he ruled, is written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Israel’.
20 Jeroboami asalaki mibu tuku mibale na mibale na bokonzi, akendeki kokutana na bakoko na ye, mpe bakundaki ye esika moko na bakoko na ye. Nadabi, mwana na ye ya mobali, akitanaki na ye na bokonzi.
Jeroboam ruled for 22 years; then he died [EUP] and his son Nadab became king.
21 Roboami, mwana mobali ya Salomo, akomaki mokonzi ya Yuda; azalaki na mibu tuku minei na moko ya mbotama tango akomaki mokonzi, mpe akonzaki mibu zomi na sambo na Yelusalemi, engumba oyo Yawe aponaki kati na mabota nyonso ya Isalaele mpo na kotia Kombo na Ye. Kombo ya mama na Roboami ezalaki « Naama. » Naama azalaki moto ya Amoni.
Solomon’s son Rehoboam ruled Judah. He was 41 years old when he started to rule, and he ruled for 17 years. He ruled in Jerusalem, which is the city that Yahweh chose out of all the tribes of Israel to be the place where he should be worshiped [MTY]. Rehoboam’s mother’s name was Naamah; she was from the Ammon people-group.
22 Bato ya Yuda basalaki makambo mabe na miso ya Yawe. Na nzela ya masumu oyo basalaki, balamusaki zuwa ya Nzambe koleka oyo batata na bango basalaki.
The people of Judah did things that Yahweh considered to be evil. They caused him to become angry because they committed more sins than their ancestors had committed: They worshiped many other gods instead of worshiping only Yahweh.
23 Batongaki lisusu mpo na bango moko bisambelo ya likolo ya bangomba, mabanga ya bule, makonzi ya bule mpo na Ashera na likolo ya bangomba nyonso mpe na se ya banzete nyonso ya mobesu.
They built places to worship those gods; on high hills, and under big trees they set up [stone] pillars to worship the goddess Asherah.
24 Ezalaki lisusu na mibali oyo bazalaki komipesa na kindumba ya bule kati na mokili ya Yuda: bamipesaki na kosala makambo ya nkele kolanda bikolo ya bapaya oyo Yawe abenganaki liboso ya bato ya Isalaele.
Also, there were male prostitutes at these places of worship. The Israeli people did the same disgraceful things that had been done by the people whom Yahweh had expelled while the Israelis were advancing through the land.
25 Tango Roboami akokisaki mibu mitano na bokonzi, Shishaki, mokonzi ya Ejipito, ayaki kobundisa Yelusalemi.
When Rehoboam had been ruling for almost five years, King Shishak of Egypt came [with his army] to attack Jerusalem.
26 Azwaki bomengo ya Tempelo ya Yawe mpe bomengo ya ndako ya mokonzi. Azwaki penza biloko nyonso, ezala banguba nyonso ya wolo oyo Salomo asalisaki.
They took away all the valuable things in the temple and in the king’s palace, including the gold shields that Solomon’s [workers] had made.
27 Boye, na esika ya banguba ya wolo, mokonzi Roboami asalisaki banguba ya bronze mpe apesaki yango epai ya bakonzi ya bakengeli na ye, oyo bazalaki kobatela ekotelo ya ndako ya mokonzi.
King Rehoboam’s [workers] made bronze shields to replace them and entrusted them to officers who guarded the entrance to the king’s palace.
28 Tango nyonso mokonzi abandaki kokende na Tempelo ya Yawe, bakengeli bazalaki komema banguba mpe kozongisa yango kati na ndako ya bakengeli.
Every time that the king went into the temple, those guards carried those shields; and [when he left the temple] they returned the shields to the storeroom.
29 Makambo mosusu oyo etali bokonzi ya Roboami mpe misala na ye ekomama kati na buku ya masolo ya bakonzi ya Yuda.
Everything else that Rehoboam did is written [RHQ] in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Judah’.
30 Ezalaki tango nyonso na bitumba kati na Roboami mpe Jeroboami.
There were wars continually between [the armies of] Rehoboam and Jeroboam.
31 Roboami akendeki kokutana na bakoko na ye, mpe bakundaki ye esika moko na bakoko na ye kati na engumba ya Davidi. Kombo ya mama na ye ezalaki « Naama. » Naama azalaki moto ya Amoni. Abiyami, mwana na ye ya mobali, akitanaki na ye na bokonzi.
Then Rehoboam died [EUP], and he was buried in [the part of Jerusalem called] ‘The City of David’, where his ancestors were buried. Then his son Abijah became the king.
