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1 Awo Lekobowaamu bwe yanywera ku bwakabaka, n’aba mugumu, ye ne Isirayiri yonna ne bava ku mateeka ga Mukama.
Ngemva kokuba uRehobhowami eselamandla, lombuso wakhe usuqinile, yena kanye labo bonke abako-Israyeli bawudela umlayo kaThixo.
2 Mu mwaka ogwokutaano ogw’obufuzi bwa kabaka Lekobowaamu, Sisaki kabaka w’e Misiri n’alumba Yerusaalemi kubanga tebaali beesigwa eri Mukama.
Kodwa ngoba bona kuThixo, uShishakhi inkosi yaseGibhithe wahlasela iJerusalema ngomnyaka wesihlanu wokubusa kwenkosi uRehobhowami.
3 N’ajja n’amagaali lukumi mu bibiri, n’abeebagala embalaasi emitwalo mukaaga, ate n’abaserikale ab’ebigere bangi nnyo: Abalubimu, n’Abasukkiyimu, n’Abaesiyopiya okuva e Misiri.
Wahlasela ngezinqola zokulwa ezingamakhulu alitshumi lambili labagadi bamabhiza abazinkulungwane ezingamatshumi ayisithupha, labantu abangelakubalwa ubunengi babo abanye bengabeLibhiya, lamaSukhi labaKhushi abeza laye bevelela ngaseGibhithe,
4 N’awamba ebibuga ebiriko bbugwe ebya Yuda n’atuuka n’e Yerusaalemi.
wathumba imizi yakoJuda ebiyelweyo waze wayafika leJerusalema.
5 Awo Semaaya nnabbi n’agenda eri Lekobowaamu n’eri abakulembeze ba Yuda abaali bakuŋŋaanidde mu Yerusaalemi olw’okutya Sisaki, n’abagamba nti, “Bw’ati bw’ayogera Mukama nti, ‘Mwanvaako, nange kyenvudde mbawaayo mu mukono gwa Sisaki.’”
Ngakho uShemaya umphrofethi waya kuRehobhowami kanye lakubakhokheli bakoJuda ababebuthene eJerusalema ngokwesaba uShishakhi, wafika wathi kubo, “Nanku okutshiwo nguThixo uthi, ‘Lingilahlile lina; ngakho sengilinikela kuShishaki.’”
6 Awo abakulembeze ba Isirayiri, nga bali wamu ne kabaka ne beetoowaza ne boogera nti, “Mukama asala bulungi emisango.”
Abakhokheli bako-Israyeli lenkosi yabo bazithoba batsho bathi, “uThixo ulungile.”
7 Awo Mukama bwe yalaba okwetoowaza kwabwe, ekigambo kya Mukama ne kijjira Semaaya nti, “Beetoowazizza noolwekyo siribazikiriza. Ndibalokola, era n’obusungu bwange tebulifukibwa ku Yerusaalemi nga buyita mu mukono gwa Sisaki.
Kwathi uThixo esebonile ukuzithoba kwabo ilizwi lakhe lafika kuShemaya lisithi: “Njengoba bezithobile, kangisayikubabhubhisa, kodwa ngizabakhulula emva kwesikhatshana, lolaka lwami kalusayikwehliselwa eJerusalema ngesandla sikaShishakhi.
8 Wabula baliba baddu be, balyoke bategeere enjawulo eriwo wakati w’okumpeereza n’okuweereza bakabaka baamawanga amalala.”
Kodwa bazakuba yizinceku zakhe ukuze bazi umahluko phakathi kokungikhonza lokukhonza amakhosi amanye amazwe.”
9 Awo Sisaki kabaka w’e Misiri n’alumba Yerusaalemi n’atwala obugagga obw’omu yeekaalu ya Mukama, n’obugagga obw’omu lubiri lwa kabaka, n’atwala buli kintu kyonna, era n’atwala n’engabo eza zaabu Sulemaani ze yali akoze.
UShishakhi inkosi yaseGibhithe wasehlasela iJerusalema, wabutha yonke inotho yasethempelini likaThixo kanye lenotho yasesigodlweni sesikhosini. Wathatha konke waze wathatha lezihlangu zegolide ezazenziwe nguSolomoni.
10 Awo kabaka Lekobowaamu n’akola engabo ez’ekikomo okudda mu kifo kyaziri eza zaabu, n’azikwasa abaduumizi b’abambowa abaakuumanga wankaaki ow’olubiri lwa kabaka.
Ngakho iNkosi uRehobhowami yasisenza izihlangu zethusi endaweni yalezo njalo yazibeka ngaphansi kwabalawuli babalindi bamasango asesigodlweni sesikhosini.
11 Buli kabaka bwe yalaganga mu yeekaalu ya Mukama, abakuumi baazeetikkanga nga bamuwerekera, n’oluvannyuma ne bazizaayo mu kisenge ky’abakuumi.
Kwakusithi lapho inkosi isiya ethempelini likaThixo, abalindi babehamba layo bephethe izihlangu, kuze kuthi emva kwesikhathi bazibuyisele endlini yabalindi.
12 Lekobowaamu bwe yeetoowaza, Mukama n’alekeraawo okumusunguwalira n’atasaanyizibwawo ddala, ne mu Yuda ne mubaamu emirembe.
Ngenxa yokuthi uRehobhowami wazithoba, ulaka lukaThixo lwadeda kuye, kasazange abe esabhujiswa. Ngempela kwakukhona okuhle koJuda.
13 Kabaka Lekobowaamu ne yeenyweza mu Yerusaalemi, n’afuga nga ye kabaka. Yalina emyaka amakumi ana mu gumu we yafuukira kabaka, era n’afugira emyaka kkumi na musanvu mu Yerusaalemi, ekibuga Mukama kye yalonda mu bika byonna ebya Isirayiri n’ateekamu Erinnya lye. Nnyina erinnya lye ye yali Naama Omwamoni.
Inkosi uRehobhowami yaqinisa umbuso wayo eJerusalema njalo yaqhubeka ibusa. Ekugcotshweni kwakhe ubukhosi wayeleminyaka engamatshumi amane lanye, wabusa okweminyaka elitshumi lesikhombisa eJerusalema umuzi kaThixo ayewukhethile phakathi kwezizwana zako-Israyeli ukuze abeke iBizo lakhe. Ibizo likanina linguNahama, engowako-Amoni.
14 Lekobowaamu n’akola ebibi, n’atamalirira kunoonya Mukama mu mutima gwe.
Wenza okubi wona ngoba engazange abeke inhliziyo yakhe ekumdingeni uThixo.
15 Ebyafaayo ebirala ebyabaawo mu mirembe gya Lekobowaamu okuva ku ntandikwa ye okutuusa ku nkomerero ye, tebyawandiikibwa mu byafaayo bya Semaaya nnabbi n’ebya Iddo omulabi? Ne wabangawo entalo wakati wa Lekobowaamu ne Yerobowaamu.
Okumayelana lokubusa kukaRehobhowami, kusukela ekuqaleni kuze kube sekupheleni, akulotshwanga na emibhalweni kaShemaya umphrofethi leka-Ido umboni mayelana lokuzalana kwabantu? Kwaba lempi njalo phakathi kukaRehobhowami loJerobhowamu.
16 Awo Lekobowaamu ne yeebakira wamu ne bajjajjaabe, n’aziikibwa mu kibuga kya Dawudi, Abiya mutabani we n’amusikira.
URehobhowami wakhothama, wangcwatshwa labokhokho bakhe eMzini kaDavida. U-Abhija, indodana yakhe wathatha ubukhosi waba yinkosi ngemva kukayise.
