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1 Ngomnyaka wetshumi lasificaminwembili wokubusa kukaJerobhowamu, u-Abhija waba yinkosi yakoJuda,
Pea ko eni, ʻi hono hongofulu ma valu taʻu ʻoe tuʻi ko Selopoami naʻe hoko ʻa ʻApisa ke pule ki Siuta.
2 njalo wabusa eJerusalema okweminyaka emithathu. Ibizo likanina lalinguMikhaya, indodakazi ka-Uriyeli waseGibhiya. Kwaba lempi phakathi kuka-Abhija loJerobhowamu.
Pea naʻe pule ia ʻi he taʻu ʻe tolu ʻi Selūsalema. Pea ko e hingoa ʻo ʻene faʻē foki ko Mikaia ko e ʻofefine ʻo Ulieli ʻo Kipea. Pea naʻe fetauʻaki ʻa ʻApisa mo Selopoami.
3 Bathi behlangana ekulweni, u-Abhija wayelamadoda aqinileyo azinkulungwane ezingamakhulu amane, kanti uJerobhowamu wahlangabezana laye elamadoda azinkulungwane ezificaminwembili.
Pea naʻe teu ʻae tau ʻe ʻApisa ko e fuʻu kautau ʻoe kau tangata toʻa, ʻio, ko e kau tangata fili ʻe toko fā kilu: pea naʻe fokotuʻu foki ʻe Selopoami ʻae tau ke tali ia ko e tau tangata toʻa mālohi kuo fili ʻe toko valu kilu.
4 U-Abhija wema phezu kweNtaba iZemarayimu, elizweni lamaqaqa lako-Efrayimi, wathi: “Wena Jerobhowamu kanye laye wonke u-Israyeli, lalelani kimi, lizwe!
Pea naʻe tuʻu hake ʻa ʻApisa ki he moʻunga ko Simalemi, ʻaia ʻoku ʻi he moʻunga ko ʻIfalemi, ʻo ne pehē, “Fanongo kiate au, ʻa koe ko Selopoami, pea mo ʻIsileli, kotoa pē:
5 Alikwazi na ukuthi uThixo, uNkulunkulu ka-Israyeli, unikele ubukhosi bako-Israyeli kuDavida lenzalo yakhe kuze kube nininini ngesivumelwano setswayi na?
ʻIkai ʻoku totonu ke mou ʻilo naʻe foaki ʻe Sihova ko e ʻOtua ʻo ʻIsileli ʻae puleʻanga ʻo ʻIsileli kia Tevita ke taʻengata, ʻio, kiate ia pea ki hono ngaahi foha ʻi he fuakava māsima?
6 Kukanti uJerobhowamu indodana kaNebhathi, isikhulu sikaSolomoni indodana kaDavida, uhlamukele inkosi yakhe.
Ka kuo tuʻu hake ʻa Selopoami ko e foha ʻo Nipati, ko e tamaioʻeiki ʻa Solomone ko e foha ʻo Tevita, pea kuo ne angatuʻu ki hono ʻeiki.
7 Abantu ababi bamlandela behlamukela uRehobhowami indodana kaSolomoni esesemncinyane engakaqedisisi njalo engakabi lamandla okumelana labo.
Pea kuo tānaki ʻo fakataha kiate ia ʻae kau tangata noa pē, ko e fānau ʻoe angakovi, pea kuo nau fakamālohiʻi ʻakinautolu kia Lehopoami ko e foha ʻo Solomone, ʻi he kei siʻi ʻa Lehopoami mo loto vaivai, pea naʻe ʻikai mafai ia ke tekeʻi ʻakinautolu.
8 Khathesi licabanga ukumelana lombuso kaThixo, ophethwe ngamadodana kaDavida ngoba libona libanengi kakhulu, lilamathole eGolide elawenzelwa nguJerobhowamu ukuba abe ngonkulunkulu.
Pea ko eni ʻoku mou mahalo te mou faʻa fai ke tauʻi ʻae puleʻanga ʻo Sihova ʻi he nima ʻoe ngaahi foha ʻo Tevita: pea ko e fuʻu kakai tokolahi ʻakimoutolu, pea ʻoku ʻiate kimoutolu ʻae ngaahi ʻuhiki pulu koula, ʻaia naʻe ngaohi ʻe Selopoami ko e ngaahi ʻotua moʻomoutolu.
9 Kalibaxotshanga yini abaphristi bakaThixo, amadodana ka-Aroni, kanye labaLevi, lazibekela abenu abaphristi njengalokhu okwenziwa ngabantu bamanye amazwe na? Kuthi lowo ofika elenkunzi loba inqama eziyisikhombisa ukuba ahlukaniselwe uThixo waba ngumphristi walokho okungayisikho onkulunkulu.
ʻIkai kuo mou kapusi kituaʻā ʻae kau taulaʻeiki ʻa Sihova, ko e ngaahi foha ʻo ʻElone, mo e kau Livai, pea kuo mou ngaohi ʻae kau taulaʻeiki kiate kimoutolu ʻo hangē ko e kakai ʻoe ngaahi puleʻanga kehekehe? Pea ko ia fulipē ʻoku ʻalu atu ke fakatapui ia ʻe ia pe ʻaki ha pulu mui, mo e fanga sipitangata ʻe fitu, ʻe hoko leva ia ko e taulaʻeiki ʻokinautolu ʻoku ʻikai ko e ʻotua.
10 Kodwa thina, uThixo uNkulunkulu ngowethu, asimdelanga. Thina abaphristi esilabo ngamadodana ka-Aroni, amkhonzayo uThixo, njalo baphathiswa ngabaLevi.
Ka ko kinautolu, ko homau ʻOtua ʻa Sihova, pea naʻe ʻikai te mau liʻaki ia: pea ko e kau taulaʻeiki, ʻaia ʻoku ngāue kia Sihova, ko e ngaahi foha ʻo ʻElone, pea mo e kau Livai ʻoku nau fai pe ʻenau ngaahi ngāue:
11 Bayanikela kuThixo ekuseni lantambama insuku zonke iminikelo yokutshiswa lempepha elephunga elihle. Bayalungisa izinkwa ezahlukaniselwe uThixo etafuleni legolide elihle, balumathise izibane oluthini lwegolide ntambama nsuku zonke. Thina siyawulalela umlayo kaThixo uNkulunkulu wethu. Kodwa lina limdelile.
Pea ʻoku nau tutu kia Sihova ʻi he pongipongi kotoa pē mo e efiafi kotoa pē ʻae ngaahi feilaulau tutu mo e meʻa namu kakala: pea ʻoku nau ʻai ʻae mā ʻoe ʻao foki ki he palepale māʻoniʻoni; mo e tuʻunga maama koula mo hono ngaahi maama ʻo ia, ke tutu ʻi he efiafi kotoa pē: he ʻoku mau tauhi ʻae fekau ʻa Sihova ko homau ʻOtua; ka kuo mou liʻaki ia ʻekimoutolu.
12 UNkulunkulu ulathi, nguye osikhokhelayo. Abaphristi bakhe abaphethe amacilongo bazawavuthela besibizela ekulweni lani. Madoda ako-Israyeli, lingabokulwa loThixo, uNkulunkulu wabokhokho benu, ngoba aliyikuphumelela.”
Pea, vakai, ʻoku ʻiate kimautolu moʻoni ʻae ʻOtua ko homau ʻEiki tau, mo ʻene kautaulaʻeiki ke nau fakaongo ʻae ngaahi meʻalea ke kalangaekina ʻae manavahē kiate kimoutolu ʻae fānau ʻa ʻIsileli, ʻoua naʻa mou tau kia Sihova ko e ʻOtua ʻo hoʻomou ngaahi tamai: koeʻuhi ʻe ʻikai te mou monūʻia.”
13 UJerobhowamu wayesethumele elinye iviyo lamabutho akhe ngemva ukuze athi yena ejamelane labakoJuda phambili lona licathamele ngemva kwabo.
Ka naʻe fai ʻe Selopoami ke hiki ʻae malumu mei honau tuʻa: ko ia naʻa nau ʻi he ʻao ʻo Siuta pea naʻe ʻi honau tuʻa ʻae malumu.
14 AbakoJuda bafulathela kodwa babona ukuthi babehlaselwa inxa zonke phambili langemva kwabo. Bakhala kuThixo. Abaphristi bevuthela amacilongo abo
Pea ʻi he sio ki mui ʻa Siuta, vakai, naʻe ʻi honau ʻao ʻae tau, pea ʻi honau tuʻa: pea naʻa nau tangi kia Sihova, pea naʻe ifi ʻo fakaongo ʻe he kau taulaʻeiki ʻae ngaahi meʻalea.
15 kwathi abakoJuda bakhwaza ngephimbo lokuhlasela empini. Kuthe kuzwakala ukukhwaza ngephimbo lokuhlasela, uNkulunkulu wabhuqa uJerobhowamu labo bonke abako-Israyeli phambi kuka-Abhija labakoJuda.
Pea naʻe toki mavava ai ʻae kau tangata Siuta: pea ʻi he mavava ʻae kau tangata Siuta, naʻe hoko ʻo pehē, naʻe taaʻi ʻe he ʻOtua ʻa Selopoami mo ʻIsileli kotoa pē ʻi he ʻao ʻo ʻApisa mo Siuta.
16 Abako-Israyeli babalekela abakoJuda njalo uNkulunkulu wabanikela ezandleni zabo.
Pea naʻe hola ʻae fānau ʻa ʻIsileli mei he ʻao ʻo Siuta: pea naʻe fakatukutukuʻi ʻakinautolu ʻe he ʻOtua ki honau nima.
17 U-Abhija lamabutho akhe babulala amadoda amanengi kakhulu, kwafa amadoda ako-Israyeli aqinileyo empini azinkulungwane ezingamatshumi amahlanu.
Pea naʻe taaʻi ʻakinautolu ʻe ʻApisa mo hono kakai ʻi he tāmateʻi lahi: ko ia naʻe tāmate ai ʻoe kakai ʻIsileli, ʻae kau tangata fili, ʻe toko nima kilu.
18 Amadoda ako-Israyeli aqinileyo ngalesosikhathi anqotshwa, kwathi abakoJuda baphumelela ngoba babethembele kuThixo, uNkulunkulu wabokhokho babo.
Naʻe pehē pe hono fakavaivai ʻae fānau ʻa ʻIsileli ʻi he kuonga ko ia, pea naʻe mālohi ʻo lavaʻi ʻe he fānau ʻa Siuta, ko e meʻa ʻi heʻenau tui kia Sihova ko e ʻOtua ʻo ʻenau ngaahi tamai.
19 U-Abhija waxotshana loJerobhowamu wamthathela amadolobho eBhetheli, leleJeshana kanye lele-Efroni, lemizi eyayiseduzane khonapho.
Pea naʻe tuli ʻe ʻApisa ʻa Selopoami, ʻo ne maʻu meiate ia ʻae ngaahi kolo, ko Peteli mo hono ngaahi kolo, mo Sesana mo hono ngaahi kolo, mo ʻIfalemi mo hono ngaahi kolo ʻo ia.
20 UJerobhowamu kazange abuse futhi kusabusa u-Abhija. UThixo wamtshaya wafa.
Pea naʻe ʻikai toe maʻu ʻe Selopoami ha mālohi ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho ʻo ʻApisa: pea naʻe taaʻi ia ʻe Sihova, pea pekia ia.
21 Kodwa u-Abhija waqina waba lamandla embusweni. Wathatha abafazi abalitshumi lane waba lamadodana angamatshumi amabili lamadodakazi alitshumi lesithupha.
Ka naʻe fakaʻaʻau ʻo mālohi ʻa ʻApisa, pea fakamaʻu ia mo e uaifi ʻe toko hongofulu ma fā, pea naʻe tupu ʻiate ia ʻae foha ʻe toko uofulu ma toko ua, mo e ʻofefine ʻe toko hongofulu ma toko ono.
22 Ezinye izehlakalo ekubuseni kuka-Abhija, akwenzayo lakutshoyo, kulotshiwe ezindabeni zomphrofethi u-Ido.
Pea ko hono toe ʻoe ngāue ʻa ʻApisa, mo ʻene ngaahi anga, mo ʻene ngaahi lea ʻikai kuo tohi ʻi he [tohi ]talanoa ʻoe palōfita ko Ito?
