1 Ha Rehoboame a fihla Jerusalema, a kgobokanya banna bohle ba morabe wa Juda le ba morabe wa Benjamine; e le mokgetho wa bahlabani ba dikete tse lekgolo le mashome a robedi. Ba ne ba ilo lwantsha Baiseraele hore ba hape mmuso, ba o kgutlisetse ho yena.
2 Empa lentswe la Morena la fihla ho Shemaya, moporofeta wa Modimo, la re:
3 “Bolella Rehoboame, mora wa Solomone, kgosi ya Juda, le Baiseraele bohle ba naheng ya Juda le ya Benjamine, o re:
4 <Morena o bua tjena: Le se ke la nyoloha ho ya lwantsha bana babo lona; motho ka mong a kgutlele ha hae hobane hona ho entswe ke nna.> ” Yaba ba mamela lentswe la Morena, mme ba kgutla, ba se ke ba futuhela Jeroboame.
5 Rehoboame a aha Jerusalema, mme a haheletsa metse naheng ya Juda,
6 e leng Betlelehema, le Etame, le Tekowa,
7 le Bete-Sure, le Soko, le Adulame,
8 le Gade, le Maresha, le Sife,
9 le Adoraime, le Lakishe, le Aseka,
10 le Sora, le Aiyalone, le Heborone. Metse ena ke yona e neng e haheleditswe naheng ya Juda le naheng ya Benjamine.
11 A haheletsa metse ena, a bea balaodi ho yona, a ba fa dijo, le ole ya mohlwaare, le veine.
12 Motse o mong le o mong a o hlomella ka dithebe le ka marumo, a o matlafatsa haholo. Ba morabe wa Juda le wa Benjamine ba ba tlasa puso ya hae.
13 Baprista le Balevi ba neng ba le naheng yohle ya Iseraele, ba tloha dibakeng tsohle tsa bona, ba fallela ho Rehoboame.
14 Balevi ba siya dibaka tsa bona le maruo o bona, ba fallela naheng ya Juda le Jerusalema, hobane bo-Jeroboame le bara ba hae ba ne ba ba hanela ho etsetsa Morena ditshebeletso tsa bona tsa boprista.
15 Jeroboame a itlhomamisetsa baprista ba dibaka tseo ho rapellwang medimo ya bohata ho tsona, le ba sebeletsang medingwana ya diphooko, le ba sebeletsang manamane ao a a bopileng.
16 Bohle ba merabe ya Iseraele, ba neng ba rata Morena Modimo wa Iseraele, ba sala Balevi bao morao, ba tla Jerusalema, ho tla etsetsa Morena Modimo wa bo-ntata bona mahlabelo.
17 Ka dilemo tse tharo ba matlafatsa mmuso wa Juda, ba tshehetsa le Rehoboame, mora wa Solomone. Ka dilemo tseo tse tharo ba tsamaya mehlaleng ya Davida le Solomone.
18 Rehoboame a nyala Mahalate, moradi wa Jeremote, mora wa Davida eo mmae e neng e le Abihaele, moradi wa Eleabe, mora wa Jese,
19 mme eo a mo tswalla bana, e leng Jeushe, le Shamariya, le Sahame.
20 A boela a nyala Maaka, moradi wa Abosalome, ya ileng a mo tswalla Abiya, le Atai, le Sisa, le Shelomite.
21 Rehoboame o ne a rata Maaka, moradi wa Abosalome, ho feta basadi bohle ba hae, le basadi ba hae ba mafielo. O ne a nyetse basadi ba leshome le metso e robedi, le basadi ba mafielo ba mashome a tsheletseng. A tswala bara ba mashome a mabedi a metso e robedi, le baradi ba mashome a tsheletseng.
22 Rehoboame a kgetha Abiya, mora wa Maaka, hore e be yena hlooho ya lelapa, le mmusi wa bana babo, hobane o ne a rata ho mo etsa kgosi.
23 A sebetsa ka bohlale, bara ba hae bohle a ba ntsha motse, a ba bea diterekeng tsohle tsa naha ya Juda le ya Benjamine, motseng o mong le o mong o haheleditsweng. A ba nea dijo tse ngata, a ba a ba nyadisa le basadi ba bangata.