1 Matsɛmɛ
12 Rehoboam ho Shekem ya, ejakaa Israel tsuo ba Shekem konɛ a ba wo lɛ matsɛ. 2 Benɛ Yeroboam nɛ ji Nebat binyumu ɔ nu he pɛ ɔ (loloolo ɔ, e ngɛ Egipt, ejakaa e tu Matsɛ Salomo nya fo, nɛ e ya ngɛ Egipt), 3 a tsɔ kɛ ya tsɛ lɛ. Lɔ ɔ se ɔ, Yeroboam kɛ Israel asafo ɔ tsuo ba Rehoboam ngɔ, nɛ a ba de lɛ ke: 4 “O tsɛ ɔ ha nɛ wa kuɛpã tso ɔ mi jiɔ tsɔ. Se ke o ha nɛ o tsɛ ɔ sɔmɔmi nɛ he wa a pee gbɔjɔɔ, nɛ o ha nɛ kuɛpã tso nɛ mi jiɔ nɛ e kɛ fɔ wa nɔ ɔ pee hlɛhlɛɛhlɛ bɔɔ ɔ, wa ma sɔmɔ mo.”
5 Kɛkɛ nɛ e de mɛ ke: “Nyɛɛ ya, nɛ ligbi etɛ se ɔ, nyɛɛ kpale kɛ ba ye ngɔ.” Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, ni ɔmɛ je kɛ ho. 6 Lɔ ɔ se ɔ, Matsɛ Rehoboam ya na nikɔtɔmahi nɛ a sɔmɔ e tsɛ Salomo be mi nɛ e ngɛ je mi ɔ, nɛ e bi mɛ ke: “Mɛni ga nyɛ maa wo mi ngɛ bɔ nɛ e sa kaa ma ha nimli nɛ ɔmɛ heto ha a he?” 7 A ha lɛ heto ke: “Ke mwɔnɛ ɔ, o maa pee nimli nɛ ɔmɛ a sɔmɔlɔ, nɛ o maa kplɛɛ nɔ́ nɛ a bi mo ɔ nɔ, nɛ o ma ha mɛ heto nɛ sa a lɛɛ, a ma sɔmɔ mo daa.”
8 Se e kua nikɔtɔma amɛ a ga womi ɔ, nɛ e ya na nihewi nɛ e kɛ mɛ je nɔ nɛ́ amlɔ nɛ ɔ, a ji e tsɔli ɔ konɛ a wo lɛ ga. 9 E de mɛ ke: “Nimli nɛ ɔmɛ ba de mi ke, ‘Ha nɛ kuɛpã tso nɛ o tsɛ ɔ kɛ fɔ wa nɔ ɔ nɛ pee hlɛhlɛɛhlɛ bɔɔ,’ lɔ ɔ, mɛni ga nyɛ maa wo mi ngɛ bɔ nɛ e sa kaa ma ha mɛ heto ha a he?” 10 Nihewi nɛ e kɛ mɛ je nɔ ɔ de lɛ ke: “Nɔ́ nɛ e sa kaa o de ni ɔmɛ nɛ a ba de mo ke, ‘O tsɛ ɔ ha nɛ wa kuɛpã tso ɔ mi jiɔ tsɔ, se moo lɛɛ mo ha nɛ e pee hlɛhlɛɛhlɛ bɔɔ’ ɔ ji nɛ ɔ nɛ; ‘Ye nguɛ nyafii ɔ po ma ti pe ye tsɛ mlɛ mi. 11 Ye tsɛ ɔ ngɔ kuɛpã tso nɛ mi jiɔ kɛ fɔ nyɛ nɔ, se imi lɛɛ ma ngɔ eko kɛ piɛɛ nyɛ kuɛpã tso ɔ he. Ye tsɛ ɔ fiaa nyɛ kpa, se imi lɛɛ i kɛ mio kpa maa guao nyɛ.’”
12 Yeroboam kɛ ni ɔmɛ tsuo ba Rehoboam ngɔ ngɛ ligbi etɛne ɔ nɔ, ejakaa matsɛ ɔ de mɛ ke: “Nyɛɛ kpale kɛ ba ye ngɔ ngɛ ligbi etɛne ɔ nɔ.” 13 Se matsɛ ɔ ha ni ɔmɛ heto nɛ nya wa, nɛ e kua nikɔtɔma amɛ a ga womi ɔ. 14 Kaa bɔ nɛ nihewi ɔmɛ wo lɛ ga a, e de mɛ ke: “Ye tsɛ ɔ ha nɛ nyɛ kuɛpã tso ɔ mi jiɔ, se imi lɛɛ, ma ngɔ eko kɛ piɛɛ nyɛ kuɛpã tso ɔ he. Ye tsɛ ɔ fiaa nyɛ kpa, se imi lɛɛ i kɛ mio kpa maa guao nyɛ.” 15 Matsɛ ɔ bui ni ɔmɛ tue, ejakaa Yehowa lɛ ha nɛ ní nɛ ɔmɛ ya nɔ konɛ e kɛ ha nɛ munyu nɛ Yehowa tu kɛ gu Ahiya, nɛ ji Shilono ɔ nɔ kɛ tsɔɔ Yeroboam, Nebat binyumu ɔ nɛ ba mi.
16 Benɛ Israel tsuo na kaa matsɛ ɔ bui mɛ tue ɔ, ni ɔmɛ de matsɛ ɔ ke: “Mɛni blɔ fa mi nɔ́ wa ngɛ ngɛ David mi? Wa be gbosi ní ko ngɛ Ishai binyumu ɔ ngɔ. Israelbi, nyɛ ti nɔ fɛɛ nɔ nɛ e ho e mawu ɔmɛ a ngɔ ya. Jehanɛ ɔ David, hyɛ mo nitsɛ o we nɔ!” Kɛkɛ nɛ Israelbi ɔmɛ kpale kɛ ho a wehi* a mi ya. 17 Se Rehoboam ya nɔ nɛ e ye Israelbi nɛ a ngɛ Yuda ma amɛ a mi ɔ nɔ.
18 Lɔ ɔ se ɔ, Matsɛ Rehoboam tsɔ Adoram, nɛ ji nihi nɛ a nyɛɔ a nɔ kɛ tsuɔ ní tsumi kpakpataa a nya dalɔ ɔ, se Israelbi ɔmɛ tsuo fiaa lɛ tɛ nɛ e gbo. Matsɛ Rehoboam bɔ mɔde nɛ e kuɔ e zugba lɛ ɔ, nɛ e tu fo kɛ ho Yerusalem ya. 19 Nɛ Israelbi ɔmɛ ya nɔ nɛ a tsɔ atuã kɛ si David we ɔ kɛ ba si mwɔnɛ ligbi nɛ ɔ.
20 Benɛ Israel tsuo nu kaa Yeroboam kpale kɛ ba a, oya nɔuu nɛ a tsɔ kɛ ya tsɛ lɛ kɛ ba he nɛ a bua a he nya ngɛ ɔ, nɛ a wo lɛ matsɛ konɛ e ye Israel tsuo nɔ. Ni ɔmɛ a ti nɔ ko nɔ ko nyɛɛ we David we ɔ se kaa ja Yuda wɛtso ɔ pɛ.
21 Benɛ Rehoboam ba su Yerusalem ɔ, oya nɔuu nɛ e bua Yuda we ɔ tsuo kɛ Benyamin wɛtso ɔ nya, tatsɛmɛ nɛ a tsɔse* mɛ 180,000, konɛ a kɛ Israel we ɔ nɛ ya hwu ta, nɛ́ a kpale matsɛ yemi ɔ kɛ ha Salomo binyumu Rehoboam. 22 Kɛkɛ nɛ anɔkuale Mawu ɔ kɛ sɛ gbi ha Shemaya, nɛ ji anɔkuale Mawu ɔ nɔmlɔ ɔ ke: 23 “Mo de Rehoboam, Salomo binyumu ɔ nɛ ji Yuda matsɛ ɔ, kɛ Yuda we ɔ tsuo, kɛ Benyamin, kɛ nihi nɛ a piɛ ɔ ke, 24 ‘Nɔ́ nɛ Yehowa ngɛ dee ji nɛ ɔ nɛ: “Nyɛ ko kuɔ kɛ ya nɛ nyɛɛ kɛ nyɛ nyɛmimɛ Israelbi ɔmɛ nɛ ya hwu ta. Nyɛ ti nɔ fɛɛ nɔ nɛ e kpale kɛ ho e we mi ya, ejakaa imi lɛ i ha nɛ nɔ́ nɛ ɔ ba.”’” Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, a bu Yehowa munyu ɔ tue, nɛ a kpale a se kɛ ho we mi ya kaa bɔ nɛ Yehowa de mɛ ɔ.
25 Lɔ ɔ se ɔ, Yeroboam kpale po Shekem ma nɛ ngɛ Efraim yoku ɔmɛ a nɔ ɔ, nɛ e hi lejɛ ɔ. E je lejɛ ɔ nɛ e kpale ya po Penuel ma a. 26 Yeroboam de ngɛ e tsui mi ke: “Ke i hyɛ we nɛ hi ɔ, matsɛ yemi ɔ maa kpale kɛ ho David we ɔ ya. 27 Ke nimli nɛ ɔmɛ maa ya nɔ maa hi kuɔe kɛ hi Yehowa we ɔ yae ngɛ Yerusalem ya hi afɔle sãe ɔ, lɛɛ a tsui hu maa dɔ kɛ ya nyɛɛ a nyɔmtsɛ nɛ ji Yuda Matsɛ Rehoboam se ekohu. Ee, a maa gbe mi, nɛ a maa kpale kɛ ho Yuda Matsɛ Rehoboam ngɔ ya.” 28 Benɛ matsɛ ɔ ya bi ga womi se ɔ, e pee sika tsu na bi enyɔ, nɛ e de ni ɔmɛ ke: “Yerusalem nɛ nyɛ ngɛ kuɔe kɛ ngɛ yae ɔ ha nɛ pɔ ngɛ nyɛ he tɔe tsɔ. Oo Israel, nyɛ Mawu ɔ nɛ e ngɔ nyɛ kɛ je Egipt kɛ ba a ji nɛ ɔ nɛ.” 29 Kɛkɛ nɛ e ngɔ kake kɛ ya ma Betel, nɛ e ngɔ kake hu kɛ ya ma Dan. 30 Nɛ enɛ ɔ ha nɛ a pee yayami, nɛ ni ɔmɛ ya Dan tɔɔ, nɛ a ya ja na bi nɛ ngɛ lejɛ ɔ.
31 Nɛ e ma wehi ngɛ jami hehi nɛ ya hiɔwe* ɔ, nɛ e hla nimli saisaa ngɛ ni ɔmɛ a kpɛti nɛ́ a pi Levibi, nɛ e wo mɛ osɔfohi. 32 Jehanɛ hu ɔ, Yeroboam to gbijlɔ ko sisi ngɛ nyɔhiɔ kpaanyɔne ɔ mi, ngɛ nyɔhiɔ ɔ we ligbi nɛ ji 15 ɔ nɔ. E ngɛ kaa gbijlɔ nɛ a yeɔ ngɛ Yuda a. E sã afɔle ngɛ afɔle sami latɛ nɛ e pee ngɛ Betel ɔ nɔ kɛ ha na bi ɔmɛ nɛ e pee ɔ, nɛ e wo osɔfohi konɛ a sɔmɔ ngɛ hehi nɛ ya hiɔwe nɛ e pee ngɛ Betel ɔ. 33 Nɛ e bɔni afɔlehi sami ngɛ afɔle sami latɛ nɛ e pee ngɛ Betel ɔ nɔ ngɛ nyɔhiɔ kpaanyɔne ɔ, nɛ ji nyɔhiɔ nɛ lɛ nitsɛ e hla a we ligbi nɛ ji 15 ɔ nɔ; nɛ e to gbijlɔ ko sisi kɛ ha Israelbi ɔmɛ, nɛ e kuɔ afɔle sami latɛ ɔ konɛ e ya sã afɔlehi nɛ́ e ha nɛ afɔle sami lasuku nɛ je.