Buka ea Pele ea Marena 12:1-33
12 Roboame a ea Shikeme hobane Baiseraele bohle ba ne ba tlile Shikeme+ ho tla mo etsa morena.+
2 Ha Jeroboame mora oa Nebate a utloa ka taba ena, (o ne a ntse a lula Egepeta hobane o ne a balehile Morena Solomone)+
3 ba mo bitsa. Ka mor’a moo, Jeroboame le Baiseraele bohle ba tla ho Roboame ’me ba re:
4 “Ntate oa hao o ne a re imelitse.+ Empa haeba u ka fokotsa mosebetsi o boima oo a re fileng oona ’me oa re tšoara hantle, re tla u sebeletsa.”
5 A re ho bona: “Tsamaeang ’me le khutlele ho ’na ka mor’a matsatsi a mararo.” Ba tsamaea.+
6 Morena Roboame a buisana le banna ba baholo* ba neng ba sebeletsa ntate oa hae Solomone ha a ntse a phela a re: “Le ka nkeletsa hore ke re’ng ho sechaba see?”
7 Ba re ho eena: “Haeba kajeno u tla araba batho bana hantle, u be joaloka mohlanka ho bona ’me u lumele kopo ea bona, ba tla lula ba u sebeletsa.”
8 Roboame a se ke a mamela keletso eo banna ba baholo ba ileng ba mo fa eona empa o ile a buisana le bahlankana bao a hotseng le bona bao e neng e se e le basebeletsi ba hae.+
9 A re ho bona: “Ke re’ng ho batho baa ba itseng ke fokotse mosebetsi o boima oo ntate oa ka a ba fileng oona?”
10 Bahlankana bao a hotseng le bona ba re ho eena: “Bolella batho ba itseng ntate oa hao o ne a ba imelitse hore u tla ba imetsa ho feta ntate oa hao.*
11 E-re ho bona: ‘Ntate oa ka o ne a le imelitse empa ’na ke tla le imetsa le ho feta. Ntate oa ka o le shapile ka liphali empa ’na ke tla le shapa ka liphali tse nang le metsu.’”
12 Jeroboame le batho bohle ba tla ho Roboame ka letsatsi la boraro feela joalokaha a ne a itse ba khutle.+
13 Morena a se ke a mamela keletso eo banna ba baholo ba mo fileng eona ’me a araba batho hampe.
14 Morena a bua le bona ho ea ka keletso eo bahlankana ba neng ba mo file eona a re: “Ntate oa ka o ne a le imelitse empa ’na ke tla le imetsa le ho feta. Ntate oa ka o le shapile ka liphali empa ’na ke tla le shapa ka liphali tse nang le metsu.”
15 Morena a hana ho mamela sechaba hobane Jehova o ile a etsa hore ho be joalo+ e le hore ho ka phethahala mantsoe ao Jehova a a buileng ho Jeroboame mora oa Nebate a sebelisa Akija+ oa Moshilo.
16 Ha Baiseraele bohle ba bona hore morena o hana ho ba mamela, ba re ho eena: “Ha ho na letho le re kopanyang le Davida ebile ha re na lefa ho mora oa Jese. Baiseraele, a re khutleleng ho melimo ea rona. Hlokomela ntlo ea hao uena Davida.” Baiseraele ba khutlela malapeng* a bona.+
17 Roboame a ’na a busa Baiseraele ba lulang metseng ea Juda.+
18 Morena Roboame a roma Adorame+ ea neng a etella pele batho ba bitselitsoeng ho sebeletsa morena empa Baiseraele bohle ba mo tlepetsa ka majoe. Morena Roboame a khona ho kena ka kariking ea hae ea ntoa e le hore a balehele Jerusalema.+
19 Haesale Baiseraele ba fetohela+ ntlo ea Davida ho fihlela letsatsing lena.
20 Hang ha Baiseraele ba utloa hore Jeroboame o khutlile, ba mo bitsetsa ka pel’a sechaba ’me ba mo etsa morena oa Iseraele eohle.+ Ke leloko la Juda feela le ileng la latela ntlo ea Davida.+
21 Ha Roboame a fihla Jerusalema, a bokella banna bohle ba leloko la Juda le la Benjamine e leng masole a koetlisitsoeng* a 180 000 hore a loantše ba ntlo ea Iseraele e le hore a khutlisetse borena ho eena.+
22 Molimo oa ’nete a bua le Shemaia+ mohlanka oa Molimo oa ’nete a re:
23 “E-re ho Roboame mora oa Solomone morena oa Juda le ho leloko lohle la Juda, la Benjamine le sechaba sohle,
24 ‘Jehova o re: “Le se ke la e’o loantša bana ba bo lona ba Baiseraele. E mong le e mong a khutlele ha hae hobane ke ’na ea entseng hore ntho ena e etsahale.”’”+ Ba mamela seo Jehova a se buileng ’me ba khutlela malapeng a bona feela joalokaha Jehova a ba laetse.
25 Jeroboame a haha* Shikeme+ e lithabeng tsa Efraime ’me a lula teng. A tloha moo a e’o haha Penuele.+
26 Jeroboame a re ka pelong: “ ’Muso o tla khutlela ntlong ea Davida.+
27 Haeba sechaba sena se tsoela pele ho etsa mahlabelo ntlong ea Jehova e Jerusalema,+ se* tla khutlela ho morena oa sona, morena Roboame oa Juda. Se tla mpolaea ’me se khutlele ho eena.”
28 Ka mor’a hore morena a fumane keletso, a etsa manamane a mabeli a khauta+ ’me a re ho sechaba: “Jerusalema e hole. Molimo oa lona ea le ntšitseng naheng ea Egepeta ke enoa lona Baiseraele.”+
29 A beha e ’ngoe Bethele+ ’me e ’ngoe a e beha Dane.+
30 Ntho ena ea etsa hore ba etse sebe+ ebile sechaba se ne se ea Dane ho ea rapela namane e neng e le moo.
31 A etsa matlo a borapeli ka holim’a libaka tse phahameng ’me a khetha baprista ho batho feela bao e neng e se Balevi.+
32 Ka la 15 khoeling ea borobeli, Jeroboame a etsa mokete o joaloka mokete oa Juda.+ A etsa mahlabelo aletareng e Bethele+ bakeng sa manamane ao a neng a a entse le ho beha baprista libakeng tse phahameng tseo a neng a li entse Bethele.
33 A etsa linyehelo aletareng e Bethele ka la 15 khoeling ea borobeli e leng khoeli eo a neng a iqapetse eona. A etsetsa sechaba sa Iseraele mokete ’me a nyolohela aletareng ho ea etsa linyehelo le sehlabelo se kubellang mosi.
Linaletsana
^ Kapa: “le baholo.”
^ Ka Seheberu: “monoana oa hao o monyenyane o tla ba motenya ho feta letheka la ntate oa hao.”
^ Ka Seheberu: “litenteng.”
^ Ka Seheberu: “a khethiloeng.”
^ Kapa: “tiisa.”
^ Kapa: “lipelo tsa sona li.”
