Bufumu Bwaabenepo

Kimye Solomone kyo apopwelanga Yehoba, mu Isalela mwajinga mutende. Bino Solomone wasongwele banabakazhi bavula ba mu byalo bingi. Bano banabakazhi bapopwelanga bankishi. Pachepache, Solomone naye watendekele kupopwela bankishi. Yehoba wazhingijile bingi. Waambijile Solomone amba: ‘Nkangata bufumu bwa Isalela kufuma ku kisemi kyobe ne kwibwabanya pakachi. Nkapana bufumu bukatampe ku wa mwingilo wobe, bino kisemi kyobe kikashalatu na kulama bufumu bucheche.’

Yehoba waubile kyamwesheshe’mba byo abuujile Solomone bikafika. Wa mwingilo umo wa kwa Solomone, aye Yeloboma wajinga pa lwendo. Byo ayilenga, wasambakene ngauzhi Ahiya. Ahiya watabawile kivwalo kyanji mu tubisapi jikumi na tubiji ne kwambila Yeloboma amba: ‘Yehoba ukangata bufumu bwa bena Isalela ku kisemi kya kwa Solomone ne kwibwabanya pabiji. Tolapo tubisapi jikumi, mambo yobe ukekala mfumu wa mikoka jikumi.’ Mfumu Solomone byo aumvwine kino, wakebelenga kwipaya Yeloboma. Yeloboma wanyemejile ku Ijipita. Byo papichile kimye, Solomone wafwile, kabiji mwananji aye Lehoboma waikele mfumu. Yeloboma byo aumvwine’mba Solomone wafwa, wabwelele ku Isalela.

Bakulumpe mu Isalela baambijile Lehoboma amba: ‘Inge mukalamenga bantu bulongo, bakemukookelanga.’ Bino bansongwalume bajinga balunda nanji Lehoboma bamubuujile’mba: ‘Kange umvwinenga bantu lusa ne. Obewa wibanungilengapo ne mingilo ikwabo yakosa.’ Lehoboma walondejile byamubuujile bansongwalume balunda nanji. Wakanamine bingi. Onkao mambo, bantu bamusatukijile. Bantu batongwele Yeloboma kwikala mfumu wa mikoka jikumi, kabiji ino mikoka batendekele kwiitela’mba, bufumu bwa bena Isalela. Mikoka ibiji yashajilepo batendekele kwitela’mba, bufumu bwa bena Yuda, kabiji ino mikoka yatwajijile kukookela Lehoboma amba ye mfumu. Mikoka ya Isalela jikumi na ibiji yaabenepo.

Yeloboma kechi wakebelenga bantu banji kuya ku Yelusalema na kupopwela Lesa ne, mambo Yelusalema wajinga mu bufumu bwa kwa Lehoboma. Wayuka kyalengejile nyi? Yeloboma wachiine’mba bantu bakonsha kumufutukamo ne kutendeka kukookela Lehoboma. Onkao mambo, walengele baana bañombe babiji bangolode ne kwambila bantu amba: ‘Ku Yelusalema kwalepa bingi. Mupopwelengatu konka kuno.’ Bantu batendekele kupopwela baana bañombe bangolode ne kuvulama Yehoba jikwabo.