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12 Rehobowamu aja i Shekemu, kuko ari ho Abisirayeli bose bari bakoraniye+ ngo bamwimike+. 2 Yerobowamu mwene Nebati aravyumva. (Ico gihe yari akiri mu Misiri kuko yari yarahunze umwami Salomo agumayo+.) 3 Maze bamutumako. Nuko Yerobowamu n’ishengero ryose rya Isirayeli baza kwa Rehobowamu bamubwira bati: 4 «So yatwikoreje umutwaro utoroshe+. Niwaturemurura ibikorwa biruhisha so yadukoresha n’uwo mutwaro utoroshe* yatwikoreje, tuzoheza tugukorere.»
5 Na we ababwira ati: «Nimugende muzogaruke inyuma y’imisi itatu.» Baca baragenda+. 6 Maze umwami Rehobowamu agisha inama abagabo b’inararibonye* bari barakoreye se Salomo akiriho, ababwira ati: «Aba bantu mumpanuye ndabishure gute?» 7 Bamwishura bati: «Niwemera kuba umusuku wabo, ugakora ivyo bagusavye, ukabishurana umutima mwiza, bazokwama bagukorera.»
8 Ariko yanka kwumvira impanuro abagabo b’inararibonye* bamuhaye, agisha inama imisore bakuranye yari isigaye imukorera+. 9 Ababaza ati: «Aba bantu bambwiye ngo ndabaremurure umutwaro dawe yabikoreje. None mumpanuye tubishure gute?» 10 Iyo misore bakuranye imwishura iti: «Abo bantu bakubwiye ngo ubaremurure umutwaro utoroshe so yabikoreje, uze ubabwire uti: “Urutoke rwanje rw’uruhererezi ruzoba runini kuruta amafyinga ya dawe. 11 Dawe yabikoreje umutwaro utoroshe, jeho nzorushiriza. Dawe yabahanisha ibimoko bisanzwe, jeho nzobahanisha ibimoko bibabaza cane*.”»
12 Ku musi ugira gatatu Yerobowamu n’abandi bose bagaruka ku mwami Rehobowamu, kuko yari yababwiye ati: «Muze mugaruke ku musi ugira gatatu+.» 13 Mugabo umwami abishura abakarira cane, ntiyakurikiza impanuro abagabo b’inararibonye* bari bamuhaye. 14 Yakurikije impanuro ya misore yamuha, ababwira ati: «Dawe yabikoreje umutwaro utoroshe, jeho nzorushiriza. Dawe yabahanisha ibimoko bisanzwe, jeho nzobahanisha ibimoko bibabaza cane.» 15 Nuko umwami yanka kwumviriza abantu, kuko Yehova ari we yashaka ko bigenda ukwo+. Kwari ukugira ngo ivyo Yehova yari yarabwiye Yerobowamu mwene Nebati biciye kuri Ahiya+ w’i Shilo biranguke.
16 Abisirayeli bose babonye yuko umwami yanse kubumviriza, bamwishura bati: «Mbega Dawidi hari ico duhuriyeko? Hari intoranwa tuzoronka kuri mwene Yese? Nimwisubirire ku mana zanyu yemwe Bisirayeli! Namwe abakomoka kuri Dawidi* musigare murimenya n’umuryango wanyu!» Abisirayeli baca baritahira*+. 17 Mugabo Rehobowamu abandanya kuganza Abisirayeli baba mu bisagara vy’Ubuyuda+.
18 Mu nyuma umwami Rehobowamu arungika Adoramu+ ku Bisirayeli*, akaba yari ahagarikiye abahamagariwe gukora ibikorwa vy’umwami. Mugabo bose bamutera amabuye, arapfa. Umwami Rehobowamu we, vyarakunze ko yurira mu mukogote wiwe, ahungira i Yeruzalemu+. 19 Abisirayeli babandanya kugarariza+ umuryango wa Dawidi gushika n’uyu musi.
20 Abisirayeli bose bakimara kwumva ko Yerobowamu yagarutse, bamutumako aho bari bakoraniye, baramwimika ngo aganze Isirayeli yose+. Nta n’umwe yari akiyoboka abakomoka kuri Dawidi kiretse abo mu muryango wa Yuda+.
21 Rehobowamu ashitse i Yeruzalemu, aca akoranya abo mu muryango wa Yuda bose n’abo mu muryango wa Benyamini. Yakoranije abarwanyi 180.000 bamenyerejwe*, kugira barwanye Abisirayeli basubize ubutegetsi Rehobowamu mwene Salomo+. 22 Maze Imana y’ukuri ibwira Shemaya+ umuntu w’Imana y’ukuri iti: 23 «Bwira Rehobowamu mwene Salomo umwami w’Ubuyuda, ubwire n’abantu bose bo mu muryango wa Yuda n’uwa Benyamini be n’abandi bantu bose uti: 24 “Yehova avuze ati: ‘Ntimuje kurwanya Abisirayeli benewanyu. Umwe wese nasubire iwe kuko ari je natumye ibintu bigenda ukwo+.’”» Nuko bagamburukira Yehova barataha, nk’uko Yehova yari abibabwiye.
25 Maze Yerobowamu asubira kwubaka* igisagara ca Shekemu+ kiri mu karere k’imisozi ka Efurayimu, araheza abayo. Hanyuma aja mu gisagara ca Penuweli+ asubira kucubaka*. 26 Yerobowamu yaguma yibwira mu mutima ati: «Ubwami buzohava busubira mu muryango wa Dawidi+. 27 Aba bantu nibabandanya kuduga i Yeruzalemu gutanga ibimazi ku nzu ya Yehova+, umutima wabo uzohava usubira kuri shebuja Rehobowamu, umwami w’Ubuyuda. Ntibazogenda batanyishe bisubirire kwa Rehobowamu umwami w’Ubuyuda.» 28 Umwami amaze guhanuza abajanama biwe, akora inyana zibiri z’inzahabu+ aca abwira abantu ati: «Yaco muza muriruhisha muduga i Yeruzalemu. Ng’iyi Imana yawe, ewe Isirayeli, yakuduganye ikagukura mu gihugu ca Misiri+.» 29 Maze inyana imwe ayishira i Beteli+, iyindi na yo ayishira i Dani+. 30 Ivyo vyatumye Abisirayeli bacumura+. Baragenda bagashika i Dani bagiye gusenga inyana yariyo.
31 Nuko Yerobowamu yubaka utuzu tw’ibigirwamana mu bibanza vyo gusengeramwo*, agena n’abaherezi akuye mu bantu basanzwe, atari Abalewi+. 32 Yerobowamu atanguza n’umusi mukuru mu kwezi kugira umunani, ku musi ugira 15 w’ukwo kwezi, umeze nk’umusi mukuru wahimbazwa mu Buyuda+. Ashikana ibimazi ku gicaniro yubatse i Beteli+, abishikanira za nyana yari yarakoze. Agena n’abaherezi bo gukorera i Beteli mu bibanza vyo gusengeramwo yari yaratunganije. 33 Yerobowamu atangura rero gushikana amashikanwa ku gicaniro yari yarubatse i Beteli, ku musi ugira 15 w’ukwezi kw’umunani. Ni we yahisemwo ukwo kwezi. Atanguza uwo musi mukuru kugira Abisirayeli bazoze barawuhimbaza, atanga n’amashikanwa kuri nya gicaniro umwotsi urafumba.