Ngoma za kabiri
10 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+.) Akivyumva aca ava mu Misiri aragaruka. 3 Maze bamutumako. Nuko Yerobowamu n’Abisirayeli bose 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: «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: «Niwababera umuntu mwiza ukabashimisha, 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 Rehobowamu abishura abakarira cane, ntiyakurikiza impanuro abagabo b’inararibonye* bari bamuhaye. 14 Yakurikije impanuro ya misore yamuha, ababwira ati: «Nzobikoreza umutwaro uremereye gusumba, mbere ndushirize. Dawe yabahanisha ibimoko bisanzwe, jeho nzobahanisha ibimoko bibabaza cane.» 15 Nuko umwami yanka kwumviriza abantu, kuko Imana y’ukuri ari yo 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? Umwe wese niyisubirire ku mana ziwe yemwe Bisirayeli! Namwe abakomoka kuri Dawidi* musigare murimenya n’umuryango wanyu+!» Abisirayeli bose baca baritahira*+.
17 Mugabo Rehobowamu abandanya kuganza Abisirayeli baba mu bisagara vy’Ubuyuda+.
18 Mu nyuma umwami Rehobowamu arungika Hadoramu*+ ku Bisirayeli, akaba yari ahagarikiye abahamagariwe gukora ibikorwa vy’umwami. Mugabo Abisirayeli* 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.