Berɛsosɛm Nwoma a Ɛtɔ So Mmienu

11 Berɛ a Rehoboam bɛduruu Yerusalem no, ntɛm ara na ɔboaboaa Yuda ne Benyamin fie+ akatakyie a wɔnim ko* ano sɛ wɔne Israel rekɔko na wɔasan adane ahennie no ama Rehoboam; ná wɔyɛ akatakyie 180,000.+ 2 Ɛnna Yehowa ka kyerɛɛ nokorɛ Nyankopɔn nipa Semaia+ sɛ: 3 “Ka kyerɛ Solomon ba Rehoboam a ɔyɛ Yuda hene no ne Israelfoɔ a wɔwɔ Yuda ne Benyamin nyinaa sɛ, 4 ‘Deɛ Yehowa aka nie: “Monhwɛ na mo ne mo nuanom ankɔko. Obiara nsan nkɔ ne fie, na me na mama no aba saa.”’”+ Enti wɔtiee Yehowa asɛm, na wɔne Yeroboam ankɔko.

5 Rehoboam tenaa Yerusalem, na ɔkyekyeree nkuro a ɛyɛ den wɔ Yuda. 6 Nkuro a ɔsiesie maa no yɛɛ den no nie: Betlehem,+ Etam, Tekoa,+ 7 Bet-Sur, Soko,+ Adulam,+ 8 Gat,+ Maresa, Sif,+ 9 Adoraim, Lakis,+ Aseka,+ 10 Sora, Ayalon,+ ne Hebron;+ ne nyinaa yɛ nkuro a wɔabɔ ho ban wɔ Yuda ne Benyamin nsaase so. 11 Afei nso, ɔsiesiee nkuro no maa no yɛɛ den, na ɔde asahene kɔɔ hɔ, na ɔmaa wɔn aduane, ngo ne nsã* wɔ hɔ, 12 na ɔde akyɛm akɛseɛ ne mpea guu nkuro a aka no nyinaa nso mu; ɔmaa nkuro no yɛɛ den paa. Yuda ne Benyamin deɛ, na ɔda so di wɔn so.

13 Na asɔfoɔ ne Lewifoɔ a wɔwɔ Israel nyinaa firii wɔn nkuro mu baa n’afã. 14 Lewifoɔ no gyaa wɔn nsaase a mmoa didi so ne wɔn agyapadeɛ,+ na wɔbaa Yuda ne Yerusalem, ɛfiri sɛ na Yeroboam ne ne mma apamo wɔn sɛ ɛnsɛ sɛ wɔyɛ Yehowa asɔfoɔ bio.+ 15 Afei Yeroboam yii ɔno ara n’asɔfoɔ maa sorɔnsorɔmmea*+ no ne abosom a wɔte sɛ mpɔnkye*+ ne nantwie mma ahoni a wayɛ no.+ 16 Na wɔn a wɔde wɔn akoma maa sɛ wɔbɛhwehwɛ Yehowa, Israel Nyankopɔn no firii Israel mmusuakuo nyinaa mu dii wɔn akyi baa Yerusalem sɛ wɔrebɛbɔ afɔreɛ ama Yehowa, wɔn agyanom Nyankopɔn.+ 17 Wɔgyinaa Solomon ba Rehoboam akyi mfeɛ mmiɛnsa, na wɔmaa Yuda ahennie yɛɛ den, ɛfiri sɛ wɔnantee Dawid ne Solomon kwan so mfeɛ mmiɛnsa.

18 Afei Rehoboam waree Mahalat; ná ɔyɛ Dawid ba Yerimot babaa. Ná Yerimot yere ne Mahalat maame Abihail. Yese ba Eliab+ na ɔwoo Abihail. 19 Berɛ bi akyi no, wɔwoo* Yeus, Semaria, ne Saham. 20 Ɛno akyi no, ɔwaree Absalom+ banana Maaka, na ɔne no woo Abia,+ Atai, Sisa, ne Selomit. 21 Rehoboam dɔɔ Absalom banana Maaka senee ne yerenom ne ne mpenafoɔ*+ a aka no nyinaa; ɔnyaa yerenom 18 ne mpenafoɔ 60, na ɔwoo mma mmarima 28 ne mma mmaa 60. 22 Enti Rehoboam yɛɛ Maaka ba Abia panin wɔ ne nuanom so sɛ ɔnni wɔn anim, ɛfiri sɛ na wabɔ ne tirim sɛ ɔbɛsi no hene. 23 Nanso ɔfaa nyansakwan so de ne mma no binom nso totoo Yuda ne Benyamin nsaase ne nkuro a wɔabɔ ho ban nyinaa+ ano, na ɔmaa wɔn nnuane pii, na ɔwarewaree yerenom bebree maa wɔn.