Gbalɔ Shemaya
(<x>110 12:21-24</x>)
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2 Se Yawɛ ngɔ sɛ gbi nɛ ɔ kɛ ha gbalɔ Shemaya ke,
3 “De Yuda matsɛ, Rehoboam, Salomo binyumu ɔ, kɛ Yuda wɛtso ɔ, Benyamin wɛtso ɔ, kɛ ma a nɛ piɛ ɔ ke,
4 ‘Bɔ nɛ Yawɛ de ji nɛ ɔ nɛ: nyɛɛ kɛ nyɛ nyɛmimɛ Israel bi ɔmɛ ko hwu ta. Nɔ tsuaa nɔ nɛ kpale kɛ ho e we mi ya; ejakaa nɔ́ nɛ ba nɛ ɔ, ye he ngɛ mi.’ ” A bu Yawɛ tue, nɛ a kpale kɛ ho a wehi a mi ya kaa bɔ nɛ Yawɛ fa mɛ ɔ.
Rehoboam fia gbogbo ngɔ wo ma amɛ a he
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6 Betlehem, Etam, Tekoa,
7 Betzur, Soko, Adulam,
8 Gat, Maresha, Zif,
9 Adoraim, Lakish, Azeka,
10 Zora, Aiyalon, kɛ Hebron.
11 Rehoboam fia gbogbo ngɔ wo ma nɛ ɔmɛ a he, nɛ e hla asafoatsɛmɛ kɛ to ma amɛ a nya. E to niye ní, oliv nu, kɛ wai ngɛ ma tsuaa ma mi.
12 E to tsɛ̃ihi, kɛ akplɔhi hu ngɛ ma tsuaa ma mi. Bɔ nɛ e pee nɛ e kɛ ye Yuda kɛ Benyamin nɔ ji nɛ ɔ nɛ.
Osɔfohi kɛ Levi bi ba Yuda
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14 Levi bi ɔmɛ je a kɔpe ɔmɛ, kɛ a zugba kpa amɛ a he, nɛ a ba Yuda kɛ Yerusalem, ejakaa Israel matsɛ, Yeroboam kɛ e se yeli ɔmɛ ngmɛ́ mɛ blɔ nɛ a tsu ní kaa Yawɛ we osɔfohi.
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16 Kɛ je Israel wɛtso ɔmɛ tsuo a mi ɔ, nihi nɛ suɔ kaa a ma ja Yawɛ, Israel Mawu ɔ kɛ a tsui tsuo ɔ, nyɛɛ Levi bi ɔmɛ a se kɛ ba Yerusalem. A ba Yerusalem konɛ a ba sã bɔ ha Yawɛ, a nɛmɛ a Mawu ɔ.
17 Nɔ́ nɛ ɔ wo Yuda matsɛ yemi ɔ mi he wami, nɛ ma a piɛ Salomo bi Rehoboam he jeha etɛ sɔuu; a kɛ lɛ hi si kaa bɔ nɛ a kɛ Matsɛ David, kɛ Matsɛ Salomo hi si ɔ.
Rehoboam weku
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19 Rehoboam kɛ e yo ɔ fɔ binyumuhi etɛ: Yeush, Shemaria, kɛ Zaham.
20 Pee se ɔ, Rehoboam ngɔ Maaka, Absalom biyo ɔ, nɛ e kɛ lɛ fɔ binyumuhi eywiɛ: Abiya, Atai, Ziza, kɛ Shelomit.
21 Yihi tsuo nɛ Rehoboam ngɔ ji nyɔngma kɛ kpaanyɔ, kɛ plãhi hu nyingmi ekpa. E ngɛ binyumuhi nyingmi enyɔ kɛ kpaanyɔ, kɛ biyihi nyingmi ekpa. Nɔ nɛ e suɔ pe kulaa ngɛ e yi ɔmɛ kɛ e plã amɛ a kpɛti ji Absalom biyo Maaka.
22 Rehoboam ngɔ Maaka binyumu Abiya kɛ to ganɔ ngɛ e bimɛ ɔmɛ tsuo a nya, ejakaa e hla lɛ ngɔ to kaa nɔ nɛ ma ba ye matsɛ ngɛ e se.
23 Rehoboam to blɔ nya kpakpa; e ha e binyumu ɔmɛ blɔ nya ngɛ mahi nɛ a fia gbogbo ngɔ wo a he ɔ tsuo a mi ngɛ Yuda kɛ Benyamin. E ha mɛ niye ní babauu, nɛ e hla yihi fuu ha mɛ nɛ a ngɔ.