አኪያ በኢዮርብዓም ላይ የተናገረው ትንቢት
1በዚያን ጊዜ የኢዮርብዓም ልጅ አብያ ታመመ፤ 2ኢዮርብዓም ሚስቱን እንዲህ አላት፤ "ተነሺ፣ የኢዮርብዓም ሚስት መሆንሽ እንዳይታወቅብሽ ሆነሽ፣ ወደ ሴሎ ሂጂ፤ በዚህ ሕዝብ ላይ እንደምነግሥ የነገረኝ ነቢይ አኪያ እነሆ፤ በዚያ ይገኛል። 3ስትሄጂም ዐሥር እንጀራ፣ ጥቂት ሙልሙል ዳቦ እና አንድ እንስራ ማር ይዘሽ ሂጂ፤ እርሱም በልጁ ላይ የሚደርሰውን ይነግርሻል።" 4ስለዚህ የኢዮርብዓም ሚስት ያላትን አድርጋ በሴሎ ወደሚገኘው ወደ አኪያ ቤት ሄደች።
በዚህ ጊዜ አኪያ ከማርጀቱ የተነሣ ዐይኖቹ ፈዘው ነበር። 5እግዚአብሔር ግን ለአኪያ፣ "እነሆ፤ የኢዮርብዓም ሚስት ስለ ታመመው ልጇ ልትጠይቅህ ሌላ ሴት መስላ ትመጣለችና እንዲህ ብለህ መልሳት" ብሎ ነገረው።
6አኪያም የእግሯን ኮቴ ድምፅ እበሩ ላይ እንደ ሰማ እንዲህ አላት፤ "የኢዮርብዓም ሚስት ሆይ ግቢ፤ ግን ለምንድን ነው ሌላ ሴት መስለሽ ለመታየት የፈለግሽው? ለአንቺ ከባድ ነገር እንድነግርሽ ተልኬአለሁ። 7አሁንም ሂጂና ኢዮርብዓምን የእስራኤል አምላክ እግዚአብሔር የሚለው ይህ ነው ብለሽ ንገሪው፤ 'ከሕዝቡ መካከል አንሥቼ የሕዝቤ የእስራኤል መሪ አደረግሁህ፤ 8ከዳዊት ቤት መንግሥቱን ቀድጄ ለአንተ ሰጠሁህ፤ አንተ ግን በፊቴ መልካም ነገር በማድረግ ብቻ ትእዛዜን እንደ ጠበቀው፣ በፍጹም ልቡም እንደ ተከተለኝ እንደ ባሪያዬ እንደ ዳዊት አልሆንህም። 9ከአንተ በፊት ከነበሩት ሁሉ ይልቅ አንተ የከፋ ሥራ ሠራህ፤ ለራስህም ከቀለጠ ብረት ሌሎች አማልክትን ሠራህ፤ ቊጣዬን አነሣሣህ፤ ወደ ኋላህም ጣልኸኝ።
10" 'ስለዚህ እኔም በኢዮርብዓም ቤት ላይ ጥፋትን አመጣለሁ፤ ባሪያም ይሁን ነጻ ዜጋ የኢዮርብዓምን ወንድ ልጅ ሁሉ ከእስራኤል አስወግዳለሁ፤ ኩበትም ዐመድ እስኪሆን ድረስ እንደሚቃጠል፣ እኔም የኢዮርብዓምን ቤት እንዲሁ አቃጥላለሁ። 11ከኢዮርብዓም ወገን በከተማ የሞተውን ውሾች፣ በባላገር የሞተውን ደግሞ የሰማይ አሞሮች ይበሉታል፤ እግዚአብሔር ተናግሮአልና!'
12"እንግዲህ አንቺም ወደ ቤትሽ ሂጂ፤ የምትኖሪበትን ከተማ እግርሽ እንደ ረገጠ፣ ልጁ ይሞታል፤ 13እስራኤልም ሁሉ አልቅሰው ይቀብሩታል። የእስራኤል አምላክ እግዚአብሔር ከኢዮርብዓም ቤት ሁሉ መልካም ነገር ያገኘበት እርሱ ብቻ ስለ ሆነ፣ በወግ በማዕረግ የሚቀበር እርሱ ብቻ ነው።
14"ከዚህም በላይ፣ እግዚአብሔር የኢዮርብዓምን ቤተ ሰብ የሚያስወግድ ንጉሥ በእስራኤል ላይ ለራሱ ያስነሣል፤ ይህም ዛሬ፣ አሁኑኑ ይሆናል።14፥14 በዕብራይስጡ የዚህ ዐረፍተ ነገር ትርጒም በትክክል አይታወቅም 15እግዚአብሔር እስራኤልን በውሃ ውስጥ እንደሚንቀጠቀጥ ሸንበቆ ያንቀጠቅጠዋል፤ የአሼራን ምስል ዐምድ14፥15 በዚህም ሆነ በሌሎቹም የመጽሐፈ ነገሥት ቀዳማዊ ክፍሎች፣ የአሼራ ጣዖት አምላክ ምስል ነው በመሥራት እግዚአብሔርን ለቊጣ ያነሣሡት ስለ ሆነ፣ እግዚአብሔር ለቀድሞ አባቶቻቸው ከሰጣቸው ከዚህች ከመልካሚቱ ምድር እስራኤልን ይነቅላቸዋል፤ ከወንዙም ማዶ14፥15 የኤፍራጥስ ወንዝ ነው ይበትናቸዋል። 16ኢዮርብዓም ኀጢአት ሠርቶ፣ እስራኤልንም እንዲሠሩ በማድረጉ፣ እግዚአብሔር እስራኤልን ይተዋቸዋል።
17የኢዮርብዓም ሚስትም ተነሥታ ወደ ቴርሳ ሄደች፤ የቤቱን መድረክ ወዲያው እንደ ተራመደች ልጁ ሞተ፤ 18ከዚያም ቀበሩት፤ እግዚአብሔር በባሪያው በአኪያ አማካይነት እንደ ተናገረ፣ እስራኤል ሁሉ አለቀሱለት።
19የቀረው የኢዮርብዓም ታሪክ፣ ያደረገው ጦርነትና አገዛዙም ሁሉ በእስራኤል ነገሥታት ታሪክ ተጽፎአል። 20እርሱም ሃያ ሁለት ዓመት ነግሦ ከአባቶቹ ጋር አንቀላፋ፤ ልጁ ናዳብም በእግሩ ተተክቶ ነገሠ።
የይሁዳ ንጉሥ ሮብዓም
14፥21፡25-31 ተጓ ምብ – 2ዜና 12፥9-16
21የሰሎሞን ልጅ ሮብዓም በይሁዳ ነገሠ፤ በነገሠም ጊዜ ዕድሜው አርባ አንድ ዓመት ነበር፤ እርሱም እግዚአብሔር ለስሙ መጠሪያ እንድትሆን ከእስራኤል ነገድ ሁሉ በመረጣት በኢየሩሳሌም ዐሥራ ሰባት ዓመት ገዛ። እናቱ ናዕማ የተባለች አሞናዊት ነበረች።
22ይሁዳ በእግዚአብሔር ፊት ክፉ ነገር አደረገ፤ ከአባቶቻቸው ይልቅ እነርሱ በሠሩት ኀጢአት ይበልጥ የቅናት ቊጣውን አነሣሡ፤ 23እንዲሁም በእያንዳንዱ ኰረብታና በየትልልቁ ዛፍ ጥላ ሥር የማምለኪያ ኰረብቶችን አዕማደ ጣዖታት፣ የአሼራን ምስል ዐምድ ለራሳቸው አቆሙ። 24ከዚያም ይልቅ፣ የቤተ ጣዖት ወንደቃዎች በምድሪቱ ላይ ነበሩ፤ እግዚአብሔር ከእስራኤላውያን ፊት አሳዶ ያስወጣቸው አሕዛብ የፈጸሙትን አስጸያፊ ድርጊት ሁሉ እነዚህም ፈጸሙ።
25ሮብዓም በነገሠ በአምስተኛው ዓመት የግብፅ ንጉሥ ሺሻቅ በኢየሩሳሌም ላይ አደጋ ጣለ፤ 26የእግዚአብሔርን ቤተ መቅደስና የቤተ መንግሥቱን ሀብት ወሰደ፤ ሰሎሞን ያሠራቸው የወርቅ ጋሻዎች እንኳን ሳይቀሩ ሁሉንም ነገር አጋዘ። 27ስለዚህ ንጉሥ ሮብዓም እነዚህን ለመተካት ሲል፣ የናስ ጋሻዎች አሠርቶ የቤተ መንግሥቱን በር የሚጠብቁት ዘበኞች አዛዦች እንዲይዙ አደረገ። 28ንጉሡ ወደ እግዚአብሔር ቤተ መቅደስ በሚሄድበት ጊዜ ሁሉ፣ ዘቦቹ ጋሻዎቹን ያነግባሉ፤ ከዚያም በዘብ ጥበቃው ክፍል መልሰው ያስቀምጡ ነበር።
29የቀረው የሮብዓም አገዛዝ፣ ያደረገውም ሁሉ በይሁዳ ነገሥታት ታሪክ ተጽፎ የሚገኝ አይደለምን? 30በሮብዓምና በኢዮርብዓም መካከል ያላቋረጠ ጦርነት ተደርጎ ነበር። 31ሮብዓምም ከአባቶቹ ጋር አንቀላፋ፤ እነርሱ በተቀበሩበትም በዳዊት ከተማ ተቀበረ። እናቱ ናዓማ የተባለች አሞናዊት ነበረች። ልጁ አብያም14፥31 አንዳንድ የዕብራይስጥና የሰብዓ ሊቃናት ትርጒሞች ከዚህ ጋር ይስማማሉ፤ አብዛኞቹ የዕብራይስጥ ትርጒሞች ግን፣ አቢጃም ይላሉ በእግሩ ተተክቶ ነገሠ።
Ahijah's Prophecy Against Jeroboam
1At that time Abijah son of Jeroboam became ill, 2and Jeroboam said to his wife, "Go, disguise yourself, so you won't be recognized as the wife of Jeroboam. Then go to Shiloh. Ahijah the prophet is there—the one who told me I would be king over this people. 3Take ten loaves of bread with you, some cakes and a jar of honey, and go to him. He will tell you what will happen to the boy." 4So Jeroboam's wife did what he said and went to Ahijah's house in Shiloh.
Now Ahijah could not see; his sight was gone because of his age. 5But the Lord had told Ahijah, "Jeroboam's wife is coming to ask you about her son, for he is ill, and you are to give her such and such an answer. When she arrives, she will pretend to be someone else."
6So when Ahijah heard the sound of her footsteps at the door, he said, "Come in, wife of Jeroboam. Why this pretense? I have been sent to you with bad news. 7Go, tell Jeroboam that this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: 'I raised you up from among the people and appointed you ruler over my people Israel. 8I tore the kingdom away from the house of David and gave it to you, but you have not been like my servant David, who kept my commands and followed me with all his heart, doing only what was right in my eyes. 9You have done more evil than all who lived before you. You have made for yourself other gods, idols made of metal; you have aroused my anger and turned your back on me.
10" 'Because of this, I am going to bring disaster on the house of Jeroboam. I will cut off from Jeroboam every last male in Israel—slave or free.14:10 Or Israel—every ruler or leader I will burn up the house of Jeroboam as one burns dung, until it is all gone. 11Dogs will eat those belonging to Jeroboam who die in the city, and the birds will feed on those who die in the country. The Lord has spoken!'
12"As for you, go back home. When you set foot in your city, the boy will die. 13All Israel will mourn for him and bury him. He is the only one belonging to Jeroboam who will be buried, because he is the only one in the house of Jeroboam in whom the Lord, the God of Israel, has found anything good.
14"The Lord will raise up for himself a king over Israel who will cut off the family of Jeroboam. Even now this is beginning to happen.14:14 The meaning of the Hebrew for this sentence is uncertain. 15And the Lord will strike Israel, so that it will be like a reed swaying in the water. He will uproot Israel from this good land that he gave to their ancestors and scatter them beyond the Euphrates River, because they aroused the Lord's anger by making Asherah poles.14:15 That is, wooden symbols of the goddess Asherah; here and elsewhere in 1 Kings 16And he will give Israel up because of the sins Jeroboam has committed and has caused Israel to commit."
17Then Jeroboam's wife got up and left and went to Tirzah. As soon as she stepped over the threshold of the house, the boy died. 18They buried him, and all Israel mourned for him, as the Lord had said through his servant the prophet Ahijah.
19The other events of Jeroboam's reign, his wars and how he ruled, are written in the book of the annals of the kings of Israel. 20He reigned for twenty-two years and then rested with his ancestors. And Nadab his son succeeded him as king.
Rehoboam King of Judah
21Rehoboam son of Solomon was king in Judah. He was forty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the Lord had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel in which to put his Name. His mother's name was Naamah; she was an Ammonite.
22Judah did evil in the eyes of the Lord. By the sins they committed they stirred up his jealous anger more than those who were before them had done. 23They also set up for themselves high places, sacred stones and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every spreading tree. 24There were even male shrine prostitutes in the land; the people engaged in all the detestable practices of the nations the Lord had driven out before the Israelites.
25In the fifth year of King Rehoboam, Shishak king of Egypt attacked Jerusalem. 26He carried off the treasures of the temple of the Lord and the treasures of the royal palace. He took everything, including all the gold shields Solomon had made. 27So King Rehoboam made bronze shields to replace them and assigned these to the commanders of the guard on duty at the entrance to the royal palace. 28Whenever the king went to the Lord's temple, the guards bore the shields, and afterward they returned them to the guardroom.
29As for the other events of Rehoboam's reign, and all he did, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Judah? 30There was continual warfare between Rehoboam and Jeroboam. 31And Rehoboam rested with his ancestors and was buried with them in the City of David. His mother's name was Naamah; she was an Ammonite. And Abijah14:31 Some Hebrew manuscripts and Septuagint (see also 2 Chron. 12:16); most Hebrew manuscripts Abijam his son succeeded him as king.