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Xwbfwb Ahiya has Yelaunpau‑aa lub txem
1Lub swjhawm ntawd Yelaunpau‑aa tug tub Anpiya mob,
2mas Yelaunpau‑aa txawm has rua nwg tug quaspuj tas, “Koj ca le hloov tsoog tsho xob kheev luas paub tas koj yog puj Yelaunpau‑aa, es moog rua lub moos Silau tsua qhov Ahiya kws ua xwbfwb cev Vaajtswv lug nyob hov ntawd. Nwg yog tug kws has rua kuv tas kuv yuav ua vaajntxwv kaav cov tuabneeg nuav.
3Koj ca le coj kaum lub ncuav hab ib txha ncuav qaab zwb hab ib nyuas miv hub zwb ntaab moog cuag nwg. Nwg yuav qha rua koj paub tas tug tub yuav zoo le caag.”
4Yelaunpau‑aa tug quaspuj kuj ua lawv le hov. Nwg sawv tseeg moog rua Silau moog txug Ahiya lub tsev. Ahiya tsw pum kev tsua qhov nwg laug laug, nwg qhov muag pum tsw meej lawm.
5Yawmsaub has rua Ahiya tas, “Saib maj, Yelaunpau‑aa quaspuj saamswm tuaj yuav nug koj txug nwg tug tub, vem nwg tug tub mob. Koj ca le has le nuav rua nwg.”
Thaus Yelaunpau‑aa quaspuj moog txug, nwg ua txuj yaam le nwg yog lwm tug le quaspuj.
6Tassws thaus Ahiya nov nwg xwb taw nrov tuaj txug ntawm qhov rooj Ahiya txawm has tas, “Puj Yelaunpau‑aa, ca le lug tsev. Ua caag koj yuav ua txuj yaam le yog lwm tug? Tsua qhov kuv tau lu lug kws yuav has tej xuv poob sab rua koj.
7Ca le moog has rua Yelaunpau‑aa tas, Yawmsaub kws yog cov Yixayee tug Vaajtswv has le nuav tas, ‘Kuv tub tsaa koj sawv huv cov pejxeem lug hab pub koj ua thawj kaav kuv cov tuabneeg Yixayee.
8Kuv tau dua lub tebchaws ntawm Tavi caaj ceg lug pub rua koj. Txawm le hov los koj tsw zoo le kuv tug qhev Tavi kws tuav rawv kuv tej lug nkaw hab ua lawv le kuv has kawg sab kawg ntsws, hab tsuas ua tej kws kuv pum raug cai xwb.
9Tassws koj tau ua phem heev dua lwm tug kws nyob ua koj ntej. Koj tau ua tej txoov daab hab nchuav tej txoov daab, ua rua kuv chim kawg le, muab kuv laim hlo rua tom koj qub qaab.
10Vem le nuav kuv yuav coj tej xwm txheej phem lug rua sau Yelaunpau‑aa caaj ceg, kuv yuav rhuav tshem txhua tug txwvneej ntawm Yelaunpau‑aa huvsw pov tseg tsw has qhev hab tej pejxeem huv cov Yixayee, hab yuav ntxuav kuas Yelaunpau‑aa caaj ceg tu noob nrho ib yaam le luas hlawv tej quav tsaj txhu kub nyab taag huvsw.
11Yelaunpau‑aa cov tuabneeg kws tuag rua huv lub moos mas dev yuav noj. Cov kws tuag rua tom xub tsuag mas tej laj daav sau nruab ntug yuav noj, tsua qhov Yawmsaub has ca le nuav lawm.’
12Koj ca le sawv rov qaab moog tsev. Thaus koj moog txug ncua huv koj lub moos mas tug tub yuav tu sav nrho.
13Mas cov Yixayee suavdawg yuav quaj ntsuag nwg hab muab nwg log. Tsua qhov Yelaunpau‑aa cov tuabneeg mas nwg tuab leeg txhad tuag muaj ntxaa xwb, tsua qhov huv Yelaunpau‑aa caaj ceg nwg tuab leeg ua tau tej yaam kws hum Yawmsaub kws yog cov Yixayee tug Vaajtswv lub sab.
14Yawmsaub tseed yuav tsaa ib tug vaajntxwv kaav cov Yixayee kws yuav rhuav tshem Yelaunpau‑aa caaj ceg nub nua ntaag, nub nua ntaag lauj.⚓
15“Yawmsaub yuav ntaus cov Yixayee, mas puab yuav zoo yaam nkaus le tej lojkov ua zug quas kais ntawm ntug dej. Nwg yuav muab cov Yixayee dob hlo tawm huv lub tebchaws zoo nuav kws nwg tub muab pub rua puab tej laug lawm, hab muab puab lawv tswv ua saab ua sua dhau plhawv moog rua saab dej Yufeti nub tuaj, tsua qhov puab tau ua tej ncej daab Asela txhad ua rua Yawmsaub chim.
16Nwg yuav muab cov Yixayee tso tseg tsua qhov Yelaunpau‑aa ua txhum hab coj cov Yixayee ua txhum.”
17Tes Yelaunpau‑aa quaspuj txawm sawv rov hlo moog mas lug txug lub moos Thilaxa. Thaus nwg lug txug ncua nwg lub paws rooj tes tug mivtub txawm tu sav nrho.
18Cov Yixayee suavdawg muab nwg log hab quaj ntsuag nwg, lawv le Yawmsaub cov lug kws nwg kuas nwg tug qhev Ahiya kws ua xwbfwb cev Vaajtswv lug has lawd.
19Lwm yaam num kws Yelaunpau‑aa ua, tej kws nwg moog ua rog hab tej kws nwg kaav tebchaws mas tub muab sau ca rua huv phoo ntawv kws has txug cov Yixayee tej vaajntxwv le keeb kwm.
20Yelaunpau‑aa kaav tebchaws tau neeg nkaum ob xyoos, mas nwg le tuag moog nrug nwg tej laug nyob. Nwg tug tub Nanta sawv nwg chaw ua vaajntxwv kaav.
Lehaunpau‑aa ua vaajntxwv kaav Yuta
(2VKk. 12:9-16)
25Thaus Lehaunpau‑aa ua vaajntxwv tau tswb xyoos mas Sisab kws ua vaajntxwv huv Iyi tebchaws txawm tuaj ua rog rua lub nroog Yeluxalee.
26Nwg muab tej nyaj txag hov txhua chaw huv Yawmsaub lub tuam tsev hab huv vaajntxwv lub tsev lws huvsw coj moog. Nwg kuj coj tej daim phaj kub thaiv kws Xalaumoo ua huvsw moog.
27Mas vaajntxwv Lehaunpau‑aa tsua muab tooj lab ua tej daim phaj lug swv nyob chaw hab muab cov daim phaj hov cob rua cov thawj rog kws zuv vaajntxwv lub qhov rooj.
28Txhua zag kws vaajntxwv moog rua huv Yawmsaub lub tuam tsev cov tub rog kuj tuav cov daim phaj hov tawm tuaj hab coj rov qaab moog khaws ca rua huv lub tsev kws cov tub rog zuv khuav nyob.
29Lwm yaam num kws Lehaunpau‑aa ua, txhua yaam kws nwg ua mas tub muab sau ca rua huv phoo ntawv kws has txug cov Yuta tej vaajntxwv le keeb kwm.
30Lehaunpau‑aa hab Yelaunpau‑aa pheej sws ua rog tsw tu le.
31Lehaunpau‑aa tuag moog nrug nwg tej laug nyob. Puab muab nwg log nrug nwg tej laug ua ke rua huv Tavi lub nroog. Nwg nam npe hu ua Na‑ama kws yog tuabneeg Aamoo. Mas nwg tug tub Anpiyaa sawv nwg chaw ua vaajntxwv kaav.
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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.⚓ 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.⚓
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.⚓
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 Abijah⚓ his son succeeded him as king.