2 Ngoma 11 - Kinyarwanda Bibiliya Ntagatifu

¹ Robowamu ageze i Yeruzalemu akoranya umuryango wa Yuda n’uwa Benyamini, ni ukuvuga abantu ibihumbi ijana na mirongo inani b’abarwanyi kabuhariwe, kugira ngo barwanye Israheli maze bagarurire Robowamu ubwami.

² Ariko ijambo ry’Uhoraho rigera kuri Shemaya, umuntu w’Imana, riti

³ «Bwira Robowamu mwene Salomoni, umwami w’Abayuda, n’Abayisraheli bose bo mu muryango wa Yuda n’uwa Benyamini, uti

⁴ ’Uhoraho aravuze ngo: Ntimuzarwanye abavandimwe banyu, ahubwo buri wese nasubire iwe, kuko ibyo ari jye byakomotseho!’» Bumvira ijambo ry’Uhoraho maze bareka gutera Yerobowamu, barataha.

⁵ Robowamu atura i Yeruzalemu kandi yubaka imigi ikomeye muri Yuda.

⁶ Yubaka Betelehemu, Etamu, Tekowa,

⁷ Betishuri, Soko, Adulamu,

⁸ Gati, Maresha, Zifu,

⁹ Adorayimu, Lakishi, Azeka,

¹⁰ Soreya, Ayaloni na Heburoni; iyo ni yo migi ikomeye yo mu gihugu cya Yuda n’icya Benyamini.

¹¹ Robowamu yayubakiye inkike arazikomeza ayishyiramo abatware, anayigira ububiko bw’ibiribwa, bw’amavuta n’ubwa divayi.

¹² Buri mugi wari ubitswemo ingabo n’amacumu yarawukomeje cyane, maze Abayuda n’Ababenyamini baramuyoboka.

Abaherezabitambo n’abalevi bifatanya na Robowamu

¹³ Abaherezabitambo n’abalevi bari muri Israheli yose bava aho bari batuye hose, baramusanga.

¹⁴ Koko rero abalevi basize amasambu yabo n’ibyabo byose bajya muri Yuda n’i Yeruzalemu, kuko Yerobowamu n’abahungu be bari bababujije gutunganya umurimo wabo w’ubuherezabitambo bw’Uhoraho.

¹⁵ Ahubwo Yerobowamu yishyiriraho abaherezabitambo be ngo baturire ibitambo mu masengero y’ahirengeye, n’imbere y’amashusho y’amasekurume y’ihene n’ay’inyana.

¹⁶ Abo balevi bakurikirwa n’abantu bo mu miryango yose ya Israheli, bari bafite umwete wo gushaka Uhoraho Imana ya Israheli, nuko bajya i Yeruzalemu gutura ibitambo Uhoraho Imana y’abasekuruza babo.

¹⁷ Bakomeje batyo ubwami bwa Yuda, kandi batera inkunga Robowamu mwene Salomoni, mu gihe cy’imyaka itatu, kuko ari yo yamaze agendera mu nzira za Dawudi na Salomoni.

Urugo rwa Robowamu

¹⁸ Robowamu yashatse umugore witwa Mahalata, umukobwa wa Yerimoti mwene Dawudi na Abihayili, umukobwa wa Eliyabu mwene Yese.

¹⁹ Amubyarira abahungu, ari bo Yewushi, Shemariya, na Zahamu.

²⁰ Nyuma ye Robowamu azana Mahaka, umukobwa wa Abusalomu, maze amubyarira Abiya, Atayi, Ziza na Shelomiti.

²¹ Robowamu akunda Mahaka, umukobwa wa Abusalomu, amurutisha abandi bagore be bose n’inshoreke ze, kuko yatunze abagore cumi n’umunani n’inshoreke mirongo itandatu; akabyara abahungu makumyabiri n’umunani n’abakobwa mirongo itandatu.

²² Robowamu afata Abiya mwene Mahaka, amugira umutware w’abavandimwe be, kuko yashakaga ko ari we uzamuzungura ku ngoma.

²³ Yagize igitekerezo cyo gukwirakwiza abahungu be bose mu gihugu cya Yuda n’icya Benyamini, mu migi yose ikomeye; abaha ibiribwa byinshi kandi abashakira abagore.