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 ngɔ Mahalat. Yo nɛ ɔ tsɛ ji David binyumu Yerimot, nɛ e nyɛ ji Eliab biyo Abihail, Ishai bibi ɔ.
Benɛ Rehoboam matsɛ yemi ɔ ba da si ɔ, e kɛ e ma a tsuo kua Yawɛ mlaa a nɔ yemi.
Se Yawɛ ke, “Israel kɛ Yuda, kɛ ma pee nyɛ kɛɛ? Suɔmi nɛ nyɛ ngɛ kɛ ha mi ɔ ngɛ kaa afua nɛ wo mɔtu, loo bɔ́ nɛ́ nɛ; bɔɔ kɛkɛ e se po.