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10 Roboame a ea Shikeme+ hobane Baiseraele bohle ba ne ba tlile Shikeme ho tla mo etsa morena.+ 2 Jeroboame+ mora oa Nebate o ne a ntse a le Egepeta hobane o ne a balehile Morena Solomone.+ Ha a utloa ka taba ena, a khutla Egepeta. 3 Ba bitsa Jeroboame ’me eena le Baiseraele bohle ba tla ho Roboame ba re: 4 “Ntate oa hao o ne a re imelitse.+ Empa haeba u ka fokotsa mosebetsi o boima oo a re fileng oona ’me oa re tšoara hantle, re tla u sebeletsa.”
5 A re ho bona: “Khutlelang ho ’na ka mor’a matsatsi a mararo.” Ba tsamaea.+ 6 Morena Roboame a buisana le banna ba baholo ba neng ba sebeletsa ntate oa hae Solomone ha a ntse a phela a re: “Le ka nkeletsa hore ke re’ng ho sechaba see?” 7 Ba re ho eena: “Haeba u tšoara sechaba sena hantle, u etsa lintho tse se thabisang ebile u lumela kopo ea sona, se tla lula se u sebeletsa.”
8 Roboame a se ke a mamela keletso eo banna ba baholo ba ileng ba mo fa eona empa a buisana le bahlankana bao a hotseng le bona bao e neng e se e le basebeletsi ba hae.+ 9 A re ho bona: “Ke re’ng ho batho baa ba itseng ke fokotse mosebetsi o boima oo ntate oa ka a ba fileng oona?” 10 Bahlankana bao a hotseng le bona ba re ho eena: “Bolella batho ba itseng ntate oa hao o ne a ba imelitse hore u tla ba imetsa ho feta ntate oa hao. 11 E-re ho bona: ‘Ntate oa ka o ne a le imelitse empa ’na ke tla le imetsa le ho feta. Ntate oa ka o le shapile ka liphali empa ’na ke tla le shapa ka liphali tse nang le metsu.’”
12 Jeroboame le batho bohle ba tla ho Roboame ka letsatsi la boraro feela joalokaha a ne a itse ba khutle.+ 13 Empa Morena Roboame a ba buisa hampe eaba ha a mamele keletso ea banna ba baholo. 14 Morena a bua le bona ho ea ka keletso eo bahlankana ba neng ba mo file eona a re: “Ke tla le imetsa ho feta kamoo le neng le imelitsoe kateng pele. Ntate oa ka o le shapile ka liphali empa ’na ke tla le shapa ka liphali tse nang le metsu.” 15 Morena a hana ho mamela sechaba hobane Molimo oa ’nete+ o ile a etsa hore ho be joalo e le hore ho ka phethahala mantsoe ao Jehova a a buileng ho Jeroboame mora oa Nebate a sebelisa Akija+ oa Moshilo.
16 Ha Baiseraele bohle ba bona hore morena o hana ho ba mamela, ba re ho eena: “Ha ho na letho le re kopanyang le Davida ebile ha re na lefa ho mora oa Jese. Baiseraele, a re khutleleng ho melimo ea rona. Hlokomela ntlo ea hao uena Davida.”+ Baiseraele bohle ba khutlela malapeng a bona.+
17 Roboame a ’na a busa Baiseraele ba lulang metseng ea Juda.+
18 Morena Roboame a roma Hadorame+ ea neng a etella pele batho ba bitselitsoeng ho sebeletsa morena empa Baiseraele ba mo tlepetsa ka majoe ho fihlela a shoa. Morena Roboame a khona ho kena ka kariking ea hae ea ntoa a balehela Jerusalema.+ 19 Haesale Baiseraele ba fetohela ntlo ea Davida ho fihlela letsatsing lena.