Sisaki Aukira Yerusalemu
Atakhazikika, Rehobowamu asiya chilamulo cha Atate wathu, ndipo Sisaki wa ku Igupto akwatula chuma cha m'Kachisi. Atauzidwa momveka bwino kuti, mwandisiya ine, chifukwa chake inenso ndakusiyani, mfumu ndi akalonga ake adzichepetsa — ndipo tsoka lichepetsedwa, koma silichotsedwa. Zikopa zagolide zisinthidwa ndi zikopa zamkuwa.
12 1Pamene ufumu wa Rehobohamu unakhazikika nukhala wolimba, iye anasiya lamulo la Atate wathu, ndi Aisraeli onse pamodzi ndi iye. 2M'chaka chachisanu cha Rehobohamu, chifukwa anakhala osakhulupirika kwa Atate wathu, Sisaki mfumu ya Igupto anaukira Yerusalemu. 3Anadza ndi magareta 1,200, okwera pa akavalo 60,000, ndi ankhondo osawerengeka ochokera ku Igupto: Alubiya, Asuki, ndi Akusi. 4Iye analanda mizinda yolimba ya Yuda, nadza mpaka ku Yerusalemu.
5Semaya mneneri anadza kwa Rehobohamu ndi atsogoleri a Yuda, amene anasonkhana mu Yerusalemu chifukwa cha Sisaki, nati, “Atate wathu akuti: Inu munandisiya Ine, choncho Inenso ndakusiyani m'manja mwa Sisaki.”
6Pamenepo atsogoleri a Aisraeli ndi mfumu anadzichepetsa, nati, “Atate wathu ndi wolungama.”
7Pamene Atate wathu anaona kuti adzichepetsa, mau a Atate wathu anadza kwa Semaya, akuti, “Adzichepetsa; sindidzawawononga, koma ndidzawapatsa chipulumutso chochepa, ndipo mkwiyo wanga sudzatsanulidwa pa Yerusalemu kudzera mwa Sisaki. 8Koma adzakhala akapolo a Sisaki, kuti adziwe kunditumikira Ine ndi kutumikira maufumu a dziko lapansi.”
9Sisaki mfumu ya Igupto anaukira Yerusalemu, nalanda zonse—chuma cha nyumba ya Atate wathu, ndi nyumba yaufumu, kuphatikizapo zishango zagolide zimene Solomoni anazipanga. 10Rehobohamu analowetsa m'malo mwake zishango zamkuwa, nazipereka m'manja mwa olamulira alonda amene amalondera pakhomo la nyumba ya mfumu. 11Nthawi zonse pamene mfumu inkalowa m'nyumba ya Atate wathu, alonda ananyamula zishango, ndipo anazibwezera ku chipinda cha alonda. 12Pamene Rehobohamu anadzichepetsa, mkwiyo wa Atate wathu unamuchokera, ndipo sanamuwononge kwathunthu; zinthu zabwino zinapezekanso mu Yuda.
13Mfumu Rehobohamu anadzilimbitsa mu Yerusalemu, nalamulira; anali ndi zaka makumi anayi ndi chimodzi pamene anakhala mfumu, ndipo analamulira zaka khumi ndi zisanu ndi ziwiri mu Yerusalemu, mzinda umene Atate wathu anausankha pakati pa mafuko onse a Aisraeli kuti aikepo dzina lake. Amayi ake anali Naama, Mwamoni. 14Iye anachita zoipa, chifukwa sanaike mtima wake kufunafuna Atate wathu.
15Ntchito za Rehobohamu, kuyambira zoyamba mpaka zomaliza, zalembedwa m'mabuku a Semaya mneneri ndi a Ido mlosi, amene analemba mibadwo. Rehobohamu ndi Yerobowamu anachita nkhondo nthawi zonse. 16Rehobohamu anagona ndi makolo ake, nayikidwa m'manda mu Mzinda wa Davide; ndipo Abiya mwana wake analamulira m'malo mwake.
