1 Kings 14

14 ¹For dat time, Abijah, Jeroboam pikin, come dey sick. ²Jeroboam tell im wife say, “Wake up, change yourself so dat nobody go sabi say na Jeroboam wife you be, den go Shiloh. Ahijah di prophet dey dia, di one wey tell me say I go be king ova dis people. ³Carry ten bread, some cake, and one jar of honey, den go meet am. E go tell you wetin go happen to di boy.”

⁴Jeroboam wife do so. She go Shiloh, go Ahijah house. Ahijah no fit see again; im eyes don dim because of ol' age.

⁵But our Papa don already tell Ahijah say, “Jeroboam wife dey come to ask about her sick pikin. Tell am dis one; when she reach, she go change herself like anoda woman.”

⁶When Ahijah hear her footstep for door, e say, “Come inside, wife of Jeroboam. Why you dey pretend to be anoda person? Dem send me to you with hard news.

⁷Go, tell Jeroboam say, ‘Na dis one our Papa, di God of Israel, talk: “I lift you comot from among di people and make you ruler ova my people Israel. ⁸I tear di kingdom comot from di house of David and give am to you. But you no be like my servant David, wey keep my commands and follow me with im whole heart, dey do only wetin correct for my eyes. ⁹You don do bad pass everybody wey dey before you. You go make oda gods and cast image, dey provoke me to vex, and you throway me for your back. ¹⁰So I dey bring disaster come Jeroboam house. I go cut off from Jeroboam every man for Israel, slave and free, and burn Jeroboam house finish like person dey burn dung until e clean comot. ¹¹Dem wey belong to Jeroboam wey die for di city, na dog go chop dem, and dem wey die for di open bush, na bird of di sky go chop dem. Because our Papa don talk.”’

¹²Wake up, go your house. When your leg enter di city, di pikin go die. ¹³All Israel go cry and bury am. Na only am for Jeroboam house go reach grave, because inside am our Papa, di God of Israel, find sometin good for Jeroboam house. ¹⁴Also, our Papa go raise up for imself one king ova Israel wey go cut off di house of Jeroboam dis very day—even now. ¹⁵Our Papa go strike Israel until e dey shake like reed inside water, go uproot dem comot from dis good land wey e give dia ancestors, and scatter dem go pass di Euphrates, because dem make Asherah poles wey provoke im vex. ¹⁶E go give Israel up because of di sins wey Jeroboam do and wey e make Israel do.”

¹⁷Jeroboam wife wake up, comot, and go Tirzah. As she reach di threshold of di house, di boy die. ¹⁸All Israel bury am and cry for am, just as our Papa don talk through im servant Ahijah di prophet.

¹⁹Di rest of Jeroboam work, how e fight war and rule, dem write am for di Book of di Chronicles of di Kings of Israel. ²⁰Jeroboam rule for twenty-two years, den e rest with im ancestors, and im pikin Nadab rule for im place.

Rehoboam Rule for Judah

²¹Rehoboam, Solomon pikin, rule for Judah. E be forty-one years when e become king, and e rule seventeen years for Jerusalem, di city wey our Papa choose from all di tribes of Israel to put im name. Im mama na Naamah, one Ammonite woman. ²²Judah do evil for our Papa sight, dey provoke am to jealousy by di sins wey dem commit—pass all wetin dia ancestors do. ²³Dem too build high places for demself, sacred pillars, and Asherah poles for every high hill and under every green tree. ²⁴Dem even get man shrine prostitute for di land. Di people do all di detestable tin of di nations wey our Papa drive comot before Israel.

²⁵For di fifth year of King Rehoboam, Shishak king of Egypt march up come against Jerusalem. ²⁶E carry comot di treasures of di house of our Papa and of di royal palace—everytin, including all di gold shield wey Solomon don make. ²⁷So King Rehoboam make bronze shield to replace dem and hand dem to di commanders of di guard wey dey watch di entrance of di royal palace. ²⁸Anytime di king enter di house of our Papa, di guards go carry di shield, den return dem back to di guardroom.

²⁹Di rest of Rehoboam work, and all wetin e do—dem no write am for di Book of di Chronicles of di Kings of Judah? ³⁰War no ever stop between Rehoboam and Jeroboam. ³¹Rehoboam rest with im ancestors, dem bury am with dem for di City of David. Im mama na Naamah, one Ammonite woman. Im pikin Abijam rule for im place.