Mwoyo waSoromoni Unotsauka
Kukwegura nevakadzi mazana manomwe zvinoita zvakanga zvisingagoneki kumuvengi upi zvake: Soromoni anovakira Kemoshi naMoreki nzvimbo dzokunamatira uye anotevera vamwari vamwe. Baba vedu vanomutsa Hadhadhi, Rezoni naJerobhoamu kuti vamurwise, uye vanobvisa marudzi gumi muruoko rwomwanakomana wake.
11 1Mambo Soromoni akada vakadzi vazhinji vokune dzimwe nyika kunze kwomwanasikana waFarao—vaMoabhu, vaAmoni, vaEdhomu, vaSidhoni, vaHiti,
2vaibva kundudzi idzo Baba vedu vakanga vaudza vana vaIsraeri pamusoro padzo kuti, “Musawanana navo, uye naivo ngavarege kuwanana nemi, nokuti zvirokwazvo vachatsausa mwoyo yenyu kuti itevere vamwari vavo.” Soromoni akanamatira kwavari norudo.
3Akanga ane vakadzi mazana manomwe vaiva vanasikana vamadzimambo nevarongo mazana matatu, uye vakadzi vake vakatsausa mwoyo wake. 4Zvino Soromoni paakakwegura, vakadzi vake vakatsausira mwoyo wake kune vamwe vamwari, uye mwoyo wake wakanga usina kuzvipira zvizere kuna Baba vedu, sezvakanga zvakaita mwoyo waDhavhidhi baba vake. 5Soromoni akatevera Ashitoreti mwarikadzi wevaSidhoni, naMirikomu chinonyangadza chevaAmoni. 6Soromoni akaita zvakaipa pamberi paBaba vedu uye haana kutevera Baba vedu zvizere, sezvakanga zvaitwa naDhavhidhi baba vake. 7Ipapo Soromoni akavaka nzvimbo yakakwirira pagomo nechokumabvazuva kweJerusarema nokuda kwaKemoshi, mwari anonyangadza weMoabhu, uye nokuda kwaMoreki, mwari anonyangadza wevaAmoni. 8Saka akaita saizvozvo nokuda kwavakadzi vake vose vokune dzimwe nyika, vaipisa zvinonhuhwira vachibayira kuvamwari vavo.
9Baba vedu vakatsamwira Soromoni nokuti mwoyo wake wakanga watsauka kubva kuna Baba vedu, Mwari waIsraeri, avo vakazviratidza kwaari kaviri, 10uye vakamurayira pamusoro pechinhu ichochi, kuti arege kutevera vamwe vamwari. Asi haana kuchengeta zvavakarayira Baba vedu.
11Saka Baba vedu vakati kuna Soromoni, “Sezvo uku ndiko kuita kwako uye usina kuchengeta sungano yangu nemitemo yangu yandakakurayira, zvirokwazvo ndichabvarura umambo kubva kwauri ndigohupa muranda wako.
12“Asi nokuda kwaDhavhidhi baba vako, handizozviiti pamazuva oupenyu hwako; ndichahubvarura kubva muruoko rwomwanakomana wako. 13Kunyange zvakadaro handizobvaruri umambo hwose; ndichapa mwanakomana wako rudzi rumwe chete, nokuda kwaDhavhidhi muranda wangu uye nokuda kweJerusarema, randakasarudza.”
Baba Vanomutsa Hadhadhi
14Ipapo Baba vedu vakamutsira Soromoni muvengi: Hadhadhi muEdhomu, worudzi rwoumambo muEdhomu. 15Dhavhidhi paakarwisa Edhomu uye Joabhu mukuru wehondo paakaenda kundoviga vakafa, Joabhu akanga auraya varume vose vomuEdhomu. 16(Joabhu navaIsraeri vose vakagara ipapo mwedzi mitanhatu, kusvikira apedza kuuraya varume vose vomuEdhomu.). 17Asi Hadhadhi akatizira kuIjipiti aine vamwe vaEdhomu vaibva kuvaranda vababa vake; Hadhadhi akanga achiri kamukomana kadiki. 18Vakabva kuMidhiani vakaenda kuParani, vakatora varume kubva kuParani, vakaenda kuIjipiti, kuna Farao mambo weIjipiti, uyo akapa Hadhadhi imba, zvokudya, nenyika. 19Hadhadhi akawana nyasha huru pamberi paFarao, saka akamuroodza mununʼuna womukadzi wake, mununʼuna waMambokadzi Tapenesi. 20Mununʼuna waTapenesi akamuberekera mwanakomana, Genubhati, uyo Tapenesi akarumura mumba maFarao; Genubhati akagara imomo pakati pavanakomana vaFarao. 21Hadhadhi paakanzwa ari kuIjipiti kuti Dhavhidhi akanga azorora namadzibaba ake uye kuti Joabhu mukuru wehondo akanga afa, akati kuna Farao, “Nditenderei kuti ndiende, kuti ndidzokere kunyika yangu.”
22Farao akati, “Chii chawakashayiwa pano, zvokuti zvino woda kuenda kunyika yako?” Iye akapindura akati, “Hapana, asi ndapota nditenderei kuti ndiende.”
23Baba vedu vakamutsirawo Soromoni mumwe muvengi: Rezoni mwanakomana waEriadha, uyo akatiza kubva kuna tenzi wake Hadhadhezeri mambo weZobha. 24Akaunganidza varume akava mukuru weboka ravapambi Dhavhidhi paakauraya varume veZobha. Vakaenda kuDhamasiko, vakagara ikoko, vakamuita mambo muDhamasiko. 25Rezoni akapikisa Israeri mazuva ose aSoromoni, achiwedzera pakukuvadza kwaiitwawo naHadhadhi; akavenga Israeri uye akatonga Aramu.
Jerobhoamu Anosimudza Ruoko Rwake
26Jerobhoamu mwanakomana waNebhati, muEfuraimu aibva kuZeredha, muranda waSoromoni, mai vake vaiva chirikadzi vainzi Zerua, akamukirawo mambo. 27Ichi ndicho chikonzero chaakasimudzira ruoko rwake kuna mambo: Soromoni akavaka Miro akavhara mukaha waiva muguta raDhavhidhi baba vake. 28Jerobhoamu akanga ari murume aikwanisa kwazvo, uye Soromoni paakaona kuti jaya iri raishanda nesimba, akamugadza kuti ave mutariri webasa rechibharo rose reimba yaJosefa. 29Panguva iyoyo Jerobhoamu akabuda muJerusarema, uye Ahija muShiro, muprofita, akasangana naye munzira. Ahija akanga akapfeka jasi idzva, uye ivo vaviri vakanga vari voga musango. 30Ipapo Ahija akabata jasi idzva raakanga akapfeka akaribvarura kuita zvidimbu gumi nezviviri.
31Akati kuna Jerobhoamu, “Zvitorere zvidimbu gumi, nokuti Baba vedu, Mwari waIsraeri, vanoti: ‘Tarira, ndava kuda kubvarura umambo kubva muruoko rwaSoromoni ndigokupa marudzi gumi.
32“Asi rudzi rumwe chete ruchasara ruri rwake, nokuda kwomuranda wangu Dhavhidhi uye nokuda kweJerusarema, guta randakasarudza kubva kumarudzi ose aIsraeri. 33Ndichaita izvi nokuti vakandisiya vakanamata Ashitoreti mwarikadzi wevaSidhoni, Kemoshi mwari weMoabhu, naMirikomu mwari wevaAmoni, uye havana kufamba munzira dzangu—vachiita zvakarurama pameso angu, vachichengeta mitemo yangu nemirayiro yangu—sezvakaita Dhavhidhi baba vake.
34Asi handizotori umambo hwose kubva muruoko rwake; ndichamuchengeta ari mutongi mazuva ose oupenyu hwake, nokuda kwaDhavhidhi muranda wangu, wandakasarudza, akachengeta mirayiro yangu nemitemo yangu. 35Asi ndichatora umambo kubva muruoko rwomwanakomana wake ndigohupa kwauri—marudzi gumi. 36Asi kumwanakomana wake ndichapa rudzi rumwe chete, kuti Dhavhidhi muranda wangu arambe aine mwenje pamberi pangu muJerusarema, guta randakasarudza kuti ndiise zita rangu. a a v36 Kunyange mukutonga, Baba vedu vanochengeta mwenje uchipfuta nokuda kwedzinza raDhavhidhi—chiedza chisingagumi chavari kuchengeta kusvika kuna Jesu, Mwanakomana waDhavhidhi, uyo maari dzinza iroro risingambosvibi. 37Ndichakutora, uye uchatonga pamusoro pezvose zvinoshuvira mwoyo wako; uchava mambo waIsraeri. 38Kana ukateerera zvose zvandinokurayira, ukafamba munzira dzangu, uye ukaita zvakarurama pameso angu nokuchengeta mitemo yangu nemirayiro yangu sezvakaita Dhavhidhi muranda wangu, ndichava newe uye ndichakuvakira imba inogara, sezvandakavakira Dhavhidhi, uye ndichakupa Israeri. 39Ndichauyisa kutambudzika pavana vaDhavhidhi nokuda kwaizvozvi, asi kwete nokusingaperi.’”
40Saka Soromoni akaedza kuuraya Jerobhoamu, asi Jerobhoamu akatizira kuIjipiti, kuna Shishaki mambo weIjipiti, akagara ikoko kusvikira Soromoni afa.
Soromoni Anozorora naMadzibaba Ake
41Mamwe mabasa aSoromoni, zvose zvaakaita nouchenjeri hwake, hazvina kunyorwa here muBhuku raMabasa aSoromoni? 42Nguva yakatonga Soromoni muJerusarema pamusoro paIsraeri yose yaiva makore makumi mana. 43Ipapo Soromoni akazorora namadzibaba ake, akavigwa muguta raDhavhidhi baba vake, uye mwanakomana wake Rehobhoamu akatonga panzvimbo pake.