٢ أخبار 12

١ 1 وَلَمَّا تَثَبَّتَتْ مَمْلَكَةُ رَحُبْعَامَ وَتَشَدَّدَتْ، تَرَكَ شَرِيعَةَ ٱلرَّبِّ هُوَ وَكُلُّ إِسْرَائِيلَ مَعَهُ.

After Rehoboam had established his sovereignty and royal power, he and all Israel with him forsook the Law of the LORD.

٢ 2 وَفِي ٱلسَّنَةِ ٱلْخَامِسَةِ لِلْمَلِكِ رَحُبْعَامَ صَعِدَ شِيشَقُ مَلِكُ مِصْرَ عَلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ، لِأَنَّهُمْ خَانُوا ٱلرَّبَّ،

In the fifth year of Rehoboam’s reign, because they had been unfaithful to the LORD, Shishak king of Egypt came up and attacked Jerusalem

٣ 3 بِأَلْفٍ وَمِئَتَيْ مَرْكَبَةٍ وَسِتِّينَ أَلْفَ فَارِسٍ، وَلَمْ يَكُنْ عَدَدٌ لِلشَّعْبِ ٱلَّذِينَ جَاءُوا مَعَهُ مِنْ مِصْرَ: لُوبِيِّينَ وَسُكِّيِّينَ وَكُوشِيِّينَ.

with 1,200 chariots, 60,000 horsemen, and countless troops who came with him out of Egypt—Libyans, Sukkites, and Cushites.

٤ 4 وَأَخَذَ ٱلْمُدُنَ ٱلْحَصِينَةَ ٱلَّتِي لِيَهُوذَا وَأَتَى إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ.

He captured the fortified cities of Judah and came as far as Jerusalem.

٥ 5 فَجَاءَ شَمْعِيَا ٱلنَّبِيُّ إِلَى رَحُبْعَامَ وَرُؤَسَاءِ يَهُوذَا ٱلَّذِينَ ٱجْتَمَعُوا فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ مِنْ وَجْهِ شِيشَقَ، وَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «هَكَذَا قَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ: أَنْتُمْ تَرَكْتُمُونِي وَأَنَا أَيْضًا تَرَكْتُكُمْ لِيَدِ شِيشَقَ».

Then Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam and the leaders of Judah who had gathered at Jerusalem because of Shishak, and he said to them, “This is what the LORD says: ‘You have forsaken Me; therefore, I have forsaken you into the hand of Shishak.’”

٦ 6 فَتَذَلَّلَ رُؤَسَاءُ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَٱلْمَلِكُ وَقَالُوا: «بَارٌّ هُوَ ٱلرَّبُّ».

So the leaders of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, “The LORD is righteous.”

٧ 7 فَلَمَّا رَأَى ٱلرَّبُّ أَنَّهُمْ تَذَلَّلُوا، كَانَ كَلَامُ ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَى شَمْعِيَا قَائِلًا: «قَدْ تَذَلَّلُوا فَلَا أُهْلِكُهُمْ بَلْ أُعْطِيهِمْ قَلِيلًا مِنَ ٱلنَّجَاةِ، وَلَا يَنْصَبُّ غَضَبِي عَلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ بِيَدِ شِيشَقَ،

When the LORD saw that they had humbled themselves, the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah, saying, “They have humbled themselves; I will not destroy them, but will soon grant them deliverance. My wrath will not be poured out on Jerusalem through Shishak.

٨ 8 لَكِنَّهُمْ يَكُونُونَ لَهُ عَبِيدًا وَيَعْلَمُونَ خِدْمَتِي وَخِدْمَةَ مَمَالِكِ ٱلْأَرَاضِي».

Nevertheless, they will become his servants, so that they may learn the difference between serving Me and serving the kings of other lands.”

٩ 9 فَصَعِدَ شِيشَقُ مَلِكُ مِصْرَ عَلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ وَأَخَذَ خَزَائِنَ بَيْتِ ٱلرَّبِّ وَخَزَائِنَ بَيْتِ ٱلْمَلِكِ، أَخَذَ ٱلْجَمِيعَ، وَأَخَذَ أَتْرَاسَ ٱلذَّهَبِ ٱلَّتِي عَمِلَهَا سُلَيْمَانُ.

So King Shishak of Egypt attacked Jerusalem and seized the treasures of the house of the LORD and of the royal palace. He took everything, including the gold shields that Solomon had made.

١٠ 10 فَعَمِلَ ٱلْمَلِكُ رَحُبْعَامُ عِوَضًا عَنْهَا أَتْرَاسَ نُحَاسٍ وَسَلَّمَهَا إِلَى أَيْدِي رُؤَسَاءِ ٱلسُّعَاةِ ٱلْحَافِظِينَ بَابَ بَيْتِ ٱلْمَلِكِ.

Then King Rehoboam made bronze shields in their place and committed them to the care of the captains of the guard on duty at the entrance to the royal palace.

١١ 11 وَكَانَ إِذَا دَخَلَ ٱلْمَلِكُ بَيْتَ ٱلرَّبِّ يَأْتِي ٱلسُّعَاةُ وَيَحْمِلُونَهَا، ثُمَّ يُرْجِعُونَهَا إِلَى غُرْفَةِ ٱلسُّعَاةِ.

And whenever the king entered the house of the LORD, the guards would go with him, bearing the shields, and later they would return them to the guardroom.

١٢ 12 وَلَمَّا تَذَلَّلَ ٱرْتَدَّ عَنْهُ غَضَبُ ٱلرَّبِّ فَلَمْ يُهْلِكْهُ تَمَامًا. وَكَذَلِكَ كَانَ فِي يَهُوذَا أُمُورٌ حَسَنَةٌ.

Because Rehoboam humbled himself, the anger of the LORD turned away from him, and He did not destroy him completely. Indeed, conditions were good in Judah.

١٣ 13 فَتَشَدَّدَ ٱلْمَلِكُ رَحُبْعَامُ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ وَمَلَكَ، لِأَنَّ رَحُبْعَامَ كَانَ ٱبْنَ إِحْدَى وَأَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً حِينَ مَلَكَ، وَمَلَكَ سَبْعَ عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ، ٱلْمَدِينَةِ ٱلَّتِي ٱخْتَارَهَا ٱلرَّبُّ لِيَضَعَ ٱسْمَهُ فِيهَا دُونَ جَمِيعِ أَسْبَاطِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَٱسْمُ أُمِّهِ نَعْمَةُ ٱلْعَمُّونِيَّةُ.

Thus King Rehoboam established himself in Jerusalem. He was forty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the LORD had chosen from all the tribes of Israel in which to put His Name. His mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonite.

١٤ 14 وَعَمِلَ ٱلشَّرَّ لِأَنَّهُ لَمْ يُهَيِّئْ قَلْبَهُ لِطَلَبِ ٱلرَّبِّ.

And Rehoboam did evil because he did not set his heart to seek the LORD.

١٥ 15 وَأُمُورُ رَحُبْعَامَ ٱلْأُولَى وَٱلْأَخِيرَةُ، أَمَاهِيَ مَكْتُوبَةٌ فِي أَخْبَارِ شَمْعِيَا ٱلنَّبِيِّ وَعِدُّو ٱلرَّائِي عَنِ ٱلِٱنْتِسَابِ؟ وَكَانَتْ حُرُوبٌ بَيْنَ رَحُبْعَامَ وَيَرُبْعَامَ كُلَّ ٱلْأَيَّامِ.

Now the acts of Rehoboam, from first to last, are they not written in the records of Shemaiah the Prophet and of Iddo the Seer concerning the genealogies? There was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam throughout their days.

١٦ 16 ثُمَّ ٱضْطَجَعَ رَحُبْعَامُ مَعَ آبَائِهِ وَدُفِنَ فِي مَدِينَةِ دَاوُدَ، وَمَلَكَ أَبِيَّا ٱبْنُهُ عِوَضًا عَنْهُ.

And Rehoboam rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David. And his son Abijah reigned in his place.