Ii Paralipomenon 12

1 Cumque roboratum fuisset regnum Roboam et confortatum, dereliquit legem Domini, et omnis Israel cum eo.

And it came to pass, when the kingdom of Rehoboam was established, and he was strong, that he forsook the law of Jehovah, and all Israel with him.

2 Anno autem quinto regni Roboam, ascendit Sesac rex Aegypti in Ierusalem (quia peccaverant Domino)

And it came to pass in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, because they had trespassed against Jehovah,

3 cum mille ducentis curribus, et sexaginta millibus equitum: nec erat numerus vulgi quod venerat cum eo ex Aegypto, Libyes scilicet, et Troglodytae, et Aethiopes.

with twelve hundred chariots, and threescore thousand horsemen. And the people were without number that came with him out of Egypt: the Lubim, the Sukkiim, and the Ethiopians.

4 Cepitque civitates munitissimas in Iuda, et venit usque in Ierusalem.

And he took the fortified cities which pertained to Judah, and came unto Jerusalem.

5 Semeias autem propheta ingressus est ad Roboam, et principes Iuda, qui congregati fuerant in Ierusalem, fugientes Sesac, dixitque ad eos: Haec dicit Dominus: Vos reliquistis me, et ego reliqui vos in manu Sesac.

Now Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam, and to the princes of Judah, that were gathered together to Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said unto them, Thus saith Jehovah, Ye have forsaken me, therefore have I also left you in the hand of Shishak.

6 Consternatique principes Israel et rex dixerunt: Iustus est Dominus.

Then the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves; and they said, Jehovah is righteous.

7 Cumque vidisset Dominus, quod humiliati essent, factus est sermo Domini ad Semeiam, dicens: Quia humiliati sunt, non disperdam eos, daboque eis pauxillum auxilii, et non stillabit furor meus super Ierusalem per manum Sesac.

And when Jehovah saw that they humbled themselves, the word of Jehovah came to Shemaiah, saying, They have humbled themselves: I will not destroy them; but I will grant them some deliverance, and my wrath shall not be poured out upon Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak.

8 Verumtamen servient ei, ut sciant distantiam servitutis meae, et servitutis regni terrarum.

Nevertheless they shall be his servants, that they may know my service, and the service of the kingdoms of the countries.

9 Recessit itaque Sesac rex Aegypti ab Ierusalem, sublatis thesauris domus Domini, et domus regis, omniaque secum tulit, et clypeos aureos, quos fecerat Salomon,

So Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, and took away the treasures of the house of Jehovah, and the treasures of the king’s house: he took all away: he took away also the shields of gold which Solomon had made.

10 pro quibus fecit rex aeneos, et tradidit illos principibus scutariorum, qui custodiebant vestibulum palatii.

And king Rehoboam made in their stead shields of brass, and committed them to the hands of the captains of the guard, that kept the door of the king’s house.

11 Cumque introiret rex domum Domini, veniebant scutarii, et tollebant eos, iterumque referebant eos ad armamentarium suum.

And it was so, that, as oft as the king entered into the house of Jehovah, the guard came and bare them, and brought them back into the guard-chamber.

12 Verumtamen quia humiliati sunt, aversa est ab eis ira Domini, nec deleti sunt penitus: siquidem et in Iuda inventa sunt opera bona.

And when he humbled himself, the wrath of Jehovah turned from him, so as not to destroy him altogether: and moreover in Judah there were good things [found].

13 Confortatus est ergo rex Roboam in Ierusalem, atque regnavit: quadraginta autem et unius anni erat cum regnare coepisset, et decem et septem annis regnavit in Ierusalem, urbe, quam elegit Dominus, ut confirmaret nomen suum ibi, de cunctis tribubus Israel: nomen autem matris eius Naama Ammanitis.

So king Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem, and reigned: for Rehoboam was forty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which Jehovah had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there: and his mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonitess.

14 Fecit autem malum, et non praeparavit cor suum ut quaereret Dominum.

And he did that which was evil, because he set not his heart to seek Jehovah.

15 Opera vero Roboam prima et novissima scripta sunt in Libris Semeiae prophetae, et Addo Videntis, et diligenter exposita: pugnaveruntque adversum se Roboam, et Ieroboam cunctis diebus.

Now the acts of Rehoboam, first and last, are they not written in the histories of Shemaiah the prophet and of Iddo the seer, after the manner of genealogies? And there were wars between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually.

16 Et dormivit Roboam cum patribus suis, sepultusque est in Civitate David. Et regnavit Abia filius eius pro eo.

And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David: and Abijah his son reigned in his stead.