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1 Men da Rehabeams kongedømme var blitt trygget, og han var blitt mektig, forlot han Herrens lov, og hele Israel med ham.

It came about, when Rehoboam's reign was established and he was strong, that he abandoned the law of Yahweh—and all Israel with him.

2 Da hendte det i kong Rehabeams femte år at Egyptens konge Sisak drog op mot Jerusalem - for de hadde båret sig troløst at mot Herren;

It happened in the fifth year of King Rehoboam, that Shishak, king of Egypt, came up against Jerusalem, because the people had been unfaithful to Yahweh.

3 han kom med tolv hundre stridsvogner og seksti tusen hestfolk, og det var ikke tall på de folk som fulgte ham fra Egypten - libyere, sukkittere og etiopere.

He came with twelve hundred chariots and sixty thousand horsemen. Soldiers without number came with him from Egypt: Libyans, Sukkites, and Cushites.

4 Han inntok de faste byer i Juda og kom like til Jerusalem.

He captured the fortified cities that belonged to Judah and came to Jerusalem.

5 Da kom profeten Semaja til Rehabeam og Judas høvdinger, som hadde samlet sig i Jerusalem av frykt for Sisak, og han sa til dem: Så sier Herren: I har forlatt mig; derfor har også jeg forlatt eder og gitt eder i Sisaks hånd.

Now Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam and to the leaders of Judah who had gathered together to Jerusalem because of Shishak. Shemaiah said to them, “This is what Yahweh says: You have forsaken me, so I have also given you over into Shishak's hand.”

6 Men Israels høvdinger og kongen ydmyket sig og sa: Herren er rettferdig.

Then the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, “Yahweh is righteous.”

7 Og da Herren så at de hadde ydmyket sig, kom Herrens ord til Semaja, og det lød således: De har ydmyket sig; jeg vil ikke ødelegge dem, men la dem så vidt bli frelst, og min harme skal ikke bli utøst over Jerusalem ved Sisak;

When Yahweh saw that they had humbled themselves, the word of Yahweh came to Shemaiah, saying, “They have humbled themselves. I will not ruin them; I will rescue them to some extent, and my anger will not pour out on Jerusalem by means of Shishak's hand.

8 dog skal de bli hans tjenere og få kjenne hvad forskjell det er på å tjene mig og å tjene hedningelandenes konger.

Nevertheless, they will be his servants, so that they may understand what it is to serve me and to serve the rulers of the other countries.”

9 Så drog da Egyptens konge Sisak op mot Jerusalem og tok skattene i Herrens hus og skattene i kongens hus; alt sammen tok han. Han tok også de gullskjold som Salomo hadde latt gjøre.

So Shishak, king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem and took away the treasures in the house of Yahweh, and the treasures in the king's house. He took everything away; he also took the shields of gold that Solomon had made.

10 Istedenfor dem lot kong Rehabeam gjøre kobberskjold og betrodde dem til høvedsmennene for drabantene som voktet inngangen til kongens hus;

King Rehoboam made shields of bronze in their place and entrusted them into the hands of the commanders of the guard, who guarded the doors to the king's house.

11 og så ofte kongen gikk inn i Herrens hus, kom drabantene og bar dem og tok dem så med tilbake til vaktstuen.

It happened that whenever the king entered the house of Yahweh, the guards would carry them; then they would bring them back into the guardhouse.

12 Fordi Rehabeam ydmyket sig, vendte Herrens vrede sig fra ham; han vilde ikke ødelegge ham aldeles, og det fantes dog ennu noget godt i Juda.

When Rehoboam humbled himself, Yahweh's anger turned away from him, so as not to destroy him completely; besides, there was still some good to be found in Judah.

13 Siden satt kong Rehabeam atter fast i sitt kongedømme i Jerusalem og regjerte der; for han var en og firti år gammel da han blev konge, og han regjerte sytten år i Jerusalem, den stad som Herren hadde utvalgt blandt alle Israels stammer for å la sitt navn bo der. Hans mor hette Na'ama og var fra Ammon.

So King Rehoboam made his kingship strong in Jerusalem, and thus he reigned. Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city that Yahweh had chosen from all the tribes of Israel so that he might put his name there. His mother's name was Naamah the Ammonite woman.

14 Han gjorde hvad ondt var; for han vendte ikke sitt hjerte til å søke Herren.

He did what was evil, because he did not fix his heart to seek Yahweh.

15 Alt hvad som er å fortelle om Rehabeam, både i hans første og i hans senere dager, det er opskrevet i profeten Semajas og seeren Iddos krønike, der hvor ættetavlene er optegnet. Mellem Rehabeam og Jeroboam var det krig hele tiden.

As for the other matters concerning Rehoboam, first and last, are they not written in the writings of Shemaiah the prophet and of Iddo the seer, which also have records of genealogies and the constant wars between Rehoboam and Jeroboam?

16 Og Rehabeam la sig til hvile hos sine fedre og blev begravet i Davids stad, og hans sønn Abia blev konge i hans sted.

Rehoboam slept with his ancestors and was buried in the city of David; Abijah his son became king in his place.