2 Chronicles 12
1 And it came to pass, when Rehoboam had established the kingdom, and had strengthened himself, he forsook the law of the LORD, and all Israel with him.
Ikawa kwamba, Rehoboamu alipokuwa ameimarishwa na mwenye nguvu, kwamba akaikataa sheria ya Yahwe—na Waisraeli wote pamoja naye.
2 And it came to pass, that in the fifth year of king Rehoboam Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, because they had transgressed against the LORD,
Ilitokea katika mwaka wa tano wa Mfalme Rehoboamu, kwamba, Shishaki, mfalme wa Israeli, akaja kinyume na Yerusalelemu, kwa sababu watu walikuwa wameacha kuwa waaminifu kwa Yahwe.
3 With twelve hundred chariots, and threescore thousand horsemen: and the people were without number that came with him out of Egypt; the Lubims, the Sukkiims, and the Ethiopians.
Akaja na magari elfu moja na mia mbili pamoja naye na wapand farasi elfu sitini. Askari wasio hesabika wakaja pamaoja naye kutoka Misri: Walubi, Wasukii, na Waethiopia.
4 And he took the fenced cities which pertained to Judah, and came to Jerusalem.
Akaiteka miji yenye ngome ya Yuda na akaja Yerusalemu.
5 Then came Shemaiah the prophet to Rehoboam, and to the princes of Judah, that were gathered together to Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said unto them, Thus says the LORD, All of you have forsaken me, and therefore have I also left you in the hand of Shishak.
Sasa Shemaya nabii akaja kwa Rehoboamu na kwa viongozi wa Yuda ambao walikuwa wamekusanyika pamoja Yerusalemu kwa sababu ya Shishaki. Shemaya akasema kwao, “Hivi ndivyo anavyosema Yahwe: Mmenisahau, kwa hiyo pia nimewaweka katika mkono wa Shishaki”.
6 Whereupon the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves; and they said, The LORD is righteous.
Kisha wakuu wa Israeli na mfalme wakajinyenyekeza na kusema, “Yahwe ni mtakatifu.”
7 And when the LORD saw that they humbled themselves, the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah, saying, They have humbled themselves; therefore 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.
Yaahwe alipoona kuwa wamejinyenyekeza, neno la Yahwe likamjia Shemaya, likisema, “Wamejinyenyekeza. Stawaadhibu; nitawaokoa kwa hataua fulani, na hasira yangu haitamiminwa juu ya Yerusalemu kwa mkono wa Shishaki.
8 Nevertheless they shall be his servants; that they may know my service, and the service of the kingdoms of the countries.
Vile vile, watakuwa watumishi wake, ili kwamba wajue nini maana ya kunitumikia mimi na kuwatumikia watawala wa nchi zingine.”
9 So Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, and took away the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's house; he took all: he carried away also the shields of gold which Solomon had made.
Kwa hiyo Shishaki, mfalme wa Misiri akaja Yerusalemu akazichukua hazina katika nyumba ya Yahwe, na hazina katika nyumba ya mfalme. akachukua kila kitu; pia akazichukua ngao za dhahabu alizokuwa amezitengeneza Selemani. Mfalme
10 Instead of which king Rehoboam made shields of brass, and committed them to the hands of the chief of the guard, that kept the entrance of the king's house.
Rehoboamu akatengeneza ngao za shaba katika nafasi zake na kuzikabidhi mikoni mwa maamrijeshi wa walinzi, amabao waliilinda milango ya kuelekea kwenye nyumba ya mfalme.
11 And when the king entered into the house of the LORD, the guard came and fetched them, and brought them again into the guard chamber.
Ikawa kwamba mfalme kila alipoingia katika nyumba ya Yahwe, walinzi wakazibeba; kisha wakazirudisha katika nyumba ya ulinzi.
12 And when he humbled himself, the wrath of the LORD turned from him, that he would not destroy him altogether: and also in Judah things went well.
Rehoboamu alipojinyenyekeza mwenyewe, ghadhabu ya Yahwe ikampisha mbali, kwa hiyo hakumwangamiza kabisa kabisa; pembeni, bado kulikuwa na baadhi ya wema wa kupatikana katika Yuda.
13 So king Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem, and reigned: for Rehoboam was one and forty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his mother's name was Naamah an Ammonitess.
Hivyo mfalme Rehoboamu akafanya ufalme wake imara katika Yerusalemu, na kwa hiyo akatawala. Rehoboamu alikuwa na umri wa miaka aroabaini na moja alipoanza kutawala, na akatawala kwa muda wa mika kumi na saba katika Yerusalemu, mji ambao Yahwe alikuwa ameuchagua kutoka kwa makabila ya Israeli ili kwamba aliweke jina lake humo. Jina lake aliitwa Naama, Mwamoni.
14 And he did evil, because he prepared not his heart to seek the LORD.
Akafanya yaliyokuwa uovu, kwa sababu hakuuelekeza moyo wake kumtafuta Yahwe.
15 Now the acts of Rehoboam, first and last, are they not written in the book of Shemaiah the prophet, and of Iddo the seer concerning genealogies? And there were wars between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually.
Kwa mambo mengine kuhusu Rehoboamu, mwanzo na mwisho, hayakuandikwa katika maandishi ya Shemaya nabii na ya Ido mwonaji, ambayo pia yana kumbukumbu ya vizazi na vita kati ya Rehoboamu na Yeroboamu?
16 And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David: and Abijah his son reigned in his position.
Rehoboamu akalala pamoja na babu zake na alizikwa katika mji wa Daudi; Abiya mwanye akawa mfalme katika nafasi yake.
