2 Chronicles 12
1 After Rehoboam was in complete control of his kingdom, he and all [the other people in] Judah stopped obeying the laws of Yahweh.
Quando Roboamo fu bene stabilito e fortificato nel regno, egli, e tutto Israele con lui, abbandonò la legge dell’Eterno.
2 As a result, after Rehoboam had been king for almost five years, Yahweh sent Shishak, the king of Egypt, [with his army] to attack Jerusalem.
E l’anno quinto del regno di Roboamo, Scishak re d’Egitto, salì contro Gerusalemme, perch’essi erano stati infedeli all’Eterno.
3 Along with his army he brought 1,200 chariots and 60,000 soldiers riding horses and a very large number of troops from two regions in Libya, and from Ethiopia.
Egli avea milleduecento carri e sessantamila cavalieri; con lui venne dall’Egitto un popolo innumerevole di Libi, di Sukkei e di Etiopi;
4 They captured many of the cities in Judah that had walls around them, and they came as far as Jerusalem.
s’impadronì delle città fortificate che appartenevano a Giuda, e giunse fino a Gerusalemme.
5 Then the prophet Shemaiah came to Rehoboam and the other leaders of Judah who had gathered in Jerusalem because they were afraid of [the army of] Shishak. Shemaiah said to them, “Yahweh says this: ‘You have abandoned me; so now I am abandoning you, to [allow you to be captured by the army of] Shishak.’”
E il profeta Scemaia si recò da Roboamo e dai capi di Giuda, che s’erano raccolti in Gerusalemme all’avvicinarsi di Scishak, e disse loro: “Così dice l’Eterno: Voi avete abbandonato me, quindi anch’io ho abbandonato voi nelle mani di Scishak”.
6 Then the king and the other Israeli leaders humbled themselves and said, “What Yahweh is doing to us is fair.”
Allora i principi d’Israele e il re si umiliarono, e dissero: “L’Eterno è giusto”.
7 When Yahweh realized that they had humbled themselves, he gave this message to Shemaiah: “Because they have humbled themselves, I will not allow them to be destroyed. Instead, I will soon rescue them. I will not use Shishak’s army to completely destroy the people of Jerusalem,
E quando l’Eterno vide che s’erano umiliati, la parola dell’Eterno fu così rivolta a Scemaia: “Essi si sono umiliati; io non li distruggerò, ma concederò loro fra poco un mezzo di scampo, e la mia ira non si rovescerà su Gerusalemme per mezzo di Scishak.
8 but they will conquer Jerusalem and force the people there to do what Shishak wants them to do. As a result, the people of Jerusalem will learn [that it is better] to serve me than to serve the kings of other countries.”
Nondimeno gli saranno soggetti, e impareranno la differenza che v’è tra il servire a me e il servire ai regni degli altri paesi”.
9 When Shishak’s [army] attacked Jerusalem, they took/carried away the valuable things that were in the temple of Yahweh and the valuable things that were in the king’s palace. They took everything [that was valuable], including the gold shields that Solomon’s [workers] had made.
Scishak, re d’Egitto, salì dunque contro Gerusalemme e portò via i tesori della casa dell’Eterno e i tesori della casa del re; portò via ogni cosa; prese pure gli scudi d’oro che Salomone avea fatti;
10 So King Rehoboam’s workers made bronze shields to be used instead of the gold ones and gave the bronze shields to the commanders of the men who guarded the entrance to his palace.
invece de’ quali, il re Roboamo fece fare degli scudi di rame, e li affidò ai capitani della guardia che custodiva la porta della casa del re.
11 After that, whenever the king went to the temple, the guards went with him, carrying those bronze shields. Then [when the king left, ] they would return the shields to the guards’ room.
E ogni volta che il re entrava nella casa dell’Eterno, quei della guardia venivano, e li portavano; poi li riportavano nella sala della guardia.
12 Because Rehoboam humbled himself, Yahweh stopped being angry with him and did not get rid of him. Instead, he caused good things to happen in Judah.
Così, perch’egli s’era umiliato, l’Eterno rimosse da lui l’ira sua e non volle distruggerlo del tutto; e v’erano anche in Giuda delle cose buone.
13 King Rehoboam again was in complete control in Jerusalem and continued to be the king [of Judah]. He was 41 years old when he became the king. He ruled for 17 years in Jerusalem, which is the city that Yahweh had chosen from all the tribes in Israel to be the place in which people were to worship him.
Il re Roboamo dunque si rese forte in Gerusalemme, e continuò a regnare. Avea quarantun anni quando cominciò a regnare, e regnò diciassette anni a Gerusalemme, la città che l’Eterno s’era scelta fra tutte le tribù d’Israele, per stabilirvi il suo nome. Sua madre si chiamava Naama, l’Ammonita.
14 Rehoboam’s mother’s name was Naamah. She was from the Ammon people-group. Rehoboam did evil things because he did not try to find out what Yahweh wanted him to do.
Ed egli fece il male, perché non applicò il cuor suo alla ricerca dell’Eterno.
15 An account of all the things that Rehoboam did while he was the king, and lists of the members of his family, are in the scrolls written by the prophets Shemaiah and Iddo. The armies of Rehoboam and Jeroboam were constantly fighting each other.
Or le azioni di Roboamo, le prime e le ultime, sono scritte nelle storie del profeta Scemaia e d’Iddo, il veggente, nei registri genealogici. E vi fu guerra continua fra Roboamo e Geroboamo.
16 When Rehoboam died, he was buried in [the part of Jerusalem called] ‘The City of David’. Then his son Abijah became the king.
E Roboamo s’addormentò coi suoi padri e fu sepolto nella città di Davide. Ed Abija, suo figliuolo, regnò in luogo suo.
