2 Cronache 12
1 ORA quando il regno di Roboamo fu stabilito e fortificato, egli, insieme con tutto Israele, lasciò la Legge del Signore.
After Rehoboam was in complete control of his kingdom, he and all [the other people in] Judah stopped obeying the laws of Yahweh.
2 Laonde l'anno quinto del re Roboamo, Sisac, re di Egitto, salì contro a Gerusalemme (perciocchè essi aveano misfatto contro al Signore),
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.
3 con mille dugento carri, e con sessantamila cavalieri, e popolo senza fine, ch'era venuto con lui di Egitto, Libii, Succhei, ed Etiopi;
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.
4 e prese le città forti di Giuda, e venne fino in Gerusalemme.
They captured many of the cities in Judah that had walls around them, and they came as far as Jerusalem.
5 Allora il profeta Semaia venne a Roboamo, ed a' capi di Giuda, i quali si erano raccolti in Gerusalemme, d'innanzi a Sisac, e disse loro: Così ha detto il Signore: Voi mi avete abbandonato, ed io altresì vi ho abbandonati in mano di Sisac.
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.’”
6 Ed i capi d'Israele, e il re, si umiliarono, e dissero: Il Signore [è] giusto.
Then the king and the other Israeli leaders humbled themselves and said, “What Yahweh is doing to us is fair.”
7 E il Signore vide che si erano umiliati. E la parola del Signore fu [indirizzata] a Semaia, dicendo: Essi si sono umiliati; io non li distruggerò, ma fra poco darò loro salvezza; e l'ira mia non si verserà sopra Gerusalemme per mano di Sisac.
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,
8 Nondimeno essi gli saranno servi; e conosceranno [la differenza che vi è] tra il servirmi, e il servire a' regni della terra.
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.”
9 Sisac adunque, re di Egitto, salì contro a Gerusalemme, e prese i tesori della Casa del Signore, ed i tesori della casa del re; egli prese ogni cosa; prese ancora gli scudi d'oro che Salomone avea fatti.
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.
10 E il re Roboamo fece degli scudi di rame, in luogo di quelli, e li rimise in man de' capitani de' sergenti, che facevano la guardia alla porta della casa reale.
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.
11 E quando il re entrava nella Casa del Signore, i sergenti venivano, e li levavano; e poi li riportavano nella loggia de' sergenti.
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.
12 Così, perchè egli si umiliò, l'ira del Signore si stolse da lui, ed egli non [volle] fare una intiera distruzione; ed anche certo in Giuda vi erano di buone cose.
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.
13 Il re Roboamo adunque si fortificò in Gerusalemme, e regnò; perciocchè egli era d'età di quarantun'anno, quando cominciò a regnare, e regnò diciassette anni in Gerusalemme, città la quale il Signore avea eletta d'infra tutte le tribù d'Israele, per mettervi il suo Nome. E il nome di sua madre [era] Naama Ammonita.
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.
14 Ed egli fece ciò che è male; perciocchè non dispose l'animo suo a ricercare il Signore.
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.
15 Ora, quant'è a' fatti di Roboamo, primi ed ultimi, non [sono] essi scritti nel libro del profeta Semaia, e fra le genealogie d'Iddo veggente? come ancora le guerre [che furono] del continuo fra Roboamo e Geroboamo?
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.
16 E Roboamo giacque co' suoi padri, e fu seppellito nella Città di Davide; ed Abia, suo figliuolo, regnò in luogo suo.
When Rehoboam died, he was buried in [the part of Jerusalem called] ‘The City of David’. Then his son Abijah became the king.
