歴代誌Ⅱ 11
1 茲にレハベアム、ヱルサレムに至りてユダとベニヤミンの家より倔強の武者十八萬を集め而してレハベアム國を己に歸さんためにイスラエルと戰はんとせしに
When Rehoboam had come to Jerusalem, he assembled the house of Judah and Benjamin, one hundred eighty thousand chosen men who were warriors, to fight against Israel, to bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam.
2 ヱホバの言神の人シマヤに臨みて云ふ
But Yahweh’s word came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying,
3 ソロモンの子ユダの王レハベアムおよびユダとベニヤミンにあるイスラエルの人々に告て言べし
“Speak to Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin, saying,
4 ヱホバかく言ふ汝ら攻上るべからず又なんぢらの兄弟と戰ふべからず各々その家に歸れ此事は我より出たる者なりと彼ら乃はちヱホバの言にしたがひヤラベアムに攻ゆくことを止て歸れり
‘Yahweh says, “You shall not go up, nor fight against your brothers! Every man return to his house; for this thing is of me.”’” So they listened to Yahweh’s words, and returned from going against Jeroboam.
5 斯てレハベアム、ヱルサレムに居りユダに守衛の邑々を建たり
Rehoboam lived in Jerusalem, and built cities for defense in Judah.
6 即ちその建たる者はベテレヘム、エタム、テコア
He built Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,
7 ベテズル｀シヨコ、アドラム
Beth Zur, Soco, Adullam,
8 ガテ、マレシヤ、ジフ
Gath, Mareshah, Ziph,
9 アドライム、ラキシ、アゼカ
Adoraim, Lachish, Azekah,
10 ゾラ、アヤロン、ヘブロン是等はユダとベニヤミンにありて守衛の邑なり
Zorah, Aijalon, and Hebron, which are fortified cities in Judah and in Benjamin.
11 彼その守衛の邑々を堅固にし之に軍長を置き糧食と油と酒とを貯はへ
He fortified the strongholds and put captains in them with stores of food, oil and wine.
12 またその一切の邑に盾と矛とを備へて之を甚だ強からしむユダとベニヤミンこれに附り
He put shields and spears in every city, and made them exceedingly strong. Judah and Benjamin belonged to him.
13 イスラエルの全地の祭司とレビ人は四方の境より來りてレハベアムに投ず
The priests and the Levites who were in all Israel stood with him out of all their territory.
14 即ちレビ人はその郊地と產業とを離れてユダとヱルサレムに至れり是はヤラベアムとその子等かれらを廢して祭司の職をヱホバの前に爲しめざりし故なり
For the Levites left their pasture lands and their possessions, and came to Judah and Jerusalem; for Jeroboam and his sons cast them off, that they should not execute the priest’s office to Yahweh.
15 ヤラベアムは崇邱と牡山羊と己が作れる犢とのために自ら祭司を立つ
He himself appointed priests for the high places, for the male goat and calf idols which he had made.
16 またイスラエルの一切の支派の中凡てその心を傾むけてイスラエルの神ヱホバを求むる者はその先祖の神ヱホバに禮物を献げんとてレビ人にしたがひてヱルサレムに至れり
After them, out of all the tribes of Israel, those who set their hearts to seek Yahweh, the God of Israel, came to Jerusalem to sacrifice to Yahweh, the God of their fathers.
17 是のごとく彼等ユダの國を固うしソロモンの子レハベアムをして三年の間強からしめたり即ち民は三年の間ダビデとソロモンの道に歩めり
So they strengthened the kingdom of Judah and made Rehoboam the son of Solomon strong for three years, for they walked three years in the way of David and Solomon.
18 レハベアムはダビデの子ヱレモテの女マハラテを妻に娶れりマハラテはヱッサイの子エリアブの女アビハイルの產し者なり
Rehoboam took a wife for himself, Mahalath the daughter of Jerimoth the son of David and of Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse.
19 彼ヱウシ、シヤマリヤおよびザハムの三子を產む
She bore him sons: Jeush, Shemariah, and Zaham.
20 また之が後にアブサロムの女マアカを娶れり彼アビヤ、アツタイ、ジザおよびシロミテを產む
After her, he took Maacah the granddaughter of Absalom; and she bore him Abijah, Attai, Ziza, and Shelomith.
21 レハベアムはアブサロムの女マアカをその一切の妻と妾とにまさりて愛せり彼は妻十八人妾六十人を取り男子二十八人女子六十人を擧く
Rehoboam loved Maacah the granddaughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines; for he took eighteen wives and sixty concubines, and became the father of twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.
22 レハベアム、マアカの子アビヤを王となさんと思ふが故に之を立て首となしその兄弟の長となせり
Rehoboam appointed Abijah the son of Maacah to be chief, the prince among his brothers, for he intended to make him king.
23 斯るが故に慧く取行ひ其男子等を盡くユダとベニヤミンの地なる守衛の邑々に散し置き之に糧食を多く與へかつ衆多の妻を求得させたり
He dealt wisely, and dispersed some of his sons throughout all the lands of Judah and Benjamin, to every fortified city. He gave them food in abundance; and he sought many wives for them.
