Ii Paralipomenon 11
1 Venit autem Roboam in Ierusalem, et convocavit universam domum Iuda et Beniamin, centum octoginta millia electorum atque bellantium, ut dimicaret contra Israel, et converteret ad se regnum suum.
When Rehoboam arrived in Jerusalem, he assembled the house of Judah and Benjamin, 180,000 chosen men who were soldiers, to fight against Israel, to restore the kingdom to Rehoboam.
2 Factusque est sermo Domini ad Semeiam hominem Dei, dicens:
But the word of Yahweh came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying,
3 Loquere ad Roboam filium Salomonis regem Iuda, et ad universum Israel, qui est in Iuda et Beniamin:
“Say to Rehoboam son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin,
4 Hæc dicit Dominus: Non ascendetis, neque pugnabitis contra fratres vestros: revertatur unusquisque in domum suam, quia mea hoc gestum est voluntate. Qui cum audissent sermonem Domini reversi sunt, nec perrexerunt contra Ieroboam.
'Yahweh says this, “You must not attack or make war against your brothers. Everyone must return to his own house, for I have caused this to happen.”'” So they obeyed the words of Yahweh and turned back from attacking Jeroboam.
5 Habitavit autem Roboam in Ierusalem, et ædificavit civitates muratas in Iuda.
Rehoboam lived in Jerusalem and built cities in Judah for defense.
6 Extruxitque Bethlehem, et Etam, et Thecue,
He built Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,
7 Bethsur quoque, et Socho, et Odollam,
Beth Zur, Soko, Adullam,
8 necnon et Geth, et Maresa, et Ziph,
Gath, Mareshah, Ziph,
9 sed et Aduram, et Lachis, et Azeca,
Adoraim, Lachish, Azekah,
10 Saraa quoque, et Aialon, et Hebron, quæ erant in Iuda et Beniamin, civitates munitissimas.
Zorah, Aijalon, and Hebron. These are fortified cities in Judah and Benjamin.
11 Cumque clausisset eas muris, posuit in eis principes, ciborumque horrea, hoc est, olei, et vini.
He fortified the fortresses and put commanders in them, with stores of food, oil, and wine.
12 Sed et in singulis urbibus fecit armamentarium scutorum et hastarum, firmavitque eas summa diligentia, et imperavit super Iudam, et Beniamin.
He put shields and spears in all the cities and made them very strong. So Judah and Benjamin belonged to him.
13 Sacerdotes autem et Levitæ, qui erant in universo Israel, venerunt ad eum de cunctis sedibus suis,
The priests and the Levites who were in all Israel went over to him from within their borders.
14 relinquentes suburbana, et possessiones suas, et transeuntes ad Iudam, et Ierusalem: eo quod abiecisset eos Ieroboam, et posteri eius, ne sacerdotio Domini fungerentur.
For the Levites left their pasturelands and property in order to come to Judah and Jerusalem, for Jeroboam and his sons had driven them away, so that they could no longer perform priestly duties for Yahweh.
15 Qui constituit sibi sacerdotes excelsorum, et dæmoniorum, vitulorumque quos fecerat.
Jeroboam appointed for himself priests for the high places and the goat and calf idols he had made.
16 Sed et de cunctis tribubus Israel, quicumque dederant cor suum ut quærerent Dominum Deum Israel, venerunt in Ierusalem ad immolandum victimas suas coram Domino Deo patrum suorum.
People from all the tribes of Israel came after them, those who set their hearts to seek Yahweh, the God of Israel; they came to Jerusalem to sacrifice to Yahweh, the God of their fathers.
17 Et roboraverunt regnum Iuda, et confirmaverunt Roboam filium Salomonis per tres annos: ambulaverunt enim in viis David et Salomonis, annis tantum tribus.
So they strengthened the kingdom of Judah and made Rehoboam son of Solomon strong during three years, and they walked for three years in the way of David and Solomon.
18 Duxit autem Roboam uxorem Mahalath, filiam Ierimoth, filii David: Abihail quoque filiam Eliab filii Isai,
Rehoboam took a wife for himself: Mahalath, the daughter of Jerimoth, David's son, and of Abihail, the daughter of Eliab, Jesse's son.
19 quæ peperit ei filios Iehus, et Somoriam, et Zoom.
She bore him sons: Jeush, Shemariah, and Zaham.
20 Post hanc quoque accepit Maacha filiam Absalom, quæ peperit ei Abia, et Ethai, et Ziza, et Salomith.
After Mahalath, Rehoboam took Maacah, Absalom's daughter; she bore him Abijah, Attai, Ziza, and Shelomith.
21 Amavit autem Roboam Maacha filiam Absalom super omnes uxores suas, et concubinas: nam uxores decem et octo duxerat, concubinas autem sexaginta: et genuit viginti octo filios, et sexaginta filias.
Rehoboam loved Maacah, Absalom's daughter, more than all his other wives and his concubines (he took eighteen wives and sixty concubines, and became the father of twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters).
22 Constituit vero in capite, Abiam filium Maacha ducem super omnes fratres suos: ipsum enim regem facere cogitabat,
Rehoboam appointed Abijah son of Maacah to be chief, a leader among his brothers; he had the thought of making him king.
23 quia sapientior fuit, et potentior super omnes filios eius, et in cunctis finibus Iuda, et Beniamin, et in universis civitatibus muratis: præbuitque eis escas plurimas, et multas petivit uxores.
Rehoboam ruled wisely; he scattered all his sons throughout all the land of Judah and Benjamin to every fortified city. He also gave them food in abundance and looked for many wives for them.
