2 أخبار 12
| وَمَا إِنْ تَرَسَّخَتْ دَعَائِمُ مَمْلَكَةِ رَحُبْعَامَ وَقَوِيَتْ شَوْكَتُهُ حَتَّى نَبَذَ هُوَ وَكُلُّ إِسْرَائِيلَ مَعَهُ شَرِيعَةَ الرَّبِّ. | ١ 1 |
After Rehoboam had established his sovereignty and royal power, he and all Israel with him forsook the Law of the LORD.
| فَغَزَا شِيشَقُ مَلِكُ مِصْرَ أُورُشَلِيمَ فِي السَّنَةِ الْخَامِسَةِ لِحُكْمِ رَحُبْعَامَ، عِقَاباً لَهُمْ لِخِيَانَتِهِمِ الرَّبَّ. | ٢ 2 |
In the fifth year of Rehoboam’s reign, because they had been unfaithful to the LORD, Shishak king of Egypt came up and attacked Jerusalem
| فَجَاءَ عَلَى رَأْسِ جَيْشٍ لَا يُحْصَى مِنْ لُوبِيِّينَ وَسُكِّيِّينَ وَكُوشِيِّينَ، وَمَعَهُ أَلْفٌ وَمِئَتَا مَرْكَبَةٍ وَسِتُّونَ أَلْفَ فَارِسٍ. | ٣ 3 |
with 1,200 chariots, 60,000 horsemen, and countless troops who came with him out of Egypt—Libyans, Sukkites, and Cushites.
| وَاسْتَوْلَى عَلَى مُدُنِ يَهُوذَا الْحَصِينَةِ، وَحَاصَرَ أُورُشَلِيمَ. | ٤ 4 |
He captured the fortified cities of Judah and came as far as Jerusalem.
| فَجَاءَ شَمْعِيَا النَّبِيُّ إِلَى رَحُبْعَامَ وَرُؤَسَاءِ يَهُوذَا الَّذِينَ تَجَمَّعُوا فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ هَرَباً مِنْ وَجْهِ شِيشَقَ وَخَاطَبَهُمْ: «هَذَا مَا يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ: أَنْتُمْ تَخَلَّيْتُمْ عَنِّي، وَأَنَا أَيْضاً أَتَخَلَّى عَنْكُمْ وَأُسَلِّمُكُمْ لِيَدِ شِيشَقَ». | ٥ 5 |
Then Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam and the leaders of Judah who had gathered at Jerusalem because of Shishak, and he said to them, “This is what the LORD says: ‘You have forsaken Me; therefore, I have forsaken you into the hand of Shishak.’”
| فَتَذَلَّلَ رُؤَسَاءُ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَالْمَلِكُ قَائِلِينَ: «صَالِحٌ هُوَ الرَّبُّ». | ٦ 6 |
So the leaders of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, “The LORD is righteous.”
| فَلَمَّا رَأَى الرَّبُّ أَنَّهُمُ اتَّضَعُوا، قَالَ لِشَمْعِيَا: «مِنْ حَيْثُ أَنَّهُمْ قَدْ تَذَلَّلُوا فَلَنْ أُهْلِكَهُمْ بَلْ أُتِيحَ لَهُمْ فُرْصَةً لِبَعْضِ النَّجَاةِ وَلَنْ يَنْصَبَّ غَضَبِي عَلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ بِيَدِ شِيشَقَ، | ٧ 7 |
When the LORD saw that they had humbled themselves, the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah, saying, “They have humbled themselves; I will not destroy them, but will soon grant them deliverance. My wrath will not be poured out on Jerusalem through Shishak.
| إِنَّمَا يَخْضَعُونَ لَهُ، فَيَعْلَمُونَ آنَئِذٍ الْفَارِقَ بَيْنَ خِدْمَتِي، وَخِدْمَةِ مُلُوكِ الدُّوَلِ الأُخْرَى». | ٨ 8 |
Nevertheless, they will become his servants, so that they may learn the difference between serving Me and serving the kings of other lands.”
| وَهَكَذَا هَاجَمَ شِيشَقُ مَلِكُ مِصْرَ أُورُشَلِيمَ، وَاسْتَوْلَى عَلَى خَزَائِنِ بَيْتِ الرَّبِّ، وَخَزَائِنِ قَصْرِ الْمَلِكِ، وَغَنِمَ أَتْرَاسَ الذَّهَبِ الَّتِي عَمِلَهَا سُلَيْمَانُ. | ٩ 9 |
So King Shishak of Egypt attacked Jerusalem and seized the treasures of the house of the LORD and of the royal palace. He took everything, including the gold shields that Solomon had made.
| فَصَنَعَ الْمَلِكُ رَحُبْعَامُ عِوَضاً عَنْهَا أَتْرَاساً نُحَاسِيَّةً سَلَّمَهَا لِرُؤَسَاءِ حَرَسِ بَابِ قَصْرِ الْمَلِكِ. | ١٠ 10 |
Then King Rehoboam made bronze shields in their place and committed them to the care of the captains of the guard on duty at the entrance to the royal palace.
| فَكَانَ كُلَّمَا دَخَلَ الْمَلِكُ إِلَى هَيْكَلِ الرَّبِّ يَحْمِلُهَا الْحُرَّاسُ أَمَامَهُ ثُمَّ يُعِيدُونَهَا إِلَى غُرْفَةِ الْحَرَسِ. | ١١ 11 |
And whenever the king entered the house of the LORD, the guards would go with him, bearing the shields, and later they would return them to the guardroom.
| وَهَكَذَا، عِنْدَمَا تَذَلَّلَ رَحُبْعَامُ رَجَعَ عَنْهُ غَضَبُ الرَّبِّ فَلَمْ يُبِدْهُ كُلِّيًّا، إِذْ ظَلَّتْ فِي يَهُوذَا أُمُورٌ صَالِحَةٌ. | ١٢ 12 |
Because Rehoboam humbled himself, the anger of the LORD turned away from him, and He did not destroy him completely. Indeed, conditions were good in Judah.
| وَتَقَوَّى الْمَلِكُ رَحُبْعَامُ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ وَاسْتَمَرَّ حَاكِماً سَبْعَ عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ، الْمَدِينَةِ الَّتِي اخْتَارَهَا الرَّبُّ دُونَ سَائِرِ مُدُنِ جَمِيعِ إِسْرَائِيلَ لِيَضَعَ اسْمَهُ عَلَيْهَا. وَكَانَ رَحُبْعَامُ ابْنَ إِحْدَى وَأَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً حِينَ تَوَلَّى الْمُلْكَ، وَاسْمُ أُمِّهِ نَعْمَةُ الْعَمُّونِيَّةُ. | ١٣ 13 |
Thus King Rehoboam established himself in Jerusalem. He was forty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the LORD had chosen from all the tribes of Israel in which to put His Name. His mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonite.
| وَارْتَكَبَ الشَّرَّ لأَنَّهُ لَمْ يُهَيِّئْ قَلْبَهُ لِطَلَبِ الرَّبِّ. | ١٤ 14 |
And Rehoboam did evil because he did not set his heart to seek the LORD.
| أَمَّا أَخْبَارُ رَحُبْعَامَ مِنْ بِدَايَتِهَا إِلَى نِهَايَتِهَا أَلَيْسَتْ هِيَ مُدَوَّنَةً فِي تَارِيخِ شَمْعِيَا النَّبِيِّ، وَتَارِيخِ عِدُّو النَّبِيِّ الْخَاصِّ بِسِجِلِّ الأَنْسَابِ؟ وَظَلَّتْ رَحَى الْحَرْبِ دَائِرَةً بَيْنَ رَحُبْعَامَ وَيَرُبْعَامَ طَوَالَ أَيَّامِ حَيَاةِ رَحُبْعَامَ. | ١٥ 15 |
Now the acts of Rehoboam, from first to last, are they not written in the records of Shemaiah the Prophet and of Iddo the Seer concerning the genealogies? There was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam throughout their days.
| ثُمَّ مَاتَ رَحُبْعَامُ فَدُفِنَ مَعَ آبَائِهِ فِي مَدِينَةِ دَاوُدَ، وَخَلَفَهُ ابْنُهُ أَبِيَّا عَلَى الْمُلْكِ. | ١٦ 16 |
And Rehoboam rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David. And his son Abijah reigned in his place.
