2 أخبار 12

١ 1 وَمَا إِنْ تَرَسَّخَتْ دَعَائِمُ مَمْلَكَةِ رَحُبْعَامَ وَقَوِيَتْ شَوْكَتُهُ حَتَّى نَبَذَ هُوَ وَكُلُّ إِسْرَائِيلَ مَعَهُ شَرِيعَةَ الرَّبِّ.

And it came to pass when the kingdom of Roboam was established, and when he had grown strong, [that] he forsook the commandments of the Lord, and all Israel with him.

٢ 2 فَغَزَا شِيشَقُ مَلِكُ مِصْرَ أُورُشَلِيمَ فِي السَّنَةِ الْخَامِسَةِ لِحُكْمِ رَحُبْعَامَ، عِقَاباً لَهُمْ لِخِيَانَتِهِمِ الرَّبَّ.

And it came to pass in the fifth year of the reign of Roboam, Susakim king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, because they had sinned against the Lord,

٣ 3 فَجَاءَ عَلَى رَأْسِ جَيْشٍ لَا يُحْصَى مِنْ لُوبِيِّينَ وَسُكِّيِّينَ وَكُوشِيِّينَ، وَمَعَهُ أَلْفٌ وَمِئَتَا مَرْكَبَةٍ وَسِتُّونَ أَلْفَ فَارِسٍ.

with twelve hundred chariots, and sixty thousand horses: and there was no number of the multitude that came with him from Egypt; Libyans, Trogodytes, and Ethiopians.

٤ 4 وَاسْتَوْلَى عَلَى مُدُنِ يَهُوذَا الْحَصِينَةِ، وَحَاصَرَ أُورُشَلِيمَ.

And they obtained possession of the strong cities, which were in Juda, and came to Jerusalem.

٥ 5 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».

And Samaias the prophet came to Roboam, and to the princes of Juda that were gathered to Jerusalem for fear of Susakim, and said to them, Thus said the Lord, Ye have left me, and I will leave you in the hand of Susakim.

٦ 6 فَتَذَلَّلَ رُؤَسَاءُ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَالْمَلِكُ قَائِلِينَ: «صَالِحٌ هُوَ الرَّبُّ».

And the elders of Israel and the king were ashamed, and said, The Lord [is] righteous.

٧ 7 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،

And when the Lord saw that they repented, then came the word of the Lord to Samaias, saying, They have repented; I will not destroy them, but I will set them in safety for a little while, and my wrath shall not be poured out on Jerusalem.

٨ 8 إِنَّمَا يَخْضَعُونَ لَهُ، فَيَعْلَمُونَ آنَئِذٍ الْفَارِقَ بَيْنَ خِدْمَتِي، وَخِدْمَةِ مُلُوكِ الدُّوَلِ الأُخْرَى».

Nevertheless they shall be servants, and know my service, and the service of the kings of the earth.

٩ 9 وَهَكَذَا هَاجَمَ شِيشَقُ مَلِكُ مِصْرَ أُورُشَلِيمَ، وَاسْتَوْلَى عَلَى خَزَائِنِ بَيْتِ الرَّبِّ، وَخَزَائِنِ قَصْرِ الْمَلِكِ، وَغَنِمَ أَتْرَاسَ الذَّهَبِ الَّتِي عَمِلَهَا سُلَيْمَانُ.

So Susakim king of Egypt went up against Jerusalem, and took the treasures that were in the house of the Lord, and the treasures that were in the king's house: he took all; and he took the golden shields which Solomon had made.

١٠ 10 فَصَنَعَ الْمَلِكُ رَحُبْعَامُ عِوَضاً عَنْهَا أَتْرَاساً نُحَاسِيَّةً سَلَّمَهَا لِرُؤَسَاءِ حَرَسِ بَابِ قَصْرِ الْمَلِكِ.

And king Roboam made brazen shields instead of them. And Susakim set over him captains of footmen, as keepers of the gate of the king.

١١ 11 فَكَانَ كُلَّمَا دَخَلَ الْمَلِكُ إِلَى هَيْكَلِ الرَّبِّ يَحْمِلُهَا الْحُرَّاسُ أَمَامَهُ ثُمَّ يُعِيدُونَهَا إِلَى غُرْفَةِ الْحَرَسِ.

And it came to pass, when the king went into the house of the Lord, the guards and the footmen went in, and they that returned to meet the footmen.

١٢ 12 وَهَكَذَا، عِنْدَمَا تَذَلَّلَ رَحُبْعَامُ رَجَعَ عَنْهُ غَضَبُ الرَّبِّ فَلَمْ يُبِدْهُ كُلِّيًّا، إِذْ ظَلَّتْ فِي يَهُوذَا أُمُورٌ صَالِحَةٌ.

And when he repented, the anger of the Lord turned from him, and did not destroy him utterly; for there were good things in Juda.

١٣ 13 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.

So king Roboam strengthened [himself] in Jerusalem, and reigned: and Roboam was forty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, in the city which the Lord chose out of all the tribes of the children of Israel to call his name there: and his mother's name was Noomma the Ammanitess.

١٤ 14 وَارْتَكَبَ الشَّرَّ لأَنَّهُ لَمْ يُهَيِّئْ قَلْبَهُ لِطَلَبِ الرَّبِّ.

And he did evil, for he directed not his heart to seek the Lord.

١٥ 15 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.

And the acts of Roboam, the first and the last, behold, are they not written in the book of Samaia the prophet, and Addo the seer, with his achievements.

١٦ 16 ثُمَّ مَاتَ رَحُبْعَامُ فَدُفِنَ مَعَ آبَائِهِ فِي مَدِينَةِ دَاوُدَ، وَخَلَفَهُ ابْنُهُ أَبِيَّا عَلَى الْمُلْكِ.

And Roboam made war with Jeroboam all [his] days. And Roboam died with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David: and Abia his son reigned in his stead.