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وَمَا إِنْ تَرَسَّخَتْ دَعَائِمُ مَمْلَكَةِ رَحُبْعَامَ وَقَوِيَتْ شَوْكَتُهُ حَتَّى نَبَذَ هُوَ وَكُلُّ إِسْرَائِيلَ مَعَهُ شَرِيعَةَ الرَّبِّ. ١ 1
When the kingdom of Rehoboam was established and he was strong, he abandoned the LORD’s law, and all Israel with him.
فَغَزَا شِيشَقُ مَلِكُ مِصْرَ أُورُشَلِيمَ فِي السَّنَةِ الْخَامِسَةِ لِحُكْمِ رَحُبْعَامَ، عِقَاباً لَهُمْ لِخِيَانَتِهِمِ الرَّبَّ. ٢ 2
In the fifth year of King Rehoboam, Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, because they had trespassed against the LORD,
فَجَاءَ عَلَى رَأْسِ جَيْشٍ لَا يُحْصَى مِنْ لُوبِيِّينَ وَسُكِّيِّينَ وَكُوشِيِّينَ، وَمَعَهُ أَلْفٌ وَمِئَتَا مَرْكَبَةٍ وَسِتُّونَ أَلْفَ فَارِسٍ. ٣ 3
with twelve hundred chariots and sixty thousand horsemen. The people were without number who came with him out of Egypt: the Lubim, the Sukkiim, and the Ethiopians.
وَاسْتَوْلَى عَلَى مُدُنِ يَهُوذَا الْحَصِينَةِ، وَحَاصَرَ أُورُشَلِيمَ. ٤ 4
He took the fortified cities which belonged to Judah, and came to 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
Now Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam and to the princes of Judah, who were gathered together to Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said to them, “The LORD says, ‘You have forsaken me, therefore I have also left you in the hand of Shishak.’”
فَتَذَلَّلَ رُؤَسَاءُ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَالْمَلِكُ قَائِلِينَ: «صَالِحٌ هُوَ الرَّبُّ». ٦ 6
Then the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves; and they 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 humbled themselves, the LORD’s word came to Shemaiah, saying, “They have humbled themselves. I will not destroy them, but I will grant them some deliverance, and my wrath won’t be poured out on Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak.
إِنَّمَا يَخْضَعُونَ لَهُ، فَيَعْلَمُونَ آنَئِذٍ الْفَارِقَ بَيْنَ خِدْمَتِي، وَخِدْمَةِ مُلُوكِ الدُّوَلِ الأُخْرَى». ٨ 8
Nevertheless they will be his servants, that they may know my service, and the service of the kingdoms of the countries.”
وَهَكَذَا هَاجَمَ شِيشَقُ مَلِكُ مِصْرَ أُورُشَلِيمَ، وَاسْتَوْلَى عَلَى خَزَائِنِ بَيْتِ الرَّبِّ، وَخَزَائِنِ قَصْرِ الْمَلِكِ، وَغَنِمَ أَتْرَاسَ الذَّهَبِ الَّتِي عَمِلَهَا سُلَيْمَانُ. ٩ 9
So Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem and took away the treasures of the LORD’s house and the treasures of the king’s house. He took it all away. He also took away the shields of gold which Solomon had made.
فَصَنَعَ الْمَلِكُ رَحُبْعَامُ عِوَضاً عَنْهَا أَتْرَاساً نُحَاسِيَّةً سَلَّمَهَا لِرُؤَسَاءِ حَرَسِ بَابِ قَصْرِ الْمَلِكِ. ١٠ 10
King Rehoboam made shields of bronze in their place, and committed them to the hands of the captains of the guard, who kept the door of the king’s house.
فَكَانَ كُلَّمَا دَخَلَ الْمَلِكُ إِلَى هَيْكَلِ الرَّبِّ يَحْمِلُهَا الْحُرَّاسُ أَمَامَهُ ثُمَّ يُعِيدُونَهَا إِلَى غُرْفَةِ الْحَرَسِ. ١١ 11
As often as the king entered into the LORD’s house, the guard came and bore them, then brought them back into the guard room.
وَهَكَذَا، عِنْدَمَا تَذَلَّلَ رَحُبْعَامُ رَجَعَ عَنْهُ غَضَبُ الرَّبِّ فَلَمْ يُبِدْهُ كُلِّيًّا، إِذْ ظَلَّتْ فِي يَهُوذَا أُمُورٌ صَالِحَةٌ. ١٢ 12
When he humbled himself, the LORD’s wrath turned from him, so as not to destroy him altogether. Moreover, there were good things found 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
So King Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem and reigned; for Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel to put his name there. His mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonitess.
وَارْتَكَبَ الشَّرَّ لأَنَّهُ لَمْ يُهَيِّئْ قَلْبَهُ لِطَلَبِ الرَّبِّ. ١٤ 14
He did that which was evil, because he didn’t 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, first and last, aren’t they written in the histories of Shemaiah the prophet and of Iddo the seer, in the genealogies? There were wars between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually.
ثُمَّ مَاتَ رَحُبْعَامُ فَدُفِنَ مَعَ آبَائِهِ فِي مَدِينَةِ دَاوُدَ، وَخَلَفَهُ ابْنُهُ أَبِيَّا عَلَى الْمُلْكِ. ١٦ 16
Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried in David’s city; and Abijah his son reigned in his place.

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