2 Khokhuen 11
1 Rehoboam loh Jerusalem a pha neh Judah neh Benjamin imkhui te a coi. Te vaengah thawng yakhat neh thawng sawmrhet te caemtloek aka bi tih Israel aka vathoh thil la, Rehoboam ham ram aka lat pah la a coelh.
When Rehoboam arrived in Jerusalem, he mobilized the house of Judah and Benjamin—180,000 chosen warriors—to fight against Israel and restore the kingdom to Rehoboam.
2 Tedae BOEIPA ol te Pathen kah hlang Shemaiah taengla pawk tih,
But the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah the man of God:
3 “Judah manghai Solomon capa Rehoboam taeng neh Judah kah Israel boeih taengah khaw Benjamin taengah khaw thui pah.
“Tell Rehoboam son of Solomon king of Judah and all the Israelites in Judah and Benjamin
4 “BOEIPA loh he ni a. thui. Cet uh boeh, na manuca te vathoh thil boeh. Hlang te amah im la mael saeh. He kah hno he kai taeng lamkah ni a. thoeng,” ti nah,” a ti nah. Te dongah BOEIPA ol te a hnatun uh tih Jeroboam aka caeh thil lamloh mael uh.
that this is what the LORD says: ‘You are not to go up and fight against your brothers. Each of you must return home, for this word is from Me.’” So they listened to the words of the LORD and turned back from going against Jeroboam.
5 Rehoboam tah Jerusalem ah kho a sak tih Judah khuikah vongup hamla khopuei rhoek khaw a sak.
Rehoboam continued to live in Jerusalem, and he built up cities for defense in Judah.
6 Te vaengah Bethlehem, Etam neh Tekoa.
He built up Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,
7 Bethzur, Sokoh neh Adullam.
Beth-zur, Soco, Adullam,
8 Gath, Mareshah neh Ziph.
Gath, Mareshah, Ziph,
9 Adoraim, Lakhish neh Azekah.
Adoraim, Lachish, Azekah,
10 Zorah, Aijalon neh Hebron. Te te Judah khui neh Benjamin khuikah kasam khopuei rhoek ni.
Zorah, Aijalon, and Hebron, the fortified cities in Judah and Benjamin.
11 Kasam te a moem tih a khuiah rhaengsang rhoek neh caak, situi, misur thakvoh a khueh.
He strengthened their fortresses and put officers in them, with supplies of food, oil, and wine.
12 Khopuei, khopuei boeih ah photlinglen neh cai a cak la khak a moem. Te dongah Judah neh Benjamin tah anih taengla om.
He also put shields and spears in all the cities and strengthened them greatly. So Judah and Benjamin belonged to him.
13 Te vaengah Israel pum khuikah khosoih rhoek neh Levi rhoek khaw amamih kah khorhi cungkuem lamloh anih taengla pai uh.
Moreover, the priests and Levites from all their districts throughout Israel stood with Rehoboam.
14 Levi rhoek loh a khocaak neh a khohut te a hnoo uh tih Judah la, Jerusalem la cet uh. Amih te Jeroboam neh anih koca rhoek loh BOEIPA kah khosoih lamloh a hlahpham dongah ni.
For the Levites left their pasturelands and their possessions and went to Judah and Jerusalem, because Jeroboam and his sons had rejected them as priests of the LORD.
15 Amah ham te hmuensang khosoih a pai sak tih maae neh vaitoca ham khaw a saii.
And Jeroboam appointed his own priests for the high places and for the goat demons and calf idols he had made.
16 Tedae amih hnukah Israel koca boeih lamkah khaw Israel Pathen BOEIPA toem ham a thinko a paek uh tih a napa rhoek kah Pathen BOEIPA te nawn ham Jerusalem pawk uh.
Those from every tribe of Israel who had set their hearts to seek the LORD their God followed the Levites to Jerusalem to sacrifice to the LORD, the God of their fathers.
17 Te dongah Judah ram te a moem uh tih Solomon capa Rehoboam te kum thum a duel uh. Kum thum khui David neh Solomon kah longpuei ah pongpa uh.
So they strengthened the kingdom of Judah and supported Rehoboam son of Solomon for three years, because they walked for three years in the way of David and Solomon.
18 Rehoboam loh a yuu la David koca Jerimoth nu ca Mahalath neh Jesse koca Eliab canu Abihail te a loh.
And Rehoboam married Mahalath, who was the daughter of David’s son Jerimoth and of Abihail, the daughter of Jesse’s son Eliab.
19 Te dongah anih ham te capa Jeush, Shemariah neh Zaham a sak pah.
She bore sons to him: Jeush, Shemariah, and Zaham.
20 Te phoeiah a hnukla Absalom canu Maakah te a loh tih anih ham te Abijah, Attai, Ziza neh Shelomith te a cun pah.
After her, he married Maacah daughter of Absalom, and she bore to him Abijah, Attai, Ziza, and Shelomith.
21 Rehoboam loh Absalom canu Maakah te a yuu boeih neh a yula rhoek lakah a lungnah. Anih te a yuu hlai rhet neh yula sawmrhuk a loh tih capa pakul parhet neh canu sawmrhuk a sak.
Rehoboam loved Maacah daughter of Absalom more than all his wives and concubines. In all, he had eighteen wives and sixty concubines, and he was the father of twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.
22 Rehoboam loh Maakah capa Abijah te a manuca lakli ah rhaengsang la a manghai sak ham dongah boeilu la a pai sak.
Rehoboam appointed Abijah son of Maacah as chief prince among his brothers, intending to make him king.
23 A yakming dongah a ca rhoek boeih lamkah Judah neh Benjamin khohmuen boeih, kasam khopuei boeih duela a pungtai sak. Amih te lampu a cungkuem la a paek tih yuu muep a bae pah.
Rehoboam also acted wisely by dispersing some of his sons throughout the districts of Judah and Benjamin, and to all the fortified cities. He gave them abundant provisions and sought many wives for them.
