歷代志下 12
1 [埃及王進攻猶大]勒哈貝罕的國家一強盛，勢力一鞏固，即捨棄了上主的法律，全以色列人也附和他。
After Rehoboam had established his sovereignty and royal power, he and all Israel with him forsook the Law of the LORD.
2 由於他們背叛了上主，勒哈貝罕第五年，埃及王史沙克就上來進攻耶路撒冷，
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
3 率領一千二百輛戰車，六萬騎兵，和同他一起由埃及來的無數利比亞人，穌基因人和雇士人組成的軍隊，
with 1,200 chariots, 60,000 horsemen, and countless troops who came with him out of Egypt—Libyans, Sukkites, and Cushites.
4 攻取了猶大境內所有的堅城，直逼耶路撒冷。
He captured the fortified cities of Judah and came as far as Jerusalem.
5 當時，猶大的眾首領，由於逃避史沙克，都已聚集在耶路撒冷；先知舍瑪雅來見勒哈貝罕和眾首領，對他們說：「上主這樣說：你們既離棄我，我也將你們拋棄在史沙克手中。」
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.’”
6 以色列眾首領和君王便自卑認罪說：「上主是公義的! 」
So the leaders of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, “The LORD is righteous.”
7 上主見他們自卑認罪，上主就有話傳於舍瑪雅說：「他們既然自卑認罪，我必不消滅他們，霎時間我要施救，不使我的盛怒藉沙史克發洩在耶路撒冷。
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.
8 雖然如此，他們仍必作史沙克的僕役，好使他們知道服事我與服事世上的列邦，有何區別。」
Nevertheless, they will become his servants, so that they may learn the difference between serving Me and serving the kings of other lands.”
9 埃及王史沙克於是上來進攻耶路撒冷，劫去了上主殿內和王宮內的寶物，全部帶走，連撒羅滿所製的金盾牌也都帶去了。
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.
10 勒哈貝罕王，只得製造些銅盾牌來代替，交給防衛長保管。
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.
11 每逢王進入上主的殿時，侍衛便從來，手持這些盾牌；事後仍將盾牌送回侍衛室。
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.
12 由於君王自卑認罪，上主對他息怒，沒有完全將他消滅；何況在猶大還有善事。[勒哈貝罕逝世]
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.
13 勒哈貝罕王在耶路撒冷又漸強盛，繼續為王；他登極時年四十一歲，在上主從以色列各支派中選出歸他名下的耶路撒冷城中，作王十七年；他的母親名叫納阿瑪，是阿孟人。
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.
14 勒哈貝罕行為邪惡，因為他沒有專心致志尋求上主。
And Rehoboam did evil because he did not set his heart to seek the LORD.
15 勒哈貝罕的前後事蹟都按著族譜記載在先知舍瑪雅和先見者依多的言行錄上。勒哈貝罕與雅洛貝罕之間不斷發生戰爭。
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.
16 勒哈貝罕與列祖同眠，葬在達味城；他的兒子阿彼雅繼位為王。
And Rehoboam rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David. And his son Abijah reigned in his place.
