2 Chronicles 11
1 And Rehoboam came to Jerusalem, and got together the men of Judah and Benjamin, a hundred and eighty thousand of his best fighting-men, to make war against Israel and get the kingdom back for Rehoboam.
Esi Rehoboam va ɖo Yerusalem la, eƒo aʋawɔla akpe alafa ɖeka blaenyi nu ƒu hewɔ aʋakɔ tɔxɛ aɖe be wòazi Israel ƒe to bubuawo dzi be woaxɔ ye abe woƒe fia ene.
2 But the word of the Lord came to Shemaiah, the man of God, saying,
Ke Yehowa gblɔ na Nyagblɔɖila Semaya be,
3 Say to Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin,
“Yi, nàgblɔ na Yuda fia, Rehoboam, Solomo ƒe vi kple Yuda ƒe viwo kple Benyamin ƒe viwo be,
4 The Lord has said, You are not to go to war against your brothers: let every man go back to his house, for this thing is my purpose. So they gave ear to the words of the Lord and were turned back from fighting against Jeroboam.
‘Yehowa be migawɔ aʋa kple mia nɔviwo o. Miyi miaƒe aƒewo me elabena gbɔnyee woƒe aglãdzedze sia tso.’” Woɖo to Yehowa eye womegawɔ aʋa kple Yeroboam o.
5 Now Rehoboam kept in Jerusalem, building walled towns in Judah.
Rehoboam nɔ Yerusalem eye wòglã Yuda du aɖewo kple gliwo kple agbowo hena eya ŋutɔ ƒe dedinɔnɔ.
6 He was the builder of Beth-lehem and Etam and Tekoa
Du siawoe nye Betlehem, Etam, Tekoa
7 And Beth-zur and Soco and Adullam
Bet Zur, Soko, Adulam,
8 And Gath and Mareshah and Ziph
Gat, Maresa, Zif,
9 And Adoraim and Lachish and Azekah
Adoraim, Lakis, Azeka,
10 And Zorah and Aijalon and Hebron, walled towns in Judah and Benjamin.
Zora, Aiyalon kple Hebron.
11 And he made the walled towns strong, and he put captains in them and stores of food, oil, and wine.
Egbugbɔ mɔwo tu sesĩe wu tsã, tsɔ aʋafiawo kple woƒe asrafowo de wo me eye wòdzra nuɖuɖu, ami kple wain ɖo ɖe wo me.
12 And in every town he put stores of body-covers and spears, and made them very strong. And Judah and Benjamin were his.
Edzra akpoxɔnuwo kple akplɔwo ɖo ɖe du ɖe sia ɖe me hena eƒe amewo ƒe dedinɔnɔ elabena Yuda ƒe viwo kple Benyamin ƒe viwo koe nɔ eyome.
13 And the priests and Levites who were in all Israel came together to him from every part of their country.
Nunɔlawo kple Levitɔwo tso woƒe towo me le anyigba blibo la dzi lɔ̃ ɖe eƒe nya la dzi.
14 For the Levites gave up their living-places and their property, and came to Judah and Jerusalem; for Jeroboam and his sons had sent them away, not letting them be priests to the Lord;
Levitɔwo ɖe asi le woƒe lãnyiƒewo kple nunɔamesiwo gɔ̃ hã ŋu eye wova Yuda kple Yerusalem elabena Yeroboam kple via ŋutsuwo gbe be womaganye nunɔlawo na Yehowa o.
15 And he himself made priests for the high places, and for the images of he-goats and oxen which he had made.
Eɖo nunɔla bubuwo ɖe wo teƒe eye nunɔla siawo do ŋusẽ ameawo be woasubɔ legbawo ɖe Mawu teƒe eye woasa vɔ na gbɔ̃ kple nyivi siwo wokpa kple ati tsɔ da ɖe togbɛawo dzi.
16 And after them, from all the tribes of Israel, all those whose hearts were fixed and true to the Lord, the God of Israel, came to Jerusalem to make offerings to the Lord, the God of their fathers.
Ame aɖewo, siwo menye nunɔlawo o hã de asi ʋuʋu tso Israel ƒe toawo katã me yi Yerusalem, afi si woakpɔ mɔ asubɔ Yehowa, wo fofowo ƒe Mawu eye woasa vɔ nɛ le.
17 So they went on increasing the power of the kingdom of Judah, and made Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, strong for three years; and for three years they went in the ways of David and Solomon.
Nu sia na Yuda fiaɖuƒe la li ke, ale Fia Rehoboam mekpe fu aɖeke le ƒe gbãtɔ etɔ̃awo me o elabena le ƒe mawo me la, woto David kple Solomo ƒe afɔtoƒe.
18 And Rehoboam took as his wife Mahalath, the daughter of Jerimoth, the son of David and of Abihail, the daughter of Eliab, the son of Jesse;
Rehoboam ɖe Mahalat, ame si nye David ƒe vi Yerimɔt kple David nɔviŋutsu Isai ƒe vi, Eliab ƒe vinyɔnu Abihail ƒe vi.
19 And she had sons by him, Jeush, Shemariah, and Zaham.
Wodzi viŋutsu etɔ̃; woawoe nye Yeus, Semaria kple Zaham.
20 And after her he took Maacah, the daughter of Absalom; and she had Abijah and Attai and Ziza and Shelomith by him.
Emegbe la, Rehoboam gaɖe Maaka, Absalom ƒe vinyɔnu eye wòdzi Abiya, Atai, Ziza kple Selomit nɛ.
21 Maacah, the daughter of Absalom, was dearer to Rehoboam than all his wives and his servant-wives: (for he had eighteen wives and sixty servant-wives, and was the father of twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.)
Elɔ̃ Maaka, Absalom ƒe vinyɔnu, wu srɔ̃a bubuawo kple eƒe ahiãviwo. Srɔ̃ wuienyi kple ahiãvi blaade, viŋutsu blaeve-vɔ-enyi kple vinyɔnu blaade nɔ esi.
22 Rehoboam made Abijah, the son of Maacah, chief and ruler among his brothers, for it was his purpose to make him king.
Rehoboam tɔ asi Maaka ƒe vi, Abiya dzi be wòanye gbãtɔ le fiaviŋutsuawo dome ale be wòaɖu fia ɖe ye yome.
23 And in his wisdom he had his sons stationed in every walled town through all the lands of Judah and Benjamin; and he gave them a great store of food, and took wives for them.
Edze aye, kaka Via ŋutsu bubuawo ɖo ɖe du siwo woglã la me le Yuda ƒe viwo kple Benyamin ƒe viwo ƒe anyigba dzi. Ena nunɔamesiwo wo fũu eye wòɖe srɔ̃ geɖewo na wo dometɔ ɖe sia ɖe.
