2 Chronicles 11
1 And when Rehobo'am was come to Jerusalem, he assembled the house of Judah and Benjamin a hundred and eighty thousand chosen men, warriors, to fight against Israel, to bring back the kingdom again to Rehobo'am.
羅波安來到耶路撒冷，招聚猶大家和便雅憫家，共十八萬人，都是挑選的戰士，要與以色列人爭戰，好將國奪回再歸自己。
2 But the word of the Lord came unto Shema'yahu the man of God, saying,
但耶和華的話臨到神人示瑪雅說：
3 Say unto Rehobo'am the son of Solomon, the king of Judah and Benjamin, saying,
「你去告訴所羅門的兒子猶大王羅波安和住猶大、便雅憫的以色列眾人說，
4 Thus hath said the Lord, Ye shall not go up, nor fight with your brethren: return every man to his house; for from me hath this thing been brought about. And they hearkened to the words of the Lord, and returned from going against Jerobo'am.
耶和華如此說：『你們不可上去與你們的弟兄爭戰，各歸各家去吧！因為這事出於我。』」眾人就聽從耶和華的話歸回，不去與耶羅波安爭戰。
5 And Rehobo'am dwelt in Jerusalem, and built cities as fortresses in Judah.
羅波安住在耶路撒冷，在猶大地修築城邑，
6 He built, namely, Beth-lechem, and 'Etam, and Thekoa'.
為保障修築伯利恆、以坦、提哥亞、
7 And Beth-zur, and Socho, and 'Adullam,
伯‧夙、梭哥、亞杜蘭、
8 And Gath, and Mareshah, and Ziph,
迦特、瑪利沙、西弗、
9 And Adorayim and Lachish, and 'Azekah,
亞多萊音、拉吉、亞西加、
10 And Zor'ah, and Ayalon, and Hebron, which are in Judah and in Benjamin, fortified cities.
瑣拉、亞雅崙、希伯崙。這都是猶大和便雅憫的堅固城。
11 And he strengthened the strong-holds, and put commanders in them, and stores of food, and oil and wine;
羅波安又堅固各處的保障，在其中安置軍長，又預備下糧食、油、酒。
12 And in each and every city [he placed] shields and spears, and made them exceedingly strong: and thus remained with him Judah and Benjamin.
他在各城裏預備盾牌和槍，且使城極其堅固。猶大和便雅憫都歸了他。
13 And the priests and the Levites that were in all Israel presented themselves to him out of all their territory.
以色列全地的祭司和利未人都從四方來歸羅波安。
14 For the Levites left their open districts and their possession, and went to Judah and Jerusalem; because Jerobo'am and his sons cast them off from executing the priest's office unto the Lord,
利未人撇下他們的郊野和產業，來到猶大與耶路撒冷，是因耶羅波安和他的兒子拒絕他們，不許他們供祭司職分事奉耶和華。
15 And [because] he ordained for himself priests for the high-places, and for the evil spirits, and for the calves which he had made.
耶羅波安為邱壇、為鬼魔、為自己所鑄造的牛犢設立祭司。
16 And after them [came] out of all the tribes of Israel such as directed their heart to seek the Lord the God of Israel: these came to Jerusalem, to sacrifice unto the Lord, the God of their fathers.
以色列各支派中，凡立定心意尋求耶和華－以色列上帝的，都隨從利未人，來到耶路撒冷祭祀耶和華－他們列祖的上帝。
17 And they strengthened the kingdom of Judah, and brought power to Rehobo'am, the son of Solomon, during three years; for they walked in the way of David and Solomon during three years.
這樣，就堅固猶大國，使所羅門的兒子羅波安強盛三年，因為他們三年遵行大衛和所羅門的道。
18 And Rehobo'am took himself as wife Machalath the daughter of Jerimoth the son of David, [and] Abichayil the daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse;
羅波安娶大衛兒子耶利摩的女兒瑪哈拉為妻，又娶耶西兒子以利押的女兒亞比孩為妻。
19 And she bore to him sons: Je'ush, and Shamaryah, and Zaham.
從她生了幾個兒子，就是耶烏施、示瑪利雅、撒罕。
20 And after her did he take Ma'achah the daughter of Abshalom; and she bore to him Abiyah, and 'Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith.
後來又娶押沙龍的女兒瑪迦，從她生了亞比雅、亞太、細撒、示羅密。
21 And Rehobo'am loved Ma'achah the daughter of Abshalom more than all his wives and his concubines; for he had taken eighteen wives and sixty concubines; and he begat twenty and eight sons, and sixty daughters.
羅波安娶十八個妻，立六十個妾，生二十八個兒子，六十個女兒；他卻愛押沙龍的女兒瑪迦，比愛別的妻妾更甚。
22 And Rehobo'am appointed Abiyah the son of Ma'achah to be the chief, to be ruler among his brethren; because [he desired] to make him king.
羅波安立瑪迦的兒子亞比雅作太子，在他弟兄中為首，因為想要立他接續作王。
23 And he dealt understandingly, and dispersed all his children throughout all the countries of Judah and Benjamin, unto all the fortified cities; and he gave them food in abundance and he required [for them] a multitude of wives.
羅波安辦事精明，使他眾子分散在猶大和便雅憫全地各堅固城裏，又賜他們許多糧食，為他們多尋妻子。
