2 Chronicles 11
1 And Rehoboam comes to Jerusalem, and assembles the house of Judah and Benjamin—one hundred and eighty thousand chosen warriors—to fight with Israel, to bring back the kingdom to Rehoboam.
罗波安来到耶路撒冷，招聚犹大家和便雅悯家，共十八万人，都是挑选的战士，要与以色列人争战，好将国夺回再归自己。
2 And a word of YHWH is to Shemaiah, a man of God, saying,
但耶和华的话临到神人示玛雅说：
3 “Speak to Rehoboam son of Solomon king of Judah, and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin, saying,
“你去告诉所罗门的儿子犹大王罗波安和住犹大、便雅悯的以色列众人说，
4 Thus said YHWH: You do not go up nor fight with your brothers! Let each return to his house, for this thing has been from Me”; and they hear the words of YHWH, and turn back from going against Jeroboam.
耶和华如此说：‘你们不可上去与你们的弟兄争战，各归各家去吧！因为这事出于我。’”众人就听从耶和华的话归回，不去与耶罗波安争战。
5 And Rehoboam dwells in Jerusalem, and builds cities for a bulwark in Judah,
罗波安住在耶路撒冷，在犹大地修筑城邑，
6 indeed, he builds Beth-Lehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,
为保障修筑伯利恒、以坦、提哥亚、
7 and Beth-Zur, and Shocho, and Adullam,
伯·夙、梭哥、亚杜兰、
8 and Gath, and Mareshah, and Ziph,
迦特、玛利沙、西弗、
9 and Adoraim, and Lachish, and Azekah,
亚多莱音、拉吉、亚西加、
10 and Zorah, and Aijalon, and Hebron, that [are] in Judah and in Benjamin, cities of bulwarks.
琐拉、亚雅 、希伯 。这都是犹大和便雅悯的坚固城。
11 And he strengthens the bulwarks, and puts leaders in them, and treasures of food, and oil, and wine,
罗波安又坚固各处的保障，在其中安置军长，又预备下粮食、油、酒。
12 and in each and every city [he puts] bucklers and spears, and strengthens them very greatly; and he has Judah and Benjamin.
他在各城里预备盾牌和枪，且使城极其坚固。犹大和便雅悯都归了他。
13 And the priests and the Levites that [are] in all Israel have stationed themselves by him, out of all their border,
以色列全地的祭司和利未人都从四方来归罗波安。
14 for the Levites have left their outskirts and their possession, and they come to Judah and to Jerusalem, for Jeroboam and his sons have cast them off from acting as priests for YHWH,
利未人撇下他们的郊野和产业，来到犹大与耶路撒 冷，是因耶罗波安和他的儿子拒绝他们，不许他们供祭司职分事奉耶和华。
15 and he establishes for himself priests for high places, and for goat [idols] and for calf [idols] that he made.
耶罗波安为邱坛、为鬼魔、为自己所铸造的牛犊设立祭司。
16 And after them, out of all the tribes of Israel, those giving their heart to seek YHWH, God of Israel, have come to Jerusalem to sacrifice to YHWH, God of their father.
以色列各支派中，凡立定心意寻求耶和华—以色列 神的，都随从利未人，来到耶路撒冷祭祀耶和华—他们列祖的 神。
17 And they strengthen the kingdom of Judah, and strengthen Rehoboam son of Solomon, for three years, because they walked in the way of David and Solomon for three years.
这样，就坚固犹大国，使所罗门的儿子罗波安强盛三年，因为他们三年遵行大卫和所罗门的道。
18 And Rehoboam takes a wife for himself, Mahalath, child of Jerimoth son of David, [and of] Abigail daughter of Eliab son of Jesse.
罗波安娶大卫儿子耶利摩的女儿玛哈拉为妻，又娶耶西儿子以利押的女儿亚比孩为妻。
19 And she bears sons to him: Jeush, and Shamaria, and Zaham.
从她生了几个儿子，就是耶乌施、示玛利雅、撒罕。
20 And after her he has taken Maachah daughter of Absalom, and she bears to him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith.
后来又娶押沙龙的女儿玛迦，从她生了亚比雅、亚太、细撒、示罗密。
21 And Rehoboam loves Maachah daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines—for he has taken eighteen wives and sixty concubines—and he begets twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.
罗波安娶十八个妻，立六十个妾，生二十八个儿子，六十个女儿；他却爱押沙龙的女儿玛迦，比爱别的妻妾更甚。
22 And Rehoboam appoints Abijah son of Maachah for head, for leader among his brothers, for to cause him to reign.
罗波安立玛迦的儿子亚比雅作太子，在他弟兄中为首，因为想要立他接续作王。
23 And he has understanding, and disperses from all his sons to all lands of Judah and Benjamin, to all cities of the bulwarks, and gives provision in abundance to them; and he asks for a multitude of wives [for them].
罗波安办事精明，使他众子分散在犹大和便雅悯全地各坚固城里，又赐他们许多粮食，为他们多寻妻子。
