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.
Alò, lè Roboam te vini Jérusalem. Li te rasanble lakay Juda avèk Benjamin, san-katre-ven-mil mesye byen chwazi ki te gèrye, pou goumen kont Israël pou reprann wayòm nan pou Roboam.
2 And a word of YHWH is to Shemaiah, a man of God, saying,
Men pawòl SENYÈ a te vini a Schemaeja, nonm Bondye a, Li te di:
3 “Speak to Rehoboam son of Solomon king of Judah, and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin, saying,
“Pale a Roboam, fis a Salomon an, wa a Juda a ak tout Israël nan Juda avèk Benjamin pou di:
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.
‘Konsa pale SENYÈ a: “Nou pa pou monte ni goumen kont fanmi pa nou yo! Retounen chak mesye yo lakay yo, paske bagay sa a sòti nan Mwen menm.”’” Konsa, yo te koute pawòl SENYÈ a, e yo te retounen pou yo pa sòti kont Jéroboam.
5 And Rehoboam dwells in Jerusalem, and builds cities for a bulwark in Judah,
Roboam te viv Jérusalem, e li te bati vil pou fè defans nan Juda.
6 indeed, he builds Beth-Lehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,
Konsa li te bati Bethléem, Étham, Tekoa,
7 and Beth-Zur, and Shocho, and Adullam,
Beth-Tsur, Soko, Adullam,
8 and Gath, and Mareshah, and Ziph,
Gath, Maréscha, Ziph,
9 and Adoraim, and Lachish, and Azekah,
Adoraïm, Lakis, Azéka
10 and Zorah, and Aijalon, and Hebron, that [are] in Judah and in Benjamin, cities of bulwarks.
Tsorea, Ajalon avèk Hébron, ki se vil fòtifye nan Juda ak nan Benjamin.
11 And he strengthens the bulwarks, and puts leaders in them, and treasures of food, and oil, and wine,
Anplis, li te ranfòse fò yo, e li te mete kòmandan ladan yo avèk depo manje, lwil ak diven.
12 and in each and every city [he puts] bucklers and spears, and strengthens them very greatly; and he has Judah and Benjamin.
Li te mete boukliye defans avèk lans nan chak vil yo, e li te byen fòtifye yo. Konsa, Juda avèk Benjamin te pou li.
13 And the priests and the Levites that [are] in all Israel have stationed themselves by him, out of all their border,
Anplis, prèt avèk Levit ki te nan tout Israël yo te kanpe avèk li soti nan landwa pa yo.
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,
Paske Levit yo te kite tè patiraj pa yo pou te rive Juda avèk Jérusalem, paske Jéroboam te bloke sèvis yo kòm prèt SENYÈ a.
15 and he establishes for himself priests for high places, and for goat [idols] and for calf [idols] that he made.
Li te etabli prèt pa li yo pou kont li pou sèvi nan wo plas yo, pou imaj bouk yo avèk jenn bèf ke li te fè yo.
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.
Sila yo nan tout tribi Israël ki te dispoze kè yo pou swiv SENYÈ a, Bondye Israël la, te swiv yo rive Jérusalem pou fè sakrifis a SENYÈ a, Bondye a zansèt pa yo a.
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.
Yo te fòtifye wayòm Juda a, e yo te bay soutyen a Roboam, fis Salomon nan pandan twazan, paske yo te mache nan chemen David avèk Salomon an pandan twazan.
18 And Rehoboam takes a wife for himself, Mahalath, child of Jerimoth son of David, [and of] Abigail daughter of Eliab son of Jesse.
Alò, Roboam te pran kòm madanm li, Mahalath, fi a Jerimoth la, fis a David la avèk Abichaïl, fi a Éliab la, fis a Jesse a.
19 And she bears sons to him: Jeush, and Shamaria, and Zaham.
Li te fè fis yo: Jeusch, Schemaria, avèk Zaham.
20 And after her he has taken Maachah daughter of Absalom, and she bears to him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith.
Apre, li te pran Maaca, fi a Absalom an. Li te fè pou li Abija, Attaï, Ziza, avèk Schelomith.
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.
Roboam te renmen Maaca, fi a Absalom an plis pase tout lòt madanm avèk ti mennaj li yo. Paske li te pran dizuit madanm avèk swasant mennaj, e li te fè venn-tuit fis ak swasant fi.
22 And Rehoboam appoints Abijah son of Maachah for head, for leader among his brothers, for to cause him to reign.
Roboam te chwazi Abija, fis a Maaca a kòm chèf e dirijan pami frè li yo, paske li te gen entansyon fè l wa.
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].
Li te aji avèk sajès, e li te plase fis li yo nan tout teritwa a Juda avèk Benjamin nan tout vil fòtifye yo, e li te ba yo anpil manje. Epi li te chache anpil madanm pou yo.
