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.
Venit autem Roboam in Ierusalem, et convocavit universam domum Iuda et Beniamin, centum octoginta millia electorum atque bellantium, ut dimicaret contra Israel, et converteret ad se regnum suum.
2 And a word of YHWH is to Shemaiah, a man of God, saying,
Factusque est sermo Domini ad Semeiam hominem Dei, dicens:
3 “Speak to Rehoboam son of Solomon king of Judah, and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin, saying,
Loquere ad Roboam filium Salomonis regem Iuda, et ad universum Israel, qui est in Iuda et Beniamin:
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.
Haec dicit Dominus: Non ascendetis, neque pugnabitis contra fratres vestros: revertatur unusquisque in domum suam, quia mea hoc gestum est voluntate. Qui cum audissent sermonem Domini reversi sunt, nec perrexerunt contra Ieroboam.
5 And Rehoboam dwells in Jerusalem, and builds cities for a bulwark in Judah,
Habitavit autem Roboam in Ierusalem, et aedificavit civitates muratas in Iuda.
6 indeed, he builds Beth-Lehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,
Extruxitque Bethlehem, et Etam, et Thecue,
7 and Beth-Zur, and Shocho, and Adullam,
Bethsur quoque, et Socho, et Odollam,
8 and Gath, and Mareshah, and Ziph,
necnon et Geth, et Maresa, et Ziph,
9 and Adoraim, and Lachish, and Azekah,
sed et Aduram, et Lachis, et Azeca,
10 and Zorah, and Aijalon, and Hebron, that [are] in Judah and in Benjamin, cities of bulwarks.
Saraa quoque, et Aialon, et Hebron, quae erant in Iuda et Beniamin, civitates munitissimas.
11 And he strengthens the bulwarks, and puts leaders in them, and treasures of food, and oil, and wine,
Cumque clausisset eas muris, posuit in eis principes, ciborumque horrea, hoc est, olei, et vini.
12 and in each and every city [he puts] bucklers and spears, and strengthens them very greatly; and he has Judah and Benjamin.
Sed et in singulis urbibus fecit armamentarium scutorum et hastarum, firmavitque eas summa diligentia, et imperavit super Iudam, et Beniamin.
13 And the priests and the Levites that [are] in all Israel have stationed themselves by him, out of all their border,
Sacerdotes autem et Levitae, qui erant in universo Israel, venerunt ad eum de cunctis sedibus suis,
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,
relinquentes suburbana, et possessiones suas, et transeuntes ad Iudam, et Ierusalem: eo quod abiecisset eos Ieroboam, et posteri eius, ne sacerdotio Domini fungerentur.
15 and he establishes for himself priests for high places, and for goat [idols] and for calf [idols] that he made.
Qui constituit sibi sacerdotes excelsorum, et daemoniorum, vitulorumque quos fecerat.
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.
Sed et de cunctis tribubus Israel, quicumque dederant cor suum ut quaererent Dominum Deum Israel, venerunt in Ierusalem ad immolandum victimas suas coram Domino Deo patrum suorum.
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.
Et roboraverunt regnum Iuda, et confirmaverunt Roboam filium Salomonis per tres annos: ambulaverunt enim in viis David et Salomonis, annis tantum tribus.
18 And Rehoboam takes a wife for himself, Mahalath, child of Jerimoth son of David, [and of] Abigail daughter of Eliab son of Jesse.
Duxit autem Roboam uxorem Mahalath, filiam Ierimoth, filii David: Abihail quoque filiam Eliab filii Isai,
19 And she bears sons to him: Jeush, and Shamaria, and Zaham.
quae peperit ei filios Iehus, et Somoriam, et Zoom.
20 And after her he has taken Maachah daughter of Absalom, and she bears to him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith.
Post hanc quoque accepit Maacha filiam Absalom, quae peperit ei Abia, et Ethai, et Ziza, et Salomith.
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.
Amavit autem Roboam Maacha filiam Absalom super omnes uxores suas, et concubinas: nam uxores decem et octo duxerat, concubinas autem sexaginta: et genuit viginti octo filios, et sexaginta filias.
22 And Rehoboam appoints Abijah son of Maachah for head, for leader among his brothers, for to cause him to reign.
Constituit vero in capite, Abiam filium Maacha ducem super omnes fratres suos: ipsum enim regem facere cogitabat,
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].
quia sapientior fuit, et potentior super omnes filios eius, et in cunctis finibus Iuda, et Beniamin, et in universis civitatibus muratis: praebuitque eis escas plurimas, et multas petivit uxores.
