2 Chronicles 12
1 And it comes to pass, at the establishing of the kingdom of Rehoboam, and at his strengthening himself, he has forsaken the Law of YHWH, and all Israel with him.
Esime Rehoboam li ke ɖe eƒe fiazikpui dzi eye wòɖo ŋusẽ la, eya kple Israel blibo la gbe nu le Yehowa ƒe se la gbɔ.
2 And it comes to pass, in the fifth year of King Rehoboam, Shishak king of Egypt has come up against Jerusalem—because they trespassed against YHWH—
Esi wometo nyateƒe na Yehowa o ta la, Sisak, Egipte fia, ho aʋa ɖe Yerusalem ŋu le Fia Rehoboam ƒe fiaɖuɖu ƒe ƒe atɔ̃lia me
3 with one thousand and two hundred chariots, and with sixty thousand horsemen, and there is no number to the people who have come with him out of Egypt—Lubim, Sukkiim, and Cushim—
kple tasiaɖam akpe ɖeka alafa eve, sɔdola akpe blaade kple aʋawɔla siwo mele xexlẽ me o. Ame siwo kpe ɖe Fia Sisak ŋu la woe nye, Libiatɔwo, Sukimtɔwo kple Kustɔ siwo tso Egipte.
4 and he captures the cities of the bulwarks that [are] of Judah, and comes to Jerusalem.
Fia Sisak ɖu Yuda du siwo woglã la katã dzi eye wòɖo Yerusalem.
5 And Shemaiah the prophet has come to Rehoboam and the heads of Judah who have been gathered to Jerusalem [to escape] from the presence of Shishak, and says to them, “Thus said YHWH: You have forsaken Me, and also, I have left you in the hand of Shishak”;
Nyagblɔɖila Semaya wɔ takpekpe kple Rehoboam kple Yuda ƒe kplɔlawo tso dukɔ la ƒe akpa ɖe sia ɖe, ame siwo si va Yerusalem la eye wògblɔ na wo be, “Yehowa gblɔ be, ‘Miegblem ɖi eya ta nye hã megble mi ɖi ɖo eye metsɔ mi de asi na Sisak.’”
6 and the heads of Israel are humbled—and the king—and they say, “YHWH [is] righteous.”
Fia Rehoboam kple Yuda ƒe kplɔlawo do ɣli ʋu woƒe nu vɔ̃wo me be, “Yehowa tɔ dzɔ be wòwɔ mí alea!”
7 And when YHWH sees that they have been humbled, a word of YHWH has been [sent] to Shemaiah, saying, “They have been humbled; I do not destroy them, and I have given to them as a little thing for an escape, and I do not pour out My fury in Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak;
Esi Yehowa kpɔ ale si wobɔbɔ wo ɖokuie la, eɖo Semaya ɖa be wòagblɔ na wo be, “Esi miebɔbɔ mia ɖokui ta la, nyematsrɔ̃ mi keŋkeŋ o, mia dometɔ aɖewo asi. Nyemawɔ Fia Sisak ŋu dɔ le nye dɔmedzoetɔtrɔ kɔ ɖe Yerusalem dzi me o.
8 but they become servants to him, and they know My service, and the service of the kingdoms of the lands.”
Ke miadzɔ nu na Sisak ƒe sia ƒe. Ekema miadze sii be, enyo sãa be miasubɔm wu be miasubɔ Sisak!”
9 And Shishak king of Egypt comes up against Jerusalem, and takes the treasures of the house of YHWH and the treasures of the house of the king—he has taken the whole—and he takes the shields of gold that Solomon had made;
Ale Egipte fia, Sisak ɖu Yerusalem dzi eye wòlɔ nu sia nu le gbedoxɔ la kple fiasã la me dzoe. Etsɔ sikakpoxɔnu siwo Solomo wɔ la katã hã dzoe.
10 and King Rehoboam makes shields of bronze in their stead, and has given [them] a charge on the hand of the heads of the runners who are keeping the opening of the house of the king;
Ke Fia Rehoboam wɔ akɔblikpoxɔnuwo ɖe wo teƒe eye wòtsɔ wo de asi na eŋudzɔlawo ƒe amegã.
11 and it comes to pass, from the time of the going in of the king to the house of YHWH, the runners have come in and lifted them up, and brought them back to the chamber of the runners.
Ɣe sia ɣi si fia la yi gbedoxɔ la me la, eŋudzɔlawo tsɔa wo bɔa asaɖa le eŋgɔ eye emegbe la, wogbugbɔa wo dana ɖe dzɔlawo ƒe xɔ me.
12 And in his being humbled, the wrath of YHWH has turned back from him, so as not to destroy to completion; and also, there have been good things in Judah.
Esi fia la bɔbɔ eɖokui la, Yehowa na eƒe dɔmedzoe nu tso eye metsrɔ̃ ameawo keŋkeŋ o. Le Sisak ƒe aʋawɔwɔ kpli wo emegbe gɔ̃ hã la, meda ahe o.
13 And King Rehoboam strengthens himself in Jerusalem and reigns; for Rehoboam [is] a son of forty-two years in his reigning, and he has reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city that YHWH has chosen to put His Name there, out of all the tribes of Israel, and the name of his mother [is] Naamah the Ammonitess,
Fia Rehoboam ɖu fia ƒe wuiadre le Yerusalem, du si Mawu tia wɔ eƒe nɔƒee le ŋkuléle ɖe Israel duwo katã ŋu megbe la me. Rehoboam ɖu fia esi wòxɔ ƒe blaene-vɔ-ɖekɛ. Dadaa ŋkɔe nye Naama eye wònye Amoni nyɔnu aɖe.
14 and he does evil, for he has not prepared his heart to seek YHWH.
Rehoboam nye fia vɔ̃ɖi aɖe elabena meɖo ta me kura be yeadze Yehowa ŋu o.
15 And the matters of Rehoboam, the first and the last, are they not written among the matters of Shemaiah the prophet, and of Iddo the seer, concerning genealogy? And the wars of Rehoboam and Jeroboam [are for] all the days;
Woŋlɔ Rehoboam ƒe ŋutinya blibo la ɖe nu siwo nyagblɔdila, Semaya kple nukpɔla, Ido ŋlɔ ɖe Dzidzimegbalẽ la me. Aʋa dzɔna ɖe Rehoboam kple Yeroboam dome enuenu.
16 and Rehoboam lies with his fathers, and is buried in the City of David, and his son Abijah reigns in his stead.
Esi Rehoboam ku la, woɖii ɖe David ƒe du la me eye via Abiya ɖu fia ɖe eteƒe.
