2 Chronicles 11
1 When Rehoboam arrived in Jerusalem, he gathered 180,000 of the best soldiers from the tribes of Judah and Benjamin. He wanted them to fight against [the northern tribes of] Israel [and defeat them], in order that he could rule [all the tribes of] the kingdom again.
Ketika Rehabeam datang ke Yerusalem, ia mengumpulkan kaum Yehuda dan Benyamin, seratus delapan puluh ribu teruna yang sanggup berperang untuk memerangi orang Israel dengan maksud mengembalikan kerajaan itu kepadanya.
2 But Yahweh spoke to the prophet Shemaiah and said this to him:
Tetapi datanglah firman TUHAN kepada Semaya, abdi Allah, demikian:
3 “Go and tell this to [Solomon’s son] Rehoboam, the king of Judah, and to all the Israeli people of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin:
"Katakanlah kepada Rehabeam, anak Salomo, raja Yehuda, dan kepada segenap orang Israel di Yehuda dan di Benyamin, demikian:
4 ‘Yahweh says that you must not go to fight against [the people of Israel; they are] your distant relatives. All of you must go home. What has happened is what Yahweh wanted to happen.’” [So Shemaiah went and told that to them, ] and they all heeded what Yahweh had commanded them to do, and they did not attack Jeroboam [and his soldiers].
Beginilah firman TUHAN: Janganlah kamu maju dan janganlah kamu berperang melawan saudara-saudaramu. Pulanglah masing-masing ke rumahnya, sebab Akulah yang menyebabkan hal ini terjadi." Maka mereka mendengarkan firman TUHAN dan pulang dengan tidak pergi menyerang Yerobeam.
5 Rehoboam lived in Jerusalem, and his workers built walls around several of the cities and towns in Judah to protect them [against enemy attacks].
Rehabeam diam di Yerusalem dan memperkuat kota-kota kubu di Yehuda.
6 In [the area that belonged to] the tribes of Judah and Benjamin they built walls around Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,
Ia memperkuat Betlehem, Etam, Tekoa,
7 Beth-Zur, Soco, Adullam,
Bet-Zur, Sokho, Adulam,
8 Gath, Mareshah,
Gat, Mares, Zif,
9 Adoraim, Lachish, Azekah,
Adoraim, Lakhis, Azeka,
10 Zorah, Aijalon, and Hebron.
Zora, Ayalon dan Hebron, yang terletak di Yehuda dan di Benyamin, sebagai kota-kota berkubu.
11 He also appointed an army commander in each of those cities and towns, and gave them supplies of food, olive oil, and wine [to keep in storage].
Ia memperkokoh kota-kota kubu itu dan menempatkan di situ kepala-kepala pasukan dengan persediaan makanan, minyak dan anggur;
12 He put shields and spears in all the cities and made them well-protected. So he continued to rule the tribes of Judah and Benjamin.
perisai dan tombakpun disediakan di tiap-tiap kota. Ia membuat kota-kota itu amat kokoh. Demikianlah Yehuda dan Benyamin menjadi daerah kekuasaannya.
13 The priests and other descendants of Levi throughout Israel supported Rehoboam.
Para imam dan orang Lewi di seluruh Israel datang menggabungkan diri dengan dia dari daerah-daerah kediaman mereka.
14 The descendants of Levi [who lived outside the territory of Judah and Benjamin] abandoned their property and their pastureland, and they came to Jerusalem and [to other places in] Judah, because Jeroboam and his sons would not allow them to do the work of priests of Yahweh.
Sebab orang Lewi meninggalkan tanah penggembalaan dan milik mereka, lalu pergi ke Yehuda dan Yerusalem, oleh karena Yerobeam dan anak-anaknya melarang mereka memegang jabatan imam TUHAN,
15 Instead, Jeroboam appointed the priests that he wanted to work [at the altars he commanded to be built] on the hilltops, [to offer sacrifices to] the idols that he commanded to be made [that resembled] goats and calves.
dan mengangkat bagi dirinya imam-imam untuk bukit-bukit pengorbanan untuk jin-jin dan untuk anak-anak lembu jantan yang dibuatnya.
16 And people from every tribe in Israel who wanted to worship Yahweh, the God to whom the Israelis belonged, went with the descendants of Levi to Jerusalem to live there and to offer sacrifices to Yahweh, the God whom their ancestors [worshiped].
Dari segenap suku Israel orang datang ke Yerusalem mengikuti orang-orang Lewi itu, yakni orang yang telah membulatkan hatinya untuk mencari TUHAN Allah Israel; dan mereka datang untuk mempersembahkan korban kepada TUHAN, Allah nenek moyang mereka.
17 They caused the kingdom of Judah to be strong, and for three years they were happy that Solomon’s son Rehoboam was the king. During that time they conducted their lives [righteously] as David and Solomon had done previously.
Demikianlah mereka memperkokoh kerajaan Yehuda dan memperkuat pemerintahan Rehabeam bin Salomo selama tiga tahun, karena selama tiga tahun mereka hidup mengikuti jejak Daud dan Salomo.
18 Rehoboam married Mahalath. She was the daughter of David’s son Jerimoth, and her mother was Abihail, the daughter of Eliab and granddaughter of Jesse.
Rehabeam mengambil Mahalat, anak Yerimot bin Daud dan Abihail binti Elhiab bin Isai, menjadi isterinya,
19 Rehoboam and Mahalath had three sons: Jeush, Shemariah, and Zaham.
yang melahirkan baginya anak-anak lelaki ini: Yeush, Semarya dan Zaham.
20 Later Rehoboam married Maacah, the daughter of Absalom, and they had four sons: Abijah, Attai, Ziza, and Shelomith.
Sesudah Mahalat ia mengambil Maakha, anak Absalom, menjadi isterinya, yang melahirkan baginya Abia, Atai, Ziza dan Selomit.
21 Rehoboam loved Maacah more than he loved any other of his wives and slave wives. Altogether he had 18 wives and 60 slave wives, and 28 sons and 60 daughters.
Rehabeam mencintai Maakha, anak Absalom itu, lebih dari pada semua isteri dan gundiknya--ia mengambil delapan belas isteri dan enam puluh gundik dan memperanakkan dua puluh delapan anak laki-laki dan enam puluh anak perempuan.
22 Rehoboam appointed his son Abijah to be the leader of his [older and younger] brothers, because he wanted to appoint Abijah to be the next king.
Rehabeam mengangkat Abia, anak Maakha, sebagai pemuka, yakni sebagai pemimpin di antara saudara-saudaranya, karena ia bermaksud menjadikan dia raja.
23 He very wisely sent some of his other sons to other cities in the areas of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin, and to all the other cities that had walls around them. He gave them plenty of supplies and many wives.
Oleh sebab itu ia mengambil kebijaksanaan untuk menyebarkan semua anaknya yang lain ke seluruh daerah Yehuda dan Benyamin, ke segala kota kubu. Ia memberikan mereka makanan dengan limpahnya dan menyediakan bagi mereka banyak isteri.
