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.
レハベアムはエルサレムに来て、ユダとベニヤミンの家の者、すなわち、えり抜きの軍人十八万人を集め、国を取りもどすためにイスラエルと戦おうとしたが、
2 But Yahweh spoke to the prophet Shemaiah and said this to him:
主の言葉が神の人シマヤに臨んで言った、
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:
「ソロモンの子、ユダの王レハベアムおよびユダとベニヤミンにいるすべてのイスラエルの人々に言いなさい、
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].
『主はこう仰せられる、あなたがたは上ってはならない。あなたがたの兄弟と戦ってはならない。おのおの自分の家に帰りなさい。この事はわたしから出たのである』」。それで人々は主の言葉を聞き、ヤラベアムを攻めに行くのをやめて帰った。
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].
レハベアムはエルサレムに住んで、ユダに防衛の町々を建てた。
6 In [the area that belonged to] the tribes of Judah and Benjamin they built walls around Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,
すなわちベツレヘム、エタム、テコア、
7 Beth-Zur, Soco, Adullam,
ベテズル、ソコ、アドラム、
8 Gath, Mareshah,
ガテ、マレシャ、ジフ、
9 Adoraim, Lachish, Azekah,
アドライム、ラキシ、アゼカ、
10 Zorah, Aijalon, and Hebron.
ゾラ、アヤロン、およびヘブロン。これらはユダとベニヤミンにあって要害の町々である。
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].
彼はその要害を堅固にし、これに軍長を置き、糧食と油とぶどう酒をたくわえ、
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.
またそのすべての町に盾とやりを備えて、これを非常に強化し、そしてユダとベニヤミンを確保した。
13 The priests and other descendants of Levi throughout Israel supported Rehoboam.
イスラエルの全地の祭司とレビびとは四方の境から来てレハベアムに身を寄せた。
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.
すなわちレビびとは自分の放牧地と領地を離れてユダとエルサレムに来た。これはヤラベアムとその子らが彼らを排斥して、主の前に祭司の務をさせなかったためである。
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.
ヤラベアムは高き所と、みだらな神と、自分で造った子牛のために自分の祭司を立てた。
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].
またイスラエルのすべての部族のうちで、すべてその心を傾けて、イスラエルの神、主を求める者は先祖の神、主に犠牲をささげるために、レビびとに従ってエルサレムに来た。
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.
このように彼らはユダの国を堅くし、ソロモンの子レハベアムを三年の間強くした。彼らは三年の間ダビデとソロモンの道に歩んだからである。
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.
レハベアムはダビデの子エレモテの娘マハラテを妻にめとった。マハラテはエッサイの子エリアブの娘アビハイルが産んだ者である。
19 Rehoboam and Mahalath had three sons: Jeush, Shemariah, and Zaham.
彼女はエウシ、シマリヤおよびザハムの三子を産んだ。
20 Later Rehoboam married Maacah, the daughter of Absalom, and they had four sons: Abijah, Attai, Ziza, and Shelomith.
彼はまた彼女の後にアブサロムの娘マアカをめとった。マアカはアビヤ、アッタイ、ジザおよびシロミテを産んだ。
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.
レハベアムはアブサロムの娘マアカをすべての妻とそばめにまさって愛した。彼は妻十八人、そばめ六十人をめとって、男の子二十八人と女の子六十人をもうけた。
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.
レハベアムはマアカの子アビヤを立ててかしらとし、その兄弟の長とした。彼はアビヤを王にしようと思ったからである。
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.
それで王は賢くとり行い、そのむすこたちをことごとく、ユダとベニヤミンの全地方にあるすべての要害の町に散在させ、彼らに糧食を多く与え、また多くの妻を得させた。
