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.
Vindo pois Roboão a Jerusalém, ajuntou da casa de Judá e Benjamin cento e oitenta mil escolhidos, dextros na guerra para pelejarem contra Israel, e para restituirem o reino a Roboão.
2 But Yahweh spoke to the prophet Shemaiah and said this to him:
Porém a palavra do Senhor veio a Semaias, homem de Deus, dizendo:
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:
Fala a Roboão, filho de Salomão, rei de Judá, e a todo o Israel, em Judá e Benjamin, dizendo:
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].
Assim diz o Senhor: Não subireis, nem pelejareis contra os vossos irmãos, tornai cada um à sua casa; porque de mim proveiu isto. E ouviram as palavras do Senhor, e tornaram d'irem contra Jeroboão.
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].
E Roboão habitou em Jerusalém: e edificou cidades para fortalezas, em Judá.
6 In [the area that belonged to] the tribes of Judah and Benjamin they built walls around Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,
Edificou pois a Belém, e a Etam, e a Tekoa,
7 Beth-Zur, Soco, Adullam,
E a Beth-zur, e a Soco, e a Adullam,
8 Gath, Mareshah,
E a Gath, e a Maresa, e a Ziph,
9 Adoraim, Lachish, Azekah,
E a Adoraim, e a Lachis, e a Azeka,
10 Zorah, Aijalon, and Hebron.
E a Zora, e a Aijalon, e a Hebron, que estavam em Judá e em Benjamin; cidades fortes.
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].
E fortificou estas fortalezas e pôs nelas maiorais, e armazéns de viveres, e de azeite, e de vinho.
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.
E pôs em cada cidade pavezes e lanças; fortificou-as em grande maneira: e Judá e Benjamin foram seus.
13 The priests and other descendants of Levi throughout Israel supported Rehoboam.
Também os sacerdotes, e os levitas, que havia em todo o Israel, se ajuntaram a ele de todos os seus termos.
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.
Porque os levitas deixaram os seus arrabaldes, e a sua possessão, e vieram a Judá e a Jerusalém (porque Jeroboão e seus filhos os lançaram fora para que não ministrassem ao Senhor.
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.
E ele constituiu para si sacerdotes, para os altos, e para os demônios, e para os bezerros, que fizera.)
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].
Depois desses também de todas as tribos de Israel, os que deram o seu coração a buscarem ao Senhor Deus de Israel, vieram a Jerusalém, para offerecerem sacrifícios ao Senhor Deus de seus pais.
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.
Assim fortaleceram o reino de Judá e corroboraram a Roboão, filho de Salomão, por três anos: porque três anos andaram no caminho de David e Salomão.
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.
E Roboão tomou para si, por mulher, a Mahalat, filha de Jerimoth, filho de David; e a Abihail, filha de Eliab, filho de Jessé.
19 Rehoboam and Mahalath had three sons: Jeush, Shemariah, and Zaham.
A qual lhe pariu filhos, a Jeus, e a Samarias, e a Zaham.
20 Later Rehoboam married Maacah, the daughter of Absalom, and they had four sons: Abijah, Attai, Ziza, and Shelomith.
E depois dela tomou a Maaca, filha de Absalão; esta lhe pariu a Abias, e a Atthai, e a Ziza, e a Selomith.
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.
E amava Roboão mais a Maaca, filha de Absalão, do que a todas as suas outras mulheres e concubinas; porque ele tinha tomado dezoito mulheres, e sessenta concubinas; e gerou vinte e oito filhos, e sessenta filhas.
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.
E Roboão pôs por cabeça a Abias, filho de Maaca, para ser maioral entre os seus irmãos; porque o queria fazer rei.
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.
E usou de prudência, e de todos os seus filhos alguns espalhou por todas as terras de Judá e Benjamin, por todas as cidades fortes; e deu-lhes viveres em abundância: e lhes desejou uma multidão de mulheres.
