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.
А кад дође Ровоам у Јерусалим, сазва дом Јудин и Венијаминов, сто и осамдесет хиљада одабраних војника, да зарате на Израиља да поврате царство Ровоаму.
2 But Yahweh spoke to the prophet Shemaiah and said this to him:
Али дође реч Господња Семаји, човеку Божјем, говорећи:
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:
Кажи Ровоаму сину Соломуновом, цару Јудином и свим синовима Израиљевим од Јуде и Венијамина, и реци:
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].
Овако вели Господ: Не идите и не бијте се с браћом својом, вратите се свак к својој кући, јер сам ја наредио да тако буде. И они послушаше реч Господњу и вратише се и не идоше на Јеровоама.
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].
И Ровоам седе у Јерусалиму, и сазида тврде градове у земљи Јудиној;
6 In [the area that belonged to] the tribes of Judah and Benjamin they built walls around Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,
Сазида Витлејем и Итам и Текују,
7 Beth-Zur, Soco, Adullam,
И Вет-Сур и Сохот и Одолам,
8 Gath, Mareshah,
И Гат и Марису и Зиф,
9 Adoraim, Lachish, Azekah,
И Адораим и Ахис и Азику,
10 Zorah, Aijalon, and Hebron.
И Сарају и Ејалон и Хеврон који је у земљи Јудиној и Венијаминовој тврди градови.
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].
А кад утврди те градове, намести у њима заповеднике, и стаје за жито и за уље и за вино,
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.
И у сваком граду штитова и копаља, и утврди их јако. Тако његов беше Јуда и Венијамин.
13 The priests and other descendants of Levi throughout Israel supported Rehoboam.
И свештеници и Левити, који беху по свему Израиљу, сабраше се к њему из свих крајева својих.
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.
Јер оставише Левити подграђа своја и достојања своја, и отидоше у јудејску и у Јерусалим, јер их отера Јеровоам и синови његови да не врше службе свештеничке Господу.
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.
И постави себи свештенике за висине и за ђаволе и за теоце, које начини.
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].
А за њима из свих племена Израиљевих који управише срце своје да траже Господа Бога Израиљевог, дођоше у Јерусалим да принесу жртву Господу Богу отаца својих.
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.
И тако утврдише царство Јудино, и укрепише Ровоама сина Соломуновог за три године, јер за те три године хођаху путем Давидовим и Соломуновим.
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.
А Ровоам се ожени Маелетом, кћерју Јеримота сина Давидовог и Авихаилом, кћерју Есијава сина Јесејевог,
19 Rehoboam and Mahalath had three sons: Jeush, Shemariah, and Zaham.
Која му роди синове: Јеуса и Самарију и Зама.
20 Later Rehoboam married Maacah, the daughter of Absalom, and they had four sons: Abijah, Attai, Ziza, and Shelomith.
А после ње ожени се Махом кћерју Авесаломовом, која му роди Авију и Атаја и Зиву и Селомита.
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.
А љубљаше Ровоам Маху кћер Авесаломову већма од свих жена својих и иноча својих; јер имаше осамнаест жена и шездесет иноча, и роди двадесет и осам синова и шездесет кћери.
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.
И Ровоам постави Авију, сина Машиног, поглаваром и кнезом над браћом његовом, јер га хтеде поставити царем.
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.
И мудро радећи растури све синове своје по свим крајевима Јудиним и Венијаминовим, по свим тврдим градовима, и даде им хране изобила, и доведе им много жена.
