2 Chronicles 12
1 After Rehoboam was in complete control of his kingdom, he and all [the other people in] Judah stopped obeying the laws of Yahweh.
[埃及王進攻猶大]勒哈貝罕的國家一強盛，勢力一鞏固，即捨棄了上主的法律，全以色列人也附和他。
2 As a result, after Rehoboam had been king for almost five years, Yahweh sent Shishak, the king of Egypt, [with his army] to attack Jerusalem.
由於他們背叛了上主，勒哈貝罕第五年，埃及王史沙克就上來進攻耶路撒冷，
3 Along with his army he brought 1,200 chariots and 60,000 soldiers riding horses and a very large number of troops from two regions in Libya, and from Ethiopia.
率領一千二百輛戰車，六萬騎兵，和同他一起由埃及來的無數利比亞人，穌基因人和雇士人組成的軍隊，
4 They captured many of the cities in Judah that had walls around them, and they came as far as Jerusalem.
攻取了猶大境內所有的堅城，直逼耶路撒冷。
5 Then the prophet Shemaiah came to Rehoboam and the other leaders of Judah who had gathered in Jerusalem because they were afraid of [the army of] Shishak. Shemaiah said to them, “Yahweh says this: ‘You have abandoned me; so now I am abandoning you, to [allow you to be captured by the army of] Shishak.’”
當時，猶大的眾首領，由於逃避史沙克，都已聚集在耶路撒冷；先知舍瑪雅來見勒哈貝罕和眾首領，對他們說：「上主這樣說：你們既離棄我，我也將你們拋棄在史沙克手中。」
6 Then the king and the other Israeli leaders humbled themselves and said, “What Yahweh is doing to us is fair.”
以色列眾首領和君王便自卑認罪說：「上主是公義的! 」
7 When Yahweh realized that they had humbled themselves, he gave this message to Shemaiah: “Because they have humbled themselves, I will not allow them to be destroyed. Instead, I will soon rescue them. I will not use Shishak’s army to completely destroy the people of Jerusalem,
上主見他們自卑認罪，上主就有話傳於舍瑪雅說：「他們既然自卑認罪，我必不消滅他們，霎時間我要施救，不使我的盛怒藉沙史克發洩在耶路撒冷。
8 but they will conquer Jerusalem and force the people there to do what Shishak wants them to do. As a result, the people of Jerusalem will learn [that it is better] to serve me than to serve the kings of other countries.”
雖然如此，他們仍必作史沙克的僕役，好使他們知道服事我與服事世上的列邦，有何區別。」
9 When Shishak’s [army] attacked Jerusalem, they took/carried away the valuable things that were in the temple of Yahweh and the valuable things that were in the king’s palace. They took everything [that was valuable], including the gold shields that Solomon’s [workers] had made.
埃及王史沙克於是上來進攻耶路撒冷，劫去了上主殿內和王宮內的寶物，全部帶走，連撒羅滿所製的金盾牌也都帶去了。
10 So King Rehoboam’s workers made bronze shields to be used instead of the gold ones and gave the bronze shields to the commanders of the men who guarded the entrance to his palace.
勒哈貝罕王，只得製造些銅盾牌來代替，交給防衛長保管。
11 After that, whenever the king went to the temple, the guards went with him, carrying those bronze shields. Then [when the king left, ] they would return the shields to the guards’ room.
每逢王進入上主的殿時，侍衛便從來，手持這些盾牌；事後仍將盾牌送回侍衛室。
12 Because Rehoboam humbled himself, Yahweh stopped being angry with him and did not get rid of him. Instead, he caused good things to happen in Judah.
由於君王自卑認罪，上主對他息怒，沒有完全將他消滅；何況在猶大還有善事。[勒哈貝罕逝世]
13 King Rehoboam again was in complete control in Jerusalem and continued to be the king [of Judah]. He was 41 years old when he became the king. He ruled for 17 years in Jerusalem, which is the city that Yahweh had chosen from all the tribes in Israel to be the place in which people were to worship him.
勒哈貝罕王在耶路撒冷又漸強盛，繼續為王；他登極時年四十一歲，在上主從以色列各支派中選出歸他名下的耶路撒冷城中，作王十七年；他的母親名叫納阿瑪，是阿孟人。
14 Rehoboam’s mother’s name was Naamah. She was from the Ammon people-group. Rehoboam did evil things because he did not try to find out what Yahweh wanted him to do.
勒哈貝罕行為邪惡，因為他沒有專心致志尋求上主。
15 An account of all the things that Rehoboam did while he was the king, and lists of the members of his family, are in the scrolls written by the prophets Shemaiah and Iddo. The armies of Rehoboam and Jeroboam were constantly fighting each other.
勒哈貝罕的前後事蹟都按著族譜記載在先知舍瑪雅和先見者依多的言行錄上。勒哈貝罕與雅洛貝罕之間不斷發生戰爭。
16 When Rehoboam died, he was buried in [the part of Jerusalem called] ‘The City of David’. Then his son Abijah became the king.
勒哈貝罕與列祖同眠，葬在達味城；他的兒子阿彼雅繼位為王。
