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.
Pea naʻe hoko ʻo pehē, ʻi he hoko ʻo fokotuʻumaʻu ʻe Lehopoami ʻae puleʻanga, ʻo ne fakamālohi ia, naʻa ne liʻaki ʻae fono ʻa Sihova, pea pehē mo ʻIsileli kotoa pē.
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.
Pea naʻe hoko ʻo pehē, ʻi hono taʻu ʻe nima ʻoe tuʻi ko Lehopoami naʻe ʻalu hake ai ʻa Sisaki ko e tuʻi ʻo ʻIsipite ke tauʻi ʻa Selūsalema, ko e meʻa ʻi heʻenau fai talangataʻa kia Sihova,
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.
Mo e saliote ʻe taha mano mo e ua afe, mo e kau tangata heka hoosi ʻe toko ono mano: pea naʻe taʻefaʻalaua ʻae kakai naʻe ʻalu hake mo ia mei ʻIsipite: ʻae kakai Lipea, mo e kakai Sukimi, mo e kakai ʻItiopea.
4 They captured many of the cities in Judah that had walls around them, and they came as far as Jerusalem.
Pea naʻa ne kapa ʻae ngaahi kolotau naʻe kau ki Siuta, ʻo ne haʻu ki Selūsalema.
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.’”
Pea naʻe haʻu ʻaia Simaia ko e palōfita kia Lehopoami, pea ki he houʻeiki ʻo Siuta, ʻaia naʻe kātoa fakataha ki Selūsalema ko e meʻa ia Sisaki, ʻo ne pehē kiate kinautolu, “ʻOku pehē mai ʻa Sihova, ‘Kuo mou liʻaki au, pea ko ia kuo u liʻaki ai foki ʻakimoutolu ki he nima ʻo Sisaki.’”
6 Then the king and the other Israeli leaders humbled themselves and said, “What Yahweh is doing to us is fair.”
Ko ia naʻe fakavaivai ai ʻakinautolu ʻae houʻeiki ʻo ʻIsileli mo e tuʻi: pea naʻa nau pehē, “ʻOku tonuhia ʻa Sihova.”
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,
Pea ʻi he vakai ʻe Sihova kuo nau fakavaivai ʻakinautolu, naʻe hoko mai ʻae folofola ʻa Sihova kia Simaia, ʻo pehē, “Kuo nau fakavaivai ʻakinautolu, ko ia ʻe ʻikai ai te u fakaʻauha ʻakinautolu: ka te u tuku kiate kinautolu ʻae fakamoʻui ʻo fuoloa siʻi: pea ʻe ʻikai lingi ʻeku ʻita lahi ki Selūsalema ʻi he nima ʻo Sisaki.
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.”
Ka ko e moʻoni te nau hoko ko ʻene kau tamaioʻeiki: koeʻuhi ke nau ʻilo ʻeku ngāue, mo e ngāue ki he ngaahi puleʻanga ʻoe ngaahi fonua.”
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.
Ko ia naʻe hoko mai ʻa Sisaki ʻo tauʻi ʻa Selūsalema, pea naʻe ʻave mo ia ʻae ngaahi koloa mei he fale ʻo Sihova, mo e ngaahi koloa ʻoe fale ʻoe tuʻi: naʻa ne ʻave kotoa pē: naʻa ne fetuku ʻo ʻave ʻae ngaahi pā koula ʻaia naʻe ngaohi ʻe Solomone.
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.
Pea naʻe ngaohi ʻe Lehopoami ʻae ngaahi pā palasa ke fetongi ia, ʻo ne tuku ia ki he matāpule ʻoe kau leʻo, ʻaia naʻe leʻohi ʻae hūʻanga ki he fale ʻoe tuʻi.
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.
Pea ʻi he hū ʻae tuʻi ki he fale ʻa Sihova, naʻe haʻu ʻae kau leʻo ʻo fetuku ia ki ai pea naʻe toe ʻomi ia mei ai ki he fale ʻoe kau leʻo.
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.
Pea ʻi heʻene fakaangavaivai ia, naʻe tafoki meiate ia ʻae houhau ʻa Sihova, koeʻuhi ke ʻoua naʻa fakaʻauha ʻaupito ia: pea naʻe hoko foki ʻae lelei ʻi Siuta.
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.
Ko ia naʻe fakamālohiʻi ia ʻe Lehopoami ʻi Selūsalema, pea pule ia: he naʻe fāngofulu taʻu mo e taʻu ʻe taha ʻae motuʻa ʻo Lehopoami ʻi heʻene kamata pule, pea naʻe pule ia ʻi he taʻu ʻe hongofulu ma fitu ʻi Selūsalema, ko e kolo ʻaia naʻe fili ʻe Sihova mei he ngaahi faʻahinga kotoa pē ʻo ʻIsileli, ke tuku ki ai hono huafa. Pea ko e hingoa ʻo ʻene faʻē ko Neama, ko e fefine ʻAmoni.
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.
Pea naʻe fai kovi ia, koeʻuhi naʻe ʻikai te ne teuteu hono loto ke kumi kia Sihova.
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.
Pea ko hono toe ʻoe ngaahi ngāue ʻa Lehopoami ko e ʻuluaki mo e kimui, ʻikai kuo tohi ia ʻi he tohi ʻa Simaia ko e palōfita, pea mo Ito ko e tangata kikite, ki he ngaahi hohoko? Pea naʻe fai maʻu ʻae fetauʻaki ʻa Lehopoami mo Selopoami.
16 When Rehoboam died, he was buried in [the part of Jerusalem called] ‘The City of David’. Then his son Abijah became the king.
Pea naʻe mohe ʻa Lehopoami mo ʻene ngaahi tamai, pea naʻe fai hono putu ʻi he kolo ʻa Tevita: pea naʻe fetongi ia ʻi he pule ʻe hono foha ko ʻApisa.
