2 Chronicles 11
1 When Rehoboam arrived in Jerusalem, he assembled the house of Judah and Benjamin, 180,000 chosen men who were soldiers, to fight against Israel, to restore the kingdom to Rehoboam.
[上主禁止進攻以色列]勒哈貝罕一回到耶路撒冷，即刻召集猶大和本雅明家族中十八萬善戰的精兵，去攻打以色列，想把王國奪回，再歸屬勒哈貝罕。
2 But the word of Yahweh came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying,
但是，上主有話傳於天主的人舍瑪雅說：「
3 “Say to Rehoboam son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin,
你去告訴撒羅滿的兒子猶大王勒哈貝罕，及所有猶大和本雅明的以色列人說：
4 'Yahweh says this, “You must not attack or make war against your brothers. Everyone must return to his own house, for I have caused this to happen.”'” So they obeyed the words of Yahweh and turned back from attacking Jeroboam.
上主這樣說：你們不可前去攻打你們的弟兄! 你們各人回本家罷! 因為這事是出於我。」他們便聽從上主的話，都回去了，沒有去攻打雅洛貝罕。[勒哈貝罕加強防禦工事]
5 Rehoboam lived in Jerusalem and built cities in Judah for defense.
勒哈貝罕住在耶路撒冷，在猶大修築了各成的防禦工事，
6 He built Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,
即修築了白冷、厄坦、特科亞、
7 Beth Zur, Soko, Adullam,
貝特族爾、索苛、阿杜藍、
8 Gath, Mareshah, Ziph,
加特、瑪勒沙、齊弗、
9 Adoraim, Lachish, Azekah,
阿多蘭、拉基士、阿則卡、
10 Zorah, Aijalon, and Hebron. These are fortified cities in Judah and Benjamin.
祚辣、阿雅隆和赫貝龍：這些都是猶大和本雅明境內設防的城。
11 He fortified the fortresses and put commanders in them, with stores of food, oil, and wine.
他加強鞏固這些城，派軍駐守，儲備食糧，酒、油；
12 He put shields and spears in all the cities and made them very strong. So Judah and Benjamin belonged to him.
各城內又備有干戈，使之極其堅固，為統治猶大和本雅明。[聖職人員來歸]
13 The priests and the Levites who were in all Israel went over to him from within their borders.
凡以色列所有的司祭和肋未人都由各地歸勒哈貝罕。
14 For the Levites left their pasturelands and property in order to come to Judah and Jerusalem, for Jeroboam and his sons had driven them away, so that they could no longer perform priestly duties for Yahweh.
肋未人離開自己的牧場和產業，來到猶大和耶路撒冷，是因為雅洛貝罕和他的兒子們拒絕他們充當司祭，服事上主，
15 Jeroboam appointed for himself priests for the high places and the goat and calf idols he had made.
而另為高丘、公山羊像和自己所製的牛犢委派了司祭。
16 People from all the tribes of Israel came after them, those who set their hearts to seek Yahweh, the God of Israel; they came to Jerusalem to sacrifice to Yahweh, the God of their fathers.
為此，以色列各支派中，凡專心尋求上主以色列天主的，都隨那些肋未人到了耶路撒冷，向上主他們祖先的天主奉獻犧牲。
17 So they strengthened the kingdom of Judah and made Rehoboam son of Solomon strong during three years, and they walked for three years in the way of David and Solomon.
如此，這般人加強了猶大的國勢，使撒羅滿的兒子勒哈貝罕有了勢力，凡三年之久，因為他們在三年之中，遵循了達味和撒羅滿的道路。[勒哈貝罕的家室]
18 Rehoboam took a wife for himself: Mahalath, the daughter of Jerimoth, David's son, and of Abihail, the daughter of Eliab, Jesse's son.
勒哈貝罕取了達味之子耶黎摩特的女兒，亦即葉瑟之子厄里雅布的女兒阿彼海耳的女兒瑪哈拉特為妻。
19 She bore him sons: Jeush, Shemariah, and Zaham.
瑪哈拉特給他生的兒子，即耶烏士、舍瑪黎雅和匝罕。
20 After Mahalath, Rehoboam took Maacah, Absalom's daughter; she bore him Abijah, Attai, Ziza, and Shelomith.
以後，他又娶了阿貝沙隆的外孫女瑪阿加，她生了阿彼雅，阿泰、齊匝和舍羅米特。
21 Rehoboam loved Maacah, Absalom's daughter, more than all his other wives and his concubines (he took eighteen wives and sixty concubines, and became the father of twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters).
勒哈貝罕共娶了十八個妻子，六十個妾侍，生了二十八個兒子，六十個女兒；但他愛阿貝沙龍的外孫女瑪阿加，超過其他的妻妾。
22 Rehoboam appointed Abijah son of Maacah to be chief, a leader among his brothers; he had the thought of making him king.
勒哈貝罕遂將瑪阿加的兒子阿彼雅立為儲君，為眾兄弟之長，有意立他為王。
23 Rehoboam ruled wisely; he scattered all his sons throughout all the land of Judah and Benjamin to every fortified city. He also gave them food in abundance and looked for many wives for them.
勒哈貝罕作事聰明，將他所有的兒子分派在猶大和本雅明全境所有設防的城內，供給他們豐富食糧，並給他們娶了許多妻妾。
