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.
羅波安來到耶路撒冷，招聚猶大家和便雅憫家，共十八萬人，都是挑選的戰士，要與以色列人爭戰，好將國奪回再歸自己。
2 But the word of Yahweh came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying,
但耶和華的話臨到神人示瑪雅說：
3 “Say to Rehoboam son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin,
「你去告訴所羅門的兒子猶大王羅波安和住猶大、便雅憫的以色列眾人說，
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.
耶和華如此說：『你們不可上去與你們的弟兄爭戰，各歸各家去吧！因為這事出於我。』」眾人就聽從耶和華的話歸回，不去與耶羅波安爭戰。
5 Rehoboam lived in Jerusalem and built cities in Judah for defense.
羅波安住在耶路撒冷，在猶大地修築城邑，
6 He built Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,
為保障修築伯利恆、以坦、提哥亞、
7 Beth Zur, Soko, Adullam,
伯‧夙、梭哥、亞杜蘭、
8 Gath, Mareshah, Ziph,
迦特、瑪利沙、西弗、
9 Adoraim, Lachish, Azekah,
亞多萊音、拉吉、亞西加、
10 Zorah, Aijalon, and Hebron. These are fortified cities in Judah and Benjamin.
瑣拉、亞雅崙、希伯崙。這都是猶大和便雅憫的堅固城。
11 He fortified the fortresses and put commanders in them, with stores of food, oil, and wine.
羅波安又堅固各處的保障，在其中安置軍長，又預備下糧食、油、酒。
12 He put shields and spears in all the cities and made them very strong. So Judah and Benjamin belonged to him.
他在各城裏預備盾牌和槍，且使城極其堅固。猶大和便雅憫都歸了他。
13 The priests and the Levites who were in all Israel went over to him from within their borders.
以色列全地的祭司和利未人都從四方來歸羅波安。
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.
利未人撇下他們的郊野和產業，來到猶大與耶路撒冷，是因耶羅波安和他的兒子拒絕他們，不許他們供祭司職分事奉耶和華。
15 Jeroboam appointed for himself priests for the high places and the goat and calf idols he had made.
耶羅波安為邱壇、為鬼魔、為自己所鑄造的牛犢設立祭司。
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.
以色列各支派中，凡立定心意尋求耶和華－以色列上帝的，都隨從利未人，來到耶路撒冷祭祀耶和華－他們列祖的上帝。
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.
這樣，就堅固猶大國，使所羅門的兒子羅波安強盛三年，因為他們三年遵行大衛和所羅門的道。
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.
羅波安娶大衛兒子耶利摩的女兒瑪哈拉為妻，又娶耶西兒子以利押的女兒亞比孩為妻。
19 She bore him sons: Jeush, Shemariah, and Zaham.
從她生了幾個兒子，就是耶烏施、示瑪利雅、撒罕。
20 After Mahalath, Rehoboam took Maacah, Absalom's daughter; she bore him Abijah, Attai, Ziza, and Shelomith.
後來又娶押沙龍的女兒瑪迦，從她生了亞比雅、亞太、細撒、示羅密。
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).
羅波安娶十八個妻，立六十個妾，生二十八個兒子，六十個女兒；他卻愛押沙龍的女兒瑪迦，比愛別的妻妾更甚。
22 Rehoboam appointed Abijah son of Maacah to be chief, a leader among his brothers; he had the thought of making him king.
羅波安立瑪迦的兒子亞比雅作太子，在他弟兄中為首，因為想要立他接續作王。
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.
羅波安辦事精明，使他眾子分散在猶大和便雅憫全地各堅固城裏，又賜他們許多糧食，為他們多尋妻子。
