2 Chronicles 12
1 And it came to pass, when Rehoboam had established the kingdom, and had strengthened himself, he forsook the law of the LORD, and all Israel with him.
Awo Lekobowaamu bwe yanywera ku bwakabaka, n’aba mugumu, ye ne Isirayiri yonna ne bava ku mateeka ga Mukama.
2 And it came to pass, [that] in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, because they had transgressed against the LORD,
Mu mwaka ogwokutaano ogw’obufuzi bwa kabaka Lekobowaamu, Sisaki kabaka w’e Misiri n’alumba Yerusaalemi kubanga tebaali beesigwa eri Mukama.
3 With twelve hundred chariots, and sixty thousand horsemen: and the people [were] without number that came with him out of Egypt; the Lubims, the Sukkiims, and the Cushites.
N’ajja n’amagaali lukumi mu bibiri, n’abeebagala embalaasi emitwalo mukaaga, ate n’abaserikale ab’ebigere bangi nnyo: Abalubimu, n’Abasukkiyimu, n’Abaesiyopiya okuva e Misiri.
4 And he took the fortified cities which [pertained] to Judah, and came to Jerusalem.
N’awamba ebibuga ebiriko bbugwe ebya Yuda n’atuuka n’e Yerusaalemi.
5 Then came Shemaiah the prophet to Rehoboam, and [to] the princes of Judah, that were assembled at Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said to them, Thus saith the LORD, Ye have forsaken me, and therefore have I also left you in the hand of Shishak.
Awo Semaaya nnabbi n’agenda eri Lekobowaamu n’eri abakulembeze ba Yuda abaali bakuŋŋaanidde mu Yerusaalemi olw’okutya Sisaki, n’abagamba nti, “Bw’ati bw’ayogera Mukama nti, ‘Mwanvaako, nange kyenvudde mbawaayo mu mukono gwa Sisaki.’”
6 Upon which the princes of Israel, and the king humbled themselves; and they said, The LORD [is] righteous.
Awo abakulembeze ba Isirayiri, nga bali wamu ne kabaka ne beetoowaza ne boogera nti, “Mukama asala bulungi emisango.”
7 And when the LORD saw that they humbled themselves, the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah, saying, They have humbled themselves; [therefore] I will not destroy them, but I will grant them some deliverance; and my wrath shall not be poured out upon Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak.
Awo Mukama bwe yalaba okwetoowaza kwabwe, ekigambo kya Mukama ne kijjira Semaaya nti, “Beetoowazizza noolwekyo siribazikiriza. Ndibalokola, era n’obusungu bwange tebulifukibwa ku Yerusaalemi nga buyita mu mukono gwa Sisaki.
8 Nevertheless they shall be his servants; that they may know my service, and the service of the kingdoms of the countries.
Wabula baliba baddu be, balyoke bategeere enjawulo eriwo wakati w’okumpeereza n’okuweereza bakabaka baamawanga amalala.”
9 So Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, and took away the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's house; he took all: he carried away also the shields of gold which Solomon had made.
Awo Sisaki kabaka w’e Misiri n’alumba Yerusaalemi n’atwala obugagga obw’omu yeekaalu ya Mukama, n’obugagga obw’omu lubiri lwa kabaka, n’atwala buli kintu kyonna, era n’atwala n’engabo eza zaabu Sulemaani ze yali akoze.
10 Instead of which, king Rehoboam made shields of brass, and committed [them] to the hands of the chief of the guard, that kept the entrance of the king's house.
Awo kabaka Lekobowaamu n’akola engabo ez’ekikomo okudda mu kifo kyaziri eza zaabu, n’azikwasa abaduumizi b’abambowa abaakuumanga wankaaki ow’olubiri lwa kabaka.
11 And when the king entered into the house of the LORD, the guard came and conveyed them, and brought them again into the guard-chamber.
Buli kabaka bwe yalaganga mu yeekaalu ya Mukama, abakuumi baazeetikkanga nga bamuwerekera, n’oluvannyuma ne bazizaayo mu kisenge ky’abakuumi.
12 And when he humbled himself, the wrath of the LORD turned from him, that he would not destroy [him] altogether: and also in Judah things went well.
Lekobowaamu bwe yeetoowaza, Mukama n’alekeraawo okumusunguwalira n’atasaanyizibwawo ddala, ne mu Yuda ne mubaamu emirembe.
13 So king Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem, and reigned: for Rehoboam [was] one and forty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his mother's name [was] Naamah an Ammonitess.
Kabaka Lekobowaamu ne yeenyweza mu Yerusaalemi, n’afuga nga ye kabaka. Yalina emyaka amakumi ana mu gumu we yafuukira kabaka, era n’afugira emyaka kkumi na musanvu mu Yerusaalemi, ekibuga Mukama kye yalonda mu bika byonna ebya Isirayiri n’ateekamu Erinnya lye. Nnyina erinnya lye ye yali Naama Omwamoni.
14 And he did evil, because he prepared not his heart to seek the LORD.
Lekobowaamu n’akola ebibi, n’atamalirira kunoonya Mukama mu mutima gwe.
15 Now the acts of Rehoboam, first and last, [are] they not written in the book of Shemaiah the prophet, and of Iddo the seer, concerning genealogies? And [there were] wars between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually.
Ebyafaayo ebirala ebyabaawo mu mirembe gya Lekobowaamu okuva ku ntandikwa ye okutuusa ku nkomerero ye, tebyawandiikibwa mu byafaayo bya Semaaya nnabbi n’ebya Iddo omulabi? Ne wabangawo entalo wakati wa Lekobowaamu ne Yerobowaamu.
16 And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David: and Abijah his son reigned in his stead.
Awo Lekobowaamu ne yeebakira wamu ne bajjajjaabe, n’aziikibwa mu kibuga kya Dawudi, Abiya mutabani we n’amusikira.
