Kronika 2 12

1 Esime Rehoboam li ke ɖe eƒe fiazikpui dzi eye wòɖo ŋusẽ la, eya kple Israel blibo la gbe nu le Yehowa ƒe se la gbɔ.

And it came to pass, when the kingdom of Rehoboam was established, and he was strong, that he forsook the law of Jehovah, and all Israel with him.

2 Esi wometo nyateƒe na Yehowa o ta la, Sisak, Egipte fia, ho aʋa ɖe Yerusalem ŋu le Fia Rehoboam ƒe fiaɖuɖu ƒe ƒe atɔ̃lia me

And it came to pass in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, because they had trespassed against Jehovah,

3 kple tasiaɖam akpe ɖeka alafa eve, sɔdola akpe blaade kple aʋawɔla siwo mele xexlẽ me o. Ame siwo kpe ɖe Fia Sisak ŋu la woe nye, Libiatɔwo, Sukimtɔwo kple Kustɔ siwo tso Egipte.

with twelve hundred chariots, and threescore thousand horsemen. And the people were without number that came with him out of Egypt: the Lubim, the Sukkiim, and the Ethiopians.

4 Fia Sisak ɖu Yuda du siwo woglã la katã dzi eye wòɖo Yerusalem.

And he took the fortified cities which pertained to Judah, and came unto Jerusalem.

5 Nyagblɔɖila Semaya wɔ takpekpe kple Rehoboam kple Yuda ƒe kplɔlawo tso dukɔ la ƒe akpa ɖe sia ɖe, ame siwo si va Yerusalem la eye wògblɔ na wo be, “Yehowa gblɔ be, ‘Miegblem ɖi eya ta nye hã megble mi ɖi ɖo eye metsɔ mi de asi na Sisak.’”

Now Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam, and to the princes of Judah, that were gathered together to Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said unto them, Thus saith Jehovah, Ye have forsaken me, therefore have I also left you in the hand of Shishak.

6 Fia Rehoboam kple Yuda ƒe kplɔlawo do ɣli ʋu woƒe nu vɔ̃wo me be, “Yehowa tɔ dzɔ be wòwɔ mí alea!”

Then the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves; and they said, Jehovah is righteous.

7 Esi Yehowa kpɔ ale si wobɔbɔ wo ɖokuie la, eɖo Semaya ɖa be wòagblɔ na wo be, “Esi miebɔbɔ mia ɖokui ta la, nyematsrɔ̃ mi keŋkeŋ o, mia dometɔ aɖewo asi. Nyemawɔ Fia Sisak ŋu dɔ le nye dɔmedzoetɔtrɔ kɔ ɖe Yerusalem dzi me o.

And when Jehovah saw that they humbled themselves, the word of Jehovah came to Shemaiah, saying, They have humbled themselves: 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.

8 Ke miadzɔ nu na Sisak ƒe sia ƒe. Ekema miadze sii be, enyo sãa be miasubɔm wu be miasubɔ Sisak!”

Nevertheless they shall be his servants, that they may know my service, and the service of the kingdoms of the countries.

9 Ale Egipte fia, Sisak ɖu Yerusalem dzi eye wòlɔ nu sia nu le gbedoxɔ la kple fiasã la me dzoe. Etsɔ sikakpoxɔnu siwo Solomo wɔ la katã hã dzoe.

So Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, and took away the treasures of the house of Jehovah, and the treasures of the king’s house: he took all away: he took away also the shields of gold which Solomon had made.

10 Ke Fia Rehoboam wɔ akɔblikpoxɔnuwo ɖe wo teƒe eye wòtsɔ wo de asi na eŋudzɔlawo ƒe amegã.

And king Rehoboam made in their stead shields of brass, and committed them to the hands of the captains of the guard, that kept the door of the king’s house.

11 Ɣe sia ɣi si fia la yi gbedoxɔ la me la, eŋudzɔlawo tsɔa wo bɔa asaɖa le eŋgɔ eye emegbe la, wogbugbɔa wo dana ɖe dzɔlawo ƒe xɔ me.

And it was so, that, as oft as the king entered into the house of Jehovah, the guard came and bare them, and brought them back into the guard-chamber.

12 Esi fia la bɔbɔ eɖokui la, Yehowa na eƒe dɔmedzoe nu tso eye metsrɔ̃ ameawo keŋkeŋ o. Le Sisak ƒe aʋawɔwɔ kpli wo emegbe gɔ̃ hã la, meda ahe o.

And when he humbled himself, the wrath of Jehovah turned from him, so as not to destroy him altogether: and moreover in Judah there were good things [found].

13 Fia Rehoboam ɖu fia ƒe wuiadre le Yerusalem, du si Mawu tia wɔ eƒe nɔƒee le ŋkuléle ɖe Israel duwo katã ŋu megbe la me. Rehoboam ɖu fia esi wòxɔ ƒe blaene-vɔ-ɖekɛ. Dadaa ŋkɔe nye Naama eye wònye Amoni nyɔnu aɖe.

So king Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem, and reigned: for Rehoboam was forty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which Jehovah had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there: and his mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonitess.

14 Rehoboam nye fia vɔ̃ɖi aɖe elabena meɖo ta me kura be yeadze Yehowa ŋu o.

And he did that which was evil, because he set not his heart to seek Jehovah.

15 Woŋlɔ Rehoboam ƒe ŋutinya blibo la ɖe nu siwo nyagblɔdila, Semaya kple nukpɔla, Ido ŋlɔ ɖe Dzidzimegbalẽ la me. Aʋa dzɔna ɖe Rehoboam kple Yeroboam dome enuenu.

Now the acts of Rehoboam, first and last, are they not written in the histories of Shemaiah the prophet and of Iddo the seer, after the manner of genealogies? And there were wars between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually.

16 Esi Rehoboam ku la, woɖii ɖe David ƒe du la me eye via Abiya ɖu fia ɖe eteƒe.

And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David: and Abijah his son reigned in his stead.