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 Roboam was established, and when he had grown strong, [that] he forsook the commandments of the Lord, 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 the reign of Roboam, Susakim king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, because they had sinned against the Lord,
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 sixty thousand horses: and there was no number of the multitude that came with him from Egypt; Libyans, Trogodytes, and Ethiopians.
4 Fia Sisak ɖu Yuda du siwo woglã la katã dzi eye wòɖo Yerusalem.
And they obtained possession of the strong cities, which were in Juda, and came to 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.’”
And Samaias the prophet came to Roboam, and to the princes of Juda that were gathered to Jerusalem for fear of Susakim, and said to them, Thus said the Lord, You have left me, and I will leave you in the hand of Susakim.
6 Fia Rehoboam kple Yuda ƒe kplɔlawo do ɣli ʋu woƒe nu vɔ̃wo me be, “Yehowa tɔ dzɔ be wòwɔ mí alea!”
And the elders of Israel and the king were ashamed, and said, The Lord [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 the Lord saw that they repented, then came the word of the Lord to Samaias, saying, They have repented; I will not destroy them, but I will set them in safety for a little while, and my wrath shall not be poured out on Jerusalem.
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 servants, and know my service, and the service of the kings of the earth.
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 Susakim king of Egypt went up against Jerusalem, and took the treasures that were in the house of the Lord, and the treasures that were in the king's house: he took all; and he took the golden shields which Solomon had made.
10 Ke Fia Rehoboam wɔ akɔblikpoxɔnuwo ɖe wo teƒe eye wòtsɔ wo de asi na eŋudzɔlawo ƒe amegã.
And king Roboam made brazen shields instead of them. And Susakim set over him captains of footmen, as keepers of the gate of the king.
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 came to pass, when the king went into the house of the Lord, the guards and the footmen went in, and they that returned to meet the footmen.
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 repented, the anger of the Lord turned from him, and did not destroy him utterly; for there were good things in Juda.
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 Roboam strengthened [himself] in Jerusalem, and reigned: and Roboam was forty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, in the city which the Lord chose out of all the tribes of the children of Israel to call his name there: and his mother's name was Noomma the Ammanitess.
14 Rehoboam nye fia vɔ̃ɖi aɖe elabena meɖo ta me kura be yeadze Yehowa ŋu o.
And he did evil, for he directed not his heart to seek the Lord.
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.
And the acts of Roboam, the first and the last, behold, are they not written in the book of Samaia the prophet, and Addo the seer, with his achievements.
16 Esi Rehoboam ku la, woɖii ɖe David ƒe du la me eye via Abiya ɖu fia ɖe eteƒe.
And Roboam made war with Jeroboam all [his] days. And Roboam died with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David: and Abia his son reigned in his stead.
