2 Istwa 12
1 Lè Woboram fin chita gouvènman li byen chita, lè li santi li te fò, li pa mache dapre lalwa Seyè a ankò. Lèfini, tout pèp Izrayèl la fè menm jan an tou.
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 Paske moun yo te vire do bay Seyè a, Chichak, wa peyi Lejip la, moute vin atake lavil Jerizalèm nan senkyèm lanne rèy wa Woboram,
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 avèk mildesan (1.200) cha lagè, swasantmil (60.000) kavalye ak yon kantite sòlda moun pa t' ka konte ki te moute avè l' soti nan peyi Lejip. Te gen moun peyi Libi, moun peyi Soukit ak moun peyi Letiopi nan lame a.
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 Li pran tout lavil ak gwo ranpa peyi Jida yo, jouk li rive lavil Jerizalèm.
And they obtained possession of the strong cities, which were in Juda, and came to Jerusalem.
5 Chichak t'ap pwoche sou lavil la, lè Chemaya, pwofèt la, al jwenn Woboram ak tout chèf peyi Jida yo ki te reyini lavil la, li di yo konsa: -Men sa Seyè a voye di nou. Menm jan nou te lage m' lan, se konsa m'ap lage nou tou nan men Chichak.
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 Wa a ansanm ak chèf yo rekonèt yo te fè sa ki mal: -Seyè a gen rezon l' nan pla men l'!
And the elders of Israel and the king were ashamed, and said, The Lord [is] righteous.
7 Lè Seyè a wè jan yo rekonèt tò yo, li pale ak Chemaya ankò, li di l' konsa: -Paske yo rekonèt yo pa t' dwe fè sa yo fè a, mwen p'ap detwi yo nèt. Men, lè Chichak va atake, m'ap ba yo chans pou yo chape kò yo. Mwen p'ap sèvi ak Chichak pou m' fè moun lavil Jerizalèm yo santi jan m' fache sou yo.
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 Men, Chichak pral fè yo soumèt devan l'. Lè sa a, y'a wè sèvi m' ak sèvi chèf sou latè sa ki pi dous.
Nevertheless they shall be servants, and know my service, and the service of the kings of the earth.
9 Wa Chichak atake lavil Jerizalèm. Li pran tout trezò ki te nan Tanp lan ak nan palè wa a. Li pran ata gwo plak pwotèj an lò Salomon te fè fè yo.
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 Wa Woboram fè fè lòt gwo plak pwotèj an kwiv fwa sa a pou mete nan plas yo. Lèfini, li renmèt yo nan men chèf gad ki t'ap fè pòs nan pòtay palè a.
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 Chak fwa wa a t'ap antre nan Tanp lan, chèf gad yo al pran gwo plak pwotèj yo pote vini. Lè li ale, yo pote yo tounen nan chanm gad yo.
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 Paske Woboram te rekonèt li pa t' dwe fè sa l' te fè a devan Seyè a, kòlè Seyè a bese, li pa fini nèt avè l'. Men pou di vre, te gen bon bagay ki te pase nan peyi Jida lè sa a tou.
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 Woboram te gouvènen lavil Jerizalèm, li chita otorite l' byen chita. Woboram te gen karanteyennan lè li vin wa peyi Jida. Li gouvènen pandan disètan lavil Jerizalèm, lavil Seyè a te chwazi nan tout peyi Izrayèl pou anplasman kote pou yo fè sèvis pou li a. Manman Woboram te moun lavil Amon. Li te rele Nama.
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 Woboram te fè sa ki mal, paske li pa t' chache fè volonte Seyè a.
And he did evil, for he directed not his heart to seek the Lord.
15 Tou sa wa Woboram te fè, depi premye jou li te moute wa a rive jouk dènye jou a, nou jwenn yo ekri nan liv travay pwofèt Chemaya ak nan liv vizyon pwofèt Ido ki bay lis fanmi yo. Se te yon lagè san rete ant Woboram ak Jewoboram.
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 Lè Woboram mouri, yo antere l' nan lavil David la. Se Abija, pitit gason li, ki pran plas li sou fotèy la.
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.
