2 Istwa 11
1 Alò, lè Roboam te vini Jérusalem. Li te rasanble lakay Juda avèk Benjamin, san-katre-ven-mil mesye byen chwazi ki te gèrye, pou goumen kont Israël pou reprann wayòm nan pou Roboam.
When Rehoboam had come to Jerusalem, he assembled the house of Judah and Benjamin, one hundred eighty thousand chosen men, who were warriors, to fight against Israel, to bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam.
2 Men pawòl SENYÈ a te vini a Schemaeja, nonm Bondye a, Li te di:
But the word of YHWH came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying,
3 “Pale a Roboam, fis a Salomon an, wa a Juda a ak tout Israël nan Juda avèk Benjamin pou di:
"Speak to Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin, saying,
4 ‘Konsa pale SENYÈ a: “Nou pa pou monte ni goumen kont fanmi pa nou yo! Retounen chak mesye yo lakay yo, paske bagay sa a sòti nan Mwen menm.”’” Konsa, yo te koute pawòl SENYÈ a, e yo te retounen pou yo pa sòti kont Jéroboam.
'Thus says YHWH, "You shall not go up, nor fight against your brothers. Return every man to his house; for this thing is of me."'" So they listened to the word of YHWH, and returned from going against Jeroboam.
5 Roboam te viv Jérusalem, e li te bati vil pou fè defans nan Juda.
Rehoboam lived in Jerusalem, and built cities for defense in Judah.
6 Konsa li te bati Bethléem, Étham, Tekoa,
He built Bethlehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,
7 Beth-Tsur, Soko, Adullam,
Beth Zur, and Soco, and Adullam,
8 Gath, Maréscha, Ziph,
and Gath, and Mareshah, and Ziph,
9 Adoraïm, Lakis, Azéka
and Adoraim, and Lachish, and Azekah,
10 Tsorea, Ajalon avèk Hébron, ki se vil fòtifye nan Juda ak nan Benjamin.
and Zorah, and Aijalon, and Hebron, which are in Judah and in Benjamin, fortified cities.
11 Anplis, li te ranfòse fò yo, e li te mete kòmandan ladan yo avèk depo manje, lwil ak diven.
He fortified the strongholds, and put captains in them, and stores of food, and oil and wine.
12 Li te mete boukliye defans avèk lans nan chak vil yo, e li te byen fòtifye yo. Konsa, Juda avèk Benjamin te pou li.
He put shields and spears in every city, and made them exceeding strong. Judah and Benjamin belonged to him.
13 Anplis, prèt avèk Levit ki te nan tout Israël yo te kanpe avèk li soti nan landwa pa yo.
The priests and the Levites who were in all Israel resorted to him out of all their border.
14 Paske Levit yo te kite tè patiraj pa yo pou te rive Juda avèk Jérusalem, paske Jéroboam te bloke sèvis yo kòm prèt SENYÈ a.
For the Levites left their suburbs and their possession, and came to Judah and Jerusalem: for Jeroboam and his sons cast them off, that they should not execute the priest's office to YHWH;
15 Li te etabli prèt pa li yo pou kont li pou sèvi nan wo plas yo, pou imaj bouk yo avèk jenn bèf ke li te fè yo.
and he appointed him priests for the high places, and for the male goats, and for the calves which he had made.
16 Sila yo nan tout tribi Israël ki te dispoze kè yo pou swiv SENYÈ a, Bondye Israël la, te swiv yo rive Jérusalem pou fè sakrifis a SENYÈ a, Bondye a zansèt pa yo a.
After them, out of all the tribes of Israel, such as set their hearts to seek YHWH, the God of Israel, came to Jerusalem to sacrifice to YHWH, the God of their fathers.
17 Yo te fòtifye wayòm Juda a, e yo te bay soutyen a Roboam, fis Salomon nan pandan twazan, paske yo te mache nan chemen David avèk Salomon an pandan twazan.
So they strengthened the kingdom of Judah, and made Rehoboam the son of Solomon strong, three years; for they walked three years in the way of David and Solomon.
18 Alò, Roboam te pran kòm madanm li, Mahalath, fi a Jerimoth la, fis a David la avèk Abichaïl, fi a Éliab la, fis a Jesse a.
Rehoboam took him a wife, Mahalath the daughter of Jerimoth the son of David, and of Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse;
19 Li te fè fis yo: Jeusch, Schemaria, avèk Zaham.
and she bore him sons: Jeush, and Shemariah, and Zaham.
20 Apre, li te pran Maaca, fi a Absalom an. Li te fè pou li Abija, Attaï, Ziza, avèk Schelomith.
After her he took Maacah the daughter of Absalom; and she bore him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith.
21 Roboam te renmen Maaca, fi a Absalom an plis pase tout lòt madanm avèk ti mennaj li yo. Paske li te pran dizuit madanm avèk swasant mennaj, e li te fè venn-tuit fis ak swasant fi.
Rehoboam loved Maacah the daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his secondary wives: (for he took eighteen wives, and sixty secondary wives, and became the father of twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.)
22 Roboam te chwazi Abija, fis a Maaca a kòm chèf e dirijan pami frè li yo, paske li te gen entansyon fè l wa.
Rehoboam appointed Abijah the son of Maacah to be chief, the prince among his brothers; for he intended to make him king.
23 Li te aji avèk sajès, e li te plase fis li yo nan tout teritwa a Juda avèk Benjamin nan tout vil fòtifye yo, e li te ba yo anpil manje. Epi li te chache anpil madanm pou yo.
He dealt wisely, and dispersed of all his sons throughout all the lands of Judah and Benjamin, to every fortified city: and he gave them food in abundance. He sought for them many wives.
