2 Ihe E Mere 11
1 Mgbe Rehoboam bịarutere Jerusalem, ọ kpọkọtara ndị ụlọ Juda niile na ndị ebo Benjamin, ha dị narị puku na iri asatọ nʼọnụọgụgụ, ụmụ okorobịa ndị tozuru ịga agha, ka ha gaa buso ụlọ Izrel agha ma weghachitekwa alaeze nʼokpuru ọchịchị Rehoboam.
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 Ma okwu Onyenwe anyị rutere Shemaya, onye nke Chineke ntị:
But the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying,
3 “Gwa Rehoboam, nwa Solomọn eze Juda, na Izrel niile nọ na Juda na Benjamin,
"Speak to Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin, saying,
4 Otu a ka Onyenwe anyị kwuru, ‘Unu agakwala gaa buso ndị Izrel ibe unu agha. Laghachinụ, nwoke ọbụla nʼụlọ ya, nʼihi na ọ bụ m na-eme ihe ndị a.’” Ya mere, ha rubere isi nʼokwu niile nke Onyenwe anyị. Ha tụgharịrị laghachi azụ nʼịga megide Jeroboam.
'Thus says the LORD, "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 the LORD, and returned from going against Jeroboam.
5 Rehoboam bigidere na Jerusalem wusie obodo ndị dị na Juda ike nʼihi nchedo.
Rehoboam lived in Jerusalem, and built cities for defense in Judah.
6 Obodo ndị a bụ Betlehem, Etam, Tekoa,
He built Bethlehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,
7 Bet Zoa, Soko, Adulam,
Beth Zur, and Soco, and Adullam,
8 Gat, Maresha, Zif,
and Gath, and Mareshah, and Ziph,
9 na Adoraim, Lakish, Azeka
and Adoraim, and Lachish, and Azekah,
10 Zora, Aijalon na Hebrọn. Obodo ndị a bụkwa obodo ndị Juda na Benjamin e wusiri ike.
and Zorah, and Aijalon, and Hebron, which are in Judah and in Benjamin, fortified cities.
11 O wusiri ha ike tinye ndịisi agha nʼime ha, tinyekwa ihe oriri na mmanụ oliv na mmanya.
He fortified the strongholds, and put captains in them, and stores of food, and oil and wine.
12 O tinyere ọta na ùbe nʼebe niile a na-edebe ngwa agha nʼobodo niile, nʼihi iche obodo ya nke ọma, ebe ọ bụ naanị Juda na Benjamin nọ nʼokpuru ya.
He put shields and spears in every city, and made them exceeding strong. Judah and Benjamin belonged to him.
13 Ma ndị nchụaja niile na ndị Livayị ndị sitere nʼakụkụ niile nke Izrel dịnyere ya.
The cohanim and the Levites who were in all Israel resorted to him out of all their border.
14 Ndị Livayị hapụchara ebe ịta nri anụ ụlọ ha na ihe niile ha nwere bịa biri na Juda na Jerusalem, nʼihi na Jeroboam na ụmụ ya ndị ikom jụrụ ha dịka ndị nchụaja Onyenwe anyị.
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 office of cohen to the LORD;
15 Ọ họpụtara ndị nchụaja nke aka ya, maka ebe niile dị elu, nakwa ife arụsị ewu na nwa ehi ndị ahụ ọ kpụrụ.
and he appointed him cohanim for the high places, and for the male goats, and for the calves which he had made.
16 Ndị si nʼebo niile nke Izrel, ndị kpebiri nʼobi ha ịchọ Onyenwe anyị, Chineke Izrel sooro ndị Livayị bịa Jerusalem ịchụ aja nye Onyenwe anyị Chineke nna nna ha.
After them, out of all the tribes of Israel, such as set their hearts to seek the LORD, the God of Israel, came to Jerusalem to sacrifice to the LORD, the God of their fathers.
17 Ha mere ka alaeze Juda sie ike. Ha kwagidekwara Rehoboam nwa Solomọn afọ atọ, na-agbasokwa nʼụzọ niile nke Devid na Solomọn nʼoge a.
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 Rehoboam, lụrụ Mahalat, bụ nwa nwanyị Jerimot nwa Devid, na Abihail, nwa nwanyị Eliab, nwa Jesi.
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 Ọ mụtaara ya ụmụ ndị ikom atọ ndị a: Jeush, na Shemaraya, na Zaham.
and she bore him sons: Jeush, and Shemariah, and Zaham.
20 Emesịa, ọ lụkwara nwunye ọzọ aha ya bụ Maaka, nwa nwanyị Absalọm. Ụmụ ha mụtara bụ Abija, na Atai, na Ziza, na Shelomit.
After her he took Maacah the daughter of Absalom; and she bore him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith.
21 Rehoboam hụrụ Maaka nwa nwanyị Absalọm nʼanya karịa ndị nwunye ya na ndị iko ya nwanyị niile. O nwere ndị nwunye iri na asatọ, nweekwa iri ndị iko nwanyị isii. Ọ mụtara iri ndị ikom abụọ na asatọ, na iri ụmụ nwanyị isii.
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 Rehoboam mere Abija nwa Maaka onyeisi nʼetiti ụmụ eze niile nʼihi na ọ chọrọ ime ya eze.
Rehoboam appointed Abijah the son of Maacah to be chief, the prince among his brothers; for he intended to make him king.
23 O ji ezi uche zipụchaa ụmụ ya ndị ikom gaa nʼala ndị Juda na Benjamin, nakwa nʼobodo ndị ahụ e wusiri ike. O nyere ha ihe e ji elekọta ndụ nʼebe ọ bara ụba ma lụọkwara ha ọtụtụ ndị inyom.
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.
