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.

And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he assembled the house of Judah and Benjamin, an hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men, which 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 unto 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 saith the LORD, Ye shall not go up, nor fight against your brethren: return every man to his house; for this thing is of me. So they hearkened unto the words of the LORD, and returned from going against Jeroboam.

5 Rehoboam bigidere na Jerusalem wusie obodo ndị dị na Juda ike nʼihi nchedo.

And Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and built cities for defence in Judah.

6 Obodo ndị a bụ Betlehem, Etam, Tekoa,

He built even Beth-lehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,

7 Bet Zoa, Soko, Adulam,

And 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, fenced cities.

11 O wusiri ha ike tinye ndịisi agha nʼime ha, tinyekwa ihe oriri na mmanụ oliv na mmanya.

And he fortified the strong holds, and put captains in them, and store of victual, 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.

And in every several city [he put] shields and spears, and made them exceeding strong. And Judah and Benjamin belonged to him.

13 Ma ndị nchụaja niile na ndị Livayị ndị sitere nʼakụkụ niile nke Izrel dịnyere ya.

And the priests and the Levites that 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 priest’s office unto 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 priests for the high places, and for the he-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.

And 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 unto 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.

And 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 bare 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.

And after her he took Maacah the daughter of Absalom; and she bare 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.

And Rehoboam loved Maacah the daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines: (for he took eighteen wives, and threescore concubines, and begat twenty and eight sons and threescore daughters.)

22 Rehoboam mere Abija nwa Maaka onyeisi nʼetiti ụmụ eze niile nʼihi na ọ chọrọ ime ya eze.

And Rehoboam appointed Abijah the son of Maacah to be chief, [even] the prince among his brethren: for [he was minded] 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.

And he dealt wisely, and dispersed of all his sons throughout all the lands of Judah and Benjamin, unto every fenced city: and he gave them victual in abundance. And he sought [for them] many wives.