2 Ihe E Mere 12
1 Ma mgbe e mere ka alaeze Rehoboam guzosie ike, mgbe ọ dịkwa ike, ọ hapụrụ iwu Onyenwe anyị ya na ndị Izrel niile.
And it came to pass, when the kingdom of Rehoboam was established, and he was strong, that he forsook the law of the LORD, and all Israel with him.
2 Nʼihi na ha ekwesighị ntụkwasị obi nye Onyenwe anyị, Shishak eze Ijipt busoro Jerusalem agha nʼafọ nke ise nke ọchịchị eze Rehoboam.
And it came to pass in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, because they had trespassed against the LORD,
3 O ji otu puku ụgbọ agha na narị abụọ, na ndị agha na-agba ịnyịnya dị puku iri isii, na ndị agha ụkwụ ala, ndị a na-apụghị ịgụta ọnụ, ndị agha si Libịa, Sukim na Kush, ndị sooro ya site nʼala Ijipt.
with twelve hundred chariots, and threescore thousand horsemen: and the people were without number that came with him out of Egypt; the Lubim, the Sukkiim, and the Ethiopians.
4 O merikwara obodo niile e wusiri ike nke Juda ma bịarukwaa Jerusalem.
And he took the fenced cities which pertained to Judah, and came unto Jerusalem.
5 Mgbe ahụ, Shemaya onye amụma bịakwutere Rehoboam na ndịisi Juda niile, ndị zukọtara na Jerusalem nʼihi egwu Shishak, sị ha, “Otu a ka Onyenwe anyị sịrị, ‘Unu ahapụla m, nʼihi ya, ahapụkwala m unu, nyefee unu nʼaka Shishak.’”
Now Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam, and to the princes of Judah, that were gathered together to Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said unto them, Thus saith the LORD, Ye have forsaken me, therefore have I also left you in the hand of Shishak.
6 Ndị ndu Izrel na eze wedara onwe ha nʼala sị, “Onye ezi omume ka Onyenwe anyị bụ.”
Then the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves; and they said, The LORD is righteous.
7 Mgbe Onyenwe anyị hụrụ otu ha si weda onwe ha nʼala, okwu Onyenwe anyị bịakwutere Shemaya, sị, “Ebe ọ bụ na ha ewedala onwe ha nʼala, agakwaghị m ebibi ha kama aga m eme ka ha nwe nzọpụta ngwangwa. Agakwaghị m eji Shishak gosi Jerusalem oke iwe m.
And when the LORD saw that they humbled themselves, the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah, saying, They have humbled themselves; I will not destroy them: but I will grant them some deliverance, and my wrath shall not be poured out upon Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak.
8 Ma otu ọ dị, ha ga-abụrụ ya ohu, ka ha nwe ike mata ọ dị iche dị nʼetiti ijere m ozi na ijere ndị eze ala ọzọ dị iche iche ozi.”
Nevertheless they shall be his servants; that they may know my service, and the service of the kingdoms of the countries.
9 Mgbe Shishak eze Ijipt busoro Jerusalem nʼagha; o bukọrọ akụ niile dị nʼime ụlọ Onyenwe anyị, na akụ niile dịkwa nʼụlọeze. Ọ kwakọọrọ ihe niile, werekwa ọta ọlaedo ndị ahụ Solomọn kpụrụ.
So Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, and took away the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king’s house; he took all away: he took away also the shields of gold which Solomon had made.
10 Ma eze Rehoboam kpụrụ ọta bronz i ji dochie ndị ahụ, nyefee ha nʼaka ndịisi ndị nche, bụ ndị na-eche nʼọnụ ụzọ ụlọeze nche ka a lekọta ha anya.
And king Rehoboam made in their stead shields of brass, and committed them to the hands of the captains of the guard, that kept the door of the king’s house.
11 Mgbe ọbụla eze na-aga nʼụlọnsọ ukwu Onyenwe anyị, ndị nche na-eso ya buru ọta ndị ahụ, emesịa, ha na-ebughachikwa ha nʼime ụlọ ndị nche.
And it was so, that as oft as the king entered into the house of the LORD, the guard came and bare them, and brought them back into the guard chamber.
12 Mgbe eze wedara onwe ya nʼala, iwe Onyenwe anyị na-eweso ya dajụrụ, Ọ laghịkwa ya nʼiyi kpamkpam. Nʼezie, ezi ihe fọdụkwara na Juda.
And when he humbled himself, the wrath of the LORD turned from him, that he would not destroy him altogether: and moreover in Judah there were good things [found].
13 Eze Rehoboam mere onwe ya ka ọ dị ike na Jerusalem na-achịkwa ka eze. Ọ gbara iri afọ anọ na otu mgbe ọ malitere ịbụ eze, ọ chịrị afọ iri na asaa na Jerusalem, bụ obodo ahụ Onyenwe anyị họọrọ site nʼetiti ebo niile nke Izrel, bụ ebe ọ ga-akpọkwasị Aha ya. Aha nne ya bụ Naama, onye Amọn.
So king Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem, and reigned: for Rehoboam was forty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there: and his mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonitess.
14 O mere ihe ọjọọ, nʼihi na ọ dịghị mgbe ọbụla o kpebiri nʼobi ya ịchọ Onyenwe anyị.
And he did that which was evil, because he set not his heart to seek the LORD.
15 Ma banyere ihe ndị ọzọ niile mere nʼoge ọchịchị Rehoboam, site na mmalite ruo ọgwụgwụ, ọ bụ na e deghị ha nʼakwụkwọ akụkọ nke Shemaya onye amụma na nke Ido onye ọhụ ụzọ, nke na-ahụ maka ihe banyere usoro ọmụmụ niile? Agha dịgidere nʼetiti Rehoboam na Jeroboam ụbọchị niile nke ndụ ha.
Now the acts of Rehoboam, first and last, are they not written in the histories of Shemaiah the prophet and of Iddo the seer, after the manner of genealogies? And there were wars between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually.
16 Rehoboam sooro ndị nna nna ya ha dina nʼọnwụ, e lie ya nʼobodo Devid. Abija nwa ya ghọrọ eze nʼọnọdụ ya.
And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David: and Abijah his son reigned in his stead.
