2 Tawarikh 11
1 Ketika Raja Rehabeam tiba di Yerusalem, ia mengumpulkan 180.000 prajuritnya yang terbaik dari suku Yehuda dan Benyamin untuk memerangi orang Israel dan memulihkan kekuasaannya atas suku-suku di bagian utara Israel.
When Rehoboam arrived in Jerusalem, he gathered 180,000 of the best soldiers from the tribes of Judah and Benjamin. He wanted them to fight against [the northern tribes of] Israel [and defeat them], in order that he could rule [all the tribes of] the kingdom again.
2 Tetapi TUHAN menyuruh Nabi Semaya
But Yahweh spoke to the prophet Shemaiah and said this to him:
3 menyampaikan pesan ini kepada Rehabeam dan kepada semua orang dalam suku Yehuda dan Benyamin,
“Go and tell this to [Solomon’s son] Rehoboam, the king of Judah, and to all the Israeli people of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin:
4 "Janganlah memerangi saudara-saudaramu orang Israel. Pulanglah! Apa yang telah terjadi adalah kehendak-Ku." Maka mereka semuanya menuruti perintah TUHAN dan tidak jadi pergi memerangi Yerobeam.
‘Yahweh says that you must not go to fight against [the people of Israel; they are] your distant relatives. All of you must go home. What has happened is what Yahweh wanted to happen.’” [So Shemaiah went and told that to them, ] and they all heeded what Yahweh had commanded them to do, and they did not attack Jeroboam [and his soldiers].
5 Rehabeam tinggal di Yerusalem dan menyuruh orang membangun benteng-benteng untuk kota-kota di wilayah Yehuda dan Benyamin, yaitu:
Rehoboam lived in Jerusalem, and his workers built walls around several of the cities and towns in Judah to protect them [against enemy attacks].
6 kota Betlehem, Etam, Tekoa,
In [the area that belonged to] the tribes of Judah and Benjamin they built walls around Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,
7 Bet-Zur, Sokho, Adulam,
Beth-Zur, Soco, Adullam,
8 Gat, Mares, Zif,
Gath, Mareshah,
9 Adoraim, Lakhis, Azeka,
Adoraim, Lachish, Azekah,
10 Zora, Ayalon dan Hebron.
Zorah, Aijalon, and Hebron.
11 Ia memperkuat kota-kota berbenteng itu dan menempatkan seorang komandan pasukan di setiap kota itu. Masing-masing kota itu dilengkapinya dengan persediaan makanan, minyak zaitun dan anggur
He also appointed an army commander in each of those cities and towns, and gave them supplies of food, olive oil, and wine [to keep in storage].
12 serta perisai dan tombak. Dengan demikian wilayah Yehuda dan Benyamin tetap di dalam kekuasaannya.
He put shields and spears in all the cities and made them well-protected. So he continued to rule the tribes of Judah and Benjamin.
13 Imam-imam dan orang Lewi dari semua wilayah Israel pergi bergabung dengan Rehabeam.
The priests and other descendants of Levi throughout Israel supported Rehoboam.
14 Orang-orang Lewi itu meninggalkan padang-padang rumput dan tanah mereka dan pindah ke Yehuda dan Yerusalem, sebab Yerobeam dan raja-raja yang menggantikannya tidak mengizinkan mereka bekerja sebagai imam TUHAN.
The descendants of Levi [who lived outside the territory of Judah and Benjamin] abandoned their property and their pastureland, and they came to Jerusalem and [to other places in] Judah, because Jeroboam and his sons would not allow them to do the work of priests of Yahweh.
15 Yerobeam mengangkat imam-imamnya sendiri untuk melayani di tempat-tempat penyembahan berhala dan untuk menyembah jin-jin serta patung sapi yang dibuatnya sendiri.
Instead, Jeroboam appointed the priests that he wanted to work [at the altars he commanded to be built] on the hilltops, [to offer sacrifices to] the idols that he commanded to be made [that resembled] goats and calves.
16 Orang-orang dari semua suku Israel yang sungguh-sungguh ingin menyembah TUHAN, Allah Israel, pindah ke Yerusalem, mengikuti orang-orang Lewi itu supaya dapat mempersembahkan kurban kepada TUHAN, Allah yang disembah leluhur mereka.
And people from every tribe in Israel who wanted to worship Yahweh, the God to whom the Israelis belonged, went with the descendants of Levi to Jerusalem to live there and to offer sacrifices to Yahweh, the God whom their ancestors [worshiped].
17 Dengan demikian kerajaan Yehuda menjadi lebih kuat. Selama tiga tahun mereka mendukung pemerintahan Rehabeam putra Salomo itu, dan hidup seperti pada zaman pemerintahan Raja Daud dan Raja Salomo.
They caused the kingdom of Judah to be strong, and for three years they were happy that Solomon’s son Rehoboam was the king. During that time they conducted their lives [righteously] as David and Solomon had done previously.
18 Rehabeam kawin dengan Mahalat; ayah Mahalat ialah Yerimot putra Daud, dan ibunya ialah Abihail anak Eliab, cucu Isai.
Rehoboam married Mahalath. She was the daughter of David’s son Jerimoth, and her mother was Abihail, the daughter of Eliab and granddaughter of Jesse.
19 Mereka mempunyai tiga anak laki-laki: Yeus, Semarya dan Zaham.
Rehoboam and Mahalath had three sons: Jeush, Shemariah, and Zaham.
20 Kemudian Rehabeam kawin dengan Maakha anak Absalom. Mereka mendapat empat anak laki-laki: Abia, Atai, Ziza dan Selomit.
Later Rehoboam married Maacah, the daughter of Absalom, and they had four sons: Abijah, Attai, Ziza, and Shelomith.
21 Rehabeam mempunyai 18 istri dan 60 selir, 28 anak laki-laki dan 60 anak perempuan. Dari semua istri dan selirnya itu, yang paling dicintainya adalah Maakha.
Rehoboam loved Maacah more than he loved any other of his wives and slave wives. Altogether he had 18 wives and 60 slave wives, and 28 sons and 60 daughters.
22 Itu sebabnya Abia anak Maakha lebih disukainya daripada semua anaknya yang lain, sehingga Abialah juga yang dipilihnya untuk menggantikan dia menjadi raja.
Rehoboam appointed his son Abijah to be the leader of his [older and younger] brothers, because he wanted to appoint Abijah to be the next king.
23 Dengan bijaksana Rehabeam memberikan tugas-tugas kepada putra-putranya dan menempatkan mereka di kota-kota berbenteng di seluruh wilayah Yehuda dan Benyamin. Ia memberi mereka makanan berlimpah-limpah, dan juga menyediakan banyak istri untuk mereka.
He very wisely sent some of his other sons to other cities in the areas of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin, and to all the other cities that had walls around them. He gave them plenty of supplies and many wives.
