2 Tawarikh 12
1 Rehabeam beserta seluruh Israel meninggalkan hukum TUHAN, ketika kerajaannya menjadi kokoh dan kekuasaannya menjadi teguh.
And when the kingdom of Rehoboam had been strengthened and fortified, he abandoned the law of the Lord, and all of Israel with him.
2 Tetapi pada tahun kelima zaman raja Rehabeam, majulah Sisak, raja Mesir, menyerang Yerusalem--karena mereka berubah setia terhadap TUHAN--
Then, in the fifth year of the reign of Rehoboam, Shishak, the king of Egypt, ascended against Jerusalem (for they had sinned against the Lord)
3 dengan seribu dua ratus kereta dan enam puluh ribu orang berkuda, sedang rakyat yang mengikutinya dari Mesir, yakni orang Libia, orang Suki dan orang Etiopia, tidak terhitung banyaknya.
with one thousand two hundred chariots and sixty thousand horsemen. And the common people could not be numbered who had arrived with him from Egypt, namely, the Libyans, and the Troglodytes, and the Ethiopians.
4 Ia merebut kota-kota benteng yang di Yehuda, bahkan mendekati Yerusalem.
And he seized the most fortified cities in Judah, and he went even to Jerusalem.
5 Nabi Semaya datang kepada Rehabeam dan pemimpin-pemimpin Yehuda yang berkumpul di Yerusalem berhubung dengan ancaman Sisak, dan berkata kepada mereka: "Beginilah firman TUHAN: Kamu telah meninggalkan Aku, oleh sebab itu Akupun meninggalkan kamu juga dalam kuasa Sisak."
Then Shemaiah, the prophet, entered to Rehoboam, and to the leaders of Judah who had gathered together in Jerusalem while fleeing from Shishak, and he said to them: “Thus says the Lord: You have abandoned me, and so I have abandoned you into the hand of Shishak.”
6 Maka pemimpin-pemimpin Israel dan raja merendahkan diri dan berkata: "Tuhanlah yang benar!"
And the leaders of Israel, and the king, being in consternation, said, “The Lord is just.”
7 Ketika TUHAN melihat bahwa mereka merendahkan diri, datanglah firman TUHAN kepada Semaya, bunyinya: "Mereka telah merendahkan diri, oleh sebab itu Aku tidak akan memusnahkan mereka. Aku segera akan meluputkan mereka dan kehangatan murka-Ku tidak akan dicurahkan atas Yerusalem dengan perantaraan Sisak.
And when the Lord had seen that they were humbled, the word of the Lord came to Shemaiah, saying: “Because they have been humbled, I will not disperse them. And I will give to them a little help, and my fury will not rain down upon Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak.
8 Tetapi mereka akan menjadi hamba-hambanya, supaya mereka tahu membedakan antara mengabdi kepada-Ku dan mengabdi kepada kerajaan-kerajaan duniawi."
Yet truly, they shall serve him, so that they may know the difference between my servitude, and the servitude of a kingdom of the lands.”
9 Maka majulah Sisak, raja Mesir itu, menyerang Yerusalem. Ia merampas barang-barang perbendaharaan rumah TUHAN dan barang-barang perbendaharaan rumah raja; semuanya dirampasnya. Ia merampas juga perisai-perisai emas yang dibuat Salomo.
And so Shishak, the king of Egypt, withdrew from Jerusalem, taking up the treasures of the house of the Lord and of the house of the king. And he took away everything with him, even the gold shields that Solomon had made.
10 Sebagai gantinya raja Rehabeam membuat perisai-perisai tembaga, yang dipercayakannya kepada pemimpin-pemimpin bentara yang menjaga pintu istana raja.
In place of these, the king made bronze ones, and he delivered them to the leaders of the shield bearers, who were guarding the vestibule of the palace.
11 Setiap kali raja masuk ke rumah TUHAN, bentara-bentara datang membawa masuk perisai-perisai itu, dan mereka pula yang mengembalikannya ke kamar jaga para bentara.
And when the king would enter into the house of the Lord, the shield bearers would arrive and take them, and they would carry them back to their armory.
12 Oleh sebab raja merendahkan diri, surutlah murka TUHAN dari padanya, sehingga ia tidak dimusnahkan-Nya sama sekali. Lagipula masih terdapat hal-hal yang baik di Yehuda.
Yet truly, because they were humbled, the wrath of the Lord turned away from them, and so they were not utterly destroyed. And indeed, good works were also found in Judah.
13 Raja Rehabeam menunjukkan dirinya kuat dalam pemerintahannya di Yerusalem. Rehabeam berumur empat puluh satu tahun pada waktu ia menjadi raja, dan tujuh belas tahun lamanya ia memerintah di Yerusalem, kota yang dipilih TUHAN dari antara segala suku Israel untuk membuat nama-Nya tinggal di sana. Nama ibunya ialah Naama, seorang perempuan Amon.
Therefore, king Rehoboam was strengthened in Jerusalem, and he reigned. He was forty-one years old when he had begun to reign, and he reigned for seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city that the Lord chose out of all the tribes of Israel, so that he might confirm his name there. Now the name of his mother was Naamah, an Ammonite.
14 Ia berbuat yang jahat, karena ia tidak tekun mencari TUHAN.
But he did evil, and he did not prepare his heart so as to seek the Lord.
15 Bukankah riwayat Rehabeam dari awal sampai akhir semuanya tertulis dalam riwayat Semaya, nabi itu, dan Ido, pelihat itu, --yang juga memuat daftar silsilah. Antara Rehabeam dan Yerobeam terus-menerus ada perang.
Truly, the works of Rehoboam, the first and the last, have been written in the books of Shemaiah, the prophet, and of Iddo, the seer, and diligently set forth. And Rehoboam and Jeroboam fought against one another during all their days.
16 Kemudian Rehabeam mendapat perhentian bersama-sama dengan nenek moyangnya, dan ia dikuburkan di kota Daud. Maka Abia, anaknya, menjadi raja menggantikan dia.
And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and he was buried in the City of David. And his son, Abijah, reigned in his place.
