2 Cronache 11
1 Roboamo, giunto che fu a Gerusalemme, radunò la casa di Giuda e di Beniamino, centottantamila uomini, guerrieri scelti, per combattere contro Israele e restituire il regno a Roboamo.
And Rehoboam came to Jerusalem, and got together the men of Judah and Benjamin, a hundred and eighty thousand of his best fighting-men, to make war against Israel and get the kingdom back for Rehoboam.
2 Ma la parola dell’Eterno fu così rivolta a Scemaia, uomo di Dio:
But the word of the Lord came to Shemaiah, the man of God, saying,
3 “Parla a Roboamo, figliuolo di Salomone, re di Giuda, e a tutto Israele in Giuda e in Beniamino, e di’ loro:
Say to Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin,
4 Così parla l’Eterno: Non salite a combattere contro i vostri fratelli! Ognuno se ne torni a casa sua; perché questo e avvenuto per voler mio”. Quelli ubbidirono alla parola dell’Eterno, e se ne tornaron via rinunziando a marciare contro Geroboamo.
The Lord has said, You are not to go to war against your brothers: let every man go back to his house, for this thing is my purpose. So they gave ear to the words of the Lord and were turned back from fighting against Jeroboam.
5 Roboamo abitò in Gerusalemme, e costruì delle città fortificate in Giuda.
Now Rehoboam kept in Jerusalem, building walled towns in Judah.
6 Costruì Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,
He was the builder of Beth-lehem and Etam and Tekoa
7 Beth-Tsur, Soco, Adullam,
And Beth-zur and Soco and Adullam
8 Gath, Maresha, Zif,
And Gath and Mareshah and Ziph
9 Adoraim, Lakis, Azeka,
And Adoraim and Lachish and Azekah
10 Tsorea, Ajalon ed Hebron, che erano in Giuda e in Beniamino, e ne fece delle città fortificate.
And Zorah and Aijalon and Hebron, walled towns in Judah and Benjamin.
11 Munì queste città fortificate, vi pose dei comandanti e dei magazzini di viveri, d’olio e di vino;
And he made the walled towns strong, and he put captains in them and stores of food, oil, and wine.
12 e in ognuna di queste città mise scudi e lance, e le rese straordinariamente forti. E Giuda e Beniamino furon per lui.
And in every town he put stores of body-covers and spears, and made them very strong. And Judah and Benjamin were his.
13 I sacerdoti e i Leviti di tutto Israele vennero da tutte le loro contrade a porsi accanto a lui;
And the priests and Levites who were in all Israel came together to him from every part of their country.
14 poiché i Leviti abbandonarono i loro contadi e le loro proprietà, e vennero in Giuda e a Gerusalemme; perché Geroboamo, con i suoi figliuoli, li avea cacciati perché non esercitassero più l’ufficio di sacerdoti dell’Eterno,
For the Levites gave up their living-places and their property, and came to Judah and Jerusalem; for Jeroboam and his sons had sent them away, not letting them be priests to the Lord;
15 e s’era creato de’ sacerdoti per gli alti luoghi, per i demoni, e per i vitelli che avea fatti.
And he himself made priests for the high places, and for the images of he-goats and oxen which he had made.
16 E quelli di tutte le tribù d’Israele che aveano in cuore di cercare l’Eterno, l’Iddio d’Israele, seguirono i Leviti a Gerusalemme per offrir sacrifizi all’Eterno, all’Iddio del loro padri;
And after them, from all the tribes of Israel, all those whose hearts were fixed and true to the Lord, the God of Israel, came to Jerusalem to make offerings to the Lord, the God of their fathers.
17 e fortificarono così il regno di Giuda e resero stabile Roboamo, figliuolo di Salomone, durante tre anni; perché per tre anni seguiron la via di Davide e di Salomone.
So they went on increasing the power of the kingdom of Judah, and made Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, strong for three years; and for three years they went in the ways of David and Solomon.
18 Roboamo prese per moglie Mahalath, figliuola di Jerimoth, figliuolo di Davide e di Abihail, figliuola di Eliab, figliuolo d’Isai.
And Rehoboam took as his wife Mahalath, the daughter of Jerimoth, the son of David and of Abihail, the daughter of Eliab, the son of Jesse;
19 Essa gli partorì questi figliuoli: Jeush, Scemaria e Zaham.
And she had sons by him, Jeush, Shemariah, and Zaham.
20 Dopo di lei, prese Maaca, figliuola d’Absalom, la quale gli partorì Ahija, Attai, Ziza e Scelomith.
And after her he took Maacah, the daughter of Absalom; and she had Abijah and Attai and Ziza and Shelomith by him.
21 E Roboamo amò Maaca, figliuola di Absalom, più di tutte le sue mogli e di tutte le sue concubine; perché ebbe diciotto mogli, e sessanta concubine, e generò ventotto figliuoli e sessanta figliuole.
Maacah, the daughter of Absalom, was dearer to Rehoboam than all his wives and his servant-wives: (for he had eighteen wives and sixty servant-wives, and was the father of twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.)
22 Roboamo stabilì Abija, figliuolo di Maaca, come capo della famiglia e principe de’ suoi fratelli, perché aveva in mente di farlo re.
Rehoboam made Abijah, the son of Maacah, chief and ruler among his brothers, for it was his purpose to make him king.
23 E, con avvedutezza, sparse tutti i suoi figliuoli per tutte le contrade di Giuda e di Beniamino, in tutte le città fortificate, dette loro viveri in abbondanza, e cercò per loro molte mogli.
And in his wisdom he had his sons stationed in every walled town through all the lands of Judah and Benjamin; and he gave them a great store of food, and took wives for them.
