Ii Paralipomenon 12
1 Cumque roboratum fuisset regnum Roboam et confortatum, dereliquit legem Domini, et omnis Israel cum eo.
Once Rehoboam was secure on the throne and was sure of his power, he together with all the Israelites abandoned the law of the Lord.
2 Anno autem quinto regni Roboam, ascendit Sesac rex Ægypti in Ierusalem (quia peccaverant Domino)
In the fifth year of Rehoboam's reign, Shishak, king of Egypt, came and attacked Jerusalem because they had been unfaithful to God.
3 cum mille ducentis curribus, et sexaginta millibus equitum: nec erat numerus vulgi quod venerat cum eo ex Ægypto, Libyes scilicet, et Troglodytæ, et Æthiopes.
He came from Egypt with 1,200 chariots, 60,000 horsemen, and an army that couldn't be counted Egypt—Libyans, Sukkites, and Cushites.
4 Cepitque civitates munitissimas in Iuda, et venit usque in Ierusalem.
He conquered the fortified towns of Judah and then approached Jerusalem.
5 Semeias autem propheta ingressus est ad Roboam, et principes Iuda, qui congregati fuerant in Ierusalem, fugientes Sesac, dixitque ad eos: Hæc dicit Dominus: Vos reliquistis me, et ego reliqui vos in manu Sesac.
Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam and the leaders of Judah who had run for safety Jerusalem because of Shishak. He told them, “This is what the Lord says: ‘You have abandoned me, so I have abandoned you to Shishak.’”
6 Consternatique principes Israel et rex dixerunt: Iustus est Dominus.
The leaders of Israel and the king admitted they were wrong and said, “The Lord is right.”
7 Cumque vidisset Dominus, quod humiliati essent, factus est sermo Domini ad Semeiam, dicens: Quia humiliati sunt, non disperdam eos, daboque eis pauxillum auxilii, et non stillabit furor meus super Ierusalem per manum Sesac.
When the Lord saw that they had repented, he sent a message to Shemaiah, saying, “They have repented. I won't destroy them, and I will soon save them. My anger won't be poured out on Jerusalem through Shishak.
8 Verumtamen servient ei, ut sciant distantiam servitutis meæ, et servitutis regni terrarum.
Even so they will become his subjects, so that they can learn the difference between serving me and serving the kings of earth.”
9 Recessit itaque Sesac rex Ægypti ab Ierusalem, sublatis thesauris domus Domini, et domus regis, omniaque secum tulit, et clypeos aureos, quos fecerat Salomon,
King Shishak of Egypt attacked Jerusalem and took the treasures of the Lord's Temple and the treasures of the royal palace. He took away everything, including the gold shields that Solomon had made.
10 pro quibus fecit rex æneos, et tradidit illos principibus scutariorum, qui custodiebant vestibulum palatii.
Later Rehoboam replaced them with bronze shields and gave them to be looked after by the commanders of the guard stationed at the entrance to the royal palace.
11 Cumque introiret rex domum Domini, veniebant scutarii, et tollebant eos, iterumque referebant eos ad armamentarium suum.
Whenever the king would enter the Temple of the Lord the guards would go with him, carrying the shields, and then take them back to the guardroom.
12 Verumtamen quia humiliati sunt, aversa est ab eis ira Domini, nec deleti sunt penitus: siquidem et in Iuda inventa sunt opera bona.
Because Rehoboam repented, the anger of the Lord did not fall on him, and the Lord did not destroy him completely. Things went well in Judah.
13 Confortatus est ergo rex Roboam in Ierusalem, atque regnavit: quadraginta autem et unius anni erat cum regnare cœpisset, et decem et septem annis regnavit in Ierusalem, urbe, quam elegit Dominus, ut confirmaret nomen suum ibi, de cunctis tribubus Israel: nomen autem matris eius Naama Ammanitis.
King Rehoboam became powerful in Jerusalem. He was forty-one when he became king, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the Lord had chosen from all the tribes of Israel where he would be honored. The name of his mother was Naamah the Ammonite.
14 Fecit autem malum, et non præparavit cor suum ut quæreret Dominum.
But Rehoboam did what was evil because he did not commit himself to following the Lord.
15 Opera vero Roboam prima et novissima scripta sunt in Libris Semeiæ prophetæ, et Addo Videntis, et diligenter exposita: pugnaveruntque adversum se Roboam, et Ieroboam cunctis diebus.
What Rehoboam did, from beginning to end, is written down in the records of Shemaiah the Prophet and of Iddo the Seer dealing with genealogies. However, Rehoboam and Jeroboam were always at war with each other.
16 Et dormivit Roboam cum patribus suis, sepultusque est in Civitate David. Et regnavit Abia filius eius pro eo.
Rehoboam died and was buried in the City of David. His son Abijah took over as king.
