2 Ebyomumirembe 11
1 Awo Lekobowaamu bwe yatuuka mu Yerusaalemi, n’akuŋŋaanya ennyumba ya Yuda n’eya Benyamini, bonna nga bawera abasajja abalwanyi emitwalo kkumi na munaana, bagende balwanyise Isirayiri, obwakabaka babuddize Lekobowaamu.
And he came Rehoboam Jerusalem and he called together [the] house of Judah and Benjamin one hundred and eighty thousand chosen [man] maker[s] of war to do battle with Israel to restore the kingdom to Rehoboam.
2 Naye ekigambo kya Mukama ne kijjira Semaaya omusajja wa Katonda nti,
And it came [the] word of Yahweh to Shemaiah [the] man of God saying.
3 “Gamba Lekobowaamu mutabani wa Sulemaani kabaka wa Yuda, n’Abayisirayiri bonna abali mu Yuda ne Benyamini nti,
Say to Rehoboam [the] son of Solomon [the] king of Judah and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin saying.
4 Bw’ati bw’ayogera Mukama, ‘Temulumba baganda bammwe. Buli omu ku mmwe addeyo ewuwe, kubanga kino kivudde gye ndi.’” Awo ne bagondera ekigambo kya Mukama, ne baddayo, ne batagenda kulumba Yerobowaamu.
Thus he says Yahweh not you must go up and not you must do battle with countrymen your return everyone to own house his for from with me it has occurred the thing this and they obeyed [the] words of Yahweh and they turned back from going against Jeroboam.
5 Lekobowaamu n’abeera mu Yerusaalemi, n’azimba ebibuga eby’okwerinda mu Yuda:
And he dwelt Rehoboam in Jerusalem and he built cities to fortification in Judah.
6 n’azimba Besirekemu, ne Etamu, ne Tekowa,
And he built Beth-lehem and Etam and Tekoa.
7 ne Besuzuli, ne Soko, ne Adulamu,
And Beth Zur and Socoh and Adullam.
8 ne Gaasi, ne Malesa, ne Zifu,
And Gath and Mareshah and Ziph.
9 ne Adorayimu, ne Lakisi, ne Azeka,
And Adoraim and Lachish and Azekah.
10 ne Zola, ne Ayalooni, ne Kebbulooni nga bye bibuga ebiriko bbugwe ebyali mu Yuda ne Benyamini.
And Zorah and Aijalon and Hebron which [were] in Judah and in Benjamin cities of fortifications.
11 N’anyweza bbugwe waabyo, n’ateekayo abaduumizi, n’emmere ey’okwerinzisa n’amafuta ag’omuzeeyituuni ne wayini.
And he strengthened the fortifications and he put in them commanders and supplies of food and oil and wine.
12 N’ateekayo engabo n’amafumu mu bibuga byonna, n’abinywereza ddala, Yuda ne Benyamini ne biba bibye.
And [were] in every city and a city body shields and spears and he made strong them to abundance exceedingly and it belonged to him Judah and Benjamin.
13 Bakabona n’Abaleevi okuva mu Isirayiri yonna ne bakkiriziganya naye.
And the priests and the Levites who [were] in all Israel they took their stand at him from all territory their.
14 Abaleevi ne bava mu butaka bwabwe ne baleka n’eby’obugagga bwabwe ne bajja mu Yuda ne Yerusaalemi, kubanga Yerobowaamu ne batabani be babagobaganya era ne babagaana okuweereza Mukama mu bwakabaka bwabwe,
For they forsook the Levites pasture lands their and property their and they went to Judah and to Jerusalem for he had rejected them Jeroboam and sons his from serving as priests to Yahweh.
15 nga balonda bakabona abaabwe okuweerezanga ku bifo ebigulumivu, ne bakatonda baabwe ab’ebifaananyi eby’embuzi n’ente, bye yali abumbye.
And he appointed for himself priests for the high places and for the goats and for the calves which he had made.
16 N’abo bonna abaali beewaddeyo mu mitima gyabwe okunoonya Mukama Katonda wa Isirayiri ne bagenda n’Abaleevi e Yerusaalemi okuwaayo ssaddaaka eri Mukama Katonda wa bajjajjaabwe.
And after them from all [the] tribes of Israel those [who] set heart their to seek Yahweh [the] God of Israel they came Jerusalem to sacrifice to Yahweh [the] God of ancestors their.
17 Ne banyweza obwakabaka bwa Yuda, era ne bawagira Lekobowaamu mutabani wa Sulemaani okumala emyaka esatu, nga batambulira mu kkubo lya Dawudi ne Sulemaani.
And they strengthened [the] kingdom of Judah and they strengthened Rehoboam [the] son of Solomon for years three for they walked in [the] way of David and Solomon for years three.
18 Lekobowaamu n’awasa Makalasi muwala wa Yerimosi mutabani wa Dawudi, ne Abikayiri muwala wa Eriyaabu mutabani wa Yese,
And he took for himself Rehoboam a wife Mahalath ([the] daughter of *Q(K)*) Jerimoth [the] son of David Abihail [the] daughter of Eliab [the] son of Jesse.
19 Makalasi n’azaalira Lekobowaamu abaana aboobulenzi: Yewusi, ne Semaliya ne Zakamu.
And she bore to him sons Jeush and Shemariah and Zaham.
20 Oluvannyuma Lekobowaamu n’awasa Maaka muwala wa Abusaalomu, n’amuzaalira Abiya, ne Attayi, ne Ziza ne Seromisi.
And after her he took Maacah [the] daughter of Absalom and she bore to him Abijah and Attai and Ziza and Shelomith.
21 Lekobowaamu n’ayagala nnyo Maaka muwala wa Abusaalomu okusinga bakazi be abalala. Bonna awamu n’awasa abakazi kkumi na munaana n’afunayo n’abalala nkaaga, abaamuzaalira abaana aboobulenzi amakumi abiri mu munaana n’abaana aboobuwala nkaaga.
And he loved Rehoboam Maacah [the] daughter of Absalom more than all wives his and concubines his for wives eight-teen he had taken and concubines sixty and he fathered twenty and eight sons and sixty daughters.
22 Lekobowaamu n’alonda Abiya mutabani wa Maaka okuba omukulu wa baganda be, ng’agenderera okumufuula kabaka.
And he appointed to the chief Rehoboam Abijah [the] son of Maacah to leader among brothers his for to make king him.
23 N’akola eky’amagezi, n’asaasaanya batabani be abamu mu masaza ag’enjawulo aga Yuda ne Benyamini, ne mu bibuga byonna ebyaliko bbugwe, n’abawa eby’obugagga bingi, n’abafunira n’abakazi bangi.
And he acted wisely and he distributed some of all sons his to all [the] lands of Judah and Benjamin to all [the] cities of fortifications and he gave to them food to abundance and he sought a multitude of wives.
