2 Krønikebok 12
1 Men da Rehabeams kongedømme var blitt trygget, og han var blitt mektig, forlot han Herrens lov, og hele Israel med ham.
After Rehoboam was in complete control of his kingdom, he and all [the other people in] Judah stopped obeying the laws of Yahweh.
2 Da hendte det i kong Rehabeams femte år at Egyptens konge Sisak drog op mot Jerusalem - for de hadde båret sig troløst at mot Herren;
As a result, after Rehoboam had been king for almost five years, Yahweh sent Shishak, the king of Egypt, [with his army] to attack Jerusalem.
3 han kom med tolv hundre stridsvogner og seksti tusen hestfolk, og det var ikke tall på de folk som fulgte ham fra Egypten - libyere, sukkittere og etiopere.
Along with his army he brought 1,200 chariots and 60,000 soldiers riding horses and a very large number of troops from two regions in Libya, and from Ethiopia.
4 Han inntok de faste byer i Juda og kom like til Jerusalem.
They captured many of the cities in Judah that had walls around them, and they came as far as Jerusalem.
5 Da kom profeten Semaja til Rehabeam og Judas høvdinger, som hadde samlet sig i Jerusalem av frykt for Sisak, og han sa til dem: Så sier Herren: I har forlatt mig; derfor har også jeg forlatt eder og gitt eder i Sisaks hånd.
Then the prophet Shemaiah came to Rehoboam and the other leaders of Judah who had gathered in Jerusalem because they were afraid of [the army of] Shishak. Shemaiah said to them, “Yahweh says this: ‘You have abandoned me; so now I am abandoning you, to [allow you to be captured by the army of] Shishak.’”
6 Men Israels høvdinger og kongen ydmyket sig og sa: Herren er rettferdig.
Then the king and the other Israeli leaders humbled themselves and said, “What Yahweh is doing to us is fair.”
7 Og da Herren så at de hadde ydmyket sig, kom Herrens ord til Semaja, og det lød således: De har ydmyket sig; jeg vil ikke ødelegge dem, men la dem så vidt bli frelst, og min harme skal ikke bli utøst over Jerusalem ved Sisak;
When Yahweh realized that they had humbled themselves, he gave this message to Shemaiah: “Because they have humbled themselves, I will not allow them to be destroyed. Instead, I will soon rescue them. I will not use Shishak’s army to completely destroy the people of Jerusalem,
8 dog skal de bli hans tjenere og få kjenne hvad forskjell det er på å tjene mig og å tjene hedningelandenes konger.
but they will conquer Jerusalem and force the people there to do what Shishak wants them to do. As a result, the people of Jerusalem will learn [that it is better] to serve me than to serve the kings of other countries.”
9 Så drog da Egyptens konge Sisak op mot Jerusalem og tok skattene i Herrens hus og skattene i kongens hus; alt sammen tok han. Han tok også de gullskjold som Salomo hadde latt gjøre.
When Shishak’s [army] attacked Jerusalem, they took/carried away the valuable things that were in the temple of Yahweh and the valuable things that were in the king’s palace. They took everything [that was valuable], including the gold shields that Solomon’s [workers] had made.
10 Istedenfor dem lot kong Rehabeam gjøre kobberskjold og betrodde dem til høvedsmennene for drabantene som voktet inngangen til kongens hus;
So King Rehoboam’s workers made bronze shields to be used instead of the gold ones and gave the bronze shields to the commanders of the men who guarded the entrance to his palace.
11 og så ofte kongen gikk inn i Herrens hus, kom drabantene og bar dem og tok dem så med tilbake til vaktstuen.
After that, whenever the king went to the temple, the guards went with him, carrying those bronze shields. Then [when the king left, ] they would return the shields to the guards’ room.
12 Fordi Rehabeam ydmyket sig, vendte Herrens vrede sig fra ham; han vilde ikke ødelegge ham aldeles, og det fantes dog ennu noget godt i Juda.
Because Rehoboam humbled himself, Yahweh stopped being angry with him and did not get rid of him. Instead, he caused good things to happen in Judah.
13 Siden satt kong Rehabeam atter fast i sitt kongedømme i Jerusalem og regjerte der; for han var en og firti år gammel da han blev konge, og han regjerte sytten år i Jerusalem, den stad som Herren hadde utvalgt blandt alle Israels stammer for å la sitt navn bo der. Hans mor hette Na'ama og var fra Ammon.
King Rehoboam again was in complete control in Jerusalem and continued to be the king [of Judah]. He was 41 years old when he became the king. He ruled for 17 years in Jerusalem, which is the city that Yahweh had chosen from all the tribes in Israel to be the place in which people were to worship him.
14 Han gjorde hvad ondt var; for han vendte ikke sitt hjerte til å søke Herren.
Rehoboam’s mother’s name was Naamah. She was from the Ammon people-group. Rehoboam did evil things because he did not try to find out what Yahweh wanted him to do.
15 Alt hvad som er å fortelle om Rehabeam, både i hans første og i hans senere dager, det er opskrevet i profeten Semajas og seeren Iddos krønike, der hvor ættetavlene er optegnet. Mellem Rehabeam og Jeroboam var det krig hele tiden.
An account of all the things that Rehoboam did while he was the king, and lists of the members of his family, are in the scrolls written by the prophets Shemaiah and Iddo. The armies of Rehoboam and Jeroboam were constantly fighting each other.
16 Og Rehabeam la sig til hvile hos sine fedre og blev begravet i Davids stad, og hans sønn Abia blev konge i hans sted.
When Rehoboam died, he was buried in [the part of Jerusalem called] ‘The City of David’. Then his son Abijah became the king.
