2 Krønikebok 12
1 Men då Rehabeam hadde grunnfest kongedømet sitt og kjende seg sterk, då vende han seg frå Herrens lov, og heile Israel med honom.
After Rehoboam was in complete control of his kingdom, he and all [the other people in] Judah stopped obeying the laws of Yahweh.
2 Då drog egyptarkongen Sisak upp mot Jerusalem i femte styringsåret åt Rehabeam, for di dei hadde vore utrue 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 hundrad krigsvogner, seksti tusund hestfolk, og ingen kunde rekna det folket som drog med honom frå Egyptarland, Libya-menner, sukkitar og ætiopar.
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 Og då han hadde teke dei faste borgarne i Juda, drog han mot Jerusalem.
They captured many of the cities in Judah that had walls around them, and they came as far as Jerusalem.
5 Då kom profeten Semaja til Rehabeam og hovdingarne i Juda, som hadde søkt til Jerusalem for Sisak, og han sagde til deim: «So segjer Herren: «De hev vendt dykk ifrå meg, difor hev eg vendt meg ifrå dykk og gjeve dykk i handi på Sisak.»»
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 hovdingarne i Israel og kongen audmykte seg og sagde: «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 då Herren såg at dei hadde audmykt seg, kom Herrens ord til Semaja soleis: «For di dei hev audmykt seg, vil eg ikkje tyna deim, men gjeva deim ei snaud frelsa, so at vreiden min ikkje strøymer ut yver 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 Men dei skal verta hans tenarar og læra å kjenna skilnaden på det å tena meg og tena kongeriki i heidningelandi.»
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 Då drog Sisak upp imot Jerusalem og tok skattarne i Herrens hus og skattarne i huset åt kongen; alt tok han, og han tok og dei gullskjoldarne som Salomo hadde lata gjere.
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 I staden for deim let då kong Rehabeam gjera koparskjoldar og gav deim i varveitsla til hovdingarne for livvakti, som heldt vakt ved inngangen til huset åt kongen.
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 kvar gong kongen gjekk til Herrens hus, bar vaktmennerne deim, og tok deim so attende til vaktstova.
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 Men då han hadde audmykt seg, snudde Herrens vreide seg ifrå honom, so han vart ikkje reint tynt; det fanst då noko godt og 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 Soleis vart kong Rehabeam grunnfest i Jerusalem, og han heldt fram med styringi; for Rehabeam var ein og fyrti år gamall då han vart konge, og han styrde i syttan år i Jerusalem, den byen som Herren hadde valt seg ut av alle ætterne i Israel til å setja namnet sitt der. Mor hans var ei ammonitkvinna som heitte Na’ama.
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 det som vondt var; for han lagde ikkje hugen sin på å søkja 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 Det som er å fortelja um Rehabeam frå fyrste til sist, det er uppskrive i krønikorne åt profeten Semaja og sjåaren Iddo, der som ættartali er upprekna. Millom Rehabeam og Jeroboam var det ufred stødt.
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 lagde seg til kvile hjå federne sine, og Abia, son hans, vart konge i staden hans.
When Rehoboam died, he was buried in [the part of Jerusalem called] ‘The City of David’. Then his son Abijah became the king.
