2 Crônicas 11
1 E quando veio Roboão a Jerusalém, juntou da casa de Judá e de Benjamim cento e oitenta mil homens escolhidos de guerra, para lutar contra Israel e voltar o reino a Roboão.
When Rehoboam arrived in Jerusalem, he gathered 180,000 of the best soldiers from the tribes of Judah and Benjamin. He wanted them to fight against [the northern tribes of] Israel [and defeat them], in order that he could rule [all the tribes of] the kingdom again.
2 Mas foi palavra do SENHOR a Semaías homem de Deus, dizendo:
But Yahweh spoke to the prophet Shemaiah and said this to him:
3 Fala a Roboão filho de Salomão, rei de Judá, e a todos os israelitas em Judá e Benjamim, dizendo-lhes:
“Go and tell this to [Solomon’s son] Rehoboam, the king of Judah, and to all the Israeli people of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin:
4 Assim disse o SENHOR: Não subais nem luteis contra vossos irmãos; volte-se casa um a sua casa, porque eu fiz este negócio. E eles ouviram a palavra do SENHOR, e voltaram-se, e não foram contra Jeroboão.
‘Yahweh says that you must not go to fight against [the people of Israel; they are] your distant relatives. All of you must go home. What has happened is what Yahweh wanted to happen.’” [So Shemaiah went and told that to them, ] and they all heeded what Yahweh had commanded them to do, and they did not attack Jeroboam [and his soldiers].
5 E habitou Roboão em Jerusalém, e edificou cidades para fortificar a Judá.
Rehoboam lived in Jerusalem, and his workers built walls around several of the cities and towns in Judah to protect them [against enemy attacks].
6 E edificou a Belém, e a Etã, e a Tecoa,
In [the area that belonged to] the tribes of Judah and Benjamin they built walls around Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,
7 E a Bete-Zur, e a Socó, e a Adulão,
Beth-Zur, Soco, Adullam,
8 E a Gate, e a Maressa, e a Zife,
Gath, Mareshah,
9 E a Adoraim, e a Laquis, e a Azeca,
Adoraim, Lachish, Azekah,
10 E a Zorá, e a Aijalom, e a Hebrom, que eram em Judá e em Benjamim, cidades fortes.
Zorah, Aijalon, and Hebron.
11 Fortificou também as fortalezas, e pôs nelas capitães, e alimentos, e vinho, e azeite;
He also appointed an army commander in each of those cities and towns, and gave them supplies of food, olive oil, and wine [to keep in storage].
12 E em todas as cidades, escudos e lanças. Fortificou-as pois em grande maneira, e Judá e Benjamim lhe estavam sujeitos.
He put shields and spears in all the cities and made them well-protected. So he continued to rule the tribes of Judah and Benjamin.
13 E os sacerdotes e levitas que estavam em todo Israel, se juntaram a ele de todos seus termos.
The priests and other descendants of Levi throughout Israel supported Rehoboam.
14 Porque os levitas deixavam seus campos e suas possessões, e se vinham a Judá e a Jerusalém: pois Jeroboão e seus filhos os lançavam do ministério do SENHOR.
The descendants of Levi [who lived outside the territory of Judah and Benjamin] abandoned their property and their pastureland, and they came to Jerusalem and [to other places in] Judah, because Jeroboam and his sons would not allow them to do the work of priests of Yahweh.
15 E ele se fez sacerdotes para os altos, e para os demônios, e para os bezerros que ele havia feito.
Instead, Jeroboam appointed the priests that he wanted to work [at the altars he commanded to be built] on the hilltops, [to offer sacrifices to] the idols that he commanded to be made [that resembled] goats and calves.
16 Além daqueles acudiram também de todas as tribos de Israel os que haviam posto seu coração em buscar ao SENHOR Deus de Israel; e vieram-se a Jerusalém para sacrificar ao SENHOR, o Deus de seus pais.
And people from every tribe in Israel who wanted to worship Yahweh, the God to whom the Israelis belonged, went with the descendants of Levi to Jerusalem to live there and to offer sacrifices to Yahweh, the God whom their ancestors [worshiped].
17 Assim fortificaram o reino de Judá, e confirmaram a Roboão filho de Salomão, por três anos; porque três anos andaram no caminho de Davi e de Salomão.
They caused the kingdom of Judah to be strong, and for three years they were happy that Solomon’s son Rehoboam was the king. During that time they conducted their lives [righteously] as David and Solomon had done previously.
18 E tomou-se Roboão por mulher a Maalate, filha de Jeremote filho de Davi, e a Abiail, filha de Eliabe filho de Jessé.
Rehoboam married Mahalath. She was the daughter of David’s son Jerimoth, and her mother was Abihail, the daughter of Eliab and granddaughter of Jesse.
19 A qual lhe gerou filhos: a Jeus, e a Samaria, e a Zaaão.
Rehoboam and Mahalath had three sons: Jeush, Shemariah, and Zaham.
20 Depois dela tomou a Maaca filha de Absalão, a qual lhe pariu a Abias, a Atai, Ziza, e Selomite.
Later Rehoboam married Maacah, the daughter of Absalom, and they had four sons: Abijah, Attai, Ziza, and Shelomith.
21 Mas Roboão amou a Maaca filha de Absalão sobre todas suas mulheres e concubinas; porque tomou dezoito mulheres e sessenta concubinas, e gerou vinte e oito filhos e sessenta filhas.
Rehoboam loved Maacah more than he loved any other of his wives and slave wives. Altogether he had 18 wives and 60 slave wives, and 28 sons and 60 daughters.
22 E pôs Roboão a Abias filho de Maaca por cabeça e príncipe de seus irmãos, porque queria fazer-lhe rei.
Rehoboam appointed his son Abijah to be the leader of his [older and younger] brothers, because he wanted to appoint Abijah to be the next king.
23 E fez-lhe instruir, e dispersou todos os seus filhos por todas as terras de Judá e de Benjamim, e por todas as cidades fortes, e deu-lhes alimentos em abundância, e buscou para eles muitas mulheres.
He very wisely sent some of his other sons to other cities in the areas of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin, and to all the other cities that had walls around them. He gave them plenty of supplies and many wives.
