2 Crônicas 12
1 Quando o reino de Roboão foi estabelecido e ele era forte, ele abandonou a lei de Iavé, e todo Israel com ele.
After Rehoboam was in complete control of his kingdom, he and all [the other people in] Judah stopped obeying the laws of Yahweh.
2 No quinto ano do rei Roboão, Shishak, rei do Egito, enfrentou Jerusalém, porque eles tinham transgredido contra Javé,
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 com mil e duzentos carros e sessenta mil cavaleiros. O povo era um povo sem número de pessoas que vieram com ele do Egito: os Lubim, os Sukkiim e os etíopes.
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 Ele tomou as cidades fortificadas que pertenciam a Judá, e veio a Jerusalém.
They captured many of the cities in Judah that had walls around them, and they came as far as Jerusalem.
5 Agora o profeta Semaías veio a Roboão e aos príncipes de Judá, que estavam reunidos em Jerusalém por causa de Sisaque, e disse-lhes: “Javé diz: 'Vocês me abandonaram, portanto eu também vos deixei na mão de Sisaque'”.
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 Então os príncipes de Israel e o rei se humilharam; e eles disseram: “Yahweh é justo”.
Then the king and the other Israeli leaders humbled themselves and said, “What Yahweh is doing to us is fair.”
7 Quando Javé viu que eles se humilharam, a palavra de Javé veio a Semaías, dizendo: “Eles se humilharam”. Não os destruirei, mas lhes concederei alguma libertação, e minha ira não será derramada sobre Jerusalém pela mão de Shishak.
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 No entanto, eles serão seus servos, para que conheçam meu serviço, e o serviço dos reinos dos países”.
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 Então Shishak, rei do Egito, enfrentou Jerusalém e levou os tesouros da casa de Iavé e os tesouros da casa do rei. Ele tirou tudo isso. Ele também tirou os escudos de ouro que Salomão havia feito.
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 O rei Roboão fez escudos de bronze em seu lugar, e os entregou às mãos dos capitães da guarda, que guardavam a porta da casa do rei.
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 Tantas vezes quanto o rei entrava na casa de Yahweh, o guarda vinha e os carregava, depois os trazia de volta para a sala da guarda.
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 Quando ele se humilhou, a ira de Iavé se desviou dele, para não destruí-lo completamente. Além disso, havia coisas boas encontradas em Judá.
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 Então o rei Roboão se fortaleceu em Jerusalém e reinou; pois Roboão tinha quarenta e um anos quando começou a reinar, e reinou dezessete anos em Jerusalém, a cidade que Javé havia escolhido de todas as tribos de Israel para colocar seu nome lá. O nome de sua mãe era Naamah, a amonita.
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 Ele fez o que era maligno, porque não se dispôs a buscar a Iavé.
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 Agora os atos de Roboão, primeiro e último, não estão escritos nas histórias de Semaías, o profeta, e de Ido, o vidente, nas genealogias? Havia guerras entre Roboão e Jeroboão continuamente.
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 Rehoboam dormiu com seus pais, e foi enterrado na cidade de David; e Abias, seu filho, reinou em seu lugar.
When Rehoboam died, he was buried in [the part of Jerusalem called] ‘The City of David’. Then his son Abijah became the king.
