2 Crónicas 11
1 Cuando Roboam llegó a Jerusalén congregó a 180.000 guerreros escogidos de las casas de Judá y de Benjamín para luchar contra Israel y restituir su reino.
And Rehoboam came to Jerusalem, and got together the men of Judah and Benjamin, a hundred and eighty thousand of his best fighting-men, to make war against Israel and get the kingdom back for Rehoboam.
2 Pero la Palabra de Yavé llegó a Semaías, varón de ʼElohim:
But the word of the Lord came to Shemaiah, the man of God, saying,
3 Habla a Roboam, hijo de Salomón, rey de Judá, y a todos los israelitas que estén en Judá y Benjamín:
Say to Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin,
4 Yavé dijo: No suban ni luchen contra sus hermanos. Regrese cada uno a su casa, porque Yo hice esto. Y ellos escucharon la Palabra de Yavé. Regresaron y no salieron contra Jeroboam.
The Lord has said, You are not to go to war against your brothers: let every man go back to his house, for this thing is my purpose. So they gave ear to the words of the Lord and were turned back from fighting against Jeroboam.
5 Roboam vivió en Jerusalén y edificó ciudades para la defensa en Judá.
Now Rehoboam kept in Jerusalem, building walled towns in Judah.
6 Edificó Belén, Etam, Tecoa,
He was the builder of Beth-lehem and Etam and Tekoa
7 Bet-sur, Soco, Adulam,
And Beth-zur and Soco and Adullam
8 Gat, Maresa, Zif,
And Gath and Mareshah and Ziph
9 Adoraim, Laquis, Azeca,
And Adoraim and Lachish and Azekah
10 Zora, Ajalón y Hebrón, ciudades fortificadas que están en Judá y Benjamín.
And Zorah and Aijalon and Hebron, walled towns in Judah and Benjamin.
11 También reforzó las fortalezas. Colocó en ellas comandantes, almacenes de alimentos, aceite y vino.
And he made the walled towns strong, and he put captains in them and stores of food, oil, and wine.
12 En cada ciudad puso escudos y lanzas. Las reforzó muchísimo. Así retuvo a Judá y Benjamín.
And in every town he put stores of body-covers and spears, and made them very strong. And Judah and Benjamin were his.
13 Los sacerdotes y levitas que estaban en todo Israel se presentaron a [Roboam],
And the priests and Levites who were in all Israel came together to him from every part of their country.
14 porque los levitas abandonaron sus campos y posesiones, y fueron a Judá y a Jerusalén. (Pues Jeroboam y sus hijos los destituyeron del ministerio como sacerdotes de Yavé,
For the Levites gave up their living-places and their property, and came to Judah and Jerusalem; for Jeroboam and his sons had sent them away, not letting them be priests to the Lord;
15 por cuanto él nombró sus propios sacerdotes para los lugares altos, los que actuaban como demonios y los becerros que hizo.)
And he himself made priests for the high places, and for the images of he-goats and oxen which he had made.
16 Aquellos de todas las tribus de Israel que dedicaron su corazón a buscar a Yavé ʼElohim de Israel, siguieron a [los sacerdotes y levitas] hasta Jerusalén para ofrecer sacrificios a Yavé, el ʼElohim de sus antepasados.
And after them, from all the tribes of Israel, all those whose hearts were fixed and true to the Lord, the God of Israel, came to Jerusalem to make offerings to the Lord, the God of their fathers.
17 Fortalecieron el reino de Judá y apoyaron a Roboam, hijo de Salomón, durante tres años, pues anduvieron en el camino de David y Salomón por tres años.
So they went on increasing the power of the kingdom of Judah, and made Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, strong for three years; and for three years they went in the ways of David and Solomon.
18 Roboam tomó como esposa a Mahalata, hija de Jerimot, hijo de David y de Abihaíl, hija de Eliab, hijo de Isaí.
And Rehoboam took as his wife Mahalath, the daughter of Jerimoth, the son of David and of Abihail, the daughter of Eliab, the son of Jesse;
19 Ella le dio a luz estos hijos: Jeús, Semarías y Zaham.
And she had sons by him, Jeush, Shemariah, and Zaham.
20 Después de ella tomó a Maaca, hija de Absalón, la cual le dio a luz a Abías, Atai, Ziza y Selomit.
And after her he took Maacah, the daughter of Absalom; and she had Abijah and Attai and Ziza and Shelomith by him.
21 Roboam amó a Maaca, hija de Absalón, más que a todas sus esposas y concubinas. Tomó 18 esposas y 60 concubinas, y engendró 28 hijos y 60 hijas.
Maacah, the daughter of Absalom, was dearer to Rehoboam than all his wives and his servant-wives: (for he had eighteen wives and sixty servant-wives, and was the father of twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.)
22 Roboam designó a Abías, hijo de Maaca, como jefe y príncipe entre sus hermanos, a fin de proclamarlo rey.
Rehoboam made Abijah, the son of Maacah, chief and ruler among his brothers, for it was his purpose to make him king.
23 Al actuar con astucia, distribuyó a todos sus hijos por todas las tierras de Judá y Benjamín y por todas las ciudades fortificadas. Les dio alimento en abundancia y muchas mujeres.
And in his wisdom he had his sons stationed in every walled town through all the lands of Judah and Benjamin; and he gave them a great store of food, and took wives for them.
