2 Crónicas 12
1 Y como Roboam hubo confirmado el reino, dejó la ley de Jehová, y con él todo Israel.
After Rehoboam was in complete control of his kingdom, he and all [the other people in] Judah stopped obeying the laws of Yahweh.
2 Y en el quinto año del rey Roboam subió Sesac rey de Egipto contra Jerusalem, por cuanto se habían rebelado contra Jehová,
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 Con mil y doscientos carros, y con sesenta mil hombres de a caballo: mas el pueblo que venía con él de Egipto no tenía número, de Libios, Trogloditas, y Etiopes.
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 Y tomó las ciudades fuertes de Judá, y llegó hasta Jerusalem.
They captured many of the cities in Judah that had walls around them, and they came as far as Jerusalem.
5 Entonces vino Semeías profeta a Roboam, y a los príncipes de Judá que estaban congregados en Jerusalem por causa de Sesac, y díjoles: Así ha dicho Jehová: Vosotros me habéis dejado, y yo también os he dejado en mano de Sesac.
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 Y los príncipes de Israel, y el rey, se humillaron, y dijeron: Justo es Jehová.
Then the king and the other Israeli leaders humbled themselves and said, “What Yahweh is doing to us is fair.”
7 Y como vio Jehová, que se habían humillado, fue palabra de Jehová a Semeías, diciendo: Hánse humillado: no los destruiré, antes en breve los salvaré; y no se derramará mi ira contra Jerusalem por mano de Sesac.
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 Empero serán sus siervos; para que sepan que es servirme a mí, o servir a los reinos de las naciones.
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 Y subió Sesac rey de Egipto a Jerusalem, y tomó los tesoros de la casa de Jehová, y los tesoros de la casa del rey, todo lo llevó: y tomó los paveses de oro que Salomón había hecho,
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 E hizo el rey Roboam en lugar de ellos paveses de metal, y entrególos en manos de los príncipes de la guardia, que guardaba la entrada de la casa del rey.
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 Y cuando el rey iba a la casa de Jehová, venían los de la guardia, y traíanlos, y después los volvían a la cámara de la guardia.
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 Y como él se humilló, la ira de Jehová se apartó de él, para no destruirle del todo: y también en Judá las cosas fueron bien.
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 Y fortificado Roboam, reinó en Jerusalem: y era Roboam de cuarenta y un años, cuando comenzó a reinar, y diez y siete años reinó en Jerusalem, ciudad que escogió Jehová, para poner en ella su nombre, de todas las tribus de Israel: y el nombre de su madre fue Naama, Ammonita.
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 E hizo lo malo, porque no apercibió su corazón para buscar a Jehová.
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 Y las cosas de Roboam primeras y postreras, ¿no están escritas en los libros de Semeías profeta, y de Addo vidente, en la cuenta de los linajes? Y hubo guerra perpetua entre Roboam y Jeroboam.
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 Y durmió Roboam con sus padres, y fue sepultado en la ciudad de David: y reinó en su lugar Abías su hijo.
When Rehoboam died, he was buried in [the part of Jerusalem called] ‘The City of David’. Then his son Abijah became the king.
