2 Crónicas 11
1 Y vino Roboam a Jerusalén y reunió a los hombres de Judá y Benjamín, ciento ochenta mil de sus mejores combatientes, para hacer la guerra contra Israel y recuperar el reino para Roboam.
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 Pero la palabra del Señor vino a Semaías, el hombre de Dios, diciendo:
But Yahweh spoke to the prophet Shemaiah and said this to him:
3 Di a Roboam, hijo de Salomón, rey de Judá, y a todo Israel en Judá y Benjamín.
“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 El Señor ha dicho: No debes ir a la guerra contra tus hermanos; que cada uno regrese a su casa, porque esto es mi propósito. Así que escucharon las palabras del Señor y no lucharon contra Jeroboam.
‘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 Ahora se guardó Roboam en Jerusalén, construyendo ciudades amuralladas en 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 Fue el constructor de Belén y Etam y Tecoa.
In [the area that belonged to] the tribes of Judah and Benjamin they built walls around Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,
7 Y Bet-sur, Soco, Adulam.
Beth-Zur, Soco, Adullam,
8 Y Gat, Mareshah, Zif,
Gath, Mareshah,
9 Y Adoraim, Laquis, Azeca,
Adoraim, Lachish, Azekah,
10 Y Zora, Ajalón, Hebrón, ciudades amuralladas de Judá y Benjamín.
Zorah, Aijalon, and Hebron.
11 E hizo fuertes las ciudades amuralladas, y puso capitanes en ellas y almacenes de comida, aceite y vino.
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 Y en cada ciudad puso provisiones de escudos y lanzas, y las hizo muy fuertes. Y Judá y Benjamín los mantuvo a su lado.
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 Y los sacerdotes y levitas que estaban en todo Israel se reunieron con él desde todas partes de su país.
The priests and other descendants of Levi throughout Israel supported Rehoboam.
14 Porque los levitas abandonaron sus lugares de vida y sus bienes, y vinieron a Judá y Jerusalén; porque Jeroboam y sus hijos los habían enviado lejos, no dejando que fueran sacerdotes para el Señor;
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 Y él mismo hizo sacerdotes para los lugares altos, y para las imágenes de las cabras y los bueyes que había hecho.
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 Y después de ellos, de todas las tribus de Israel, todos aquellos cuyos corazones estaban fijos y fieles al Señor, el Dios de Israel, llegaron a Jerusalén para hacer ofrendas al Señor, el Dios de sus antepasados.
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 Continuaron aumentando el poder del reino de Judá, e hicieron a Roboam, hijo de Salomón, fuerte por tres años. y por tres años anduvieron en los caminos de David y Salomón.
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 Y tomó Roboam como a su mujer Mahalat, hija de Jerimot, hijo de David y de Abihail, hija de Eliab, hijo de Isaí;
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 Y tuvo hijos junto a él, Jehus, Semarias y Zaham.
Rehoboam and Mahalath had three sons: Jeush, Shemariah, and Zaham.
20 Y después de ella tomó a Maaca, hija de Absalón; y tuvo a Abiam, Atai, Ziza y Selomit.
Later Rehoboam married Maacah, the daughter of Absalom, and they had four sons: Abijah, Attai, Ziza, and Shelomith.
21 Maaca, la hija de Absalón, era más querida por Roboam que todas sus esposas y sus concubinas; porque tenía dieciocho esposas y sesenta concubinas, y era padre de veintiocho hijos y sesenta hijas.
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 Y Roboam hizo a Abías, hijo de Maaca, jefe y gobernante entre sus hermanos, porque su propósito era hacerlo rey.
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 Y en su sabiduría tenía a sus hijos estacionados en cada pueblo amurallado por todas las tierras de Judá y Benjamín; y les dio una gran cantidad de comida, y tomó esposas para ellos.
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.
