2 Nyakati 12
1 Baada ya nafasi ya Rehoboamu kuimarika na kuwa na nguvu, yeye na Israeli yote waliiacha sheria ya Bwana Mungu.
And it came to pass, when Rehoboam had established the kingdom, and had strengthened himself, he forsook the law of the LORD, and all Israel with him.
2 Kwa sababu hawakuwa waaminifu kwa Bwana, Shishaki mfalme wa Misri akashambulia Yerusalemu katika mwaka wa tano wa utawala wa Mfalme Rehoboamu.
And it came to pass, [that] in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, because they had transgressed against the LORD,
3 Akiwa na magari ya vita 1,200 na wapanda farasi 60,000 na idadi isiyohesabika ya majeshi ya Walibia, Wasukii na Wakushi yaliyokuja pamoja naye kutoka Misri.
With twelve hundred chariots, and sixty thousand horsemen: and the people [were] without number that came with him out of Egypt; the Lubims, the Sukkiims, and the Cushites.
4 Akateka miji ya Yuda yenye ngome akaendelea mpaka Yerusalemu.
And he took the fortified cities which [pertained] to Judah, and came to Jerusalem.
5 Ndipo nabii Shemaya akaja kwa Rehoboamu na kwa viongozi wa Yuda waliokuwa wamekusanyika huko Yerusalemu kwa ajili ya hofu ya Shishaki naye akawaambia, “Hivi ndivyo asemavyo Bwana, ‘Ninyi mmeniacha mimi, kwa hiyo, mimi nami sasa ninawaacha ninyi mkononi mwa Shishaki.’”
Then came Shemaiah the prophet to Rehoboam, and [to] the princes of Judah, that were assembled at Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said to them, Thus saith the LORD, Ye have forsaken me, and therefore have I also left you in the hand of Shishak.
6 Viongozi wa Israeli na mfalme wakajinyenyekeza na kusema, “Bwana Mungu ni mwenye haki.”
Upon which the princes of Israel, and the king humbled themselves; and they said, The LORD [is] righteous.
7 Bwana Mungu alipoona kwamba wamejinyenyekeza, neno hili la Bwana likamjia Shemaya: “Maadamu wamejinyenyekeza, sitawaangamiza bali hivi karibuni nitawapatia wokovu. Ghadhabu yangu haitamwagwa juu ya Yerusalemu kwa kupitia Shishaki.
And when the LORD saw that they humbled themselves, the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah, saying, They have humbled themselves; [therefore] I will not destroy them, but I will grant them some deliverance; and my wrath shall not be poured out upon Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak.
8 Hata hivyo, watamtumikia Shishaki ili wapate kujifunza tofauti kati ya kunitumikia mimi na kuwatumikia wafalme wa nchi nyingine.”
Nevertheless they shall be his servants; that they may know my service, and the service of the kingdoms of the countries.
9 Shishaki mfalme wa Misri alipoishambulia Yerusalemu, alichukua hazina za Hekalu la Bwana na hazina za jumba la kifalme. Akachukua kila kitu, pamoja na zile ngao za dhahabu ambazo Solomoni alikuwa amezitengeneza.
So Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, and took away the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's house; he took all: he carried away also the shields of gold which Solomon had made.
10 Kwa hiyo Mfalme Rehoboamu akatengeneza ngao za shaba badala ya zile za dhahabu na kuzikabidhi kwa majemadari wa ulinzi wa zamu kwenye ingilio la jumba la mfalme.
Instead of which, king Rehoboam made shields of brass, and committed [them] to the hands of the chief of the guard, that kept the entrance of the king's house.
11 Kila wakati mfalme alipokwenda katika Hekalu la Bwana walinzi walikwenda pamoja naye wakiwa wamebeba hizo ngao na baadaye walizirudisha kwenye chumba cha ulinzi.
And when the king entered into the house of the LORD, the guard came and conveyed them, and brought them again into the guard-chamber.
12 Kwa sababu Rehoboamu alijinyenyekeza, hasira ya Bwana ikageukia mbali naye, hakuangamizwa kabisa. Kukawa na hali nzuri katika Yuda.
And when he humbled himself, the wrath of the LORD turned from him, that he would not destroy [him] altogether: and also in Judah things went well.
13 Mfalme Rehoboamu akajiweka imara katika Yerusalemu na akaendelea kuwa mfalme. Alikuwa na umri wa miaka arobaini na mmoja alipoanza kutawala, naye akatawala huko Yerusalemu miaka kumi na saba, mji ambao Bwana alikuwa ameuchagua miongoni mwa makabila yote ya Israeli ili aliweke Jina lake humo. Mama yake aliitwa Naama, alikuwa Mwamoni.
So king Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem, and reigned: for Rehoboam [was] one and forty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his mother's name [was] Naamah an Ammonitess.
14 Rehoboamu akatenda maovu kwa sababu hakuuelekeza moyo wake katika kumtafuta Bwana Mungu.
And he did evil, because he prepared not his heart to seek the LORD.
15 Kwa habari ya matukio katika utawala wa Rehoboamu, tangu mwanzo mpaka mwisho, je, hayakuandikwa katika kumbukumbu za nabii Shemaya na mwonaji Ido zinazohusiana na vizazi? Kulikuwako na vita mara kwa mara kati ya Rehoboamu na Yeroboamu.
Now the acts of Rehoboam, first and last, [are] they not written in the book of Shemaiah the prophet, and of Iddo the seer, concerning genealogies? And [there were] wars between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually.
16 Rehoboamu akalala na baba zake, akazikwa katika Mji wa Daudi. Naye Abiya mwanawe akawa mfalme baada yake.
And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David: and Abijah his son reigned in his stead.
