2 Krönikeboken 11
1 Då Rehabeam kom till Jerusalem, församlade han Juda hus och BenJamin, hundradetusend, och åttatiotusend unga män, som stridsamme voro, till att strida emot Israel, att de måtte komma åter riket under Rehabeam.
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 Men Herrans ord kom till Semaja, den Guds mannen, och sade:
But Yahweh spoke to the prophet Shemaiah and said this to him:
3 Tala till Rehabeam, Salomos son, Juda Konung, och till hela Israel, som under Juda och BenJamin är, och säg:
“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 Detta säger Herren: I skolen icke draga upp, ej heller strida emot edra bröder; hvar och en gånge åter hem, förty det är skedt af mig. De lydde Herrans ord, och vände igen att draga emot Jerobeam.
‘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 Men Rehabeam bodde i Jerusalem, och byggde de städer fasta i Juda;
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 Nämliga BethLehem, Etham, Thekoa,
In [the area that belonged to] the tribes of Judah and Benjamin they built walls around Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,
7 Bethzur, Socho, Adullam,
Beth-Zur, Soco, Adullam,
8 Gath, Maresa, Siph,
Gath, Mareshah,
9 Adoraim, Lachis, Aseka,
Adoraim, Lachish, Azekah,
10 Zorga, Ajalon och Hebron; hvilke voro de fastaste städer i Juda och BenJamin.
Zorah, Aijalon, and Hebron.
11 Och han gjorde dem fasta, och satte der öfverstar in, och besörjde dem med spisning, oljo och vin.
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 Och i alla städer skaffade han sköldar och spjut, och gjorde dem ganska fasta. Och Juda och BenJamin voro under honom.
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 Och gåfvo sig till honom Presterna och Leviterna utaf hela Israel, och alla deras gränsor.
The priests and other descendants of Levi throughout Israel supported Rehoboam.
14 Och de öfvergåfvo alla deras förstäder och håfvor, och kommo till Juda i Jerusalem; förty Jerobeam och hans söner fördrefvo dem, att de icke kunde bruka Herranom Presterskapet.
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 Men han stiktade sig Prester till höjderna, och till djeflar, och kalfvar, som han göra lät.
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 Och efter dem kommo, utaf all Israels slägter, de som sitt hjerta gåfvo till att fråga efter Herran Israels Gud, till Jerusalem, att de måtte offra Herranom sina fäders Gud;
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 Och förstärkte alltså Juda rike, och styrkte Rehabeam, Salomos son, i tre år; ty de vandrade på Davids och Salomos väg i tre år.
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 Och Rehabeam tog Mahalath, Jerimoths dotter, Davids sons, till hustru, och Abihail, Eliabs dotter, Isai sons.
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 Hon födde honom dessa söner: Jehus, Semaria och Saham.
Rehoboam and Mahalath had three sons: Jeush, Shemariah, and Zaham.
20 Derefter tog han Maacha, Absaloms dotter. Hon födde honom Abia, Attai, Sisa och Selomith.
Later Rehoboam married Maacah, the daughter of Absalom, and they had four sons: Abijah, Attai, Ziza, and Shelomith.
21 Men Rehabeam hade Maacha, Absaloms dotter, kärare, än alla sina hustrur och frillor; ty han hade aderton hustrur, och sextio frillor, och födde åtta och tjugu söner, och sextio döttrar.
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 Och Rehabeam satte Abia, Maachas son, till ett hufvud och Första öfver hans bröder; ty han hade i sinnet göra honom till Konung.
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 Och han växte till, och yppade sig för alla hans söner i Juda och BenJamins land, i alla fasta städer. Och han gaf dem spisning en stor hop; och han tog många hustrur.
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.
