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1 Då Rehabeams rike vardt stadfäst och förstärkt, öfvergaf han Herrans lag, och hele Israel med honom.
After Rehoboam was in complete control of his kingdom, he and all [the other people in] Judah stopped obeying the laws of Yahweh.
2 Men i femte årena Konungs Rehabeams drog upp Sisak, Konungen i Egypten, emot Jerusalem; förty de hade syndat emot Herran;
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 Med tusende och tuhundrad vagnar, och med sextiotusend resenärar, och det folk var icke till räknande, som med honom kom utur Egypten, Lybia, Suchim och Ethiopien.
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 Och han vann de fasta städer, som i Juda voro, och kom intill Jerusalem.
They captured many of the cities in Judah that had walls around them, and they came as far as Jerusalem.
5 Så kom Semaja den Propheten till Rehabeam, och till de öfversta i Juda, som sig till Jerusalem församlat hade för Sisak, och sade till dem: Detta säger Herren: I hafven öfvergifvit mig, derföre hafver jag öfvergifvit eder i Sisaks hand.
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 Då ödmjukade sig de öfverste i Israel, med Konungenom, och sade: Herren är rättvis.
Then the king and the other Israeli leaders humbled themselves and said, “What Yahweh is doing to us is fair.”
7 Då Herren nu såg, att de ödmjukade sig, kom Herrans ord till Semaja, och sade: De hafva ödmjukat sig, derföre vill jag icke förderfva dem, utan jag vill gifva dem en liten undsättning, så att min vrede icke skall drypa på Jerusalem genom Sisak.
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 Dock skola de varda honom underdånige, att de måga lära hvad det är att tjena mig, och tjena Konungariken i landomen.
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 Alltså drog Sisak, Konungen i Egypten, upp till Jerusalem, och tog ut de håfvor i Herrans hus, och de håfvor i Konungshusena, och förde alltsammans bort. Desslikes tog han ock de gyldene sköldar, som Salomo göra lät;
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 I hvilkas stad Konung Rehabeam lät göra kopparsköldar, och befallde dem de öfversta för drabanterna, som vakt höllo för portenom af Konungshusena.
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 Och så ofta som Konungen gick uti Herrans hus, kommo drabanterna, och båro dem, och lade dem åter i drabantakammaren.
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 Och efter han ödmjukade sig, vände sig Herrans vrede ifrå honom, så att icke allt förderfvadt vardt; ty det var ännu något godt i Juda.
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 Alltså kom Konung Rehabeam sig före i Jerusalem, och regerade. Ett och fyratio år gammal var Rehabeam, då han vardt Konung, och regerade i sjutton år i Jerusalem, uti den stad som Herren utvalt hade utur all Israels slägter, att han der sitt Namn sätta skulle; hans moder het Naama, en Ammonitiska.
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 Och han handlade illa, och skickade icke sitt hjerta till att söka Herran.
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 Men Rehabeams gerningar, både de första och de sista, äro beskrifna uti den Prophetens Semaja, och i Iddo den Siarens gerningar, och upptecknade. Och örligade Rehabeam och Jerobeam så länge de lefde.
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 Och Rehabeam afsomnade med sina fäder, och vardt begrafven uti Davids stad; och hans son Abia vardt Konung i hans stad.
When Rehoboam died, he was buried in [the part of Jerusalem called] ‘The City of David’. Then his son Abijah became the king.
