2 Mga Cronica 11
1 Nang makarating si Rehoboam sa Jerusalem, tinipon niya ang sambahayan ni Juda at Benjamin, 180, 000 na piling mga lalaking mandirigma na makikipaglaban sa Israel upang maibalik kay Rehoboam ang kaharian.
And Rehoboam came to Jerusalem, and got together the men of Judah and Benjamin, a hundred and eighty thousand of his best fighting-men, to make war against Israel and get the kingdom back for Rehoboam.
2 Ngunit natanggap ni Semaias na lingkod ng Diyos ang salita ni Yahweh, na nagsasabi,
But the word of the Lord came to Shemaiah, the man of God, saying,
3 “Sabihin mo kay Rehoboam na anak ni Solomon na hari ng Juda at sa buong Israel na nasa Juda at Benjamin.
Say to Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin,
4 Sinabi ito ni Yahweh, 'Hindi ninyo dapat salakayin o kalabanin ang inyong mga kapatid. Dapat bumalik ang bawat isa sa kaniyang tahanan sapagkat ang bagay na ito ay pinahintulutan kong mangyari.'” Kaya nakinig sila sa mga salita ni Yahweh at hindi na nila kinalaban si Jeroboam.
The Lord has said, You are not to go to war against your brothers: let every man go back to his house, for this thing is my purpose. So they gave ear to the words of the Lord and were turned back from fighting against Jeroboam.
5 Nanirahan si Rehoboam sa Jerusalem at nagpatayo ng mga lungsod sa Juda upang maging pananggalang.
Now Rehoboam kept in Jerusalem, building walled towns in Judah.
6 Ipinatayo niya ang Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,
He was the builder of Beth-lehem and Etam and Tekoa
7 Beth-sur, Soco, Adullam,
And Beth-zur and Soco and Adullam
8 Gat, Maresa, Zif,
And Gath and Mareshah and Ziph
9 Adoraim, Laquis, Azeka,
And Adoraim and Lachish and Azekah
10 Zora, Aijalon, at Hebron. Ito ay mga pinatibay na lungsod sa Juda at Benjamin.
And Zorah and Aijalon and Hebron, walled towns in Judah and Benjamin.
11 Pinatibay niya ang mga tanggulan at naglagay ng mga pinuno sa mga ito na may kasamang imbakan ng mga pagkain, langis at alak.
And he made the walled towns strong, and he put captains in them and stores of food, oil, and wine.
12 Naglagay siya ng mga kalasag at mga sibat sa bawat lungsod at labis na pinatibay ang mga lungsod. Sakop niya ang Juda at Benjamin.
And in every town he put stores of body-covers and spears, and made them very strong. And Judah and Benjamin were his.
13 Pumunta sa kaniya ang mga pari at ang mga Levitang nasa buong Israel na mula sa loob ng kanilang hangganan.
And the priests and Levites who were in all Israel came together to him from every part of their country.
14 Sapagkat iniwan ng mga Levita ang kanilang mga pastulan at mga pag-aari upang pumunta sa Juda at Jerusalem; sapagkat itinaboy sila ni Jeroboam at ng kaniyang mga anak, kaya hindi na sila makagagawa pa ng mga tungkulin ng pari para kay Yahweh.
For the Levites gave up their living-places and their property, and came to Judah and Jerusalem; for Jeroboam and his sons had sent them away, not letting them be priests to the Lord;
15 Nagtalaga si Jeroboam ng mga pari para sa mga dambana at sa mga diyus-diyosang guya at kambing na kaniyang ipinagawa.
And he himself made priests for the high places, and for the images of he-goats and oxen which he had made.
16 Sumunod sa kanila ang mga tao mula sa lahat ng mga tribu ng Israel na itinuon ang kanilang puso na hanapin si Yahweh, ang Diyos ng Israel. Pumunta sila sa Jerusalem upang maghandog kay Yahweh, ang Diyos ng kanilang mga ninuno.
And after them, from all the tribes of Israel, all those whose hearts were fixed and true to the Lord, the God of Israel, came to Jerusalem to make offerings to the Lord, the God of their fathers.
17 Kaya pinalakas nila ang kaharian ng Juda at pinatatag sa loob ng tatlong taon si Rehoboam na anak ni Solomon sapagkat sa loob ng tatlong taon, sinunod nila ang paraan ng pamumuhay nina David at Solomon.
So they went on increasing the power of the kingdom of Judah, and made Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, strong for three years; and for three years they went in the ways of David and Solomon.
18 Napangasawa ni Rehoboam si Mahalat, ang anak na babae ni Jerimot na anak ni David at ni Abihail na anak ni Eliab na na anak ni Jesse.
And Rehoboam took as his wife Mahalath, the daughter of Jerimoth, the son of David and of Abihail, the daughter of Eliab, the son of Jesse;
19 Nagsilang siya ng mga batang lalaki na sina Jeus, Semarias at Zaham.
And she had sons by him, Jeush, Shemariah, and Zaham.
20 Kasunod ni Mahalat, napangasawa ni Rehoboam si Maaca na anak ni Absalom. Isinilang niya sina Abiaz, Atai, Ziza at Selomit.
And after her he took Maacah, the daughter of Absalom; and she had Abijah and Attai and Ziza and Shelomith by him.
21 Minahal ni Rehoboam si Maaca na anak ni Absalom nang higit sa lahat ng kaniyang ibang mga asawa at sa kaniyang mga asawang alipin (mayroon siyang labing-walong asawa at animnapung asawang alipin at naging ama ng labing-walong mga anak na lalaki at animnapung mga anak na babae).
Maacah, the daughter of Absalom, was dearer to Rehoboam than all his wives and his servant-wives: (for he had eighteen wives and sixty servant-wives, and was the father of twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.)
22 Itinalaga ni Rehoboam si Abias na anak ni Maaca upang maging pinuno sa kaniyang mga kapatid. Naisip niyang gawing hari si Abias.
Rehoboam made Abijah, the son of Maacah, chief and ruler among his brothers, for it was his purpose to make him king.
23 Namuno ng may karunungan si Rehoboam, ikinalat niya ang lahat ng kaniyang lalaking anak sa buong lupain ng Juda at Benjamin hanggang sa mga matitibay na lungsod. Binigyan rin niya sila ng saganang pagkain at naghanap siya ng maraming asawa para sa kanila.
And in his wisdom he had his sons stationed in every walled town through all the lands of Judah and Benjamin; and he gave them a great store of food, and took wives for them.
