2 Meʻa Hokohoko 11
1 Pea ʻi heʻene haʻu ʻa Lehopoami ki Selūsalema, naʻe fakakātoa ʻe ia mei he fale ʻo Siuta mo Penisimani ʻae kau tangata fili, ko e kau tangata tau, ʻe taha kilu mo e toko fā mano, ke nau tauʻi ʻa ʻIsileli, koeʻuhi ke nau toe liliu mai ʻae puleʻanga kia Lehopoami.
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 Ka naʻe haʻu ʻae folofola ʻa Sihova kia Simaia ko e tangata ʻae ʻOtua, ʻo pehē,
But Yahweh spoke to the prophet Shemaiah and said this to him:
3 [Ke ke ]lea kia Lehopoami ko e foha ʻo Solomone ko e tuʻi ʻo Siuta, pea ki ʻIsileli kotoa pē ʻi Siuta mo Penisimani, ʻo pehē,
“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 ʻOku pehē ʻe Sihova, “ʻOua te mou ʻalu hake, pe tau ki homou kāinga: mou foki atu taki taha ʻae tangata ki hono fale: he ko e meʻa ni kuo fai ia ʻiate au.” Pea naʻa nau fai talangofua ki he folofola ʻa Sihova, pea naʻa [nau ]foki ʻo ʻikai ʻalu ke tauʻi ʻa Selopoami.
‘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 Pea naʻe nofo ʻa Lehopoami ʻi Selūsalema, pea naʻe langa ʻe ia ʻae ngaahi kolotau ʻi Siuta.
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 Naʻa ne langa ʻa Petelihema, mo ʻEtami, mo Tikoa,
In [the area that belonged to] the tribes of Judah and Benjamin they built walls around Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,
7 Mo Petesua, mo Soko, mo ʻAtulami,
Beth-Zur, Soco, Adullam,
8 Mo Kati, mo Malesa, mo Sifi,
Gath, Mareshah,
9 Mo ʻAtolaimi, mo Lakisi, mo ʻAseka,
Adoraim, Lachish, Azekah,
10 Mo Sola, mo ʻAsaloni, mo Hepeloni, ʻaia ʻoku ʻi Siuta mo Penisimani ko e ngaahi kolotau.
Zorah, Aijalon, and Hebron.
11 Pea naʻa ne fakamālohi ʻe ia ʻae ngaahi kolotau, pea tuku ki ai ʻae ngaahi ʻeikitau, mo faʻo [ki ai ʻae ]meʻakai, mo e lolo mo e uaine.
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 Pea ne tuku ʻi he ngaahi kolo taki taha ʻae ngaahi pā mo e ngaahi tao, ʻo ne ngaohi ia ke mālohi ʻaupito, he naʻe kau ʻa Siuta mo Penisimani kiate ia.
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 Pea naʻe haʻu kiate ia ʻae kau taulaʻeiki mo e kau Livai mei honau ngaahi potu nofoʻanga kotoa pē.
The priests and other descendants of Levi throughout Israel supported Rehoboam.
14 Ka naʻe siʻaki ʻe he kau Livai honau ngaahi ʻapi mo honau ngaahi tofiʻa, pea haʻu ki Siuta mo Selūsalema: he naʻe liʻaki ʻakinautolu ʻe Selopoami mo hono ngaahi foha ke ʻoua naʻa nau fai ʻae ngāue ʻae taulaʻeiki kia Sihova.
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 Pea naʻa ne fakanofo ʻae kau taulaʻeiki maʻana ki he ngaahi potu māʻolunga, pea maʻae ngaahi tēvolo, pea ki he ngaahi ʻuhiki pulu ʻaia naʻa ne ngaohi.
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 Pea naʻe muimui ʻiate kinautolu ki Selūsalema, mei he ngaahi faʻahinga kotoa pē ʻo ʻIsileli, ʻakinautolu kotoa pē naʻe pau honau loto ke kumi kia Sihova ko e ʻOtua ʻo ʻIsileli, ke feilaulau kia Sihova ko e ʻOtua ʻo ʻenau ngaahi tamai.
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 Ko ia naʻa nau fakamālohi ʻae puleʻanga ʻo Siuta, pea naʻe fakamālohiʻi ʻa Lehopoami ko e foha ʻo Solomone, ʻi he taʻu ʻe tolu: he naʻa nau ʻalu ʻi he taʻu ʻe tolu ʻi he hala ʻo Tevita mo Solomone.
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 Pea naʻe ʻomi ʻe Lehopoami ʻa Mehalate ko e ʻofefine ʻo Selimoti ko e foha ʻo Tevita kena mali, mo ʻApieli ko e ʻofefine ʻo ʻIliapi, ko e foha ʻo Sese:
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 ʻAia naʻa na fānau kiate ia ʻae fānau: ko Siusi, mo Samalia, mo Seami.
Rehoboam and Mahalath had three sons: Jeush, Shemariah, and Zaham.
20 Pea hoko mo ia naʻa ne ʻomi ʻa Meaka ko e ʻofefine ʻo ʻApisalomi: ʻaia naʻa ne fānau kiate ia ʻa ʻApisa, mo ʻAtai, mo Sisa, mo Silomiti.
Later Rehoboam married Maacah, the daughter of Absalom, and they had four sons: Abijah, Attai, Ziza, and Shelomith.
21 Pea naʻe ʻofa ʻa Lehopoami kia Meaka ko e ʻofefine ʻo ʻApisalomi ʻo lahi hake ʻi hono ngaahi uaifi kotoa pē mo ʻene sinifu: (he naʻa ne maʻu ʻae uaifi ʻe toko hongofulu ma toko valu mo e sinifu ʻe toko onongofulu: pea naʻe fānau kiate ia ʻae foha ʻe toko uofulu ma toko valu, mo e ʻofefine ʻe toko onongofulu.)
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 Pea ngaohi ʻe Lehopoami ʻa ʻApisa ko e tama ʻa Meaka ke tuʻukimuʻa, pea ke pule ia ki hono ngaahi kāinga: he naʻe tokanga ia ke fakanofo ia ke tuʻi.
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 Pea naʻe fai fakapotopoto ia, ʻo ne tufaki ʻene fānau kotoa pē ki he ngaahi potu kotoa pē ʻo Siuta mo Penisimani, ki he ngaahi kolo tau kotoa pē: pea naʻa ne ʻatu kiate kinautolu ʻae meʻakai lahi ʻaupito. Pea naʻe manako ia ki he uaifi tokolahi.
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.
