2 Beresosɛm 11
1 Bere a Rehoboam duu Yerusalem no, ɔboaboaa Yuda ne Benyamin asraafo a wosi pi si ta mpem ɔha aduɔwɔtwe ano, sɛ wɔrekɔko atia Israel asraafo, na wɔagye ahenni no afa.
When Rehoboam had come to Jerusalem, he assembled the house of Judah and Benjamin, one hundred eighty thousand chosen men who were warriors, to fight against Israel, to bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam.
2 Na Awurade ka kyerɛɛ Onyankopɔn nipa Semaia se,
But Yahweh’s word came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying,
3 “Ka kyerɛ Salomo babarima Rehoboam a odi hene wɔ Yuda ne Israelfo a wɔwɔ Yuda ne Benyamin no se,
“Speak to Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin, saying,
4 Sɛnea Awurade se ni: ‘Nko ntia wʼabusuafo. San wʼakyi kɔ fie, efisɛ me na memaa asɛm a asi no ho kwan!’” Enti wotiee Awurade asɛm no, na wɔanko antia Yeroboam.
‘Yahweh says, “You shall not go up, nor fight against your brothers! Every man return to his house; for this thing is of me.”’” So they listened to Yahweh’s words, and returned from going against Jeroboam.
5 Rehoboam tenaa Yerusalem, na ɔbɔɔ nkurow ahorow ho ban, maa Yuda yɛɛ den.
Rehoboam lived in Jerusalem, and built cities for defense in Judah.
6 Ɔkyekyeree Betlehem, Etam, Tekoa,
He built Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,
7 Bet-Sur, Soko, Adulam,
Beth Zur, Soco, Adullam,
8 Gat, Maresa, Sif,
Gath, Mareshah, Ziph,
9 Adoraim, Lakis, Aseka,
Adoraim, Lachish, Azekah,
10 Sora, Ayalon ne Hebron. Eyinom ne nkurow a wɔbɔɔ ho ban wɔ Yuda ne Benyamin.
Zorah, Aijalon, and Hebron, which are fortified cities in Judah and in Benjamin.
11 Rehoboam yeree wɔn bammɔ mu, na ɔde asahene duaduaa hɔ. Ɔkoraa nnuan, ngo ne nsa wɔ kuropɔn biara so.
He fortified the strongholds and put captains in them with stores of food, oil and wine.
12 Ɔde nkatabo ne mpeaw siee wɔ saa nkurow yi mu de hyɛɛ wɔn bammɔ mu den. Enti Yuda ne Benyamin nko ara na wɔbɛhyɛɛ nʼase.
He put shields and spears in every city, and made them exceedingly strong. Judah and Benjamin belonged to him.
13 Asɔfo ne Lewifo a na wɔne Israel atifi fam mmusuakuw te no kɔɔ Rehoboam afa.
The priests and the Levites who were in all Israel stood with him out of all their territory.
14 Na Lewifo no mpo gyaw wɔn afi ne wɔn agyapade kɔɔ Yuda ne Yerusalem, efisɛ Yeroboam ne ne mmabarima amma wɔn kwan ansom Awurade sɛ asɔfo.
For the Levites left their pasture lands and their possessions, and came to Judah and Jerusalem; for Jeroboam and his sons cast them off, that they should not execute the priest’s office to Yahweh.
15 Yeroboam yii nʼankasa asɔfo ma wɔsom wɔ abosonsomfo nsɔre so a na wɔsom abirekyi ne nantwimma ahoni a na wɔayɛ.
He himself appointed priests for the high places, for the male goat and calf idols which he had made.
16 Israelman mu nyinaa, wɔn a na wɔpɛ sɛ wɔsom Awurade, Israel Nyankopɔn no dii Lewifo no akyi kɔɔ Yerusalem faako a wobetumi de ayɛyɛde ama Awurade, wɔn agyanom Nyankopɔn no.
After them, out of all the tribes of Israel, those who set their hearts to seek Yahweh, the God of Israel, came to Jerusalem to sacrifice to Yahweh, the God of their fathers.
17 Eyi maa Yuda ahenni nyaa ahoɔden, na wɔde mfe abiɛsa boaa Salomo babarima Rehoboam, na wɔhwehwɛɛ Awurade nokware, sɛnea wɔyɛɛ wɔ Dawid ne Salomo ahenni mu no.
So they strengthened the kingdom of Judah and made Rehoboam the son of Solomon strong for three years, for they walked three years in the way of David and Solomon.
18 Rehoboam waree Mahalat. Na ɔyɛ Dawid babarima Yerimot babea. Na ɔyɛ Abihail a ɔyɛ Yisai babarima Eliab babea nso.
Rehoboam took a wife for himself, Mahalath the daughter of Jerimoth the son of David and of Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse.
19 Mahalat woo mmabarima baasa a wɔne Yeus, Semaria ne Saham.
She bore him sons: Jeush, Shemariah, and Zaham.
20 Akyiri no, ɔwaree Absalom babea Maaka. Maaka woo Abia, Atai, Sisa ne Selomit.
After her, he took Maacah the granddaughter of Absalom; and she bore him Abijah, Attai, Ziza, and Shelomith.
21 Na Rehoboam dɔ Maaka yiye sen ne yerenom a wɔaka ne ne mpenanom nyinaa. Na ɔwɔ yerenom dunwɔtwe ne mpenanom aduosia, na wɔwowoo mmabarima aduonu awotwe ne mmabea aduosia.
Rehoboam loved Maacah the granddaughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines; for he took eighteen wives and sixty concubines, and became the father of twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.
22 Rehoboam sii Maaka babarima Abia ahenemmahene ma ɛdaa adi pefee sɛ daakye, ɔno na obedi nʼade sɛ ɔhene.
Rehoboam appointed Abijah the son of Maacah to be chief, the prince among his brothers, for he intended to make him king.
23 Bio, Rehoboam faa nyansakwan so de dwumadi hyehyɛɛ ne mmabarima a wɔaka no nsa, de wɔn tuatuaa nkurow a wɔabɔ ho ban, wɔ nsase no nyinaa so. Ɔmaa wɔn wɔn ahiade nyinaa, hyehyɛɛ aware bebree maa wɔn mu biara.
He dealt wisely, and dispersed some of his sons throughout all the lands of Judah and Benjamin, to every fortified city. He gave them food in abundance; and he sought many wives for them.
