2 Berɛsosɛm 12
1 Rehoboam timiiɛ na ɔyɛɛ den no, ɔgyaa Awurade mmara, na Israel nyinaa dii nʼakyi wɔ saa bɔne yi mu.
After Rehoboam had established his sovereignty and royal power, he and all Israel with him forsook the Law of the LORD.
2 Esiane sɛ na wɔnni Awurade nokorɛ no enti, afe a ɛtɔ so enum wɔ ɔhene Rehoboam adedie mu no, Misraimhene Sisak kɔto hyɛɛ Yerusalem so.
In the fifth year of Rehoboam’s reign, because they had been unfaithful to the LORD, Shishak king of Egypt came up and attacked Jerusalem
3 Ɔde nteaseɛnam apem ahanu, apɔnkɔsotefoɔ ɔpeduosia ne anammɔntwa asraafoɔ a wɔntumi nkan wɔn dodoɔ a Libiafoɔ, Sukifoɔ ne Etiopiafoɔ ka ho na ɛbaeɛ.
with 1,200 chariots, 60,000 horsemen, and countless troops who came with him out of Egypt—Libyans, Sukkites, and Cushites.
4 Sisak dii Yudafoɔ nkuro a wɔabɔ ho ban no so nkonim, na ɔtu tenee sɛ ɔrekɔto ahyɛ Yerusalem nso so.
He captured the fortified cities of Judah and came as far as Jerusalem.
5 Odiyifoɔ Semaia hyiaa Rehoboam ne Yuda mpanimfoɔ a Sisak enti, wɔadwane aba Yerusalem. Semaia ka kyerɛɛ wɔn sɛ, “Sɛdeɛ Awurade seɛ nie! Moagya me enti, me nso meregya mo ama Sisak.”
Then Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam and the leaders of Judah who had gathered at Jerusalem because of Shishak, and he said to them, “This is what the LORD says: ‘You have forsaken Me; therefore, I have forsaken you into the hand of Shishak.’”
6 Ɔhene no ne Israel mpanimfoɔ brɛɛ wɔn ho ase, kaa sɛ, “Awurade di bem sɛ ɔyɛɛ yɛn saa!”
So the leaders of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, “The LORD is righteous.”
7 Awurade hunuu sɛ wɔanu wɔn ho no, ɔde saa nkra yi somaa Semaia: “Esiane sɛ nnipa no abrɛ wɔn ho ase enti, merensɛe wɔn korakora na ɛrenkyɛre, mɛma wɔn ahomegyeɛ. Meremfa Sisak so nna mʼabufuo adi wɔ Yerusalem so.
When the LORD saw that they had humbled themselves, the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah, saying, “They have humbled themselves; I will not destroy them, but will soon grant them deliverance. My wrath will not be poured out on Jerusalem through Shishak.
8 Nanso, wɔbɛyɛ nʼasomfoɔ sɛdeɛ ɛbɛkyerɛ wɔn sɛ, ɛsɛ sɛ wɔsom me sene sɛ wɔbɛsom ewiase ahemfo.”
Nevertheless, they will become his servants, so that they may learn the difference between serving Me and serving the kings of other lands.”
9 Enti, Misraimhene Sisak baa Yerusalem bɛsesaa agyapadeɛ a ɛwɔ Awurade Asɔredan no mu ne ahemfie hɔ nneɛma a Salomo sikakɔkɔɔ akokyɛm no nyinaa ka ho.
So King Shishak of Egypt attacked Jerusalem and seized the treasures of the house of the LORD and of the royal palace. He took everything, including the gold shields that Solomon had made.
10 Akyire no, ɔhene Rehoboam de kɔbere mfrafraeɛ akokyɛm sii anan, na ɔde hyɛɛ wɔn a wɔwɛn no no panin nsa sɛ ɔnhwɛ so.
Then King Rehoboam made bronze shields in their place and committed them to the care of the captains of the guard on duty at the entrance to the royal palace.
11 Ɛberɛ biara a ɔhene no bɛkɔ Awurade Asɔredan no mu no, awɛmfoɔ no soa kɔ hɔ, na wɔasane de akɔgu adekoradan a wɔwɛn no mu.
And whenever the king entered the house of the LORD, the guards would go with him, bearing the shields, and later they would return them to the guardroom.
12 Esiane sɛ Rehoboam brɛɛ ne ho ase enti, Awurade abufuo no firii ne so, enti wansɛe no korakora. Ɛmaa yiedie kɔɔ so wɔ Yuda asase so.
Because Rehoboam humbled himself, the anger of the LORD turned away from him, and He did not destroy him completely. Indeed, conditions were good in Judah.
13 Ɔhene Rehoboam timiiɛ wɔ Yerusalem, na ɔtoaa so dii ɔhene. Ɛberɛ a ɔdii adeɛ no, na wadi mfirinhyia aduanan baako. Na ɔdii adeɛ mfirinhyia dunson wɔ Yerusalem, kuropɔn a Awurade ayi afiri Israel mmusuakuo nyinaa mu sɛ ɛhɔ na wɔbɛhyɛ ne din animuonyam. Na Rehoboam maame din de Naama a ɔfiri Amon.
Thus King Rehoboam established himself in Jerusalem. He was forty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the LORD had chosen from all the tribes of Israel in which to put His Name. His mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonite.
14 Na ɔyɛ ɔhene bɔne, ɛfiri sɛ, wamfa nʼakoma nyinaa anhwehwɛ Awurade akyiri ɛkwan.
And Rehoboam did evil because he did not set his heart to seek the LORD.
15 Wɔatwerɛ Rehoboam ahennie ho nsɛm nkaeɛ no a ɛfiri ahyɛaseɛ kɔsi awieeɛ no wɔ odiyifoɔ Semaia nwoma ne nhunumuni Ido nwoma a ɛyɛ awoɔ ntoatoasoɔ nwoma no fa bi mu. Ɛberɛ biara, na akokoakoko wɔ Rehoboam ne Yeroboam ntam.
Now the acts of Rehoboam, from first to last, are they not written in the records of Shemaiah the Prophet and of Iddo the Seer concerning the genealogies? There was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam throughout their days.
16 Ɛberɛ a Rehoboam wuiɛ no, wɔsiee no wɔ Dawid kurom. Na ne babarima Abia dii nʼadeɛ sɛ ɔhene.
And Rehoboam rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David. And his son Abijah reigned in his place.
