1 E sucedeu que, quando ficou estabelecido o reino de Roboão, e havendo o rei se tornado forte, ele deixou a lei do Senhor, e com ele todo o Israel.

When King Rehoboam’s nation had been made strong, he and all Israel turned away from the Law of the Lord.

2 P elo que, no quinto ano da rei Roboão, Sisaque, rei do Egito, subiu contra Jerusalém (porque eles tinham transgredido contra o Senhor)

After Rehoboam had been king for five years, King Shishak of Egypt came to fight against Jerusalem. This happened because they had not been faithful to the Lord.

3 c om mil e duzentes carros e sessenta mil cavaleiros; era inumerável a gente que vinha com ele do Egito: líbios, suquitas e etíopes;

Shishak came with 1, 200 war-wagons and 60, 000 horsemen. And the people who came with him from Egypt were too many to number. There were Libyans, Sukkites, and Ethiopians.

4 E tomou as cidades fortificadas de Judá, e chegou até Jerusalém.

He took the strong cities of Judah and came as far as Jerusalem.

5 E ntão Semaías, o profeta, fei ter com Roboão e com os príncipes de Judá que se tinham ajuntado em Jerusalém por causa de Sisaque, e disse-lhes: Assim diz o Senhor: Vós me deixastes a mim, pelo que eu também vos deixei na mão de Sisaque.

Then Shemaiah the man of God came to Rehoboam and the princes of Judah who had gathered at Jerusalem because of Shishak. He said to them, “The Lord says, ‘You have left Me. So I have left you to Shishak.’”

6 E ntão se humilharam os príncipes de Israel e o rei, e disseram: O Senhor é justo.

So the princes of Israel and the king put away their pride and said, “The Lord is right and good.”

7 Q uando, pois, o Senhor viu que se humilhavam, veio a palavra do Senhor a Semaías, dizendo: Humilharam-se, não os destruirei; mas dar-lhes-ei algum socorro, e o meu furor não será derramado sobre Jerusalém por mão de Sisaque.

The Lord saw that they had put away their pride. And the word of the Lord came to Shemaiah, saying, “They have put away their pride. I will not destroy them. But I will give them some help. My anger will not be poured out on Jerusalem by the power of Shishak.

8 T odavia eles lhe serão servos, para que conheçam a diferença entre a minha servidão e a servidão dos reinos da terra.

But they will be made to work for him. In this way they may learn the difference between My work and the work of the kings of the countries.”

9 S ubiu, pois, Sisaque, rei do Egito, contra Jerusalém, e levou os tesouros da casa do Senhor, e os tesouros da casa do rei; levou tudo. Levou até os escudos de ouro que Salomão fizera.

So King Shishak of Egypt came and fought against Jerusalem. He took the riches of the Lord’s house and the riches of the king’s house. He took everything. He even took the battle-coverings of gold which Solomon had made.

10 E o rei Roboão fez em lugar deles escudos de bronze, e os entregou na mão dos capitães da guarda, que guardavam a porta da casa do rei.

King Rehoboam made battle-coverings of brass in their place. And he put them in the care of the captains of the soldiers who watched the door of the king’s house.

11 E todas as vezes que o rei entrava na casa do Senhor, vinham os da guarda e os levavam; depois tornavam a pô-los na câmara da guarda.

Every time the king went into the house of the Lord, the soldiers came and carried the coverings. Then they returned them to the soldiers’ room.

12 E humilhando-se ele, a ira do Senhor se desviou dele, de modo que não o destruiu de todo; porque ainda havia coisas boas em Judá.

When Rehoboam put away his pride, the Lord’s anger turned away from him. He was not destroyed. And things were good in Judah. The End of Rehoboam’s Rule

13 F ortaleceu-se, pois, o rei Roboão em Jerusalém, e reinou. Roboão tinha quarenta e um anos quando começou a reinar, e reinou dezessete anos em Jerusalém, a cidade que o Senhor escolhera dentre todas as tribos de Israel, para pôr ali o seu nome. E era o nome de sua mãe Naama, a amonita.

So King Rehoboam became strong in Jerusalem and ruled. He was forty-one years old when he began to rule. And he ruled in Jerusalem for seventeen years. This was the city the Lord had chosen from all the families of Israel to put His name there. The name of Rehoboam’s mother was Naamah the Ammonitess.

14 E le fez o que era mau, porquanto não dispôs o seu coração para buscar ao Senhor.

And he did what was sinful, because he did not follow the Lord with all his heart.

15 O ra, os atos de Roboão, desde os primeiros até os últimos, porventura não estão escritos nas histórias de Semaías, o profeta, e de Ido, o vidente, na relação das genealogias? Houve guerra entre Roboão e Jeroboão por todos os seus dias.

The acts of Rehoboam, from first to last, are written in the writings of Shemaiah the man of God and of Iddo the man who told what would happen in the future. Wars were always being fought between Rehoboam and Jeroboam.

16 E Roboão dormiu com seus pais, e foi sepultado na cidade de Davi. E Abias, seu filho, reinou em seu lugar.

Rehoboam died and was buried in the city of David. His son Abijah became king in his place.