1 و َصارَ رَحُبْعامُ مَلِكاً قَويّاً عَلَى مَملَكَةٍ قَوِيَّةٍ. حِينَئِذٍ، تَمَرَّدَ رَحُبْعامُ وَكُلُّ قَبِيلَةِ يَهُوذا مَعَهُ عَلَى شَرِيعَةِ اللهِ.

Now it came to pass, when Rehoboam had established the kingdom and had strengthened himself, that he forsook the law of the Lord, and all Israel along with him.

2 ف َهاجَمَ شِيشَقُ مَلِكُ مِصْرَ القُدسَ فِي السَّنَةِ الخامِسَةِ مِنْ حُكمِ رَحُبْعامَ. وَقَدْ حَدَثَ هَذا لِأنَّ رَحُبْعامَ وَشَعبَ يَهُوذا لَمْ يَكُونُوا أوفِياءَ للهِ.

And it happened in the fifth year of King Rehoboam that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, because they had transgressed against the Lord,

3 و َقَدْ جَلَبَ شِيشَقُ مَعَهُ ألفاً وَمِئَتَي مَركَبَةٍ، وَسِتِّينَ ألفَ فارِسٍ، وَجَيشاً لا يُحصَى. وَانْضَمَّ إلَيهِ فِي جَيْشِهِ الكَبِيرِ لِيبِيُّونَ وَسُكِّيُّونَ وَحَبَشِيُّونَ.

with twelve hundred chariots, sixty thousand horsemen, and people without number who came with him out of Egypt—the Lubim and the Sukkiim and the Ethiopians.

4 و َاستَولَى شِيشَقُ عَلَى مُدُنِ يَهُوذا الحَصِينَةِ. وَبَعدَ ذَلِكَ جَلَبَ جَيشَهُ إلَى مَدينَةِ القُدْسِ.

And he took the fortified cities of Judah and came to Jerusalem.

5 و َجاءَ النَّبِيُّ شَمَعْيا إلَى رَحُبْعامَ وَقادَةِ يَهُوذا الَّذِينَ اجتَمَعُوا فِي القُدسِ خَوفاً مِنْ شِيشَقَ. وَقالَ شَمَعْيا لرَحُبْعامَ وَقادَةِ يَهُوذا: «هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ لَكُمْ: ‹أنتُمْ تَرَكتُمُوني، لِذَلِكَ سَأترُكُكُمْ لشِيشَقَ لِيَفعَلَ بِكُمْ ما يَشاءُ.›»

Then Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam and the leaders of Judah, who were gathered together in Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said to them, “Thus says the Lord: ‘You have forsaken Me, and therefore I also have left you in the hand of Shishak.’”

6 ف َنَدِمَ قادَةُ يَهُوذا وَالمَلِكُ رَحُبْعامُ وَتَذَلَّلُوا. وَقالُوا: « اللهُ بارٌّ فِي كُلِّ ما يَفعَلُ.»

So the leaders of Israel and the king humbled themselves; and they said, “The Lord is righteous.”

7 ف َرَأى اللهُ أنَّ المَلِكَ وَقادَةَ يَهُوذا قَدْ تَذَلَّلُوا، فَقالَ اللهُ لِلنَّبِيِّ شَمَعْيا: «قَدْ تَذَلَّلُوا. وَلهَذا لَنْ أُفنيَهُمْ، بَلْ سَأُخَلِّصُهُمْ قَرِيباً. وَلَنْ أستَخدِمَ شِيشَقَ فِي سَكْبِ غَضَبِي عَلَى القُدسِ.

Now when the Lord saw that they humbled themselves, the word of the Lord came to Shemaiah, saying, “They have humbled themselves; therefore I will not destroy them, but I will grant them some deliverance. My wrath shall not be poured out on Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak.

8 ل َكنَّ أهلَ القُدْسِ سَيَصِيرُونَ عَبِيداً لِشِيشَقَ، لِيَتَعَلَّمُوا كَيْفَ تَختَلِفُ خِدْمَتُهُمْ لِي عَنْ خِدْمَتِهِمْ لمُلُوك شُعُوبٍ أُخْرَى.»

Nevertheless they will be his servants, that they may distinguish My service from the service of the kingdoms of the nations.”

9 ف َهاجَمَ شِيشَقُ مَلِكُ مِصْرَ القُدْسَ وَاستَولَى عَلَى الكُنُوزِ الَّتِي في بَيتِ اللهِ ، وَالَّتِي فِي قَصرِ المَلِكِ. أخَذَ كُلَّ شَيءٍ بِما فِي ذَلِكَ التُّرُوسَ الذَّهَبيَّةَ.

So Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, and took away the treasures of the house of the Lord and the treasures of the king’s house; he took everything. He also carried away the gold shields which Solomon had made.

10 ف َصَنعَ رَحُبْعامُ تُروساً بُرُونزِيَّةً بَدَلَ التُّروسِ الذَّهَبيَّةِ، وَسَلَّمَها لِلمَسؤُولِينَ عَنْ حراسَةِ المَدْخَلِ إلَى بَيتِ المَلِكِ.

Then King Rehoboam made bronze shields in their place, and committed them to the hands of the captains of the guard, who guarded the doorway of the king’s house.

11 و َكُلَّما دَخَلَ المَلِكُ بَيتَ اللهِ ، كانَ الحُرّاسُ يُخْرِجُونَ التُّرُوسَ البُرونْزيَّةَ. وَكانُوا فِيما بَعْدُ يُعِيدُونَها إلَى غُرفَةِ الحَرَسِ.

And whenever the king entered the house of the Lord, the guard would go and bring them out; then they would take them back into the guardroom.

12 و َلَمّا تَذَلَّلَ رَحُبْعامُ فِي حَضْرَةِ اللهِ، ارتَدَّ عَنهُ غَضَبُ اللهِ. فَلَمْ يُفْنِهِ تَماماً. كَما كانَ هُناكَ بَعضُ الصَّلاحِ فِي يَهُوذا!

When he humbled himself, the wrath of the Lord turned from him, so as not to destroy him completely; and things also went well in Judah. The End of Rehoboam’s Reign

13 و َصارَ رَحُبْعامُ مَلِكاً قَوِيّاً فِي القُدسِ. صارَ مَلكاً عندَما بَلَغَ واحِداً وَأربَعِينَ سَنَةً مِنَ العُمْرِ. وَمَلَكَ سَبْعَ عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً عَلَى القُدسِ، المَدِينَةِ الَّتِي اخْتارَها اللهُ مِنْ بَينِ كُلِّ قَبائِلِ إسْرائِيلَ لِيُعلِنَ اسْمَهُ فِيها. وَكانَ اسْمُ أُمِّ رَحُبْعامَ نِعْمَةَ، وَهِيَ مِنْ أرْضِ عَمُّونَ.

Thus King Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem and reigned. Now Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he became king; and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the Lord had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put His name there. His mother’s name was Naamah, an Ammonitess.

14 و َصَنَعَ رَحُبْعامُ الشَّرَّ، لِأنَّهُ لَمْ يَعزِمْ فِي قَلْبهِ أنْ يُطِيعَ اللهَ.

And he did evil, because he did not prepare his heart to seek the Lord.

15 أ مّا الأشياءُ الَّتِي عَمِلَها رَحُبْعامُ كَمَلِكٍ مِنْ بِدايَةِ حُكمِهِ إلَى آخِرِهِ، فَمُدَوَّنَةٌ فِي كِتابِ النَّبِيِّ شَمَعْيا وَيَعْدُو الرّائِي الَّلذَيْنِ كَتِبا عَنْ أنسابِ العائِلاتِ. وَقَدْ نَشَبَتْ حُرُوبٌ بَينَ رَحُبْعامَ وَيَرُبْعامَ طَوالَ مُدَّةِ حُكمِهِما.

The acts of Rehoboam, first and last, are they not written in the book of Shemaiah the prophet, and of Iddo the seer concerning genealogies? And there were wars between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all their days.

16 و َرَقَدَ رَحُبْعامُ مَعَ آبائِهِ وَدُفِنَ فِي مَدِينَةِ داوُدَ. وَخَلَفَهُ عَلَى العَرشِ ابنُهُ أبِيّا.

So Rehoboam rested with his fathers, and was buried in the City of David. Then Abijah his son reigned in his place.