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

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

2 A fter 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.

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

3 S hishak 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.

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

4 H e took the strong cities of Judah and came as far as Jerusalem.

وَاستَولَى شِيشَقُ عَلَى مُدُنِ يَهُوذا الحَصِينَةِ. وَبَعدَ ذَلِكَ جَلَبَ جَيشَهُ إلَى مَدينَةِ القُدْسِ.

5 T hen 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.’”

وَجاءَ 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.›»

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

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

7 T he 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.

فَرَأى 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.

8 B ut 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.”

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

9 S o 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.

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

10 K ing 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.

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

11 E very 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.

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

12 W hen 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

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

13 S o 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.

وَصارَ 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.

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

وَصَنَعَ رَحُبْعامُ الشَّرَّ، لِأنَّهُ لَمْ يَعزِمْ فِي قَلْبهِ أنْ يُطِيعَ اللهَ.

15 T he 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.

أمّا 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.

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

وَرَقَدَ رَحُبْعامُ مَعَ آبائِهِ وَدُفِنَ فِي مَدِينَةِ داوُدَ. وَخَلَفَهُ عَلَى العَرشِ ابنُهُ أبِيّا.