1 D epois que Roboão se fortaleceu e se firmou como rei, ele e todo o Israel abandonaram a lei do Senhor.

And it came to pass when the kingdom of Rehoboam was established, and when he had become strong, he forsook the law of Jehovah, and all Israel with him.

2 P or terem sido infiéis ao Senhor, Sisaque, rei do Egito, atacou Jerusalém no quinto ano do reinado de Roboão.

And it came to pass in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, because they had transgressed against Jehovah, that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem,

3 C om mil e duzentos carros de guerra, sessenta mil cavaleiros e um exército incontável de líbios, suquitas e etíopes, que vieram do Egito com ele,

with twelve hundred chariots and sixty thousand horsemen; and the people were without number that came with him out of Egypt: Libyans, Sukkites, and Ethiopians.

4 c onquistou as cidades fortificadas de Judá e chegou até Jerusalém.

And he took the fortified cities that belonged to Judah, and came to Jerusalem.

5 E ntão o profeta Semaías apresentou-se a Roboão e aos líderes de Judá que se haviam reunido em Jerusalém, fugindo de Sisaque, e lhes disse: “Assim diz o Senhor: ‘Vocês me abandonaram; por isso eu agora os abandono, entregando-os a Sisaque’”.

And Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam and the princes of Judah that had gathered together to Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said to them, Thus saith Jehovah: Ye have forsaken me, and therefore have I also left you in the hand of Shishak.

6 O s líderes de Israel e o rei se humilharam e disseram: “O Senhor é justo”.

And the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves; and they said, Jehovah is righteous.

7 Q uando o Senhor viu que eles se humilharam, veio a Semaías esta palavra do Senhor: “Visto que eles se humilharam, não os destruirei, mas em breve lhes darei livramento. Minha ira não será derramada sobre Jerusalém por meio de Sisaque.

And when Jehovah saw that they humbled themselves, the word of Jehovah came to Shemaiah, saying, They have humbled themselves: I will not destroy them, but I will grant them a little deliverance; and my wrath shall not be poured out upon Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak.

8 E les, contudo, ficarão sujeitos a ele, para que aprendam a diferença entre servir a mim e servir aos reis de outras terras”.

Nevertheless they shall be his servants; that they may know my service, and the service of the kingdoms of the countries.

9 Q uando Sisaque, rei do Egito, atacou Jerusalém, levou todos os tesouros do templo do Senhor e do palácio real, inclusive os escudos de ouro que Salomão havia feito.

And Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, and took away the treasures of the house of Jehovah, and the treasures of the king's house; he took away all; and he took away the shields of gold that Solomon had made.

10 P or isso o rei Roboão mandou fazer escudos de bronze para substituí-los, e os entregou aos chefes da guarda da entrada do palácio real.

And king Rehoboam made in their stead shields of bronze, and committed them to the hands of the chief of the couriers who kept the entrance of the king's house.

11 S empre que o rei ia ao templo do Senhor, os guardas empunhavam os escudos e, em seguida, os devolviam à sala da guarda.

And it was so, that as often as the king entered into the house of Jehovah, the couriers came and fetched them, and brought them again into the chamber of the couriers.

12 C omo Roboão se humilhou, a ira do Senhor afastou-se dele, e ele não foi totalmente destruído. Na verdade, em Judá ainda havia algo de bom.

And when he humbled himself, the anger of Jehovah turned away from him, that he would not destroy him altogether; and also in Judah there were good things.

13 O rei Roboão firmou-se no poder em Jerusalém e continuou a reinar. Tinha quarenta e um anos de idade quando começou a reinar, e reinou dezessete anos em Jerusalém, cidade que o Senhor havia escolhido dentre todas as tribos de Israel para nela pôr o seu nome. Sua mãe, uma amonita, chamava-se Naamá.

And king Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem, and reigned; for Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city that Jehovah had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there: and his mother's name was Naamah an Ammonitess.

14 E le agiu mal porque não dispôs o seu coração para buscar o Senhor.

And he did evil, for he applied not his heart to seek Jehovah.

15 O s demais acontecimentos do reinado de Roboão, do início ao fim, estão escritos nos relatos do profeta Semaías e do vidente Ido, que tratam de genealogias. Houve guerra constante entre Roboão e Jeroboão.

And the acts of Rehoboam, first and last, are they not written in the words of Shemaiah the prophet, and of Iddo the seer, in the genealogical registers? And there were wars between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually.

16 R oboão descansou com os seus antepassados e foi sepultado na Cidade de Davi; seu filho Abias foi o seu sucessor.

And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David. And Abijah his son reigned in his stead.