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

When the kingdom of Rehoboam was established and strong, he and all Israel with him forsook the law of the Lord.

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

And it came about in King Rehoboam’s fifth year, because they had been unfaithful to the Lord, 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 1, 200 chariots and 60, 000 horsemen. And the people who came with him from Egypt were without number: the Lubim, the Sukkiim and the Ethiopians.

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

He captured the fortified cities of Judah and came as far as 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’”.

Then Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam and the princes of Judah who had gathered at Jerusalem because of Shishak, and he said to them, “Thus says the Lord, ‘ You have forsaken Me, so I also have forsaken you to Shishak.’”

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

So the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, “The Lord 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.

When the Lord saw that they humbled themselves, the word of the Lord came to Shemaiah, saying, “ They have humbled themselves so I will not destroy them, but I will grant them some measure of deliverance, and My wrath shall not be poured out on Jerusalem by means 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”.

But they will become his slaves so that they may learn the difference between My service and the service of the kingdoms of the countries.” Plunder Impoverishes Judah

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.

So Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, and took the treasures of the house of the Lord and the treasures of the king’s palace. He took everything; he even took the golden shields which 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.

Then King Rehoboam made shields of bronze in their place and committed them to the care of the commanders of the guard who guarded the door 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.

As often as the king entered the house of the Lord, the guards came and carried them and then brought them back into the guards’ room.

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 the Lord turned away from him, so as not to destroy him completely; and also conditions were good in Judah.

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.

So King Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem and reigned. Now Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the Lord had chosen from all the tribes of Israel, to put His name there. And his mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonitess.

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

He did evil because he did not set his heart to seek the Lord.

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.

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, according to genealogical enrollment? 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 his son Abijah became king in his place.