1 W hen the kingdom of Rehoboam was established, and he was strong, he abandoned Yahweh’s law, and all Israel with him.

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

2 I n the fifth year of king Rehoboam, Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, because they had trespassed against Yahweh,

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

3 w ith twelve hundred chariots, and sixty thousand horsemen. The people were without number who came with him out of Egypt: the Lubim, the Sukkiim, and the 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 fortified cities which pertained to Judah, and came to Jerusalem.

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

5 N ow Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam, and to the princes of Judah, who were gathered together to Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said to them, “Yahweh says, ‘You have forsaken me, therefore have I also left you in the hand of 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 T hen the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves; and they said, “Yahweh is righteous.”

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

7 W hen Yahweh saw that they humbled themselves, Yahweh’s word came to Shemaiah, saying, “They have humbled themselves. I will not destroy them; but I will grant them some deliverance, and my wrath shall not be poured out on Jerusalem by the hand 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 N evertheless they shall be his servants, that they may know my service, and the service of the kingdoms of the countries.”

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

9 S o Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, and took away the treasures of Yahweh’s house, and the treasures of the king’s house. He took it all away. He also took away the shields 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 in their place shields of brass, and committed them to the hands of the captains of the guard, who kept the door of the king’s house.

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

11 I t was so, that as often as the king entered into Yahweh’s house, the guard came and bore them, and brought them back into the guard room.

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

12 W hen he humbled himself, Yahweh’s wrath turned from him, so as not to destroy him altogether: and moreover in Judah there were good things found.

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 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 which Yahweh had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there: and his mother’s name 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 H e did that which was evil, because he didn’t set his heart to seek Yahweh.

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

15 N ow the acts of Rehoboam, first and last, aren’t they written in the histories of Shemaiah the prophet and of Iddo the seer, after the way of genealogies? There were wars between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually.

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 slept with his fathers, and was buried in David’s city: and Abijah his son reigned in his place.

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