2 Chronicles 11 - GNTD & OKYB

Shemaiah's Prophecy

1 When King Rehoboam arrived in Jerusalem, he called together 180,000 of the best soldiers from the tribes of Benjamin and Judah. He intended to go to war and restore his control over the northern tribes of Israel. 2 But the Lord told the prophet Shemaiah 3 to give this message to King Rehoboam and to all the people of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin: 4 “Do not attack your own relatives. Go home, all of you. What has happened is my will.” They obeyed the Lord's command and did not go to fight Jeroboam.

Rehoboam Fortifies the Cities

5 Rehoboam remained in Jerusalem and had fortifications built for the following cities of Judah and Benjamin: 6 Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa, 7 Bethzur, Soco, Adullam, 8 Gath, Mareshah, Ziph, 9 Adoraim, Lachish, Azekah, 10 Zorah, Aijalon, and Hebron. 11 He had them strongly fortified and appointed a commander for each of them, and in each one he placed supplies of food, olive oil, and wine, 12 and also shields and spears. In this way he kept Judah and Benjamin under his control.

Priests and Levites Come to Judah

13 From all the territory of Israel priests and Levites came south to Judah. 14 The Levites abandoned their pastures and other land and moved to Judah and Jerusalem, because King Jeroboam of Israel and his successors would not let them serve as priests of the Lord. 15 Jeroboam appointed priests of his own to serve at the pagan places of worship and to worship demons and the idols he made in the form of bull-calves. 16 From all the tribes of Israel people who sincerely wanted to worship the Lord, the God of Israel, followed the Levites to Jerusalem, so that they could offer sacrifices to the Lord, the God of their ancestors. 17 This strengthened the kingdom of Judah, and for three years they supported Rehoboam son of Solomon and lived as they had under the rule of King David and King Solomon.

Rehoboam's Family

18 Rehoboam married Mahalath, whose father was Jerimoth son of David and whose mother was Abihail, the daughter of Eliab and granddaughter of Jesse. 19 They had three sons, Jeush, Shemariah, and Zaham. 20 Later he married Maacah, the daughter of Absalom, and they had four sons: Abijah, Attai, Ziza, and Shelomith. 21 In all, Rehoboam had eighteen wives and sixty concubines, and he fathered twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters. Of all his wives and concubines he loved Maacah best, 22 and he favored her son Abijah over all his other children, choosing him as the one to succeed him as king. 23 Rehoboam wisely assigned responsibilities to his sons and stationed them throughout Judah and Benjamin in the fortified cities. He provided generously for them and also secured many wives for them.

Rehabeam ta kelelwa okulwa nOvaisraeli

1 Ndele Rehabeam eshi e uya kuJerusalem, okwa shiva epata laJuda nolaBenjamin, ovalumenhu ovanyasha va wana okulwa, ve fike pomayovi efele nomilongo hetatu, va ka homone Israel, va alulile Rehabeam ouhamba. 2 Ndelenee ondjovo yaKalunga ye uya kuShemaia, omulumenhu waKalunga ndele tai ti: 3 “Lombwela Rehabeam yaSalomo, novanhu aveshe moilando yaJuda naBenjamin, u tye: 4 ‘Inamu dengafana nOvaisraeli shaashi nye vamwe aveke. Shuneni amushe komaumbo, osheshi eshi sha ningwa kehalo lange.’ ” Vo aveshe va dulika keendjovo dOmwene ndele va shuna komaumbo. Inava homona Jerobeam.

Rehabeam ta pameke oshilongo shaye

5 Ndele Rehabeam okwa kala muJerusalem nokwa pameka oilando yomuJuda neehotekuma. 6 Osheshi a tunga eehotekuma kuBetlehem nokuEtam nokuTekoa, 7 nokuBet-Sur nokuSoko nokuAdullam, 8 nokuGat nokuMaresa nokuSif, 9 nokuAdoraim nokuLakis nokuAseka, 10 nokuSorea nokuAijalon nokuHebron. Oyo oilando i neehotekuma muJuda nomuBenjamin. 11 Nokwa pameka oilando i neehotekuma ndele ta tula mo ovakulunhu vovakwaita ve noituvikilwa yeendja nomaadi nomaviinyu, 12 nomoshilando keshe oikelelifo inene nomaonga. Nokwe i pameka shili unene. Ndele Juda naBenjamin ya kala mepangelo laye.

13 Novapristeli nOvalevi ovo va li muIsrael ashishe va dja moshilongo ashishe, ve uya kuye. 14 Osheshi Ovalevi va fiya po omaulifilo noitukulwafyuululo yavo, ndele ve uya kuJuda nokuJerusalem. Shaashi Jerobeam novana vaye ovalumenhu ve va ta mo, vo inava itavelwa vali okukala ovapristeli vOmwene. 15 Ndele ye okwe likongela ovapristeli va kalela oikulundu neendemoni domofuka neenhana deemhedi, e di ningifa. 16 Ndele venya va shikulwa kuvo va dja momapata aeshe aIsrael, nokutya ovo va yukifa omitima davo okukonga Omwene Kalunga kaIsrael, ve uya kuJerusalem va ka yambele Omwene Kalunga kooxe. 17 Ndele osho va pameka ouhamba waJuda ndele va yambidida Rehabeam yaSalomo omido nhatu, osheshi va enda nondjila yaDavid noyaSalomo omido nhatu.

Ovalikadi vaRehabeam novana vaye

18 Ndele Rehabeam okwa hombola Mahalat, omona okakadona kaJerimot yaDavid nokaAbigail, omona okakadona kaEliab yaIsai. 19 Nokwe mu dalela ovana ovamati: Jehus naShemaria naSaham. 20 Ndele konima yaasho okwa hombola Maaka, omona waAbsalom, ndele ye okwe mu dalela Abia naAttai naSisa naSelomit. 21 Ndele Rehabeam okwa li e hole Maaka, omona waAbsalom, komesho yovalikadi vaye novalikadi vaye vopomunghulo. Osheshi okwa konga ovalikadi omulongo navahetatu novalikadi vopomunghulo omilongo hamano. Nokwa ninga xe yovana omilongo mbali navahetatu ovalumenhu novana oukadona omilongo hamano. 22 Ndele Rehabeam okwa lenga Abia, omona waMaaka, a ninga omukulunhu mokati kovamwaxe aveshe, shaashi okwa li a hala oku mu ninga ohamba. 23 Nokwa enda neendunge ndele ta tukulile ovana vaye ovalumenhu aveshe oilongo noilando aishe i neehotekuma yomuJuda noyomuBenjamin, nokwe va pa eendja dihapu ndele te va kongele ovalikadi vahapu.