Ovaengipte mave rwisa Ovajuda
(1Ozo 14:25-28)1 Nu kombunda Rehabeam tja za nokuzikamisa ouhona we otja ombara onamasa, eye nOvaisrael avehe otji va isa Omatwako wa Muhona. 2 Mena rokutja owo kava ri ovaṱakame ku Muhona, Sisak, ombara ya Engipte, wa rwisa Jerusalem mombura oitjatano youhona wa Rehabeam. 3 Eye wa hongorera otjimbumba tjovita tjomatemba wovita 1 200, novakavire voukambe 60,000, novarwe wovita ovengi mbe ha sora okuvarwa puna ovarwe wovita vOvalibie novOvasuki novOvaetiopi. 4 Eye wa huura ovihuro vya Juda mbya zeuparisiwa, na ryama nga kOjerusalem.
5 Semaja omuprofete wa ya kombara Rehabeam na kovanane va Juda, mba woronganena mOjerusalem tji va taura ku Sisak. Semaja we ve raera nai: “Ombuze ya Muhona ku eṋe oyo ndji: ‘Eṋe mwe ndji esa; nambano ami otji mbe mu esa mouvara wa Sisak!’ ”
6 Ombara novanane ve risusuparisa nave tja: “Muhona eye omusemba.”
7 Muhona tja muna otjiṋa hi, eye wa hungira rukwao ku Semaja ne mu raere nai: “Owo tjinga ave risusuparisa, ami hi nokuveyandeka. Meve yama tjimanga, nu Jerusalem katji nokumuna omasa womazenge wandje, Sisak tji me tji rwisa. 8 Nungwari Sisak meve havere, nowo otji mave rihongo okupangura pokati kokukarera ami nokukarera ovahona wokombanda yehi.”
9 Ombara Sisak weya kOjerusalem na huura ovihuze vyondjuwo ya Muhona novyondjuwo youhona. Eye wa huura oviṋa avihe, wina otuvao twongoldo tu twa ungurirwe i ombara Salomo. 10 Moruveze rwatwo Rehabeam wa ungura otuvao twongoporo ne tu yandja kovahongore vaimba mbaa ve tjevere pomahitiro wondjuwo youhona. 11 Aruhe ombara tjaa i kondjuwo ya Muhona, ovatjevere ave tjindi itwi otuvao, nu tjazumba ave tu yarura ketuwo rovatjevere. 12 Ombara Rehabeam tjinga e risusuparisa komurungu wa Muhona, omazenge wa Muhona otji ye he mu yandekere oparukaze; notji pa kara nawa mOjuda.
13 Rehabeam wa honapara mOjerusalem na ryamisa ouvara we otja ombara. Eye wa ri nozombura omirongo vine na imwe tja rira ombara, nu wa honapara oure wozombura omurongo na hambombari mOjerusalem, ihi otjihuro Muhona tja toorora mokati komihoko avihe vyOvaisrael, tji rire poṋa eye pu me rikotamenenwa. Ina ya Rehabeam wa ri Naama, Omuamoni. 14 Rehabeam wa tura ondjo, tjinga e ha kondjere okutjita ombango ya Muhona.
15 Ovitjitwa vya Rehabeam okuza kombutiro nga kondjandero nomatjangero weṱunḓu re vya tjangwa mEkuruhungi romuprofete Semaja, na mu indi romumune Ido. Rehabeam na Jerobeam aruhe aave kara novita kumwe. 16 Rehabeam wa koka na pakwa momaendo wozombara mOtjihuro tja David, nomuzandu we Abija we mu pingena okurira ombara.
King Shishak of Egypt Invades Judah
(1 Kings 14.25-28)1 Soon after Rehoboam had control of his kingdom, he and everyone in Judah stopped obeying the Lord. 2 So in the fifth year of Rehoboam's rule, the Lord punished them for their unfaithfulness and allowed King Shishak of Egypt to invade Judah. 3 Shishak attacked with his army of 1,200 chariots and 60,000 cavalry troops, as well as countless Egyptian soldiers from Libya, Sukkoth, and Ethiopia. 4 He captured every one of the fortified cities in Judah and then marched to Jerusalem.
5 Rehoboam and the leaders of Judah had gone to Jerusalem to escape Shishak's invasion. And while they were there, Shemaiah the prophet told them, “The Lord says that because you have disobeyed him, he has now abandoned you. The Lord will not help you against Shishak!”
6 Rehoboam and the leaders were sorry for what they had done and admitted, “The Lord is right. We have deserted him.”
7 When the Lord heard this, he told Shemaiah:
The people of Judah are truly sorry for their sins, and so I won't let Shishak completely destroy them. But because I am still angry, 8 he will conquer and rule them.
Then my people will know what it's like to serve a foreign king instead of serving me.
9 Shishak attacked Jerusalem and took all the valuable things from the temple and from the palace, including Solomon's gold shields.
10 Rehoboam had bronze shields made to replace the gold ones, and he ordered the guards at the city gates to keep them safe. 11 Whenever Rehoboam went to the Lord's temple, the guards carried the shields. But they always took them back to the guardroom as soon as he had finished worshiping.
12 Rehoboam turned back to the Lord, and so the Lord did not let Judah be completely destroyed, and Judah was prosperous again.
Rehoboam's Rule in Judah
(1 Kings 14.211 29-31)13 Rehoboam was 41 years old when he became king, and he ruled 17 years from Jerusalem, the city where the Lord had chosen to be worshiped. His mother Naamah was from Ammon. Rehoboam was a powerful king, 14 but he still did wrong and refused to obey the Lord.
15 Everything else Rehoboam did while he was king, including a history of his family, is written in the records of the two prophets, Shemaiah and Iddo. During Rehoboam's rule, he and King Jeroboam of Israel were constantly at war. 16 When Rehoboam died, he was buried beside his ancestors in Jerusalem, and his son Abijah became king.
