¹ولما تثبتت مملكة رحبعام وتشدّدت ترك شريعة الرب هو وكل اسرائيل معه.

¹And it came to pass, when the kingdom of Rehoboam was established, and he was strong, that he forsook the law of Jehovah, and all Israel with him.

²وفي السنة الخامسة للملك رحبعام صعد شيشق ملك مصر على اورشليم. لانهم خانوا الرب.

²And it came to pass in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, because they had trespassed against Jehovah,

³بالف ومئتي مركبة وستّين الف فارس ولم يكن عدد للشعب الذين جاءوا معه من مصر لوبيين وسكّيين وكوشيين.

³with twelve hundred chariots, and threescore thousand horsemen. And the people were without number that came with him out of Egypt: the Lubim, the Sukkiim, and the Ethiopians.

⁴واخذ المدن الحصينة التي ليهوذا واتى الى اورشليم

⁴And he took the fortified cities which pertained to Judah, and came unto Jerusalem.

⁵فجاء شمعيا النبي الى رحبعام ورؤساء يهوذا الذين اجتمعوا في اورشليم من وجه شيشق وقال لهم. هكذا قال الرب. انتم تركتموني وانا ايضا تركتكم ليد شيشق.

⁵Now Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam, and to the princes of Judah, that were gathered together to Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said unto them, Thus saith Jehovah, Ye have forsaken me, therefore have I also left you in the hand of Shishak.

⁶فتذلل رؤساء اسرائيل والملك وقالوا بار هو الرب.

⁶Then the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves; and they said, Jehovah is righteous.

⁷فلما رأى الرب انهم تذلّلوا كان كلام الرب الى شمعيا قائلا. قد تذلّلوا فلا اهلكهم بل اعطيهم قليلا من النجاة ولا ينصبّ غضبي على اورشليم بيد شيشق

⁷And 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 some deliverance, and my wrath shall not be poured out upon Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak.

⁸لكنهم يكونون له عبيدا ويعلمون خدمتي وخدمة ممالك الاراضي.

⁸Nevertheless they shall be his servants, that they may know my service, and the service of the kingdoms of the countries.

⁹فصعد شيشق ملك مصر على اورشليم واخذ خزائن بيت الرب وخزائن بيت الملك اخذ الجميع واخذ اتراس الذهب التي عملها سليمان.

⁹So 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 all away: he took away also the shields of gold which Solomon had made.

¹⁰فعمل الملك رحبعام عوض عنها اتراس نحاس وسلمها الى ايدي رؤساء السعاة الحافظين باب بيت الملك.

¹⁰And king Rehoboam made in their stead shields of brass, and committed them to the hands of the captains of the guard, that kept the door of the king's house.

¹¹وكان اذا دخل الملك بيت الرب يأتي السعاة ويحملونها ثم يرجعونها الى غرفة السعاة.

¹¹And it was so, that, as oft as the king entered into the house of Jehovah, the guard came and bare them, and brought them back into the guard-chamber.

¹²ولما تذلّل ارتد عنه غضب الرب فلم يهلكه تماما. وكذلك كان في يهوذا امور حسنة

¹²And when he humbled himself, the wrath of Jehovah turned from him, so as not to destroy him altogether: and moreover in Judah there were good things [found].

¹³فتشدد الملك رحبعام في اورشليم وملك لان رحبعام كان ابن احدى واربعين سنة حين ملك وملك سبع عشر سنة في اورشليم المدينة التي اختارها الرب ليضع اسمه فيها دون جميع اسباط اسرائيل. واسم امه نعمة العمونية.

¹³So king Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem, and reigned: for Rehoboam was forty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which Jehovah had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there: and his mother's name was Naamah the Ammonitess.

¹⁴وعمل الشر لانه لم يهيئ قلبه لطلب الرب.

¹⁴And he did that which was evil, because he set not his heart to seek Jehovah.

¹⁵وامور رحبعام الاولى والاخيرة أما هي مكتوبة في اخبار شمعيا النبي وعدّو الرائي عن الانتساب. وكانت حروب بين رحبعام ويربعام كل الايام.

¹⁵Now the acts of Rehoboam, first and last, are they not written in the histories of Shemaiah the prophet and of Iddo the seer, after the manner of genealogies? And there were wars between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually.

¹⁶ثم اضطجع رحبعام مع آبائه ودفن في مدينة داود وملك ابيا ابنه عوضا عنه

¹⁶And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David: and Abijah his son reigned in his stead.