¹And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he assembled the house of Judah and Benjamin, a hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men, that were warriors, to fight against Israel, to bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam.

¹Ja kui Rehabeam tuli Jeruusalemma, siis ta kogus kokku Juuda ja Benjamini soo, sada kaheksakümmend tuhat valitud sõjakõlvulist meest, et sõdida Iisraeli vastu ja taastada kuningriik Rehabeamile.

²But the word of Jehovah came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying,

²Aga jumalamees Semajale tuli Issanda sõna, kes ütles:

³Speak unto Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin, saying,

³'Räägi Rehabeamiga, Saalomoni pojaga, Juuda kuningaga, ja kogu Iisraeliga Juudas ja Benjaminis ning ütle:

⁴Thus saith Jehovah, Ye shall not go up, nor fight against your brethren: return every man to his house; for this thing is of me. So they hearkened unto the words of Jehovah, and returned from going against Jeroboam.

⁴Nõnda ütleb Issand: Te ei tohi minna ega sõdida oma vendade vastu! Igamees mingu tagasi koju, sest see lugu on lastud sündida minu poolt!' Ja nad võtsid kuulda Issanda sõna ja läksid tagasi ega läinud Jerobeami vastu.

⁵And Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and built cities for defence in Judah.

⁵Ja Rehabeam elas Jeruusalemmas ning ehitas Juudas kindlustatud linnu.

⁶He built Beth-lehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,

⁶Siis ta ehitas Petlemma, Eetami, Tekoa,

⁷And Beth-zur, and Soco, and Adullam,

⁷Beet-Suuri, Sooko, Adullami,

⁸and Gath, and Mareshah, and Ziph,

⁸Gati, Maaresa, Siifi,

⁹and Adoraim, and Lachish, and Azekah,

⁹Adoraimi, Laakise, Aseka,

¹⁰and Zorah, and Aijalon, and Hebron, which are in Judah and in Benjamin, fortified cities.

¹⁰Sora, Ajjaloni ja Hebroni kindlustatud linnadeks Juudas ja Benjaminis.

¹¹And he fortified the strongholds, and put captains in them, and stores of victuals, and oil and wine.

¹¹Ta tegi linnused tugevaks, paigutas neisse vürstid ning toidu-, õli- ja veinivarud;

¹²And in every city [he put] shields and spears, and made them exceeding strong. And Judah and Benjamin belonged to him.

¹²ja igasse linna kilpe ja piike; ta tegi need väga tugevaks. Juuda ja Benjamin jäid temale.

¹³And the priests and the Levites that were in all Israel resorted to him out of all their border.

¹³Ja preestrid ja leviidid, kes olid kogu Iisraelis, tulid tema juurde kõigist oma paigust.

¹⁴For the Levites left their suburbs and their possession, and came to Judah and Jerusalem: for Jeroboam and his sons cast them off, that they should not execute the priest's office unto Jehovah;

¹⁴Leviidid jätsid maha oma karjamaad ja omandi ning läksid Juudasse ja Jeruusalemma, kuna Jerobeam ja ta pojad olid nad Issanda preestriametist ära ajanud.

¹⁵and he appointed him priests for the high places, and for the he-goats, and for the calves which he had made.

¹⁵Tema oli ju enesele preestrid seadnud ohvriküngaste, kurjade vaimude ja vasikate jaoks, mis ta oli teinud.

¹⁶And after them, out of all the tribes of Israel, such as set their hearts to seek Jehovah, the God of Israel, came to Jerusalem to sacrifice unto Jehovah, the God of their fathers.

¹⁶Ja nende järel tulid Jeruusalemma kõigist Iisraeli suguharudest need, kes olid südamega andunud otsima Issandat, Iisraeli Jumalat, ohverdama Issandale, oma vanemate Jumalale.

¹⁷So they strengthened the kingdom of Judah, and made Rehoboam the son of Solomon strong, three years; for they walked three years in the way of David and Solomon.

¹⁷Nõnda nad kinnitasid Juuda kuningriiki ja toetasid Rehabeami, Saalomoni poega, kolm aastat; sest nad käisid Taaveti ja Saalomoni teed kolm aastat.

¹⁸And Rehoboam took him a wife, Mahalath the daughter of Jerimoth the son of David, [and of] Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse;

¹⁸Ja Rehabeam võttis enesele naiseks Mahalati, Taaveti poja Jerimoti ja Iisai poja Eliabi tütre Abihaili tütre.

¹⁹and she bare him sons: Jeush, and Shemariah, and Zaham.

¹⁹Ja see sünnitas temale pojad Jeuse, Semarja ja Saahami.

²⁰And after her he took Maacah the daughter of Absalom; and she bare him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith.

²⁰Ja selle järel ta võttis Absalomi tütre Maaka, kes sünnitas temale Abija, Attai, Siisa ja Selomiti.

²¹And Rehoboam loved Maacah the daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines: (for he took eighteen wives, and threescore concubines, and begat twenty and eight sons and threescore daughters.)

²¹Ja Rehabeam armastas Maakat, Absalomi tütart, rohkem kui kõiki oma naisi ja liignaisi; aga ta oli võtnud kaheksateist naist ja kuuskümmend liignaist; temale sündis kakskümmend kaheksa poega ja kuuskümmend tütart.

²²And Rehoboam appointed Abijah the son of Maacah to be chief, [even] the prince among his brethren; for [he was minded] to make him king.

²²Ja Rehabeam määras Abija, Maaka poja, peameheks, vürstiks ta vendade hulgas, sest ta tahtis teda kuningaks tõsta.

²³And he dealt wisely, and dispersed of all his sons throughout all the lands of Judah and Benjamin, unto every fortified city: and he gave them victuals in abundance. And he sought [for them] many wives.

²³Ta tegi targasti ning jaotas kõik oma pojad kõigisse Juuda ja Benjamini maadesse, kõigisse kindlustatud linnadesse, andis neile rikkalikult toidust ja võttis neile palju naisi.