¹And Rehoboam came to Jerusalem; and he assembled the house of Judah and Benjamin, a hundred and eighty thousand chosen men apt for war, to fight against Israel, that he might bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam.

¹A keď prišiel Rechabeám do Jeruzalema, shromaždil dom Júdov a Benjaminov, sto osemdesiat tisíc vybraných bojovníkov, aby bojovali proti Izraelovi a tak prinavrátili kráľovstvo Rechabeámovi.

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

²Ale stalo sa slovo Hospodinovo k Šemaiášovi, mužovi Božiemu, povediac:

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

³Povedz Rechabeámovi, synovi Šalamúnovmu, judskému kráľovi, i celému Izraelovi, ktorý je v Judsku i v Benjaminovi, a riekni:

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

⁴Takto hovorí Hospodin: Nechoďte hore ani nebojujte proti svojim bratom! Navráťte sa každý do svojho domu, lebo odo mňa sa stala tá vec. A poslúchli slová Hospodinove a vrátili sa a neišli proti Jeroboámovi.

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

⁵A Rechabeám býval v Jeruzaleme a vystavil mestá na ohradené mestá v Judsku.

⁶And he built Bethlehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,

⁶A vystavil Betlehem, Étam a Tekou,

⁷and Beth-zur, and Soco, and Adullam,

⁷Bét-cúr, Socho a Adullam,

⁸and Gath, and Mareshah, and Ziph,

⁸Gát, Maréšu a Zíf,

⁹and Adoraim, and Lachish, and Azekah,

⁹Adoraim, Lachiš a Azéku,

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

¹⁰Careu, Ajalon a Hebron, ktoré boly v Judsku a v Benjaminovi, ohradené mestá.

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

¹¹A keď opevnil ohradené mestá, dal do nich vojvodov a zásoby potravín a oleja i vína

¹²and in every several city, targets and spears, and made them exceedingly strong. And Judah and Benjamin were his.

¹²a do jedného každého mesta veľké štíty a kopije a náramne ich opevnil a mal Júdu a Benjamina.

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

¹³A kňazi a Levitovia, ktorí boli v celom Izraelovi, postavili sa k nemu zo všetkých svojich krajov.

¹⁴for the Levites left their suburbs and their possessions, and came to Judah and Jerusalem: for Jeroboam and his sons had cast them off from exercising the priesthood to Jehovah;

¹⁴Lebo Levitovia opustili svoje predmestia i svoje državie a odišli do Judska a do Jeruzalema, preto že ich zavrhol Jeroboám i jeho synovia, aby nekonali kňazskej služby Hospodinovi.

¹⁵and he ordained for himself priests for the high places, and for the he-goats and for the calves that he had made.

¹⁵A postavil si zvláštnych kňazov pre výšiny, pre démonov a pre teľatá, ktoré spravil.

¹⁶-- And after them, those out of all the tribes of Israel that set their heart to seek Jehovah the God of Israel came to Jerusalem, to sacrifice to Jehovah the God of their fathers.

¹⁶A za nimi zo všetkých pokolení Izraelových tí, ktorí oddali svoje srdce hľadať Hospodina, Boha Izraelovho, prišli do Jeruzalema obetovať Hospodinovi, Bohu svojich otcov.

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

¹⁷A tak upevnili kráľovstvo Júdovo a posilňovali Rechabeáma, syna Šalamúnovho, tri roky; lebo chodili po ceste Dávidovej a Šalamúnovej tri roky.

¹⁸And Rehoboam took Mahalath the daughter of Jerimoth the son of David as wife, [and of] Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse.

¹⁸A Rechabeám si vzal ženu, Machalať, dcéru Jerimóta, syna Dávidovho, a Abichaiľ, dcéru Eliába, syna Izaiho,

¹⁹And she bore him children: Jeush, and Shemariah, and Zaham.

¹⁹ktorá mu porodila synov, Jehuša, Šemariáša a Zahama.

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

²⁰A po nej si vzal Maachu, dcéru Absalomovu, ktorá mu porodila Abiáša, Attaiho, Zízu a Šelomita.

²¹And Rehoboam loved Maachah the daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines; for he had taken eighteen wives and sixty concubines, and he begot twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.

²¹A Rechabeám miloval Maachu, dcéru Absalomovu, nado všetky svoje ženy a svoje ženiny, lebo si bol vzal osemnásť žien a šesťdesiat ženín a splodil dvadsaťosem synov a šesťdesiat dcér.

²²And Rehoboam established Abijah the son of Maachah at the head, to be ruler among his brethren; for [he thought] to make him king.

²²A Rechabeám postavil Abiáša, syna Maachy, za hlavu, za vojvodu medzi jeho bratmi, lebo ho mienil učiniť kráľom.

²³And he dealt wisely, and dispersed of all his sons throughout all the lands of Judah and Benjamin, to all the fortified cities; and he gave them food in abundance. And he desired [for them] a multitude of wives.

²³A počínal si rozumne a rozsadil zo všetkých svojich synov do všetkých zemí Júdu a Benjamina, do všetkých ohradených miest, a dal im množstvo poživy a napýtal im hromadu žien.