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.

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.

²Aga jumalamees Semajale tuli Issanda sõna, kes ütles:

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

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

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

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.

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.

⁵Ja Rehabeam elas Jeruusalemmas ning ehitas Juudas kindlustatud linnu.

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

⁶Siis ta ehitas Petlemma, Eetami, Tekoa,

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

⁷Beet-Suuri, Sooko, Adullami,

⁷and Beth-zur, and Soco, and Adullam,

⁸Gati, Maaresa, Siifi,

⁸and Gath, and Mareshah, and Ziph,

⁹Adoraimi, Laakise, Aseka,

⁹and Adoraim, and Lachish, and Azekah,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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;

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.