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.

¹When Rehoboam had come to Jerusalem, he assembled the house of Judah and Benjamin, one hundred eighty thousand chosen men, who were warriors, to fight against Israel, to bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam.

²Aga jumalamees Semajale tuli Issanda sõna, kes ütles:

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

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

³“Speak to Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to 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.

⁴‘Thus says Yahweh, “You shall not go up, nor fight against your brothers! Return every man to his house; for this thing is of me.”’” So they listened to the words of Yahweh, and returned from going against Jeroboam.

⁵Ja Rehabeam elas Jeruusalemmas ning ehitas Juudas kindlustatud linnu.

⁵Rehoboam lived in Jerusalem, and built cities for defense in Judah.

⁶Siis ta ehitas Petlemma, Eetami, Tekoa,

⁶He built Bethlehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,

⁷Beet-Suuri, Sooko, Adullami,

⁷Beth 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 Aijalon, and Hebron, which are in Judah and in Benjamin, fortified cities.

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

¹¹He fortified the strongholds, and put captains in them, and stores of food, and oil and wine.

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

¹²He put shields and spears in every city, and made them exceeding strong. Judah and Benjamin belonged to him.

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

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

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 possession, and came to Judah and Jerusalem: for Jeroboam and his sons cast them off, that they should not execute the priest’s office to Yahweh;

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

¹⁵and he appointed him priests for the high places, and for the male goats, and for the calves which 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.

¹⁶After them, out of all the tribes of Israel, such as set their hearts to seek Yahweh, the God of Israel, came to Jerusalem to sacrifice to Yahweh, 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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

²⁰After her he took Maacah 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.

²¹Rehoboam loved Maacah the daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines: (for he took eighteen wives, and sixty concubines, and became the father of twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.)

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

²²Rehoboam appointed Abijah the son of Maacah to be chief, the prince among his brothers; for he intended 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.

²³He dealt wisely, and dispersed of all his sons throughout all the lands of Judah and Benjamin, to every fortified city: and he gave them food in abundance. He sought for them many wives.