¹In ko Roboam dospe v Jeruzalem, zbere hišo Judovo in Benjaminovo, sto in osemdeset tisoč izbranih mož vojščakov, da se bojujejo zoper Izraela in zopet pridobé kraljestvo Roboamu.

¹And Rehoboam cometh in to Jerusalem, and assembleth the house of Judah and Benjamin, a hundred and eighty thousand chosen warriors, to fight with Israel, to bring back the kingdom to Rehoboam.

²Ali beseda GOSPODOVA pride Semaju, možu Božjemu, govoreč:

²And a word of Jehovah is unto Shemaiah, a man of God, saying,

³Govóri Roboamu, sinu Salomonovemu, kralju Judovemu, in vsemu Izraelu na Judovem in Benjaminovem, in véli:

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

⁴Tako pravi GOSPOD: Ne hodite gori in ne bojujte se z brati svojimi; vrnite se vsak v hišo svojo, zakaj od mene je prišla ta reč. In poslušali so besedo GOSPODOVO in so se vrnili, da ne bi šli zoper Jeroboama.

⁴Thus said Jehovah, Ye do not go up nor fight with your brethren, turn back each to his house, for from Me hath this thing been;' and they hear the words of Jehovah, and turn back from going against Jeroboam.

⁵In Roboam je prebival v Jeruzalemu in prezidal je mesta na Judovem v trdnjave.

⁵And Rehoboam dwelleth in Jerusalem, and buildeth cities for a bulwark in Judah,

⁶Pozidal je namreč Betlehem, Etam, Tekoo,

⁶yea, he buildeth Beth-Lehem and Etam, and Tekoa,

⁷Betzur, Soko, Adulam,

⁷and Beth-Zur, and Shocho, and Adullam,

⁸Gat, Mareso, Zif,

⁸and Gath, and Mareshah, and Ziph,

⁹Adoraim, Lahis, Azeko,

⁹and Adoraim, and Lachish, and Azekah,

¹⁰Zoro, Ajalon in Hebron, utrjena mesta na Judovem in Benjaminovem.

¹⁰and Zorah, and Aijalon, and Hebron, that [are] in Judah and in Benjamin, cities of bulwarks.

¹¹In utrdil je trdnjave in namestil poveljnike vanje in preskrbel živeža, olja in vina,

¹¹And he strengtheneth the bulwarks, and putteth in them leaders, and treasures of food, and oil, and wine,

¹²in v vsako posamezno mesto je del ščite in sulice ter jih je povsem dobro utrdil. In Juda in Benjamin sta bila njegova.

¹²and in every city and city targets and spears, and strengtheneth them very greatly; and he hath Judah and Benjamin.

¹³In duhovniki in leviti, ki so bili po vsem Izraelu, so prišli k njemu iz vseh svojih krajev.

¹³And the priests, and the Levites, that [are] in all Israel, have stationed themselves by him, out of all their border,

¹⁴Kajti leviti so zapustili svoje okraje in posestva ter so se priselili na Judovo in v Jeruzalem; Jeroboam in sinovi njegovi so jih namreč zavrgli, da ne bi opravljali duhovniške službe GOSPODU;

¹⁴for the Levites have left their suburbs and their possession, and they come to Judah and to Jerusalem, for Jeroboam and his sons have cast them off from acting as priests to Jehovah,

¹⁵in postavil si je duhovnike za višave in za mališke kozle in za teleti, ki si ju je bil naredil.

¹⁵and he establisheth to him priests for high places, and for goats, and for calves, that he made --

¹⁶In za duhovniki so prihajali iz vseh rodov Izraelovih tisti, ki so nagnili srce svoje, da bi iskali GOSPODA, Izraelovega Boga, v Jeruzalem darovat GOSPODU, Bogu očetov svojih.

¹⁶and after them, out of all the tribes of Israel, those giving their heart to seek Jehovah, God of Israel, have come in to Jerusalem to sacrifice to Jehovah, God of their father.

¹⁷S tem so pomagali do moči kraljestvu Judovemu in utrjevali Roboama, sina Salomonovega, tri leta; kajti tri leta so hodili po poti Davidovi in Salomonovi.

¹⁷And they strengthen the kingdom of Judah, and strengthen Rehoboam son of Solomon, for three years, because they walked in the way of David and Solomon for three years.

¹⁸In Roboam si vzame za ženo Mahalato, hčer Jerimota, sina Davidovega, in Abihaile, hčere Eliaba, sina Jesejevega;

¹⁸And Rehoboam taketh to him a wife, Mahalath, child of Jerimoth son of David, [and] Abigail daughter of Eliab, son of Jesse.

¹⁹in ona mu je rodila sinove: Jeuša, Semarija in Zahama.

¹⁹And she beareth to him sons, Jeush, and Shamaria, and Zaham.

²⁰Po tej si vzame še Maako, hčer Absalomovo, in ta mu je rodila Abija, Ataja, Ziza in Selomita.

²⁰And after her he hath taken Maachah daughter of Absalom, and she beareth to him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith.

²¹Ljubil je pa Roboam Maako, hčer Absalomovo, bolj nego vse žene in priležnice svoje (vzel si je namreč osemnajst žen in šestdeset priležnic in je rodil osemindvajset sinov in šestdeset hčera).

²¹And Rehoboam loveth Maachah daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines -- for eighteen wives he hath taken, and sixty concubines -- and he begetteth twenty and eight sons, and sixty daughters.

²²In Roboam je postavil Abija, sina Maake, da bodi glava, knez med svojimi brati, zakaj hotel ga je postaviti za kralja.In ravnal je previdno in razstavil je vse sinove svoje po vseh krajih Judovih in Benjaminovih, po vseh utrjenih mestih, in oskrbel jim je živeža v obilici; in snubil jim je mnogo žen.

²²And Rehoboam appointeth for head Abijah son of Maachah, for leader among his brethren, for to cause him to reign.

²³In ravnal je previdno in razstavil je vse sinove svoje po vseh krajih Judovih in Benjaminovih, po vseh utrjenih mestih, in oskrbel jim je živeža v obilici; in snubil jim je mnogo žen.

²³And he hath understanding, and spreadeth out of all his sons to all lands of Judah and Benjamin, to all cities of the bulwarks, and giveth to them provision in abundance; and he asketh a multitude of wives.