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.

¹Došavši u Jeruzalem, skupi sav dom Judin i Benjaminov, sto i osamdeset tisuća vrsnih ratnika, da udare na Izraela i da Roboamu vrate kraljevstvo.

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

²Ali dođe Jahvina riječ Božjem čovjeku Šemaji:

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

³"Kaži Salomonovu sinu Roboamu, judejskomu kralju, i svim Izraelcima u Judinu i Benjaminovu plemenu:

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.

⁴Ovako veli Jahve: 'Ne idite se tući s braćom! Neka se svatko vrati svojoj kući, jer je ovo poteklo od mene.'" I oni poslušaše riječ Jahvinu, vratiše se i ne udariše na Jeroboama.

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

⁵Roboam, stolujući u Jeruzalemu, poče dizati tvrde gradove po Judeji.

⁶He built Bethlehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,

⁶Tako je sagradio Betlehem, Etam, Tekou,

⁷Beth Zur, and Soco, and Adullam,

⁷Bet Sur, Sokon, Adulam,

⁸and Gath, and Mareshah, and Ziph,

⁸Gat, Maresu, Zif,

⁹and Adoraim, and Lachish, and Azekah,

⁹Adorajim, Lakiš, Azeku,

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

¹⁰Soru, Ajalon i Hebron, tvrde gradove u Judinu i Benjaminovu plemenu.

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

¹¹Utvrdivši gradove, postavi im zapovjednike i dovuče zalihe hrane, ulja i vina;

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

¹²u svaki pojedini grad stavi štitova i kopalja i utvrdi ih vrlo jako. Tako je on imao Judino i Benjaminovo pleme.

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

¹³Svećenici i leviti, koji su bili po svem Izraelu, pristupiše k njemu iz svih krajeva.

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;

¹⁴Leviti ostaviše pašnjake i posjed te otiđoše u Judeju i Jeruzalem, jer ih je bio odbacio Jeroboam i njegovi sinovi da ne obavljaju svećeničku službu Jahvi,

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

¹⁵a postavio je svećenike za uzvišice, za jarce i za telad koju je napravio.

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.

¹⁶Za njima su iz svih izraelskih plemena dolazili u Jeruzalem da žrtvuju Jahvi, Bogu svojih otaca, oni koji su srcem tražili Jahvu, Boga Izraelova.

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.

¹⁷Tako su utvrdili judejsko kraljevstvo i osokolili Salomonova sina Roboama za tri godine, jer su tri godine živjeli poput Davida i Salomona.

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;

¹⁸Roboam je sebi uzeo za žemu Mahalatu, kćer Davidova sina Jerimota, i Abihajilu, kćer Jišajeva sina Eliaba,

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

¹⁹koja mu rodi sinove: Jeuša, Šemarju i Zahama.

²⁰After her he took Maacah the daughter of Absalom; and she bore him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith.

²⁰A poslije nje oženio se Abšalomovom kćerju Maakom, koja mu rodi Abiju, Etaja, Zizu i Šelomita.

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.)

²¹Roboam je ljubio Abšalomovu kćer Maaku više od svih svojih žena i inoča, iako je uzeo osamnaest žena i šezdeset inoča i rodio dvadeset i osam sinova i šezdeset kćeri.

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

²²I Roboam postavi Maakina sina Abiju za poglavara i kneza nad njegovom braćom, jer ga je naumio postaviti za kralja.

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.

²³I, mudro radeći, razmjesti sinove po svim judejskim i Benjaminovim krajevima, po svim tvrdim gradovima, davši im hrane izobila i poženivši ih sa mnogo žena.