2 Crônicas 11

1 When 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. 2 But Yahweh’s word came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying, 3 "Speak to Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin, saying, 4 ‘Yahweh says, "You shall not go up, nor fight against your brothers! Every man return to his house; for this thing is of me."’" So they listened to Yahweh’s words, and returned from going against Jeroboam.

5 Rehoboam lived in Jerusalem, and built cities for defense in Judah. 6 He built Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa, 7 Beth Zur, Soco, Adullam, 8 Gath, Mareshah, Ziph, 9 Adoraim, Lachish, Azekah, 10 Zorah, Aijalon, and Hebron, which are fortified cities in Judah and in Benjamin. 11 He fortified the strongholds and put captains in them with stores of food, oil and wine. 12 He put shields and spears in every city, and made them exceedingly strong. Judah and Benjamin belonged to him.

13 The priests and the Levites who were in all Israel stood with him out of all their territory. 14 For the Levites left their pasture lands and their possessions, 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. 15 He himself appointed priests for the high places, for the male goat and calf idols which he had made. 16 After them, out of all the tribes of Israel, those who set their hearts to seek Yahweh, the God of Israel, came to Jerusalem to sacrifice to Yahweh, the God of their fathers. 17 So they strengthened the kingdom of Judah and made Rehoboam the son of Solomon strong for three years, for they walked three years in the way of David and Solomon.

18 Rehoboam took a wife for himself, Mahalath the daughter of Jerimoth the son of David and of Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse. 19 She bore him sons: Jeush, Shemariah, and Zaham. 20 After her, he took Maacah the granddaughter of Absalom; and she bore him Abijah, Attai, Ziza, and Shelomith. 21 Rehoboam loved Maacah the granddaughter 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. 22 Rehoboam appointed Abijah the son of Maacah to be chief, the prince among his brothers, for he intended to make him king. 23 He dealt wisely, and dispersed some of his sons throughout all the lands of Judah and Benjamin, to every fortified city. He gave them food in abundance; and he sought many wives for them.

Te Kupu a Hemaia nā te Atua

1 Nā, i te taenga o Rehopoama ki Hiruhārama, ka huihuia e ia te whare o Hūrā rāua ko Pineamine, kotahi rau e waru tekau mano; he hunga whiriwhiri, he hunga whawhai, hei whawhai ki a Īharaira, kia hoki ai te kīngitanga ki a Rehopoama.

2 Nā, ka puta te kupu a Ihowā ki a Hemaia tangata a te Atua, i mea ia: 3 Kōrero ki a Rehopoama tama a Horomona, kīngi o Hūrā, ki a Īharaira katoa hoki i a Hūrā, i a Pineamine, mea atu, 4 "Ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā: Kei haere koutou ki runga, kei whawhai ki ō koutou tuākana. Hoki atu ki tōna whare, ki tōna whare; nāku hoki tēnei mea." Heoi, rongo tonu rātou ki ngā kupu a Ihowā, ā, hoki ana, kīhai i haere ki te whawhai ki a Ieropoama.

5 Nā, ka noho a Rehopoama ki Hiruhārama, ā, hangā ana e ia ētahi pā tiaki ki Hūrā. 6 Nāna i hanga a Pēterehema, a Etema, a Tekoa, 7 a Peteturu, a Hoko, a Aturama, 8 a Kāta, a Mareha, a Tiwhi, 9 a Aroraima, a Rakihi, a Ateka, 10 a Toraha, a Atarono, a Heperona, i a Hūrā ēnei rāua ko Pineamine, he pā taiepa. 11 I hangā anō e ia kia kaha ētahi pā taiepa, whakawhiwhi rawa ki te rangatira mō roto, ki tōna nui anō hoki o te kai, o te hinu, o te wāina. 12 Ki te pukupuku, ki te tao anō hoki i roto i tēnei pā, i tēnei pā. Nō ka tino kaha rawa; i a ia hoki a Hūrā rāua ko Pineamine.

Ka Haere mai ngā Tohunga me ngā Rīwaiti ki Hūrā

13 Nā, ko ngā tohunga me ngā Rīwaiti puta noa i a Īharaira, haere ana rātou ki a ia i ō rātou rohe katoa. 14 I whakarērea hoki e ngā Rīwaiti ō rātou wāhi i ngā pā, me ō rātou kāinga ake, ā, haere ana ki Hūrā, ki Hiruhārama; i peia hoki rātou e Ieropoama rātou ko āna tama, kei mahi tohunga rātou ki a Ihowā. 15 I whakaritea anō e ia ētahi tohunga māna ki ngā wāhi tiketike, ki ngā koati toa, ki ngā kūao kau i hangā e ia. 16 Nā, i muri i a rātou ko te hunga o ngā iwi katoa o Īharaira i hōmai nei i ō rātou ngākau ki te rapu i a Ihowā, i te Atua o Īharaira, haere ana rātou ki Hiruhārama ki te mea patunga tapu ki a Ihowā, ki te Atua o ō rātou mātua. 17 Heoi, nā rātou i whakaū te kīngitanga o Hūrā, i whakakaha hoki a Rehopoama tama a Horomona, e toru tau; e toru hoki ngā tau i haere ai rātou i te ara o Rāwiri rāua ko Horomona.

Te Whānau o Rehopoama

18 Nā, ka tangohia e Rehopoama hei wahine māna a Maharata tamāhine a Terimoto tama a Rāwiri, ā, rāua ko Apihaira tamāhine a Eriapa tama a Hehe. 19 Nā, ko āna tama i whānau i tēnei; ko Ieuhu, ko Hemaria, ko Tahama. 20 Ā, i muri i tēnei wahine ka tangohia e ia ko Maaka tamāhine a Apohārama; nā, ko āna tama i whānau i tēnei; ko Apia, ko Atai, ko Tita, ko Heromiti. 21 Nā, ko Maaka tamāhine a Apohārama tā Rehopoama i matenui ai o āna wāhine katoa, o āna wāhine iti anō hoki (kotahi tekau mā waru ngā wāhine i tangohia e ia, e ono tekau ngā wāhine iti; ā, e rua tekau mā waru āna tama i whānau, e ono tekau ngā tamāhine).

22 Nā, ka meinga e Rehopoama ko Apia tama a Maaka hei upoko, hei rangatira, i roto i ōna tuākana, tēina; ko ia hoki tāna i mea ai hei kīngi. 23 Nā, ka mahi tūpato ia, ā, whakamararatia atu ana e ia āna tama ki ngā whenua katoa o Hūrā, o Pineamine, ki ngā pā taiepa katoa; nui atu hoki te kai i hoatu e ia ki a rātou. He tokomaha hoki ngā wāhine i rapua e ia mā rātou.