Misraim Tu Yuda So Sa
1Rehoboam ahenni timii, na ɔyɛɛ den no, ɔne Israel nyinaa gyaw Awurade mmara. 2Esiane sɛ na wonni Awurade nokware no nti, afe a ɛto so anum wɔ ɔhene Rehoboam adedi mu no, Misraimhene Sisak kɔtow hyɛɛ Yerusalem so. 3Ɔde nteaseɛnam apem ahannu, apɔnkɔsotefo mpem aduosia ne anammɔnmufo asraafo a wontumi nkan wɔn dodow a Libiafo, Sukifo ne Etiopiafo ka ho na wɔbae. 4Sisak dii Yudafo nkurow a wɔabɔ ho ban no so nkonim, na otu teɛɛ sɛ ɔrekɔtow ahyɛ Yerusalem so nso.
5Odiyifo Semaia hyiaa Rehoboam ne Yuda mpanyimfo a Sisak nti, wɔaguan aba Yerusalem. Semaia ka kyerɛɛ wɔn se, “Sɛnea Awurade se ni! Moagyaw me nti, me nso meregyaw mo ama Sisak.”
6Ɔhene no ne Israel mpanyimfo brɛɛ wɔn ho ase, kae se, “Awurade di bem sɛ ɔyɛɛ yɛn saa!”
7Awurade huu sɛ wɔanu wɔn ho no, ɔde saa nkra yi somaa Semaia: “Esiane sɛ nnipa no abrɛ wɔn ho ase nti, merensɛe wɔn korakora na ɛrenkyɛ, mɛma wɔn ahomegye. Meremfa Sisak so nna mʼabufuw adi wɔ Yerusalem so. 8Nanso wɔbɛyɛ nʼasomfo sɛnea ɛbɛkyerɛ wɔn sɛ, ɛsɛ sɛ wɔsom me sen sɛ wɔbɛsom wiase ahemfo.”
9Enti Misraimhene Sisak baa Yerusalem bɛsesaw agyapade a ɛwɔ Awurade Asɔredan no mu ne ahemfi hɔ nneɛma a Salomo sikakɔkɔɔ nkatabo no nyinaa ka ho. 10Akyiri no, ɔhene Rehoboam de kɔbere akyɛm de sii anan, na ɔde hyɛɛ ahemfi awɛmfo nsa sɛ wɔnhwɛ so. 11Bere biara a ɔhene no bɛkɔ Awurade Asɔredan no mu no, awɛmfo no soa kɔ hɔ bi, na sɛ owie na ɔreba a, wɔsan de begu awɛmfo dan no mu.
12Esiane sɛ Rehoboam brɛɛ ne ho ase nti, Awurade abufuw no fii ne so, nti wansɛe no korakora. Ɛmaa yiyedi kɔɔ so wɔ Yuda asase so.
Rehoboam Ahenni Tiatwa
13Ɔhene Rehoboam timii wɔ Yerusalem, na ɔtoaa so dii hene. Bere a odii ade no, na wadi mfirihyia aduanan baako. Na odii ade mfirihyia dunson wɔ Yerusalem, kuropɔn a Awurade ayi afi Israel mmusuakuw nyinaa mu sɛ ɛhɔ na wɔbɛhyɛ ne din anuonyam no. Na Rehoboam na din de Naama a ofi Amon. 14Na ɔyɛ ɔhene bɔne, efisɛ wamfa ne koma nyinaa anhwehwɛ Awurade akyi kwan.
15Wɔankyerɛw Rehoboam ahenni ho nsɛm nkae no a efi mfiase kosi awiei no wɔ odiyifo Semaia nhoma ne nhumuni Ido nhoma a ɛyɛ awo ntoatoaso nhoma no fa bi mu ana? Bere biara, na akokoakoko wɔ Rehoboam ne Yeroboam ntam. 16Bere a Rehoboam wui no, wosiee no wɔ Dawid kurom. Na ne babarima Abia dii nʼade sɛ ɔhene.
Shishak Attacks Jerusalem
1Rehoboam had made his position as king secure. He had become very strong. Then he turned away from the law of the Lord. So did all the people of Judah. 2They hadn’t been faithful to the Lord. So Shishak attacked Jerusalem. It was in the fifth year that Rehoboam was king. Shishak was king of Egypt. 3He came with 1,200 chariots and 60,000 horsemen. Troops of Libyans, Sukkites and Cushites came with him from Egypt. There were so many of them they couldn’t be counted. 4Shishak captured the cities of Judah that had high walls around them. He came all the way to Jerusalem.
5Then Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam and the leaders of Judah. They had gathered together in Jerusalem. They were afraid of Shishak. Shemaiah said to them, “The Lord says, ‘You have left me. So now I am leaving you to Shishak.’ ”
6The king and the leaders of Israel made themselves humble in the Lord’s sight. They said, “The Lord does what is right and fair.”
7The Lord saw they had made themselves humble. So he gave a message to Shemaiah. The Lord said, “They have made themselves humble in my sight. So I will not destroy them. Instead, I will soon save them. Even though I am very angry with Jerusalem, I will not use Shishak to destroy them. 8But the people of Jerusalem will be brought under his control. Then they will learn the difference between serving me and serving the kings of other lands.”
9Shishak, the king of Egypt, attacked Jerusalem. He carried away the treasures of the Lord’s temple. He also carried the treasures of the royal palace away. He took everything. That included the gold shields Solomon had made. 10So King Rehoboam made bronze shields to take their place. He gave them to the commanders of the guards who were on duty at the entrance to the royal palace. 11Every time the king went to the Lord’s temple, the guards went with him. They carried the shields. Later, they took them back to the room where they were kept.
12Rehoboam had made himself humble in the Lord’s sight. So the Lord turned his anger away from him. Rehoboam wasn’t totally destroyed. In fact, some good things happened in Judah.
13King Rehoboam had made his position secure in Jerusalem. He continued as king. He was 41 years old when he became king. He ruled for 17 years in Jerusalem. It was the city the Lord had chosen out of all the cities in the tribes of Israel. He wanted to put his Name there. The name of Rehoboam’s mother was Naamah from Ammon. 14Rehoboam did what was evil. That’s because he hadn’t worshiped the Lord with all his heart.
15The events of Rehoboam’s rule from beginning to end are written down. They are written in the records of Shemaiah and Iddo, the prophets. The records deal with family histories. Rehoboam and Jeroboam were always at war with each other. 16Rehoboam joined the members of his family who had already died. He was buried in the City of David. Rehoboam’s son Abijah became the next king after him.
