2 Thusimbu 11
1 Rehoboam chu Jerusalem ahunglhun phat chun Judah phung le Benjamin phunga konin Israel douna ama lenggam tundoh kitna din mi akhomin, galsat ding Sepai sang jakhat le sang somget alheng doh in ahi.
When Rehoboam arrived in Jerusalem, he gathered 180,000 of the best soldiers from the tribes of Judah and Benjamin. He wanted them to fight against [the northern tribes of] Israel [and defeat them], in order that he could rule [all the tribes of] the kingdom again.
2 Ahinlah Pakai chun Pathen mipa Shemiah jah a chun aseijin,
But Yahweh spoke to the prophet Shemaiah and said this to him:
3 Solomon chapa Rehoboam Judah te Lengpa chule Judah le Benjamin gam'a Israel mite jouse jah’a chun seipeh in,
“Go and tell this to [Solomon’s son] Rehoboam, the king of Judah, and to all the Israeli people of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin:
4 Pakaiyin hiti hin aseije, “Na inkote dounan galsat hih beh in, inlama kinunglen ajeh chu thilsoh hohi keima bola ahi bouve,” hiti chun amahon Pakai thusei chu anungin Jeroboam dounan gal abol tapouve.
‘Yahweh says that you must not go to fight against [the people of Israel; they are] your distant relatives. All of you must go home. What has happened is what Yahweh wanted to happen.’” [So Shemaiah went and told that to them, ] and they all heeded what Yahweh had commanded them to do, and they did not attack Jeroboam [and his soldiers].
5 Rehoboam chu Jerusalema aumden in, Judah te ventupna dingin khopi jouse chu kulpi akai tan ahi.
Rehoboam lived in Jerusalem, and his workers built walls around several of the cities and towns in Judah to protect them [against enemy attacks].
6 Aman Bethlehem, Etan, Tekoa, Beth-Zur, Soco, Adullam,
In [the area that belonged to] the tribes of Judah and Benjamin they built walls around Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,
7 Gath, Mareshah, Zeph,
Beth-Zur, Soco, Adullam,
8 Adorium, Lachish, Azekah,
Gath, Mareshah,
9 Zorah, Aijalon le Hebron asadoh in ahi. Hiche khopi hohi Judah le Benjamin gamsunga kulpi akaiho ahitai.
Adoraim, Lachish, Azekah,
10 Jeroboam chun akivennau lampang hou chu asuhat in, chule asunga chun gal lamkai ding atousah in chuleh anneh twidon, olive thaotui le lengpi theitui thil ho ning lhing tah in akoipeh’in ahi.
Zorah, Aijalon, and Hebron.
11 Chujongleh aban joma kiven tup theina dingin kidalna pho le tengcha hojong, hiche khopi ho sunga chun akoijin ahi. Chuti chun Judah le Benjamin gamsung chu ventup na noiya aumin ahi.
He also appointed an army commander in each of those cities and towns, and gave them supplies of food, olive oil, and wine [to keep in storage].
12 Ahinlah sahlam gamkai’a Israel phung holah’a cheng thempu hole Levite chun, abon chaovin Rehoboam alangkaipiu vin ahi.
He put shields and spears in all the cities and made them well-protected. So he continued to rule the tribes of Judah and Benjamin.
13 Levite chun akelngoi chin nau hamhing gam anei-agou jengu jong ahin dalhao vin, Judah gamle Jerusalem lama ahung chaodoh un ahi; ajeh chu Jeroboam le achateu chun thempu ahinauva Pakai kin abol diu ajahdahpeh’u ahi.
The priests and other descendants of Levi throughout Israel supported Rehoboam.
14 Jeroboam chun doiphung le amahon ahou u, kelcha le bongnou lim semthu ho jen le ding chun atumin thempu akilhen nun ahi.
The descendants of Levi [who lived outside the territory of Judah and Benjamin] abandoned their property and their pastureland, and they came to Jerusalem and [to other places in] Judah, because Jeroboam and his sons would not allow them to do the work of priests of Yahweh.
15 Israel phung holah’a lungthengsella Pakai Israel Pathen hounom jouse chun, Jerusalema dingin Levite chu ajuitauve. Chuleh hiche lai munna chun apu apao Pakai, Pathen koma thilto abolthei’u ahi.
Instead, Jeroboam appointed the priests that he wanted to work [at the altars he commanded to be built] on the hilltops, [to offer sacrifices to] the idols that he commanded to be made [that resembled] goats and calves.
16 Hiche hin Judah lenggam ahatsah ben, chule kum thum sung chu Solomon chapa Rehoboam chu akitho piuvin, David le Solomon chonbang chun kitah tah in ajui tauvin ahi.
And people from every tribe in Israel who wanted to worship Yahweh, the God to whom the Israelis belonged, went with the descendants of Levi to Jerusalem to live there and to offer sacrifices to Yahweh, the God whom their ancestors [worshiped].
17 Rehoboam chun David chapa Jeremoth chanu Mahalath akichen pin ahi. Amanu hi Jesse chapa Eleah chanu Abihail chanu ahi.
They caused the kingdom of Judah to be strong, and for three years they were happy that Solomon’s son Rehoboam was the king. During that time they conducted their lives [righteously] as David and Solomon had done previously.
18 Mahalath chun chapa thum Jeush, Shamariah le Zaham ahingin ahi.
Rehoboam married Mahalath. She was the daughter of David’s son Jerimoth, and her mother was Abihail, the daughter of Eliab and granddaughter of Jesse.
19 Chujouvin Rehoboam chun Absalom chanu maacah akichen pin, Macaah chun Abijah, Attai, Ziza le Shitomith ahingin ahi.
Rehoboam and Mahalath had three sons: Jeush, Shemariah, and Zaham.
20 Rehoboam chun ajite leh athaikem holah’a chun Maacah chu alungset penin ahi. Rehoboam chun ji som le get athaikum somgup aneijin, amaho chun chapa somni le get le chanu som gup ahing uve.
Later Rehoboam married Maacah, the daughter of Absalom, and they had four sons: Abijah, Attai, Ziza, and Shelomith.
21 Rehoboam chun Maacah chapa Abijah chu Leng Chapate lah’a alam kai diu vin apansah in, hiche hin kichentah agon chu ahileh ama chu abana leng ding tina ahi.
Rehoboam loved Maacah more than he loved any other of his wives and slave wives. Altogether he had 18 wives and 60 slave wives, and 28 sons and 60 daughters.
22 Rehoboam chun achapa dang ho jong chu mopohna apen, Judah leh Benjamin gamsung pumpia kulpi kikai khopi ho achun atousah in ahi. Amaho chu hongphal tah’in nehle chah apen chule aji diu jong tamtah apuipeh in ahi.
Rehoboam appointed his son Abijah to be the leader of his [older and younger] brothers, because he wanted to appoint Abijah to be the next king.
He very wisely sent some of his other sons to other cities in the areas of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin, and to all the other cities that had walls around them. He gave them plenty of supplies and many wives.
