2 Meʻa Hokohoko 11
Tongan Bible, Revised West VersionTranslation
Tongan Bible, Revised West Version
Berean Standard Bible
1Pea ʻi heʻene haʻu ʻa Lehopoami ki Selūsalema, naʻe fakakātoa ʻe ia mei he fale ʻo Siuta mo Penisimani ʻae kau tangata fili, ko e kau tangata tau, ʻe taha kilu mo e toko fā mano, ke nau tauʻi ʻa ʻIsileli, koeʻuhi ke nau toe liliu mai ʻae puleʻanga kia Lehopoami.
1When Rehoboam arrived in Jerusalem, he mobilized the house of Judah and Benjamin—180,000 chosen warriors—to fight against Israel and restore the kingdom to Rehoboam.
2Ka naʻe haʻu ʻae folofola ʻa Sihova kia Simaia ko e tangata ʻae ʻOtua, ʻo pehē,
2But the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah the man of God:
3Ke ke lea kia Lehopoami ko e foha ʻo Solomone ko e tuʻi ʻo Siuta, pea ki ʻIsileli kotoa pē ʻi Siuta mo Penisimani, ʻo pehē,
3“Tell Rehoboam son of Solomon king of Judah and all the Israelites in Judah and Benjamin
4ʻOku pehē ʻe Sihova, “ʻOua te mou ʻalu hake, pe tau ki homou kāinga: mou foki atu taki taha ʻae tangata ki hono fale: he ko e meʻa ni kuo fai ia ʻiate au.” Pea naʻa nau fai talangofua ki he folofola ʻa Sihova, pea naʻa nau foki ʻo ʻikai ʻalu ke tauʻi ʻa Selopoami.
4that this is what the LORD says: ‘You are not to go up and fight against your brothers. Each of you must return home, for this word is from Me.’” So they listened to the words of the LORD and turned back from going against Jeroboam.
5¶ Pea naʻe nofo ʻa Lehopoami ʻi Selūsalema, pea naʻe langa ʻe ia ʻae ngaahi kolotau ʻi Siuta.
5Rehoboam continued to live in Jerusalem, and he built up cities for defense in Judah.
6Naʻa ne langa ʻa Petelihema, mo ʻEtami, mo Tikoa,
6He built up Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,
7Mo Petesua, mo Soko, mo ʻAtulami,
7Beth-zur, Soco, Adullam,
8Mo Kati, mo Malesa, mo Sifi,
8Gath, Mareshah, Ziph,
9Mo ʻAtolaimi, mo Lakisi, mo ʻAseka,
9Adoraim, Lachish, Azekah,
10Mo Sola, mo ʻAsaloni, mo Hepeloni, ʻaia ʻoku ʻi Siuta mo Penisimani ko e ngaahi kolotau.
10Zorah, Aijalon, and Hebron, the fortified cities in Judah and Benjamin.
11Pea naʻa ne fakamālohi ʻe ia ʻae ngaahi kolotau, pea tuku ki ai ʻae ngaahi ʻeikitau, mo faʻo ki ai ʻae meʻakai, mo e lolo mo e uaine.
11He strengthened their fortresses and put officers in them, with supplies of food, oil, and wine.
12Pea ne tuku ʻi he ngaahi kolo taki taha ʻae ngaahi pā mo e ngaahi tao, ʻo ne ngaohi ia ke mālohi ʻaupito, he naʻe kau ʻa Siuta mo Penisimani kiate ia.
12He also put shields and spears in all the cities and strengthened them greatly. So Judah and Benjamin belonged to him.
13¶ Pea naʻe haʻu kiate ia ʻae kau taulaʻeiki mo e kau Livai mei honau ngaahi potu nofoʻanga kotoa pē.
13Moreover, the priests and Levites from all their districts throughout Israel stood with Rehoboam.
14Ka naʻe siʻaki ʻe he kau Livai honau ngaahi ʻapi mo honau ngaahi tofiʻa, pea haʻu ki Siuta mo Selūsalema: he naʻe liʻaki ʻakinautolu ʻe Selopoami mo hono ngaahi foha ke ʻoua naʻa nau fai ʻae ngāue ʻae taulaʻeiki kia Sihova.
14For the Levites left their pasturelands and their possessions and went to Judah and Jerusalem, because Jeroboam and his sons had rejected them as priests of the LORD.
15Pea naʻa ne fakanofo ʻae kau taulaʻeiki maʻana ki he ngaahi potu māʻolunga, pea maʻae ngaahi tēvolo, pea ki he ngaahi ʻuhiki pulu ʻaia naʻa ne ngaohi.
15And Jeroboam appointed his own priests for the high places and for the goat demons and calf idols he had made.
16Pea naʻe muimui ʻiate kinautolu ki Selūsalema, mei he ngaahi faʻahinga kotoa pē ʻo ʻIsileli, ʻakinautolu kotoa pē naʻe pau honau loto ke kumi kia Sihova ko e ʻOtua ʻo ʻIsileli, ke feilaulau kia Sihova ko e ʻOtua ʻo ʻenau ngaahi tamai.
16Those from every tribe of Israel who had set their hearts to seek the LORD their God followed the Levites to Jerusalem to sacrifice to the LORD, the God of their fathers.
17Ko ia naʻa nau fakamālohi ʻae puleʻanga ʻo Siuta, pea naʻe fakamālohiʻi ʻa Lehopoami ko e foha ʻo Solomone, ʻi he taʻu ʻe tolu: he naʻa nau ʻalu ʻi he taʻu ʻe tolu ʻi he hala ʻo Tevita mo Solomone.
17So they strengthened the kingdom of Judah and supported Rehoboam son of Solomon for three years, because they walked for three years in the way of David and Solomon.
18¶ Pea naʻe ʻomi ʻe Lehopoami ʻa Mehalate ko e ʻofefine ʻo Selimoti ko e foha ʻo Tevita kena mali, mo ʻApieli ko e ʻofefine ʻo ʻIliapi, ko e foha ʻo Sese:
18And Rehoboam married Mahalath, who was the daughter of David’s son Jerimoth and of Abihail, the daughter of Jesse’s son Eliab.
19ʻAia naʻa na fānau kiate ia ʻae fānau: ko Siusi, mo Samalia, mo Seami.
19She bore sons to him: Jeush, Shemariah, and Zaham.
20Pea hoko mo ia naʻa ne ʻomi ʻa Meaka ko e ʻofefine ʻo ʻApisalomi: ʻaia naʻa ne fānau kiate ia ʻa ʻApisa, mo ʻAtai, mo Sisa, mo Silomiti.
20After her, he married Maacah daughter of Absalom, and she bore to him Abijah, Attai, Ziza, and Shelomith.
21Pea naʻe ʻofa ʻa Lehopoami kia Meaka ko e ʻofefine ʻo ʻApisalomi ʻo lahi hake ʻi hono ngaahi uaifi kotoa pē mo ʻene sinifu: (he naʻa ne maʻu ʻae uaifi ʻe toko hongofulu ma toko valu mo e sinifu ʻe toko onongofulu: pea naʻe fānau kiate ia ʻae foha ʻe toko uofulu ma toko valu, mo e ʻofefine ʻe toko onongofulu.)
21Rehoboam loved Maacah daughter of Absalom more than all his wives and concubines. In all, he had eighteen wives and sixty concubines, and he was the father of twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.
22Pea ngaohi ʻe Lehopoami ʻa ʻApisa ko e tama ʻa Meaka ke tuʻukimuʻa, pea ke pule ia ki hono ngaahi kāinga: he naʻe tokanga ia ke fakanofo ia ke tuʻi.
22Rehoboam appointed Abijah son of Maacah as chief prince among his brothers, intending to make him king.
23Pea naʻe fai fakapotopoto ia, ʻo ne tufaki ʻene fānau kotoa pē ki he ngaahi potu kotoa pē ʻo Siuta mo Penisimani, ki he ngaahi kolo tau kotoa pē: pea naʻa ne ʻatu kiate kinautolu ʻae meʻakai lahi ʻaupito. Pea naʻe manako ia ki he uaifi tokolahi.
23Rehoboam also acted wisely by dispersing some of his sons throughout the districts of Judah and Benjamin, and to all the fortified cities. He gave them abundant provisions and sought many wives for them.
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