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Ikawa ulipothibitika ufalme wa Rehoboamu, naye amepata nguvu, aliiacha torati ya Bwana, na Israeli wote pamoja naye.
After Rehoboam had established his sovereignty and royal power, he and all Israel with him forsook the Law of the LORD.
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Ikawa katika mwaka wa tano wa mfalme Rehoboamu, akapanda Shishaki, mfalme wa Misri, juu ya Yerusalemu; kwa kuwa walikuwa wamemwasi Bwana;
In the fifth year of Rehoboam’s reign, because they had been unfaithful to the LORD, Shishak king of Egypt attacked Jerusalem
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mwenye magari elfu moja na mia mbili, na wapanda farasi sitini elfu; na watu wasiohesabika, waliotoka Misri pamoja naye; Walubi, na Wasukii, na Wakushi.
with 1,200 chariots, 60,000 horsemen, and countless troops who came with him out of Egypt—Libyans, Sukkites, and Cushites.
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Akaitwaa miji yenye maboma iliyokuwa ya Yuda, akaja Yerusalemu.
He captured the fortified cities of Judah and came as far as Jerusalem.
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Ndipo akaja Shemaya nabii kwa Rehoboamu, na kwa wakuu wa Yuda, waliokusanyika Yerusalemu kwa sababu ya Shishaki, akawaambia, Bwana asema hivi, Ninyi mmeniacha mimi, kwa hiyo nami nimewaacha ninyi mkononi mwa Shishaki.
Then Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam and the leaders of Judah who had gathered at Jerusalem because of Shishak, and he said to them, “This is what the LORD says: ‘You have forsaken Me; therefore, I have forsaken you into the hand of Shishak.’”
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Ndipo wakajinyenyekeza wakuu wa Israeli na mfalme; wakasema, Bwana ndiye mwenye haki.
So the leaders of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, “The LORD is righteous.”
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Naye Bwana alipoona ya kwamba wamejinyenyekeza, neno la Bwana likamjia Shemaya, kusema, Wamejinyenyekeza; sitawaharibu; lakini nitawapa wokovu punde, wala ghadhabu yangu haitamwagika juu ya Yerusalemu kwa mkono wa Shishaki.
When the LORD saw that they had humbled themselves, the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah, saying, “They have humbled themselves; I will not destroy them, but will soon grant them deliverance. My wrath will not be poured out on Jerusalem through Shishak.
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Walakini watamtumikia; ili wapate kujua utumwa wangu, na huo utumwa wa falme za nchi.
Nevertheless, they will become his servants, so that they may learn the difference between serving Me and serving the kings of other lands.”
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Basi Shishaki, mfalme wa Misri, akapanda juu ya Yerusalemu, akazichukua hazina za nyumba ya Bwana, na hazina za nyumba ya mfalme; akazichukua zote. Akazichukua pia ngao za dhahabu alizozifanya Sulemani.
So King Shishak of Egypt attacked Jerusalem and seized the treasures of the house of the LORD and of the royal palace. He took everything, including the gold shields that Solomon had made.
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Mfalme Rehoboamu akafanya ngao za shaba mahali pake, akawakabidhi wakuu wa walinzi, waliongoja mlangoni pa nyumba ya mfalme.
Then King Rehoboam made bronze shields in their place and committed them to the care of the captains of the guard on duty at the entrance to the royal palace.
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Ikawa kila wakati mfalme alipoingia nyumbani mwa Bwana, wakaja walinzi wakazichukua, wakazirudisha tena chumbani mwa walinzi.
And whenever the king entered the house of the LORD, the guards would go with him, bearing the shields, and later they would return them to the guardroom.
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Naye alipojinyenyekeza, ghadhabu ya Bwana ikamgeukia mbali, asimharibu kabisa; tena yalionekana katika Yuda mambo mema.
Because Rehoboam humbled himself, the anger of the LORD turned away from him, and He did not destroy him completely. Indeed, conditions were good in Judah.
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Basi mfalme Rehoboamu akajitia nguvu katika Yerusalemu, akatawala; maana Rehoboamu alikuwa na umri wa miaka arobaini na mmoja alipoanza kutawala, akatawala miaka kumi na saba huko Yerusalemu, mji aliouchagua Bwana miongoni mwa kabila zote za Israeli, ili aliweke huko jina lake. Na jina la mamaye aliitwa Naama Mwamoni.
Thus King Rehoboam established himself in Jerusalem and reigned. He was forty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the LORD had chosen from all the tribes of Israel in which to put His Name. His mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonite.
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Naye akatenda yaliyo maovu, kwa kuwa hakuukaza moyo wake amtafute Bwana.
And Rehoboam did evil because he did not set his heart to seek the LORD.
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Basi mambo yake Rehoboamu, ya kwanza na ya mwisho, je! Hayakuandikwa katika tarehe za Shemaya nabii na Ido mwonaji, kwa jinsi ya kuandika nasaba? Kulikuwa na vita kati ya Rehoboamu na Yeroboamu siku zote.
Now the acts of Rehoboam, from first to last, are they not written in the records of Shemaiah the Prophet and of Iddo the Seer concerning the genealogies? There was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam throughout their days.
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Rehoboamu akalala na babaze, akazikwa katika mji wa Daudi. Na Abiya mwanawe alitawala mahali pake. </p>
And Rehoboam rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David. And his son Abijah reigned in his place.