1 På den tiden ble Abija, sønn av Jeroboam, syk.

At that time Abijah, the son of Jeroboam, became ill.

2 Og Jeroboam sa til sin kone:

And Jeroboam said to his wife, Now come, put on different clothing so that you may not seem to be the wife of Jeroboam, and go to Shiloh; see, Ahijah is there, the prophet who said I would be king over this people.

3 Og ta med ti kaker, noen tørre kaker og en krukke honning til ham. Han vil gi deg ord om hva som skal skje med barnet.

And take with you ten cakes of bread and dry cakes and a pot of honey, and go to him: he will give you word of what is to become of the child.

4 Så Jeroboams kone gjorde som han sa, reiste seg og dro til Silo og kom til Ahijas hus. Ahija var nå ute av stand til å se, fordi han var meget gammel.

So Jeroboam's wife did so, and got up and went to Shiloh and came to the house of Ahijah. Now Ahijah was unable to see, because he was very old.

5 Herren hadde sagt til Ahija:

And the Lord had said to Ahijah, The wife of Jeroboam is coming to get news from you about her son, who is ill; give her such and such an answer; for she will make herself seem to be another woman.

6 Da Ahija hørte lyden av hennes fottrinn ved døren, sa han:

Then Ahijah, hearing the sound of her footsteps coming in at the door, said, Come in, O wife of Jeroboam; why do you make yourself seem like another? for I am sent to you with bitter news.

7 Gå og si til Jeroboam: Dette er ordene fra Herren, Israels Gud: Selv om jeg tok deg fra folkemengden og løftet deg opp til å være hersker over mitt folk Israel,

Go, say to Jeroboam, These are the words of the Lord, the God of Israel: Though I took you from among the people, lifting you up to be a ruler over my people Israel,

8 og tok riket ved makt fra Davids ætt og ga det til deg, har du ikke vært som min tjener David, som fulgte mine påbud og var tro mot meg av hele sitt hjerte, og gjorde kun det som var rett i mine øyne.

And took the kingdom away by force from the seed of David and gave it to you, you have not been like my servant David, who kept my orders, and was true to me with all his heart, doing only what was right in my eyes.

9 Men du har gjort mer ondt enn noen før deg, og laget andre guder og metallbilder for deg selv, som vekker min vrede, og vendt ryggen til meg.

But you have done evil more than any before you, and have made for yourself other gods, and images of metal, moving me to wrath, and turning your back on me.

10 Derfor vil jeg sende ulykke over Jeroboams ætt og avskjære hver mann derfra, enten de er innesperret eller går fri i Israel; Jeroboams hus vil bli fjernet som man feier bort avfall, til alt er borte.

So I will send evil on the line of Jeroboam, cutting off from his family every male child, those who are shut up and those who go free in Israel; the family of Jeroboam will be brushed away like a man brushing away waste till it is all gone.

11 De fra Jeroboams hus som dør i byen, vil hundene spise; og de som dør på marken, vil fuglene i luften spise; for Herren har sagt det.

Those of the family of Jeroboam who come to death in the town, will become food for the dogs; and those on whom death comes in the open country, will be food for the birds of the air; for the Lord has said it.

12 Reis deg nå og gå hjem igjen; og i det øyeblikket du trår inn i byen, vil barnet dø.

Up, then! go back to your house; and in the hour when your feet go into the town, the death of the child will take place.

13 Hele Israel vil sørge over ham og legge ham til hvile, for han alene av Jeroboams hus vil bli lagt til hvile i jorden; for hos ham alene av Jeroboams ætt har Herren, Israels Gud, funnet noe godt.

And all Israel will put his body to rest, weeping over him, because he only of the family of Jeroboam will be put into his resting-place in the earth; for of all the family of Jeroboam, in him only has the Lord, the God of Israel, seen some good.

14 Herren vil reise en konge over Israel som vil ødelegge Jeroboams hus den dagen.

And the Lord will put up a king over Israel who will send destruction on the family of Jeroboam in that day;

15 Og nå har Herrens hånd rammet Israel, rystet det som siv i vannet; og han vil ryke opp Israel fra dette gode landet som han ga deres fedre, og spre dem utover elven; fordi de har laget seg bilder, som vekker Herrens vrede.

And even now the hand of the Lord has come down on Israel, shaking it like a river-grass in the water; and, uprooting Israel from this good land, which he gave to their fathers, he will send them this way and that on the other side of the River; because they have made for themselves images, moving the Lord to wrath.

16 Han vil gi Israel opp på grunn av syndene som Jeroboam har gjort, og som han har fått Israel til å begå.

And he will give Israel up because of the sins which Jeroboam has done and made Israel do.

17 Så Jeroboams kone reiste seg og dro til Tirsa; og da hun kom til husets dør, døde barnet.

Then Jeroboam's wife got up and went away and came to Tirzah; and when she came to the doorway of the house, death came to the child.

18 Hele Israel begravde ham og sørget over ham, slik Herren hadde sagt ved sin tjener, profeten Ahija.

And all Israel put his body to rest, weeping over him, as the Lord had said by his servant Ahijah the prophet.

19 Det som videre er beskrevet om Jeroboam, hans kriger og hvordan han ble konge, er skrevet i krønikene til Israels konger.

Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, how he made war and how he became king, are recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Israel.

20 Jeroboam var konge i tjueto år, og ble lagt til hvile med sine fedre, og hans sønn Nadab ble konge etter ham.

And Jeroboam was king for twenty-two years, and was put to rest with his fathers, and Nadab his son became king in his place.

21 Rehabeam, Salomos sønn, var konge i Juda. Rehabeam var førtien år gammel da han ble konge, og han regjerte i sytten år i Jerusalem, den byen som Herren utvalgte blant alle Israels stammer for å legge sitt navn der; hans mor het Na'ama og var en ammonittisk kvinne.

And Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, was king in Judah. Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he became king, and he was king for seventeen years in Jerusalem, the town which the Lord had made his out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there; his mother's name was Naamah, an Ammonite woman.

22 Juda gjorde det som var ondt i Herrens øyne, og de vakte hans vrede mer enn deres fedre hadde gjort med sine synder.

And Judah did evil in the eyes of the Lord, and made him more angry than their fathers had done by their sins.

23 For de bygde seg høye plasser og steinpillarer og trestolper på hver høyde og under hvert grønt tre.

For they made high places and upright stones and wood pillars on every high hill and under every green tree;

24 På toppen av det hadde de menn i landet som solgte seg selv til å utføre avskyelige handlinger i avgudsdyrkelsen, som de folkene Herren hadde drevet ut for Israelittene.

And more than this, there were those in the land who were used for sex purposes in the worship of the gods, doing the same disgusting crimes as the nations which the Lord had sent out before the children of Israel.

25 I Rehabeams femte regjeringsår dro Sjisjak, Egypts konge, opp mot Jerusalem,

Now in the fifth year of King Rehoboam, Shishak, king of Egypt, came up against Jerusalem;

26 og tok med seg all rikdom i Herrens hus og kongepalasset, inkludert alle de gylne skjoldene som Salomo hadde laget.

And took away all the stored wealth from the house of the Lord, and from the king's house, and all the gold body-covers which Solomon had made.

27 I stedet lot kong Rehabeam lage skjold av bronse og overlot dem til kaptainene for vaktmennene som sto ved kongens palass.

So in their place King Rehoboam had other body-covers made of brass, and gave them into the care of the captains of the armed men who were stationed at the door of the king's house.

28 Hver gang kongen gikk opp til Herrens hus, bar vaktmennene skjoldene, og senere returnerte de dem til vaktkammeret.

And whenever the king went into the house of the Lord, the armed men went with him taking the body-covers, and then took them back to their room.

29 Resten av Rehabeams gjerninger og alt han gjorde, er de ikke skrevet i krønikene til Judas konger?

Now the rest of the acts of Rehoboam, and all he did, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Judah?

30 Det var krig mellom Rehabeam og Jeroboam så lenge de levde.

And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all their days.

31 Rehabeam ble lagt til hvile med sine fedre i Davids by; hans mor het Na'ama og var en ammonittisk kvinne. Hans sønn Abiam ble konge etter ham.

And Rehoboam went to rest with his fathers, and was put into the earth with his fathers in the town of David; his mother's name was Naamah, an Ammonite woman. And Abijam his son became king in his place.