¹In tempore illo ægrotavit Abia filius Jeroboam.In that time Abijah, the son of Jeroboam, became ill.

¹In tempore illo ægrotavit Abia filius Jeroboam.In that time Abijah, the son of Jeroboam, became ill.

²Dixitque Jeroboam uxori suæ:And Jeroboam said to his wife:Surge,“Rise up,et commuta habitum,and change clothing,ne cognoscaris quod sis uxor Jeroboam,so that you will not be recognized to be the wife of Jeroboam.et vade in Silo,And go to Shiloh,ubi est Ahias propheta,where the prophet Ahijah is,qui locutus est mihi quod regnaturus essem super populum hunc.who said to me that I should reign over this people.

²Dixitque Jeroboam uxori suæ:And Jeroboam said to his wife:Surge,“Rise up,et commuta habitum,and change clothing,ne cognoscaris quod sis uxor Jeroboam,so that you will not be recognized to be the wife of Jeroboam.et vade in Silo,And go to Shiloh,ubi est Ahias propheta,where the prophet Ahijah is,qui locutus est mihi quod regnaturus essem super populum hunc.who said to me that I should reign over this people.

³Tolle quoque in manu tua decem panes,Also, take in your hand ten loaves,et crustulam,and dried bread,et vas mellis, et vade ad illum:and a container of honey, and go to him.ipse enim indicabit tibi quid eventurum sit puero huic.For he will reveal to you what will happen to this boy.”

³Tolle quoque in manu tua decem panes,Also, take in your hand ten loaves,et crustulam,and dried bread,et vas mellis, et vade ad illum:and a container of honey, and go to him.ipse enim indicabit tibi quid eventurum sit puero huic.For he will reveal to you what will happen to this boy.”

⁴Fecit ut dixerat,The wife of Jeroboam did just as he had said.uxor Jeroboam:And rising up,et consurgens abiit in Silo,she went away to Shiloh.et venit in domum Ahiæ:And she arrived at the house of Ahijah.at ille non poterat videre,But he was unable to see,quia caligaverant oculi ejus præ senectute.because his eyes had dimmed due to old age.

⁴Fecit ut dixerat,The wife of Jeroboam did just as he had said.uxor Jeroboam:And rising up,et consurgens abiit in Silo,she went away to Shiloh.et venit in domum Ahiæ:And she arrived at the house of Ahijah.at ille non poterat videre,But he was unable to see,quia caligaverant oculi ejus præ senectute.because his eyes had dimmed due to old age.

⁵Dixit autem Dominus ad Ahiam:Then the Lord said to Ahijah: “Behold,Ecce uxor Jeroboam ingreditur ut consulat te super filio suo qui ægrotat:the wife of Jeroboam enters, so that she may consult you over her son, who is ill.hæc et hæc loqueris ei.You shall say one thing and another to her.”Cum ergo illa intraret,Therefore, as she was entering,et dissimularet se esse quæ erat,not presenting herself to be who she was,

⁵Dixit autem Dominus ad Ahiam:Then the Lord said to Ahijah: “Behold,Ecce uxor Jeroboam ingreditur ut consulat te super filio suo qui ægrotat:the wife of Jeroboam enters, so that she may consult you over her son, who is ill.hæc et hæc loqueris ei.You shall say one thing and another to her.”Cum ergo illa intraret,Therefore, as she was entering,et dissimularet se esse quæ erat,not presenting herself to be who she was,

⁶audivit Ahias sonitum pedum ejus introëuntis per ostium,Ahijah heard the sound of her feet, entering through the door.et ait: Ingredere,And he said: “Enter,uxor Jeroboam:O wife of Jeroboam.quare aliam te esse simulas?Why do you pretend to be someone you are not?ego autem missus sum ad te durus nuntius.But I have been sent to you with harsh news.

⁶audivit Ahias sonitum pedum ejus introëuntis per ostium,Ahijah heard the sound of her feet, entering through the door.et ait: Ingredere,And he said: “Enter,uxor Jeroboam:O wife of Jeroboam.quare aliam te esse simulas?Why do you pretend to be someone you are not?ego autem missus sum ad te durus nuntius.But I have been sent to you with harsh news.

⁷Vade, et dic Jeroboam:Go, and tell Jeroboam:Hæc dicit Dominus Deus Israël:‘Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel:Quia exaltavi te de medio populi,Although I exalted you from the midst of the people,et dedi te ducem super populum meum Israël,and I granted to you to be the leader over my people Israel,

⁷Vade, et dic Jeroboam:Go, and tell Jeroboam:Hæc dicit Dominus Deus Israël:‘Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel:Quia exaltavi te de medio populi,Although I exalted you from the midst of the people,et dedi te ducem super populum meum Israël,and I granted to you to be the leader over my people Israel,

⁸et scidi regnum domus David,and I tore the kingdom away from the house of David,et dedi illud tibi,and I gave it to you,et non fuisti sicut servus meus David,yet you have not been like David, my servant,qui custodivit mandata mea,who kept my commandments,et secutus est me in toto corde suo,and who followed me with his whole heart,faciens quod placitum esset in conspectu meo:doing what was pleasing in my sight.

⁸et scidi regnum domus David,and I tore the kingdom away from the house of David,et dedi illud tibi,and I gave it to you,et non fuisti sicut servus meus David,yet you have not been like David, my servant,qui custodivit mandata mea,who kept my commandments,et secutus est me in toto corde suo,and who followed me with his whole heart,faciens quod placitum esset in conspectu meo:doing what was pleasing in my sight.

⁹sed operatus es mala super omnes qui fuerunt ante te,Instead,et fecisti tibi deos alienosyou have worked evil beyond all those who were before you.et conflatiles,And you have made for yourself strange gods and molten images,ut me ad iracundiam provocares,so that you provoke me to anger.me autem projecisti post corpus tuum:And you have cast me behind your back.

⁹sed operatus es mala super omnes qui fuerunt ante te,Instead,et fecisti tibi deos alienosyou have worked evil beyond all those who were before you.et conflatiles,And you have made for yourself strange gods and molten images,ut me ad iracundiam provocares,so that you provoke me to anger.me autem projecisti post corpus tuum:And you have cast me behind your back.

¹⁰idcirco ecce ego inducam mala super domum Jeroboam,For this reason, behold, I will lead evils over the house of Jeroboam,et percutiam de Jeroboam mingentem ad parietem,and I will strike down from Jeroboam that which urinates against a wall,et clausum, et novissimum in Israël:and that which is lame, and that which is last in Israel.et mundabo reliquias domus Jeroboam,And I will cleanse that which remains of the house of Jeroboam,sicut mundari solet fimus usque ad purum.just as dung is usually cleaned away, until there is purity.

¹⁰idcirco ecce ego inducam mala super domum Jeroboam,For this reason, behold, I will lead evils over the house of Jeroboam,et percutiam de Jeroboam mingentem ad parietem,and I will strike down from Jeroboam that which urinates against a wall,et clausum, et novissimum in Israël:and that which is lame, and that which is last in Israel.et mundabo reliquias domus Jeroboam,And I will cleanse that which remains of the house of Jeroboam,sicut mundari solet fimus usque ad purum.just as dung is usually cleaned away, until there is purity.

¹¹Qui mortui fuerint de Jeroboam in civitate,Those who will have died of Jeroboam in the city,comedent eos canes:the dogs will devour them.qui autem mortui fuerint in agro,And those who will have died in the field,vorabunt eos aves cæli:the birds of the heavens will devour them.quia Dominus locutus est.For the Lord has spoken.’

¹¹Qui mortui fuerint de Jeroboam in civitate,Those who will have died of Jeroboam in the city,comedent eos canes:the dogs will devour them.qui autem mortui fuerint in agro,And those who will have died in the field,vorabunt eos aves cæli:the birds of the heavens will devour them.quia Dominus locutus est.For the Lord has spoken.’

¹²Tu igitur surge,Therefore, you must rise up,et vade in domum tuam:and go to your house.et in ipso introitu pedum tuorum in urbem,And in the city, at the very entrance of your feet,morietur puer,the boy will die.

¹²Tu igitur surge,Therefore, you must rise up,et vade in domum tuam:and go to your house.et in ipso introitu pedum tuorum in urbem,And in the city, at the very entrance of your feet,morietur puer,the boy will die.

¹³et planget eum omnis Israël,And all of Israel will mourn him,et sepeliet:and will bury him.iste enim solus inferetur de Jeroboam in sepulchrum,For he alone of Jeroboam shall be brought into a sepulcher. For concerning him,quia inventus est super eo sermo bonus a Domino Deo Israël in domo Jeroboam.there has been found a good word from the Lord, the God of Israel, in the house of Jeroboam.

¹³et planget eum omnis Israël,And all of Israel will mourn him,et sepeliet:and will bury him.iste enim solus inferetur de Jeroboam in sepulchrum,For he alone of Jeroboam shall be brought into a sepulcher. For concerning him,quia inventus est super eo sermo bonus a Domino Deo Israël in domo Jeroboam.there has been found a good word from the Lord, the God of Israel, in the house of Jeroboam.

¹⁴Constituet autem sibi Dominus regem super Israël,But the Lord has appointed for himself a king over Israel,qui percutiet domum Jeroboam in hac die,who will strike down the house of Jeroboam,et in hoc tempore:in this day and in this time.

¹⁴Constituet autem sibi Dominus regem super Israël,But the Lord has appointed for himself a king over Israel,qui percutiet domum Jeroboam in hac die,who will strike down the house of Jeroboam,et in hoc tempore:in this day and in this time.

¹⁵et percutiet Dominus Deus Israël,And the Lord God shall strike Israel,sicut moveri solet arundo in aqua:just as a reed is usually shaken in the water.et evellet Israël de terra bona hac,And he will uproot Israel from this good land,quam dedit patribus eorum,which he gave to their fathers.et ventilabit eos trans flumen:And he will winnow them beyond the river.quia fecerunt sibi lucos,For they have made for themselves sacred groves,ut irritarent Dominum.so that they have provoked the Lord.

¹⁵et percutiet Dominus Deus Israël,And the Lord God shall strike Israel,sicut moveri solet arundo in aqua:just as a reed is usually shaken in the water.et evellet Israël de terra bona hac,And he will uproot Israel from this good land,quam dedit patribus eorum,which he gave to their fathers.et ventilabit eos trans flumen:And he will winnow them beyond the river.quia fecerunt sibi lucos,For they have made for themselves sacred groves,ut irritarent Dominum.so that they have provoked the Lord.

¹⁶Et tradet Dominus Israël propter peccata Jeroboam,And the Lord will hand over Israel,qui peccavit,because of the sins of Jeroboam,et peccare fecit Israël.who has sinned and caused Israel to sin.”

¹⁶Et tradet Dominus Israël propter peccata Jeroboam,And the Lord will hand over Israel,qui peccavit,because of the sins of Jeroboam,et peccare fecit Israël.who has sinned and caused Israel to sin.”

¹⁷Surrexit itaque uxor Jeroboam,And so, the wife of Jeroboam rose up,et abiit,and she went away.et venit in Thersa:And she arrived at Tirzah.cumque illa ingrederetur limen domus, puer mortuus est,And as she was entering the threshold of the house, the boy died.

¹⁷Surrexit itaque uxor Jeroboam,And so, the wife of Jeroboam rose up,et abiit,and she went away.et venit in Thersa:And she arrived at Tirzah.cumque illa ingrederetur limen domus, puer mortuus est,And as she was entering the threshold of the house, the boy died.

¹⁸et sepelierunt eum.And they buried him,Et planxit eum omnis Israël juxta sermonem Domini,and all of Israel mourned for him, in accord with the word of the Lord,quem locutus est in manu servi sui Ahiæ prophetæ.which he spoke by the hand of his servant Ahijah, the prophet.

¹⁸et sepelierunt eum.And they buried him,Et planxit eum omnis Israël juxta sermonem Domini,and all of Israel mourned for him, in accord with the word of the Lord,quem locutus est in manu servi sui Ahiæ prophetæ.which he spoke by the hand of his servant Ahijah, the prophet.

¹⁹Reliqua autem verborum Jeroboam,Now the rest of the words of Jeroboam,quomodo pugnaverit,the manner in which he fought,et quomodo regnaverit,and the manner in which he reigned,ecce scripta sunt in libro verborum dierum regum Israël.behold, these were written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of Israel.

¹⁹Reliqua autem verborum Jeroboam,Now the rest of the words of Jeroboam,quomodo pugnaverit,the manner in which he fought,et quomodo regnaverit,and the manner in which he reigned,ecce scripta sunt in libro verborum dierum regum Israël.behold, these were written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of Israel.

²⁰Dies autem quibus regnavit Jeroboam, viginti duo anni sunt:And the days during which Jeroboam reigned were twenty-two years.et dormivit cum patribus suis,And he slept with his fathers.regnavitque Nadab filius ejus pro eo.And Nadab, his son, reigned in his place.

²⁰Dies autem quibus regnavit Jeroboam, viginti duo anni sunt:And the days during which Jeroboam reigned were twenty-two years.et dormivit cum patribus suis,And he slept with his fathers.regnavitque Nadab filius ejus pro eo.And Nadab, his son, reigned in his place.

²¹Porro Roboam filius Salomonis regnavit in Juda.Now Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, reigned in Judah.Quadraginta et unius anni erat Roboam cum regnare cœpisset:Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he had begun to reign.decem et septem annos regnavit in Jerusalem civitate,And he reigned for seventeen years in Jerusalem,quam elegit Dominus ut poneret nomen suum ibi,the city that the Lord chose, out of all the tribes of Israel,ex omnibus tribubus Israël.so that he might place his name there.Nomen autem matris ejus Naama Ammanitis.And the name of his mother was Naamah, an Ammonite.

²¹Porro Roboam filius Salomonis regnavit in Juda.Now Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, reigned in Judah.Quadraginta et unius anni erat Roboam cum regnare cœpisset:Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he had begun to reign.decem et septem annos regnavit in Jerusalem civitate,And he reigned for seventeen years in Jerusalem,quam elegit Dominus ut poneret nomen suum ibi,the city that the Lord chose, out of all the tribes of Israel,ex omnibus tribubus Israël.so that he might place his name there.Nomen autem matris ejus Naama Ammanitis.And the name of his mother was Naamah, an Ammonite.

²²Et fecit Judas malum coram Domino,And Judah did evil in the sight of the Lord,et irritaverunt eum super omnibus quæ fecerant patres eorum in peccatis suis quæ peccaverunt.and they provoked him beyond all that their fathers had done, by their sins that they committed.

²²Et fecit Judas malum coram Domino,And Judah did evil in the sight of the Lord,et irritaverunt eum super omnibus quæ fecerant patres eorum in peccatis suis quæ peccaverunt.and they provoked him beyond all that their fathers had done, by their sins that they committed.

²³Ædificaverunt enim et ipsi sibi aras,For they, too, built for themselves altars,et statuas,and statues,et lucos super omnem collem excelsum, et subter omnem arborem frondosam:and sacred groves, upon every high hill and under every leafy tree.

²³Ædificaverunt enim et ipsi sibi aras,For they, too, built for themselves altars,et statuas,and statues,et lucos super omnem collem excelsum, et subter omnem arborem frondosam:and sacred groves, upon every high hill and under every leafy tree.

²⁴sedMoreover,et effeminati fuerunt in terra,the effeminate were in the land,feceruntque omnes abominationes gentium quas attrivit Dominus ante faciem filiorum Israël.and they committed all the abominations of the peoples that the Lord had destroyed before the face of the sons of Israel.

²⁴sedMoreover,et effeminati fuerunt in terra,the effeminate were in the land,feceruntque omnes abominationes gentium quas attrivit Dominus ante faciem filiorum Israël.and they committed all the abominations of the peoples that the Lord had destroyed before the face of the sons of Israel.

²⁵In quinto autem anno regni Roboam,Then, in the fifth year of the reign of Rehoboam,ascendit Sesac rex Ægypti in Jerusalem,Shishak, the king of Egypt, ascended against Jerusalem.

²⁵In quinto autem anno regni Roboam,Then, in the fifth year of the reign of Rehoboam,ascendit Sesac rex Ægypti in Jerusalem,Shishak, the king of Egypt, ascended against Jerusalem.

²⁶et tulit thesauros domus Domini,And he took away the treasures of the house of the Lord,et thesauros regios,and the royal treasures,et universa diripuit:and he plundered everything,scuta quoque aurea, quæ fecerat Salomon:including the shields of gold that Solomon had made.

²⁶et tulit thesauros domus Domini,And he took away the treasures of the house of the Lord,et thesauros regios,and the royal treasures,et universa diripuit:and he plundered everything,scuta quoque aurea, quæ fecerat Salomon:including the shields of gold that Solomon had made.

²⁷pro quibus fecit rex Roboam scuta ærea,In place of these, king Rehoboam made shields of brass,et tradidit ea in manum ducum scutariorum,and he delivered them into the hand of the commanders of the shield bearers,et eorum qui excubabant ante ostium domus regis.and of those who were keeping the night watch before the gate of the king’s house.

²⁷pro quibus fecit rex Roboam scuta ærea,In place of these, king Rehoboam made shields of brass,et tradidit ea in manum ducum scutariorum,and he delivered them into the hand of the commanders of the shield bearers,et eorum qui excubabant ante ostium domus regis.and of those who were keeping the night watch before the gate of the king’s house.

²⁸Cumque ingrederetur rex in domum Domini,And when the king entered into the house of the Lord,portabant ea qui præeundi habebant officium:these were carried by those who held the office to go before him.et postea reportabant ad armamentarium scutariorum.And afterward, they carried them back to the armory of the shield bearers.

²⁸Cumque ingrederetur rex in domum Domini,And when the king entered into the house of the Lord,portabant ea qui præeundi habebant officium:these were carried by those who held the office to go before him.et postea reportabant ad armamentarium scutariorum.And afterward, they carried them back to the armory of the shield bearers.

²⁹Reliqua autem sermonum Roboam,Now the rest of the words of Rehoboam,et omnia quæ fecit,and all that he did, behold,ecce scripta sunt in libro sermonum dierum regum Juda.these were written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of Judah.

²⁹Reliqua autem sermonum Roboam,Now the rest of the words of Rehoboam,et omnia quæ fecit,and all that he did, behold,ecce scripta sunt in libro sermonum dierum regum Juda.these were written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of Judah.

³⁰Fuitque bellum inter RoboamAnd there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam,et Jeroboam cunctis diebus.during all the days.

³⁰Fuitque bellum inter RoboamAnd there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam,et Jeroboam cunctis diebus.during all the days.

³¹Dormivitque Roboam cum patribus suis,And Rehoboam slept with his fathers,et sepultus est cum eis in civitate David:and he was buried with them in the city of David.nomen autem matris ejus Naama Ammanitis:And his mother’s name was Naamah, an Ammonite.et regnavit Abiam filius ejus pro eo.And his son Abijam reigned in his place.

³¹Dormivitque Roboam cum patribus suis,And Rehoboam slept with his fathers,et sepultus est cum eis in civitate David:and he was buried with them in the city of David.nomen autem matris ejus Naama Ammanitis:And his mother’s name was Naamah, an Ammonite.et regnavit Abiam filius ejus pro eo.And his son Abijam reigned in his place.