Mek-tu Chronicles
12 Stretawe bihaen Rehoboam strongim rul blo hem and hem kamap strong,+ hem lusim Law blo Jehovah,+ and evriwan lo Israel tu duim sem samting. 2 Lo mek-faev year lo rul blo King Rehoboam, King Shishak+ blo Egypt kam faet againstim Jerusalem, bikos olketa no faithful lo Jehovah. 3 Hem lusim Egypt and kam witim 1,200 chariot, 60,000 man wea raedem horse, and staka soldia from Libya, Sukkiim, and Ethiopia.+ 4 Hem tekovarem olketa strongfala taon lo Judah, and gogo hem kasem Jerusalem.
5 Profet Shemaiah+ kam lo Rehoboam and lo olketa leader blo Judah wea hipap lo Jerusalem bikos lo Shishak, and hem sei lo olketa: “Diswan nao wanem Jehovah talem, ‘From iufala lusim mi, so mi tu mi letem iufala+ lo hand blo Shishak.’” 6 Then olketa leader lo Israel and king, mekem olketa seleva for hambol+ and sei: “Jehovah hem raeteous.” 7 Taem Jehovah lukim olketa hambol, Jehovah talem toktok blo hem lo Shemaiah and sei: “From olketa mekem olketa seleva for hambol, bae mi no finisim olketa,+ bat klosap bae mi sevem olketa. Mi bae no letem Shishak for distroem Jerusalem. 8 Bat olketa bae kamap olketa wakaman blo hem, mekem olketa bae luksavve dat for olketa waka for mi, hem barava difren from wei for waka for olketa king* blo olketa nara kantri.”
9 So King Shishak blo Egypt hem kam faet againstim Jerusalem. Hem tekem olketa riches lo haos blo Jehovah+ and olketa riches lo haos* blo king. Hem tekem evriting, and hem tekem tu olketa shield wea Solomon wakem lo gold.+ 10 For changem olketa shield hia, King Rehoboam wakem olketa shield lo copper, and hem markem olketa leader blo olketa gard* wea gaedem gate front lo haos blo king for lukaftarem. 11 Enitaem wea king kam lo haos blo Jehovah, olketa gard hia savve kam insaed and tekem olketa shield hia, and then olketa savve tekem go bak lo rum blo olketa gard. 12 Bikos king mekem hemseleva for hambol, Jehovah no kros moa lo hem,+ and hem no barava spoelem olketa.+ And tu, hem lukim samfala gud samting lo Judah.+
13 King Rehoboam strongim paoa blo hem lo Jerusalem and gohed for rul. Rehoboam hem 41 years old taem hem kamap king, and hem rul for 17 years lo Jerusalem, taon wea Jehovah chusim from olketa tribe blo Israel, for hem putim nem blo hem for stap lo hem. Nem blo mami blo king hem Naamah, wanfala woman lo Ammon.+ 14 Bat Rehoboam duim samting wea nogud, bikos hem no disaed strong lo heart blo hem for luk lo Jehovah for leadim hem.+
15 Olketa samting abaotem Rehoboam, from start go kasem end, olketa raetem daon witim olketa toktok blo Shemaiah+ datfala profet, and blo Iddo+ man for lukim vision, insaed lo famili tree blo olketa. And lo taem blo Rehoboam and Jeroboam,+ tufala faet againstim each other olowe. 16 Then Rehoboam hem rest witim olketa grandadi blo hem, and olketa berem hem lo Taon blo David.+ And son blo hem Abijah+ kamap king for changem hem.