Secondo libro delle Cronache 12

NOVA VULGATA	DOUAI-RHEIMS
1 Cumque roboratum fuisset regnum Roboam et conforta tum, dereliquit legem Domini, et omnis Israel cum eo.	1 And when the kingdom of Roboam was strengthened and fortified, he forsook the law of the Lord, and all Israel with him.
2 Anno autem quinto regni Roboam ascendit Sesac rex Aegypti in Ierusalem — quia peccaverunt Domino —	2 And in the fifth year of the reign of Roboam, Sesac king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem (because they had sinned against the Lord)
3 cum mille ducentis curribus et sexaginta milibus equitum, nec erat numerus vulgi, quod venerat cum eo ex Aegypto, Libyes scilicet et Socciitae et Aethiopes.	3 With twelve hundred chariots and threescore thousand horsemen: and the people were without number that came with him out of Egypt, to wit, Libyans, and Troglodites, and Ethiopians.
4 Cepitque civitates munitissimas in Iuda et venit usque Ierusalem.	4 And he took the strongest cities in Juda, and came to Jerusalem.
5 Semeias autem propheta ingressus est ad Roboam et principes Iudae, qui congregati fuerant in Ierusalem fugientes Sesac, dixitque ad eos: “ Haec dicit Dominus: Vos reliquistis me, et ego reliqui vos in manu Sesac ”.	5 And Semeias the prophet came to Roboam, and to the princes of Juda, that were gathered together in Jerusalem, fleeing from Sesac, and he said to them : Thus saith the Lord: You have left me, and I have left you in the hand of Sesac.
6 Humiliatique principes Israel et rex dixerunt: “ Iustus est Dominus! ”.	6 And the princes of Israel, and the king, being in a consternation, said: The Lord is just.
7 Cumque vidisset Dominus quod humiliati essent, factus est sermo Domini ad Semeiam dicens: “ Quia humiliati sunt, non disperdam eos daboque eis mox effugium, et non effundetur furor meus super Ierusalem per manum Sesac.	7 And when the Lord saw that they were humbled, the word of the Lord came to Semeias, saying: Because they are humbled, I will not destroy them, and I will give them a little help, and my wrath shall not fall upon Jerusalem by the hand of Sesac.
8 Verumtamen servient ei, ut sciant distantiam servitutis meae et servitutis regni terrarum ”.	8 But yet they shall serve him, that they may know the difference between my service, and the service of a kingdom of the earth.
9 Ascendit itaque Sesac rex Aegypti in Ierusalem, sublatis thesauris domus Domini et domus regis; omniaque secum tulit et clipeos aureos, quos fecerat Salomon.	9 So Sesac king of Egypt departed from Jerusalem, taking away the treasures of the house of the Lord, and of the king's house, and he took all with him, and the golden shields that Solomon had made,
10 Pro quibus fecit rex Roboam aeneos et tradidit illos principibus cursorum, qui custodiebant vestibulum palatii.	10 Instead of which the king made brazen ones, and delivered them to the captains of the shieldbearers, who guarded the entrance of the palace.
11 Cumque introiret rex domum Domini, veniebant cursores et tollebant eos; iterumque referebant eos ad armamentarium suum.	11 And when the king entered into the house of the Lord, the shieldbearers came and took them, and brought them back again to their armoury.
12 Verumtamen, quia humiliatus est, aversa est ab eo ira Domini, nec deletus est penitus; siquidem et in Iuda inventa sunt opera bona.	12 But yet because they were humbled, the wrath of the Lord turned away from them, and they were not utterly destroyed: for even in Juda there were found good works.
13 Confortatus est igitur rex Roboam in Ierusalem atque regnavit. Quadraginta autem et unius anni erat, cum regnare coepisset, et decem septemque annis regnavit in Ierusalem urbe, quam elegit Dominus, ut confirmaret nomen suum ibi de cunctis tribubus Israel. Nomenque matris eius Naama Ammanitis.	13 King Roboam therefore was strengthened in Jerusalem, and reigned: he was one and forty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the Lord chose out of all the tribes of Israel, to establish his name there: and the name of his mother was Naama an Ammonitess.
14 Fecit autem malum et non praeparavit cor suum, ut quaereret Dominum.	14 But he did evil, and did not prepare his heart to seek the Lord.
15 Opera vero Roboam prima et novissima scripta sunt in verbis Semeiae prophetae et Addo videntis, genealogia quoque et bella, quae erant inter Roboam et Ieroboam cunctis diebus.	15 Now the acts of Roboam first and last are written in the books of Semeias the prophet, and of Addo the seer, and diligently recorded: and there was war between Roboam and Jeroboam all their days.
16 Et dormivit Roboam cum patribus suis sepultusque est in civitate David; et regnavit Abia filius eius pro eo.	16 And Roboam slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David. And Abia his son reigned in his stead.