1 Kings 12

1 Then Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had gone there to make him king.

1 وَذَهَبَ رَحُبْعَامُ إِلَى شَكِيمَ، فَتَوَافَدَ إِلَى هُنَاكَ جَمِيعُ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ لِيُنَصِّبُوهُ مَلِكاً.

2 When Jeroboam son of Nebat heard about this, he was still in Egypt where he had fled from King Solomon and had been living ever since.

2 وَعِنْدَمَا سَمِعَ يَرُبْعَامُ بْنُ نَبَاطَ وَهُوَ فِي مِصْرَ، الَّتِي لَجَأَ إِلَيْهَا وَمَكَثَ فِيهَا هَرَباً مِنْ سُلَيْمَانَ، رَجَعَ مِنْهَا،

3 So they sent for Jeroboam, and he and the whole assembly of Israel came to Rehoboam and said,

3 فَأَرْسَلُوا يَسْتَدْعُونَهُ. فَجَاءَ يَرُبْعَامُ وَكُلُّ جَمَاعَةِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَقَالُوا لِرَحُبْعَامَ:

4 “Your father put a heavy yoke on us. But now you must lighten the burden of your father’s service and the heavy yoke he put on us, and we will serve you.”

4 «إنَّ أَبَاكَ أَثْقَلَ النِّيرَ عَلَيْنَا، فَخَفِّفْ أَنْتَ الآنَ مِنْ عِبْئِنَا الْمُرْهِقِ، وَمِنْ ثِقْلِ النِّيرِ الَّذِي وَضَعَهُ أَبُوكَ عَلَى كَاهِلِنَا، فَنَخْدُمَكَ».

5 Rehoboam answered, “Go away for three days and then return to me.” So the people departed.

5 فَأَجَابَهُمْ: «اذْهَبُوا الآنَ ثُمَّ ارْجِعُوا إِلَيَّ بَعْدَ ثَلاثَةِ أَيَّامٍ». فَانْصَرَفَ الشَّعْبُ.

6 Then King Rehoboam consulted with the elders who had served his father Solomon during his lifetime. “How do you advise me to respond to these people?” he asked.

6 فَسَأَلَ رَحُبْعَامُ الشُّيُوخَ الَّذِينَ كَانُوا فِي خِدْمَةِ أَبِيهِ سُلَيْمَانَ: «بِمَاذَا تُشِيرُونَ أَنْ أَرُدَّ جَوَاباً إِلَى هَذَا الشَّعْبِ؟»

7 They replied, “If you will be a servant to these people and serve them this day, and if you will respond by speaking kind words to them, they will be your servants forever.”

7 فَأَجَابُوهُ: «إِنْ صِرْتَ خَادِماً لِهَذَا الشَّعْبِ، وَرَاعَيْتَهُمْ، وَتَجَاوَبْتَ مَعَهُمْ، وَأَحْسَنْتَ مُخَاطَبَتَهُمْ، يُصْبِحُونَ لَكَ عَبِيداً كُلَّ الأَيَّامِ».

8 But Rehoboam rejected the advice of the elders; instead, he consulted the young men who had grown up with him and served him.

8 وَلَكِنَّهُ لَمْ يَتْبَعْ مَشُورَةَ الشُّيُوخِ، بَلْ تَدَاوَلَ مَعَ الأَحْدَاثِ الَّذِينَ نَشَأُوا مَعَهُ، وَكَانُوا مِنْ جُمْلَةِ حَاشِيَتِهِ،

9 He asked them, “What message do you advise that we send back to these people who have spoken to me, saying, ‘Lighten the yoke your father put on us’?”

9 وَسَأَلَهُمْ: «بِمَ تُشِيرُونَ أَنْتُمْ فَنَرُدَّ جَوَاباً إِلَى هَذَا الشَّعْبِ الَّذِي طَالَبَنِي قَائِلاً: خَفِّفْ مِنَ النِّيرِ الَّذِي أَثْقَلَ بِهِ أَبُوكَ كَاهِلَنَا».

10 The young men who had grown up with him replied, “This is how you should answer these people who said to you, ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, but you must make it lighter.’ This is what you should tell them: ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s waist!

10 فَأَجَابُوهُ: «تَقُولُ لِهَذَا الشَّعْبِ الَّذِي طَالَبَكَ بِتَخْفِيفِ نِيرِ أَبِيكَ عَنْهُمْ: إِنَّ خِنْصَرِي أَغْلَظُ مِنْ خَاصِرَةِ أَبِي.

11 Whereas my father burdened you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke. Whereas my father scourged you with whips, I will scourge you with scorpions.’”

11 أَبِي أَثْقَلَ عَلَيْكُمُ النِّيرَ وَأَنَا أُضَاعِفُهُ. أَبِي أَدَّبَكُمْ بِالسِّيَاطِ وَأَنَا أُؤَدِّبُكُمْ بِالْعَقَارِبِ».

12 After three days, Jeroboam and all the people returned to Rehoboam, since the king had said, “Come back to me on the third day.”

12 وَفِي الْيَوْمِ الثَّالِثِ مَثَلَ يَرُبْعَامُ وَسَائِرُ الشَّعْبِ أَمَامَ رَحُبْعَامَ، كَمَا طَلَبَ إِلَيْهِمِ الْمَلِكُ.

13 And the king answered the people harshly. He rejected the advice of the elders

13 وَتَلَقَّوْا رَدَّهُ الْقَاسِي الَّذِي تَجَاهَلَ فِيهِ مَشُورَةَ الشُّيُوخِ،

14 and spoke to them as the young men had advised, saying, “Whereas my father made your yoke heavy, I will add to your yoke. Whereas my father scourged you with whips, I will scourge you with scorpions.”

14 وَخَاطَبَهُمْ بِمَا أَشَارَ عَلَيْهِ الأَحْدَاثُ قَائِلاً: «أَبِي أَثْقَلَ عَلَيْكُمُ النِّيرَ وَأَنَا أُضَاعِفُهُ. أَبِي أَدَّبَكُمْ بِالسِّيَاطِ، وَأَنَا أُؤَدِّبُكُمْ بِالْعَقَارِبِ».

15 So the king did not listen to the people, and indeed this turn of events was from the LORD, to fulfill the word He had spoken to Jeroboam son of Nebat through Ahijah the Shilonite.

15 وَرَفَضَ رَحُبْعَامُ الاسْتِجَابَةَ لِمَطَالِبِ الشَّعْبِ، وَكَانَ ذَلِكَ مِنَ الرَّبِّ لِيُنَفِّذَ مَا تَكَلَّمَ بِهِ عَلَى لِسَانِ أَخِيَّا الشِّيلُونِيِّ بِشَأْنِ يَرُبْعَامَ بْنِ نَبَاطَ.

16 When all Israel saw that the king had refused to listen to them, they answered the king: “What portion do we have in David, and what inheritance in the son of Jesse? To your tents, O Israel! Look now to your own house, O David!” So the Israelites went home,

16 فَلَمَّا رَأَى كُلُّ بَنِي إِسْرَائيِلَ أَنَّ الْمَلِكَ لَمْ يَسْتَجِبْ لِمَطَالِبِهِمْ، أَجَابُوهُ: «أَيُّ نَصِيبٍ لَنَا فِي دَاوُدَ، وَأَيُّ حَظٍّ لَنَا بِابْنِ يَسَّى؟ فَإِلَى بُيُوتِكَ يَا إِسْرَائِيلُ. وَلْيَمْلِكْ رَحُبْعَامُ عَلَى أَهْلِهِ وَعَشِيرَتِهِ». وَانْصَرَفَ الإِسْرَائِيلِيُّونَ عَنْهُ إِلَى مَنَازِلِهِمْ.

17 but Rehoboam still reigned over the Israelites living in the cities of Judah.

17 وَلَمْ يَبْقَ تَحْتَ حُكْمِهِ سِوَى أَبْنَاءِ إِسْرَائِيلَ الْمُقِيمِينَ فِي مُدُنِ يَهُوذَا، فَمَلَكَ رَحُبْعَامُ عَلَيْهِمْ.

18 Then King Rehoboam sent out Adoram, who was in charge of the forced labor, but all Israel stoned him to death. And King Rehoboam mounted his chariot in haste and escaped to Jerusalem.

18 وَعِنْدَمَا أَرْسَلَ الْمَلِكُ رَحُبْعَامُ أَدُورَامَ الْمُوَكَّلَ عَلَى أَعْمَالِ التَّسْخِيرِ إِلَى أَسْبَاطِ إِسْرَائِيلَ رَجَمُوهُ بِالْحِجَارَةِ فَمَاتَ، فَبَادَرَ الْمَلِكُ رَحُبْعَامُ وَاسْتَقَلَّ مَرْكَبَتَهُ هَارِباً إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ.

19 So to this day Israel has been in rebellion against the house of David.

19 وَهَكَذَا تَمَرَّدَ إِسْرَائِيلُ عَلَى ذُرِيَّةِ دَاوُدَ إِلَى هَذَا الْيَوْمِ.

20 When all Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned, they summoned him to the assembly and made him king over all Israel. Only the tribe of Judah followed the house of David.

20 وَعِنْدَمَا عَلِمَ جَمِيعُ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ بِرُجُوعِ يَرُبْعَامَ مِنْ مِصْرَ، اسْتَدْعَوْهُ لِلْمُثُولِ أَمَامَ جَمَاعَةِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَنَصَّبُوهُ مَلِكاً عَلَيْهِمْ، وَلَمْ يَبْقَ تَحْتَ حُكْمِ رَحُبْعَامَ سِوَى سِبْطِ يَهُوذَا.

21 And when Rehoboam arrived in Jerusalem, he mobilized the whole house of Judah and the tribe of Benjamin—180,000 chosen warriors—to fight against the house of Israel and restore the kingdom to Rehoboam son of Solomon.

21 وَحِينَ وَصَلَ رَحُبْعَامُ أُورُشَلِيمَ حَشَدَ جَيْشاً مِنْ سِبْطَيْ يَهُوذَا وَبَنْيَامِينَ، بَلَغَ عَدَدُهُ مِئَةً وَثَمَانِينَ أَلْفاً مِنْ نُخْبَةِ الْمُقَاتِلِينَ، لِيُحَارِبَ بَنِي إِسْرَائيِلَ وَيَرُدَّهُمْ إِلَى مُلْكِهِ.

22 But the word of God came to Shemaiah the man of God:

22 وَلَكِنَّ اللهَ خَاطَبَ شِمْعِيَا النَّبِيَّ:

23 “Tell Rehoboam son of Solomon king of Judah, all the house of Judah and Benjamin, and the rest of the people

23 «قُلْ لِرَحُبْعَامَ بنِ سُلْيمَانَ وَسائِرِ شَعْبِ يَهُوذَا وَبَنْيَامِينَ

24 that this is what the LORD says: ‘You are not to go up and fight against your brothers, the Israelites. Each of you must return home, for this is My doing.’” So they listened to the word of the LORD and turned back according to the word of the LORD.

24 هَذَا مَا يَأْمُرُ بِهِ الرَّبُّ: لَا تَذْهَبُوا لِمُحَارَبَةِ إخْوَتِكُمْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ. لِيَرْجِعْ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْكُمْ إِلَى مَنْزِلِهِ، لأَنَّ مِنْ عِنْدِي قَدْ صَدَرَ الأَمْرُ بِتَمْزِيقِ الْمَمْلَكَةِ». فَاسْتَجَابُوا لأَمْرِ الرَّبِّ، وَأَذْعَنُوا لَهُ.

25 Then Jeroboam built Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim and lived there. And from there he went out and built Penuel.

25 وَحَصَّنَ يَرُبْعَامُ مَدِينَةَ شَكِيمَ فِي جَبَلِ أَفْرَايِمَ وَأَقَامَ فِيهَا؛ ثُمَّ انْطَلَقَ مِنْ هُنَاكَ وَبَنِى مَدِينَةَ فَنُوئِيلَ.

26 Jeroboam said in his heart, “Now the kingdom might revert to the house of David.

26 وَحَدَّثَ يَرُبْعَامُ نَفْسَهُ قَائِلاً: «مِنَ الْمُرَجَّحِ أَنْ تَرْجِعَ الْمَمْلَكَةُ إِلَى بَيْتِ دَاوُدَ،

27 If these people go up to offer sacrifices in the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, their hearts will return to their lord, Rehoboam king of Judah; then they will kill me and return to Rehoboam king of Judah.”

27 وَلاسِيَّمَا إِنْ صَعِدَ الشَّعْبُ لِيُقَرِّبُوا ذَبَائِحَ فِي هَيْكَلِ الرَّبِّ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ، فَيَمِيلُ قَلْبُهُمْ نَحْوَ سَيِّدِهِمْ رَحُبْعَامَ مَلِكِ يَهُوذَا وَيَقْتُلُونَنِي، ثُمَّ يَلْتَفُّونَ حَوْلَهُ».

28 After seeking advice, the king made two golden calves and said to the people, “Going up to Jerusalem is too much for you. Here, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.”

28 وَبَعْدَ الْمُشَاوَرَةِ سَبَكَ الْمَلِكُ عِجْلَيْ ذَهَبٍ، وَقَالَ لِلشَّعْبِ: «إِنَّ الذَّهَابَ إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ لِلْعِبَادَةِ يُعَرِّضُكُمْ لِمَشَقَّةٍ عَظِيمَةٍ، فَهَا هِيَ آلِهَتُكَ يَا إِسْرَائِيلُ الَّتِي أَخْرَجَتْكَ مِنْ دِيَارِ مِصْرَ».

29 One calf he set up in Bethel, and the other in Dan.

29 وَأَقَامَ وَاحِداً فِي بَيْتِ إِيلَ وَالآخَرَ فِي دَانَ.

30 And this thing became a sin; the people walked as far as Dan to worship before one of the calves.

30 فَصَارَ هَذَا الْعَمَلُ إِثْماً كَبِيراً، لأَنَّ الشَّعْبَ شَرَعَ فِي عِبَادَةِ الْعِجْلَيْنِ حَتَّى وَلَوِ اضْطُرَّ بَعْضُهُمْ لِلارْتِحَالِ إِلَى دَانٍ.

31 Jeroboam also built shrines on the high places and appointed from every class of people priests who were not Levites.

31 وَشَيَّدَ يَرُبْعَامُ مَذَابِحَ عِبَادَةٍ عَلَى التِّلالِ، كَرَّسَ لَهَا كَهَنَةً مِنْ عَامَّةِ الشَّعْبِ، لَا يَنْتَمُونَ إِلَى سِبْطِ لاوِي.

32 And Jeroboam ordained a feast on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, like the feast that was in Judah, and he offered sacrifices on the altar; he made this offering in Bethel to sacrifice to the calves he had set up, and he installed priests in Bethel for the high places he had set up.

32 وَاحْتَفَلَ يَرُبْعَامُ بِعِيدٍ فِي الْيَوْمِ الْخَامِسَ عَشَرَ مِنَ الشَّهْرِ الثَّامِنِ (تِشْرِينَ الثَّانِي – نُوفَمْبِرَ)، مِثْلَ الْعِيدِ الَّذِي يُحْتَفَلُ بِهِ فِي يَهُوذَا، وَقَدَّمَ مُحْرَقَاتٍ عَلَى الْمَذْبَحِ. وَقَرَّبَ فِي بَيْتِ إِيلَ ذَبَائِحَ لِلْعِجْلَيْنِ اللَّذَيْنِ سَبَكَهُمَا. كَمَا نَصَّبَ فِي بَيْتِ إِيلَ كَهَنَةً لِلْمُرْتَفَعَاتِ الَّتِي أَقَامَهَا.

33 On the fifteenth day of the eighth month, a month of his own choosing, Jeroboam offered sacrifices on the altar he had set up in Bethel. So he ordained a feast for the Israelites, offered sacrifices on the altar, and burned incense.

33 وَهَكَذَا أَصْعَدَ مُحْرَقَاتٍ عَلَى الْمَذْبَحِ الَّذِي بَنَاهُ فِي بَيْتِ إِيلَ فِي الْيَوْمِ الْخَامِسَ عَشَرَ مِنَ الشَّهْرِ الثَّامِنِ، الَّذِي اخْتَارَهُ بِنَفْسِهِ، وَجَعَلَهُ عِيداً يَحْتَفِلُ بِهِ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ. وَصَعِدَ هُوَ بِنَفْسِهِ إِلَى الْمَذْبَحِ لِيُوْقِدَ عَلَيْهِ.