2 Chronicles 10

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

1 罗波安前往示剑，因为以色列人都去了那里要立他为王。

2 When Jeroboam son of Nebat heard about this, he returned from Egypt, where he had fled from King Solomon.

2 尼八的儿子耶罗波安曾为了躲避所罗门王而逃往埃及，并一直住在那里。他听到消息便从埃及返回以色列。

3 So they sent for Jeroboam, and he and all Israel came to Rehoboam and said,

3 以色列人派人去请他，他就和以色列众人去见罗波安，说：

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 “你父亲使我们负担沉重，求你减轻我们的劳役和负担吧，我们一定服侍你。”

5 Rehoboam answered, “Come back to me in three days.” So the people departed.

5 罗波安对他们说：“你们三天之后再来见我。”众人就离开了。

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 罗波安王去征询曾服侍他父亲所罗门的老臣的意见，说：“你们认为我该怎样回复这些民众？”

7 They replied, “If you will be kind to these people and please them by speaking kind words to them, they will be your servants forever.”

7 他们回禀说：“王若善待这些百姓，使他们喜悦，对他们好言相待，他们会永远做王的仆人。”

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 罗波安却没有采纳老臣的意见。他又去征询那些和他一起长大的青年臣僚的意见，

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 说：“民众求我减轻我父亲加给他们的重担。你们认为我该怎样回复他们？”

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 他们说：“民众说你父亲使他们负担沉重，请求你减轻他们的负担。你可以这样回复他们，‘我的小指头比我父亲的腰还粗。

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 我父亲使你们负重担，我要使你们负更重的担子；我父亲用鞭子打你们，我要用刺鞭打你们。’”

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 过了三天，耶罗波安和民众遵照罗波安王的话来见他。

13 And the king answered them harshly. King Rehoboam rejected the advice of the elders

13–14 罗波安王没有采纳老臣的建议，而是照青年臣僚的建议，疾言厉色地对他们说：“我父亲使你们负重担，我要使你们负更重的担子！我父亲用鞭子打你们，我要用刺鞭打你们！”

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.”

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

15 王不听民众的请求。这件事出于上帝，为要应验耶和华借示罗人亚希雅先知对尼八的儿子耶罗波安说的话。

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 all the Israelites went home,

16 以色列人见王不听他们的请求，就说： “我们与大卫有何相干？ 我们与耶西的儿子没有关系！ 以色列人啊，各自回家吧！ 大卫家啊，自己顾自己吧！” 于是，以色列人各自回家了。

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

17 但住在犹大城邑的以色列人仍受罗波安统治。

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

18 罗波安王派劳役总管哈多兰去以色列人那里，以色列人却用石头打死了他，罗波安王连忙上车逃回耶路撒冷。

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

19 从此，以色列人反叛大卫家，直到今天。