2 Chronicles 10

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 الإِسْرَائِيلِيِّينَ لِيُنَصِّبُوهُ مَلِكاً.

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

2 فَعِنْدَمَا سَمِعَ يَرُبْعَامُ بْنُ نَبَاطَ وَهُوَ فِي مِصْرَ، الَّتِي لَجَأَ إِلَيْهَا هَرَباً مِنْ سُلَيْمَانَ الْمَلِكِ، رَجَعَ مِنْهَا.

3 So they sent for Jeroboam, and he and all 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 «إِنَّ أَبَاكَ قَدْ أَثْقَلَ النِّيرَ عَلَيْنَا، فَخَفِّفْ أَنْتَ الآنَ مِنْ عِبْءِ عُبُودِيَّةِ أَبِيكَ وَثِقَلِ نِيرِهِ الَّذِي وَضَعَهُ عَلَيْنَا فَنَخْدُمَكَ».

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

5 فَأَجَابَهُمْ: «ارْجِعُوا إِلَيَّ بَعْدَ ثَلاثَةِ أَيَّامٍ». فَانْصَرَفُوا.

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 وَاسْتَشَارَ رَحُبْعَامُ الشُّيُوخَ الَّذِينَ كَانُوا فِي خِدْمَةِ أَبِيهِ سُلَيْمَانَ قَائِلاً: «بِمَاذَا تُشِيرُونَ عَلَيَّ لأَرُدَّ جَوَاباً عَلَى هَذَا الشَّعْبِ؟»

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 فَأَجَابُوهُ: «إِنْ تَرَأَّفْتَ عَلَى هَذَا الشَّعْبِ وَرَاعَيْتَهُ وَأَحْسَنْتَ مُخَاطَبَتَهُ، يُصْبِحُ لَكَ عَبْداً 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 أَهْمَلَ مَشُورَةَ الشُّيُوخِ، وَتَدَاوَلَ مَعَ الشَّبَابِ 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 وَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «بِمَاذَا تُشِيرُونَ أَنْتُمْ، فَنَرُدَّ جَوَاباً عَلَى هَذَا الشَّعْبِ الَّذِي طَالَبَنِي أَنْ أُخَفِّفَ مِنَ النِّيرِ الَّذِي أَثْقَلَ بِهِ أَبِي كَاهِلَهُمْ؟»

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: «هَذَا مَا تَقُولُهُ لَهُمْ: إِنَّ خِنْصَرِي أَغْلَظُ مِنْ وَسْطِ 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 أَزيِدُ عَلَيْهِ. 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 قَالَ لَهُمُ الْمَلِكُ.

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

13 فَأَجَابَهُمْ بِقَسْوَةٍ لأَنَّهُ تَجَاهَلَ مَشُورَةَ الشُّيُوخِ، الَّتِي أَسْدَوْهَا إِلَيْهِ.

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 بِهِ الشَّبَابُ قَائِلاً: «أَبِي ثَقَّلَ عَلَيْكُمُ النِّيرَ وَأَنَا أَزِيدُ عَلَيْهِ. أَبِي أَدَّبَكُمْ بِالسِّيَاطِ، وَأَنَا أُؤَدِّبُكُمْ بِالْعَقَارِبِ».

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 وَرَفَضَ الْمَلِكُ الاسْتِجَابَةَ لِمَطَالِبِ الشَّعْبِ، وَكَانَ السَّبَبُ مِنَ الرَّبِّ لِيَتِمَّ 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 all the Israelites went home,

16 فَلَمَّا رَأَى كُلُّ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ أَنَّ الْمَلِكَ لَمْ يَسْتَجِبْ لِمَطَالِبِهِمْ، قَالُوا: «أَيُّ نَصِيبٍ لَنَا فِي دَاوُدَ، وَأَيُّ حَظٍّ لَنَا فِي ابْنِ يَسَّى؟ فَلْيَمْضِ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ إِلَى بَيْتِهِ يَا إِسْرَائِيلُ، وَاعْتَنِ الآنَ بِبَيْتِكَ يَا دَاوُدُ». وَانْصَرَفَ الإِسْرَائِيلِيُّونَ عَنْهُ إِلَى مَنَازِلِهِمْ.

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

17 أَمَّا بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ الْمُقِيمُونَ فِي مُدُنِ سِبْطِ يَهُوذَا فَمَلَكَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَحُبْعَامُ.

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 وَعِنْدَمَا أَرْسَلَ الْمَلِكُ رَحُبْعَامُ هَدُورَامَ 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 الإِسْرَائِيلِيُّونَ عَلَى حُكْمِ ذُرِّيَّةِ دَاوُدَ إِلَى هَذَا الْيَوْمِ.