1 A nd Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had gone to Shechem to make him king.

وَذَهَبَ رَحُبْعامُ إلَى مَدِينَةِ شَكِيمَ لأنَّ جَميعَ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ ذَهَبُوا إلَى هُناكَ لِكَي يُبايِعُوهُ مَلِكاً.

2 S o it happened, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat heard it (he was still in Egypt, for he had fled from the presence of King Solomon and had been dwelling in Egypt ),

وَسَمعَ يَرُبْعامُ أنَّ رَحُبْعامَ سَيَكُونُ المَلكَ الجَدِيدَ. وَكانَ يَرُبْعامُ بنُ نَباطَ فِي مصْرَ لِأنَّهُ فَرَّ مِنْ وَجهِ المَلِكِ سُلَيْمانَ، وَأقامَ فِي مِصرَ.

3 t hat they sent and called him. Then Jeroboam and the whole assembly of Israel came and spoke to Rehoboam, saying,

فَاستَدعُوهُ فَرَجِعَ منْ مصْرَ، وَذَهَبَ هُوَ وَكُلُّ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ إلَى رَحُبْعامَ. وَقالُوا لَهُ:

4 “ Your father made our yoke heavy; now therefore, lighten the burdensome service of your father, and his heavy yoke which he put on us, and we will serve you.”

«لَقَدْ صَعَّبَ أبُوكَ حَياتَنا. فَكانَ ذَلِكَ عِبئاً ثَقيلاً عَلَينا. وَالآنَ خَفِّفْ حِملَنا فَنَخْدِمَكَ.»

5 S o he said to them, “Depart for three days, then come back to me.” And the people departed.

فَقالَ لَهُمْ رَحُبْعامُ: «اذهَبُوا وَعُودُوا إلَيَّ بَعدَ ثَلاثَةِ أيّامٍ.» فَانصَرَفَ الشَّعبُ.

6 T hen King Rehoboam consulted the elders who stood before his father Solomon while he still lived, and he said, “How do you advise me to answer these people?”

فَاسْتَشارَ المَلِكُ رَحُبْعامُ بَعضَ الشُّيُوخِ الَّذِينَ عَمِلُوا مُسْتَشارِينَ لِأبِيهِ سُلَيْمانَ فِي حَياتِهِ وَسَألَهُمْ: «بِماذا أرُدُّ عَلَى الشَّعبٍ؟»

7 A nd they spoke to him, saying, “If you will be a servant to these people today, and serve them, and answer them, and speak good words to them, then they will be your servants forever.”

فَقالَ الشُّيُوخُ لرَحُبْعامَ: «إذا خَدَمْتَ هَذا الشَّعبِ وَاستَجَبْتَ لَهُمْ وَأرْضَيتَهُمْ بِكَلامٍ حَسَنٍ، حِينَئِذٍ، سَيَخدمُونَكَ وَيَكُونُونَ طَوْعَ أمْرِكَ إلَى الأبَدِ.»

8 B ut he rejected the advice which the elders had given him, and consulted the young men who had grown up with him, who stood before him.

لَكِنَّ رَحُبْعامَ لَمْ يَستَمِعْ إلَى نَصيحَتِهِمْ. فَسَألَ شُبّاناً صِغاراً نَشَأُوا مَعَهُ وَجَعَلَهُمْ مُسْتَشارِيهِ.

9 A nd he said to them, “What advice do you give? How should we answer this people who have spoken to me, saying, ‘Lighten the yoke which your father put on us’?”

قالَ لَهُمْ رَحُبْعامُ: «قالَ الشَّعبُ لِي: ‹خَفِّفِ الحِملَ الَّذِي وَضَعَهُ أبُوكَ عَلَى أكتافِنا›. فَبِماذا أرُدُّ عَلَيهِمْ؟»

10 T hen the young men who had grown up with him spoke to him, saying, “Thus you should speak to this people who have spoken to you, saying, ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, but you make it lighter on us’—thus you shall say to them: ‘My little finger shall be thicker than my father’s waist!

فَقالَ لَهُ أصحابُهُ الشُّبّانُ الَّذِينَ نَشَأُوا مَعَهُ: «قالَ لَكَ هَؤُلاءِ النّاسُ: ‹فَرَضَ عَلَينا أبُوكَ أشغالاً شاقَّةً. فَالآنَ خَفِّفِ الحِملَ عَنّا.› فَقُلْ لَهُمْ: ‹خِنْصَرِي أغلَظُ مِنْ جِسْمِ أبِي!

11 A nd now, whereas my father put a heavy yoke on you, I will add to your yoke; my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scourges!’”

فَرَضَ أبِي عَلَيكُمْ حِملاً ثَقِيلاً، أمّا أنا فَسَأزِيدُ عَلَيهِ. أدَّبَكُمْ أبِي بِسِياطٍ مِنْ جِلدٍ، أمّا أنا فَسأؤدِّبُكُمْ بِسِياطٍ ذاتِ أطرافٍ حَدِيديَّةٍ!›»

12 S o Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king had directed, saying, “Come back to me the third day.”

وَبَعدَ ثَلاثَةِ أيّامٍ، رَجعَ يَرُبْعامُ وَكُلُّ الشَّعبِ إلَى رَحُبْعامَ إذْ قالَ لَهُمْ: «عُودُوا إلَيَّ بَعْدَ ثَلاثَةِ أيّامٍ.»

13 T hen the king answered the people roughly, and rejected the advice which the elders had given him;

فَتَكَلَّمَ إلَيْهِمْ بِطَرِيقَةٍ قاسِيَةٍ، تارِكاً نَصِيحَةَ الشُّيُوخِ.

14 a nd he spoke to them according to the advice of the young men, saying, “My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to your yoke; my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scourges!”

فَقالَ لَهُمْ ما نَصَحَهُ الشُّبّانُ بِهِ: «فَرَضَ أبِي عَلَيكُمْ حِملاً ثَقِيلاً، أمّا أنا فَسَأزِيدُ عَلَيهِ. أدَّبَكُمْ أبِي بِسِياطٍ مِنْ جِلدٍ، أمّا أنا فَسأؤدِّبُكُمْ بِسِياطٍ ذاتِ أطرافٍ حَدِيديَّةٍ!»

15 S o the king did not listen to the people; for the turn of events was from the Lord, that He might fulfill His word, which the Lord had spoken by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.

فَلَمْ يَسْتَجِبِ المَلِكُ لِطَلَبِ الشَّعبِ. وَقَدْ تَسَبَّبَ اللهُ فِي حُدُوثِ هَذا الأمْرِ لِكَي يُؤكِّدَ اللهُ الكَلامَ الَّذِي قالَهُ لِيَرُبْعامَ بْنِ نَباطَ عَلَى فَمِ النَّبِيِّ أخِيّا الشِّيلُونِيِّ.

16 N ow when all Israel saw that the king did not listen to them, the people answered the king, saying: “What share have we in David? We have no inheritance in the son of Jesse. To your tents, O Israel! Now, see to your own house, O David!” So Israel departed to their tents.

وَرَأى كُلُّ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ أنَّ المَلِكَ الجَدِيدَ لَمْ يَسْتَمِعْ إلَيْهِمْ. فَقالُوا لِلمَلِكِ: «ما لَنا وَلِعائِلَةِ داوُدَ؟ ألَنا أيُّ مِيراثٍ فِي أرْضِ يَسَّى؟ فَلْنَذْهَبْ، نَحنُ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ، كُلُّ واحِدٍ إلَى بَيتِهِ. وَلْنَدَعِ ابْنَ داوُدَ يَحْكُمْ جَماعَتَهُ!» فَذَهَبَ بَنُو إسْرائِيلَ إلَى بُيُوتِهِمْ.

17 B ut Rehoboam reigned over the children of Israel who dwelt in the cities of Judah.

فَلَمْ يَعُدْ رَحُبْعامُ يَحْكُمُ إلّا بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ السّاكِنِينَ فِي مُدُنِ يَهُوذا.

18 T hen King Rehoboam sent Adoram, who was in charge of the revenue; but all Israel stoned him with stones, and he died. Therefore King Rehoboam mounted his chariot in haste to flee to Jerusalem.

وَكانَ أدُورامُ أحَدَ المُشرِفِينَ عَلَى العُمّالِ. فَأرْسَلَهُ رَحُبْعامُ لِيَتَحَدَّثَ إلَى الشَّعبِ. لَكِنَّهُمْ رَجَمُوهُ حَتَّى المَوتِ. فَأسْرَعَ المَلِكُ رَحُبْعامُ إلَى مَرْكَبَتِهِ وَهَرَبَ إلَى مَدينَةِ القُدْسِ.

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

فَتَمَرَّدَ بَنُو إسْرائِيلَ عَلَى عائِلَةِ داوُدَ، وَمازالُوا كَذَلِكَ إلَى هَذا اليَومِ.

20 N ow it came to pass when all Israel heard that Jeroboam had come back, they sent for him and called him to the congregation, and made him king over all Israel. There was none who followed the house of David, but the tribe of Judah only.

وَسَمِعَ كُلُّ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ أنَّ يَرُبْعامَ قَدْ رَجِعَ. فَدَعُوهُ إلَى اجتِماعٍ وَنَصَّبُوهُ مَلِكاً عَلَى كُلِّ إسْراائِيلَ. أمّا عَشِيرَةُ يَهُوذا، فَكانَتِ الوَحِيدَةَ الَّتِي ظَلَّتْ عَلَى وَلائِها لِعائِلَةِ داوُدَ.

21 A nd when Rehoboam came to Jerusalem, he assembled all the house of Judah with the tribe of Benjamin, one hundred and eighty thousand chosen men who were warriors, to fight against the house of Israel, that he might restore the kingdom to Rehoboam the son of Solomon.

وَرَجِعَ رَحُبْعامُ إلَى مَدينَةِ القُدْسِ. وَجَمَعَ عَشَائِرَ يَهُوذا وَقَبِيلَةَ بَنْيامِيْنَ. فَكانُوا جَيشاً وَصَلَ عَدَدُهُ إلَى مِئَةٍ وَثَمانينَ ألفَ رَجُلٍ. حَشَدَهُمْ رَحُبْعامُ لِيُحارِبَ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ وَيَسْتَرِدَّ مُلْكَهُ.

22 B ut the word of God came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying,

لَكِنَّ اللهَ تَكَلَّمَ إلَى شِمْعِيا، رَجُلِ اللهِ فَقالَ لَهُ:

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

«تَكَلَّمْ إلَى رَحُبْعامَ بْنِ سُلَيْمانَ، مَلِكِ يَهُوذا، وَإلَى كُلِّ شَعبِ يَهُوذا وَبَنْيامِيْنَ.

24 ‘ Thus says the Lord: “You shall not go up nor fight against your brethren the children of Israel. Let every man return to his house, for this thing is from Me.”’” Therefore they obeyed the word of the Lord, and turned back, according to the word of the Lord. Jeroboam’s Gold Calves

وَقُلْ لَهُمْ: ‹يَقُولُ اللهُ لا تَذهَبُوا لِتُحارِبُوا إخْوَتَكُمْ. فَلْيَرْجِعْ كُلُّ واحِدٍ مِنْكُمْ إلَى بَيتِهِ. فَهَذا الَّذِي حَدَثَ مِنِّي أنا!›» فَأطاعَ جَمِيعُ الرِّجالِ فِي جَيشِ رَحُبْعامَ أمْرَ اللهِ ، وَعادُوا جَمِيعاً إلَى بُيُوتِهِمْ.

25 T hen Jeroboam built Shechem in the mountains of Ephraim, and dwelt there. Also he went out from there and built Penuel.

وَحَصَّنَ يَرُبْعامُ مَدِينَةِ شَكِيمَ الَّتِي فِي مِنْطَقَةِ أفْرايِمَ الجَبَلِيَّةِ، وَجَعَلَها مَقَرّاً لَهُ. ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ إلَى مَدِينَةِ فَنُوئِيلَ وَحَصَّنَها.

26 A nd Jeroboam said in his heart, “Now the kingdom may return to the house of David:

وَقالَ يَرُبْعامُ فِي نَفسِهِ: «قَدْ يَحِنُّ الشَّعبُ إلَى حُكْمِ عائِلَةِ داوُدَ،

27 I f these people go up to offer sacrifices in the house of the Lord at Jerusalem, then the heart of this people will turn back to their lord, Rehoboam king of Judah, and they will kill me and go back to Rehoboam king of Judah.”

إنِ اسْتَمَرُّوا فِي الذَّهابِ إلَى بَيتِ اللهِ فِي القُدْسِ. فَيَعُودُ وَلاؤُهُمْ إلَى رَحُبْعامَ، مَلِكِ يَهُوذا. حِينَئِذٍ، سَيَقتُلُونَنِي، وَيَعُودُونَ إلَى رَحُبْعامَ.»

28 T herefore the king asked advice, made two calves of gold, and said to the people, “It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem. Here are your gods, O Israel, which brought you up from the land of Egypt!”

فَاسْتَشارَ المَلِكُ رِجالَهُ، وَصَنَعَ عِجلَينِ ذَهَبِيَّينِ بِناءً عَلَى نَصِيحَتِهِمْ. وَقالَ لِلشَّعبِ: «صَعْبٌ عَلَيكُمْ أنْ تَذهَبُوا إلَى مَدينَةِ القُدْسِ لِلعِبادَةِ، هَذِهِ هِيَ آلِهَتُكَ الَّتِي أخرَجَتْكَ مِنْ أرْضِ مِصرَ يا إسْرائِيلُ.»

29 A nd he set up one in Bethel, and the other he put in Dan.

فَوَضَعَ أحَدَ العِجلَينِ فِي بَيتِ إيلَ، وَالآخَرَ فِي مَدِينَةِ دانَ.

30 N ow this thing became a sin, for the people went to worship before the one as far as Dan.

فَكانَ بَنُو إسْرائِيلَ يذهبون إلَى مَدِينَتَي بَيتِ إيلَ وَدانَ لِيَعبُدُوا العِجلَينِ. فَكانَتْ هَذِهِ خَطِيَّةً عَظِيمَةً جِدّاً.

31 H e made shrines on the high places, and made priests from every class of people, who were not of the sons of Levi.

وَبَنَى يَرُبْعامُ أيضاً هَياكِلَ فِي المُرتَفَعاتِ. وَاختارَ كَهَنَةً مِنْ مُختَلَفِ قَبائِلِ إسْرائِيلَ، فَلَمْ يَقتَصِرْ عَلَى قَبِيلَةِ لاوِي.

32 J eroboam ordained a feast on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, like the feast that was in Judah, and offered sacrifices on the altar. So he did at Bethel, sacrificing to the calves that he had made. And at Bethel he installed the priests of the high places which he had made.

وَابتَدَعَ المَلِكُ يَرُبْعامُ عِيداً جَدِيداً شَبِيهاً بِالعِيدِ الَّذِي كانَ يُقامُ فِي يَهُوذا. لَكِنَّ هَذا العِيدَ كانَ فِي الخامِسَ عَشَرَ مِنَ الشَّهْرِ الثّامِنِ. وَأثناءَ ذَلِكَ الوَقتِ، قَدَّمَ المَلِكُ ذَبائِحَ عَلَى المَذبَحِ فِي مَدِينَةِ بَيتِ إيلَ لِلعِجلَينِ اللَّذَينِ صَنَعَهُما. وَاختارَ يَرُبْعامُ أيضاً كَهَنَةً مِنْ بَيتِ إيلَ لِيَخدِمُوا فِي المُرتَفَعاتِ الَّتِي بَناها.

33 S o he made offerings on the altar which he had made at Bethel on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, in the month which he had devised in his own heart. And he ordained a feast for the children of Israel, and offered sacrifices on the altar and burned incense.

وَهَكَذا ابتَدَعَ يَرُبْعامُ وَقتاً يُعَيِّدُ فِيهِ بَنُو إسْرائِيلَ، وَهْوَ اليَومُ الخامِسَ عَشَرَ مِنَ الشَّهْرِ الثّامِنِ. وَأثناءَ ذَلِكَ العِيدِ، قَدَّمَ ذَبائِحَ وَأحرَقَّ بَخُوراً عَلَى المَذبَحِ الَّذِي بَناهُ فِي مَدِينَةِ بَيتِ إيلَ.