اَلْمُلُوكِ ٱلْأَوَّلُ 12
| وَذَهَبَ رَحُبْعَامُ إِلَى شَكِيمَ، لِأَنَّهُ جَاءَ إِلَى شَكِيمَ جَمِيعُ إِسْرَائِيلَ لِيُمَلِّكُوهُ. | ١ 1 |
Then Rehoboam went to Shechem. For in that place, all of Israel had gathered to appoint him as king.
| وَلَمَّا سَمِعَ يَرُبْعَامُ بْنُ نَبَاطَ وَهُوَ بَعْدُ فِي مِصْرَ، لِأَنَّهُ هَرَبَ مِنْ وَجْهِ سُلَيْمَانَ ٱلْمَلِكِ، وَأَقَامَ يَرُبْعَامُ فِي مِصْرَ، | ٢ 2 |
Yet truly, Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, while he was still in Egypt as a fugitive from the face of king Solomon, hearing of his death, returned from Egypt.
| وَأَرْسَلُوا فَدَعَوْهُ. أَتَى يَرُبْعَامُ وَكُلُّ جَمَاعَةِ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَكَلَّمُوا رَحُبْعَامَ قَائِلِينَ: | ٣ 3 |
And they sent and called him. Therefore, Jeroboam went, with the entire multitude of Israel, and they spoke to Rehoboam, saying:
| «إِنَّ أَبَاكَ قَسَّى نِيرَنَا، وَأَمَّا أَنْتَ فَخَفِّفِ ٱلْآنَ مِنْ عُبُودِيَّةِ أَبِيكَ ٱلْقَاسِيَةِ، وَمِنْ نِيرِهِ ٱلثَّقِيلِ ٱلَّذِي جَعَلَهُ عَلَيْنَا، فَنَخْدِمَكَ». | ٤ 4 |
“Your father imposed a very harsh yoke upon us. And so, you should now take away a little from the very harsh rule of your father and from his very grievous yoke, which he imposed upon us, and we will serve you.”
| فَقَالَ لَهُمُ: «ٱذْهَبُوا إِلَى ثَلَاثَةِ أَيَّامٍ أَيْضًا ثُمَّ ٱرْجِعُوا إِلَيَّ». فَذَهَبَ ٱلشَّعْبُ. | ٥ 5 |
And he said to them, “Go away, until the third day, and then return to me.” And when the people had gone away,
| فَٱسْتَشَارَ ٱلْمَلِكُ رَحُبْعَامُ ٱلشُّيُوخَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَانُوا يَقِفُونَ أَمَامَ سُلَيْمَانَ أَبِيهِ وَهُوَ حَيٌّ، قَائِلًا: «كَيْفَ تُشِيرُونَ أَنْ أَرُدَّ جَوَابًا إِلَى هَذَا ٱلشَّعْبِ؟» | ٦ 6 |
king Rehoboam took counsel with the elders who had assisted before his father Solomon while he was still living. And he said, “What counsel do you give to me, so that I may respond to this people?”
| فَكَلَّمُوهُ قَائِلِينَ: «إِنْ صِرْتَ ٱلْيَوْمَ عَبْدًا لِهَذَا ٱلشَّعْبِ وَخَدَمْتَهُمْ وَأَجَبْتَهُمْ وَكَلَّمْتَهُمْ كَلَامًا حَسَنًا، يَكُونُونَ لَكَ عَبِيدًا كُلَّ ٱلْأَيَّامِ». | ٧ 7 |
They said to him, “If today you will obey and serve this people, and yield to their petition, and if you will speak lenient words to them, they will be your servants for all days.”
| فَتَرَكَ مَشُورَةَ ٱلشُّيُوخِ ٱلَّتِي أَشَارُوا بِهَا عَلَيْهِ وَٱسْتَشَارَ ٱلْأَحْدَاثَ ٱلَّذِينَ نَشَأُوا مَعَهُ وَوَقَفُوا أَمَامَهُ، | ٨ 8 |
But he abandoned the counsel of the old men, which they had given to him. And he consulted the young men who had been raised with him, and who were assisting him.
| وَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «بِمَاذَا تُشِيرُونَ أَنْتُمْ فَنَرُدَّ جَوَابًا عَلَى هَذَا ٱلشَّعْبِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَلَّمُونِي قَائِلِينَ: خَفِّفْ مِنَ ٱلنِّيرِ ٱلَّذِي جَعَلَهُ عَلَيْنَا أَبُوكَ». | ٩ 9 |
And he said to them: “What counsel do you give to me, so that I may respond to this people, who have said to me: ‘Make light the yoke that your father imposed on us?’”
| فَكَلَّمَهُ ٱلْأَحْدَاثُ ٱلَّذِينَ نَشَأُوا مَعَهُ قَائِلِينَ: «هَكَذَا تَقُولُ لِهَذَا ٱلشَّعْبِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَلَّمُوكَ قَائِلِينَ: إِنَّ أَبَاكَ ثَقَّلَ نِيرَنَا وَأَمَّا أَنْتَ فَخَفِّفْ مِنْ نِيرِنَا، هَكَذَا تَقُولُ لَهُمْ: إِنَّ خِنْصَرِي أَغْلَظُ مِنْ مَتْنَيْ أَبِي. | ١٠ 10 |
And the young men who had been raised with him, said: “You shall speak in this way to this people, who have spoken to you, saying: ‘Your father weighed down our yoke. You should relieve us.’ You shall say this to them: ‘My little finger is thicker than the back of my father.
| وَٱلْآنَ أَبِي حَمَّلَكُمْ نِيرًا ثَقِيلًا وَأَنَا أَزِيدُ عَلَى نِيرِكُمْ. أَبِي أَدَّبَكُمْ بِٱلسِّيَاطِ وَأَنَا أُؤَدِّبُكُمْ بِٱلْعَقَارِبِ». | ١١ 11 |
And now, my father placed a heavy yoke upon you, but I will add more upon your yoke. My father cut you with whips, but I will beat you with scorpions.’”
| فَجَاءَ يَرُبْعَامُ وَجَمِيعُ ٱلشَّعْبِ إِلَى رَحُبْعَامَ فِي ٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلثَّالِثِ كَمَا تَكَلَّمَ ٱلْمَلِكُ قَائِلًا: «ٱرْجِعُوا إِلَيَّ فِي ٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلثَّالِثِ». | ١٢ 12 |
Therefore, Jeroboam and all the people went to Rehoboam on the third day, just as the king had spoken, saying, “Return to me on the third day.”
| فَأَجَابَ ٱلْمَلِكُ ٱلشَّعْبَ بِقَسَاوَةٍ، وَتَرَكَ مَشُورَةَ ٱلشُّيُوخِ ٱلَّتِي أَشَارُوا بِهَا عَلَيْهِ، | ١٣ 13 |
And the king responded to the people harshly, leaving behind the counsel of the elders that they had given to him.
| وَكَلَّمَهُمْ حَسَبَ مَشُورَةِ ٱلْأَحْدَاثِ قَائِلًا: «أَبِي ثَقَّلَ نِيرَكُمْ وَأَنَا أَزِيدُ عَلَى نِيرِكُمْ. أَبِي أَدَّبَكُمْ بِٱلسِّيَاطِ وَأَنَا أُؤَدِّبُكُمْ بِٱلْعَقَارِبِ». | ١٤ 14 |
And he spoke to them according to the counsel of the young men, saying: “My father weighed down your yoke, but I will add more to your yoke. My father cut you with whips, but I will beat you with scorpions.”
| وَلَمْ يَسْمَعِ ٱلْمَلِكُ لِلشَّعْبِ، لِأَنَّ ٱلسَّبَبَ كَانَ مِنْ قِبَلِ ٱلرَّبِّ لِيُقِيمَ كَلَامَهُ ٱلَّذِي تَكَلَّمَ بِهِ ٱلرَّبُّ عَنْ يَدِ أَخِيَّا ٱلشِّيلُونِيِّ إِلَى يَرُبْعَامَ بْنِ نَبَاطَ. | ١٥ 15 |
And the king did not acquiesce to the people. For the Lord had turned him away, so that he might raise up his word, which he had spoken by the hand of Ahijah, the Shilonite, to Jeroboam, the son of Nebat.
| فَلَمَّا رَأَى كُلُّ إِسْرَائِيلَ أَنَّ ٱلْمَلِكَ لَمْ يَسْمَعْ لَهُمْ، رَدَّ ٱلشَّعْبُ جَوَابًا عَلَى ٱلْمَلِكِ قَائِلِينَ: «أَيُّ قِسْمٍ لَنَا فِي دَاوُدَ؟ وَلَا نَصِيبَ لَنَا فِي ٱبْنِ يَسَّى! إِلَى خِيَامِكَ يَا إِسْرَائِيلُ. ٱلْآنَ ٱنْظُرْ إِلَى بَيْتِكَ يَادَاوُدُ». وَذَهَبَ إِسْرَائِيلُ إِلَى خِيَامِهِمْ. | ١٦ 16 |
And so the people, seeing that the king had not been willing to listen to them, responded to him, saying: “What part do we have in David? Or what inheritance do we have in the son of Jesse? Go to your own tents, O Israel. Now David, see to your own house.” And Israel went away to their own tents.
| وَأَمَّا بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ ٱلسَّاكِنُونَ فِي مُدُنِ يَهُوذَا فَمَلَكَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَحُبْعَامُ. | ١٧ 17 |
But over all the sons of Israel who were living in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned.
| ثُمَّ أَرْسَلَ ٱلْمَلِكُ رَحُبْعَامُ أَدُورَامَ ٱلَّذِي عَلَى ٱلتَّسْخِيرِ فَرَجَمَهُ جَمِيعُ إِسْرَائِيلَ بِٱلْحِجَارَةِ فَمَاتَ. فَبَادَرَ ٱلْمَلِكُ رَحُبْعَامُ وَصَعِدَ إِلَى ٱلْمَرْكَبَةِ لِيَهْرُبَ إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ. | ١٨ 18 |
Then king Rehoboam sent Adoram, who was over the tribute. And all of Israel stoned him, and he died. Therefore, king Rehoboam hurrying, climbed into the chariot, and fled to Jerusalem.
| فَعَصَى إِسْرَائِيلُ عَلَى بَيْتِ دَاوُدَ إِلَى هَذَا ٱلْيَوْمِ. | ١٩ 19 |
And Israel drew away from the house of David, even to the present day.
| وَلَمَّا سَمِعَ جَمِيعُ إِسْرَائِيلَ بِأَنَّ يَرُبْعَامَ قَدْ رَجَعَ، أَرْسَلُوا فَدَعَوْهُ إِلَى ٱلْجَمَاعَةِ، وَمَلَّكُوهُ عَلَى جَمِيعِ إِسْرَائِيلَ. لَمْ يَتْبَعْ بَيْتَ دَاوُدَ إِلَّا سِبْطُ يَهُوذَا وَحْدَهُ. | ٢٠ 20 |
And it happened that, when all of Israel had heard that Jeroboam had returned, gathering an assembly, they sent and called him, and they appointed him as king over all of Israel. And no one followed the house of David, except the tribe of Judah alone.
| وَلَمَّا جَاءَ رَحُبْعَامُ إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ جَمَعَ كُلَّ بَيْتِ يَهُوذَا وَسِبْطَ بَنْيَامِينَ، مِئَةً وَثَمَانِينَ أَلْفَ مُخْتَارٍ مُحَارِبٍ، لِيُحَارِبُوا بَيْتَ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَيَرُدُّوا ٱلْمَمْلَكَةَ لَرَحُبْعَامَ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ. | ٢١ 21 |
Then Rehoboam went to Jerusalem, and he gathered together the entire house of Judah, and the tribe of Benjamin, one hundred and eighty thousand elect men of war, so that they might fight against the house of Israel, and might bring the kingdom back to Rehoboam, the son of Solomon.
| وَكَانَ كَلَامُ ٱللهِ إِلَى شِمَعْيَا رَجُلِ ٱللهِ قَائِلًا: | ٢٢ 22 |
But the word of the Lord came to Shemaiah, the man of God, saying:
| «كَلِّمْ رَحُبْعَامَ بْنَ سُلَيْمَانَ مَلِكِ يَهُوذَا وَكُلَّ بَيْتِ يَهُوذَا وَبَنْيَامِينَ وَبَقِيَّةِ ٱلشَّعْبِ قَائِلًا: | ٢٣ 23 |
“Speak to Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, the king of Judah, and to all the house of Judah, and to Benjamin, and to the rest of the people, saying:
| هَكَذَا قَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ: لَا تَصْعَدُوا وَلَا تُحَارِبُوا إِخْوَتَكُمْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ. ٱرْجِعُوا كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ إِلَى بَيْتِهِ، لِأَنَّ مِنْ عِنْدِي هَذَا ٱلْأَمْرَ». فَسَمِعُوا لِكَلَامِ ٱلرَّبِّ وَرَجَعُوا لِيَنْطَلِقُوا حَسَبَ قَوْلِ ٱلرَّبِّ. | ٢٤ 24 |
‘Thus says the Lord: You shall not go up, and you shall not make war against your brothers, the sons of Israel. Let each man return to his own house. For this word came from me.’” And they listened to the word of the Lord, and they returned from the journey, as the Lord had instructed them.
| وَبَنَى يَرُبْعَامُ شَكِيمَ فِي جَبَلِ أَفْرَايِمَ وَسَكَنَ بِهَا. ثُمَّ خَرَجَ مِنْ هُنَاكَ وَبَنَى فَنُوئِيلَ. | ٢٥ 25 |
Then Jeroboam built up Shechem, on mount Ephraim, and he lived there. And departing from there, he built up Penuel.
| وَقَالَ يَرُبْعَامُ فِي قَلْبِهِ: «ٱلْآنَ تَرْجِعُ ٱلْمَمْلَكَةُ إِلَى بَيْتِ دَاوُدَ. | ٢٦ 26 |
And Jeroboam said in his heart: “Now the kingdom will return to the house of David,
| إِنْ صَعِدَ هَذَا ٱلشَّعْبُ لِيُقَرِّبُوا ذَبَائِحَ فِي بَيْتِ ٱلرَّبِّ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ، يَرْجِعْ قَلْبُ هَذَا ٱلشَّعْبِ إِلَى سَيِّدِهِمْ، إِلَى رَحُبْعَامَ مَلِكِ يَهُوذَا وَيَقْتُلُونِي، وَيَرْجِعُوا إِلَى رَحُبْعَامَ مَلِكِ يَهُوذَا». | ٢٧ 27 |
if this people ascend to offer sacrifices in the house of the Lord at Jerusalem. And the heart of this people will be converted to their lord Rehoboam, the king of Judah, and they will put me to death, and return to him.”
| فَٱسْتَشَارَ ٱلْمَلِكُ وَعَمِلَ عِجْلَيْ ذَهَبٍ، وَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «كَثِيرٌ عَلَيْكُمْ أَنْ تَصْعَدُوا إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ. هُوَذَا آلِهَتُكَ يَاإِسْرَائِيلُ ٱلَّذِينَ أَصْعَدُوكَ مِنْ أَرْضِ مِصْرَ». | ٢٨ 28 |
And devising a plan, he made two golden calves. And he said to them: “No longer choose to ascend to Jerusalem. Behold, these are your gods, O Israel, who led you away from the land of Egypt!”
| وَوَضَعَ وَاحِدًا فِي بَيْتِ إِيلَ، وَجَعَلَ ٱلْآخَرَ فِي دَانَ. | ٢٩ 29 |
And he stationed one in Bethel, and the other in Dan.
| وَكَانَ هَذَا ٱلْأَمْرُ خَطِيَّةً. وَكَانَ ٱلشَّعْبُ يَذْهَبُونَ إِلَى أَمَامِ أَحَدِهِمَا حَتَّى إِلَى دَانَ. | ٣٠ 30 |
And this word became an occasion of sin. For the people went to adore the calf, even to Dan.
| وَبَنَى بَيْتَ ٱلْمُرْتَفَعَاتِ، وَصَيَّرَ كَهَنَةً مِنْ أَطْرَافِ ٱلشَّعْبِ لَمْ يَكُونُوا مِنْ بَنِي لَاوِي. | ٣١ 31 |
And he made shrines on the high places, and he made priests out of the lowest people, who were not of the sons of Levi.
| وَعَمِلَ يَرُبْعَامُ عِيدًا فِي ٱلشَّهْرِ ٱلثَّامِنِ فِي ٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلْخَامِسَ عَشَرَ مِنَ ٱلشَّهْرِ، كَٱلْعِيدِ ٱلَّذِي فِي يَهُوذَا، وَأَصْعَدَ عَلَى ٱلْمَذْبَحِ. هَكَذَا فَعَلَ فِي بَيْتِ إِيلَ بِذَبْحِهِ لِلْعِجْلَيْنِ ٱللَّذَيْنِ عَمِلَهُمَا. وَأَوْقَفَ فِي بَيْتِ إِيلَ كَهَنَةَ ٱلْمُرْتَفَعَاتِ ٱلَّتِي عَمِلَهَا. | ٣٢ 32 |
And he appointed a solemn day in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, in imitation of the solemnity that was celebrated in Judah. And ascending to the altar, he acted similarly in Bethel, so that he immolated to the calves, which he had made. And in Bethel, he appointed priests of the high places, which he had made.
| وَأَصْعَدَ عَلَى ٱلْمَذْبَحِ ٱلَّذِي عَمِلَ فِي بَيْتِ إِيلَ فِي ٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلْخَامِسَ عَشَرَ مِنَ ٱلشَّهْرِ ٱلثَّامِنِ، فِي ٱلشَّهْرِ ٱلَّذِي ٱبْتَدَعَهُ مِنْ قَلْبِهِ، فَعَمِلَ عِيدًا لِبَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَصَعِدَ عَلَى ٱلْمَذْبَحِ لِيُوقِدَ. | ٣٣ 33 |
And he ascended to the altar, which he had raised up in Bethel, on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, the day that he had decided in his own heart. And he made a solemnity to the sons of Israel, and he ascended to the altar, so that he might burn incense.
