2 أخبار 10
| وَذَهَبَ رَحُبْعَامُ إِلَى شَكِيمَ، فَتَوَافَدَ إِلَى هُنَاكَ جَمِيعُ الإِسْرَائِيلِيِّينَ لِيُنَصِّبُوهُ مَلِكاً. | ١ 1 |
Then Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had gone there to make him king.
| فَعِنْدَمَا سَمِعَ يَرُبْعَامُ بْنُ نَبَاطَ وَهُوَ فِي مِصْرَ، الَّتِي لَجَأَ إِلَيْهَا هَرَباً مِنْ سُلَيْمَانَ الْمَلِكِ، رَجَعَ مِنْهَا. | ٢ 2 |
When Jeroboam son of Nebat heard about this, he returned from Egypt, where he had fled from King Solomon.
| فَأَرْسَلُوا يَسْتَدْعُونَهُ، فَجَاءَ يَرُبْعَامُ وَكُلُّ جَمَاعَةِ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَقَالُوا لِرَحُبْعَامَ: | ٣ 3 |
So they sent for Jeroboam, and he and all Israel came to Rehoboam and said,
| «إِنَّ أَبَاكَ قَدْ أَثْقَلَ النِّيرَ عَلَيْنَا، فَخَفِّفْ أَنْتَ الآنَ مِنْ عِبْءِ عُبُودِيَّةِ أَبِيكَ وَثِقَلِ نِيرِهِ الَّذِي وَضَعَهُ عَلَيْنَا فَنَخْدُمَكَ». | ٤ 4 |
“Your father put a heavy yoke on us. But now you should lighten the burden of your father’s service and the heavy yoke he put on us, and we will serve you.”
| فَأَجَابَهُمْ: «ارْجِعُوا إِلَيَّ بَعْدَ ثَلاثَةِ أَيَّامٍ». فَانْصَرَفُوا. | ٥ 5 |
Rehoboam answered, “Come back to me in three days.” So the people departed.
| وَاسْتَشَارَ رَحُبْعَامُ الشُّيُوخَ الَّذِينَ كَانُوا فِي خِدْمَةِ أَبِيهِ سُلَيْمَانَ قَائِلاً: «بِمَاذَا تُشِيرُونَ عَلَيَّ لأَرُدَّ جَوَاباً عَلَى هَذَا الشَّعْبِ؟» | ٦ 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.
| فَأَجَابُوهُ: «إِنْ تَرَأَّفْتَ عَلَى هَذَا الشَّعْبِ وَرَاعَيْتَهُ وَأَحْسَنْتَ مُخَاطَبَتَهُ، يُصْبِحُ لَكَ عَبْداً كُلَّ الأَيَّامِ». | ٧ 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.”
| وَلَكِنَّهُ أَهْمَلَ مَشُورَةَ الشُّيُوخِ، وَتَدَاوَلَ مَعَ الشَّبَابِ الَّذِينَ نَشَأُوا مَعَهُ وَكَانُوا مِنْ جُمْلَةِ حَاشِيَتِهِ، | ٨ 8 |
But Rehoboam rejected the advice of the elders; instead, he consulted the young men who had grown up with him and served him.
| وَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «بِمَاذَا تُشِيرُونَ أَنْتُمْ، فَنَرُدَّ جَوَاباً عَلَى هَذَا الشَّعْبِ الَّذِي طَالَبَنِي أَنْ أُخَفِّفَ مِنَ النِّيرِ الَّذِي أَثْقَلَ بِهِ أَبِي كَاهِلَهُمْ؟» | ٩ 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’?”
| فَأَجَابُوهُ: «هَذَا مَا تَقُولُهُ لَهُمْ: إِنَّ خِنْصَرِي أَغْلَظُ مِنْ وَسْطِ أَبِي! | ١٠ 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 should make it lighter.’ This is what you should tell them: ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s waist!
| أَبِي أَثْقَلَ عَلَيْكُمُ النِّيرَ وَأَنَا أَزيِدُ عَلَيْهِ. أَبِي أَدَّبَكُمْ بِالسِّيَاطِ وَأَنَا أُؤَدِّبُكُمْ بِالْعَقَارِبِ». | ١١ 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.’”
| وَفِي الْيَوْمِ الثَّالِثِ مَثَلَ يَرُبْعَامُ وَسَائِرُ الشَّعْبِ أَمَامَ رَحُبْعَامَ كَمَا قَالَ لَهُمُ الْمَلِكُ. | ١٢ 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.”
| فَأَجَابَهُمْ بِقَسْوَةٍ لأَنَّهُ تَجَاهَلَ مَشُورَةَ الشُّيُوخِ، الَّتِي أَسْدَوْهَا إِلَيْهِ. | ١٣ 13 |
And the king answered them harshly. King Rehoboam rejected the advice of the elders
| وَخَاطَبَهُمْ بِمَا أَشَارَ عَلَيْهِ بِهِ الشَّبَابُ قَائِلاً: «أَبِي ثَقَّلَ عَلَيْكُمُ النِّيرَ وَأَنَا أَزِيدُ عَلَيْهِ. أَبِي أَدَّبَكُمْ بِالسِّيَاطِ، وَأَنَا أُؤَدِّبُكُمْ بِالْعَقَارِبِ». | ١٤ 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.”
| وَرَفَضَ الْمَلِكُ الاسْتِجَابَةَ لِمَطَالِبِ الشَّعْبِ، وَكَانَ السَّبَبُ مِنَ الرَّبِّ لِيَتِمَّ مَا تَكَلَّمَ بِهِ عَلَى لِسَانِ أَخِيَّا الشِّيلُونِيِّ بِشَأْنِ يَرُبْعَامَ بْنِ نَبَاطَ. | ١٥ 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.
| 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. | ١٦ 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,
| أَمَّا بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ الْمُقِيمُونَ فِي مُدُنِ سِبْطِ يَهُوذَا فَمَلَكَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَحُبْعَامُ. | ١٧ 17 |
but Rehoboam still reigned over the Israelites living in the cities of Judah.
| وَعِنْدَمَا أَرْسَلَ الْمَلِكُ رَحُبْعَامُ هَدُورَامَ الْمُوَكَّلَ عَلَى أَعْمَالِ التَّسْخِيرِ إِلَى أَسْبَاطِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، رَجَمُوهُ بِالْحِجَارَةِ فَمَاتَ. فَبَادَرَ الْمَلِكُ رَحُبْعَامُ وَاسْتَقَلَّ مَرْكَبَتَهُ هَارِباً إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ. | ١٨ 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.
| وَهَكَذَا تَمَرَّدَ الإِسْرَائِيلِيُّونَ عَلَى حُكْمِ ذُرِّيَّةِ دَاوُدَ إِلَى هَذَا الْيَوْمِ. | ١٩ 19 |
So to this day Israel has been in rebellion against the house of David.
