2 Ljetopisa 10
1 Tada Roboam ode u Šekem, jer su u Šekem došli svi Izraelci da ga zakralje.
And Roboam went to Sichem: for thither all Israel were assembled, to make him king.
2 Čim to ču Nebatov sin Jeroboam - koji je bio u Egiptu kamo bijaše pobjegao pred kraljem Salomonom - vrati se iz Egipta,
And when Jeroboam the son of Nabat, who was in Egypt, (for he was fled thither from Solomon, ) heard it, forthwith he returned.
3 jer bijahu poslali po nj i dozvali ga. Kad dođoše Jeroboam i sav zbor Izraelov, rekoše Roboamu:
And they sent for him, and he came with all Israel, and they spoke to Roboam, saying:
4 “Tvoj nam je otac nametnuo težak jaram, ti nam sada olakšaj tešku službu svoga oca i teški jaram koji metnu na nas, pa ćemo ti služiti.”
Thy father oppressed us with a most grievous yoke, do thou govern us with a lighter hand than thy father, who laid upon us a heavy servitude, and ease some thing of the burden, that we may serve thee.
5 On im odgovori: “Za tri dana dođite opet k meni.” I narod ode.
And he said to them: Come to me again after three days. And when the people were gone,
6 Tada se kralj Roboam posavjetova sa starcima koji su služili njegovu ocu Salomonu dok je bio živ i upita ih: “Što savjetujete da odgovorim ovome narodu?”
He took counsel with the ancients, who had stood before his father Solomon, while he yet lived, saying: What counsel give you to me, that I may answer the people?
7 A oni mu odgovoriše: “Ako udovoljiš tim ljudima, budeš im blagonaklon i odgovoriš im lijepim riječima, oni će ti uvijek biti sluge.”
And they said to him: If thou please this people, and soothe them with kind words, they will be thy servants for ever.
8 Ali on odbaci savjet što mu ga dadoše starci i posavjetova se s mladićima koji su odrasli s njim i bili mu u službi.
But he forsook the counsel of the ancients, and began to treat with the young men, that had been brought up with him, and were in his train.
9 Upita ih: “Što savjetujete da odgovorim ovomu narodu koji mi reče: 'Olakšaj jaram što nam ga nametnu tvoj otac!'”
And he said to them: What seemeth good to you? or what shall I answer this people, who have said to me: Ease the yoke which thy father laid upon us?
10 Odgovoriše mu mladići koji bijahu s njim odrasli: “Narodu koji ti je rekao 'Tvoj nam je otac nametnuo jaram, a ti nam ga olakšaj', odvrati ovako: 'Moj je mali prst deblji od bedara moga oca!
But they answered as young men, and brought up with him in pleasures, and said: Thus shalt thou speak to the people, that said to thee: Thy father made our yoke heavy, do thou ease it: thus shalt thou answer them: My little finger is thicker than the loins of my father.
11 Dakle, moj vam je otac nametnuo težak jaram, a ja ću još otežati vaš jaram; moj vas je otac šibao bičevima, a ja ću vas šibati bičevima sa željeznim štipavcima.'”
My father laid upon you a heavy yoke, and I will add more weight to it: my father beat you with scourges, but I will beat you with scorpions.
12 Trećega dana dođe Jeroboam i sav narod k Roboamu, jer im kralj bijaše naredio: “Vratite se k meni trećega dana.”
So Jeroboam, and all the people came to Roboam the third day, as he commanded them.
13 Kralj im oštro odgovori; odbacivši savjet starijih,
And the king answered roughly, leaving the counsel of the ancients.
14 odvrati po savjetu mladih: “Moj je otac otežao vaš jaram, a ja ću još dometnuti na nj; moj vas je otac šibao bičevima, a ja ću vas šibati bičevima sa željeznim štipavcima.”
And he spoke according to the advice of the young men: My father laid upon you a heavy yoke, which I will make heavier: my father beat you with scourges, but I will beat you with scorpions.
15 Kralj, dakle, ne htjede poslušati naroda, jer tako upriliči Bog da se ispuni riječ što je preko Šilonjanina Ahije kaza Nabatovu sinu Jeroboamu.
And he condescended not to the people’s requests: for it was the will of God, that his word might be fulfilled which he had spoken by the hand of Ahias the Silonite to Jeroboam the son of Nabat.
16 Kad Izraelci vidješe gdje se kralj oglušio, odgovori mu narod: “Kakav dio mi imamo s Davidom? Mi nemamo baštine s Jišajevim sinom! U šatore, Izraele! Sad se, Davide, brini za svoj dom!” I sav Izrael ode pod svoje šatore.
And all the people upon the king’s speaking roughly, said thus unto him: We have no part in David, nor inheritance in the son of Isai. Return to thy dwellings, O Israel, and do thou, O David, feed thy own house. And Israel went away to their dwellings.
17 Roboam zavlada samo nad Izraelovim sinovima koji su živjeli po judejskim gradovima.
But Roboam reigned over the children of Israel that dwelt in the cities of Juda.
18 Potom kralj Roboam posla Adorama, nadstojnika za tlaku, ali ga Izraelci kamenovaše i on umrije; a kralj se Roboam brže-bolje pope na kola te pobježe u Jeruzalem.
And king Roboam sent Aduram, who was over the tributes, and the children of Israel stoned him, and he died: and king Roboam made haste to gee up into his chariot, and fled into Jerusalem.
19 Tako se Izrael odijelio od doma Davidova sve do danas.
And Israel revolted from the house of David unto this day.
