Anden Krønikebog 10
1 Rehabeam begav sig til Sikem, thi derhen var hele Israel stævnet for at hylde ham som Konge.
Rehoboam went to Shechem, because all the Israelites had gone to Shechem to make him king.
2 Men da Jeroboam, Nebats Søn, der opholdt sig i Ægypten, hvorhen han var flygtet for Kong Salomo, fik Nys derom, vendte han hjem fra Ægypten.
Jeroboam, son of Nebat, was still in Egypt when he heard about this. (He had run away to Egypt to escape from King Solomon and was living there.)
3 Man sendte da Bud og lod ham kalde. Og Jeroboam kom. Da sagde hele Israel til Rehabeam:
The Israelite leaders sent for him. Jereboam and all the Israelites went to talk with Rehoboam.
4 "Din Fader lagde et hårdt Åg på os, men let du nu det hårde Arbejde for os, som din Fader krævede, og det tunge Åg, han lagde på os, så vil vi tjene dig!"
“Your father placed a heavy burden on us,” they told him. “But now if you lighten the load your father imposed and the heavy demands he laid on us, we will serve you.”
5 Han svarede dem: "Gå bort, bi tre Dage og kom så til mig igen!" Så gik Folket.
Rehoboam answered, “Come back in three days time.” So the people left.
6 Derpå rådførte Kong Rehabeam sig med de gamle, der havde stået i hans Fader Salomos Tjeneste, dengang han levede, og spurgte dem: "Hvad råder I mig til at svare dette Folk?"
King Rehoboam asked for advice from the elders who had served his father Solomon when he was alive. “How do you advise me to reply to these people about this?” he asked.
7 De svarede: "Hvis du i Dag vil være venlig mod dette Folk og føje dem og give dem gode Ord, så vil de blive dine Tjenere for bestandig!"
They replied, “If you treat these people well, and please them by speaking kindly to them, they will always serve you.”
8 Men han fulgte ikke det Råd, de gamle gav ham; derimod rådførte han sig med de unge, der var vokset op sammen med ham og stod i hans Tjeneste,
But Rehoboam dismissed the advice of the elders. He instead asked advice from the young men who he had grown up with, and who were close to him.
9 og spurgte dem: "Hvad råder I os til at svare dette Folk, som kræver af mig, at jeg skal lette dem det Åg, min Fader lagde på dem?"
He asked them, “What response do you advise that we send back to these people who have told me, ‘Lighten the burden your father put on us’?”
10 De unge, der var vokset op sammen med ham, sagde da til ham: "Således skal du svare dette Folk, som sagde til dig: Din Fader lagde et tungt Åg på os, let du det for os! Således skal du svare dem: Min Lillefinger er tykkere end min Faders Hofter!
The young men who he had grown up with told him, “This is what you have to tell these people who said to you, ‘Your father made our burden heavy, but you should make it lighter.’ This is what you should answer them: ‘My little finger is thicker than my father's waist!
11 Har derfor min Fader lagt et tungt Åg på eder, vil jeg gøre Åget tungere; har min Fader tugtet eder med Svøber, vil jeg tugte eder med Skorpioner!"
My father placed a heavy burden on you, and I will make it even heavier. My father punished you with whips; I will punish you with scorpions.’”
12 Da Jeroboam og alt Folket Tredjedagen kom til Rehabeam, som Kongen havde sagt,
Three days later, Jeroboam and all the people returned to Rehoboam, because the king had told them, “Come back in three days time.”
13 gav han dem et hårdt Svar, og uden at tage Hensyn til de gamles Råd
The king answered them sharply. Dismissing the advice of the elders,
14 sagde han efter de unges Råd til dem: "Har min Fader lagt et tungt Åg på eder, vil jeg gøre det tungere; har min Fader tugtet eder med Svøber, vil jeg tugte eder med Skorpioner!"
he replied using the advice of the young men. He said, “My father placed a heavy burden on you, and I will make it even heavier. My father punished you with whips; I will punish you with scorpions.”
15 Kongen hørte ikke på Folket, thi Gud føjede det således for at opfylde det Ord, HERREN havde talet ved Ahija fra Silo til Jerøboam, Nebats Søn.
The king did not listen to what the people said, for this change in circumstances was from God, to fulfill what Lord had told Jeroboam son of Nebat through Ahijah the Shilonite.
16 Men da hele Israel mærkede, at Kongen ikke hørte på dem, gav Folket Kongen det Svar: "Hvad Del har vi i David? Vi har ingen Lod i Isajs Søn! Til dine Telte, Israel! Sørg nu, David, for dit eget Hus!" Derpå vendte Israel tilbage til sine Telte.
When all the Israelites saw that the king wasn't listening to them, they told the king: “What share do we have in David, and what part do we have in the son of Jesse? Go home, Israel! You're on your own, house of David!” So all the Israelites went home.
17 Men over de Israeliter, der boede i Judas Byer, blev Rehabeam Konge.
However, Rehoboam still ruled over the Israelites who lived in Judah.
18 Nu sendte Kong Rehabeam Adoniram, der havde Opsyn med Hoveriarbejdet, ud til dem, men Israeliterne stenede ham til Døde. Da steg Kong Rehabeam i største Hast op på sin Stridsvogn og flygtede til Jerusalem.
Then King Rehoboam sent out Hadoram, who was in charge of forced labor, but the Israelites stoned him to death. King Rehoboam quickly jumped into his chariot and raced back to Jerusalem.
19 Så brød Israel med Davids Hus, og således er det den Dag i Dag.
As a result, Israel has been in rebellion against the house of David to this day.
