1 Kings 12
1 And Rehoboam went to Shechem, where all Israel had come together to make him king,
Roboam te ale Sichem, paske tout Israël te vini Sichem pou fè li wa a.
2 And, hearing of it, Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, who was still in Egypt, where he had gone in flight from Solomon, and was living there, came back to his town Zeredah, in the hill-country of Ephraim;
Alò, lè Jéroboam, fis a Nebath la te tande sa, li t ap viv an Égypte (paske li te toujou an Égypte kote li te sove ale rive soti nan prezans a Wa Salomon).
3 And all the men of Israel came to Rehoboam and said,
Konsa, yo te voye rele li e Jéroboam avèk tout asanble Israël la te vin pale avèk Roboam. Yo te di:
4 Your father put a hard yoke on us: if you will make the conditions under which your father kept us down less cruel, and the weight of the yoke he put on us less hard, then we will be your servants.
“Papa ou te fè jouk nou rèd. Alò pou sa, fè sèvis di a papa ou vin pi lejè e mwens lou ke li te mete sou nou e nou va sèvi ou.”
5 And he said to them, Go away for three days and then come back to me again. So the people went away.
Epi li te di yo: “Kite mwen pandan twa jou e retounen bò kote mwen.” Konsa, pèp la te ale.
6 Then King Rehoboam took the opinion of the old men who had been with Solomon his father when he was living, and said, In your opinion, what answer am I to give to this people?
Wa Roboam te fè konsiltasyon avèk ansyen ki te sèvi papa li yo, Salomon, pandan li te toujou vivan an, e li te di: “Ki konsèy n ap ban mwen pou repons a pèp sa a?”
7 And they said to him, If you will be a servant to this people today, caring for them and giving them a gentle answer, then they will be your servants for ever.
Alò, yo te pale avèk li. Yo te di: “Si ou va sèvi pèp sa a jodi a, sede a yo sa ke yo mande e pale bon pawòl avèk yo. Konsa, yo va sèvitè ou pou tout tan.”
8 But he gave no attention to the opinion of the old men, and went to the young men of his generation who were waiting before him:
Men li te rejte konsèy ansyen yo te bay li a e li te konsilte avèk jennonm ki te elve ansanm avèk li pou te sèvi li a.
9 And said to them, What is your opinion? What answer are we to give to this people who have said to me, Make less the weight of the yoke which your father put on us?
Konsa, li te mande yo: “Ki konsèy n ap ban mwen pou nou kapab reponn pèp sa a ki te pale avè m e te di: ‘Fè jouk ke papa ou te mete sou nou an vin pi lejè’?”
10 And the young men of his generation said to him, This is the answer to give to the people who came to you saying, Your father put a hard yoke on us; will you make it less? say to them, My little finger is thicker than my father's body;
Jennonm ki te elve ansanm avèk li yo te reponn li e te di: “Se konsa pou ou ta pale avèk pèp sa a ki te pale avèk ou a pou di: ‘Papa ou te fè jouk nou lou. Alò, ou menm, fè l vin pi lejè pou nou.’ Konsa, ou va di yo: ‘Ti dwèt pi piti mwen an pi gwo ke senti papa mwen!
11 If my father put a hard yoke on you, I will make it harder: my father gave you punishment with whips, but I will give you blows with snakes.
Kote nou wè papa m te chaje nou avèk yon jouk lou, mwen va mete ankò sou jouk nou. Papa m te fè disiplin avèk frèt; men mwen va sèvi ak eskòpyon.’”
12 So all the people came to Rehoboam on the third day, as the king had given orders, saying, Come back to me the third day.
Alò, Jéroboam avèk tout pèp la te vini a Roboam nan twazyèm jou a jan wa a te mande l la, lè l te di: “Retounen kote mwen nan twazyèm jou a.
13 And the king gave them a rough answer, giving no attention to the suggestion of the old men;
Wa a te reponn pèp la byen rèd, paske li te abandone konsèy ke ansyen yo te bay li a.
14 But giving them the answer put forward by the young men, saying, My father made your yoke hard, but I will make it harder; my father gave you punishment with whips, but I will give it with snakes.
Li te pale avèk yo selon konsèy a jennonm yo, e te di: ‘Papa m te fè jouk nou byen lou, men mwen va mete anplis sou fado nou. Papa m te fè disiplin avèk frèt, men mwen va fè disiplin avèk eskòpyon.’”
15 So the king did not give ear to the people; and this came about by the purpose of the Lord, so that what he had said by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam, son of Nebat, might be effected.
Konsa, wa a pa t koute pèp la; paske evenman yo se te yon dewoulman ki te sòti nan SENYÈ a, jis pou Li ta kapab etabli pawòl ke SENYÈ a te pale pa Achija, Siloyit la, a Jéroboam, fis a Nebath la.
16 And when all Israel saw that the king would give no attention to them, the people in answer said to the king, What part have we in David? what is our heritage in the son of Jesse? to your tents, O Israel; now see to your people, David. So Israel went away to their tents.
Lè tout Israël te wè ke wa a pa t koute yo, pèp la te reponn wa a e te di: “Ki pati nou gen nan David? Nanpwen eritaj nan fis Jesse a; Rive nan tant ou yo O Israël! Soti koulye a! Konsa, David, okipe pwòp lakay ou!” Konsa Israël te pati rive nan tant pa yo.
17 (But Rehoboam was still king over those of the children of Israel who were living in the towns of Judah.)
Men pou fis Israël ki te rete nan vil Juda yo, Roboam te renye sou yo.
18 Then King Rehoboam sent Adoniram, the overseer of the forced work; and he was stoned to death by all Israel. And King Rehoboam went quickly and got into his carriage to go in flight to Jerusalem.
Epi Wa Roboam te voye Adoram ki te chèf sou kòve yo, e tout Israël te lapide li avèk kout wòch jiska lanmò. Konsa, Wa Roboam te fè vit monte cha li pou kite Jérusalem.
19 So Israel was turned away from the family of David to this day.
Konsa, Israël te fè rebèl kont lakay David jiska jodi a.
20 Now when all Israel had news that Jeroboam had come back, they sent for him to come before the meeting of the people, and made him king over Israel: not one of them was joined to the family of David but only the tribe of Judah.
Li te vin rive ke lè tout Israël te tande ke Jéroboam te retounen, yo te voye rele li nan asanble a pou te fè li wa sou tout Israël. Okenn sof ke Juda te swiv lakay David.
21 When Rehoboam came to Jerusalem, he got together all the men of Judah and the tribe of Benjamin, a hundred and eighty thousand of his best fighting-men, to make war against Israel and get the kingdom back for Rehoboam, the son of Solomon.
Alò, lè Roboam te retounen Jérusalem, li te rasanble tout kay Juda a ak tribi Benjamin an, 180,000 mesye chwazi ki te gèrye, pou goumen kont lakay Israël la pou restore wayòm a Roboam nan, fis Salomon an.
22 But the word of God came to Shemaiah, the man of God, saying,
Men pawòl Bondye te vini a Schemaeja, nonm a Bondye a, e te di:
23 Say to Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all the men of Judah and Benjamin and the rest of the people:
“Pale avèk Roboam, fis a Salomon an, wa Juda a e a tout lakay Juda avèk Benjamin, a tout lòt pèp yo. Di yo:
24 The Lord has said, You are not to go to war against your brothers, the children of Israel; go back, every man to his house, because this thing is my purpose. So they gave ear to the word of the Lord, and went back, as the Lord had said.
‘Konsa pale SENYÈ a, “Fòk ou pa monte goumen kont fanmi ou yo, fis Israël yo. Retounen tout moun nan nou lakay nou, paske bagay sa a sòti nan Mwen menm.”’” Konsa, yo te koute pawòl SENYÈ a, e yo te retounen fè wout yo selon pawòl SENYÈ a.
25 Then Jeroboam made the town of Shechem in the hill-country of Ephraim a strong place, and was living there; and from there he went out and did the same to Penuel.
Epi, Jéroboam te bati Sichem nan peyi ti kolin Ephraïm yo, e li te rete la. Li te sòti depi la pou te bati Penuel.
26 And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now the kingdom will go back to the family of David:
Jéroboam te di nan kè l: “Koulye a, wayòm nan va retounen lakay David.
27 If the people go up to make offerings in the house of the Lord at Jerusalem, their heart will be turned again to their lord, to Rehoboam, king of Judah; and they will put me to death and go back to Rehoboam, king of Judah.
Si moun sa yo monte pou ofri sakrifis nan kay SENYÈ a Jérusalem; alò, kè a pèp sa a va retounen vè mèt yo; menm vè Roboam, wa Juda a. Epi yo va touye mwen e retounen a Roboam, wa Juda a.”
28 So after taking thought the king made two oxen of gold; and he said to the people, You have been going up to Jerusalem long enough; see! these are your gods, O Israel, who took you out of the land of Egypt.
Pou sa, wa Jéroboam te konsilte, e li te fè de ti bèf an lò. Li te di a pèp la: “Se twòp pou nou ta monte Jérusalem. Men vwala, dye pa nou yo, O Israël, ki te mennen nou monte soti nan peyi Égypte la.”
29 And he put one in Beth-el and the other in Dan.
Li te plase youn nan Béthel e lòt la, li te mete li Dan.
30 And this became a sin in Israel; for the people went to give worship to the one at Beth-el, and to the other at Dan.
Alò, bagay sa a te devni yon peche. Paske pèp la te ale pou adore devan youn nan yo jis rive Dan.
31 And he made places for worship at the high places, and made priests, who were not Levites, from among all the people.
Konsa, Jéroboam te fè kay sou wo plas yo e li te fè prèt yo soti pami moun ki pa t pami fis a Lévi yo.
32 And Jeroboam gave orders for a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like the feast which is kept in Judah, and he went up to the altar. And in the same way, in Beth-el, he gave offerings to the oxen which he had made, placing in Beth-el the priests of the high places he had made.
Jéroboam te etabli yon fèt nan di-zuityèm mwa, sou kenzyèm jou nan mwa a, tankou fèt ki nan Juda a, e li te monte vè lotèl la. Konsa li te fè nan Béthel e li te fè sakrifis a ti bèf ke li te fè yo. Anplis, li te estasyone Béthel prèt pou wo plas ke li te fè yo.
33 He went up to the altar he had made in Beth-el on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, the month fixed by him at his pleasure; and he gave orders for a feast for the people of Israel, and went up to the altar, and there he made the smoke of his offerings go up.
Alò, li te monte kote lotèl ke li te fè Béthel nan kenzyèm jou nan di-zuityèm mwa ke li te chwazi nan pwòp kè li a; epi li te etabli yon fèt pou fis Israël yo, e li te monte vè lotèl la pou brile lansan.
