1 Kings 12
1 And Rehoboam went to Shechem, where all Israel had come together to make him king,
E foi Roboão a Siquém; porque todo Israel havia vindo a Siquém para fazê-lo rei.
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;
E aconteceu, que quando o ouviu Jeroboão filho de Nebate, que estava em Egito, porque havia fugido de diante do rei Salomão, e habitava em Egito;
3 And all the men of Israel came to Rehoboam and said,
Enviaram e chamaram-lhe. Veio pois Jeroboão e toda a congregação de Israel, e falaram a Roboão, dizendo:
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.
Teu pai agravou nosso jugo, mas agora tu diminui algo da dura servidão de teu pai, e do jugo pesado que ele pôs sobre nós, e te serviremos.
5 And he said to them, Go away for three days and then come back to me again. So the people went away.
E ele lhes disse: Ide, e daqui a três dias voltai a mim. E o povo se foi.
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?
Então o rei Roboão tomou conselho com os anciãos que haviam estado diante de Salomão seu pai quando vivia, e disse: Como aconselhais vós que responda a este povo?
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.
E eles lhe falaram, dizendo: Se tu fores hoje servo deste povo, e o servires, e respondendo-lhe boas palavras lhes falares, eles te servirão para sempre.
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:
Mas ele, deixado o conselho dos anciãos que eles lhe haviam dado, tomou conselho com os rapazes que se haviam criado com ele, e estavam diante dele.
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?
E disse-lhes: Como aconselhais vós que respondamos a este povo, que me falou, dizendo: Diminui algo do jugo que teu pai pôs sobre nós?
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;
Então os rapazes que se haviam criado com ele lhe responderam, dizendo: Assim falarás a este povo que te disse estas palavras: Teu pai agravou nosso jugo; mas tu diminui-nos algo: assim lhes falarás: O menor dedo dos meus é mais espesso que os lombos de meu pai.
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.
Agora, pois, meu pai vos impôs carga de pesado jugo, mas eu acrescentarei a vosso jugo; meu pai vos feriu com açoites, mas eu vos ferirei com escorpiões.
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.
E ao terceiro dia veio Jeroboão com todo o povo a Roboão; segundo o rei o havia mandado, dizendo: Voltai a mim ao terceiro dia.
13 And the king gave them a rough answer, giving no attention to the suggestion of the old men;
E o rei respondeu ao povo duramente, deixado o conselho dos anciãos que eles lhe haviam dado;
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.
E falou-lhes conforme ao conselho dos rapazes, dizendo: Meu pai agravou vosso jugo, mas eu acrescentarei a vosso jugo; meu pai vos feriu com açoites, mas eu vos ferirei com escorpiões.
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.
E não ouviu o rei ao povo; porque era ordenação do SENHOR, para confirmar sua palavra, que o SENHOR havia falado por meio de Aías silonita a Jeroboão filho de Nebate.
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.
E quando todo o povo viu que o rei não lhes havia ouvido, respondeu-lhe estas palavras, dizendo: Que parte temos nós com Davi? Não temos propriedade no filho de Jessé. Israel, a tuas moradas! Provê agora em tua casa, Davi! Então Israel se foi a suas moradas.
17 (But Rehoboam was still king over those of the children of Israel who were living in the towns of Judah.)
Mas reinou Roboão sobre os filhos de Israel que moravam nas cidades de Judá.
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.
E o rei Roboão enviou a Adorão, que estava sobre os tributos; mas apedrejou-lhe todo Israel, e morreu. Então o rei Roboão se esforçou a subir em um carro, e fugir a Jerusalém.
19 So Israel was turned away from the family of David to this day.
Assim se separou Israel da casa de Davi até hoje.
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.
E aconteceu que, ouvindo todo Israel que Jeroboão havia voltado, enviaram e chamaram-lhe à congregação, e fizeram-lhe rei sobre todo Israel, sem restar tribo alguma que seguisse a casa de Davi, a não ser somente a tribo de Judá.
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.
E quando Roboão veio a Jerusalém, juntou toda a casa de Judá e a tribo de Benjamim, cento e oitenta mil homens escolhidos de guerra, para fazer guerra à casa de Israel, e restituir o reino a Roboão filho de Salomão.
22 But the word of God came to Shemaiah, the man of God, saying,
Mas foi palavra do SENHOR a Semaías homem de Deus, dizendo:
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:
Fala a Roboão filho de Salomão, rei de Judá, e a toda a casa de Judá e de Benjamim, e aos demais do povo, dizendo:
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.
Assim disse o SENHOR: Não vades, nem luteis contra vossos irmãos os filhos de Israel; voltai-vos cada um à sua casa; porque este negócio eu o fiz. E eles ouviram a palavra de Deus, e voltaram, e foram-se, conforme à palavra do SENHOR.
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.
E reedificou Jeroboão a Siquém no monte de Efraim, e habitou nela; e saindo dali, reedificou a Peniel.
26 And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now the kingdom will go back to the family of David:
E disse Jeroboão em seu coração: Agora se voltará o reino à casa de Davi,
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.
Se este povo subir a sacrificar à casa do SENHOR em Jerusalém: porque o coração deste povo se converterá a seu senhor Roboão rei de Judá, e me matarão a mim, e se tornarão a Roboão rei de Judá.
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.
E havido conselho, fez o rei dois bezerros de ouro, e disse ao povo: Demais subistes a Jerusalém: eis que teus deuses, ó Israel, que te fizeram subir da terra do Egito.
29 And he put one in Beth-el and the other in Dan.
E pôs o um em Betel, e o outro pôs em Dã.
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.
E isto foi ocasião de pecado; porque o povo ia a adorar diante do um, até Dã.
31 And he made places for worship at the high places, and made priests, who were not Levites, from among all the people.
Fez também casa de altos, e fez sacerdotes da classe do povo, que não eram dos filhos de Levi.
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.
Então instituiu Jeroboão solenidade no mês oitavo, aos quinze do mês, conforme à solenidade que se celebrava em Judá; e sacrificou sobre altar. Assim fez em Betel, sacrificando aos bezerros que havia feito. Ordenou também em Betel sacerdote
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.
Sacrificou pois sobre o altar que ele havia feito em Betel, aos quinze do mês oitavo, o mês que ele havia inventado de seu coração; e fez festa aos filhos de Israel, e subiu ao altar para queimar incenso.
