1 Kings 12

1 And Roboam went to Sichem: for thither were all Israel come together to make him king.

١ وَذَهَبَ رَحُبْعَامُ إِلَى شَكِيمَ، فَتَوَافَدَ إِلَى هُنَاكَ جَمِيعُ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ لِيُنَصِّبُوهُ مَلِكاً.

2 But Jeroboam the son of Nabat, who was yet in Egypt, a fugitive from the face of king Solomon, hearing of his death, returned out of Egypt.

٢ وَعِنْدَمَا سَمِعَ يَرُبْعَامُ بْنُ نَبَاطَ وَهُوَ فِي مِصْرَ، الَّتِي لَجَأَ إِلَيْهَا وَمَكَثَ فِيهَا هَرَباً مِنْ سُلَيْمَانَ، رَجَعَ مِنْهَا،

3 And they sent and called him: and Jeroboam came, and all the multitude of Israel, and they spoke to Roboam, saying:

٣ فَأَرْسَلُوا يَسْتَدْعُونَهُ. فَجَاءَ يَرُبْعَامُ وَكُلُّ جَمَاعَةِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَقَالُوا لِرَحُبْعَامَ:

4 Thy father laid a grievous yoke upon us: now therefore do thou take off a little of the grievous service of thy father, and of his most heavy yoke, which he put upon us, and we will serve thee.

٤ «إنَّ أَبَاكَ أَثْقَلَ النِّيرَ عَلَيْنَا، فَخَفِّفْ أَنْتَ الآنَ مِنْ عِبْئِنَا الْمُرْهِقِ، وَمِنْ ثِقْلِ النِّيرِ الَّذِي وَضَعَهُ أَبُوكَ عَلَى كَاهِلِنَا، فَنَخْدُمَكَ».

5 And he said to them: Go till the third day, and come to me again. And when the people was gone,

٥ فَأَجَابَهُمْ: «اذْهَبُوا الآنَ ثُمَّ ارْجِعُوا إِلَيَّ بَعْدَ ثَلاثَةِ أَيَّامٍ». فَانْصَرَفَ الشَّعْبُ.

6 King Roboam took counsel with the old men, that stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, and he said: What counsel do you give me, that I may answer this people?

٦ فَسَأَلَ رَحُبْعَامُ الشُّيُوخَ الَّذِينَ كَانُوا فِي خِدْمَةِ أَبِيهِ سُلَيْمَانَ: «بِمَاذَا تُشِيرُونَ أَنْ أَرُدَّ جَوَاباً إِلَى هَذَا الشَّعْبِ؟»

7 They said to him: If thou wilt yield to this people today, and condescend to them, and grant their petition, and wilt speak gentle words to them, they will be thy servants always.

٧ فَأَجَابُوهُ: «إِنْ صِرْتَ خَادِماً لِهَذَا الشَّعْبِ، وَرَاعَيْتَهُمْ، وَتَجَاوَبْتَ مَعَهُمْ، وَأَحْسَنْتَ مُخَاطَبَتَهُمْ، يُصْبِحُونَ لَكَ عَبِيداً كُلَّ الأَيَّامِ».

8 But he left the counsel of the old men, which they had given him, and consulted with the young men, that had been brought up with him, and stood before him.

٨ وَلَكِنَّهُ لَمْ يَتْبَعْ مَشُورَةَ الشُّيُوخِ، بَلْ تَدَاوَلَ مَعَ الأَحْدَاثِ الَّذِينَ نَشَأُوا مَعَهُ، وَكَانُوا مِنْ جُمْلَةِ حَاشِيَتِهِ،

9 And he said to them: What counsel do you give me, that I may answer this people, who have said to me: Make the yoke which thy father put upon us lighter?

٩ وَسَأَلَهُمْ: «بِمَ تُشِيرُونَ أَنْتُمْ فَنَرُدَّ جَوَاباً إِلَى هَذَا الشَّعْبِ الَّذِي طَالَبَنِي قَائِلاً: خَفِّفْ مِنَ النِّيرِ الَّذِي أَثْقَلَ بِهِ أَبُوكَ كَاهِلَنَا».

10 And the young men that had been brought up with him, said: Thus shalt thou speak to this people, who have spoken to thee, saying: Thy father made our yoke heavy, do thou ease us. Thou shalt say to them: My little finger is thicker than the back of my father.

١٠ فَأَجَابُوهُ: «تَقُولُ لِهَذَا الشَّعْبِ الَّذِي طَالَبَكَ بِتَخْفِيفِ نِيرِ أَبِيكَ عَنْهُمْ: إِنَّ خِنْصَرِي أَغْلَظُ مِنْ خَاصِرَةِ أَبِي.

11 And now my father put a, heavy yoke upon you, but I will add to your yoke: my father beat you with whips, but I will beat you with scorpions.

١١ أَبِي أَثْقَلَ عَلَيْكُمُ النِّيرَ وَأَنَا أُضَاعِفُهُ. أَبِي أَدَّبَكُمْ بِالسِّيَاطِ وَأَنَا أُؤَدِّبُكُمْ بِالْعَقَارِبِ».

12 So Jeroboam and all the people came to Roboam the third day, as the king had appointed, saying: Come to me again the third day.

١٢ وَفِي الْيَوْمِ الثَّالِثِ مَثَلَ يَرُبْعَامُ وَسَائِرُ الشَّعْبِ أَمَامَ رَحُبْعَامَ، كَمَا طَلَبَ إِلَيْهِمِ الْمَلِكُ.

13 And the king answered the people roughly, leaving the counsel of the old men, which they had given him,

١٣ وَتَلَقَّوْا رَدَّهُ الْقَاسِي الَّذِي تَجَاهَلَ فِيهِ مَشُورَةَ الشُّيُوخِ،

14 And he spoke to them according to the counsel of the young men, saying: My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to your yoke: my father beat you with whips, but I will beat you with scorpions.

١٤ وَخَاطَبَهُمْ بِمَا أَشَارَ عَلَيْهِ الأَحْدَاثُ قَائِلاً: «أَبِي أَثْقَلَ عَلَيْكُمُ النِّيرَ وَأَنَا أُضَاعِفُهُ. أَبِي أَدَّبَكُمْ بِالسِّيَاطِ، وَأَنَا أُؤَدِّبُكُمْ بِالْعَقَارِبِ».

15 And the king condescended not to the people: for the Lord was turned away from him, to make good his word, which he had spoken in the hand of Ahias the Silonite, to Jeroboam the son of Nabat.

١٥ وَرَفَضَ رَحُبْعَامُ الاسْتِجَابَةَ لِمَطَالِبِ الشَّعْبِ، وَكَانَ ذَلِكَ مِنَ الرَّبِّ لِيُنَفِّذَ مَا تَكَلَّمَ بِهِ عَلَى لِسَانِ أَخِيَّا الشِّيلُونِيِّ بِشَأْنِ يَرُبْعَامَ بْنِ نَبَاطَ.

16 Then the people seeing that the king would not hearken to them, answered him, saying: What portion have we in David? or what inheritance in the son of Isai? Go home to thy dwellings, O Israel, now David look to thy own house. So Israel departed to their dwellings.

١٦ فَلَمَّا رَأَى كُلُّ بَنِي إِسْرَائيِلَ أَنَّ الْمَلِكَ لَمْ يَسْتَجِبْ لِمَطَالِبِهِمْ، أَجَابُوهُ: «أَيُّ نَصِيبٍ لَنَا فِي دَاوُدَ، وَأَيُّ حَظٍّ لَنَا بِابْنِ يَسَّى؟ فَإِلَى بُيُوتِكَ يَا إِسْرَائِيلُ. وَلْيَمْلِكْ رَحُبْعَامُ عَلَى أَهْلِهِ وَعَشِيرَتِهِ». وَانْصَرَفَ الإِسْرَائِيلِيُّونَ عَنْهُ إِلَى مَنَازِلِهِمْ.

17 But as for all the children of Israel that dwelt in the cities of Juda, Roboam reigned over them.

١٧ وَلَمْ يَبْقَ تَحْتَ حُكْمِهِ سِوَى أَبْنَاءِ إِسْرَائِيلَ الْمُقِيمِينَ فِي مُدُنِ يَهُوذَا، فَمَلَكَ رَحُبْعَامُ عَلَيْهِمْ.

18 Then king Roboam sent Aduram, who was over the tribute: and all Israel stoned him, and he died. Wherefore king Roboam made haste to get him up into his chariot, and he fled to Jerusalem:

١٨ وَعِنْدَمَا أَرْسَلَ الْمَلِكُ رَحُبْعَامُ أَدُورَامَ الْمُوَكَّلَ عَلَى أَعْمَالِ التَّسْخِيرِ إِلَى أَسْبَاطِ إِسْرَائِيلَ رَجَمُوهُ بِالْحِجَارَةِ فَمَاتَ، فَبَادَرَ الْمَلِكُ رَحُبْعَامُ وَاسْتَقَلَّ مَرْكَبَتَهُ هَارِباً إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ.

19 And Israel revolted from the house of David, unto this day.

١٩ وَهَكَذَا تَمَرَّدَ إِسْرَائِيلُ عَلَى ذُرِيَّةِ دَاوُدَ إِلَى هَذَا الْيَوْمِ.

20 And it came to pass when all Israel heard that Jeroboam was come again, that they gathered an assembly, and sent and called him, and made him king over all Israel, and there was none that followed the house of David but the tribe of Juda only.

٢٠ وَعِنْدَمَا عَلِمَ جَمِيعُ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ بِرُجُوعِ يَرُبْعَامَ مِنْ مِصْرَ، اسْتَدْعَوْهُ لِلْمُثُولِ أَمَامَ جَمَاعَةِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَنَصَّبُوهُ مَلِكاً عَلَيْهِمْ، وَلَمْ يَبْقَ تَحْتَ حُكْمِ رَحُبْعَامَ سِوَى سِبْطِ يَهُوذَا.

21 And Roboam came to Jerusalem, and gathered together all the house of Juda, and the tribe of Benjamin, a hundred four-score thousand chosen men for war, to fight against the house of Israel and to bring the kingdom again under Roboam the son of Solomon.

٢١ وَحِينَ وَصَلَ رَحُبْعَامُ أُورُشَلِيمَ حَشَدَ جَيْشاً مِنْ سِبْطَيْ يَهُوذَا وَبَنْيَامِينَ، بَلَغَ عَدَدُهُ مِئَةً وَثَمَانِينَ أَلْفاً مِنْ نُخْبَةِ الْمُقَاتِلِينَ، لِيُحَارِبَ بَنِي إِسْرَائيِلَ وَيَرُدَّهُمْ إِلَى مُلْكِهِ.

22 But the word of the Lord came to Semeias the man of God, saying:

٢٢ وَلَكِنَّ اللهَ خَاطَبَ شِمْعِيَا النَّبِيَّ:

23 Speak to Roboam the son of Solomon, the king of Juda, and to all the house of Juda, and Benjamin, and the rest of the people, saying:

٢٣ «قُلْ لِرَحُبْعَامَ بنِ سُلْيمَانَ وَسائِرِ شَعْبِ يَهُوذَا وَبَنْيَامِينَ

24 Thus saith the Lord: You shall not go up nor fight against your brethren the children of Israel: let every man return to his house, for this thing is from me. They hearkened to the word of the Lord, and returned from their journey, as the Lord had commanded them.

٢٤ هَذَا مَا يَأْمُرُ بِهِ الرَّبُّ: لَا تَذْهَبُوا لِمُحَارَبَةِ إخْوَتِكُمْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ. لِيَرْجِعْ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْكُمْ إِلَى مَنْزِلِهِ، لأَنَّ مِنْ عِنْدِي قَدْ صَدَرَ الأَمْرُ بِتَمْزِيقِ الْمَمْلَكَةِ». فَاسْتَجَابُوا لأَمْرِ الرَّبِّ، وَأَذْعَنُوا لَهُ.

25 And Jeroboam built Sichem in mount Ephraim, and dwelt there, and going out from thence he built Phanuel.

٢٥ وَحَصَّنَ يَرُبْعَامُ مَدِينَةَ شَكِيمَ فِي جَبَلِ أَفْرَايِمَ وَأَقَامَ فِيهَا؛ ثُمَّ انْطَلَقَ مِنْ هُنَاكَ وَبَنِى مَدِينَةَ فَنُوئِيلَ.

26 And Jeroboam said in his heart: Now shall the kingdom return to the house of David,

٢٦ وَحَدَّثَ يَرُبْعَامُ نَفْسَهُ قَائِلاً: «مِنَ الْمُرَجَّحِ أَنْ تَرْجِعَ الْمَمْلَكَةُ إِلَى بَيْتِ دَاوُدَ،

27 If this people go up to offer sacrifices in the house of the Lord at Jerusalem: and the heart of this people will turn to their lord Roboam the king of Juda, and they will kill me, and return to him.

٢٧ وَلاسِيَّمَا إِنْ صَعِدَ الشَّعْبُ لِيُقَرِّبُوا ذَبَائِحَ فِي هَيْكَلِ الرَّبِّ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ، فَيَمِيلُ قَلْبُهُمْ نَحْوَ سَيِّدِهِمْ رَحُبْعَامَ مَلِكِ يَهُوذَا وَيَقْتُلُونَنِي، ثُمَّ يَلْتَفُّونَ حَوْلَهُ».

28 And finding out a device he made two golden calves, and said to them: Go ye up no more to Jerusalem: Behold thy gods, O Israel, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt.

٢٨ وَبَعْدَ الْمُشَاوَرَةِ سَبَكَ الْمَلِكُ عِجْلَيْ ذَهَبٍ، وَقَالَ لِلشَّعْبِ: «إِنَّ الذَّهَابَ إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ لِلْعِبَادَةِ يُعَرِّضُكُمْ لِمَشَقَّةٍ عَظِيمَةٍ، فَهَا هِيَ آلِهَتُكَ يَا إِسْرَائِيلُ الَّتِي أَخْرَجَتْكَ مِنْ دِيَارِ مِصْرَ».

29 And he set the one in Bethel, and the other in Dan:

٢٩ وَأَقَامَ وَاحِداً فِي بَيْتِ إِيلَ وَالآخَرَ فِي دَانَ.

30 And this thing became an occasion of sin: for the people went to adore the calf as far as Dan.

٣٠ فَصَارَ هَذَا الْعَمَلُ إِثْماً كَبِيراً، لأَنَّ الشَّعْبَ شَرَعَ فِي عِبَادَةِ الْعِجْلَيْنِ حَتَّى وَلَوِ اضْطُرَّ بَعْضُهُمْ لِلارْتِحَالِ إِلَى دَانٍ.

31 And he made temples in the high places, and priests of the lowest of the people, who were not of the sons of Levi.

٣١ وَشَيَّدَ يَرُبْعَامُ مَذَابِحَ عِبَادَةٍ عَلَى التِّلالِ، كَرَّسَ لَهَا كَهَنَةً مِنْ عَامَّةِ الشَّعْبِ، لَا يَنْتَمُونَ إِلَى سِبْطِ لاوِي.

32 And he appointed a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, after the manner of the feast that was celebrated in Juda. And going up to the altar, he did in like manner in Bethel, to sacrifice to the calves, which he had made: and he placed in Bethel priests of the high places, which he had made.

٣٢ وَاحْتَفَلَ يَرُبْعَامُ بِعِيدٍ فِي الْيَوْمِ الْخَامِسَ عَشَرَ مِنَ الشَّهْرِ الثَّامِنِ (تِشْرِينَ الثَّانِي – نُوفَمْبِرَ)، مِثْلَ الْعِيدِ الَّذِي يُحْتَفَلُ بِهِ فِي يَهُوذَا، وَقَدَّمَ مُحْرَقَاتٍ عَلَى الْمَذْبَحِ. وَقَرَّبَ فِي بَيْتِ إِيلَ ذَبَائِحَ لِلْعِجْلَيْنِ اللَّذَيْنِ سَبَكَهُمَا. كَمَا نَصَّبَ فِي بَيْتِ إِيلَ كَهَنَةً لِلْمُرْتَفَعَاتِ الَّتِي أَقَامَهَا.

33 And he went up to the altar, which he had built in Bethel, on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, which he had devised of his own heart: and he ordained a feast to the children of Israel, and went upon the altar to burn incense.

٣٣ وَهَكَذَا أَصْعَدَ مُحْرَقَاتٍ عَلَى الْمَذْبَحِ الَّذِي بَنَاهُ فِي بَيْتِ إِيلَ فِي الْيَوْمِ الْخَامِسَ عَشَرَ مِنَ الشَّهْرِ الثَّامِنِ، الَّذِي اخْتَارَهُ بِنَفْسِهِ، وَجَعَلَهُ عِيداً يَحْتَفِلُ بِهِ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ. وَصَعِدَ هُوَ بِنَفْسِهِ إِلَى الْمَذْبَحِ لِيُوْقِدَ عَلَيْهِ.