1 Kings 12
1 All [HYP] the people of [northern] Israel went to Shechem [city] in order to appoint Rehoboam to be their king. So Rehoboam also went there.
Woboram moute lavil Sichèm kote tout pèp Izrayèl la nèt te sanble pou fè li wa.
2 When Jeroboam, who was still in Egypt, heard about that, he returned from Egypt [to Israel].
Lè Jewoboram, pitit gason Nebat la, ki te nan peyi Lejip kote li te al kache pou Salomon an, pran nouvèl la, li kite peyi Lejip, li tounen nan peyi l'.
3 The [leaders of the northern tribes] summoned him, and they went together [to talk] to Rehoboam. They said to him,
Moun branch fanmi ki nan nò peyi a voye chache l'. Yo tout ansanm, y' al jwenn Woboram, yo di l' konsa:
4 “Your father [Solomon] forced us to work very hard [MET] for him. If you (lighten these loads/do not force us to work that hard), and if you charge us less taxes than we were paying to him, we will serve you [faithfully].”
-Salomon, papa ou, te di anpil ak nou, li te peze nou anpil. Koulye a, fè yon leve men pou nou. Kite nou viv yon ti jan pi alèz, n'a sèvi ou nèt ale.
5 He replied, “Go away, and come back three days from now [and I will give you my answer].” So those leaders and Jeroboam left.
Woboram di yo: -Tounen nan twa jou. Lè sa a, m'a ban nou repons. Epi pèp la al fè wout li.
6 Then King Rehoboam consulted the older men who had advised his father Solomon while he was still living. He asked them, “What shall I say to answer those men?”
Woboram menm al jwenn chèf fanmi ki te sèvi konseye pou Salomon, papa l', lè l' t'ap viv, li mande yo: -Kisa pou m' reponn pèp la? Ki konsèy nou ban mwen?
7 They replied, “If you want to serve your people well, speak kindly to those men when you reply to them. If you do that, your people will always serve you faithfully.”
Yo reponn li: -Si jòdi a ou fè pèp la wè se sèvi ou vle sèvi l', si ou asepte fè sa yo mande ou la, si ou pale byen ak yo, y'ap toujou sèvi ou.
8 But he ignored what the older men advised him to do. Instead, he consulted the younger men who had grown up with him, who were now (his advisors/the ones who told him what would be good to do).
Men, Woboram pa koute konsèy granmoun yo te ba li a, l' al jwenn jenn gason ki te leve ansanm avè l' yo, lèfini ki te toujou la avè l', li mande yo konsèy.
9 He said to them, “What should I say to the men who are asking me to reduce the [work and taxes] that my father required from them?”
Li di yo: -Ki konsèy nou ta ban mwen? Kisa pou m' reponn pèp la k'ap mande m' pou m' fè yon leve men pou yo?
10 They replied, “This is what you should tell them: ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s waist.
Jenn gason kanmarad li yo reponn li: -Men sa w'a di moun sa yo k'ap plenyen ba ou pou papa ou ki t'ap peze yo, epi k'ap mande ou fè yon leve men pou yo. W'a di yo: Si papa m' te di ak nou, mwen menm m'ap pi di pase l'.
11 What I mean is that my father required you [to work hard and pay high taxes]. But I will make those loads heavier. [It was as though] my father whipped you, but [it will be as though] I will whip you with whips that have pieces of metal in them.’”
Wi, w'a di yo: Papa m' t'ap peze nou anba chay lou, mwen menm m'ap mete sou chay la ankò. Papa m' te bat nou ak fwèt, mwen menm m'ap pase fwèt la anba sann pou m' bat nou.
12 So three days later, Jeroboam and all the leaders came to Rehoboam again, as he had told them to do.
Twa jou apre vre, Jewoboram tounen ansanm ak tout pèp Izrayèl la vin jwenn wa Woboram jan li te di yo a.
13 The king ignored the advice of the older men and spoke harshly to the Israeli leaders.
Wa a pa koute konsèy granmoun yo, li pale di ak pèp la.
14 [He told them what the younger men had advised.] He said, “My father put heavy burdens [of work and taxes] on you, but I will put heavier burdens on you. [It was as though] he beat you with whips, but I will beat you with whips that have pieces of metal in them!”
Li reponn yo jan jenn gason yo te ba l' konsèy fè a. Li di yo: -Papa m' t'ap peze nou anba chay lou, mwen menm m'ap mete sou chay n'ap pote deja a. Papa m' te bat nou ak fwèt, mwen menm m'ap pase fwèt la anba sann pou m' bat nou.
15 So the king did not pay any attention to the Israeli leaders. But this happened in order that what Yahweh wanted would occur, what he had told the prophet Ahijah about Jeroboam [becoming king of the ten tribes].
Se konsa wa a pa t' asepte fè sa pèp la te mande l' la. Sa se travay Seyè a menm ki te vle pou sa li te voye Akija, pwofèt Silo a, al di Jewoboram, pitit Nebat la, rive vre.
16 When the Israeli leaders realized that the king did not pay any attention to what they said, they shouted, “We do not [RHQ] want anything to do with this descendant of King David! We will not pay attention to what this grandson of Jesse says! You people of Israel, let’s go home! As for this descendant of David [MTY], he can rule his own kingdom [MTY]!” So the Israeli leaders returned to their homes.
Lè pèp Izrayèl la wè wa a pa t' soti pou li fè sa yo te mande l' la, yo reponn wa a. Yo di li: -Nou pa gen anyen pou nou wè ak David. Nou pa bezwen anyen nan zafè pitit Izayi a. Ann al lakay nou, nou menm moun peyi Izrayèl yo! Ann kite pitit David yo degaje yo pou kont yo ak fanmi yo! Se konsa moun pèp Izrayèl yo vire do al lakay yo.
17 And [after that, ] the [only Israeli] people whom Rehoboam ruled over were those who lived in the territory of [the tribe of] Judah.
Yo kite Woboram pou li gouvènen sèlman sou moun ki rete nan pòsyon tè branch fanmi Jida a.
18 Then King Rehoboam sent Adoniram [to talk to the Israeli people]. Adoniram was the man who supervised [all the men who were] forced to work [for Rehoboam]. But the Israeli people killed him by throwing stones at him. When that happened, King Rehoboam quickly got in his chariot and escaped to Jerusalem.
Apre sa, wa Woboram voye Adoram ki te reskonsab travay kòve yo bò kote moun Izrayèl yo. Men moun Izrayèl yo kalonnen li wòch jouk li mouri. Lè sa a, wa Woboram prese moute sou cha li, li kouri ale lavil Jerizalèm.
19 Ever since that time, the people of [the northern tribes of] Israel have been rebelling against the descendants [MTY] of [King] David.
Depi lè sa a, moun pèp Izrayèl yo vire do bay moun fanmi David yo jouk jounen jòdi a.
20 When the Israeli people heard that Jeroboam had returned [from Egypt], they invited him to come to a meeting, and there they appointed him to be the king of Israel. Only the people of the tribes of Judah [and Benjamin] continued to be loyal to [the kings descended from King] [MTY] David.
Lè moun peyi Izrayèl yo vin konnen Jewoboram te tounen soti peyi Lejip, yo voye chache l' pou l' vin nan yon reyinyon. Yo fè msye wa sou tout peyi Izrayèl la. Se moun branch fanmi Jida yo ase ki te kenbe fèm ak fanmi David la.
21 When Rehoboam arrived in Jerusalem, he gathered 180,000 of the best soldiers from the tribes [MTY] of Judah and Benjamin. He wanted them to fight against the northern tribes of [MTY] Israel [and defeat them], in order that he could [rule all the tribes of] his kingdom again.
Lè Woboram rive lavil Jerizalèm, li sanble sankatrevenmil (180.000) sòlda nan pi bon sòlda ki te nan branch fanmi Jida ak nan branch fanmi Benjamen pou l' al goumen ak moun peyi Izrayèl yo, pou l' mete yo anba lòd li ankò.
22 But God spoke to the prophet Shemaiah and said this to him:
Men, Bondye pale ak Chemaya, pwofèt li a, li di l' konsa:
23 “Go and tell this to [Solomon’s son] Rehoboam, the king of Judah, and to all the people of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin and the people from the northern tribe who live in Judah:
-Pale ak Woboram, pitit Salomon an, wa peyi Jida a, ansanm ak tout moun ki fè pati branch fanmi Jida ak branch fanmi Benjamen. Di yo:
24 ‘Yahweh says that you must not go to fight against your own relatives, the people of Israel. All of you must go home. What has happened is what Yahweh wanted to happen.’” [So Shemaiah went and told that to them, ] and they all paid attention to what Yahweh had commanded them to do, and they went home.
Men mesaj mwen menm Seyè a, mwen voye ba yo: Pa konprann pou n' al atake moun peyi Izrayèl yo. Se fanmi nou yo ye. Tounen lakay nou. Sa ki rive a se travay mwen, se mwen ki vle l' konsa. Moun yo koute lòd Seyè a vre, yo tout al lakay yo jan Seyè a te di yo a.
25 Then Jeroboam’s workers built [walls around] Shechem [city] in the hilly area [where the descendants] of Ephraim [lived], and he ruled from there for a while. He and his workers then left there and went to Peniel [town], and they built walls around that town.
Jewoboram ranfòse miray ranpa lavil Sichèm nan mòn peyi Efrayim. Se la l' al rete pou yon tan. Apre sa, li kite Sichèm, l' al ranfòse miray ranpa lavil Penwèl.
26 Then Jeroboam said to himself, “If my people [continue to] go to Jerusalem and offer sacrifices to Yahweh at the temple there, soon they will again become loyal to Rehoboam, the king of Judah [DOU], and they will kill me.”
Lèfini, Jewoboram di nan kè li: -Jan sa ye koulye a, gouvènman an pral tounen nan men moun fanmi David yo ankò.
Paske, si pèp la gen pou moute lavil Jerizalèm chak lè pou touye bèt pou Seyè a nan Tanp lan, rive yon lè, y'ap tounen al jwenn Woboram, wa peyi Jida a. Lè sa a, y'a touye m' pou y' al jwenn li ankò.
28 So he consulted [his advisors, and then he did what they suggested]. He [told his workers to] make gold [statues of] two calves. Then he said to the people, “You have been going to Jerusalem [to worship] for a long time. It is a big trouble for you to continue going there. You people of Israel, look! These statues are the gods that brought our [ancestors] up from Egypt! [So you can worship these, here!]”
Lè li fin fè lide sa a, li fè de estati towo an lò, epi li di pèp la: -Nou moute kont nou koulye a lavil Jerizalèm pou fè sèvis. Nou menm moun pèp Izrayèl, men bondye pa nou, bondye ki te fè nou soti kite peyi Lejip.
29 He [told his workers to] place one of the statues in Bethel [city in the south] and one in Dan [city in the north].
Li mete yonn nan estati towo yo lavil Betèl, li mete lòt la lavil Dann.
30 So [what Jeroboam did caused] the people [to] sin. Some of them went and worshiped the calf at Bethel, and others went and worshiped the other calf at Dan.
Se konsa pèp la rive fè sa ki mal. Y' al fè sèvis pou zidòl yo lavil Betèl ak lavil Dann.
31 [Moses had declared that only men from the tribe of Levi would be priests, but] Jeroboam also told his workers to build shrines on hilltops, and then he appointed men who were not from the tribe of Levi to be priests.
Jewoboram al bati lòt kay zidòl sou tèt kèk mòn. Li chwazi kèk gason nan pèp la ki pa t' nan branch fanmi Levi yo pou sèvi prèt.
32 He also appointed Adonijah and two priests, Elishama and Jehoram. They had a celebration at the end of October, like the celebration [of Living in Temporary Shelters] that occurred in Judah [each year]. On the altar [that they built] in Bethel, he offered sacrifices to the gold statues of calves that they had made, and he stationed the priests there at the shrines that his workers had built.
Jewoboram chwazi kenzyèm jou nan wityèm mwa a pou yon jou fèt, tankou fèt yo fè nan peyi Jida a. Sou lotèl lavil Betèl la, li touye bèt pou estati towo li te fè fè yo. Lèfini, se la lavil Betèl ankò li mete prèt ki pou sèvi nan lòt kote li te bati pou fè sèvis yo.
33 Jeroboam went up to that altar on that day in October which he himself had chosen. There on that altar he burned incense [to be a sacrifice]. And he declared that the people should celebrate that festival [on that same day every year].
Se konsa, sou kenzyèm jou wityèm mwa a, jou li menm li te chwazi a, li moute lavil Betèl, l' al touye bèt sou lotèl la pou fete fèt li menm li te fè lide fete pou pèp Izrayèl la.
