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.
Roboam fue a Siquem, porque todo Israel había acudido a Siquem para hacerle rey.
2 When Jeroboam, who was still in Egypt, heard about that, he returned from Egypt [to Israel].
Cuando Jeroboam hijo de Nabat se enteró de ello (pues aún estaba en Egipto, donde había huido de la presencia del rey Salomón, y Jeroboam vivía en Egipto;
3 The [leaders of the northern tribes] summoned him, and they went together [to talk] to Rehoboam. They said to him,
y enviaron a llamarlo), Jeroboam y toda la asamblea de Israel vinieron y hablaron con Roboam, diciendo:
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].”
“Tu padre hizo difícil nuestro yugo. Ahora, pues, aligera el duro servicio de tu padre y el pesado yugo que nos impuso, y te serviremos.”
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.
Les dijo: “Vayan por tres días y luego vuelvan a mí”. Así que la gente se marchó.
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?”
El rey Roboam se asesoró con los ancianos que habían estado delante de Salomón, su padre, cuando aún vivía, diciendo: “¿Qué consejo me dais para responder a esta gente?”
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.”
Ellos respondieron: “Si hoy eres un siervo para este pueblo y le sirves y le respondes con buenas palabras, entonces ellos serán tus siervos para siempre.”
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).
Pero abandonó el consejo de los ancianos que le habían dado, y tomó consejo con los jóvenes que habían crecido con él, que estaban delante de él.
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?”
Les dijo: “¿Qué consejo les dais para que respondamos a esta gente que me ha hablado diciendo: “Aligerad el yugo que vuestro padre nos puso”?”
10 They replied, “This is what you should tell them: ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s waist.
Los jóvenes que se habían criado con él le dijeron: “Dile a esa gente que te ha hablado diciendo: “Tu padre ha hecho pesado nuestro yugo, pero aligéralo para nosotros”; diles: “Mi dedo meñique es más grueso que la cintura de mi padre.
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.’”
Mi padre os cargó con un yugo pesado, pero yo añadiré a vuestro yugo. Mi padre os castigó con látigos, pero yo os castigaré con escorpiones’”.
12 So three days later, Jeroboam and all the leaders came to Rehoboam again, as he had told them to do.
Entonces Jeroboam y todo el pueblo vinieron a Roboam al tercer día, tal como el rey lo había pedido, diciendo: “Volved a mí al tercer día”.
13 The king ignored the advice of the older men and spoke harshly to the Israeli leaders.
El rey respondió al pueblo con aspereza, y abandonó el consejo de los ancianos que le habían dado,
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!”
y les habló según el consejo de los jóvenes, diciendo: “Mi padre hizo pesado vuestro yugo, pero yo añadiré a vuestro yugo. Mi padre os castigó con látigos, pero yo os castigaré con escorpiones”.
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].
El rey, pues, no escuchó al pueblo, porque era una cosa traída de Yahvé, para confirmar su palabra, que Yahvé habló por medio de Ahías el silonita a Jeroboam hijo de Nabat.
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.
Cuando todo Israel vio que el rey no los escuchaba, el pueblo respondió al rey diciendo: “¿Qué parte tenemos en David? No tenemos herencia en el hijo de Isaí. ¡A tus tiendas, Israel! Ahora ocúpate de tu propia casa, David”. Así que Israel se fue a sus tiendas.
17 And [after that, ] the [only Israeli] people whom Rehoboam ruled over were those who lived in the territory of [the tribe of] Judah.
Pero en cuanto a los hijos de Israel que vivían en las ciudades de Judá, Roboam reinó sobre ellos.
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.
Entonces el rey Roboam envió a Adoram, que estaba a cargo de los hombres sometidos a trabajos forzados, y todo Israel lo mató a pedradas. El rey Roboam se apresuró a subir a su carro, para huir a Jerusalén.
19 Ever since that time, the people of [the northern tribes of] Israel have been rebelling against the descendants [MTY] of [King] David.
Así se rebeló Israel contra la casa de David hasta el día de hoy.
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.
Cuando todo Israel se enteró de que Jeroboam había regresado, enviaron a llamarlo a la congregación y lo hicieron rey de todo Israel. No hubo nadie que siguiera a la casa de David, sino sólo la tribu de Judá.
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.
Cuando Roboam llegó a Jerusalén, reunió a toda la casa de Judá y a la tribu de Benjamín, ciento ochenta mil hombres escogidos que eran guerreros, para luchar contra la casa de Israel, a fin de devolver el reino a Roboam hijo de Salomón.
22 But God spoke to the prophet Shemaiah and said this to him:
Pero vino la palabra de Dios a Semaías, hombre de Dios, diciendo:
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:
“Habla a Roboam hijo de Salomón, rey de Judá, y a toda la casa de Judá y de Benjamín, y al resto del pueblo, diciendo:
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.
‘Dice el Señor: “No subiréis ni lucharéis contra vuestros hermanos, los hijos de Israel. Volved cada uno a su casa, porque esto viene de mí””. Así que escucharon la palabra de Yahvé, y volvieron y se fueron, según la palabra de Yahvé.
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.
Entonces Jeroboam edificó Siquem en la región montañosa de Efraín, y vivió en ella; luego salió de allí y edificó Penuel.
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.”
Jeroboam decía en su corazón: “Ahora el reino volverá a la casa de David.
Si este pueblo sube a ofrecer sacrificios en la casa de Yahvé en Jerusalén, entonces el corazón de este pueblo se volverá a su señor, a Roboam, rey de Judá, y me matarán y volverán con Roboam, rey de Judá.”
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!]”
Entonces el rey tomó consejo e hizo dos becerros de oro, y les dijo: “Es demasiado para ustedes subir a Jerusalén. Mirad y ved vuestros dioses, Israel, que os hicieron subir de la tierra de Egipto”.
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].
Puso el uno en Betel, y el otro lo puso en Dan.
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.
Esto se convirtió en un pecado, pues el pueblo llegó hasta Dan para adorar ante el de allí.
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.
Hizo casas de altos, e hizo sacerdotes de entre todo el pueblo, que no eran de los hijos de Leví.
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.
Jeroboam ordenó una fiesta en el octavo mes, a los quince días del mes, como la fiesta que hay en Judá, y subió al altar. Lo hizo en Betel, sacrificando a los becerros que había hecho, y colocó en Betel a los sacerdotes de los lugares altos que había hecho.
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].
Subió al altar que había hecho en Betel el día quince del mes octavo, el mes que había ideado de su propio corazón, e instituyó una fiesta para los hijos de Israel, y subió al altar a quemar incienso.
