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.
Rehavam Şekem'e gitti. Çünkü bütün İsrailliler kendisini kral ilan etmek için orada toplanmışlardı.
2 When Jeroboam, who was still in Egypt, heard about that, he returned from Egypt [to Israel].
Kral Süleyman'dan kaçıp Mısır'a yerleşen Nevat oğlu Yarovam bunu duyunca Mısır'da kalmaya karar verdi.
3 The [leaders of the northern tribes] summoned him, and they went together [to talk] to Rehoboam. They said to him,
İsrail topluluğu Yarovam'ı çağırttı. Birlikte gidip Rehavam'a şöyle dediler:
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].”
“Baban üzerimize ağır bir boyunduruk koydu. Ama babanın üzerimize yüklediği ağır yükü ve boyunduruğu hafifletirsen sana kul köle oluruz.”
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.
Rehavam, “Şimdi gidin, üç gün sonra yine gelin” yanıtını verince halk yanından ayrıldı.
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?”
Kral Rehavam, babası Süleyman'a sağlığında danışmanlık yapan ileri gelenlere, “Bu halka nasıl yanıt vermemi öğütlersiniz?” diye sordu.
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.”
İleri gelenler, “Bugün bu halka hizmet eder, olumlu yanıt verirsen, sana her zaman kul köle olurlar” diye karşılık verdiler.
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).
Ne var ki, Rehavam ileri gelenlerin öğüdünü reddederek birlikte büyüdüğü genç görevlilerine danıştı:
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?”
“Siz ne yapmamı öğütlersiniz? ‘Babanın üzerimize koyduğu boyunduruğu hafiflet’ diyen bu halka nasıl bir yanıt verelim?”
10 They replied, “This is what you should tell them: ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s waist.
Birlikte büyüdüğü gençler ona şu karşılığı verdiler: “Sana ‘Babanın üzerimize koyduğu boyunduruğu hafiflet’ diyen halka de ki, ‘Benim küçük parmağım babamın belinden daha kalındır.
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.’”
Babam size ağır bir boyunduruk yüklediyse, ben boyunduruğunuzu daha da ağırlaştıracağım. Babam sizi kırbaçla yola getirdiyse, ben sizi akreplerle yola getireceğim.’”
12 So three days later, Jeroboam and all the leaders came to Rehoboam again, as he had told them to do.
Yarovam'la bütün halk, kralın, “Üç gün sonra yine gelin” sözü üzerine, üçüncü gün Rehavam'ın yanına geldiler.
13 The king ignored the advice of the older men and spoke harshly to the Israeli leaders.
İleri gelenlerin öğüdünü reddeden Kral Rehavam, gençlerin öğüdüne uyarak halka sert bir yanıt verdi: “Babamın size yüklediği boyunduruğu ben daha da ağırlaştıracağım. Babam sizi kırbaçla yola getirdiyse, ben sizi akreplerle yola getireceğim.”
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!”
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].
Kral halkı dinlemedi. Çünkü Şilolu Ahiya aracılığıyla Nevat oğlu Yarovam'a verdiği sözü yerine getirmek için RAB bu olayı düzenlemişti.
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.
Kralın kendilerini dinlemediğini görünce, bütün İsrailliler, “İşay oğlu, Davut'la ne ilgimiz, Ne de payımız var!” diye bağırdılar, “Ey İsrail halkı, haydi evimize dönelim! Davut'un soyu başının çaresine baksın.” Böylece herkes evine döndü.
17 And [after that, ] the [only Israeli] people whom Rehoboam ruled over were those who lived in the territory of [the tribe of] Judah.
Rehavam da yalnızca Yahuda kentlerinde yaşayan İsrailliler'e krallık yapmaya başladı.
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.
İsrailliler Kral Rehavam'ın gönderdiği angaryacıbaşı Adoram'ı taşa tutup öldürdüler. Bunun üzerine Kral Rehavam savaş arabasına atlayıp Yeruşalim'e kaçtı.
19 Ever since that time, the people of [the northern tribes of] Israel have been rebelling against the descendants [MTY] of [King] David.
İsrail halkı, Davut soyundan gelenlere hep başkaldırdı.
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.
Yarovam'ın Mısır'dan döndüğünü duyunca, bütün İsrailliler haber gönderip kendisini toplantıya çağırdılar ve onu İsrail Kralı ilan ettiler. Yahuda oymağından başka hiç kimse Davut soyunu izlemedi.
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.
Süleyman oğlu Rehavam Yeruşalim'e varınca, İsrail oymaklarıyla savaşıp onları yeniden egemenliği altına almak amacıyla bütün Yahuda ve Benyamin oymaklarından yüz seksen bin seçkin savaşçı topladı.
22 But God spoke to the prophet Shemaiah and said this to him:
Bu arada Tanrı adamı Şemaya'ya Tanrı şöyle seslendi:
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:
“Süleyman oğlu Yahuda Kralı Rehavam'a, bütün Yahudalılar'a, Benyaminliler'e ve orada yaşayan öteki insanlara şunu söyle:
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.
‘RAB diyor ki, İsrailli kardeşlerinize saldırmayın, onlarla savaşmayın. Herkes evine dönsün! Çünkü bu olayı ben düzenledim.’” RAB'bin bu sözlerini duyan halk O'nun buyruğuna uyup evine döndü.
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.
Yarovam Efrayim'in dağlık bölgesindeki Şekem Kenti'ni onarıp orada yaşamaya başladı. Daha sonra oradan ayrılıp Penuel Kenti'ni onardı.
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.”
Yarovam, “Şimdi krallık yine Davut soyunun eline geçebilir” diye düşündü,
“Eğer bu halk Yeruşalim'e gidip RAB'bin Tapınağı'nda kurbanlar sunarsa, yürekleri efendileri, Yahuda Kralı Rehavam'a döner. Beni öldürüp yeniden Rehavam'a bağlanırlar.”
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!]”
Kral, danışmanlarına danıştıktan sonra, iki altın buzağı yaptırıp halkına, “Tapınmak için artık Yeruşalim'e gitmenize gerek yok” dedi, “Ey İsrail halkı, işte sizi Mısır'dan çıkaran ilahlarınız!”
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].
Altın buzağılardan birini Beytel, ötekini Dan Kenti'ne yerleştirdi.
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.
Bu günahtı. Böylece halk buzağıya tapmak için Dan'a kadar gitmeye başladı.
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.
Yarovam ayrıca tapınma yerlerinde tapınaklar yaptırdı. Levililer'in dışında her türlü insanlardan kâhinler atadı.
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.
Yarovam sekizinci ayın on beşinci günü Yahuda'daki bayrama benzer bir bayram başlattı. Dan'daki sunakta ve Beytel'de yaptırdığı altın buzağılara kurbanlar sundu; orada kurmuş olduğu tapınma yerlerine kâhinler yerleştirdi.
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].
Kendi kendine uydurduğu sekizinci ayın on beşinci günü, Beytel'de yaptırdığı sunağa gitti, kurban sunup buhur yaktı. Ve o günü İsrail halkı için bayram ilan etti.
