1 Wa 12
1 Roboam te ale Sichem, paske tout Israël te vini Sichem pou fè li wa a.
Then Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had gone there to make him king.
2 Alò, lè Jéroboam, fis a Nebath la te tande sa, li t ap viv an Égypte (paske li te toujou an Égypte kote li te sove ale rive soti nan prezans a Wa Salomon).
When Jeroboam son of Nebat heard about this, he was still in Egypt where he had fled from King Solomon and had been living ever since.
3 Konsa, yo te voye rele li e Jéroboam avèk tout asanble Israël la te vin pale avèk Roboam. Yo te di:
So they sent for Jeroboam, and he and the whole assembly of Israel came to Rehoboam and said,
4 “Papa ou te fè jouk nou rèd. Alò pou sa, fè sèvis di a papa ou vin pi lejè e mwens lou ke li te mete sou nou e nou va sèvi ou.”
“Your father put a heavy yoke on us. But now you should lighten the burden of your father’s service and the heavy yoke he put on us, and we will serve you.”
5 Epi li te di yo: “Kite mwen pandan twa jou e retounen bò kote mwen.” Konsa, pèp la te ale.
Rehoboam answered, “Go away for three days and then return to me.” So the people departed.
6 Wa Roboam te fè konsiltasyon avèk ansyen ki te sèvi papa li yo, Salomon, pandan li te toujou vivan an, e li te di: “Ki konsèy n ap ban mwen pou repons a pèp sa a?”
Then King Rehoboam consulted with the elders who had served his father Solomon during his lifetime. “How do you advise me to respond to these people?” he asked.
7 Alò, yo te pale avèk li. Yo te di: “Si ou va sèvi pèp sa a jodi a, sede a yo sa ke yo mande e pale bon pawòl avèk yo. Konsa, yo va sèvitè ou pou tout tan.”
They replied, “If you will be a servant to these people and serve them this day, and if you will respond by speaking kind words to them, they will be your servants forever.”
8 Men li te rejte konsèy ansyen yo te bay li a e li te konsilte avèk jennonm ki te elve ansanm avèk li pou te sèvi li a.
But Rehoboam rejected the advice of the elders; instead, he consulted the young men who had grown up with him and served him.
9 Konsa, li te mande yo: “Ki konsèy n ap ban mwen pou nou kapab reponn pèp sa a ki te pale avè m e te di: ‘Fè jouk ke papa ou te mete sou nou an vin pi lejè’?”
He asked them, “What message do you advise that we send back to these people who have spoken to me, saying, ‘Lighten the yoke your father put on us’?”
10 Jennonm ki te elve ansanm avèk li yo te reponn li e te di: “Se konsa pou ou ta pale avèk pèp sa a ki te pale avèk ou a pou di: ‘Papa ou te fè jouk nou lou. Alò, ou menm, fè l vin pi lejè pou nou.’ Konsa, ou va di yo: ‘Ti dwèt pi piti mwen an pi gwo ke senti papa mwen!
The young men who had grown up with him replied, “This is how you should answer these people who said to you, ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, but you should make it lighter.’ This is what you should tell them: ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s waist!
11 Kote nou wè papa m te chaje nou avèk yon jouk lou, mwen va mete ankò sou jouk nou. Papa m te fè disiplin avèk frèt; men mwen va sèvi ak eskòpyon.’”
Whereas my father burdened you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke. Whereas my father scourged you with whips, I will scourge you with scorpions.’”
12 Alò, Jéroboam avèk tout pèp la te vini a Roboam nan twazyèm jou a jan wa a te mande l la, lè l te di: “Retounen kote mwen nan twazyèm jou a.
After three days, Jeroboam and all the people returned to Rehoboam, since the king had said, “Come back to me on the third day.”
13 Wa a te reponn pèp la byen rèd, paske li te abandone konsèy ke ansyen yo te bay li a.
And the king answered the people harshly. He rejected the advice of the elders
14 Li te pale avèk yo selon konsèy a jennonm yo, e te di: ‘Papa m te fè jouk nou byen lou, men mwen va mete anplis sou fado nou. Papa m te fè disiplin avèk frèt, men mwen va fè disiplin avèk eskòpyon.’”
and spoke to them as the young men had advised, saying, “Whereas my father made your yoke heavy, I will add to your yoke. Whereas my father scourged you with whips, I will scourge you with scorpions.”
15 Konsa, wa a pa t koute pèp la; paske evenman yo se te yon dewoulman ki te sòti nan SENYÈ a, jis pou Li ta kapab etabli pawòl ke SENYÈ a te pale pa Achija, Siloyit la, a Jéroboam, fis a Nebath la.
So the king did not listen to the people, and indeed this turn of events was from the LORD, to fulfill the word He had spoken to Jeroboam son of Nebat through Ahijah the Shilonite.
16 Lè tout Israël te wè ke wa a pa t koute yo, pèp la te reponn wa a e te di: “Ki pati nou gen nan David? Nanpwen eritaj nan fis Jesse a; Rive nan tant ou yo O Israël! Soti koulye a! Konsa, David, okipe pwòp lakay ou!” Konsa Israël te pati rive nan tant pa yo.
When all Israel saw that the king had refused to listen to them, they answered the king: “What portion do we have in David, and what inheritance in the son of Jesse? To your tents, O Israel! Look now to your own house, O David!” So the Israelites went home,
17 Men pou fis Israël ki te rete nan vil Juda yo, Roboam te renye sou yo.
but Rehoboam still reigned over the Israelites living in the cities of Judah.
18 Epi Wa Roboam te voye Adoram ki te chèf sou kòve yo, e tout Israël te lapide li avèk kout wòch jiska lanmò. Konsa, Wa Roboam te fè vit monte cha li pou kite Jérusalem.
Then King Rehoboam sent out Adoram, who was in charge of the forced labor, but all Israel stoned him to death. And King Rehoboam mounted his chariot in haste and escaped to Jerusalem.
19 Konsa, Israël te fè rebèl kont lakay David jiska jodi a.
So to this day Israel has been in rebellion against the house of David.
20 Li te vin rive ke lè tout Israël te tande ke Jéroboam te retounen, yo te voye rele li nan asanble a pou te fè li wa sou tout Israël. Okenn sof ke Juda te swiv lakay David.
When all Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned, they summoned him to the assembly and made him king over all Israel. Only the tribe of Judah followed the house of David.
21 Alò, lè Roboam te retounen Jérusalem, li te rasanble tout kay Juda a ak tribi Benjamin an, 180,000 mesye chwazi ki te gèrye, pou goumen kont lakay Israël la pou restore wayòm a Roboam nan, fis Salomon an.
And when Rehoboam arrived in Jerusalem, he mobilized the whole house of Judah and the tribe of Benjamin—180,000 chosen warriors—to fight against the house of Israel and restore the kingdom to Rehoboam son of Solomon.
22 Men pawòl Bondye te vini a Schemaeja, nonm a Bondye a, e te di:
But the word of God came to Shemaiah the man of God:
23 “Pale avèk Roboam, fis a Salomon an, wa Juda a e a tout lakay Juda avèk Benjamin, a tout lòt pèp yo. Di yo:
“Tell Rehoboam son of Solomon king of Judah, all the house of Judah and Benjamin, and the rest of the people
24 ‘Konsa pale SENYÈ a, “Fòk ou pa monte goumen kont fanmi ou yo, fis Israël yo. Retounen tout moun nan nou lakay nou, paske bagay sa a sòti nan Mwen menm.”’” Konsa, yo te koute pawòl SENYÈ a, e yo te retounen fè wout yo selon pawòl SENYÈ a.
that this is what the LORD says: ‘You are not to go up and fight against your brothers, the Israelites. Each of you must return home, for this word is from Me.’” So they listened to the word of the LORD and turned back according to the word of the LORD.
25 Epi, Jéroboam te bati Sichem nan peyi ti kolin Ephraïm yo, e li te rete la. Li te sòti depi la pou te bati Penuel.
Then Jeroboam built Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim and lived there. And from there he went out and built Penuel.
26 Jéroboam te di nan kè l: “Koulye a, wayòm nan va retounen lakay David.
Jeroboam said in his heart, “Now the kingdom might revert to the house of David.
27 Si moun sa yo monte pou ofri sakrifis nan kay SENYÈ a Jérusalem; alò, kè a pèp sa a va retounen vè mèt yo; menm vè Roboam, wa Juda a. Epi yo va touye mwen e retounen a Roboam, wa Juda a.”
If these people go up to offer sacrifices in the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, their hearts will return to their lord, Rehoboam king of Judah; then they will kill me and return to Rehoboam king of Judah.”
28 Pou sa, wa Jéroboam te konsilte, e li te fè de ti bèf an lò. Li te di a pèp la: “Se twòp pou nou ta monte Jérusalem. Men vwala, dye pa nou yo, O Israël, ki te mennen nou monte soti nan peyi Égypte la.”
After seeking advice, the king made two golden calves and said to the people, “Going up to Jerusalem is too much for you. Here, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.”
29 Li te plase youn nan Béthel e lòt la, li te mete li Dan.
One calf he set up in Bethel, and the other in Dan.
30 Alò, bagay sa a te devni yon peche. Paske pèp la te ale pou adore devan youn nan yo jis rive Dan.
And this thing became a sin; the people walked as far as Dan to worship before one of the calves.
31 Konsa, Jéroboam te fè kay sou wo plas yo e li te fè prèt yo soti pami moun ki pa t pami fis a Lévi yo.
Jeroboam also built shrines on the high places and appointed from every class of people priests who were not Levites.
32 Jéroboam te etabli yon fèt nan di-zuityèm mwa, sou kenzyèm jou nan mwa a, tankou fèt ki nan Juda a, e li te monte vè lotèl la. Konsa li te fè nan Béthel e li te fè sakrifis a ti bèf ke li te fè yo. Anplis, li te estasyone Béthel prèt pou wo plas ke li te fè yo.
And Jeroboam ordained a feast on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, like the feast that was in Judah, and he offered sacrifices on the altar; he made this offering in Bethel to sacrifice to the calves he had set up, and he installed priests in Bethel for the high places he had set up.
33 Alò, li te monte kote lotèl ke li te fè Béthel nan kenzyèm jou nan di-zuityèm mwa ke li te chwazi nan pwòp kè li a; epi li te etabli yon fèt pou fis Israël yo, e li te monte vè lotèl la pou brile lansan.
On the fifteenth day of the eighth month, a month of his own choosing, Jeroboam offered sacrifices on the altar he had set up in Bethel. So he ordained a feast for the Israelites, offered sacrifices on the altar, and burned incense.
