1 Wa 12
1 Roboam te ale Sichem, paske tout Israël te vini Sichem pou fè li wa a.
And Roboam went to Sichem: for thither were all Israel come together 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).
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.
3 Konsa, yo te voye rele li e Jéroboam avèk tout asanble Israël la te vin pale avèk Roboam. Yo te di:
And they sent and called him: and Jeroboam came, and all the multitude of Israel, and they spoke to Roboam, saying:
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.”
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.
5 Epi li te di yo: “Kite mwen pandan twa jou e retounen bò kote mwen.” Konsa, pèp la te ale.
And he said to them: Go till the third day, and come to me again. And when the people was gone,
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?”
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?
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 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.
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 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.
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’?”
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?
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!
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.
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.’”
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.
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.
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.
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 roughly, leaving the counsel of the old men, which they had given him,
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
17 Men pou fis Israël ki te rete nan vil Juda yo, Roboam te renye sou yo.
But as for all the children of Israel that dwelt in the cities of Juda, Roboam reigned over them.
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 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:
19 Konsa, Israël te fè rebèl kont lakay David jiska jodi a.
And Israel revolted from the house of David, unto this day.
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.
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.
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 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.
22 Men pawòl Bondye te vini a Schemaeja, nonm a Bondye a, e te di:
But the word of the Lord came to Semeias the man of God, saying:
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:
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:
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.
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.
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.
And Jeroboam built Sichem in mount Ephraim, and dwelt there, and going out from thence he built Phanuel.
26 Jéroboam te di nan kè l: “Koulye a, wayòm nan va retounen lakay David.
And Jeroboam said in his heart: Now shall the kingdom return 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 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.
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.”
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.
29 Li te plase youn nan Béthel e lòt la, li te mete li Dan.
And he set the one 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 an occasion of sin: for the people went to adore the calf as far as Dan.
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.
And he made temples in the high places, and priests of the lowest of the people, who were not of the sons of Levi.
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 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.
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.
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.
