1 Ar-ari 12
1 Napan ni Rehoboam idiay Sikem, ta mapan dagiti amin nga Israelita idiay Sikem a mangisaad kenkuana nga ari.
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.
2 Ket napasamak a nadamag daytoy ni Jeroboam nga anak ni Nabat (gapu ta adda pay laeng isuna idiay Egipto, a nagkamanganna idi linibasanna ni Ari Solomon; agnanaed ni Jeroboam idiay Egipto).
When Jeroboam, who was still in Egypt, heard about that, he returned from Egypt [to Israel].
3 Isu a nangibaonda ket pinaayabanda isuna, ket dimteng ni Jeroboam ken ti entero a gimong ti Israel; kinasaoda ni Rehoboam a kinunada,
The [leaders of the northern tribes] summoned him, and they went together [to talk] to Rehoboam. They said to him,
4 “Pinagbalin ti amam a nadagsen ti sangolmi. Ita ngarud, panam-ayennakami manipud iti narigat a trabaho nga inted ti amam, ken palag-anem ti nadagsen a sangol nga inkabilna kadakami, ket agserbikaminto kenka.”
“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].”
5 Kinuna ni Rehoboam kadakuada, “Ikkandak iti tallo nga aldaw; kalpasanna agsublikayonto kaniak.” Isu a pimmanaw dagiti tattao.
He replied, “Go away, and come back three days from now [and I will give you my answer].” So those leaders and Jeroboam left.
6 Nakiuman ni Ari Rehoboam kadagiti panglakayen a nagserbi kenni Solomon nga amana idi sibibiag pay isuna; kinunana, “Ania ti maibalakadyo kaniak nga isungbatko kadagidiay a tattao?”
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?”
7 Nagsaoda kenkuana a kinunada, “No agbalinka ita nga adipen kadagitoy a tattao ken pagserbiam ida, ken sungbatam ida babaen iti panagsaom iti nasayaat kadakuada, agbalindanto nga adipenmo iti agnanayon.”
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.”
8 Ngem saan nga inkankano ni Rehoboam ti balakad dagiti panglakayen nga imbagada kenkuana, ket nakiuman kadagiti agtutubo a lallaki a kinaubinganna, a mammagbaga kenkuana.
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).
9 Kinunana kadakuada, “Ania ti maibalakadyo kaniak, tapno masungbatantayo dagiti tattao a nagdamag kaniak a kunada, 'Palag-anem ti sangol nga inkabil ti amam kadakami'?”
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?”
10 Simmungbat kenkuana dagiti agtutubo a lallaki a kinaubingan ni Rehoboam, kinunada, “Ibagam kadagidiay a tattao a nangibaga kenka a pinadagsen ti amam a ni Solomon ti sangolda ket masapul a palag-anem. Rumbeng nga ibagam kadakuada, '“Napuspuskol ti kikitko ngem iti siket ti amak.
They replied, “This is what you should tell them: ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s waist.
11 Isu nga ita, no pay pinaawitnakayo ti amak iti nadagsen a sangol, nayunakto ti sangolyo. Dinusanakayo ti amak babaen kadagiti saplit, ngem dusaenkayonto babaen iti saplit a nasaksakit pay ngenm iti kagat dagiti manggagama.”
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.’”
12 Napan ngarud ni Jeroboam ken dagiti amin a tattao kenni Rehoboam iti maikatlo nga aldaw, kas naibalakad ti ari idi kinunana, “Agsublikayonto kaniak iti maikatlo nga aldaw.”
So three days later, Jeroboam and all the leaders came to Rehoboam again, as he had told them to do.
13 Nagubsang ti panangsungbat ti ari kadagiti tattao ket saanna inkankano ti pammagbaga dagiti panglakayen nga imbagada kenkuana.
The king ignored the advice of the older men and spoke harshly to the Israeli leaders.
14 Nagsao isuna kadakuada ket sinurotna ti pammagbaga dagiti agtutubo a lallaki; kinunana, “Pinaawitannakayo ti amak iti nadagsen a sangol, ngem nayunakto ti sangolyo. Dinusanakayo ti amak babaen kadagiti saplit, ngem dusaenkayonto babaen iti saplit a nasaksakit pay ngem iti kagat dagiti manggagamma.”
[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 Saan ngarud nga impangag ti ari dagiti tattao, ta daytoy ti pagbaliwan dagiti pasamak nga inyeg ni Yahweh, tapno ipatungpalna dagiti sasaona nga imbagana babaen kenni Ahija a Silohita kenni Jeroboam nga anak ni Nabat.
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].
16 Idi makita ti entero nga Israel a saan ida nga impangag ti ari, simmungbat dagiti tattao kenkuana ket kinunada, “Ania aya ti bingaytayo kenni David? Awan ti tawidtayo iti anak ni Jesse! Agawidkayo kadagiti toldayo, Israel. Ita makaammokan iti bukodmo a pagtaengan, David.” Isu a nagsubli ti Israel kadagiti toldada.
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.
17 Ngem iti biang dagiti tattao ti Israel nga agnanaed kadagiti siudad ti Juda, nagbalin nga arida ni Rehoboam.
And [after that, ] the [only Israeli] people whom Rehoboam ruled over were those who lived in the territory of [the tribe of] Judah.
18 Ket imbaon ni ari Rehoboam ni Adoram, a mangimatmaton iti nainkapilitan a panagtrabaho, ngem binatbato isuna ti entero nga Israel agingga a natay. Timmaray a dagus ni Ari Rehoboam babaen iti karwahena ket napan idiay Jerusalem.
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.
19 Isu a bumusbusoren ti Israel iti balay ni David agpapan ita.
Ever since that time, the people of [the northern tribes of] Israel have been rebelling against the descendants [MTY] of [King] David.
20 Napasamak nga idi nangeg ti entero nga Israel a nagsubli ni Jeroboam, nangibaonda iti mapan mangayab kenkuana iti gimongda ket pinagbalinda isuna nga ari iti entero nga Israel. Awan ti uray maysa a simmurot iti pamilia ni David, malaksid laeng iti tribu ti Juda.
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.
21 Idi simmangpet ni Rehoboam idiay Jerusalem, inummongna amin dagiti tattao ti Juda ken ti tribu ni Benjamin; adda iti 180, 000 a soldado a napili, tapno makiranget kadagiti tattao ti Israel, tapno maisubli ti pagarian kenni Rehoboam nga anak ni Solomon.
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.
22 Ngem immay ti sao ti Dios kenni Semaias, a tao ti Dios; kinunana,
But God spoke to the prophet Shemaiah and said this to him:
23 “Agsaoka kenni Rehoboam nga anak ni Solomon, nga ari ti Juda, iti amin a tattao ti Juda ken Benjamin, ken kadagiti dadduma pay a tattao; kunaem,
“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:
24 kastoy ti kuna ni Yahweh: Masapul a saanyo a rauten wenno karanget dagiti kakabsatyo a tattao ti Israel. Masapul nga agsubli ti tunggal maysa iti pagtaenganna, ta dagitoy a pasamak ket naaramid babaen kaniak.”' Isu nga impangagda ti sao ni Yahweh ket nagsublida ken nagawidda, ket nagtulnogda iti saona.
‘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.
25 Ket imbangon ni Jeroboam ti Sikem idiay turod a pagillian ti Efraim, ket nagnaed sadiay. Rimmuar isuna sadiay ket imbangonna ti Penuel.
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.
26 Kinuna ni Jeroboam iti nakemna, “Ita agsublinto ti pagarian iti balay ni David.
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.”
27 No dagitoy a tattao ket mapanda mangidatag kadagiti daton iti templo ni Yahweh idiay Jerusalem, ket agsublinto ngarud ti puso dagitoy a tattao iti apoda, kenni Rehoboam nga ari ti Juda. Papatayendakto ket agsublida kenni Rehoboam nga ari ti Juda.”
28 Isu a dimmawat ni Ari Jeroboam iti balakad ket nangaramid iti dua a sinan-baka a balitok; kinunana kadagiti tattao, “Narigat unay para kadakayo ti mapan idiay Jerusalem. Israel, adtoy dagiti ti diosyo a nangiruar kadakayo manipud iti daga ti Egipto.”
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!]”
29 Inkabilna ti maysa idiay Betel ken ti sabali idiay Dan.
He [told his workers to] place one of the statues in Bethel [city in the south] and one in Dan [city in the north].
30 Isu a daytoy nga aramid ket nagbalin a basol. Napan dagiti tattao iti maysa wenno iti maysa, agingga idiay Dan.
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.
31 Nangaramid ni Jeroboam kadagiti templo ken kadagiti disso a pagdaydayawan; nangdutok pay isuna kadagiti padi manipud kadagiti amin a tattao, a saan a nagtaud kadagiti putot ni Levi.
[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.
32 Nangituding ni Jeroboam iti panagrambak iti maikawalo a bulan, iti maikasangapulo ket lima nga aldaw ti bulan, a kas iti panagrambak idiay Juda, ket napan isuna iti altar. Kasta met laeng ti inaramidna idiay Betel, nangidatdaton isuna kadagiti sinan-baka nga inaramidna, ken insaadna dagiti padi idiay Betel kadagiti disso a pagdaydayawan nga inaramidna.
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.
33 Napan ni Jereboam iti altar nga inaramidna idiay Betel iti maikasangapulo ket lima nga aldaw iti maikawalo a bulan, iti bulan a pinanggepna iti mismo a panunotna; nangituding iti panagrambak para kadagiti tattao ti Israel ken napan iti altar tapno mangpuor iti insenso.
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].
