1 Raja-raja 12

1 Kemudian Rehabeam pergi ke Sikhem, sebab seluruh Israel telah datang ke Sikhem untuk menobatkan dia menjadi raja.

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 Segera sesudah hal itu kedengaran kepada Yerobeam bin Nebat--pada waktu itu dia masih ada di Mesir, sebab ia melarikan diri ke sana dari hadapan raja Salomo--maka kembalilah ia dari Mesir.

When Jeroboam, who was still in Egypt, heard about that, he returned from Egypt [to Israel].

3 Orang menyuruh memanggil dia, lalu datanglah Yerobeam dengan segenap jemaah Israel dan berkata kepada Rehabeam:

The [leaders of the northern tribes] summoned him, and they went together [to talk] to Rehoboam. They said to him,

4 "Ayahmu telah memberatkan tanggungan kami, maka sekarang ringankanlah pekerjaan yang sukar yang dibebankan ayahmu dan tanggungan yang berat yang dipikulkannya kepada kami, supaya kami menjadi hambamu."

“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 Tetapi ia menjawab mereka: "Pergilah sampai lusa, kemudian kembalilah kepadaku." Lalu pergilah rakyat itu.

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 Sesudah itu Rehabeam meminta nasihat dari para tua-tua yang selama hidup Salomo mendampingi Salomo, ayahnya, katanya: "Apakah nasihatmu untuk menjawab rakyat itu?"

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 Mereka berkata: "Jika hari ini engkau mau menjadi hamba rakyat, mau mengabdi kepada mereka dan menjawab mereka dengan kata-kata yang baik, maka mereka menjadi hamba-hambamu sepanjang waktu."

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 Tetapi ia mengabaikan nasihat yang diberikan para tua-tua itu, lalu ia meminta nasihat kepada orang-orang muda yang sebaya dengan dia dan yang mendampinginya,

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 katanya kepada mereka: "Apakah nasihatmu, supaya kita dapat menjawab rakyat yang mengatakan kepadaku: Ringankanlah tanggungan yang dipikulkan kepada kami oleh ayahmu?"

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 Lalu orang-orang muda yang sebaya dengan dia itu berkata: "Beginilah harus kaukatakan kepada rakyat yang telah berkata kepadamu: Ayahmu telah memberatkan tanggungan kami, tetapi engkau ini, berilah keringanan kepada kami--beginilah harus kaukatakan kepada mereka: Kelingkingku lebih besar dari pada pinggang ayahku!

They replied, “This is what you should tell them: ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s waist.

11 Maka sekarang, ayahku telah membebankan kepada kamu tanggungan yang berat, tetapi aku akan menambah tanggungan kamu; ayahku telah menghajar kamu dengan cambuk, tetapi aku akan menghajar kamu dengan cambuk yang berduri besi."

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 Pada hari lusanya datanglah Yerobeam dengan segenap rakyat kepada Rehabeam, seperti yang dikatakan raja: "Kembalilah kepadaku pada hari lusa."

So three days later, Jeroboam and all the leaders came to Rehoboam again, as he had told them to do.

13 Raja menjawab rakyat itu dengan keras; ia telah mengabaikan nasihat yang diberikan para tua-tua kepadanya;

The king ignored the advice of the older men and spoke harshly to the Israeli leaders.

14 ia mengatakan kepada mereka menurut nasihat orang-orang muda: "Ayahku telah memberatkan tanggungan kamu, tetapi aku akan menambah tanggunganmu itu; ayahku telah menghajar kamu dengan cambuk, tetapi aku akan menghajar kamu dengan cambuk yang berduri besi."

[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 Jadi raja tidak mendengarkan permintaan rakyat, sebab hal itu merupakan perubahan yang disebabkan TUHAN, supaya TUHAN menepati firman yang diucapkan-Nya dengan perantaraan Ahia, orang Silo, kepada Yerobeam bin Nebat.

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 Setelah seluruh Israel melihat, bahwa raja tidak mendengarkan permintaan mereka, maka rakyat menjawab raja: "Bagian apakah kita dapat dari pada Daud? Kita tidak memperoleh warisan dari anak Isai itu! Ke kemahmu, hai orang Israel! Uruslah sekarang rumahmu sendiri, hai Daud!" Maka pergilah orang Israel ke kemahnya,

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 sehingga Rehabeam menjadi raja hanya atas orang Israel yang diam di kota-kota Yehuda.

And [after that, ] the [only Israeli] people whom Rehoboam ruled over were those who lived in the territory of [the tribe of] Judah.

18 Kemudian raja Rehabeam mengutus Adoram yang menjadi kepala rodi, tetapi seluruh Israel melontari dia dengan batu, sehingga mati, bahkan raja Rehabeam hampir-hampir tidak dapat menaiki keretanya untuk melarikan diri ke Yerusalem.

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 Demikianlah mulanya orang Israel memberontak terhadap keluarga Daud sampai hari ini.

Ever since that time, the people of [the northern tribes of] Israel have been rebelling against the descendants [MTY] of [King] David.

20 Segera sesudah seluruh Israel mendengar, bahwa Yerobeam sudah pulang, maka mereka menyuruh memanggil dia ke pertemuan jemaah, lalu mereka menobatkan dia menjadi raja atas seluruh Israel. Tidak ada lagi yang mengikuti keluarga Daud selain dari suku Yehuda saja.

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 Ketika Rehabeam datang ke Yerusalem, ia mengumpulkan segenap kaum Yehuda dan suku Benyamin, seratus delapan puluh ribu teruna yang sanggup berperang untuk memerangi kaum Israel dengan maksud mengembalikan kerajaan itu kepada Rehabeam, anak Salomo.

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 Tetapi datanglah firman Allah kepada Semaya, abdi Allah, demikian:

But God spoke to the prophet Shemaiah and said this to him:

23 "Katakanlah kepada Rehabeam, anak Salomo, raja Yehuda, dan kepada segenap kaum Yehuda dan Benyamin dan kepada selebihnya dari bangsa itu:

“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 Beginilah firman TUHAN: Janganlah kamu maju dan janganlah kamu berperang melawan saudara-saudaramu, orang Israel. Pulanglah masing-masing ke rumahnya, sebab Akulah yang menyebabkan hal ini terjadi." Maka mereka mendengarkan firman TUHAN dan pergilah mereka pulang sesuai dengan firman TUHAN itu.

‘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 Kemudian Yerobeam memperkuat Sikhem di pegunungan Efraim, lalu diam di sana. Ia keluar dari sana, lalu memperkuat Pnuel.

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 Maka berkatalah Yerobeam dalam hatinya: "Kini mungkin kerajaan itu kembali kepada keluarga Daud.

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 Jika bangsa itu pergi mempersembahkan korban sembelihan di rumah TUHAN di Yerusalem, maka tentulah hati bangsa ini akan berbalik kepada tuan mereka, yaitu Rehabeam, raja Yehuda, kemudian mereka akan membunuh aku dan akan kembali kepada Rehabeam, raja Yehuda."

28 Sesudah menimbang-nimbang, maka raja membuat dua anak lembu jantan dari emas dan ia berkata kepada mereka: "Sudah cukup lamanya kamu pergi ke Yerusalem. Hai Israel, lihatlah sekarang allah-allahmu, yang telah menuntun engkau keluar dari tanah Mesir."

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 Lalu ia menaruh lembu yang satu di Betel dan yang lain ditempatkannya di 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 Maka hal itu menyebabkan orang berdosa, sebab rakyat pergi ke Betel menyembah patung yang satu dan ke Dan menyembah patung yang lain.

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 Ia membuat juga kuil-kuil di atas bukit-bukit pengorbanan, dan mengangkat imam-imam dari kalangan rakyat yang bukan dari bani Lewi.

[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 Kemudian Yerobeam menentukan suatu hari raya pada hari yang kelima belas bulan kedelapan, sama seperti hari raya yang di Yehuda, dan ia sendiri naik tangga mezbah itu. Begitulah dibuatnya di Betel, yakni ia mempersembahkan korban kepada anak-anak lembu yang telah dibuatnya itu, dan ia menugaskan di Betel imam-imam bukit pengorbanan yang telah diangkatnya.

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 Ia naik tangga mezbah yang dibuatnya di Betel itu pada hari yang kelima belas dalam bulan yang kedelapan, dalam bulan yang telah direncanakannya dalam hatinya sendiri; ia menentukan suatu hari raya bagi orang Israel dan ia naik tangga mezbah itu untuk membakar korban.

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].