Ii Paralipomenon 10
1 Profectus est autem Roboam in Sichem: illuc enim cunctus Israel convenerat ut constituerent eum regem.
Then Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had gone there to make him king.
2 Quod cum audisset Ieroboam filius Nabat, qui erat in Aegypto (fugerat quippe illuc ante Salomonem) statim reversus est.
When Jeroboam son of Nebat heard about this, he returned from Egypt, where he had fled from King Solomon.
3 Vocaveruntque eum, et venit cum universo Israel, et locuti sunt ad Roboam, dicentes:
So they sent for Jeroboam, and he and all Israel came to Rehoboam and said,
4 Pater tuus durissimo iugo nos pressit, tu leviora impera patre tuo, qui nobis imposuit gravem servitutem, et paululum de onere subleva, ut serviamus tibi.
“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 Qui ait: Post tres dies revertimini ad me. Cumque abiisset populus,
Rehoboam answered, “Come back to me in three days.” So the people departed.
6 iniit consilium cum senibus, qui steterant coram patre eius Salomone dum adhuc viveret, dicens: Quid datis consilii ut respondeam populo?
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 Qui dixerunt ei: Si placueris populo huic, et leniveris eos verbis clementibus, servient tibi omni tempore.
They replied, “If you will be kind to these people and please them by speaking kind words to them, they will be your servants forever.”
8 At ille reliquit consilium senum, et cum iuvenibus tractare coepit, qui cum eo nutriti fuerant, et erant in comitatu illius.
But Rehoboam rejected the advice of the elders; instead, he consulted the young men who had grown up with him and served him.
9 Dixitque ad eos: Quid vobis videtur? vel respondere quid debeo populo huic, qui dixit mihi: Subleva iugum quod imposuit nobis pater tuus?
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 At illi responderunt ut iuvenes, et nutriti cum eo in deliciis, atque dixerunt: Sic loqueris populo, qui dixit tibi: Pater tuus aggravavit iugum nostrum, tu subleva: et sic respondebis ei: Minimus digitus meus grossior est lumbis patris mei.
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 Pater meus imposuit vobis grave iugum, et ego maius pondus apponam: pater meus cecidit vos flagellis, ego vero caedam vos scorpionibus.
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 Venit ergo Ieroboam, et universus populus ad Roboam die tertio, sicut praeceperat eis.
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 Responditque rex dura, derelicto consilio seniorum:
And the king answered them harshly. King Rehoboam rejected the advice of the elders
14 locutusque est iuxta iuvenum voluntatem: Pater meus grave vobis imposuit iugum, quod ego gravius faciam: pater meus cecidit vos flagellis, ego vero caedam vos scorpionibus.
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 Et non acquievit populi precibus: erat enim voluntatis Dei ut compleretur sermo eius, quem locutus fuerat per manum Ahiae Silonitis ad Ieroboam filium Nabat.
So the king did not listen to the people, and indeed this turn of events was from God, in order that the LORD might fulfill the word that He had spoken through Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam son of Nebat.
16 Populus autem universus rege duriora dicente, sic locutus est ad eum: Non est nobis pars in David, neque hereditas in filio Isai. Revertere in tabernacula tua Israel, tu autem pasce domum tuam David. Et abiit Israel in tabernacula sua.
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 all the Israelites went home,
17 Super filios autem Israel, qui habitabant in civitatibus Iuda, regnavit Roboam.
but Rehoboam still reigned over the Israelites living in the cities of Judah.
18 Misitque rex Roboam Aduram, qui praeerat tributis, et lapidaverunt eum filii Israel, et mortuus est: porro rex Roboam currum festinavit ascendere, et fugit in Ierusalem.
Then King Rehoboam sent out Hadoram, who was in charge of the forced labor, but the Israelites stoned him to death. And King Rehoboam mounted his chariot in haste and escaped to Jerusalem.
19 Recessitque Israel a domo David, usque ad diem hanc.
So to this day Israel has been in rebellion against the house of David.
