Pirmā Ķēniņu 12
1 Un Rekabeams nogāja uz Šehemi, jo viss Israēls bija nācis uz Šehemi, viņu celt par ķēniņu.
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 Un Jerobeams, Nebata dēls, (to) dzirdēja vēl būdams Ēģiptes zemē, (jo viņš no ķēniņa Salamana bija bēdzis un dzīvoja Ēģiptes zemē).
When Jeroboam, who was still in Egypt, heard about that, he returned from Egypt [to Israel].
3 Tad tie nosūtīja un viņu aicināja. Un Jerobeams un visa Israēla draudze nāca un runāja ar Rekabeamu un sacīja:
The [leaders of the northern tribes] summoned him, and they went together [to talk] to Rehoboam. They said to him,
4 Tavs tēvs mums ir uzspiedis visai grūtu jūgu; atvieglini nu to grūto kalpošanu un to smago jūgu, ko tavs tēvs mums uzlicis, tad mēs tev gribam kalpot.
“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 Bet viņš uz tiem sacīja: noejat līdz parītam, tad atnākat atkal pie manis. Un tie ļaudis aizgāja.
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 Un ķēniņš Rekabeams prasīja padomu no tiem vecajiem, kas viņa tēva Salamana priekšā bija stāvējuši, kad tas vēl dzīvoja, un viņš sacīja: Kādu padomu jūs dodat, kā šiem ļaudīm būs atbildēt?
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 Un tie uz viņu runāja un sacīja: ja tu šodien šiem ļaudīm iztiksi un tiem darīsi pa prātam un tos paklausīsi un labus vārdus uz tiem runāsi, tad tie tev būs par kalpiem visu mūžu.
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 Bet viņš atmeta to vecaju padomu, ko tie viņam bija devuši, un prasīja padomu no tiem jauniem, kas ar viņu bija uzauguši un viņa priekšā stāvēja.
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 Un viņš uz tiem sacīja: kādu padomu jūs dodat, kā lai atbildam šiem ļaudīm, kas uz mani runājuši un sacījuši: atvieglini to jūgu, ko tavs tēvs mums uzlicis?
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 Un tie jaunie, kas ar viņu bija uzauguši, uz to runāja un sacīja: tā tev būs sacīt uz tiem ļaudīm, kas uz tevi runājuši un sacījuši: tavs tēvs mūsu jūgu grūtu darījis, tad atvieglini tu to mums, - tā tev uz tiem būs sacīt: mans mazais pirksts resnāks nekā mana tēva gurni.
They replied, “This is what you should tell them: ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s waist.
11 Ja nu mans tēvs jums uzlicis grūtu jūgu, tad es to jūgu jums padarīšu vēl grūtāku. Mans tēvs jūs pārmācījis ar pātagām, bet es jūs pārmācīšu ar skorpioniem.
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 Un trešā dienā Jerobeams un visi ļaudis nāca pie Rekabeama, kā ķēniņš bija runājis un sacījis: atnākat atkal pie manis trešā dienā.
So three days later, Jeroboam and all the leaders came to Rehoboam again, as he had told them to do.
13 Un ķēniņš tiem ļaudīm atbildēja bargi, jo viņš atmeta to vecaju padomu, ko tie viņam bija devuši.
The king ignored the advice of the older men and spoke harshly to the Israeli leaders.
14 Un viņš uz tiem runāja pēc to jauno padoma sacīdams: mans tēvs jūsu jūgu ir darījis grūtu, bet es jums to darīšu vēl grūtāku. Mans tēvs jūs pārmācījis ar pātagām, bet es jūs pārmācīšu ar skorpioniem.
[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 Un ķēniņš neklausīja tos ļaudis, jo tā tas bija no Tā Kunga nolikts, ka notiktu pēc tā vārda, ko Tas Kungs bija runājis caur Ahiju no Šīlo uz Jerobeamu, Nebata dēlu.
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 Kad nu viss Israēls redzēja, ka ķēniņš viņiem neklausīja, tad tie ļaudis ķēniņam atkal atbildēja un sacīja: kāda daļa mums ir ar Dāvidu? Mums nav īpašuma pie Isajus dēla. Israēl, ej savos dzīvokļos; zinies nu par savu namu, Dāvid! Tā Israēls gāja uz saviem dzīvokļiem.
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 Bet tik pār tiem Israēla bērniem, kas dzīvoja Jūda pilsētās, Rekabeams bija ķēniņš.
And [after that, ] the [only Israeli] people whom Rehoboam ruled over were those who lived in the territory of [the tribe of] Judah.
18 Tad ķēniņš Rekabeams sūtīja Adoramu, kas bija strādnieku uzraugs; bet viss Israēls to nomētāja akmeņiem, ka tas nomira. Bet ķēniņš Rekabeams kāpa steigšus ratos, bēgt uz Jeruzālemi.
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 Tā Israēls atkrita no Dāvida nama līdz šai dienai.
Ever since that time, the people of [the northern tribes of] Israel have been rebelling against the descendants [MTY] of [King] David.
20 Un kad viss Israēls dzirdēja, ka Jerobeams bija pārnācis, tad tie sūtīja un viņu aicināja uz sapulci un cēla par ķēniņu pār visu Israēli. Neviens neturējās pie Dāvida nama, kā Jūda cilts vien.
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 Kad nu Rekabeams nonāca Jeruzālemē, tad viņš sapulcēja visu Jūda namu un Benjamina cilti, simts un astoņdesmit tūkstoš izlasītus kara vīrus, karot ar Israēla namu, valstību atkal vest pie Rekabeama, Salamana dēla.
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 Bet Dieva vārds notika uz Šemaju, Dieva vīru, tā:
But God spoke to the prophet Shemaiah and said this to him:
23 Runā uz Rekabeamu, Salamana dēlu, Jūda ķēniņu, un uz visiem Jūda un Benjamina bērniem un uz tiem citiem ļaudīm un saki:
“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 Tā saka Tas Kungs: jums nebūs celties un karā iet pret saviem brāļiem, Israēla bērniem; griežaties atpakaļ, ikkatrs savā namā, jo šī lieta caur mani notikusi. Un tie klausīja Tā Kunga vārdam un griezās atpakaļ un aizgāja pēc Tā Kunga vārda.
‘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 Un Jerobeams uztaisīja Šehemi Efraīma kalnos un tur dzīvoja, un izgāja no turienes un uztaisīja Pnuēlu.
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 Un Jerobeams domāja savā sirdī: nu tā valstība atkal nāks pie Dāvida nama;
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 Ja šie ļaudis ies uz Jeruzālemi upurēt Tā Kunga namā, tad šo ļaužu sirds atkal griezīsies pie sava kunga, pie Rekabeama, Jūda ķēniņa, un tie mani nokaus un griezīsies atkal pie Rekabeama, Jūda ķēniņa.
28 Tāpēc ķēniņš aprunājās un taisīja divus zelta tēlus, un sacīja uz tiem (ļaudīm): jums pa daudz, iet uz Jeruzālemi, redzi, še tavs dievs, Israēl, kas tevi no Ēģiptes zemes izvedis.
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 Un viņš lika vienu Bētelē un otru Danā.
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 Un tas bija par apgrēcību; jo tie ļaudis gāja gan pie tā viena, gan pie tā otra līdz Danam.
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 Viņš taisīja arī kalna altāra namu un iecēla priesterus no visādiem ļaudīm, kas nebija no Levja bērniem.
[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 Un Jerobeams turēja svētkus astotā mēnesī piecpadsmitā mēneša dienā, tāpat kā tos svētkus, kas iekš Jūda bija, un upurēja uz tā altāra. Tā viņš Bētelē darīja, tiem teļiem upurēdams, ko viņš bija taisījis; viņš iecēla arīdzan Bētelē priesterus pie tiem kalna altāriem, ko viņš bija taisījis.
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 Un viņš upurēja uz tā altāra, ko viņš Bētelē bija taisījis, piecpadsmitā mēneša dienā, astotā mēnesī, ko viņš pats bija izdomājis; tā viņš Israēla bērniem iecēla svētkus un upurēja uz tā altāra kvēpinādams.
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].
