1 राजे 12
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.
When Jeroboam, who was still in Egypt, heard about that, he returned from Egypt [to Israel].
The [leaders of the northern tribes] summoned him, and they went together [to talk] to Rehoboam. They said to him,
4 ४ “तुझ्या वडिलांनी कामाच्या ओझ्याखाली आम्हास भरडून काढले. आता आमचे ओझे थोडे हलके कर. आमच्यावर लादलेले मेहनतीचे जू काढ म्हणजे आम्ही तुझी सेवा करु.”
“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 ५ रहबाम म्हणाला, “तीन दिवसानंतर मला भेटा. तेव्हा मी तुमच्या प्रश्नाचे उत्तर देईन.” मग लोक निघून गेले.
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 ६ शलमोन ज्यांच्याशी सल्लामसलत करत असे अशी काही वृध्द मंडळी होती. त्यांनाच राजा रहबामाने याबाबतीत सल्ला विचारला. तो म्हणाला, “या लोकांस मी काय सांगू?”
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 ७ यावर ही वयोवृध्द मंडळी म्हणाली, “तू आज यांचा सेवक बनलास तर तेही तुझी सेवा करतील. त्यांच्याशी प्रेमाने, समजुतीने बोललास तर तेही आयुष्यभर तुझे काम करतील.”
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.”
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 ९ रहबाम त्यांना म्हणाला, माझ्या वडिलांच्या कारकिर्दीतल्यापेक्षा “या लोकांस कामाचे जू हलके करून हवे आहे. त्यांना आता मी काय सांगू, त्यांच्याशी काय बोलू?”
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 १० तेव्हा ते तरुण मित्र म्हणाले, “ते लोक येऊन असे म्हणत आहेत, ‘तुझ्या वडिलांनी आमच्याकडून बेदम कष्ट करवून घेतले, तर आता आमचे जू हलके करा.’ तर तू त्यांना बढाई मारुन सांग, ‘माझ्या वडिलांच्या कंबरेपेक्षा ही माझी करंगळी जास्त मोठी आहे.
They replied, “This is what you should tell them: ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s waist.
11 ११ माझ्या वडिलांनी तुम्हावर भारी जू लादले. मी ते काम आणखी वाढवीन. त्यांनी तुम्हास चाबकाचे फटकारे मारले असतील तर मी तर तुम्हास विंचवानी शिक्षा करीन.”
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 १२ रहबाम राजाने त्या लोकांस “तीन दिवसानी यायला” सांगितले होते. त्याप्रमाणे यराबाम व सर्व इस्राएल लोक तीन दिवसानी रहबामाकडे आले.
So three days later, Jeroboam and all the leaders came to Rehoboam again, as he had told them to do.
13 १३ त्यावेळी राजा रहबाम त्यांच्याशी अतिशय कठोरपणे बोलला. वडिलधाऱ्यांच्या सल्ल्याकडे त्याने दुर्लक्ष केले.
The king ignored the advice of the older men and spoke harshly to the Israeli leaders.
14 १४ मित्रांच्या सल्ल्याप्रमाणे तो बोलला. तो म्हणाला, “माझ्या वडिलांनी तुमच्यावर कष्टाचे जू लादले. मी तर तुम्हास आणखीच कामाला लावीन. त्यांनी तुमच्यावर आसूड उगवले, पण ती तर तुम्हास विंचवानी शिक्षा करील.”
[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 १५ या प्रकारे राजाने इस्राएल लोकांचे ऐकले नव्हते. परमेश्वरानेच हे घडवून आणले होते. नबाटाचा पुत्र यराबाम याला दिलेले वचन पूर्ण करण्यासाठी परमेश्वराने हे केले. शिलो येथील संदेष्टा अहीया याच्यामार्फत परमेश्वराने हे वचन दिले.
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 १६ नवा राजा आपले म्हणणे मानत नाही, हे इस्राएली लोकांच्या लक्षात आले. तेव्हा ते राजाला म्हणाले, “आम्ही दाविदाच्या घराण्यातील थोडेच आहोत. काय? नाही! इशायच्या जमिनीत आम्हास थोडाच वाटा मिळणार आहे काय? नाही! तेव्हा इस्राएलींनो, जा आपापल्या घरी तंबूकडे जा, या दाविदाच्या मुलाला आपल्या घराण्यापुरतेच राज्य करू दे.” एवढे बोलून ते निघून गेले.
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.
And [after that, ] the [only Israeli] people whom Rehoboam ruled over were those who lived in the territory of [the tribe of] Judah.
18 १८ अदोराम नावाचा एक मनुष्य सर्व कामगारांवर देखरेख करत असे. तेव्हा राजा रहबामाने त्यास लोकांशी बोलणी करायला पाठवले. पण इस्राएल लोकांनी त्याच्यावर इतकी दगडफेक केली की तो प्राणाला मुकला. तेव्हा राजाने आपल्या रथात बसून पळ काढला आणि तो यरूशलेम येथे आला.
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.
Ever since that time, the people of [the northern tribes of] Israel have been rebelling against the descendants [MTY] of [King] David.
20 २० यराबाम परत आला आहे असे इस्राएल लोकांस कळले. तेव्हा त्यांनी सगळ्यांची सभा भरवून त्यास सर्व इस्राएलचा राजा म्हणून घोषित केले. फक्त एका यहूदाच्या घराण्याने तेवढा दाविदाच्या घराण्याला आपला पठिंबा दिला.
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 २१ रहबाम यरूशलेमेला परतला. यहूदा आणि बन्यामीन यांच्या वंशातील सर्वांना त्याने एकत्र केले. एकंदर एक लक्ष ऐंशी हजाराचे सैन्य जमले. इस्राएल लोकांशी लढून शलमोनाचे राज्य परत मिळवायचा रहबामाचा विचार होता.
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.
But God spoke to the prophet Shemaiah and said this to him:
“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 २४ इस्राएलांनी आपल्या बांधवांशी तुम्ही लढू नये अशी परमेश्वराची इच्छा आहे.” प्रत्येक जण आपापल्या ठिकाणी परत जा. या सगळ्यांचा करता करविता मीच होतो. या आदेशानुसार रहबामाचे सैन्य माघारी गेले.
‘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 २५ शखेम हे एफ्राईमाच्या डोंगराळ प्रदेशातील नगर होते. ते चांगले मजबूत आणि सुरक्षित करून यराबाम तेथे राहिला. पुढे त्याने पनुएल नगराची उभारणी केली.
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.
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 २७ लोक यरूशलेमेस परमेश्वराच्या घराकडे यज्ञ करावयास गेले तर यहूदाचा राजा रहबाम याच्याच मागे ते जातील मग ते माझा वध करतील व पुन्हा यहूदाचा राजा रहबाम याचे पुन्हा: होतील.”
28 २८ त्याने मग आपल्या सल्लागाराबरोबर विचार विनिमय केला. “त्यांनी त्यास एक तोड सुचवली. त्यानुसार राजा यराबामाने सोन्याची दोन वासरे करवून घेतली. मग तो लोकांस म्हणाला, तुम्हास यरूशलेमेला उपासनेसाठी जायची गरज नाही. हे इस्राएला तुम्हास मिसर देशाबाहेर ज्यांनी काढले तेच हे देव.”
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!]”
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 ३० पण त्याने हे मोठे पाप केले होते. इसाएलाचे लोक बेथेल आणि दान येथे वासरांच्या पूजेसाठी जाऊ लागले. पण हेही मोठेच पाप होते.
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 ३१ उंचवट्याच्या ठिकाणीही यराबामाने देऊळे बांधली. त्यासाठी याजकही त्याने फक्त लेवी वंशातले न निवडता इस्राएलाच्या वेगवेगळ्या वंशांमधून निवडले.
[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 ३२ याखेरीज त्याने एक नवा सणही सुरु केला. यहूदामधील वल्हांडणाच्या सणासारखाच हा होता. पण पहिल्या महिन्याच्या पंधराव्या दिवसाऐवजी हा आठव्या महिन्याच्या पंधराव्या दिवशी यराबामाने ठेवला. या दिवशी हा राजा बेथेल नगरातील वेदीवर यज्ञ करत असे. तसेच त्याने केलेल्या वासरांना बली अर्पण करत असे. त्याने उंच ठिकाणी बांधलेल्या देवाळांसाठी बेथेल मधले याजकही नेमले.
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 ३३ अशाप्रकारे यराबामाने इस्राएल लोकांसाठी आठव्या महिन्याचा पंधरावा दिवस सण म्हणून ठरवला. त्यादिवशी बेथेलच्या वेदीवर तो यज्ञ करत असे आणि धूप जाळत असे.
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].
