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1 URehobhowami waya eShekhemu ngoba bonke abako-Israyeli babeye khona ukuze bamethese ubukhosi.
罗波安往示剑去,因为以色列人都到了示剑,要立他作王。
2 Kwathi uJerobhowamu indodana kaNebhathi ekuzwa lokhu (wayeseGibhithe lapho abuya evela khona ngoba wayebalekele inkosi uSolomoni.)
尼八的儿子耶罗波安先前躲避所罗门王,逃往埃及,住在那里;他听见这事,就从埃及回来。
3 Abako-Israyeli basebethumela ilizwi bembiza uJerobhowamu, kwathi-ke yena kanye labo bonke abako-Israyeli baya kuRehobhowami bafika bathi:
以色列人打发人去请他,他就和以色列众人来见罗波安,对他说:
4 “Uyihlo wasithwalisa umthwalo onzima, kodwa wena khathesi ake uphungule ubunzima asethesa bona, wethule lemithwalo yethu enzima abesithwalise yona, yikho sizakukhonza.”
“你父亲使我们负重轭做苦工,现在求你使我们做的苦工负的重轭轻松些,我们就事奉你。”
5 URehobhowami wabaphendula wathi: “Libobuya ngemva kwensuku ezintathu.” Ngakho abantu basuka bahamba.
罗波安对他们说:“第三日再来见我吧!”民就去了。
6 INkosi uRehobhowami yasicebisana labadala ababeloyise uSolomoni esaphila, yathi: “Lingicebisa ukuthi ngibanike mpendulo bani lababantu?”
罗波安之父所罗门在世的日子,有侍立在他面前的老年人,罗波安王和他们商议,说:“你们给我出个什么主意,我好回复这民。”
7 Baphendula bathi, “Ungaba lomusa kulababantu, ubathokozise, ukhulumisane labo kuhle, bazahlala bezinceku zakho.”
老年人对他说:“王若恩待这民,使他们喜悦,用好话回复他们,他们就永远作王的仆人。”
8 Kodwa uRehobhowami kazange akwamukele ukucebisa kwabadala wakhetha ukudinga ulwazi kwabayintanga yakhe ababekhule bonke njalo kuyibo abasebezinceku zakhe.
王却不用老年人给他出的主意,就和那些与他一同长大、在他面前侍立的少年人商议,
9 Wababuza wathi, “Seluleko bani elilaso? Singabaphendula sithini lababantu abathi kimi, ‘Ake uphungule ubunzima esabetheswa nguyihlo’?”
说:“这民对我说:‘你父亲使我们负重轭,求你使我们轻松些’;你们给我出个什么主意,我好回复他们。”
10 Amajaha ayeyintanga yakhe amphendula athi, “Batshele lababantu abathi kuwe, ‘Uyihlo wasethesa ubunzima, akusiphungulele lobubunzima’ uthi kubo, ‘Ucikilicane wami uqatha kulokhalo lukababa.
那同他长大的少年人说:“这民对王说:‘你父亲使我们负重轭,求你使我们轻松些’;王要对他们如此说:‘我的小拇指比我父亲的腰还粗;
11 Ubaba walethesa ubunzima, mina ngizabungezelela. Ubaba walitshaya ngezaswebhu, mina ngizalilumisa ngenkume.’”
我父亲使你们负重轭,我必使你们负更重的轭;我父亲用鞭子责打你们,我要用蝎子鞭责打你们。’”
12 UJerobhowamu labo bonke abantu babuyela kuRehobhowami ngosuku lwesithathu njengokutsho kwakhe ukuthi, “Phendukani lize kimi ngemva kwensuku ezintathu.”
耶罗波安和众百姓遵着罗波安王所说“你们第三日再来见我”的那话,第三日他们果然来了。
13 Lakanye inkosi yaphendula abantu ngolaka, yalahla iseluleko sabadala,
罗波安王用严厉的话回复他们,不用老年人所出的主意,
14 yalandela iseluleko samajaha yathi, “Ubaba walethwesa ubunzima, mina ngizakwengezelela kubo. Walitshaya ngezaswebhu, mina ngizalilumisa ngezinkume.”
照着少年人所出的主意对他们说:“我父亲使你们负重轭,我必使你们负更重的轭;我父亲用鞭子责打你们,我要用蝎子鞭责打你们。”
15 Ngakho inkosi kayibalalelanga abantu, ngoba lokhu kwenziwa nguNkulunkulu, ukuze kugcwaliseke ilizwi likaThixo ayelikhulume ngo-Ahija waseShilo kuJerobhowamu indodana kaNebhathi.
王不肯依从百姓;这事乃出于 神,为要应验耶和华借示罗人亚希雅对尼八儿子耶罗波安所说的话。
16 Kwathi bonke abako-Israyeli bebona ukuthi inkosi iyala ukubalalela bayiphendula bathi: “Silesabelo bani kuDavida na, silengxenye bani endodaneni kaJese na? Yanini emizini yenu lina bako-Israyeli! Sala lendlu yakho, Davida!” Ngakho bonke abako-Israyeli babuyela emakhaya.
以色列众民见王不依从他们,就对王说: 我们与大卫有什么分儿呢? 与耶西的儿子并没有关涉! 以色列人哪,各回各家去吧! 大卫家啊,自己顾自己吧! 于是,以色列众人都回自己家里去了。
17 Kodwa uRehobhowami waqhubeka ebabusa abako-Israyeli ababehlala emizini yakoJuda.
惟独住在犹大城邑的以色列人,罗波安仍作他们的王。
18 Inkosi uRehobhowami yasithuma u-Adoniramu owayengumphathi wezibhalwa, kodwa abako-Israyeli bamkhanda ngamatshe wafa. Kodwa inkosi uRehobhowami yaphanga yakhwela enqoleni yayo yokulwa, yabalekela eJerusalema.
罗波安王差遣掌管服苦之人的哈多兰往以色列人那里去,以色列人就用石头打死他。罗波安王急忙上车,逃回耶路撒冷去了。
19 Kusukela ngalesosikhathi abako-Israyeli bayihlamukela indlu kaDavida kuze kube lamuhla.
这样,以色列人背叛大卫家,直到今日。