1 Reis 12
1 E foi Roboão para Sichem; porque todo o Israel veio a Sichem, para o fazerem rei.
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 Sucedeu pois que, ouvindo-o Jeroboão, filho de Nebat, estando ainda no Egito (porque fugira de diante do rei Salomão, e habitava Jeroboão no Egito),
When Jeroboam, who was still in Egypt, heard about that, he returned from Egypt [to Israel].
3 Enviaram, e o mandaram chamar; e Jeroboão e toda a congregação de Israel vieram, e falaram a Roboão, dizendo:
The [leaders of the northern tribes] summoned him, and they went together [to talk] to Rehoboam. They said to him,
4 Teu pai agravou o nosso jugo; agora, pois, alivia tu a dura servidão de teu pai, e o seu pesado jugo que nos impoz, e nós te serviremos.
“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 E ele lhes disse: Ide-vos até ao terceiro dia, e voltai a mim. E o povo se foi.
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 E teve o rei Roboão conselho com os anciãos que estavam na presença de Salomão, seu pai, quando este ainda vivia, dizendo: Como aconselhais vós que se responda a este povo
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 E eles lhe falaram, dizendo: Se hoje fores servo deste povo, e o servires, e, respondendo-lhe, lhe falares boas palavras, todos os dias teus servos serão.
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 Porém ele deixou o conselho que os anciãos lhe tinham aconselhado, e teve conselho com os mancebos que haviam crescido com ele, que estavam diante dele.
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 E disse-lhes: Que aconselhais vós que respondamos a este povo, que me falou, dizendo: alivia o jugo que teu pai nos impoz?
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 E os mancebos que haviam crescido com ele lhe falaram, dizendo: Assim falarás a este povo que te falou, dizendo: Teu pai fez pesadíssimo o nosso jugo, mas tu o alivia de sobre nós; assim lhe falarás: Meu dedo mínimo é mais grosso do que os lombos de meu pai
They replied, “This is what you should tell them: ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s waist.
11 Assim que, se meu pai vos carregou dum jugo pesado, ainda eu aumentarei o vosso jugo: meu pai vos castigou com açoites, porém eu vos castigarei com escorpiões.
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 Veio pois Jeroboão e todo o povo, ao terceiro dia, a Roboão, como o rei havia falado, dizendo: voltai a mim ao terceiro dia.
So three days later, Jeroboam and all the leaders came to Rehoboam again, as he had told them to do.
13 E o rei respondeu ao povo duramente; porque deixara o conselho que os anciãos lhe haviam aconselhado.
The king ignored the advice of the older men and spoke harshly to the Israeli leaders.
14 E lhe falou conforme ao conselho dos mancebos, dizendo: Meu pai agravou o vosso jugo, porém eu ainda aumentarei o vosso jugo; meu pai vos castigou com açoites, porém eu vos castigarei com escorpiões.
[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 O rei pois não deu ouvidos ao povo; porque esta revolta vinha do Senhor, para confirmar a sua palavra que o Senhor tinha dito pelo ministério de Ahias, o silonita, a Jeroboão, filho de 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 Vendo pois todo o Israel que o rei não lhe dava ouvidos, tornou-lhe o povo a responder, dizendo: Que parte temos nós com David? e não há para nós herança no filho de Jessé. Às tuas tendas, ó Israel! Provê agora a tua casa, ó David. Então Israel se foi às suas tendas
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 No tocante porém aos filhos de Israel que habitavam nas cidades de Judá, também sobre eles reinou Roboão.
And [after that, ] the [only Israeli] people whom Rehoboam ruled over were those who lived in the territory of [the tribe of] Judah.
18 Então o rei Roboão enviou a Adoram, que estava sobre os tributos; e todo o Israel o apedrejou com pedras, e morreu: mas o rei Roboão se animou a subir ao carro para fugir para Jerusalém.
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 Assim descairam os israelitas da casa de David até ao dia de hoje.
Ever since that time, the people of [the northern tribes of] Israel have been rebelling against the descendants [MTY] of [King] David.
20 E sucedeu que, ouvindo todo o Israel que Jeroboão tinha voltado, enviaram, e o chamaram para a congregação, e o fizeram rei sobre todo o Israel: e ninguém seguiu a casa de David senão somente a tribo de Judá.
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 Vindo pois Roboão a Jerusalém, ajuntou toda a casa de Judá e a tribo de Benjamin, cento e oitenta mil escolhidos, destros para a guerra, para pelejar contra a casa de Israel, para restituir o reino a Roboão, filho de Salomão.
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 Porém veio a palavra de Deus a Semaias, homem de Deus, dizendo:
But God spoke to the prophet Shemaiah and said this to him:
23 Fala a Roboão, filho de Salomão, rei de Judá, e a toda a casa de Judá, e a Benjamin, e ao resto do povo, dizendo:
“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 Assim diz o Senhor: Não subireis nem pelejareis contra vossos irmãos, os filhos de Israel; volte cada um para a sua casa, porque eu é que fiz esta obra. E ouviram a palavra do Senhor, e voltaram segundo a palavra do Senhor.
‘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 E Jeroboão edificou a Sichem, no monte de Ephraim, e habitou ali; e saiu dali, e edificou a Penuel.
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 E disse Jeroboão no seu coração: Agora tornará o reino à casa de David.
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 Se este povo subir para fazer sacrifícios na casa do Senhor, em Jerusalém, o coração deste povo se tornará a seu senhor, a Roboão, rei de Judá: e me matarão, e tornarão a Roboão, rei de Judá.
28 Pelo que o rei tomou conselho, e fez dois bezerros de ouro; e lhes disse: Muito trabalho vos será o subir a Jerusalém; vês aqui teus deuses, ó Israel, que te fizeram subir da terra do Egito.
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 E pôs um em Bethel, e colocou o outro em 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 E este feito se tornou em pecado: pois que o povo ia até Dan cada um a adorar.
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 Também fez casa dos altos: e fez sacerdotes dos mais baixos do povo, que não eram dos filhos de Levi.
[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 E fez Jeroboão uma festa no oitavo mes, no dia décimo quinto do mes, como a festa que se fazia em Judá, e sacrificou no altar; semelhantemente fez em Bethel, sacrificando os bezerros que fizera: também em Bethel estabeleceu sacerdotes dos altos que fizera.
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 E sacrificou no altar que fizera em Bethel, no dia décimo quinto do oitavo mes, que ele tinha imaginado no seu coração: assim fez a festa aos filhos de Israel, e sacrificou no altar, queimando incenso.
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].
