2 Crônicas 10
1 E foi Roboão a Sichem, porque todo o Israel tinha vindo a Sichem para o fazerem rei.
Now Rehoboam set out for Shechem. For in that place all of Israel had convened, so that they might appoint him as king.
2 Sucedeu pois que, ouvindo-o Jeroboão, filho de Nebat (o qual estava então no Egito para onde fugira da presença do rei Salomão), voltou Jeroboão do Egito.
But when Jeroboam, the son of Nabat, who was in Egypt, (indeed he had fled to that place from Solomon) had heard it, he promptly returned.
3 Porque enviaram a ele, e o chamaram: e veio pois Jeroboão com todo o Israel: e falaram a Roboão dizendo:
And they summoned him, and he arrived with all of Israel. And they spoke to Rehoboam, saying:
4 Teu pai fez duro o nosso jugo, alivia tu pois agora a dura servidão de teu pai, e o pesado jugo dele, que nos tinha imposto, e servir-te-emos.
“Your father pressed upon us a very difficult yoke. You should govern us more lightly than your father, who imposed on us a heavy servitude, and so lift up some of the burden, so that we may serve you.”
5 E ele lhes disse: daqui a três dias tornai a mim. Então o povo se foi.
But he said, “Return to me after three days.” And when the people had gone away,
6 E teve Roboão conselho com os anciãos, que estiveram perante Salomão seu pai, enquanto viveu, dizendo: Como aconselhais vós que se responda a este povo?
he took counsel with the elders, who had stood before his father Solomon while he was still living, saying, “What counsel would you give to me, so that I may respond to the people?”
7 E eles lhe falaram, dizendo: Se te fizeres benigno e afável com este povo, e lhes falares boas palavras, todos os dias serão teus servos.
And they said to him, “If you please this people, and if you soothe them with words of clemency, they will be your servants for all days.”
8 Porém ele deixou o conselho, que os anciãos lhe deram: e teve conselho com os mancebos, que haviam crescido com ele, e estavam perante ele.
But he set aside the counsel of the elders, and he began to have discussion with the youth, who had been raised with him and who were among his companions.
9 E disse-lhes: Que aconselhais vós, que respondamos a este povo? que me falou, dizendo: alivia-nos o jugo que teu pai nos impoz?
And he said to them: “How does it seem to you? Or how should I respond to this people, who have said to me, ‘Lift up the yoke that your father imposed upon us?’”
10 E os mancebos, que com ele haviam crescido, lhe falaram, dizendo: Assim dirás a este povo, que te falou, dizendo: Teu pai agravou o nosso jugo, tu porém alivia-nos: assim pois lhes falarás: O meu dedo mínimo é mais grosso do que os lombos de meu pai
But they responded like youths, having been raised with him in luxury, and they said: “So shall you speak to the people, who said to you, ‘Your father made our yoke heavy; you should lighten it,’ and so shall you respond to them: ‘My little finger is thicker than the back of my father.
11 Assim que se meu pai vos fez carregar dum jugo pesado, eu ainda acrescentarei sobre o vosso jugo: meu pai vos castigou com açoites, porém eu vos castigarei com escorpiões.
My father imposed a heavy yoke upon you, and I will place more weight upon it. My father cut you with whips; truly, I will beat you with scorpions.’”
12 Veio pois Jeroboão, e todo o povo a Roboão, no terceiro dia, como o rei tinha ordenado, dizendo: tornai a mim ao terceiro dia.
Then Jeroboam, and the entire people, went to Rehoboam on the third day, just as he had instructed them.
13 E o rei lhe respondeu asperamente: porque o rei Roboão deixou o conselho dos anciãos.
And the king responded harshly, abandoning the counsel of the elders.
14 E falou-lhes conforme ao conselho dos mancebos, dizendo: Meu pai agravou o vosso jugo, porém eu lhe acrescentarei mais: meu pai vos castigou com açoites, porém eu vos castigarei com escorpiões.
And he spoke according to the will of the youths: “My father imposed a heavy yoke upon you, which I will make heavier. My father cut you with whips; truly, I will beat you with scorpions.”
15 Assim o rei não deu ouvidos ao povo, porque esta mudança vinha de Deus, para que o Senhor confirmasse a sua palavra, a qual falara pelo ministério d'Ahias, o silonita, a Jeroboão, filho de Nebat.
And he did not acquiesce to the pleadings of the people. For it was the will of God that his word be fulfilled, which he had spoken by the hand of Ahijah, the Shilonite, to Jeroboam, the son of Nabat.
16 Vendo pois todo o Israel, que o rei lhes não dava ouvidos, então o povo respondeu ao rei, dizendo: Que parte temos nós com David? já não temos herança no filho d'Isai; Israel, cada um às suas tendas! Olha agora pela tua casa, ó David. Assim todo o Israel se foi para as suas tendas.
Then the entire people, speaking more harshly to the king, spoke to him in this way: “There is no portion for us in David, and there is no inheritance in the son of Jesse. Return to your dwellings, O Israel. Then you, O David, shall pasture your own house.” And Israel went away to their dwellings.
17 Porém, quanto aos filhos de Israel, que habitavam nas cidades de Judá, sobre eles reinou Roboão.
But Rehoboam reigned over the sons of Israel who were living in the cities of Judah.
18 Então o rei Roboão enviou a Hadoram, que tinha cargo dos tributos; porém os filhos de Israel o apedrejaram com pedras, de que morreu: então o rei Roboão se esforçou a subir para o seu carro, e fugiu para Jerusalém.
And king Rehoboam sent Aduram, who was in charge of the tributes. And the sons of Israel stoned him, and he died. And so king Rehoboam hurried to climb into the chariot, and he fled to Jerusalem.
19 Assim se rebelaram os israelitas contra a casa de David, até ao dia de hoje.
And Israel withdrew from the house of David, even to this day.
