Третья книга Царств 12

1 И иде царь Ровоам в Сикиму, яко в Сикиму прииде весь Израиль воцарити его.

And Rehoboam went to Shechem, where all Israel had come together to make him king,

2 И бысть егда услыша Иеровоам сын Наватов, сущу ему еще во Египте, яко убегл бе от лица Соломона, и возвратися Иеровоам из Египта:

And, hearing of it, Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, who was still in Egypt, where he had gone in flight from Solomon, and was living there, came back to his town Zeredah, in the hill-country of Ephraim;

3 и послаша, и призваша его. И прииде Иеровоам и весь сонм Израилев, и рекоша людие к царю Ровоаму глаголюще:

And all the men of Israel came to Rehoboam and said,

4 отец твой отягчи ярем наш, ты же ныне облегчи от работы отца твоего жестокия и от ярма его тяжкаго, егоже возложи на ны, и поработаем ти.

Your father put a hard yoke on us: if you will make the conditions under which your father kept us down less cruel, and the weight of the yoke he put on us less hard, then we will be your servants.

5 И рече к ним: отидите (и пребудите) до третияго дне, и возвратитеся ко мне. И идоша.

And he said to them, Go away for three days and then come back to me again. So the people went away.

6 И возвести Ровоам царь старейшинам, иже быша предстояще пред Соломоном отцем его, еще живу ему сущу, глаголя: како вы мыслите, да отвещаю людем сим слово?

Then King Rehoboam took the opinion of the old men who had been with Solomon his father when he was living, and said, In your opinion, what answer am I to give to this people?

7 И реша ему, глаголюще: аще в днешний день будеши раб людем сим и поработаеши им, и речеши им словеса блага, и будут ти раби во вся дни.

And they said to him, If you will be a servant to this people today, caring for them and giving them a gentle answer, then they will be your servants for ever.

8 И пренебреже совет старейшин, яже совещаша ему, и советова со отроки воспитанными с ним предстоявшими пред лицем его,

But he gave no attention to the opinion of the old men, and went to the young men of his generation who were waiting before him:

9 и рече им: что вы совещаваете? И что отвещаю людем сим, иже реша ко мне, глаголюще: облегчи наш ярем, егоже возложи отец твой на ны?

And said to them, What is your opinion? What answer are we to give to this people who have said to me, Make less the weight of the yoke which your father put on us?

10 И глаголаша к нему отроцы воспитаннии с ним и реша ему: сице да глаголеши людем сим, иже реша к тебе, глаголюще: отец твой отягчи ярем наш: ты же ныне облегчи от нас: сия речеши к ним: юность моя толстее чресл отца моего:

And the young men of his generation said to him, This is the answer to give to the people who came to you saying, Your father put a hard yoke on us; will you make it less? say to them, My little finger is thicker than my father's body;

11 и ныне отец мой наложи на вы ярем тяжек, аз же приложу к ярму вашему: отец мой наказа вы ранами, аз же накажу вы скорпионами.

If my father put a hard yoke on you, I will make it harder: my father gave you punishment with whips, but I will give you blows with snakes.

12 И прииде весь Израиль к царю Ровоаму в день третий, якоже рече им царь, глаголя: возвратитеся ко мне в день третий.

So all the people came to Rehoboam on the third day, as the king had given orders, saying, Come back to me the third day.

13 И отвеща царь к людем жестоко: и остави царь Ровоам совет старейшин, яже совещаша ему,

And the king gave them a rough answer, giving no attention to the suggestion of the old men;

14 и рече к ним по совету отроков, глаголя: отец мой отягчи ярем ваш, аз же приложу к ярму вашему: отец мой наказа вы ранами, аз же накажу вы скорпионами.

But giving them the answer put forward by the young men, saying, My father made your yoke hard, but I will make it harder; my father gave you punishment with whips, but I will give it with snakes.

15 И не послуша царь людий, яко бе превращение от Господа, яко да утвердит глаголгол Свой, егоже глагола рукою Ахии Силонитянина о Иеровоаме сыне Наватове.

So the king did not give ear to the people; and this came about by the purpose of the Lord, so that what he had said by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam, son of Nebat, might be effected.

16 И виде весь Израиль, яко не послуша царь гласа их, и отвещаша людие царю, глаголюще: кая нам часть в Давиде? И несть нам наследия в сыне Иессеове: бежи, Израилю, в кровы своя: ныне паси дом твой, Давиде. И отиде Израиль в кровы своя.

And when all Israel saw that the king would give no attention to them, the people in answer said to the king, What part have we in David? what is our heritage in the son of Jesse? to your tents, O Israel; now see to your people, David. So Israel went away to their tents.

17 Над сынми же Израилевыми, иже живяху во градех Иудиных, воцарися Ровоам над ними.

(But Rehoboam was still king over those of the children of Israel who were living in the towns of Judah.)

18 И посла царь Ровоам Адонирама, иже над данию, и поби его камением весь Израиль, и умре. Царь же Ровоам потщася взыти на колесницу убежати во Иерусалим.

Then King Rehoboam sent Adoniram, the overseer of the forced work; and he was stoned to death by all Israel. And King Rehoboam went quickly and got into his carriage to go in flight to Jerusalem.

19 И отложися Израиль от дому Давидова даже до днесь.

So Israel was turned away from the family of David to this day.

20 И бысть егда услыша весь Израиль, яко возвратися Иеровоам от Египта, и послаша, и призваша его на собор, и воцариша его над Израилем: и не бе вслед дому Давидова, токмо хоругвь Иудина и Вениаминова.

Now when all Israel had news that Jeroboam had come back, they sent for him to come before the meeting of the people, and made him king over Israel: not one of them was joined to the family of David but only the tribe of Judah.

21 И Ровоам вниде во Иерусалим и собра весь сонм Иудин и хоругвь Вениаминю, сто и двадесять тысящ юношей, творящих брань, ратовати на дом Израилев, еже возвратити царство Ровоаму сыну Соломоню.

When Rehoboam came to Jerusalem, he got together all the men of Judah and the tribe of Benjamin, a hundred and eighty thousand of his best fighting-men, to make war against Israel and get the kingdom back for Rehoboam, the son of Solomon.

22 И бысть слово Господне ко Самею человеку Божию, глаголя:

But the word of God came to Shemaiah, the man of God, saying,

23 рцы к Ровоаму сыну Соломоню царю Иудину и ко всему дому Иудину и Вениаминову и ко оставшымся людем, глаголя:

Say to Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all the men of Judah and Benjamin and the rest of the people:

24 тако глаголет Господь: не восходите, ниже ратуйте на братию вашу, на сыны Израилевы: но возвратитеся кийждо в домы своя, яко от Мене бысть глаголгол сей. И послушаша словесе Господня, и престаша ити по глаголголу Господню.

The Lord has said, You are not to go to war against your brothers, the children of Israel; go back, every man to his house, because this thing is my purpose. So they gave ear to the word of the Lord, and went back, as the Lord had said.

25 И созда Иеровоам Сикиму в горе Ефремли, и вселися в ней, и изыде оттуду, и созда Фануила.

Then Jeroboam made the town of Shechem in the hill-country of Ephraim a strong place, and was living there; and from there he went out and did the same to Penuel.

26 И рече Иеровоам в сердцы своем: се, ныне возвратится царство в дом Давидов,

And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now the kingdom will go back to the family of David:

27 аще взыдут людие сии вознести жертву в храме Господни во Иерусалим, и обратится сердце людий ко Господу и господину своему, к Ровоаму царю Иудину, и убиют мя, и возвратятся к Ровоаму царю Иудину.

If the people go up to make offerings in the house of the Lord at Jerusalem, their heart will be turned again to their lord, to Rehoboam, king of Judah; and they will put me to death and go back to Rehoboam, king of Judah.

28 И усоветова царь, и сотвори две юницы златы, и рече к людем: довлеет вам восходити во Иерусалим: се, бози твои, Израилю, изведшии тя из земли Египетския.

So after taking thought the king made two oxen of gold; and he said to the people, You have been going up to Jerusalem long enough; see! these are your gods, O Israel, who took you out of the land of Egypt.

29 И постави едину в Вефили, а другую в Дане.

And he put one in Beth-el and the other in Dan.

30 И бысть слово сие на согрешение, и идяху людие пред лицем юницы единыя даже до Дана, и оставиша храм Господень.

And this became a sin in Israel; for the people went to give worship to the one at Beth-el, and to the other at Dan.

31 И сотвори капища на высоких, и сотвори жерцов часть от людий, иже не беша от сынов Левииных.

And he made places for worship at the high places, and made priests, who were not Levites, from among all the people.

32 И сотвори Иеровоам праздник в осмый месяц в пятыйнадесять день месяца, по празднику, иже в земли бе Иудине, и взыде на олтарь, егоже сотвори в Вефили, жрети юницам, яже сотвори, и постави в Вефили жерцы на высоких, яже сотвори.

And Jeroboam gave orders for a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like the feast which is kept in Judah, and he went up to the altar. And in the same way, in Beth-el, he gave offerings to the oxen which he had made, placing in Beth-el the priests of the high places he had made.

33 И взыде на олтарь, егоже сотвори в Вефили, в осмый месяц, в пятыйнадесять день в праздник, егоже состави по сердцу своему: и сотвори праздник сыном Израилевым, и взыде на олтарь еже пожрети.

He went up to the altar he had made in Beth-el on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, the month fixed by him at his pleasure; and he gave orders for a feast for the people of Israel, and went up to the altar, and there he made the smoke of his offerings go up.