Третья книга Царств 12
1 И иде царь Ровоам в Сикиму, яко в Сикиму прииде весь Израиль воцарити его.
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 И бысть егда услыша Иеровоам сын Наватов, сущу ему еще во Египте, яко убегл бе от лица Соломона, и возвратися Иеровоам из Египта:
When Jeroboam, who was still in Egypt, heard about that, he returned from Egypt [to Israel].
3 и послаша, и призваша его. И прииде Иеровоам и весь сонм Израилев, и рекоша людие к царю Ровоаму глаголюще:
The [leaders of the northern tribes] summoned him, and they went together [to talk] to Rehoboam. They said to him,
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 [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 И рече к ним: отидите (и пребудите) до третияго дне, и возвратитеся ко мне. И идоша.
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 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 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 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.
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 И пренебреже совет старейшин, яже совещаша ему, и советова со отроки воспитанными с ним предстоявшими пред лицем его,
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 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?
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 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:
They replied, “This is what you should tell them: ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s waist.
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.
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 И прииде весь Израиль к царю Ровоаму в день третий, якоже рече им царь, глаголя: возвратитеся ко мне в день третий.
So three days later, Jeroboam and all the leaders came to Rehoboam again, as he had told them to do.
13 И отвеща царь к людем жестоко: и остави царь Ровоам совет старейшин, яже совещаша ему,
The king ignored the advice of the older men and spoke harshly to the Israeli leaders.
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.
[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 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 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 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.
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 Над сынми же Израилевыми, иже живяху во градех Иудиных, воцарися Ровоам над ними.
And [after that, ] the [only Israeli] people whom Rehoboam ruled over were those who lived in the territory of [the tribe 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 [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 И отложися Израиль от дому Давидова даже до днесь.
Ever since that time, the people of [the northern tribes of] Israel have been rebelling against the descendants [MTY] of [King] David.
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.
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 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 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 И бысть слово Господне ко Самею человеку Божию, глаголя:
But God spoke to the prophet Shemaiah and said this to him:
23 рцы к Ровоаму сыну Соломоню царю Иудину и ко всему дому Иудину и Вениаминову и ко оставшымся людем, глаголя:
“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 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.
‘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 И созда Иеровоам Сикиму в горе Ефремли, и вселися в ней, и изыде оттуду, и созда Фануила.
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 И рече Иеровоам в сердцы своем: се, ныне возвратится царство в дом Давидов,
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 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.
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 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 И постави едину в Вефили, а другую в Дане.
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 И бысть слово сие на согрешение, и идяху людие пред лицем юницы единыя даже до Дана, и оставиша храм Господень.
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 И сотвори капища на высоких, и сотвори жерцов часть от людий, иже не беша от сынов Левииных.
[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 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.
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 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.
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].
