2 Crónicas 10
1 Roboam fue a Siquem, porque todos los israelitas habían ido a Siquem para hacerlo rey.
All the people of Israel went to Shechem [city] in order to appoint Rehoboam to be their king. So Rehoboam also went there.
2 Jeroboam, hijo de Nabat, todavía estaba en Egipto cuando se enteró de esto. (Había huido a Egipto para escapar del rey Salomón y estaba viviendo allí).
Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, had fled to Egypt [to escape] from King Solomon. But when he heard [about the people wanting to appoint Rehoboam to be their king], he returned [to Israel] from Egypt
3 Los líderes israelitas enviaron a buscarlo. Jereboam y todos los israelitas fueron a hablar con Roboam.
So the [leaders of the northern tribes] summoned him, and he went with them [to talk] to Rehoboam. They said to Rehoboam,
4 “Tu padre nos impuso una pesada carga”, le dijeron. “Pero ahora, si aligeras la carga que tu padre impuso y las pesadas exigencias que nos impuso, te serviremos”.
“Your father [Solomon] forced us to work very hard for him. If you 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 Roboam respondió: “Vuelvan dentro de tres días”. Así que el pueblo se fue.
He replied, “Come back three days from now [and I will give you my answer].” So those leaders [and Jeroboam] left.
6 El rey Roboam pidió consejo a los ancianos que habían servido a su padre Salomón en vida. “¿Cómo me aconsejan que responda a esta gente sobre esto?”, preguntó.
Then King Rehoboam consulted his older men who had advised his father Solomon while he was still alive. He asked them, “What shall I say to answer these men?”
7 Ellos le respondieron: “Si tratas bien a este pueblo y les complaces hablándoles con amabilidad, siempre te servirán”.
They replied, “If you will be kind to these people and do things that will please them, and if you say kind things to them when you answer them, they will always serve you.”
8 Pero Roboam desestimó el consejo de los ancianos. En cambio, pidió consejo a los jóvenes con los que había crecido y que estaban cerca de él.
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.
9 Entonces les preguntó: “¿Qué respuesta aconsejan ustedes que enviemos a esta gente que me ha dicho: ‘Aligera la carga que tu padre puso sobre nosotros’?”
He said to them, “How should I answer the men who are asking me to reduce the [work and taxes] that my father required from them?”
10 Los jóvenes con los que se había criado le dijeron: “Esto es lo que tienes que decirles a estas personas que te han dicho: ‘Tu padre nos ha hecho pesada la carga, pero tú deberías aligerarla’. Esto es lo que debes responderles: ‘Mi dedo meñique es más grueso que la cintura de mi padre.
The young men who had grown up with him replied, “[Those men] have said that your father forced them to work very hard for him, so they want you to reduce the [work and taxes] that your father required from them. But this is what you should tell them: ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s waist.
11 Mi padre les puso una carga pesada, y yo la haré aún más pesada. Mi padre te castigó con látigos; yo los castigaré con escorpiones’”.
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 I will whip you with whips that have pieces of metal in them.’”
12 Tres días después, Jeroboam y todo el pueblo volvieron a Roboam, porque el rey les había dicho: “Vuelvan dentro de tres días”.
Three days later, Jeroboam and all the leaders came to King Rehoboam again, which is what he had told them to do.
13 El rey les respondió bruscamente. Desechando el consejo de los ancianos,
The king ignored the advice of the older men and spoke harshly to the Israeli leaders.
14 contestó utilizando el consejo de los jóvenes. Les dijo: “Mi padre les impuso una pesada carga, y yo la haré aún más pesada. Mi padre te castigó con látigos; yo te castigaré con escorpiones”.
[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 El rey no escuchó lo que el pueblo decía, pues este cambio de circunstancias venía de Dios, para cumplir lo que el Señor le había dicho a Jeroboam hijo de Nabat por medio de Ahías el silonita.
So the king did not pay any attention to the Israeli leaders. But this happened in order that what Yahweh had told the prophet Ahijah about Jeroboam would happen.
16 Cuando todos los israelitas vieron que el rey no los escuchaba, le dijeron al rey “¿Qué parte tenemos en David, y qué parte tenemos en el hijo de Isaí? ¡Vete a casa, Israel! Estás solo, casa de David”. Así que todos los israelitas se fueron a casa.
When the Israeli leaders realized that the king did not pay any attention to what they said, they shouted, “We do not 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, he can rule his own kingdom!” So the Israeli leaders returned to their homes.
17 Sin embargo, Roboam seguía gobernando sobre los israelitas que vivían en Judá.
And [after that, the only Israeli] people whom Rehoboam ruled over were those who lived in the territory of [the tribes of] Judah [and Benjamin].
18 Entonces el rey Roboam envió a Adoram, encargado de los trabajos forzados, pero los israelitas lo apedrearon hasta la muerte. El rey Roboam se subió rápidamente a su carro y corrió de regreso a Jerusalén.
Then King Rehoboam went with 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 Como resultado, Israel se ha rebelado contra la casa de David hasta el día de hoy.
Ever since that time, [the people of the northern tribes of] Israel have been rebelling against the descendants of [King] David.
