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1 Rehabeam drog till Sechem; ty hele Israel var kommen till Sechem, att göra honom till Konung.
And Rehoboam went to Shechem, where all Israel had come together to make him king.
2 Och då Jerobeam, Nebats son, som i Egypten var, dit han för Konung Salomo flydd var, det hörde, kom han igen utur Egypten.
And when Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, had news of it, (for he was in Egypt where he had gone in flight from King Solomon, ) he came back from Egypt.
3 Och de sände bort, och läto kalla honom. Och Jerobeam kom med hela Israel; och de talade med Rehabeam, och sade:
And they sent for him; and Jeroboam and all Israel came to Rehoboam and said,
4 Din fader hafver gjort vårt ok allt för hårdt; så lätta du ini dins faders hårda tjenst, och det svåra ok som han på oss lagt hafver, så vilje vi vara dig underdånige.
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 Han sade till dem: Efter tre dagar kommer igen till mig. Och folket gick sin väg.
And he said to them, Come to me again after three days. So the people went away.
6 Och Konung Rehabeam rådfrågade med de äldsta, som för hans fader Salomo ståndit hade, medan han lefde, och sade: Hvad råden I, det jag skall svara desso folkena?
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 De talade med honom, och sade: Om du ställer dig vänliga till detta folk, och far väl åt dem, och gifver dem god ord, så blifva de dig underdånige i alla sina dagar.
And they said to him, If you are kind to this people, pleasing them and saying good words to them, then they will be your servants for ever.
8 Men han lät blifva de äldstas råd, som de honom gifvit hade, och rådfrågade med de unga, som med honom uppväxte voro, och för honom stodo;
But he gave no attention to the opinion of the old men, but went to the young men of his generation who were waiting before him.
9 Och sade till dem: Hvad råden I, det vi desso folkena svara skole, som med mig talat hafva, och sagt: Lätta oss det ok, som din fader på oss lagt hafver.
And he 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 Men de unge, som med honom uppväxte voro, talade med honom, och sade: Så skall du säga till folket, som till dig talat hafver, och säger: Din fader hafver gjort vårt ok allt för tungt, gör du vårt ok lättare; och säg till dem: Mitt minsta finger skall vara tjockare än mins faders länder.
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, but will you make it less; say to them, My little finger is thicker than my father's body;
11 Hafver nu min fader för tungt ok lagt uppå eder, så skall jag ännu göra edart ok tyngre; min fader hafver tuktat eder med gisslar, men jag med scorpioner.
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 Som nu Jerobeam och allt folket kom till Rehabeam på tredje dagen, såsom Konungen sagt hade: Kommer igen till mig på tredje dagen;
So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam on the third day, as the king had given orders, saying, Come to me again on the third day.
13 Svarade Konungen dem hårdeliga; och Konung Rehabeam öfvergaf de äldstas råd;
And the king gave them a rough answer. So King Rehoboam gave no attention to the suggestion of the old men,
14 Och talade med dem efter de ungas råd, och sade: Hafver min fader gjort edart ok för svårt, så skall jag ännu göra det svårare; min fader hafver tuktat eder med gisslar, men jag med scorpioner.
But gave 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 Alltså hörde Konungen folket intet; ty det vardt alltså vändt af Gudi, på det Herren skulle göra sitt ord fast, som han talat hade genom Ahia af Silo till Jerobeam, Nebats son.
So the king did not give ear to the people; for this came about by the purpose of God, so that the Lord might give effect to his word which he had said by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam, the son of Nebat.
16 Då nu hele Israel såg, att Konungen intet hörde dem, svarade folket Konungenom, och sade: Hvad del hafve vi med David, eller arf med Isai son? Hvar och en af Israel drage till sina hyddor: Så se du nu till ditt hus, David. Och hele Israel gick i sina hyddor;
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? every man to your tents, O Israel; now see to your house, David. So all Israel went to their tents.
17 Så att Rehabeam regerade allenast öfver de Israels barn, som bodde i Juda städer.
But Rehoboam was still king over those of the children of Israel who were living in the towns of Judah.
18 Då sände Konung Rehabeam Hadoram räntomästaren; men Israels barn stenade honom ihjäl. Och Konung Rehabeam steg med hast på sin vagn, och flydde till Jerusalem.
Then 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 Alltså föll Israel af ifrå Davids hus, allt intill denna dag.
So Israel was turned away from the family of David to this day.
