2 Meʻa Hokohoko 10
1 Pea naʻe ʻalu ʻa Lehopoami ki Sikemi: he ne kuo ʻalu ʻa ʻIsileli kotoa pē ki Sikemi ke fakanofo ia ko e tuʻi.
Then Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had gone there to make him king.
2 Pea naʻe hoko ʻo pehē, ʻi he ongoʻi ia ʻe Selopoami ko e foha ʻo Nipati, ʻi ʻIsipite (he naʻe hola ia ki ai mei he ʻao ʻo Solomone ko e tuʻi, ) pea naʻe toe haʻu ʻa Selopoami mei ʻIsipite.
When Jeroboam son of Nebat heard about this, he returned from Egypt, where he had fled from King Solomon.
3 Pea naʻa nau fekau ʻo ui ia. Ko ia naʻe haʻu ai ʻa Selopoami mo ʻIsileli kotoa pē ʻonau lea kia Lehopoami, ʻo pehē,
So they sent for Jeroboam, and he and all Israel came to Rehoboam and said,
4 “Naʻe fakamamahi ʻemau kavenga, ʻe hoʻo tamai: pea ko eni ke ke fakamaʻamaʻa ʻae ngaahi ngāue mamahi ʻa hoʻo tamai, mo ʻene haʻamonga mamafa ʻaia naʻa ne ʻai kiate kimautolu, pea te mau tauhi koe.”
“Your father put a heavy yoke on us. But now you should lighten the burden of your father’s service and the heavy yoke he put on us, and we will serve you.”
5 Pea naʻe pehē ʻe ia kiate kinautolu, “Mou toe haʻu kiate au ʻoka hili ʻae ʻaho ʻe tolu.” Pea naʻe ʻalu ai ʻae kakai.
Rehoboam answered, “Come back to me in three days.” So the people departed.
6 Pea naʻe fakakaukau ʻae tuʻi ko Lehopoami mo e kau mātuʻa naʻe tuʻu ʻi he ʻao ʻo Solomone ko ʻene tamai ʻi heʻene kei moʻui, ʻo pehē, Ko e hā hoʻomou fakakaukau ki ha lea ke tali ʻaki ʻae kakai ni?
Then King Rehoboam consulted with the elders who had served his father Solomon during his lifetime. “How do you advise me to respond to these people?” he asked.
7 Pea naʻa nau lea kiate ia, ʻo pehē, “Kapau te ke angaʻofa ki he kakai ni, pea ke fakafiemālie ʻakinautolu, mo ke lea ʻaki ʻae ngaahi lea lelei kiate kinautolu, pea te nau hoko ko hoʻo kau tamaioʻeiki ʻo taʻengata.”
They replied, “If you will be kind to these people and please them by speaking kind words to them, they will be your servants forever.”
8 Ka naʻe liʻaki ʻe ia ʻae fakakaukau naʻe tuku kiate ia ʻe he kau mātuʻa, pea fakakaukau ia mo e kau talavou naʻe toʻutangata mo kaumeʻa mo ia, pea nau tuʻu ʻi hono ʻao.
But Rehoboam rejected the advice of the elders; instead, he consulted the young men who had grown up with him and served him.
9 Pea pehē ʻe ia kiate kinautolu, “Ko e hā homou loto ʻomoutolu ki he tali ʻe fai ki he kakai ni,” ʻaia kuo nau lea mai kiate au, ʻo pehē, “Ke ke fakamaʻamaʻa siʻi ʻae haʻamonga ʻaia naʻe ʻai ʻe hoʻo tamai kiate kimautolu?”
He asked them, “What message do you advise that we send back to these people who have spoken to me, saying, ‘Lighten the yoke your father put on us’?”
10 Pea naʻe lea kiate ia ʻae kau talavou ʻa ia naʻe tupu hake mo kaumeʻa mo ia, ʻo pehē, “Ke ke tali pehē ʻae kakai naʻe lea kiate koe, ʻo pehē, naʻe fakamamafa ʻemau kavenga ʻe hoʻo tamai, ka ke fakamaʻamaʻa siʻi ia ʻe koe maʻamautolu: te ke tala ʻo pehē kiate kinautolu, ‘ʻE lahi hoku louhiʻi nima siʻi ʻi he kongaloto ʻo ʻeku tamai.’
The young men who had grown up with him replied, “This is how you should answer these people who said to you, ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, but you should make it lighter.’ This is what you should tell them: ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s waist!
11 He koeʻuhi, ‘Naʻe ʻai ʻe heʻeku tamai ʻae haʻamonga mamafa kiate kimoutolu, te u fakalahi ki hoʻomou haʻamonga: naʻe kinisi ʻakimoutolu ʻe heʻeku tamai ʻaki ʻae meʻa kinisi, ka te u kinisi ʻakimoutolu ʻaki ʻae ngaahi sikopio.’”
Whereas my father burdened you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke. Whereas my father scourged you with whips, I will scourge you with scorpions.’”
12 Ko ia naʻe haʻu ʻa Selopoami mo e kakai kotoa pē kia Lehopoami ʻi hono ʻaho tolu, ʻo hangē ko e fekau ʻae tuʻi, ʻo pehē, “Toe haʻu kiate au ʻi hono tolu ʻoe ʻaho.”
After three days, Jeroboam and all the people returned to Rehoboam, since the king had said, “Come back to me on the third day.”
13 Pea naʻe lea mālohi ʻae tuʻi kiate kinautolu: pea naʻe liʻaki ʻe he tuʻi ko Lehopoami ʻae fakakaukau ʻae kau mātuʻa,
And the king answered them harshly. King Rehoboam rejected the advice of the elders
14 Pea ne talia ʻakinautolu ʻo fakatatau ki ke fakakaukau ʻoe kau talavou, ʻo pehē, “Naʻe fakamamafa hoʻomou haʻamonga ʻe heʻeku tamai, ka te u fakalahi ki ai: naʻe kinisi ʻakimoutolu ʻe heʻeku tamai ʻaki ʻae ngaahi meʻa kinisi, ka te u kinisi ʻakimoutolu ʻaki ʻae ngaahi sikopio.”
and spoke to them as the young men had advised, saying, “Whereas my father made your yoke heavy, I will add to your yoke. Whereas my father scourged you with whips, I will scourge you with scorpions.”
15 Ko ia naʻe ʻikai tokanga ʻae tuʻi ki he kakai: he naʻe mei he ʻOtua ʻae meʻa ni, koeʻuhi ke fakamoʻoni ʻe Sihova ʻene folofola, ʻaia naʻa ne folofolaʻaki ia ʻAhisa ko e tangata Sailo, kia Selopoami ko e foha ʻo Nipati.
So the king did not listen to the people, and indeed this turn of events was from God, in order that the LORD might fulfill the word that He had spoken through Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam son of Nebat.
16 Pea ʻi he mamata ʻa ʻIsileli kotoa pē ʻoku ʻikai tokanga ʻae tuʻi kiate kinautolu, naʻe lea ʻae kakai ki he tuʻi, ʻo pehē, “Ko e hā hamau ʻinasi ʻia Tevita? Pea ʻoku ʻikai hamau tofiʻa ʻi he foha ʻo Sese: ʻE ʻIsileli, ke taki taha ʻalu ʻae tangata ki hono fale fehikitaki: pea ko eni, ʻa Tevita vakai ki ho fale ʻoʻou.” Ko ia naʻe ʻalu ai ʻa ʻIsileli kotoa pē ki honau ngaahi fale fehikitaki.
When all Israel saw that the king had refused to listen to them, they answered the king: “What portion do we have in David, and what inheritance in the son of Jesse? To your tents, O Israel! Look now to your own house, O David!” So all the Israelites went home,
17 Ka koeʻuhi ko e fānau ʻa ʻIsileli naʻe nofo ʻi he ngaahi kolo ʻo Siuta, naʻe pule ʻa Lehopoami kiate kinautolu.
but Rehoboam still reigned over the Israelites living in the cities of Judah.
18 Pea naʻe fekau ʻe he tuʻi ko Lehopoami ʻa ʻAtolami ʻaia naʻe pule ki he tukuhau: pea naʻe tolongaki ʻaki ia ʻae maka ʻe he fānau ʻa ʻIsileli, pea pekia ai ia. Ka naʻe fakatoʻotoʻo ʻe Lehopoami ke heka ki heʻene saliote, ke hola ki Selūsalema.
Then King Rehoboam sent out Hadoram, who was in charge of the forced labor, but the Israelites stoned him to death. And King Rehoboam mounted his chariot in haste and escaped to Jerusalem.
19 Pea kuo angatuʻu ʻa ʻIsileli ki he fale ʻo Tevita ʻo aʻu mai ki he ʻaho ni.
So to this day Israel has been in rebellion against the house of David.
