1 Kings 12
1 Rehoboamu sì lọ sí Ṣekemu, nítorí gbogbo Israẹli ti lọ síbẹ̀ láti fi í jẹ ọba.
And Rehoboam goes to Shechem, for all Israel has come to Shechem to make him king.
2 Nígbà tí Jeroboamu ọmọ Nebati, tí ó wà ní Ejibiti síbẹ̀ gbọ́, nítorí tí ó ti sá kúrò níwájú Solomoni ọba, ó sì wà ní Ejibiti.
And it comes to pass, at Jeroboam son of Nebat’s hearing (and he [is] yet in Egypt where he has fled from the presence of Solomon the king, and Jeroboam dwells in Egypt),
3 Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni wọ́n ránṣẹ́ sí Jeroboamu, òun àti gbogbo ìjọ Israẹli sì lọ sọ́dọ̀ Rehoboamu, wọ́n sì wí fún un pé,
that they send and call for him; and they come—Jeroboam and all the assembly of Israel—and speak to Rehoboam, saying,
4 “Baba rẹ sọ àjàgà wa di wúwo, ṣùgbọ́n nísinsin yìí, mú kí ìsìn baba rẹ̀ tí ó le, àti àjàgà rẹ̀ tí ó wúwo, tí ó fi sí wa ní ọrùn kí ó fẹ́rẹ̀ díẹ̀, àwa yóò sì sìn ọ́.”
“Your father hardened our yoke, and you, now, lighten [some] of the hard service of your father, and his heavy yoke that he put on us, and we serve you.”
5 Rehoboamu sì wí fún wọn pé, “Ẹ lọ ná títí di ọjọ́ mẹ́ta, nígbà náà ni kí ẹ padà tọ̀ mí wá.” Àwọn ènìyàn náà sì lọ.
And he says to them, “Yet go [for] three days, and come back to me”; and the people go.
6 Nígbà náà ni Rehoboamu ọba fi ọ̀rọ̀ lọ àwọn àgbàgbà tí ń dúró níwájú Solomoni baba rẹ̀ nígbà tí ó wà láààyè. Ó sì béèrè pé, “Ìmọ̀ràn wo ni ẹ̀yin yóò gbà mí láti dá àwọn ènìyàn wọ̀nyí lóhùn?”
And King Rehoboam consults with the elderly who have been standing in the presence of his father Solomon, in his being alive, saying, “How are you counseling to answer this people?”
7 Wọ́n sì dá a lóhùn pé, “Bí ìwọ yóò bá jẹ́ ìránṣẹ́ fún àwọn ènìyàn wọ̀nyí lónìí, kí o sì sìn wọ́n, àti kí o sì sọ ọ̀rọ̀ rere sí wọn nígbà tí ìwọ bá ń dá wọn lóhùn, wọn yóò máa ṣe ìránṣẹ́ rẹ títí láé.”
And they speak to him, saying, “If, today, you are a servant of this people, and have served them, and answered them, and spoken good words to them, then they have been servants to you [for] all the days.”
8 Ṣùgbọ́n Rehoboamu kọ ìmọ̀ràn tí àwọn àgbàgbà fún un, ó sì fi ọ̀rọ̀ náà lọ àwọn ọmọdé tí wọ́n dàgbà pẹ̀lú rẹ̀, tí wọ́n sì ń sìn ín.
And he forsakes the counsel of the elderly which they counseled him, and consults with the boys who have grown up with him, who are standing before him;
9 Ó sì bi wọ́n pé, “Kí ni ìmọ̀ràn yín? Báwo ni a ó ṣe dá àwọn ènìyàn yí lóhùn, tí wọ́n wí fún mi pé, ‘Ṣé kí àjàgà tí baba rẹ fi sí wa lọ́rùn kí ó fúyẹ́ díẹ̀’?”
and he says to them, “What are you counseling, and we answer this people, who have spoken to me, saying, Lighten [some] of the yoke that your father put on us?”
10 Àwọn ọmọdé tí ó dàgbà pẹ̀lú rẹ̀ dá a lóhùn pé, “Sọ fún àwọn ènìyàn tí wọ́n wí fún ọ pé, ‘Baba rẹ̀ mú kí àjàgà wa wúwo ṣùgbọ́n ìwọ mú kí ó fúyẹ́ díẹ̀ fún wa’; sọ fún wọn pé, ìka ọwọ́ mi kékeré nípọn ju ẹ̀gbẹ́ baba mi lọ.
And they speak to him—the boys who had grown up with him—saying, “Thus you say to this people who have spoken to you, saying, Your father made our yoke heavy, and you, make [it] light on us; thus you speak to them, My little [finger] is thicker than the loins of my father;
11 Baba mi ti gbé àjàgà wúwo lé e yín; Èmi yóò sì fi kún àjàgà yín. Baba mi ti fi pàṣán nà yín, Èmi yóò fi àkéekèe nà yín.”
and now, my father laid a heavy yoke on you, and I add to your yoke; my father disciplined you with whips, and I discipline you with scorpions.”
12 Jeroboamu àti gbogbo àwọn ènìyàn náà wá sọ́dọ̀ Rehoboamu ní ọjọ́ kẹta, gẹ́gẹ́ bí ọba ti wí pé, “Ẹ padà tọ̀ mí wá ní ọjọ́ kẹta.”
And they come—Jeroboam and all the people—to Rehoboam, on the third day, as the king had spoken, saying, “Come back to me on the third day.”
13 Ọba sì fi ohùn líle dá àwọn ènìyàn lóhùn, ó sì kọ ìmọ̀ràn tí àwọn àgbàgbà fún un,
And the king answers the people sharply, and forsakes the counsel of the elderly which they counseled him,
14 Ó sì tẹ̀lé ìmọ̀ràn àwọn ọmọdé, ó sì wí pé, “Baba mí sọ àjàgà yín di wúwo, èmi yóò sì jẹ́ kí ó wúwo sí i, baba mi fi pàṣán nà yín èmi yóò fi àkéekèe nà yín.”
and speaks to them, according to the counsel of the boys, saying, “My father made your yoke heavy, and I add to your yoke; my father disciplined you with whips, and I discipline you with scorpions”;
15 Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni ọba kò sì fi etí sí ti àwọn ènìyàn, nítorí tí ọ̀ràn náà ti ọwọ́ Olúwa wá láti mú ọ̀rọ̀ tí ó sọ fún Jeroboamu ọmọ Nebati láti ẹnu Ahijah ará Ṣilo ṣẹ.
and the king did not listen to the people, for the revolution was from YHWH, in order to establish His word that YHWH spoke by the hand of Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam son of Nebat.
16 Nígbà tí gbogbo Israẹli rí i pé ọba kọ̀ láti gbọ́ ti àwọn, wọ́n sì dá ọba lóhùn pé, “Ìpín wo ni àwa ní nínú Dafidi, ìní wo ni àwa ní nínú ọmọ Jese? Padà sí àgọ́ rẹ, ìwọ Israẹli! Bojútó ilé ara rẹ, ìwọ Dafidi!” Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni àwọn ará Israẹli padà sí ilé wọn.
And all Israel sees that the king has not listened to them, and the people send the king back word, saying, “What portion do we have in David? Indeed, there is no inheritance in the son of Jesse; [return] to your tents, O Israel; now see your house, O David!” And Israel goes to its tents.
17 Ṣùgbọ́n fún ti àwọn ọmọ Israẹli tí ń gbé nínú ìlú Juda, Rehoboamu jẹ ọba lórí wọn síbẹ̀.
As for the sons of Israel, those dwelling in the cities of Judah—Rehoboam reigns over them.
18 Ọba Rehoboamu rán Adoniramu jáde, ẹni tí ó wà ní ìkáwọ́ iṣẹ́ onírúurú, ṣùgbọ́n gbogbo Israẹli sọ ọ́ ní òkúta pa. Ọba Rehoboamu, gbìyànjú láti dé inú kẹ̀kẹ́ rẹ̀ ó sì sálọ sí Jerusalẹmu.
And King Rehoboam sends Adoram who [is] over the tribute, and all Israel casts stones at him, and he dies; and King Rehoboam has strengthened himself to go up into a chariot to flee to Jerusalem;
19 Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni Israẹli ṣọ̀tẹ̀ sí ilé Dafidi títí di òní yìí.
and Israel transgresses against the house of David to this day.
20 Nígbà tí gbogbo Israẹli sì gbọ́ pé Jeroboamu ti padà dé, wọ́n ránṣẹ́, wọ́n sì pè é wá sí àjọ, wọ́n sì fi jẹ ọba lórí gbogbo Israẹli. Kò sí ẹnìkan tí ó tọ ilé Dafidi lẹ́yìn bí kò ṣe kìkì ẹ̀yà Juda nìkan.
And it comes to pass, at all Israel hearing that Jeroboam has returned, that they send and call him to the congregation, and cause him to reign over all Israel; none has been after the house of David except the tribe of Judah alone.
21 Nígbà tí Rehoboamu sì dé sí Jerusalẹmu, ó kó gbogbo ilé Juda jọ, àti ẹ̀yà Benjamini; ọ̀kẹ́ mẹ́sàn-án ènìyàn tí a yàn, tí wọ́n ń ṣe ológun, láti bá ilé Israẹli jà àti láti mú ìjọba náà padà bọ̀ sọ́dọ̀ Rehoboamu, ọmọ Solomoni.
And Rehoboam comes to Jerusalem, and assembles all the house of Judah and the tribe of Benjamin, one hundred and eighty thousand chosen warriors, to fight with the house of Israel, to bring back the kingdom to Rehoboam son of Solomon.
22 Ṣùgbọ́n ọ̀rọ̀ Ọlọ́run tọ Ṣemaiah ènìyàn Ọlọ́run wá wí pé,
And the word of God is to Shemaiah a man of God, saying,
23 “Sọ fún Rehoboamu, ọmọ Solomoni, ọba Juda àti fún gbogbo ilé Juda àti ti Benjamini, àti fún àwọn ènìyàn tókù wí pé,
“Speak to Rehoboam son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all the house of Judah and Benjamin, and the rest of the people, saying,
24 ‘Báyìí ni Olúwa wí, “Ẹ má ṣe gòkè lọ láti bá àwọn arákùnrin yín jà, àwọn ènìyàn Israẹli. Kì olúkúlùkù yín padà sí ilé rẹ̀, nítorí nǹkan yìí láti ọ̀dọ̀ mi wá ni.”’” Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni wọ́n sì gbọ́ ọ̀rọ̀ Olúwa, wọ́n sì tún padà sí ilé wọn, gẹ́gẹ́ bí ọ̀rọ̀ Olúwa.
Thus said YHWH: You do not go up nor fight with your brothers the sons of Israel; let each return to his house, for this thing has been from Me”; and they hear the word of YHWH, and turn back to go according to the word of YHWH.
25 Nígbà náà ni Jeroboamu kọ́ Ṣekemu ní òkè Efraimu, ó sì ń gbé inú rẹ̀. Láti ibẹ̀ ó sì jáde lọ, ó sì kọ́ Penieli.
And Jeroboam builds Shechem in the hill-country of Ephraim, and dwells in it, and goes out there, and builds Penuel;
26 Jeroboamu rò nínú ara rẹ̀ pé, “Ìjọba náà yóò padà nísinsin yìí sí ilé Dafidi.
and Jeroboam says in his heart, “Now the kingdom turns back to the house of David—
27 Bí àwọn ènìyàn wọ̀nyí bá gòkè lọ láti ṣe ìrúbọ ní ilé Olúwa ní Jerusalẹmu, wọn yóò tún fi ọkàn wọn fún Olúwa wọn, Rehoboamu ọba Juda. Wọn yóò sì pa mí, wọn yóò sì tún padà tọ Rehoboamu ọba Juda lọ.”
if this people goes up to make sacrifices in the house of YHWH in Jerusalem, then the heart of this people has turned back to their lord, to Rehoboam king of Judah, and they have slain me, and turned back to Rehoboam king of Judah.”
28 Lẹ́yìn tí ó ti gba ìmọ̀ràn, ọba sì yá ẹgbọrọ màlúù wúrà méjì. Ó sì wí fún àwọn ènìyàn pé, “Ó ti pọ̀jù fún yín láti máa gòkè lọ sí Jerusalẹmu. Àwọn Ọlọ́run yín nìyìí, Israẹli, tí ó mú yín láti ilẹ̀ Ejibiti wá.”
And the king takes counsel, and makes two calves of gold, and says to them, “Enough of you from going up to Jerusalem; behold, your gods, O Israel, which brought you up out of the land of Egypt.”
29 Ó sì gbé ọ̀kan kalẹ̀ ní Beteli, àti èkejì ní Dani.
And he sets the one in Beth-El, and the other he has put in Dan,
30 Nǹkan yìí sì di ẹ̀ṣẹ̀; àwọn ènìyàn sì lọ títí dé Dani láti sin èyí tí ó wà níbẹ̀.
and this thing becomes a sin, and the people go before the one—to Dan.
31 Jeroboamu sì kọ́ ojúbọ sórí ibi gíga, ó sì yan àwọn àlùfáà láti inú àwọn ènìyàn bí ó tilẹ̀ jẹ́ pé wọn kì í ṣe inú àwọn ọmọ Lefi.
And he makes the house of high places, and makes priests from the extremities of the people, who were not of the sons of Levi;
32 Jeroboamu sì dá àsè sílẹ̀ ní ọjọ́ kẹ́ẹ̀dógún oṣù kẹjọ gẹ́gẹ́ bí àsè tí ó wà ní Juda, ó sì rú ẹbọ lórí pẹpẹ. Ó ṣe èyí ní Beteli, ó rú ẹbọ sí àwọn ọmọ màlúù tí ó ṣe. Ó sì fi àwọn àlùfáà sí ibi gíga tí ó ti ṣe sí Beteli.
and Jeroboam makes a festival in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like the festival that [is] in Judah, and he offers on the altar—so he did in Beth-El—to sacrifice to the calves which he made, and he has appointed in Beth-El the priests of the high places that he made.
33 Ní ọjọ́ kẹ́ẹ̀dógún oṣù kẹjọ, oṣù tí ó rò ní ọkàn ara rẹ̀, ó sì rú ẹbọ lórí pẹpẹ tí ó kọ́ ní Beteli. Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni ó sì dá àsè sílẹ̀ fún àwọn ọmọ Israẹli, ó sì gun orí pẹpẹ náà lọ láti rú ẹbọ.
And he offers up on the altar that he made in Beth-El, on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, in the month that he devised from his own heart, and he makes a festival for the sons of Israel, and offers on the altar—to make incense.
