列王紀上 12
Chinese Union Version, punctuated (Traditional)
Berean Standard Bible
1羅波安 往 示劍 去；因為 以色列 人都到了 示劍 要立他作王。
1Then Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had gone there to make him king.
2尼八 的兒子 耶羅波安 先前躲避 所羅門 王，逃往 埃及 ，住在那裏（他聽見這事。）
2When Jeroboam son of Nebat heard about this, he was still in Egypt where he had fled from King Solomon and had been living ever since.
3以色列 人打發人去請他來，他就和 以色列 會眾都來見 羅波安 ，對他說：
3So they sent for Jeroboam, and he and the whole assembly of Israel came to Rehoboam and said,
4「你父親使我們負重軛， 做苦工 ，現在求你使我們做的苦工、負的重軛輕鬆些，我們就事奉你。」
4“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羅波安 對他們說：「你們暫且去，第三日再來見我。」民就去了。
5Rehoboam answered, “Go away for three days and then return to me.” So the people departed.
6羅波安 之父 所羅門 在世的日子，有侍立在他面前的老年人， 羅波安 王和他們商議，說：「你們給我出個甚麼主意，我好回覆這民。」
6Then 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老年人對他說：「現在王若服事這民如僕人，用好話回答他們，他們就永遠作王的僕人。」
7They replied, “If you will be a servant to these people and serve them this day, and if you will respond by speaking kind words to them, they will be your servants forever.”
8王卻不用老年人給他出的主意，就和那些與他一同長大、在他面前侍立的少年人商議，
8But Rehoboam rejected the advice of the elders; instead, he consulted the young men who had grown up with him and served him.
9說：「這民對我說：『你父親使我們負重軛，求你使我們輕鬆些。』你們給我出個甚麼主意，我好回覆他們。」
9He 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那同他長大的少年人說：「這民對王說：『你父親使我們負重軛，求你使我們輕鬆些。』王要對他們如此說：『我的小拇指頭比我父親的腰還粗。
10The 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我父親使你們負重軛，我必使你們負更重的軛！我父親用鞭子責打你們，我要用蠍子 鞭 責打你們！』」
11Whereas 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耶羅波安 和眾百姓遵着 羅波安 王所說「你們第三日再來見我」的那話，第三日他們果然來了。
12After three days, Jeroboam and all the people returned to Rehoboam, since the king had said, “Come back to me on the third day.”
13王用嚴厲的話回答百姓，不用老年人給他所出的主意，
13And the king answered the people harshly. He rejected the advice of the elders
14照着少年人所出的主意對民說：「我父親使你們負重軛，我必使你們負更重的軛！我父親用鞭子責打你們，我要用蠍子 鞭 責打你們！」
14and 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王不肯依從百姓，這事乃出於耶和華，為要應驗他藉 示羅 人 亞希雅 對 尼八 的兒子 耶羅波安 所說的話。
15So the king did not listen to the people, and indeed this turn of events was from the LORD, to fulfill the word He had spoken to Jeroboam son of Nebat through Ahijah the Shilonite.
16以色列 眾民見王不依從他們，就對王說： 我們與 大衛 有甚麼分兒呢？ 與 耶西 的兒子並沒有關涉。 以色列 人哪，各回各家去吧！ 大衛 家啊，自己顧自己吧！ 於是， 以色列 人都回自己家裏去了，
16When 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 the Israelites went home,
17惟獨住 猶大 城邑的 以色列 人， 羅波安 仍作他們的王。
17but Rehoboam still reigned over the Israelites living in the cities of Judah.
18羅波安 王差遣掌管服苦之人的 亞多蘭 往 以色列 人那裏去， 以色列 人就用石頭打死他。 羅波安 王急忙上車，逃回 耶路撒冷 去了。
18Then King Rehoboam sent out Adoram, who was in charge of the forced labor, but all Israel stoned him to death. And King Rehoboam mounted his chariot in haste and escaped to Jerusalem.
19這樣， 以色列 人背叛 大衛 家，直到今日。
19So to this day Israel has been in rebellion against the house of David.
20以色列 眾人聽見 耶羅波安 回來了，就打發人去請他到會眾面前，立他作 以色列 眾人的王。除了 猶大 支派以外，沒有順從 大衛 家的。
20When all Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned, they summoned him to the assembly and made him king over all Israel. Only the tribe of Judah followed the house of David.
21羅波安 來到 耶路撒冷 ，招聚 猶大 全家和 便雅憫 支派的人共十八萬，都是挑選的戰士，要與 以色列 家爭戰，好將國奪回，再歸 所羅門 的兒子 羅波安 。
21And when Rehoboam arrived in Jerusalem, he mobilized the whole house of Judah and the tribe of Benjamin—180,000 chosen warriors—to fight against the house of Israel and restore the kingdom to Rehoboam son of Solomon.
22但上帝的話臨到神人 示瑪雅 ，說：
22But the word of God came to Shemaiah the man of God:
23「你去告訴 所羅門 的兒子 猶大 王 羅波安 和 猶大 、 便雅憫 全家，並其餘的民說：
23“Tell Rehoboam son of Solomon king of Judah, all the house of Judah and Benjamin, and the rest of the people
24『耶和華如此說：你們不可上去與你們的弟兄 以色列 人爭戰。各歸各家去吧！因為這事出於我。』」眾人就聽從耶和華的話，遵着耶和華的命回去了。
24that this is what the LORD says: ‘You are not to go up and fight against your brothers, the Israelites. Each of you must return home, for this word is from Me.’” So they listened to the word of the LORD and turned back according to the word of the LORD.
25耶羅波安 在 以法蓮 山地建築 示劍 ，就住在其中；又從 示劍 出去，建築 毗努伊勒 。
25Then Jeroboam built Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim and lived there. And from there he went out and built Penuel.
26耶羅波安 心裏說：「恐怕這國仍歸 大衛 家；
26Jeroboam said in his heart, “Now the kingdom might revert to the house of David.
27這民若上 耶路撒冷 去，在耶和華的殿裏獻祭，他們的心必歸向他們的主－ 猶大 王 羅波安 ，就把我殺了，仍歸 猶大 王 羅波安 。」
27If these people go up to offer sacrifices in the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, their hearts will return to their lord, Rehoboam king of Judah; then they will kill me and return to Rehoboam king of Judah.”
28耶羅波安 王就籌劃定妥，鑄造了兩個金牛犢，對眾民說：「 以色列 人哪，你們上 耶路撒冷 去實在是難；這就是領你們出 埃及 地的神。」
28After seeking advice, the king made two golden calves and said to the people, “Going up to Jerusalem is too much for you. Here, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.”
29他就把牛犢一隻安在 伯特利 ，一隻安在 但 。
29One calf he set up in Bethel, and the other in Dan.
30這事叫百姓陷在罪裏，因為他們往 但 去 拜那牛犢 。
30And this thing became a sin; the people walked as far as Dan to worship before one of the calves.
31耶羅波安 在邱壇那裏建殿，將那不屬 利未 人的凡民立為祭司。
31Jeroboam also built shrines on the high places and appointed from every class of people priests who were not Levites.
32耶羅波安 定八月十五日為節期，像在 猶大 的節期一樣，自己上壇 獻祭 。他在 伯特利 也這樣向他所鑄的牛犢獻祭，又將立為邱壇的祭司安置在 伯特利 。
32And Jeroboam ordained a feast on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, like the feast that was in Judah, and he offered sacrifices on the altar; he made this offering in Bethel to sacrifice to the calves he had set up, and he installed priests in Bethel for the high places he had set up.
33他在八月十五日，就是他私自所定的月日，為 以色列 人立作節期的日子，在 伯特利 上壇燒香。
33On the fifteenth day of the eighth month, a month of his own choosing, Jeroboam offered sacrifices on the altar he had set up in Bethel. So he ordained a feast for the Israelites, offered sacrifices on the altar, and burned incense.
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