列王紀上 12
Chinese Union Version, punctuated (Traditional)
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
1羅波安 往 示劍 去；因為 以色列 人都到了 示劍 要立他作王。
1And Roboam went to Sichem: for thither were all Israel come together 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。）
2But Jeroboam the son of Nabat, who was yet in Egypt, a fugitive from the face of king Solomon, hearing of his death, returned out of Egypt.
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：
3And they sent and called him: and Jeroboam came, and all the multitude of Israel, and they spoke to Roboam, saying:
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。」
4Thy father laid a grievous yoke upon us: now therefore do thou take off a little of the grievous service of thy father, and of his most heavy yoke, which he put upon us, and we will serve thee.
5羅波安 對他們說：「你們暫且去，第三日再來見我。」民就去了。
5And he said to them: Go till the third day, and come to me again. And when the people was gone,
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。」
6King Roboam took counsel with the old men, that stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, and he said: What counsel do you give me, that I may answer this people?
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 said to him: If thou wilt yield to this people today, and condescend to them, and grant their petition, and wilt speak gentle words to them, they will be thy servants always.
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 he left the counsel of the old men, which they had given him, and consulted with the young men, that had been brought up with him, and stood before 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。」
9And he said to them: What counsel do you give me, that I may answer this people, who have said to me: Make the yoke which thy father put upon us lighter?
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。
10And the young men that had been brought up with him, said: Thus shalt thou speak to this people, who have spoken to thee, saying: Thy father made our yoke heavy, do thou ease us. Thou shalt say to them: My little finger is thicker than the back of my father.
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！』」
11And now my father put a, heavy yoke upon you, but I will add to your yoke: my father beat you with whips, but I will beat 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。
12So Jeroboam and all the people came to Roboam the third day, as the king had appointed, saying: Come to me again 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 roughly, leaving the counsel of the old men, which they had given him,
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 he spoke to them according to the counsel of the young men, saying: My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to your yoke: my father beat you with whips, but I will beat 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。
15And the king condescended not to the people: for the Lord was turned away from him, to make good his word, which he had spoken in the hand of Ahias the Silonite, to Jeroboam the son of Nabat.
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，
16Then the people seeing that the king would not hearken to them, answered him, saying: What portion have we in David? or what inheritance in the son of Isai? Go home to thy dwellings, O Israel, now David look to thy own house. So Israel departed to their dwellings.
17惟獨住 猶大 城邑的 以色列 人， 羅波安 仍作他們的王。
17But as for all the children of Israel that dwelt in the cities of Juda, Roboam reigned over them.
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 Roboam sent Aduram, who was over the tribute: and all Israel stoned him, and he died. Wherefore king Roboam made haste to get him up into his chariot, and he fled to Jerusalem:
19這樣， 以色列 人背叛 大衛 家，直到今日。
19And Israel revolted from the house of David, unto this day.
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。
20And it came to pass when all Israel heard that Jeroboam was come again, that they gathered an assembly, and sent and called him, and made him king over all Israel, and there was none that followed the house of David but the tribe of Juda only.
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 Roboam came to Jerusalem, and gathered together all the house of Juda, and the tribe of Benjamin, a hundred four-score thousand chosen men for war, to fight against the house of Israel and to bring the kingdom again under Roboam the son of Solomon.
22但上帝的話臨到神人 示瑪雅 ，說：
22But the word of the Lord came to Semeias the man of God, saying:
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：
23Speak to Roboam the son of Solomon, the king of Juda, and to all the house of Juda, and Benjamin, and the rest of the people, saying:
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。
24Thus saith the Lord: You shall not go up nor fight against your brethren the children of Israel: let every man return to his house, for this thing is from me. They hearkened to the word of the Lord, and returned from their journey, as the Lord had commanded them.
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 。
25And Jeroboam built Sichem in mount Ephraim, and dwelt there, and going out from thence he built Phanuel.
26耶羅波安 心裏說：「恐怕這國仍歸 大衛 家；
26And Jeroboam said in his heart: Now shall the kingdom return 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 this people go up to offer sacrifices in the house of the Lord at Jerusalem: and the heart of this people will turn to their lord Roboam the king of Juda, and they will kill me, and return to him.
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。」
28And finding out a device he made two golden calves, and said to them: Go ye up no more to Jerusalem: Behold thy gods, O Israel, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt.
29他就把牛犢一隻安在 伯特利 ，一隻安在 但 。
29And he set the one 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 an occasion of sin: for the people went to adore the calf as far as Dan.
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。
31And he made temples in the high places, and priests of the lowest of the people, who were not of the sons of Levi.
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 he appointed a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, after the manner of the feast that was celebrated in Juda. And going up to the altar, he did in like manner in Bethel, to sacrifice to the calves, which he had made: and he placed in Bethel priests of the high places, which he had made.
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。
33And he went up to the altar, which he had built in Bethel, on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, which he had devised of his own heart: and he ordained a feast to the children of Israel, and went upon the altar to burn incense.
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