1 Kings 12
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1Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king.
1羅波安 往 示劍 去；因為 以色列 人都到了 示劍 要立他作王。
2When Jeroboam the son of Nebat heard of it (for he was yet in Egypt, where he had fled from the presence of King Solomon, and Jeroboam lived in Egypt;
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。）
3and they sent and called him), Jeroboam and all the assembly of Israel came, and spoke to Rehoboam, saying,
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：
4“Your father made our yoke difficult. Now therefore make the hard service of your father, and his heavy yoke which he put on us, lighter, and we will serve you.”
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。」
5He said to them, “Depart for three days, then come back to me.” So the people departed.
5羅波安 對他們說：「你們暫且去，第三日再來見我。」民就去了。
6King Rehoboam took counsel with the old men who had stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, saying, “What counsel do you give me to answer these people?”
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。」
7They replied, “If you will be a servant to this people today, and will serve them, and answer them with good words, then they will be your servants forever.”
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。」
8But he abandoned the counsel of the old men which they had given him, and took counsel with the young men who had grown up with him, who stood before him.
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，
9He said to them, “What counsel do you give, that we may answer these people who have spoken to me, saying, ‘Make the yoke that your father put on us lighter’?”
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。」
10The young men who had grown up with him said to him, “Tell these people who spoke to you, saying, ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, but make it lighter to us’—tell them, ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s waist.
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。
11Now my father burdened you with a heavy yoke, but I will add to your yoke. My father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.’”
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！』」
12So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king asked, saying, “Come to me again the third day.”
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。
13The king answered the people roughly, and abandoned the counsel of the old men which they had given him,
13王用嚴厲的話回答百姓，不用老年人給他所出的主意，
14and 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 chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.”
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！」
15So the king didn’t listen to the people; for it was a thing brought about from the LORD, that he might establish his word, which the LORD spoke by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
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。
16When all Israel saw that the king didn’t listen to them, the people answered the king, saying, “What portion have we in David? We don’t have an inheritance in the son of Jesse. To your tents, Israel! Now see to your own house, David.” So Israel departed to their tents.
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，
17But as for the children of Israel who lived in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.
17惟獨住 猶大 城邑的 以色列 人， 羅波安 仍作他們的王。
18Then King Rehoboam sent Adoram, who was over the men subject to forced labor; and all Israel stoned him to death with stones. King Rehoboam hurried to get himself up to his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem.
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。
19So Israel rebelled against David’s house to this day.
19這樣， 以色列 人背叛 大衛 家，直到今日。
20When all Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned, they sent and called him to the congregation, and made him king over all Israel. There was no one who followed David’s house, except for the tribe of Judah only.
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。
21When Rehoboam had come to Jerusalem, he assembled all the house of Judah and the tribe of Benjamin, a hundred and eighty thousand chosen men who were warriors, to fight against the house of Israel, to bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam the son of Solomon.
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 。
22But the word of God came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying,
22但上帝的話臨到神人 示瑪雅 ，說：
23“Speak to Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all the house of Judah and Benjamin, and to the rest of the people, 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：
24‘The LORD says, “You shall not go up or fight against your brothers, the children of Israel. Everyone return to his house; for this thing is from me.”’” So they listened to the LORD’s word, and returned and went their way, according to the LORD’s word.
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。
25Then Jeroboam built Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and lived in it; and he went out from there and built Penuel.
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 。
26Jeroboam said in his heart, “Now the kingdom will return to David’s house.
26耶羅波安 心裏說：「恐怕這國仍歸 大衛 家；
27If this people goes up to offer sacrifices in the LORD’s house at Jerusalem, then the heart of this people will turn again to their lord, even to Rehoboam king of Judah; and they will kill me, and return to Rehoboam king of Judah.”
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 。」
28So the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold; and he said to them, “It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem. Look and behold your gods, Israel, which brought you up out of the land of Egypt!”
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。」
29He set the one in Bethel, and the other he put in Dan.
29他就把牛犢一隻安在 伯特利 ，一隻安在 但 。
30This thing became a sin, for the people went even as far as Dan to worship before the one there.
30這事叫百姓陷在罪裏，因為他們往 但 去 拜那牛犢 。
31He made houses of high places, and made priests from among all the people, who were not of the sons of Levi.
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。
32Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like the feast that is in Judah, and he went up to the altar. He did so in Bethel, sacrificing to the calves that he had made, and he placed in Bethel the priests of the high places that he had made.
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 。
33He went up to the altar which he had made in Bethel on the fifteenth day in the eighth month, even in the month which he had devised of his own heart; and he ordained a feast for the children of Israel, and went up to the altar to burn incense.
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。
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