Liber II Paralipomenon, 10

1. profectus est autem Roboam in Sychem illuc enim cunctus Israël convenerat ut constituerent eum regem

1. And Roboam went to Sichem: for thither all Israel were assembled, to make him king.

2. quod cum audisset Hieroboam filius Nabath qui erat in Ægypto fugerat quippe illuc ante Salomonem statim reversus est

2. And when Jeroboam the son of Nabat, who was in Egypt, (for he was fled thither from Solomon,) heard it, forthwith he returned.

3. vocaveruntque eum et venit cum universo Israël et locuti sunt ad Roboam dicentes

3. And they sent for him, and he came with all Israel, and they spoke to Roboam, saying:

4. pater tuus durissimo jugo nos pressit tu leviora impera patre tuo qui nobis gravem inposuit servitutem et paululum de onere subleva ut serviamus tibi

4. Thy father oppressed us with a most grievous yoke, do thou govern us with a lighter hand than thy father, who laid upon us a heavy servitude, and ease some thing of the burden, that we may serve thee.

5. qui ait post tres dies revertimini ad me cumque abisset populus

5. And he said to them: Come to me again after three days. And when the people were gone,

6. iniit consilium cum senibus qui steterant coram patre ejus Salomone dum adviveret dicens quid datis consilii ut respondeam populo

6. He took counsel with the ancients, who had stood before his father Solomon, while he yet lived, saying: What counsel give you to me, that I may answer the people?

7. qui dixerunt ei si placueris populo huic et lenieris eos verbis clementibus servient tibi omni tempore

7. And they said to him: If thou please this people, and soothe them with kind words, they will be thy servants for ever.

8. at ille reliquit consilium senum et cum juvenibus tractare cœpit qui cum eo nutriti fuerant et erant in comitatu illius

8. But he forsook the counsel of the ancients, end began to treat with the young men, that had been brought up with him, and were in his train.

9. dixitque ad eos quid vobis videtur vel respondere quid debeo populo huic qui dixit mihi subleva jugum quod inposuit nobis pater tuus

9. And he said to them: What seemeth good to you? or what shall I answer this people, who have said to me: Ease the yoke which thy father laid upon us?

10. at illi responderunt ut juvenes et nutriti cum eo in deliciis atque dixerunt sic loqueris populo qui dixit tibi pater tuus adgravavit jugum nostrum tu subleva et sic respondebis eis minimus digitus meus grossior est lumbis patris mei

10. But they answered as young men, and brought up with him in pleasures, and said: Thus shalt thou speak to the people, that said to thee: Thy father made our yoke heavy, do thou ease it: thus shalt thou answer them: My little finger is thicker than the loins of my father.

11. pater meus inposuit vobis jugum grave et ego majus pondus adponam pater meus cecidit vos flagellis ego vero cædam scorpionibus

11. My father laid upon you a heavy yoke, and I will add more weight to it: my father beat you with scourges, but I will beat you with scorpions.

12. venit ergo Hieroboam et universus populus ad Roboam die tertio sicut præceperat eis

12. So Jeroboam, and all the people came to Roboam the third day, as he commanded them.

13. responditque rex dura derelicto consilio seniorum

13. And the king answered roughly, leaving the counsel of the ancients.

14. locutusque est juxta juvenum voluntatem pater meus grave vobis inposuit jugum quod ego gravius faciam pater meus cecidit vos flagellis ego vero cædam scorpionibus

14. And he spoke according to the advice of the young men : My father laid upon you a heavy yoke, which I will make heavier: my father beat you with scourges, but I will beat you with scorpions.

15. et non adquievit populi precibus erat enim voluntatis Dei ut conpleretur sermo ejus quem locutus fuerat per manum Ahiæ Silonitis ad Hieroboam filium Nabath

15. And he condescended not to the people's requests: for it was the will of God, that his word might be fulfilled which he had spoken by the hand of Ahias the Silonite to Jeroboam the son of Nabat.

16. populus autem universus rege duriora dicente sic locutus est ad eum non est nobis pars in David neque hereditas in filio Isai revertere in tabernacula tua Israël tu autem pasce domum tuam David et abiit Israël in tabernacula sua

16. And all the people upon the king's speaking roughly, said thus unto him: We have no part in David, nor inheritance in the son of Isai. Return to thy dwellings, O Israel, and do thou, O David, feed thy own house. And Israel went away to their dwellings.

17. super filios autem Israël qui habitabant in civitatibus Juda regnavit Roboam

17. But Roboam reigned over the children of Israel that dwelt in the cities of Juda.

18. misitque rex Roboam Aduram qui præerat tributis et lapidaverunt eum filii Israël et mortuus est porro rex Roboam currum festinavit ascendere et fugit in Hierusalem

18. And king Roboam sent Aduram, who was over the tributes, and the children of Israel stoned him, and he died: and king Roboam made haste to gee up into his chariot, and fled into Jerusalem.

19. recessitque Israël a domo David usque ad diem hanc

19. And Israel revolted from the house of David unto this day.