Liber II Paralipomenon, 10

1. Profectus est autem Roboam in Sichem; illuc enim cunctus Israel convenerat, ut constituerent eum regem.

1. Rehobo'am went to Shechem, for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king.

2. Quod cum audisset Ieroboam filius Nabat, qui erat in Aegypto — fugerat quippe illuc ante Salomonem — statim reversus est;

2. And when Jerobo'am the son of Nebat heard of it (for he was in Egypt, whither he had fled from King Solomon), then Jerobo'am returned from Egypt.

3. vocaveruntque eum, et venit cum universo Israel, et locuti sunt ad Roboam dicentes:

3. And they sent and called him; and Jerobo'am and all Israel came and said to Rehobo'am,

4. “Pater tuus durissimo iugo nos pressit; tu leviora impera patre tuo, qui nobis gravem imposuit servitutem, et paululum de onere subleva, et serviemus tibi”.

4. "Your father made our yoke heavy. Now therefore lighten the hard service of your father and his heavy yoke upon us, and we will serve you."

5. Qui ait: “Post tres dies revertimini ad me”. Cumque abisset populus,

5. He said to them, "Come to me again in three days." So the people went away.

6. iniit rex Roboam consilium cum senibus, qui steterant coram patre eius Salomone, dum adhuc viveret, dicens: “Quid datis consilii, ut respondeam populo?”.

6. Then King Rehobo'am took counsel with the old men, who had stood before Solomon his father while he was yet alive, saying, "How do you advise me to answer this 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 you will be kind to this people and please them, and speak good words to them, then they will be your servants for ever."

8. At ille reliquit consilium senum et cum iuvenibus tractare coepit, qui cum eo nutriti fuerant et erant in comitatu illius.

8. But he forsook the counsel which the old men gave him, and took counsel with the young men who had grown up with him and stood before him.

9. Dixitque ad eos: “Quid vobis videtur, vel respondere quid debemus populo huic, qui dixit mihi: “Subleva iugum, quod imposuit nobis pater tuus”?”.

9. And he said to them, "What do you advise that we answer this people who have said to me, `Lighten the yoke that your father put upon us'?"

10. Et responderunt iuvenes, qui nutriti fuerant cum eo, atque dixerunt: “Sic loqueris populo, qui dixit tibi: “Pater tuus aggravavit iugum nostrum, tu subleva”, et sic respondebis eis: Minimus digitus meus grossior est lumbis patris mei;

10. And the young men who had grown up with him said to him, "Thus shall you speak to the people who said to you, `Your father made our yoke heavy, but do you lighten it for us'; thus shall you say to them, `My little finger is thicker than my father's loins.

11. pater meus imposuit vobis iugum grave, et ego maius pondus apponam; pater meus cecidit vos flagellis, ego vero caedam scorpionibus”.

11. And now, whereas my father laid upon you a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke. My father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.'"

12. Venit ergo Ieroboam et universus populus ad Roboam die tertio, sicut praeceperat eis rex dicens: “Revertimini ad me die tertio”.

12. So Jerobo'am and all the people came to Rehobo'am the third day, as the king said, "Come to me again the third day."

13. Responditque rex dura, derelicto consilio seniorum;

13. And the king answered them harshly, and forsaking the counsel of the old men,

14. locutusque est iuxta iuvenum voluntatem: “Pater meus grave vobis imposuit iugum, quod ego gravius faciam. Pater meus cecidit vos flagellis, ego vero caedam scorpionibus”.

14. King Rehobo'am spoke to them according to the counsel of the young men, saying, "My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to it; my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions."

15. Et non acquievit populi precibus. Erat enim voluntatis Dei, ut compleretur sermo eius, quem locutus fuerat per manum Ahiae Silonitis ad Ieroboam filium Nabat.

15. So the king did not hearken to the people; for it was a turn of affairs brought about by God that the LORD might fulfil his word, which he spoke by Ahi'jah the Shi'lonite to Jerobo'am the son of Nebat.

16. Israel autem universus videns quod noluisset eos audire rex, locutus est ad eum: “Non est nobis pars in David, neque hereditas in filio Isai! Revertere in tabernacula tua, Israel! Tu autem vide domum tuam, David!”. Et abiit Israel in tabernacula sua.

16. And when all Israel saw that the king did not hearken to them, the people answered the king, "What portion have we in David? We have no inheritance in the son of Jesse. Each of you to your tents, O Israel! Look now to your own house, David." So all Israel departed to their tents.

17. Super filios autem Israel, qui habitabant in civitatibus Iudae, regnavit Roboam.

17. But Rehobo'am reigned over the people of Israel who dwelt in the cities of Judah.

18. Misitque rex Roboam Adoram, qui praeerat servituti, et lapidaverunt eum filii Israel, et mortuus est. Porro rex Roboam currum festinavit ascendere et fugit in Ierusalem.

18. Then King Rehobo'am sent Hador'am, who was taskmaster over the forced labor, and the people of Israel stoned him to death with stones. And King Rehobo'am made haste to mount his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem.

19. Recessitque Israel a domo David usque ad diem hanc.

19. So Israel has been in rebellion against the house of David to this day.