1And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for to Shechem were all Israel come to make him king. 2And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who was in Egypt, whither he had fled from the presence of Solomon the king, heard it, that Jeroboam returned out of Egypt. 3And they sent and called him. So Jeroboam and all Israel came and spake to Rehoboam, saying, 4Thy father made our yoke grievous: now therefore ease thou somewhat the grievous servitude of thy father, and his heavy yoke that he put upon us, and we will serve thee. 5And he said unto them, Come again unto me after three days. And the people departed.
6¶ And king Rehoboam took counsel with the old men that had stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, saying, What counsel give ye me to return answer to this people? 7And they spake unto him, saying, If thou be kind to this people, and please them, and speak good words to them, they will be thy servants for ever. 8But he forsook the counsel which the old men gave him, and took counsel with the young men that were brought up with him, that stood before him. 9And he said unto them, What advice give ye that we may return answer to this people, which have spoken to me, saying, Ease somewhat the yoke that thy father did put upon us? 10And the young men that were brought up with him spake unto him, saying, Thus shalt thou answer the people that spake unto thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it somewhat lighter for us; thus shalt thou say unto them, My little finger shall be thicker than my father’s loins. 11For whereas my father put a heavy yoke upon you, I will put more to your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.10.11 my father put: Heb. my father laded
12So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam on the third day, as the king bade, saying, Come again to me on the third day. 13And the king answered them roughly; and king Rehoboam forsook the counsel of the old men, 14And answered them after the advice of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add thereto: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions. 15So the king hearkened not unto the people: for the cause was of God, that the LORD might perform his word, which he spake by the hand of Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
16¶ And when all Israel saw that the king would not hearken unto them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? and we have none inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to your tents, O Israel: and now, David, see to thine own house. So all Israel went to their tents. 17But as for the children of Israel that dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them. 18Then king Rehoboam sent Hadoram that was over the tribute; and the children of Israel stoned him with stones, that he died. But king Rehoboam made speed to get him up to his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem.10.18 made speed: Heb. strengthened himself 19And Israel rebelled against the house of David unto this day.
እስራኤል በሮብዓም ላይ ዐመፀ
10፥1–11፥4 ተጓ ምብ – 1ነገ 12፥1-24
1እስራኤላውያን ሁሉ ሊያነግሡት ወደዚያ ሄደው ስለ ነበር፣ ሮብዓም ወደ ሴኬም ሄደ። 2ከንጉሥ ሰሎሞን ሸሽቶ በግብፅ ይኖር የነበረው የናባጥ ልጅ ኢዮርብዓም ይህን ሲሰማ፣ ከግብፅ ተመልሶ መጣ። 3እርሱንም ልከው አስጠሩት፤ ከዚያም እርሱና እስራኤል ሁሉ ወደ ሮብዓም ሄደው እንዲህ አሉት፤ 4“አባትህ በላያችን ከባድ ቀንበር ጫነብን፤ አንተ ግን አስጨናቂውን ሥራና በላያችን የጫነብንን ከባድ ቀንበር አቅልልልን፤ እኛም እንገዛልሃለን።”
5ሮብዓምም፣ “ከሦስት ቀን በኋላ ተመልሳችሁ ወደ እኔ ኑ” አላቸው፤ ስለዚህ ሰዎቹ ወጥተው ሄዱ።
6ከዚያም ንጉሥ ሮብዓም፣ “ለዚህ ሕዝብ ምን እንድመልስለት ትመክሩኛላችሁ?” በማለት አባቱ ሰሎሞን በሕይወት ሳለ ያገለገሉትን የእስራኤልን ሽማግሌዎች ጠየቃቸው።
7እነርሱም፣ “ለዚህ ሕዝብ ደግ ከሆንህለት፣ ደስ ካሰኘኸውና የሚስማማው መልስ ከሰጠኸው ምንጊዜም ይገዛልሃል” አሉት።
8ሮብዓም ግን ሽማግሌዎች የሰጡትን ምክር ትቶ፣ አብሮ አደጎቹና አገልጋዮቹ ከሆኑት ወጣቶች ምክር ጠየቀ፤ 9እንዲህም አላቸው፤ “ ‘አባትህ የጫነብንን ቀንበር አቅልልልን’ ለሚሉኝ ለእነዚህ ሰዎች የምትሰጡኝ ምክር ምንድን ነው? ምንስ ብለን እንመልስላቸው?”
10አብሮ አደጎቹም ወጣቶች እንዲህ ሲሉ መለሱለት፤ “ለጠየቍህ ሕዝብ፤ ‘አባትህ በላያችን ከባድ ቀንበር ጫነብን፤ አንተ ግን ቀንበራችንን አቅልልልን’ ለሚሉህ እንዲህ በላቸው፤ ‘ትንሿ ጣቴ ከአባቴ ወገብ ይልቅ ትወፍራለች፤ 11አባቴ ከባድ ቀንበር ጫነባችሁ፤ እኔ ግን የባሰ አከብደዋለሁ፤ አባቴ በዐለንጋ ገረፋችሁ፤ እኔ ግን በጊንጥ እገርፋችኋለሁ።’ ”
12ንጉሡ፣ “ከሦስት ቀን በኋላ ተመልሳችሁ ኑ” ባላቸው መሠረት ኢዮርብዓምና ሕዝቡ ሁሉ ከሦስት ቀን በኋላ ወደ ሮብዓም ተመለሱ። 13ንጉሡም የሽማግሌዎችን ምክር በመናቅ፣ አመናጭቆ መለሰላቸው፤ 14እርሱም የወጣቶቹን ምክር በመቀበል፣ “አባቴ ቀንበራችሁን አከበደ፤ እኔ ደግሞ የባሰ አከብደዋለሁ፤ አባቴ በዐለንጋ ገረፋችሁ፤ እኔ ደግሞ በጊንጥ እገርፋችኋለሁ” አላቸው። 15እግዚአብሔር በሴሎናዊው በአሒያ አማካይነት ለናባጥ ልጅ ለኢዮርብዓም የተናገረው ቃል ይፈጸም ዘንድ፣ ወስኖ ስለ ነበር፣ ንጉሡ ሕዝቡን አላዳመጠም።
16መላው እስራኤልም ንጉሡ ሊሰማቸው አለመፈለጉን በተረዱ ጊዜ፣ እንዲህ ሲሉ መለሱለት፤
“ከዳዊት ምን ድርሻ አለን?
ከእሴይስ ልጅ ምን ክፍል አለን?
እስራኤል፣ ሆይ፤ ወደ ድንኳንህ ተመለስ፤
ዳዊት ሆይ፤ አንተም የገዛ ቤትህን ጠብቅ።”
ስለዚህ እስራኤላውያን ሁሉ ወደየቤታቸው ተመለሱ። 17ይሁን እንጂ በይሁዳ ከተሞች የሚኖሩትን እስራኤላውያን አሁንም የሚገዛቸው ሮብዓም ነበር።
18ንጉሥ ሮብዓም የገባሮች ኀላፊ የነበረውን አዶራምን ላከው፤ እስራኤላውያን ግን በድንጋይ ወግረው ገደሉት። ንጉሥ ሮብዓም ግን እንደ ምንም ብሎ ሰረገላው ላይ በመውጣት ወደ ኢየሩሳሌም ሸሽቶ አመለጠ። 19ስለዚህ እስራኤል እስከ ዛሬ ድረስ በዳዊት ቤት ላይ እንደ ዐመፀ ነው።
