1罗波安继位（代下10:1-5）
1And Rehoboam goeth to Shechem, for to Shechem hath all Israel come to make him king.
2尼八的儿子耶罗波安那时因逃避所罗门的面，仍然住在埃及，他听见了这事。
2And it cometh to pass, at Jeroboam son of Nebat`s hearing (and he [is] yet in Egypt where he hath fled from the presence of Solomon the king, and Jeroboam dwelleth in Egypt),
3以色列人就派遣人去请他来，于是耶罗波安和以色列全体会众都来见罗波安，告诉他说：
3that they send and call for him; and they come — Jeroboam and all the assembly of Israel — and speak unto Rehoboam, saying,
4“你父亲加给我们的重担，现在求你减轻你父亲使我们作的苦工和加在我们背上的重担，我们就服事你。”
4`Thy father made hard our yoke, and thou, now, make light [some] of the hard service of thy father, and his heavy yoke that he put upon us, and we serve thee.`
5罗波安回答他们：“你们暂时回去，三天以后再来见我。”众民就离开了。
5And he saith unto them, `Go — yet three days, and come back unto me;` and the people go.
6不采纳老年人的意见（代下10:6-7）罗波安王请教他父亲所罗门在世的时候，侍立在他面前的长老说：“你们给我出个主意，我应该怎样回答这民呢？”
6And king Rehoboam consulteth with the elders who have been standing in the presence of Solomon his father, in his being alive, saying, `How are ye counselling to answer this people?`
7长老对他说：“今天如果王作这民的仆人，服事他们，用好话回答他们，他们就常作王的仆人。”
7And they speak unto him, saying, `If, to-day, thou art servant to this people, and hast served them, and answered them, and spoken unto them good words, then they have been to thee servants all the days.`
8听从少年人的计谋（代下10:8-15）可是王拒绝了老年人给他出的主意，反去请教那些与他一起长大，侍立在他面前的年轻人，
8And he forsaketh the counsel of the elders which they counselled him, and consulteth with the lads who have grown up with him, who are standing before him;
9问他们：“你们的主意怎样，我应该怎样回复这民？他们对我说：‘请你减轻你父亲加在我们身上的重担。’”
9and he saith unto them, `What are ye counselling, and we answer this people, who have spoken unto me, saying, Lighten [somewhat] of the yoke that thy father put upon us?`
10那些与他一同长大的年轻人回答他：“这民对王说：‘你父亲加重我们的重担，现在求你减轻我们的重担。’你要这样回答他们：‘我的小指头比我父亲的腰还粗！
10And they speak unto him — the lads who had grown up with him — saying, `Thus dost thou say to this people who have spoken unto thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, and thou, make [it] light upon us; thus dost thou speak unto them, My little [finger] is thicker than the loins of my father;
11我父亲把一个重担加在你们身上，我要使你们负更重的重担；我父亲用鞭子责打你们，我要用蝎子鞭责打你们。’”
11and now, my father laid on you a heavy yoke, and I add to your yoke; my father chastised you with whips, and I — I chastise you with scorpions.`
12耶罗波安和众民，照王所说“三天以后再来见我”的那话，第三天来见罗波安。
12And they come — Jeroboam and all the people — unto Rehoboam, on the third day, as the king had spoken, saying, `Come back unto me on the third day.`
13王严厉地回答众人。他拒绝了老年人给他所出的主意，
13And the king answereth the people sharply, and forsaketh the counsel of the elders which they counselled him,
14却照着年轻人给他所出的主意，对他们说：“我父亲加重你们所负的重担，我要使你们负更重的重担；我父亲用鞭子责打你们，我要用蝎子鞭责打你们。”
14and speaketh unto them, according to the counsel of the lads, saying, `My father made your yoke heavy, and I add to your yoke; my father chastised you with whips, and I — I chastise you with scorpions;`
15王不肯听从民众的请求，因为这个转变是出于耶和华，为要应验他借示罗人亚希雅对尼八的儿子耶罗波安所说的话。
15and the king hearkened not unto the people, for the revolution was from Jehovah, in order to establish His word that Jehovah spake by the hand of Ahijah the Shilonite unto Jeroboam son of Nebat.
16以色列人背叛（代下10:16-19）以色列众人见王不肯听从他们的请求，就回答王说：“我们在大卫里面有什么分呢？我们在耶西的儿子里面也没有产业；以色列人哪，回你们自己的家去吧！大卫啊，照顾你自己的家吧！”于是以色列人都回自己的家去了。
16And all Israel see that the king hath not hearkened unto them, and the people send the king back word, saying, `What portion have we in David? yea, there is no inheritance in the son of Jesse; to thy tents, O Israel; now see thy house, O David!` and Israel goeth to its tents.
17不过住在犹大各城的以色列人，罗波安仍然作他们的王。
17As to the sons of Israel, those dwelling in the cities of Judah — over them reign doth Rehoboam.
18罗波安王差派掌管作苦工之人的亚多兰往以色列人那里去，以色列众人却用石头打死他。罗波安王急忙上车逃回耶路撒冷去了。
18And king Rehoboam sendeth Adoram who [is] over the tribute, and all Israel cast at him stones, and he dieth; and king Rehoboam hath strengthened himself to go up into a chariot to flee to Jerusalem;
19这样，以色列人背叛了大卫家，直到今日。
19and Israel transgresseth against the house of David unto this day.
20立耶罗波安作以色列人的王以色列众人听说耶罗波安回来了，就派人去请他到会众面前，立他作以色列的王；除了犹大支派以外，没有跟随大卫家的。
20And it cometh to pass, at all Israel`s hearing that Jeroboam hath returned, that they send and call him unto the company, and cause him to reign over all Israel; none hath been after the house of David save the tribe of Judah alone.
21耶和华禁止他们交战（代下11:1-4）罗波安来到耶路撒冷，就召集了犹大全家和便雅悯支派精选的战士十八万人，要与以色列家争战，好把国夺回，重归所罗门的儿子罗波安。
21And Rehoboam cometh to Jerusalem, and assembleth all the house of Judah and the tribe of Benjamin, a hundred and eighty thousand chosen warriors, to fight with the house of Israel, to bring back the kingdom to Rehoboam son of Solomon.
22但是， 神的话临到神人示玛雅，说：
22And the word of God is unto Shemaiah a man of God, saying,
23“你去告诉所罗门王的儿子犹大王罗波安、犹大全家和便雅悯，以及其余的人民，说：
23`Speak unto Rehoboam son of Solomon, king of Judah, and unto all the house of Judah and Benjamin, and the rest of the people, saying,
24‘耶和华这样说：你们不可上去，不可与你们的兄弟以色列人争战。你们各自回家去吧！因为这事是出于我。’”众人就听从了耶和华的话，照着耶和华的话回家去了。
24Thus said Jehovah, Ye do not go up nor fight with your brethren the sons of Israel; turn back each to his house, for from Me hath this thing been;` and they hear the word of Jehovah, and turn back to go according to the word of Jehovah.
25耶罗波安做金牛犊耶罗波安在以法莲山地修筑了示剑城，就住在城中，又从那里出去，修建了毗努伊勒。
25And Jeroboam buildeth Shechem in the hill-country of Ephraim, and dwelleth in it, and goeth out thence, and buildeth Penuel;
26耶罗波安心里说：“现在这国仍然要归回大卫家。
26and Jeroboam saith in his heart, `Now doth the kingdom turn back to the house of David —
27这民若是上去，在耶路撒冷耶和华的殿里献祭，这民的心就必归向他们的主犹大王罗波安，他们必把我杀了，然后回到犹大王罗波安那里去。”
27if this people go up to make sacrifices in the house of Jehovah in Jerusalem, then hath the heart of this people turned back unto their lord, unto Rehoboam king of Judah, and they have slain me, and turned back unto Rehoboam king of Judah.`
28王打定了主意，就做了两个金牛犊，对众民说：“以色列人哪，你们上耶路撒冷去实在够了。看哪，这是你们的神，就是从埃及地领你们上来的那位。”
28And the king taketh counsel, and maketh two calves of gold, and saith unto them, `Enough to you of going up to Jerusalem; lo, thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.`
29他就把一个牛犊安放在伯特利，一个安放在但。
29And he setteth the one in Beth-El, and the other he hath put in Dan,
30这事成了以色列人的罪，因为众民都到但那个牛犊面前敬拜。
30and this thing becometh a sin, and the people go before the one — unto Dan.
31耶罗波安在邱坛那里建殿，把不是利未子孙的平民立为祭司。
31And he maketh the house of high places, and maketh priests of the extremities of the people, who were not of the sons of Levi;
32耶罗波安又定了八月十五日为节期，像在犹大的节期一样，他自己在祭坛上献祭，他在伯特利也是这样向他所铸造的牛犊献祭；他又在伯特利为他所建造的邱坛设立祭司。
32and Jeroboam maketh a festival in the eighth month, in the fifteenth day of the month, like the festival that [is] in Judah, and he offereth on the altar — so did he in Beth-El — to sacrifice to the calves which he made, and he hath appointed in Beth-El the priests of the high places that he made.
33八月十五日，就是他心里私定作为以色列人节期的日子，他在伯特利在自己所建的祭坛上献祭烧香。
33And he offereth up on the altar that he made in Beth-El, on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, in the month that he devised of his own heart, and he maketh a festival to the sons of Israel, and offereth on the altar — to make perfume.