¹Ja Rehabeam läks Sekemisse, sest kogu Iisrael oli tulnud Sekemisse teda kuningaks tõstma.

¹Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king.

²Seda kuulis Jerobeam, Nebati poeg, sest ta oli alles Egiptuses, kuhu ta oli põgenenud kuningas Saalomoni eest, ja Jerobeam elas Egiptuses.

²It happened, when 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,

³Ja nad läkitasid käskjalad ning kutsusid tema; ja Jerobeam ning kogu Iisraeli kogudus tulid, ja nad rääkisid Rehabeamiga, öeldes:

³and they sent and called him), that Jeroboam and all the assembly of Israel came, and spoke to Rehoboam, saying,

⁴'Sinu isa tegi meie ikke raskeks. Aga kergenda nüüd sina oma isa rasket teenistust ja tema ränka iket, mille ta meile on peale pannud, siis me teenime sind!'

⁴“Your father made our yoke grievous: now therefore make you the grievous service of your father, and his heavy yoke which he put on us, lighter, and we will serve you.”

⁵Aga tema vastas neile: 'Minge veel kolmeks päevaks ära ja tulge siis tagasi mu juurde!' Ja rahvas läks.

⁵He said to them, “Depart for three days, then come back to me.” The people departed.

⁶Ja kuningas Rehabeam pidas nõu vanematega, kes olid seisnud tema isa Saalomoni teenistuses, kui ta veel elas, öeldes: 'Mis nõu te annate, et sellele rahvale midagi vastata?'

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 return answer to this people?”

⁷Nad vastasid temale, öeldes: 'Kui sa nüüd tahad olla sulaseks sellele rahvale ja teenida neid, vastad neile ja räägid neile häid sõnu, siis jäävad nad sulle igavesti sulasteks.'

⁷They spoke to him, saying, “If you will be a servant to this people this day, and will serve them, and answer them, and speak good words to them, then they will be your servants forever.”

⁸Aga ta hülgas vanemate nõu, mida need temale andsid, ja pidas nõu noorematega, kes olid kasvanud koos temaga ja seisid tema teenistuses.

⁸But he forsook 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.

⁹Ja ta ütles neile: 'Mis nõu te annate, et saaksime midagi vastata sellele rahvale, kes minuga kõneles, öeldes: Kergenda iket, mille su isa on meile peale pannud?'

⁹He said to them, “What counsel do you give, that we may return answer to this people, who have spoken to me, saying, ‘Make the yoke that your father put on us lighter?’”

¹⁰Ja nooremad, kes olid kasvanud koos temaga, vastasid temale, öeldes: 'Ütle nõnda rahvale, kes sinuga on kõnelnud ja sulle on öelnud: Su isa tegi meie ikke raskeks, aga kergenda sina seda meile - ütle neile nõnda: Minu väike sõrm on jämedam kui mu isa puusad!

¹⁰The young men who had grown up with him spoke to him, saying, “Thus you shall tell this people who spoke to you, saying, ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, but make it lighter to us;’ you shall say to them, ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s waist.

¹¹Ja kui nüüd mu isa on teile peale pannud ränga ikke, siis mina annan teie ikkele veel lisa. Kui mu isa karistas teid piitsadega, siis mina karistan teid okaspiitsadega.'

¹¹Now whereas my father burdened you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.’”

¹²Ja Jerobeam ja kogu rahvas tulid kolmandal päeval Rehabeami juurde, nagu kuningas oli käskinud, öeldes: 'Tulge kolmandal päeval tagasi mu juurde!'

¹²So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king asked, saying, “Come to me again the third day.”

¹³Ja kuningas vastas rahvale karmilt ning hülgas vanemate nõu, mis need olid andnud,

¹³The king answered the people roughly, and forsook the counsel of the old men which they had given him,

¹⁴ja kõneles neile nooremate nõu järgi, öeldes: 'Mu isa on teie ikke teinud rängaks, aga mina annan teie ikkele veel lisa. Mu isa karistas teid piitsadega, aga mina karistan teid okaspiitsadega.'

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.”

¹⁵Ja kuningas ei võtnud kuulda rahvast, sest see pööre oli Issandalt, et läheks tõeks tema sõna, mis Issand oli kõnelnud siilolase Ahija läbi Jerobeamile, Nebati pojale.

¹⁵So the king didn’t listen to the people; for it was a thing brought about of Yahweh, that he might establish his word, which Yahweh spoke by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.

¹⁶Kui kogu Iisrael nägi, et kuningas ei võtnud neid kuulda, siis vastas rahvas kuningale, öeldes nõnda: 'Mis osa on meil Taavetis? Ei ole meil pärisosa Iisai pojas. Oma telkidesse, Iisrael! Karjata nüüd omaenese sugu, Taavet!' Ja Iisrael läks oma telkidesse.

¹⁶When all Israel saw that the king didn’t listen to them, the people answered the king, saying, “What portion have we in David? Neither do we 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.

¹⁷Siis Rehabeam valitses nende Iisraeli laste üle, kes elasid Juuda linnades.

¹⁷But as for the children of Israel who lived in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.

¹⁸Ja kui kuningas Rehabeam läkitas Adorami, kes oli sunnitöö ülevaataja, siis kogu Iisrael viskas teda kividega, nõnda et ta suri; kuningas Rehabeam ise astus aga kärmesti vankrisse ja põgenes Jeruusalemma.

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 made speed to get him up to his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem.

¹⁹Nõnda on Iisrael Taaveti soost taganenud kuni tänapäevani.

¹⁹So Israel rebelled against the house of David to this day.

²⁰Ja kui kogu Iisrael kuulis, et Jerobeam oli tagasi tulnud, siis läkitasid nad talle järele ja kutsusid ta koguduse juurde ning tõstsid ta kuningaks kogu Iisraelile; Taaveti soo järel ei käinud muud kui üksnes Juuda suguharu.

²⁰It happened, when all Israel heard that Jeroboam was returned, that they sent and called him to the congregation, and made him king over all Israel: there was none who followed the house of David, but the tribe of Judah only.

²¹Ja kui Rehabeam tuli Jeruusalemma, siis ta kogus kokku kogu Juuda soo ja Benjamini suguharu, sada kaheksakümmend tuhat valitud sõjakõlvulist meest, et sõdida Iisraeli soo vastu ja taastada kuningriik Rehabeamile, Saalomoni pojale.

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.

²²Aga jumalamehele Semajale tuli Jumala sõna, kes ütles:

²²But the word of God came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying,

²³'Räägi Saalomoni poja Rehabeamiga, Juuda kuningaga, ja kogu Juuda ja Benjamini sooga ja ülejäänud rahvaga ning ütle:

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,

²⁴Nõnda ütleb Issand: Te ei tohi minna ega sõdida oma vendade Iisraeli laste vastu! Igamees mingu tagasi koju, sest see lugu on lastud sündida minu poolt!' Ja nad võtsid kuulda Issanda sõna, pöördusid ümber ja läksid, nagu Issand oli käskinud.

²⁴‘Thus says Yahweh, “You shall not go up, nor fight against your brothers, the children of Israel. Everyone return to his house; for this thing is of me.”’” So they listened to the word of Yahweh, and returned and went their way, according to the word of Yahweh.

²⁵Siis Jerobeam kindlustas Sekemi Efraimi mäestikus ja elas seal; ja sealt ta läks ning kindlustas Penueli.

²⁵Then Jeroboam built Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and lived in it; and he went out from there, and built Penuel.

²⁶Ja Jerobeam mõtles oma südames: 'Nüüd läheb kuningriik tagasi Taaveti soole.

²⁶Jeroboam said in his heart, “Now the kingdom will return to the house of David.

²⁷Kui see rahvas läheb ohverdama tapaohvreid Issanda kojas Jeruusalemmas, siis pöördub selle rahva süda nende isanda, Juuda kuninga Rehabeami poole ja nad tapavad minu ning pöörduvad Juuda kuninga Rehabeami poole.'

²⁷If this people goes up to offer sacrifices in the house of Yahweh 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.”

²⁸Ja kuningas pidas nõu, valmistas siis kaks kuldvasikat ning ütles rahvale: 'Saagu teile küllalt Jeruusalemma minekust! Vaata, Iisrael, siin on sinu jumalad, kes tõid sind ära Egiptusemaalt.'

²⁸Whereupon 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 see your gods, Israel, which brought you up out of the land of Egypt!”

²⁹Ja ta pani ühe Peetelisse ja teise Daani.

²⁹He set the one in Bethel, and the other put he in Dan.

³⁰Sellest aga tuli patt, et rahvas läks neist ühe juurde kuni Daanini.

³⁰This thing became a sin; for the people went to worship before the one, even to Dan.

³¹Ja Jerobeam ehitas ohvriküngastele kodasid ning seadis preestreid igasugu rahvast, kes ei olnud leviidid.

³¹He made houses of high places, and made priests from among all the people, who were not of the sons of Levi.

³²Ja ta seadis kaheksanda kuu viieteistkümnendale päevale samasuguse püha, nagu oli Juudamaal, ja läks ise üles altarile; nõnda tegi ta Peetelis, et ohverdada vasikaile, mis ta oli teinud. Ja ta seadis Peetelis preestrid ohvriküngaste tarvis, mis ta oli teinud.

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.

³³Ta tõusis altarile, mille ta Peetelis oli teinud, kaheksanda kuu viieteistkümnendal päeval, selles kuus, mille ta ise oli määranud ja seadnud pühaks Iisraeli lastele; ta tõusis altarile suitsutama.

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.