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

¹In Roboam je šel v Sihem, kajti ves Izrael je prišel v Sihem, da ga postavijo za kralja.

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,

²In slišal je o tem Jeroboam, sin Nebatov (bil pa je še v Egiptu, kamor je bil zbežal izpred kralja Salomona; prebival je torej Jeroboam v Egiptu,

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

³in poslali so ter ga poklicali). In pride Jeroboam in ves zbor Izraelov in govoré k Roboamu, rekoč:

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.”

⁴Oče tvoj nam je preobtežal jarem; sedaj torej nam polajšaj pretrdo službo očeta svojega in težki jarem, ki nam ga je naložil, in bomo ti služili.

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

⁵In on jim reče: Odidite še do tretjega dne, potem se vrnite k meni. In ljudstvo odide.

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?”

⁶In kralj Roboam se je posvetoval s starci, ki so stali v službi pri njegovem očetu Salomonu, ko je še živel, rekoč: Kako mi svetujete, da naj odgovorim temu ljudstvu?

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.”

⁷In ga ogovore in reko: Ako se danes postrežljivega izkažeš temu ljudstvu in mu storiš po volji in če jih uslišiš in jim govoriš prijazne besede, ti bodo hlapci vse dni.

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.

⁸Ali on je zavrgel svet starcev, ki so mu ga dali, in se je posvetoval z mladeniči, ki so vzrasli ž njim in so stali v službi pred njim.

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?’”

⁹In jih vpraša: Kaj svetujete, da naj odgovorimo temu ljudstvu, ki so govorili k meni, rekoč: Polajšaj jarem, ki nam ga je naložil oče tvoj!

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.

¹⁰Tedaj mu reko mladiči, ki so ž njim vzrasli: Ljudstvu, ki ti je dejalo: Oče tvoj nam je preobtežal jarem, ti pa nam ga polajšaj! takole odgovóri: Moj mali prst je večji nego mojega očeta ledje.

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.’”

¹¹Sedaj torej: oče moj vas je obremenil s težkim jarmom, a jaz še pridenem jarmu vašemu; oče moj vas je tepel z biči, jaz pa vas bom s trnovkami.

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

¹²Tedaj pride Jeroboam in vse ljudstvo k Roboamu tretji dan, kakor je kralj velel, rekoč: Pridite k meni zopet tretji dan.

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

¹³In kralj je odgovoril ljudstvu trdo in zapustil svet starcev, ki so mu ga bili dali,

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.”

¹⁴ter jim je govoril po svetu mladičev takole: Oče moj vam je naložil težek jarem, jaz pa še pridenem jarmu vašemu; oče moj vas je tepel z biči, jaz pa vas bom s trnovkami.

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.

¹⁵Kralj torej ni ugodil ljudstvu, kajti GOSPOD je tako ravnal, da potrdi besedo svojo, ki jo je govoril GOSPOD po Ahiju Silonskem Jeroboamu, sinu Nebatovemu.

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.

¹⁶In ko je videl ves Izrael, da jim kralj ni ugodil, odgovori ljudstvo kralju in reče: Kakšen delež nam je v Davidu? in dediščine nimamo v sinu Jesejevem. K svojim šatorom, o Izrael! Sedaj glej hišo svojo, David! In Izrael se je razšel v šatore svoje.

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

¹⁷Samo sinovom Izraelovim, ki so prebivali v Judovih mestih, je kraljeval Roboam.

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.

¹⁸Nato pošlje kralj Roboam Adorama, ki je bil nad roboto, a ves Izrael ga je lučal s kamenjem, da je umrl. In pohiti kralj Roboam in stopi na svoj voz, da pobegne v Jeruzalem.

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

¹⁹Tako je odstopil Izrael od hiše Davidove do tega dne.

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.

²⁰In ko zasliši ves Izrael, da se je vrnil Jeroboam iz Egipta, pošljejo ga poklicat v ljudski zbor, ter ga postavijo za kralja nad vsem Izraelom. Nihče ni šel za hišo Davidovo nego Judov rod edini.

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.

²¹Ko pa dospe Roboam v Jeruzalem, zbere vso hišo Judovo in rod Benjaminov, sto in osemdeset tisoč izbranih vojščakov, da se bojujejo s hišo Izraelovo in zopet pridobe kraljestvo Roboamu, sinu Salomonovemu.

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

²²Pa pride beseda Božja Semaju, možu Božjemu, govoreč:

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,

²³Govóri Roboamu, sinu Salomonovemu, Judovemu kralju, in vsej hiši Judovi in Benjaminovi in drugemu ljudstvu, in véli:

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.

²⁴Tako pravi GOSPOD: Ne hodite gori in ne bojujte se s svojimi brati, sinovi Izraelovimi; vrnite se vsak v hišo svojo, zakaj od mene je prišla ta reč. In slušali so besedo GOSPODOVO in se vrnili domov, kakor je velel GOSPOD.

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

²⁵Tedaj je Jeroboam sezidal Sihem na Efraimskem gorovju in prebival v njem; in odtod je šel dalje in sezidal Penuel.

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

²⁶Dejal je pa Jeroboam v srcu svojem: Kraljestvo bi se sedaj lahko povrnilo hiši Davidovi.

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.”

²⁷Ako hodi to ljudstvo gori darovat žrtve v hiši GOSPODOVI v Jeruzalemu, se obrne srce tega ljudstva h gospodarju svojemu, k Roboamu, kralju Judovemu, in me bodo umorili ter se povrnili k Roboamu, kralju Judovemu.

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!”

²⁸Zato se je kralj posvetoval, ter naredi dve zlati teleti in jim veli: Preveč je za vas hoditi gori v Jeruzalem! Glej, to so bogovi tvoji, Izrael, ki so te pripeljali gori iz dežele Egiptovske!

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

²⁹In postavi eno v Betel, eno pa v Dan.

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

³⁰In ta reč je postala v greh, zakaj ljudstvo je hodilo molit pred tisto eno tele tja do Dana.

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

³¹In napravil je hiše višav in postavil za duhovnike vsake vrste ljudi, ki niso bili izmed sinov Levijevih.

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.

³²In določil je praznik v osmem mesecu, petnajsti dan meseca, po podobi praznika, ki je bil na Judovem, in je daroval na oltarju. Tako je storil v Betelu ter je daroval teletoma, ki ju je bil naredil; in namestil je v Betelu duhovnike višav, ki jih je napravil.In stopil je gori k oltarju, ki ga je zgradil v Betelu, petnajsti dan osmega meseca, tistega meseca, ki si ga je izmislil v srcu svojem; in je napravil praznik sinovom Izraelovim ter je pristopil k oltarju zažigat kadilo.

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.

³³In stopil je gori k oltarju, ki ga je zgradil v Betelu, petnajsti dan osmega meseca, tistega meseca, ki si ga je izmislil v srcu svojem; in je napravil praznik sinovom Izraelovim ter je pristopil k oltarju zažigat kadilo.