2 Chronicles 10
1 And Rehoboam went to Shechem, where all Israel had come together to make him king.
E foi Roboão a Sichem, porque todo o Israel tinha vindo a Sichem para o fazerem rei.
2 And when Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, had news of it, (for he was in Egypt where he had gone in flight from King Solomon, ) he came back from Egypt.
Sucedeu pois que, ouvindo-o Jeroboão, filho de Nebat (o qual estava então no Egito para onde fugira da presença do rei Salomão), voltou Jeroboão do Egito.
3 And they sent for him; and Jeroboam and all Israel came to Rehoboam and said,
Porque enviaram a ele, e o chamaram: e veio pois Jeroboão com todo o Israel: e falaram a Roboão dizendo:
4 Your father put a hard yoke on us: if you will make the conditions under which your father kept us down less cruel, and the weight of the yoke he put on us less hard, then we will be your servants.
Teu pai fez duro o nosso jugo, alivia tu pois agora a dura servidão de teu pai, e o pesado jugo dele, que nos tinha imposto, e servir-te-emos.
5 And he said to them, Come to me again after three days. So the people went away.
E ele lhes disse: daqui a três dias tornai a mim. Então o povo se foi.
6 Then King Rehoboam took the opinion of the old men who had been with Solomon his father when he was living, and said, In your opinion, what answer am I to give to this people?
E teve Roboão conselho com os anciãos, que estiveram perante Salomão seu pai, enquanto viveu, dizendo: Como aconselhais vós que se responda a este povo?
7 And they said to him, If you are kind to this people, pleasing them and saying good words to them, then they will be your servants for ever.
E eles lhe falaram, dizendo: Se te fizeres benigno e afável com este povo, e lhes falares boas palavras, todos os dias serão teus servos.
8 But he gave no attention to the opinion of the old men, but went to the young men of his generation who were waiting before him.
Porém ele deixou o conselho, que os anciãos lhe deram: e teve conselho com os mancebos, que haviam crescido com ele, e estavam perante ele.
9 And he said to them, What is your opinion? What answer are we to give to this people who have said to me, Make less the weight of the yoke which your father put on us?
E disse-lhes: Que aconselhais vós, que respondamos a este povo? que me falou, dizendo: alivia-nos o jugo que teu pai nos impoz?
10 And the young men of his generation said to him, This is the answer to give to the people who came to you saying, Your father put a hard yoke on us, but will you make it less; say to them, My little finger is thicker than my father's body;
E os mancebos, que com ele haviam crescido, lhe falaram, dizendo: Assim dirás a este povo, que te falou, dizendo: Teu pai agravou o nosso jugo, tu porém alivia-nos: assim pois lhes falarás: O meu dedo mínimo é mais grosso do que os lombos de meu pai
11 If my father put a hard yoke on you, I will make it harder: my father gave you punishment with whips, but I will give you blows with snakes.
Assim que se meu pai vos fez carregar dum jugo pesado, eu ainda acrescentarei sobre o vosso jugo: meu pai vos castigou com açoites, porém eu vos castigarei com escorpiões.
12 So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam on the third day, as the king had given orders, saying, Come to me again on the third day.
Veio pois Jeroboão, e todo o povo a Roboão, no terceiro dia, como o rei tinha ordenado, dizendo: tornai a mim ao terceiro dia.
13 And the king gave them a rough answer. So King Rehoboam gave no attention to the suggestion of the old men,
E o rei lhe respondeu asperamente: porque o rei Roboão deixou o conselho dos anciãos.
14 But gave them the answer put forward by the young men, saying, My father made your yoke hard, but I will make it harder; my father gave you punishment with whips, but I will give it with snakes.
E falou-lhes conforme ao conselho dos mancebos, dizendo: Meu pai agravou o vosso jugo, porém eu lhe acrescentarei mais: meu pai vos castigou com açoites, porém eu vos castigarei com escorpiões.
15 So the king did not give ear to the people; for this came about by the purpose of God, so that the Lord might give effect to his word which he had said by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam, the son of Nebat.
Assim o rei não deu ouvidos ao povo, porque esta mudança vinha de Deus, para que o Senhor confirmasse a sua palavra, a qual falara pelo ministério d'Ahias, o silonita, a Jeroboão, filho de Nebat.
16 And when all Israel saw that the king would give no attention to them, the people in answer said to the king, What part have we in David? what is our heritage in the son of Jesse? every man to your tents, O Israel; now see to your house, David. So all Israel went to their tents.
Vendo pois todo o Israel, que o rei lhes não dava ouvidos, então o povo respondeu ao rei, dizendo: Que parte temos nós com David? já não temos herança no filho d'Isai; Israel, cada um às suas tendas! Olha agora pela tua casa, ó David. Assim todo o Israel se foi para as suas tendas.
17 But Rehoboam was still king over those of the children of Israel who were living in the towns of Judah.
Porém, quanto aos filhos de Israel, que habitavam nas cidades de Judá, sobre eles reinou Roboão.
18 Then Rehoboam sent Adoniram, the overseer of the forced work; and he was stoned to death by all Israel. And King Rehoboam went quickly and got into his carriage to go in flight to Jerusalem.
Então o rei Roboão enviou a Hadoram, que tinha cargo dos tributos; porém os filhos de Israel o apedrejaram com pedras, de que morreu: então o rei Roboão se esforçou a subir para o seu carro, e fugiu para Jerusalém.
19 So Israel was turned away from the family of David to this day.
Assim se rebelaram os israelitas contra a casa de David, até ao dia de hoje.
