Kings III 12
1 And king Roboam goes to Sikima; for all Israel were coming to Sikima to make him king.
Woboram moute lavil Sichèm kote tout pèp Izrayèl la nèt te sanble pou fè li wa.
Lè Jewoboram, pitit gason Nebat la, ki te nan peyi Lejip kote li te al kache pou Salomon an, pran nouvèl la, li kite peyi Lejip, li tounen nan peyi l'.
3 And the people spoke to king Roboam, saying, Your father made our yoke heavy;
Moun branch fanmi ki nan nò peyi a voye chache l'. Yo tout ansanm, y' al jwenn Woboram, yo di l' konsa:
4 but do you now lighten somewhat of the hard service of your father, and of his heavy yoke which he put upon us, and we will serve you.
-Salomon, papa ou, te di anpil ak nou, li te peze nou anpil. Koulye a, fè yon leve men pou nou. Kite nou viv yon ti jan pi alèz, n'a sèvi ou nèt ale.
5 And he said to them, Depart for three days, and return to me. And they departed.
Woboram di yo: -Tounen nan twa jou. Lè sa a, m'a ban nou repons. Epi pèp la al fè wout li.
6 And the king referred [the matter] to the elders, who stood before Solomon his father while he was yet living, saying, How do you advise that I should answer this people?
Woboram menm al jwenn chèf fanmi ki te sèvi konseye pou Salomon, papa l', lè l' t'ap viv, li mande yo: -Kisa pou m' reponn pèp la? Ki konsèy nou ban mwen?
7 And they spoke to him, saying, If you will this day be a servant to this people, and will serve them, and will speak to them good words, then will they be your servants continually.
Yo reponn li: -Si jòdi a ou fè pèp la wè se sèvi ou vle sèvi l', si ou asepte fè sa yo mande ou la, si ou pale byen ak yo, y'ap toujou sèvi ou.
8 But he forsook the counsel of the old men which they gave him, and consulted with the young men who were brought up with him, who stood in his presence.
Men, Woboram pa koute konsèy granmoun yo te ba li a, l' al jwenn jenn gason ki te leve ansanm avè l' yo, lèfini ki te toujou la avè l', li mande yo konsèy.
9 And he said to them, What counsel do you give? And what shall I answer to this people who speak to me, saying, Lighten somewhat of the yoke which your father has put upon us?
Li di yo: -Ki konsèy nou ta ban mwen? Kisa pou m' reponn pèp la k'ap mande m' pou m' fè yon leve men pou yo?
10 And the young men who had been brought up with him, who stood before his face, spoke to him, saying, Thus shall you say to this people who have spoken to you, saying, Your father made our yoke heavy, and do you now lighten it from off us: thus shall say to them, My little [finger shall be] thicker than my father's loins.
Jenn gason kanmarad li yo reponn li: -Men sa w'a di moun sa yo k'ap plenyen ba ou pou papa ou ki t'ap peze yo, epi k'ap mande ou fè yon leve men pou yo. W'a di yo: Si papa m' te di ak nou, mwen menm m'ap pi di pase l'.
11 And whereas my father did lade you with a heavy yoke, I also will add to your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
Wi, w'a di yo: Papa m' t'ap peze nou anba chay lou, mwen menm m'ap mete sou chay la ankò. Papa m' te bat nou ak fwèt, mwen menm m'ap pase fwèt la anba sann pou m' bat nou.
12 And all Israel came to king Roboam on the third day, as the king spoke to them, saying, Return to me on the third day.
Twa jou apre vre, Jewoboram tounen ansanm ak tout pèp Izrayèl la vin jwenn wa Woboram jan li te di yo a.
13 And the king answered the people harshly; and Roboam forsook the counsel of the old men which they counselled him.
Wa a pa koute konsèy granmoun yo, li pale di ak pèp la.
14 And he spoke to them according to the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, and I will add to your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
Li reponn yo jan jenn gason yo te ba l' konsèy fè a. Li di yo: -Papa m' t'ap peze nou anba chay lou, mwen menm m'ap mete sou chay n'ap pote deja a. Papa m' te bat nou ak fwèt, mwen menm m'ap pase fwèt la anba sann pou m' bat nou.
15 And the king listened not to the people, because the change was from the Lord, that he might establish his word which he spoke by Achia the Selonite concerning Jeroboam the son of Nabat.
Se konsa wa a pa t' asepte fè sa pèp la te mande l' la. Sa se travay Seyè a menm ki te vle pou sa li te voye Akija, pwofèt Silo a, al di Jewoboram, pitit Nebat la, rive vre.
16 And all Israel saw that the king did not listen to them: and the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? neither have we any inheritance in the son of Jessae. Depart, O Israel, to your tents: now feed your own house, David. So Israel departed to his tents.
Lè pèp Izrayèl la wè wa a pa t' soti pou li fè sa yo te mande l' la, yo reponn wa a. Yo di li: -Nou pa gen anyen pou nou wè ak David. Nou pa bezwen anyen nan zafè pitit Izayi a. Ann al lakay nou, nou menm moun peyi Izrayèl yo! Ann kite pitit David yo degaje yo pou kont yo ak fanmi yo! Se konsa moun pèp Izrayèl yo vire do al lakay yo.
Yo kite Woboram pou li gouvènen sèlman sou moun ki rete nan pòsyon tè branch fanmi Jida a.
18 And the king sent Adoniram who was over the tribute; and they stoned him with stones, and he died: and king Roboam made haste to rise to flee to Jerusalem.
Apre sa, wa Woboram voye Adoram ki te reskonsab travay kòve yo bò kote moun Izrayèl yo. Men moun Izrayèl yo kalonnen li wòch jouk li mouri. Lè sa a, wa Woboram prese moute sou cha li, li kouri ale lavil Jerizalèm.
19 So Israel rebelled against the house of David until this day.
Depi lè sa a, moun pèp Izrayèl yo vire do bay moun fanmi David yo jouk jounen jòdi a.
20 And it came to pass when all Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned out of Egypt, that they sent and called him to the assembly, and they made him king over Israel: and none followed the house of David except the tribe of Juda and Benjamin only.
Lè moun peyi Izrayèl yo vin konnen Jewoboram te tounen soti peyi Lejip, yo voye chache l' pou l' vin nan yon reyinyon. Yo fè msye wa sou tout peyi Izrayèl la. Se moun branch fanmi Jida yo ase ki te kenbe fèm ak fanmi David la.
21 And Roboam went into Jerusalem, and he assembled the congregation of Juda, and the tribe of Benjamin, a hundred and twenty thousand young men, warriors, to fight against the house of Israel, to recover the kingdom to Roboam the son of Solomon.
Lè Woboram rive lavil Jerizalèm, li sanble sankatrevenmil (180.000) sòlda nan pi bon sòlda ki te nan branch fanmi Jida ak nan branch fanmi Benjamen pou l' al goumen ak moun peyi Izrayèl yo, pou l' mete yo anba lòd li ankò.
22 And the word of the Lord came to Samaia the man of God, saying,
Men, Bondye pale ak Chemaya, pwofèt li a, li di l' konsa:
23 Speak to Roboam the son of Solomon, king of Juda, and to all the house of Juda and Benjamin, and to the remnant of the people, saying,
-Pale ak Woboram, pitit Salomon an, wa peyi Jida a, ansanm ak tout moun ki fè pati branch fanmi Jida ak branch fanmi Benjamen. Di yo:
24 Thus says the Lord, You shall not go up, neither shall you fight with your brethren the sons of Israel: return each man to his own home; for this thing is from me; and they listened to the word of the Lord, and they ceased from going up, according to the word of the Lord.
Men mesaj mwen menm Seyè a, mwen voye ba yo: Pa konprann pou n' al atake moun peyi Izrayèl yo. Se fanmi nou yo ye. Tounen lakay nou. Sa ki rive a se travay mwen, se mwen ki vle l' konsa. Moun yo koute lòd Seyè a vre, yo tout al lakay yo jan Seyè a te di yo a.
25 And Jeroboam built Sikima in mount Ephraim and lived in it, and went forth thence and built Phanuel.
Jewoboram ranfòse miray ranpa lavil Sichèm nan mòn peyi Efrayim. Se la l' al rete pou yon tan. Apre sa, li kite Sichèm, l' al ranfòse miray ranpa lavil Penwèl.
26 And Jeroboam said in his heart, Behold, now the kingdom will return to the house of David.
Lèfini, Jewoboram di nan kè li: -Jan sa ye koulye a, gouvènman an pral tounen nan men moun fanmi David yo ankò.
27 If this people shall go up to offer sacrifice in the house of the Lord at Jerusalem, then the heart of the people will return to the Lord, and to their master, to Roboam king of Juda, and they will kill me.
Paske, si pèp la gen pou moute lavil Jerizalèm chak lè pou touye bèt pou Seyè a nan Tanp lan, rive yon lè, y'ap tounen al jwenn Woboram, wa peyi Jida a. Lè sa a, y'a touye m' pou y' al jwenn li ankò.
28 And the king took counsel, and went, and made two golden heifers, and said to the people, Let it suffice you to have gone [hitherto] to Jerusalem: behold your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.
Lè li fin fè lide sa a, li fè de estati towo an lò, epi li di pèp la: -Nou moute kont nou koulye a lavil Jerizalèm pou fè sèvis. Nou menm moun pèp Izrayèl, men bondye pa nou, bondye ki te fè nou soti kite peyi Lejip.
29 And he put one in Bethel, and he put the other in Dan.
Li mete yonn nan estati towo yo lavil Betèl, li mete lòt la lavil Dann.
30 And this thing became a sin; and the people went before one as far as Dan, and left the house of the Lord.
Se konsa pèp la rive fè sa ki mal. Y' al fè sèvis pou zidòl yo lavil Betèl ak lavil Dann.
31 And he made houses on the high places, and made priests of any part of the people, who were not of the sons of Levi.
Jewoboram al bati lòt kay zidòl sou tèt kèk mòn. Li chwazi kèk gason nan pèp la ki pa t' nan branch fanmi Levi yo pou sèvi prèt.
32 And Jeroboam appointed a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, according to the feast in the land of Juda;
Jewoboram chwazi kenzyèm jou nan wityèm mwa a pou yon jou fèt, tankou fèt yo fè nan peyi Jida a. Sou lotèl lavil Betèl la, li touye bèt pou estati towo li te fè fè yo. Lèfini, se la lavil Betèl ankò li mete prèt ki pou sèvi nan lòt kote li te bati pou fè sèvis yo.
33 and went up to the altar which he made in Baethel to sacrifice to the heifers which he made, and he placed in Baethel the priests of the high places which he had made. And he went up to the altar which he had made, on the fifteenth day in the eighth month, at the feast which he devised out of his own heart; and he made a feast to the children of Israel, and went up to the altar to sacrifice.
Se konsa, sou kenzyèm jou wityèm mwa a, jou li menm li te chwazi a, li moute lavil Betèl, l' al touye bèt sou lotèl la pou fete fèt li menm li te fè lide fete pou pèp Izrayèl la.
