2 Chronicles 10
1 All the people of Israel went to Shechem [city] in order to appoint Rehoboam to be their king. So Rehoboam also went there.
| رحبعام به شکیم رفت، زیرا ده قبیله اسرائیل در آنجا جمع شده بودند تا او را پادشاه سازند. |
2 Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, had fled to Egypt [to escape] from King Solomon. But when he heard [about the people wanting to appoint Rehoboam to be their king], he returned [to Israel] from Egypt
| یربعام که از ترس سلیمان به مصر فرار کرده بود، به‌وسیلۀ یارانش از این موضوع باخبر شد و از مصر بازگشت. او همراه ده قبیلهٔ اسرائیل نزد رحبعام رفت و گفت: |
3 So the [leaders of the northern tribes] summoned him, and he went with them [to talk] to Rehoboam. They said to Rehoboam,
4 “Your father [Solomon] forced us to work very hard for him. If you do not force us to work that hard, and if you charge us less taxes than we were paying to him, we will serve you [faithfully].”
| «پدر تو سلیمان، پادشاه بسیار سختگیری بود. اگر تو می‌خواهی بر ما سلطنت نمایی باید قول بدهی مثل او سختگیر نباشی و با مهربانی با ما رفتار کنی.» |
5 He replied, “Come back three days from now [and I will give you my answer].” So those leaders [and Jeroboam] left.
| رحبعام جواب داد: «سه روز به من فرصت بدهید تا در این باره تصمیم بگیرم.» آنها نیز قبول کردند. |
6 Then King Rehoboam consulted his older men who had advised his father Solomon while he was still alive. He asked them, “What shall I say to answer these men?”
| رحبعام با ریش‌سفیدان قوم که قبلاً مشاوران پدرش سلیمان بودند، مشورت کرد و از ایشان پرسید: «به نظر شما باید به مردم چه جوابی بدهم؟» |
7 They replied, “If you will be kind to these people and do things that will please them, and if you say kind things to them when you answer them, they will always serve you.”
| گفتند: «اگر می‌خواهی این مردم همیشه مطیع تو باشند، جواب نرمی به ایشان بده و موافقت نما که با ایشان خوش‌رفتاری کنی.» |
8 But he ignored what the older men advised him to do. Instead, he consulted the younger men who had grown up with him, who were now his advisors.
| ولی رحبعام نصیحت ریش‌سفیدان را نپذیرفت و رفت با مشاوران جوان خود که با او پرورش یافته بودند مشورت کرد. |
9 He said to them, “How should I answer the men who are asking me to reduce the [work and taxes] that my father required from them?”
| او از آنها پرسید: «به نظر شما باید به این مردم که به من می‌گویند:”مثل پدرت سختگیر نباش.“چه جوابی بدهم؟» |
10 The young men who had grown up with him replied, “[Those men] have said that your father forced them to work very hard for him, so they want you to reduce the [work and taxes] that your father required from them. But this is what you should tell them: ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s waist.
| مشاوران جوانش به او گفتند: «به مردم بگو:”انگشت کوچک من از کمر پدرم کلفتتر است! |
11 What I mean is that my father required you to [work hard and pay high taxes]. But I will make those loads heavier. [It was as though] my father whipped you, but I will whip you with whips that have pieces of metal in them.’”
| اگر فکر می‌کنید پدرم سختگیر بود، بدانید که من از او سختگیرتر هستم! پدرم برای تنبیه شما از تازیانه استفاده می‌کرد، ولی من از شلّاق خاردار استفاده خواهم کرد.“» |
12 Three days later, Jeroboam and all the leaders came to King Rehoboam again, which is what he had told them to do.
| بعد از سه روز همان‌طور که رحبعام پادشاه گفته بود یربعام همراه قوم نزد او رفت. |
13 The king ignored the advice of the older men and spoke harshly to the Israeli leaders.
| رحبعام پادشاه جواب تندی به آنها داد. او نصیحت ریش‌سفیدان را نشنیده گرفت و آنچه جوانان گفته بودند به قوم بازگفت. |
14 [He told them what the younger men had advised.] He said, “My father put heavy burdens [of work and taxes] on you, but I will put heavier burdens on you. [It was as though] he beat you with whips, but I will beat you with whips that have pieces of metal in them!”
15 So the king did not pay any attention to the Israeli leaders. But this happened in order that what Yahweh had told the prophet Ahijah about Jeroboam would happen.
| پس پادشاه به مردم جواب رد داد، زیرا دست خدا در این کار بود تا وعده‌ای را که به‌وسیلۀ اخیای نبی به یربعام داده بود، عملی کند. |
16 When the Israeli leaders realized that the king did not pay any attention to what they said, they shouted, “We do not want anything to do with this descendant of King David! We will not pay attention to what this grandson of Jesse says! You people of Israel, let’s go home! As for this descendant of David, he can rule his own kingdom!” So the Israeli leaders returned to their homes.
| وقتی مردم دیدند که پادشاه جدید به خواسته‌های ایشان هیچ اهمیتی نمی‌دهد، فریاد برآوردند: «ما خاندان داوود را نمی‌خواهیم! ما با پسر یَسا کاری نداریم! ای مردم بیایید، به شهرهای خود برگردیم. بگذارید رحبعام بر خاندان خودش سلطنت کند.» به این ترتیب قبیله‌های اسرائیل رحبعام را ترک نمودند، و او فقط بر سرزمین یهودا پادشاه شد. |
17 And [after that, the only Israeli] people whom Rehoboam ruled over were those who lived in the territory of [the tribes of] Judah [and Benjamin].
18 Then King Rehoboam went with Adoniram [to talk to the Israeli people]. Adoniram was the man who supervised [all the men who were] forced to work [for Rehoboam]. But the Israeli people killed him by throwing stones at him. When that happened, King Rehoboam quickly got in his chariot and escaped to Jerusalem.
| چندی بعد رحبعام پادشاه، ادونیرام، سرپرست کارهای اجباری را فرستاد تا قبیله‌های اسرائیل را بررسی کند. اما مردم او را سنگسار کرده کشتند و رحبعام با عجله سوار بر ارابه شده، به اورشلیم گریخت. |
19 Ever since that time, [the people of the northern tribes of] Israel have been rebelling against the descendants of [King] David.
| به این ترتیب، تا به امروز اسرائیل بر ضد خاندان داوود هستند. |
