2 Tawarikh 10
1 Rehabeam pergi ke Sikhem karena seluruh rakyat Israel bagian utara telah berkumpul di sana untuk melantik dia menjadi raja.
And Roboam went to Sichem: for thither all Israel were assembled, to make him king.
2 Pada waktu itu Yerobeam anak Nebat masih ada di Mesir karena melarikan diri dari Raja Salomo. Ketika ia mendengar tentang Rehabeam, ia kembali ke Israel.
And when Jeroboam the son of Nabat, who was in Egypt, (for he was fled thither from Solomon, ) heard it, forthwith he returned.
3 Rakyat bagian utara mengundang Yerobeam, lalu mereka bersama dia pergi menghadap Rehabeam. Kata mereka,
And they sent for him, and he came with all Israel, and they spoke to Roboam, saying:
4 "Salomo ayah Baginda telah memberi beban yang berat kepada kami. Kalau Baginda meringankan beban dan mengurangi penderitaan kami, kami akan tunduk kepada Baginda."
Thy father oppressed us with a most grievous yoke, do thou govern us with a lighter hand than thy father, who laid upon us a heavy servitude, and ease some thing of the burden, that we may serve thee.
5 Rehabeam menyahut, "Aku harus berpikir dahulu. Datanglah kembali tiga hari lagi." Maka pulanglah orang-orang itu.
And he said to them: Come to me again after three days. And when the people were gone,
6 Lalu Rehabeam meminta nasihat kepada orang-orang tua yang pernah menjadi penasihat Salomo ayah Rehabeam, "Bagaimana aku harus menjawab orang-orang itu?" tanya Rehabeam. "Apa nasihat kalian?"
He took counsel with the ancients, who had stood before his father Solomon, while he yet lived, saying: What counsel give you to me, that I may answer the people?
7 Mereka menjawab, "Kalau Baginda mau berbuat baik kepada rakyat, dan menyenangkan hati mereka, berikanlah jawaban yang baik kepada mereka, maka mereka akan setia kepada Baginda selama-lamanya."
And they said to him: If thou please this people, and soothe them with kind words, they will be thy servants for ever.
8 Tetapi nasihat orang-orang tua itu tidak dihiraukan oleh Rehabeam. Sebaliknya, ia pergi kepada orang-orang muda yang sebaya dengan dia dan yang sekarang membantu dia.
But he forsook the counsel of the ancients, and began to treat with the young men, that had been brought up with him, and were in his train.
9 Kepada mereka ia bertanya, "Apa nasihat kalian kepadaku untuk menjawab rakyat yang meminta supaya aku meringankan beban mereka?"
And he said to them: What seemeth good to you? or what shall I answer this people, who have said to me: Ease the yoke which thy father laid upon us?
10 Mereka menjawab, "Beginilah hendaknya Baginda katakan kepada mereka, 'Selemah-lemahnya aku, aku masih lebih kuat dari ayahku.
But they answered as young men, and brought up with him in pleasures, and said: Thus shalt thou speak to the people, that said to thee: Thy father made our yoke heavy, do thou ease it: thus shalt thou answer them: My little finger is thicker than the loins of my father.
11 Ayahku memberikan beban yang berat kepadamu, tetapi aku akan memberikan yang lebih berat lagi. Ia menyebat kalian dengan cemeti, tetapi aku akan memecut kalian dengan cemeti berduri besi!'"
My father laid upon you a heavy yoke, and I will add more weight to it: my father beat you with scourges, but I will beat you with scorpions.
12 Tiga hari kemudian Yerobeam dan semua orang itu kembali menghadap Raja Rehabeam, seperti yang telah diperintahkannya.
So Jeroboam, and all the people came to Roboam the third day, as he commanded them.
13 Berlawanan dengan nasihat orang-orang tua, rakyat yang datang kepadanya itu disapanya dengan kasar.
And the king answered roughly, leaving the counsel of the ancients.
14 Sesuai dengan nasihat orang-orang muda, ia berkata, "Ayahku memberikan kepadamu beban yang berat, tetapi aku akan membuat beban itu lebih berat lagi. Ia menyebat kalian dengan cemeti, tetapi aku akan memecut kalian dengan cemeti berduri besi!"
And he spoke according to the advice of the young men: My father laid upon you a heavy yoke, which I will make heavier: my father beat you with scourges, but I will beat you with scorpions.
15 Permintaan rakyat tidak dihiraukannya. Tetapi itu memang kehendak TUHAN Allah. Apa yang dikatakan TUHAN melalui Nabi Ahia dari Silo mengenai Yerobeam anak Nebat harus terjadi.
And he condescended not to the people’s requests: for it was the will of God, that his word might be fulfilled which he had spoken by the hand of Ahias the Silonite to Jeroboam the son of Nabat.
16 Ketika rakyat Israel melihat bahwa raja tidak mau mendengarkan mereka, mereka berteriak, "Peduli amat dengan Daud dan keturunannya! Mereka tidak pernah berbuat apa-apa untuk kita. Rakyat Israel, mari kita pulang! Biarkan Rehabeam itu mengurus dirinya sendiri!" Maka pulanglah rakyat Israel,
And all the people upon the king’s speaking roughly, said thus unto him: We have no part in David, nor inheritance in the son of Isai. Return to thy dwellings, O Israel, and do thou, O David, feed thy own house. And Israel went away to their dwellings.
17 dan Rehabeam menjadi raja hanya atas wilayah Yehuda.
But Roboam reigned over the children of Israel that dwelt in the cities of Juda.
18 Meskipun begitu Raja Rehabeam masih juga menyuruh Adoniram, seorang kepala pekerja rodi, untuk menenangkan rakyat. Tetapi mereka melempari dia dengan batu sampai mati. Rehabeam sendiri berhasil lolos dan cepat-cepat naik ke keretanya, serta melarikan diri ke Yerusalem.
And king Roboam sent Aduram, who was over the tributes, and the children of Israel stoned him, and he died: and king Roboam made haste to gee up into his chariot, and fled into Jerusalem.
19 Mulai saat itu rakyat di bagian utara kerajaan Israel selalu memberontak terhadap raja-raja keturunan Daud.
And Israel revolted from the house of David unto this day.
