1Kings
Chapter12
11RehoboamwenttoShechem,whereallIsraelhadcometoproclaimhimking.
勒哈贝罕去了舍根，因为全以色列集合在舍根，要立他为王。
2Jeroboam,sonofNebat,whowasstillinEgypt,wherehehadfledfromKingSolomon,returnedfromEgyptassoonashelearnedthis.
乃巴特的儿子雅洛贝罕，为躲避撒罗满王，曾逃往埃及，现在听说撒罗满已死，便从埃及回来了。
3TheysaidtoRehoboam:
有人派人请了他回来，他便和以色列全会众前来，对勒哈贝罕说＂
4＂Yourfatherputonusaheavyyoke.Ifyounowlightentheharshserviceandtheheavyyokeyourfatherimposedonus,wewillserveyou.＂
你的父亲使我们的负担繁重，现在，你得减轻你父亲加给我们的苦役和重轭，我们才肯服事你。＂
5＂Comebacktomeinthreedays,＂heansweredthem.Whenthepeoplehaddeparted,
他回答他们说：＂你们暂时回去，三天以后再来见我。＂人民就都走了。
6KingRehoboamconsultedtheelderswhohadbeeninhisfather'sservicewhilehewasalive,andasked,＂Whatanswerdoyouadvisemetogivethispeople?＂
勒哈贝罕便同那些在他父亲撒罗满在世时作臣仆的老年人商议说：＂依你们的意见，我该怎样答复这些民众？＂
7Theyreplied,＂Iftodayyouwillbetheservantofthispeopleandsubmittothem,givingthemafavorableanswer,theywillbeyourservantsforever.＂
他们回答说：＂如果你今天愿意作这民众的仆人，服事他们，答应他们，对他们说好话，他们必会常常服事你。＂
8Butheignoredtheadvicetheeldershadgivenhim,andconsultedtheyoungmenwhohadgrownupwithhimandwereinhisservice.
但是，君王竟拒绝了老年人给他出的主意，反去同那些与他一起长大，侍立在他面前的少年商议，
9Hesaidtothem,＂Whatanswerdoyouadvisemetogivethispeople,whohaveaskedmetolightentheyokemyfatherimposedonthem?＂
问他们说：＂这些人民对我说：请你将你父亲加于我们的重轭减轻些。依你们的意见我该怎样答复他们？＂
10Theyoungmenwhohadgrownupwithhimreplied,＂Thisiswhatyoumustsaytothispeoplewhohaveaskedyoutolightentheyokeyourfatherputonthem:‘Mylittlefingeristhickerthanmyfather'sbody.
这些与他一起长大的少年人答说：＂这些人民对你说：你父亲使我们负担繁重，请你给我们减轻些！你要回答他们，对他们这样说：我的小指比我父亲的腰还粗！
11Whereasmyfatherputaheavyyokeonyou,Iwillmakeitheavier.Myfatherbeatyouwithwhips,butIwillbeatyouwithscorpions.'＂
我父亲曾加重了你们的重担，我更要加重你们的重担；我父亲用皮鞭责打你们，我却要用铁刺鞭责打你们！＂
12OnthethirddayallIsraelcamebacktoKingRehoboam,ashehadinstructedthemtodo.
雅洛贝罕和全体人民照君王所说：＂你们第三天再来见我＂的话，第三天就来见勒哈贝罕。
13Ignoringtheadvicetheeldershadgivenhim,thekinggavethepeopleaharshanswer.
君王严厉答复了人民，拋弃了老年人给他出的主意，
14Hesaidtothem,astheyoungmenhadadvised:＂Myfatherputonyouaheavyyoke,butIwillmakeitheavier.Myfatherbeatyouwithwhips,butIwillbeatyouwithscorpions.＂
却依照少年人的主张，对民众说：＂我的父亲加重了你们的重担，我更要加重，我父亲用皮鞭责打你们，我反要用铁刺鞭责打你们。＂
15Thekingdidnotlistentothepeople,fortheLORDbroughtthisabouttofulfilltheprophecyhehadutteredtoJeroboam,sonofNebat,throughAhijahtheShilonite.
君王始终不肯听从民众。这一转变原是出于上主，为实现他自己的话，就是上主藉史罗人阿希雅对乃巴特的儿子雅洛贝罕所说的话。
162WhenallIsraelsawthatthekingdidnotlistentothem,thepeopleansweredtheking:＂WhatsharehaveweinDavid?WehavenoheritageinthesonofJesse.Toyourtents,OIsrael!Nowlooktoyourownhouse,David.＂SoIsraelwentofftotheirtents,
全以色列人见君王不肯依从他们，便回复君王说﹕＂我们与达味有什么分子？我们与叶瑟的儿子毫无关系！以色列！回到你的帐幕去罢！达味啊！现在你只顾你的本家罢！＂以色列人于是都回了自己的帐幕，
17butRehoboamreignedovertheIsraeliteswholivedinthecitiesofJudah.
只有那些住在犹大城市的以色列子民，仍属勒哈贝罕统治。
18KingRehoboamthensentoutAdoram,superintendentoftheforcedlabor,butallIsraelstonedhimtodeath.RehoboammanagedtomounthischariottofleetoJerusalem,
勒哈贝罕王派遣监管劳役的阿多兰，去见以色列，以色列人却用石头将它砸死，勒哈贝罕急忙上车，逃回了耶路撒冷。
19andIsraelwentintorebellionagainstDavid'shousetothisday.
这样，以色列便与达味家分离了，直到现在。
20WhenallIsraelheardthatJeroboamhadreturned,theysummonedhimtoanassemblyandmadehimkingoverallIsrael.NoneremainedloyaltoDavid'shouseexceptthetribeofJudahalone.
那时，全以色列人听说雅洛贝罕已经回来，便派人邀请它前来赴会，立他为王，统治全以色列；从此跟随达味家的，只有犹大支派。
21OnhisarrivalinJersusalem,RehoboamgatheredtogetherallthehouseofJudahandthetribeofBenjamin——onehundredandeightythousandseasonedwarriors——tofightagainstthehouseofIsrael,torestorethekingdomtoRehoboam,sonofSolomon.
勒哈贝罕一回到耶路撒冷，即刻召集犹大全家和本雅明支派所有十八万善战的精兵，要去攻打以色列家，想把王国夺回，再归属撒罗满的儿子勒哈贝罕；
22However,theLORDspoketoShemaiah,amanofGod:
但是，天主有话传于天主的人舍玛雅说﹕
23＂SaytoRehoboam,sonofSolomon,kingofJudah,andtothehouseofJudahandtoBenjamin,andtotherestofthepeople:
＂你去告诉撒罗满的儿子，犹大王勒哈贝罕，犹大全家和本雅明以及其余的人民说﹕
24‘ThussaystheLORD:YoumustnotmarchouttofightagainstyourbrotherIsraelites.Leteverymanreturnhome,forIhavebroughtthisabout.'＂TheyacceptedthismessageoftheLORDandgaveuptheexpeditionaccordingly.
上主这样说﹕你们不要前去，攻打你们的兄弟以色列人，你们各自回家去罢！因为这事原出于我。＂他们便听从了上主的话，依照上主的话回去了。
25JeroboambuiltupShecheminthehillcountryofEphraimandlivedthere.ThenheleftitandbuiltupPenuel.
雅洛贝罕在厄弗辣因山地修筑了舍根，住在那里；后又从那里出来，修筑了培奴耳。
263Jeroboamthoughttohimself:＂ThekingdomwillreturntoDavid'shouse.
雅洛贝罕心中思量﹕＂这王国迟早要归于达味王室；
27IfnowthispeoplegouptooffersacrificesinthetempleoftheLORDinJerusalem,theheartsofthispeoplewillreturntotheirmaster,Rehoboam,kingofJudah,andtheywillkillme.＂
如果这人民上耶路撒冷，在上主殿内献祭，他们的心难免不归向他们的主上犹大王勒哈贝罕，把我打死，再归属于犹大王勒哈贝罕。＂
28Aftertakingcounsel,thekingmadetwocalvesofgoldandsaidtothepeople:＂YouhavebeengoinguptoJerusalemlongenough.HereisyourGod,OIsrael,whobroughtyouupfromthelandofEgypt.＂
因此，雅洛贝罕王拿定了主意，制造了两只金牛犊，对人民说﹕＂你们不需要再上耶路撒冷去了；以色列！看，这就是领你们由埃及地上来的天主！＂
294AndheputoneinBethel,theotherinDan.
他将一只供在贝特耳，一只供在丹。
30Thisledtosin,becausethepeoplefrequentedthesecalvesinBethelandinDan.
这使以色列陷于罪恶，因为民众竟远至丹去敬拜另一只。
31HealsobuilttemplesonthehighplacesandmadepriestsfromamongthepeoplewhowerenotLevites.
雅贝洛罕又在高丘建立了神殿，将不属于肋末子孙的平民立为司祭；
32JeroboamestablishedafeastintheeighthmonthonthefifteenthdayofthemonthtoduplicateinBethelthepilgrimagefeastofJudah,withsacrificestothecalveshehadmade;andhestationedinBethelpriestsofthehighplaceshehadbuilt.
规定八月十五日举行庆节，像在犹大所举行的庆节一样，亲自上坛献祭。他也如此在贝特耳向他所制造的牛犊献了祭，并在贝特耳为他建造的高丘神坛，委派了司祭。
33JeroboamascendedthealtarhebuiltinBethelonthefifteenthdayoftheeighthmonth,themonthinwhichhearbitrarilychosetoestablishafeastfortheIsraelites;hewasgoingtooffersacrifice.
在他随意选定的八月十五日，他亲自上了他在贝特耳所筑的祭坛，为以色列子民举行庆节，上坛焚香献祭。
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Footnotes（注解）
1[1]Shechem:chiefcityofthenortherntribes,whereacovenantoffidelityhadpreviouslybeenmadebetweentheLordandhispeopleandastoneofwitnesshadbeenerectedinmemoryoftheevent(Joshua24:25-27).
2[16]WhatsharehaveweinDavid:eveninDavid'stimethenortherntribesseemedreadytowithdrawfromJudah(2Sam20:1).TheunreasonableattitudeofRehoboamtowardthemintensifiedthediscontentcausedbytheoppressionofSolomon(1Kings12:4)andthusprecipitatedtheestablishmentofarivalmonarchy(1Kings12:20).
3[26-32]JeroboamfearedreunificationofthedividedkingdomthroughworshipinthesingletempleinJerusalem.Topreventthisheencouragedshrinesonthehighplaces,andappointedfalseprieststosupplementthoseofleviticaldescent.Thegoldenbullocksheinstalledintwoofhissanctuaries,thoughprobablyintendedasbearersoftheinvisibleDivineMajesty,quicklybecameoccasionsforidolatry.ThusJeroboamcausedIsraeltosin,andsealedhisdoomandthatofhisroyalhouse(1Kings13:34;14:7-14).
4[29]BethelandDan:atthesouthernandnorthernboundariesoftheseparatekingdomofIsrael,wheresanctuarieshadexistedinthepast(Genesis12:8;13:3;18:10-22;25:1-16;Judges18:1-31).