2. Tarihler 10

¹Rehavam Şekem’e gitti, çünkü bütün İsrail onu kral ilan etmek üzere Şekem’e toplanmaktaydı.

²Nabat oğlu Yarovam bunu işittiğinde —ki kendisi Kral Süleyman’ın huzurundan kaçtığı için Mısır’daydı ve Yarovam Mısır’da yerleşmişti— Yarovam Mısır’dan geri döndü.

³Haber gönderip onu çağırdılar; Yarovam ve bütün İsrail topluluğu gelip Rehavam’a şöyle dediler:

⁴"Baban boyunduruğumuzu ağırlaştırdı; şimdi sen babanın üzerimize yüklediği o sert kulluğu ve ağır boyunduruğu gevşet, biz de sana kulluk edelim."

⁵Rehavam onlara, "Üç gün boyunca gidin, sonra yeniden bana gelin" dedi. Bunun üzerine halk oradan ayrıldı.

⁶Kral Rehavam, babası Süleyman henüz yaşarken onun huzurunda durmuş olan yaşlılar kuruluna danışarak, "Bu halka nasıl bir sözle yanıt vermemi önerirsiniz?" diye sordu.

⁷Onlar da şöyle dediler: "Eğer bugün bu halk için bir iyilik unsuru olur, onları hoşnut eder ve onlara iyi sözler söylersen, ömür boyu senin kulların olurlar."

⁸Ancak o, yaşlıların kendisine verdiği öğüdü bir yana bıraktı ve kendisiyle birlikte büyütülmüş olan, huzurunda duran gençlerle danıştı.

⁹Onlara, "Bana, 'Babanın üzerimize koyduğu boyunduruğu gevşet' diyen bu halka nasıl bir sözle yanıt vermemi önerirsiniz?" diye sordu.

¹⁰Kendisiyle birlikte büyütülmüş olan gençler ona şöyle dediler: "Sana, 'Baban boyunduruğumuzu ağırlaştırdı, sen ise onu üzerimizden gevşet' diyen bu halka şöyle söyleyeceksin, onlara de ki: 'Benim küçük parmağım babamın belinden daha kalındır.

¹¹Babam size ağır bir boyunduruk yüklediyse, ben boyunduruğunuzu daha da ağırlaştıracağım; babam sizi kırbaçlarla eğittiyse, ben sizi akreplerle eğiteceğim.'"

¹²Yarovam ve bütün halk, kralın "Üçüncü günde bana geri dönün" dediği gibi, üçüncü günde Rehavam’ın huzuruna geldiler.

¹³Kral onlara sertçe yanıt verdi; Kral Rehavam yaşlıların öğüdünü bir yana bıraktı.

¹⁴Gençlerin öğüdüne uyarak onlara şöyle dedi: "Babam boyunduruğunuzu ağırlaştırdı, ama ben onu daha da ağırlaştıracağım; babam sizi kırbaçlarla eğitti, ben ise sizi akreplerle eğiteceğim."

¹⁵Kral halkı dinlemedi; çünkü Tanrı katından ilahi bir yönlendirme gerçekleşmişti. Öyle ki, Rab, Şilolu Ahiya aracılığıyla Nabat oğlu Yarovam’a söylediği sözü yerine getirsin.

¹⁶Kralın kendilerini dinlemediğini gören bütün İsrail, krala şu yanıtı verdi: "Davut’ta ne payımız var, ne de İşay oğlunda mirasımız! Ey İsrail, herkes kendi çadırına! Davut, şimdi sen kendi evini gözet!" Böylece bütün İsrail kendi çadırlarına döndü.

¹⁷Ancak Yahuda kentlerinde yaşayan İsrail adamlarına gelince, Rehavam onların üzerinde krallık yapmaya devam etti.

¹⁸Kral Rehavam, vergilerden sorumlu Adoniram’ı onlara gönderdi; ama İsrail oğulları onu taşlayarak öldürdüler. Bunun üzerine Kral Rehavam aceleyle arabasına binip Yeruşalim’e kaçtı.

¹⁹Böylece İsrail, bugüne dek Davut hanedanını reddedip ona karşı isyan içinde kaldı.

¹ΚΑΙ ἦλθε Ῥοβοὰμ εἰς Συχέμ, ὅτι εἰς Συχὲμ ἤρχετο πᾶς ᾿Ισραὴλ βασιλεῦσαι αὐτόν.

²καὶ ἐγένετο ὡς ἤκουσεν ῾Ιεροβοὰμ υἱὸς Ναβάτ —καὶ αὐτὸς ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ, ὡς ἔφυγεν ἀπὸ προσώπου Σαλωμὼν τοῦ βασιλέως καὶ κατῴκησεν ῾Ιεροβοὰμ ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ— καὶ ἀπέστρεψεν ῾Ιεροβοὰμ ἐξ Αἰγύπτου.

³καὶ ἀπέστειλαν καὶ ἐκάλεσαν αὐτόν, καὶ ἦλθεν ῾Ιεροβοὰμ καὶ πᾶσα ἡ ἐκκλησία ᾿Ισραὴλ πρὸς Ῥοβοὰμ λέγοντες·

⁴ὁ πατήρ σου ἐσκλήρυνε τὸν ζυγὸν ἡμῶν, καὶ νῦν ἄφες ἀπὸ τῆς δουλείας τοῦ πατρός σου τῆς σκληρᾶς καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ ζυγοῦ αὐτοῦ τοῦ βαρέος, οὗ ἔδωκεν ἐφ’ ἡμᾶς, καὶ δουλεύσομέν σοι.

⁵καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς· πορεύεσθε ἕως τριῶν ἡμερῶν καὶ ἔρχεσθε πρός με· καὶ ἀπῆλθεν ὁ λαός.

⁶καὶ συνήγαγεν ὁ βασιλεὺς Ῥοβοὰμ τοὺς πρεσβυτέρους τοὺς ἑστηκότας ἐναντίον τοῦ Σαλωμὼν τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ ἐν τῷ ζῆν αὐτὸν λέγων· πῶς ὑμεῖς βουλεύεσθε τοῦ ἀποκριθῆναι τῷ λαῷ τούτῳ λόγον;

⁷καὶ ἐλάλησαν αὐτῷ λέγοντες· ἐὰν ἐν τῇ σήμερον γένῃ εἰς ἀγαθὸν τῷ λαῷ τούτῳ καὶ εὐδοκήσῃς καὶ λαλήσῃς αὐτοῖς λόγους ἀγαθούς, καὶ ἔσονταί σοι παῖδες πάσας τὰς ἡμέρας.

⁸καὶ κατέλιπε τὴν βουλὴν τῶν πρεσβυτέρων, οἳ συνεβουλεύσαντο αὐτῷ, καὶ συνεβουλεύσατο μετὰ τῶν παιδαρίων τῶν συνεκτραφέντων μετ’ αὐτοῦ τῶν ἑστηκότων ἐναντίον αὐτοῦ.

⁹καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς· τί ὑμεῖς βουλεύεσθε καὶ ἀποκριθήσομαι λόγον τῷ λαῷ τούτῳ, οἳ ἐλάλησαν πρός με λέγοντες· ἄνες ἀπὸ τοῦ ζυγοῦ, οὗ ἔδωκεν ὁ πατήρ σου ἐφ’ ἡμᾶς;

¹⁰καὶ ἐλάλησαν αὐτῷ τὰ παιδάρια τὰ ἐκτραφέντα μετ’ αὐτοῦ λέγοντες· οὕτως λαλήσεις τῷ λαῷ τῷ λαλήσαντι πρός σε λέγων· ὁ πατήρ σου ἐβάρυνε τὸν ζυγὸν ἡμῶν καὶ σὺ ἄφες ἀφ’ ἡμῶν, οὕτως ἐρεῖς· ὁ μικρὸς δάκτυλός μου παχύτερος τῆς ὀσφύος τοῦ πατρός μου·

¹¹καὶ νῦν ὁ πατήρ μου ἐπαίδευσεν ὑμᾶς ζυγῷ βαρεῖ, κἀγὼ προσθήσω ἐπὶ τὸν ζυγὸν ἡμῶν, ὁ πατήρ μου ἐπαίδευσεν ὑμᾶς ἐν μάστιξι κἀγὼ παιδεύσω ὑμᾶς ἐν σκορπίοις.

¹²καὶ ἦλθεν ῾Ιεροβοὰμ καὶ πᾶς ὁ λαὸς πρὸς Ῥοβοὰμ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ τρίτῃ, ὡς ἐλάλησεν ὁ βασιλεὺς λέγων· ἐπιστρέψατε πρός με ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ τρίτῃ.

¹³καὶ ἀπεκρίθη ὁ βασιλεὺς σκληρά, καὶ ἐγκατέλιπεν ὁ βασιλεὺς Ῥοβοὰμ τὴν βουλὴν τῶν πρεσβυτέρων

¹⁴καὶ ἐλάλησε πρὸς αὐτοὺς κατὰ τὴν βουλὴν τῶν νεωτέρων λέγων· ὁ πατήρ μου ἐβάρυνε τὸν ζυγὸν ὑμῶν καὶ ἐγὼ προσθήσω ἐπ’ αὐτόν, ὁ πατήρ μου ἐπαίδευσεν ὑμᾶς ἐν μάστιξι καὶ ἐγὼ παιδεύσω ὑμᾶς ἐν σκορπίοις.

¹⁵καὶ οὐκ ἤκουσεν ὁ βασιλεὺς τοῦ λαοῦ, ὅτι ἦν μεταστροφὴ παρὰ τοῦ Θεοῦ λέγων· ἀνέστησε Κύριος τὸν λόγον αὐτοῦ, ὃν ἐλάλησεν ἐν χειρὶ ᾿Αχιὰ τοῦ Σηλωνίτου περὶ ῾Ιεροβοὰμ υἱοῦ Ναβὰτ

¹⁶καὶ παντὸς ᾿Ισραήλ, ὅτι οὐκ ἤκουσεν ὁ βασιλεὺς αὐτῶν. καὶ ἀπεκρίθη ὁ λαὸς πρὸς τὸν βασιλέα λέγων· τίς ἡμῶν ἡ μερὶς ἐν Δαυὶδ καὶ κληρονομία ἐν υἱῷ ᾿Ιεσσαί; εἰς τὰ σκηνώματά σου, ᾿Ισραήλ· νῦν βλέπε τὸν οἶκόν σου, Δαυίδ. καὶ ἐπορεύθη πᾶς ᾿Ισραὴλ εἰς τὰ σκηνώματα αὐτοῦ·

¹⁷καὶ ἄνδρες ᾿Ισραὴλ καὶ οἱ κατοικοῦντες ἐν πόλεσιν ᾿Ιούδα καὶ ἐβασίλευσεν ἐπ’ αὐτῶν Ῥοβοάμ.

¹⁸καὶ ἀπέστειλεν ἐπ’ αὐτοὺς Ῥοβοὰμ ὁ βασιλεὺς τὸν ᾿Αδωνιρὰμ τὸν ἐπὶ τοῦ φόρου, καὶ ἐλιθοβόλησαν αὐτὸν οἱ υἱοὶ ᾿Ισραὴλ λίθοις καὶ ἀπέθανε. καὶ ὁ βασιλεὺς Ῥοβοὰμ ἔσπευσε τοῦ ἀναβῆναι εἰς τὸ ἅρμα τοῦ φυγεῖν εἰς ῾Ιερουσαλήμ.

¹⁹καὶ ἠθέτησεν ᾿Ισραὴλ ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ Δαυὶδ ἕως τῆς ἡμέρας ταύτης.

¹And Roboam came to Sychem: for all Israel came to Sychem to make him king.

²And it came to pass when Jeroboam the son of Nabat heard [it], (now he was in Egypt, forasmuch as he had fled thither from the face of king Solomon, and Jeroboam dwelt in Egypt,) that Jeroboam returned out of Egypt.

³And they sent and called him: and Jeroboam and all the congregation came to Roboam, saying,

⁴Thy father made our yoke grievous: now then abate [somewhat] of thy father’s grievous rule, and of his heavy yoke which he put upon us, and we will serve thee.

⁵And he said to them, Go away for three days, and [then] come to me. So the people departed.

⁶And king Roboam assembled the elders that stood before his father Solomon in his life-time, saying, How do ye counsel [me] to return an answer to this people?

⁷And they spoke to him, saying, If thou wouldest this day befriend this people, and be kind to them, and speak to them good words, then will they be thy servants for ever.

⁸But he forsook the advice of the old men, who took counsel with him, and he took counsel with the young men who had been brought up with him, who stood before him.

⁹And he said to them, What do ye advise that I should answer this people, who spoke to me, saying, Ease [somewhat] of the yoke which thy father laid upon us?

¹⁰And the young men that had been brought up with him spoke to him, saying, Thus shalt thou speak to the people that spoke to thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, and do thou lighten [somewhat of it] from us; thus shalt thou say, My little finger [shall be] thicker than my father’s loins.

¹¹And whereas my father chastised you with a heavy yoke, I will also add to your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, and I will chastise you with scorpions.

¹²And Jeroboam and all the people came to Roboam on the third day, as the king had spoken, saying, Return to me on the third day.

¹³And the king answered harshly; and king Roboam forsook the counsel of the old men,

¹⁴and spoke to them according to the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to it: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.

¹⁵And the king hearkened not to the people, for there was a change [of their minds] from God, saying, The Lord has confirmed his word, which he spoke by the hand of Achia the Selonite concerning Jeroboam the son of Nabat, and [concerning] all Israel;

¹⁶for the king did not hearken to them. And the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David, or inheritance in the son of Jessae? to thy tents, O Israel: now see to thine own house, David. So all Israel went to their tents.

¹⁷But the men of Israel, even those who dwelt in the cities of Juda, [remained] and made Roboam king over them.

¹⁸And king Roboam sent to them Adoniram that was over the tribute; and the children of Israel stoned him with stones, and he died. And king Roboam hasted to mount [his] chariot, to flee to Jerusalem.

¹⁹So Israel rebelled against the house of David until this day.