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Reer Binu Israa'iil Oo Ku Caasiyoobay Yaaraabcaam

12 Markaasaa Rexabcaam wuxuu tegey Shekem, maxaa yeelay, reer binu Israa'iil oo dhammu waxay yimaadeen Shekem inay isaga ku soo boqraan. Oo markii Yaaraabcaam ina Nebaad taas maqlay ayaa Yaaraabcaam iyo shirkii reer binu Israa'iil oo dhammu u yimaadeen, (waayo, Yaaraabcaam wuxuu weli joogay dalkii Masar oo uu Boqor Sulaymaan kaga cararay, oo Yaaraabcaamna wuxuu iska joogay dalka Masar, laakiinse waa loo cid diray oo loo yeedhay;) markaasay Rexabcaam la hadleen oo waxay ku yidhaahdeen, War aabbahaa harqood daran buu na saaray; haddaba noo fududee hawshii aabbahaa oo adkayd iyo harqoodkiisii cuslaa oo uu na saaray, annana waannu kuu adeegaynaa. Markaasuu ku yidhi, Bal intii saddex maalmood ah iga maqnaada, dabadeedna igu soo noqda. Markaasaa dadkii ka tegey. Markaasaa Boqor Rexabcaam la tashaday odayaashii aabbihiis Sulaymaan intuu noolaa hor joogi jiray, oo wuxuu ku yidhi, War maxaad igula talinaysaan oo aan dadkan jawaab ugu celiyaa? Oo intay la hadleen ayay ku yidhaahdeen, Maanta haddaad doonayso inaad dadkan addoon u ahaatid oo aad u adeegtid, haddaba u jawaab oo waxaad kula hadashaa erayo wanaagsan, oo markaasay weligood addoommo kuu ahaanayaan. Laakiinse wuu ka tegey taladii odayaashu kula taliyeen, oo haddana wuxuu la arrinsaday raggii dhallinyarada ahaa oo isaga la koray ee hortiisa joogay. Oo wuxuu iyagii ku yidhi, War maxaad igula talinaysaan oo aan jawaab ugu celinnaa dadkan ila hadlay oo igu yidhi, War harqoodkii aabbahaa na saaray noo fududee? 10 Markaasay raggii dhallintayaraa oo isaga la koray la hadleen, oo waxay ku yidhaahdeen, La hadal dadkii kula hadlay oo kugu yidhi, Aabbahaa harqood daran buu na saaray ee adigu noo fududee. Oo waxaad ku tidhaahdaa, Faryaradaydu waa ka sii dhumuc weyn tahay aabbahay dhexdiisa. 11 Haddaba meeshii aabbahay harqood culus idinka saaray, anna culays baan idiinku sii darayaa; oo aabbahay wuxuu idinku edbin jiray shaabuugyo, laakiinse anigu waxaan idinku edbinayaa hangarallayaal. 12 Sidaas daraaddeed Yaaraabcaam iyo dadkii oo dhammuba maalintii saddexaad ayay Rexabcaam u yimaadeen siduu boqorku hore ugu amray markuu ku yidhi, Maalinta saddexaad igu soo noqda. 13 Markaasaa boqorkii ka tegey taladii ragga odayaasha ahaa, oo dadkiina si qallafsan ayuu ugu jawaabay, 14 oo wuxuu kula hadlay taladii raggii dhallintayaraa, oo ku yidhi, Aabbahay harqood culus buu idin saaray, laakiinse anna culays kalaan idiinku sii darayaa; aabbahay wuxuu idinku edbin jiray shaabuugyo, laakiinse anigu waxaan idinku edbinayaa hangarallayaal. 15 Sidaas daraaddeed boqorkii dadkii ma uu dhegaysan; waayo, taasu waxay ahayd wax Rabbiga xaggiisa ka yimid, si uu u adkeeyo eraygiisii Rabbigu kula hadlay Yaaraabcaam ina Nebaad oo uu ugu soo dhiibay Axiiyaah kii reer Shiiloh. 16 Oo dadkii Israa'iil oo dhammuna markay arkeen inaan boqorku dhegaysan ayaa dadkii waxay boqorkii ugu jawaabeen oo ku yidhaahdeen, Bal maxaan qayb ku leennahay Daa'uud? Dhaxalna kuma lihin ina Yesay. Haddaba dadkii Israa'iilow, teendhooyinkiinnii taga. Oo Daa'uudow, bal eeg, reerkaagii waa kuu kaas. Markaasay dadkii Israa'iil tageen teendhooyinkoodii. 17 Laakiinse Rexabcaam wuxuu boqor u ahaa intii reer binu Israa'iil ahayd ee degganayd magaalooyinka reer Yahuudah. 18 Markaasaa Boqor Rexabcaam wuxuu diray Adoraam oo cashuurta u sarreeyey, oo dadkii Israa'iil oo dhammu dhagax bay la dhaceen, wuuna dhintay. Markaasaa Boqor Rexabcaam ku degdegay inuu fuulo gaadhifaraskiisii si uu Yeruusaalem ugu cararo. 19 Sidaasay dadkii Israa'iil ugu caasiyoobeen Daa'uud reerkiisii ilaa maantadan la joogo. 20 Oo markii dadkii Israa'iil maqleen in Yaaraabcaam soo noqday ayay u cid direen oo shirkii ugu yeedheen, oo waxay ka dhigteen boqor u taliya dadkii Israa'iil oo dhan; oo reerkii Daa'uudna nin qudha ma raacin, qabiilkii reer Yahuudah mooyaane.

21 Oo Rexabcaamna markuu Yeruusaalem tegey wuxuu reer Yahuudah oo dhan iyo qabiilkii reer Benyaamiin ka soo shiriyey boqol iyo siddeetan kun oo rag la doortay oo dagaalyahan ahaa, si ay dadkii Israa'iil ula diriraan oo ay boqortooyadii mar kale ugu soo celiyaan Rexabcaam ina Sulaymaan. 22 Laakiinse Shemacyaah oo nin Ilaah ahaa waxaa u yimid eraygii Ilaah oo leh, 23 La hadal Rexabcaam ina Sulaymaan oo reer Yahuudah boqorka u ah, iyo reer Yahuudah iyo reer Benyaamiin, iyo dadka intiisa kale oo dhanba, oo waxaad ku tidhaahdaa, 24 Rabbigu wuxuu leeyahay, Waa inaydnaan kor u bixin oo aydnaan walaalihiin dadka Israa'iilna la diririn. Nin waluba gurigiisii ha ku noqdo, waayo, waxanu aniguu iga yimid. Sidaas aawadeed way maqleen Eraygii Rabbiga, oo intay noqdeen ayay iska tageen sidii erayga Rabbigu ahaa.

Weylahii Dahabka Ahaa Ee Beytel Iyo Daan

25 Markaasaa Yaaraabcaam wuxuu dhisay Shekem oo ku taal dalka buuraha leh oo reer Efrayim, halkaasuuna iska degay, oo haddana halkaas wuu ka tegey oo wuxuu dhisay Fenuu'eel. 26 Markaasaa Yaaraabcaam wuxuu qalbiga iska yidhi, Haddaba boqortooyadu waxay u noqon doontaa reerkii Daa'uud; 27 oo haddii dadkanu Yeruusaalem tagaan inay Rabbiga allabaryo ugu bixiyaan, de markaas qalbigoodu wuxuu u noqon doonaa sayidkoodii, kaasoo ah Rexabcaam ee boqor u ah reer Yahuudah, oo markaasay i dili doonaan, waxayna u noqon doonaan Rexabcaam ee ah boqorka reer Yahuudah. 28 Markaasaa boqorkii tashaday, oo wuxuu sameeyey laba weylood oo dahab ah, oo wuxuu dadkii ku yidhi, Dadkii Israa'iilow, aad bay idiinku dhib badan tahay inaad Yeruusaalem tagtaan, haddaba bal eega ilaahyadiinnii idinka keenay dalkii Masar. 29 Oo labadii weylood middood wuxuu dhigay Beytel, tii kalena wuxuu dhigay Daan. 30 Haddaba taasu waxay noqotay dembi, maxaa yeelay, dadkii waxay u tegi jireen inay middood caabudaan xataa ilaa Daan. 31 Oo wuxuu kaloo sameeyey guryo meelo sarsare ah, oo wuxuu wadaaddo ka dhex doortay dadkii aan reer Laawi ahayn oo dhan. 32 Oo haddana Yaaraabcaam wuxuu sameeyey iid u eg tii reer Yahuudah oo ahayd bisha siddeedaad maalinteeda shan iyo tobnaad, oo wuxuu u baxay meeshii allabariga; sidaasuu Beytel ku sameeyey isagoo allabari u bixinaya weylihii uu sameeyey; oo wadaaddadii meelaha sarsare ee uu doortayna wuxuu geeyey Beytel. 33 Oo meeshii allabariga ee uu Beytel ka sameeyeyna wuxuu u baxay bishii siddeedaad maalinteedii shan iyo tobnaad oo taasuna waxay ahayd bishii uu qalbigiisa ka tashaday; oo iid buu u sameeyey dadkii Israa'iil, oo meeshii allabariguu ugu baxay inuu foox shido.

Israel Rebels Against Rehoboam(A)

12 Rehoboam went to Shechem,(B) for all Israel had gone there to make him king. When Jeroboam son of Nebat heard this (he was still in Egypt, where he had fled(C) from King Solomon), he returned from[a] Egypt. So they sent for Jeroboam, and he and the whole assembly of Israel went to Rehoboam and said to him: “Your father put a heavy yoke(D) on us, but now lighten the harsh labor and the heavy yoke he put on us, and we will serve you.”

Rehoboam answered, “Go away for three days and then come back to me.” So the people went away.

Then King Rehoboam consulted the elders(E) who had served his father Solomon during his lifetime. “How would you advise me to answer these people?” he asked.

They replied, “If today you will be a servant to these people and serve them and give them a favorable answer,(F) they will always be your servants.”

But Rehoboam rejected(G) the advice the elders gave him and consulted the young men who had grown up with him and were serving him. He asked them, “What is your advice? How should we answer these people who say to me, ‘Lighten the yoke your father put on us’?”

10 The young men who had grown up with him replied, “These people have said to you, ‘Your father put a heavy yoke on us, but make our yoke lighter.’ Now tell them, ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s waist. 11 My father laid on you a heavy yoke; I will make it even heavier. My father scourged you with whips; I will scourge you with scorpions.’”

12 Three days later Jeroboam and all the people returned to Rehoboam, as the king had said, “Come back to me in three days.” 13 The king answered the people harshly. Rejecting the advice given him by the elders, 14 he followed the advice of the young men and said, “My father made your yoke heavy; I will make it even heavier. My father scourged(H) you with whips; I will scourge you with scorpions.” 15 So the king did not listen to the people, for this turn of events was from the Lord,(I) to fulfill the word the Lord had spoken to Jeroboam son of Nebat through Ahijah(J) the Shilonite.

16 When all Israel saw that the king refused to listen to them, they answered the king:

“What share(K) do we have in David,
    what part in Jesse’s son?
To your tents, Israel!(L)
    Look after your own house, David!”

So the Israelites went home.(M) 17 But as for the Israelites who were living in the towns of Judah,(N) Rehoboam still ruled over them.

18 King Rehoboam sent out Adoniram,[b](O) who was in charge of forced labor, but all Israel stoned him to death.(P) King Rehoboam, however, managed to get into his chariot and escape to Jerusalem. 19 So Israel has been in rebellion against the house of David(Q) to this day.

20 When all the Israelites heard that Jeroboam had returned, they sent and called him to the assembly and made him king over all Israel. Only the tribe of Judah remained loyal to the house of David.(R)

21 When Rehoboam arrived in Jerusalem, he mustered all Judah and the tribe of Benjamin—a hundred and eighty thousand able young men—to go to war(S) against Israel and to regain the kingdom for Rehoboam son of Solomon.

22 But this word of God came to Shemaiah(T) the man of God:(U) 23 “Say to Rehoboam son of Solomon king of Judah, to all Judah and Benjamin, and to the rest of the people, 24 ‘This is what the Lord says: Do not go up to fight against your brothers, the Israelites. Go home, every one of you, for this is my doing.’” So they obeyed the word of the Lord and went home again, as the Lord had ordered.

Golden Calves at Bethel and Dan

25 Then Jeroboam fortified Shechem(V) in the hill country of Ephraim and lived there. From there he went out and built up Peniel.[c](W)

26 Jeroboam thought to himself, “The kingdom will now likely revert to the house of David. 27 If these people go up to offer sacrifices at the temple of the Lord in Jerusalem,(X) they will again give their allegiance to their lord, Rehoboam king of Judah. They will kill me and return to King Rehoboam.”

28 After seeking advice, the king made two golden calves.(Y) He said to the people, “It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem. Here are your gods, Israel, who brought you up out of Egypt.”(Z) 29 One he set up in Bethel,(AA) and the other in Dan.(AB) 30 And this thing became a sin;(AC) the people came to worship the one at Bethel and went as far as Dan to worship the other.[d]

31 Jeroboam built shrines(AD) on high places and appointed priests(AE) from all sorts of people, even though they were not Levites. 32 He instituted a festival on the fifteenth day of the eighth(AF) month, like the festival held in Judah, and offered sacrifices on the altar. This he did in Bethel,(AG) sacrificing to the calves he had made. And at Bethel he also installed priests at the high places he had made. 33 On the fifteenth day of the eighth month, a month of his own choosing, he offered sacrifices on the altar he had built at Bethel.(AH) So he instituted the festival for the Israelites and went up to the altar to make offerings.

Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 12:2 Or he remained in
  2. 1 Kings 12:18 Some Septuagint manuscripts and Syriac (see also 4:6 and 5:14); Hebrew Adoram
  3. 1 Kings 12:25 Hebrew Penuel, a variant of Peniel
  4. 1 Kings 12:30 Probable reading of the original Hebrew text; Masoretic Text people went to the one as far as Dan