2 Cronica 10
Magandang Balita Biblia
Nahati ang Kaharian(A)
10 Pumunta sa Shekem si Rehoboam sapagkat nagtipun-tipon doon ang buong Israel upang gawin siyang hari. 2 Nang mabalitaan iyon ni Jeroboam, anak ni Nebat na pumunta sa Egipto upang tumakas kay Haring Solomon, ay umuwi na ito. 3 Ipinasundo siya ng mga lipi sa hilaga at sama-sama silang pumunta kay Rehoboam. Sinabi nila: 4 “Binigyan po kami ng mabigat na pasanin ng inyong ama. Kung pagagaanin po ninyo ang pasanin na aming dinadala, paglilingkuran namin kayo.”
5 Sinagot sila ni Rehoboam: “Bigyan ninyo ako ng tatlong araw upang pag-isipan ang inyong kahilingan, saka kayo bumalik.” At umalis nga ang mga tao.
6 Sumangguni si Rehoboam sa matatandang tagapayo na naglingkod sa kanyang ama nang ito'y nabubuhay pa. Itinanong niya kung ano ang dapat niyang sabihin sa mga tao. 7 Ganito ang sabi ng matatanda: “Kapag magiging mabait kayo sa mga taong ito, at pagbibigyan ninyo sila sa kanilang kahilingan, paglilingkuran nila kayo nang tapat habang panahon.”
8 Ngunit binaliwala ni Rehoboam ang payo ng matatanda. Sa halip, sumangguni siya sa kanyang mga kababata na ngayo'y mga tagapayo niya. 9 Tinanong niya ang mga ito kung ano ang dapat niyang isagot sa mga taong humihiling na pagaanin ang pasaning ipinataw sa kanila ng kanyang ama.
10 Ganito naman ang sagot ng mga kabataan: “Sabihin mo sa kanila na ang iyong ama ay naging mahina. 11 Dagdagan mo pa ang pahirap sa kanila. Kung latigo ang panghampas sa kanila noon ng iyong ama, ngayon ay gawin mong tinik na bakal.”
12 Nang ikatlong araw, bumalik nga si Jeroboam at ang mga taong-bayan ayon sa sinabi sa kanila ni Rehoboam. 13 Taliwas sa payo ng matatanda, mabagsik ang sagot niya sa mga tao. 14 Ang sinunod niya'y ang payo ng mga kabataan. Sinabi niya, “Kung mabigat ang ipinapasan sa inyo ng aking ama, daragdagan ko pa iyan. Kung hinagupit niya kayo ng latigo, may tinik na bakal naman ang ihahagupit ko sa inyo.” 15 Hindi nga dininig ng hari ang karaingan ng bayan. Pinahintulutan iyon ng Diyos na si Yahweh upang matupad ang kanyang sinabi sa pamamagitan ni Ahias na taga-Shilo, tungkol kay Jeroboam na anak ni Nebat.
16 Nang(B) hindi sila pakinggan ng hari, sinabi nila: “Umuwi na tayo, O Israel! Ano bang mapapala natin kay David? Ano bang nagawa para sa atin ng anak ni Jesse? Bahala ka na sa buhay mo, Rehoboam!” At umuwi na ang mga mamamayan ng Israel. 17 Ngunit naghari si Rehoboam sa mga Israelitang naninirahan sa mga bayan ng Juda. 18 Sinugo ni Haring Rehoboam si Adoram, ang tagapangasiwa ng sapilitang paggawa sa sampung lipi ng Israel. Ngunit binato siya ng mga ito hanggang mamatay. Kaya't nagmamadaling sumakay sa karwahe si Rehoboam upang tumakas patungong Jerusalem. 19 Magmula noon, patuloy na naghimagsik sa paghahari ng angkan ni David ang sampung lipi ng Israel na nasa hilaga.
2 Chronicles 10
English Standard Version
The Revolt Against Rehoboam
10 (A)Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king. 2 And as soon as Jeroboam the son of Nebat heard of it (for he was in Egypt, (B)where he had fled from King Solomon), then Jeroboam returned from Egypt. 3 And they sent and called him. And Jeroboam and all Israel came and said to Rehoboam, 4 (C)“Your father made our yoke heavy. Now therefore lighten the hard service of your father and his heavy yoke on us, and we will serve you.” 5 He said to them, “Come to me again in three days.” So the people went away.
6 Then King Rehoboam took counsel with the old men,[a] who had stood before Solomon his father while he was yet alive, saying, “How do you advise me to answer this people?” 7 And they said to him, (D)“If you will be good to this people and please them and speak good words to them, then they will be your servants forever.” 8 But he abandoned the counsel that the old men gave him, and took counsel with the young men who had grown up with him and stood before him. 9 And he said to them, “What do you advise that we answer this people who have said to me, ‘Lighten the yoke that your father put on us’?” 10 And the young men who had grown up with him said to him, “Thus shall you speak to the people who said to you, ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, but you lighten it for us’; thus shall you say to them, ‘My little finger is thicker than my father's thighs. 11 And now, whereas my father laid on you a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke. My father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions.’”
12 So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king said, “Come to me again the third day.” 13 And the king answered them harshly; and forsaking the counsel of the old men, 14 King Rehoboam 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 disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions.” 15 So the king did not listen to the people, for it was a turn of affairs brought about by God that the Lord might fulfill his word, (E)which he spoke by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
16 And when all Israel saw that the king did not listen to them, the people answered the king, “What portion have we in David? We have no inheritance in the son of Jesse. (F)Each of you to your tents, O Israel! Look now to your own house, David.” So all Israel went to their tents. 17 But Rehoboam reigned over the people of Israel who lived in the cities of Judah. 18 Then King Rehoboam sent (G)Hadoram,[b] who was taskmaster over the forced labor, and the people of Israel stoned him to death with stones. And King Rehoboam quickly mounted his chariot to flee to Jerusalem. 19 So Israel has been in rebellion against the house of David to this day.
Footnotes
- 2 Chronicles 10:6 Or the elders; also verses 8, 13
- 2 Chronicles 10:18 Spelled Adoram in 1 Kings 12:18
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