Liber III Regum

Venit autem Roboam in Sichem: illuc enim congregatus erat omnis Israël ad constituendum eum regem.

And Roboam went to Sichem: for thither were all Israel come together to make him king.

Roboame autem veni in Sicheme: illuc nam congrega es omni Israële ad constitue illo rege.

At vero Jeroboam filius Nabat, cum adhuc esset in Ægypto profugus a facie regis Salomonis, audita morte ejus, reversus est de Ægypto.

But Jeroboam, the son of Nabat, who was yet in Egypt, a fugitive from the face of king Solomon, hearing of his death, returned out of Egypt.

Sed vero Ieroboame filio Nabate, cum adhuc es in Aegypto profunde ab facie de rege de Salomone, audi morte de illo, reverte es de Aegypto.

Miseruntque et vocaverunt eum: venit ergo Jeroboam, et omnis multitudo Israël, et locuti sunt ad Roboam, dicentes:

And they sent and called him: and Jeroboam came, and all the multitude of Israel, and they spoke to Roboam, saying:

Et mitte et voca illo: veni ergo Ieroboame, et omni multitudine Israële, et loque es ad Roboame, dicente:

Pater tuus durissimum jugum imposuit nobis: tu itaque nunc imminue paululum de imperio patris tui durissimo, et de jugo gravissimo quod imposuit nobis, et serviemus tibi.

Thy father laid a grievous yoke upon us: now, therefore, do thou take off a little of the grievous service of thy father, and of his most heavy yoke, which he put upon us, and we will serve thee.

Patre tuo impone dure iugo ad nos: te itaque nunc imminue paul(l)ulum de imperio de patre tuo duro, et de iugo gravi quod impone ad nos, et servi ad te.

Qui ait eis: Ite usque ad tertium diem, et revertimini ad me. Cumque abiisset populus,

And he said to them: Go till the third day, and come to me again. And when the people was gone,

Qui dic ad illos: greek.expression usque ad tertio die, et reverte ad me. Cumque populo i ab,

iniit consilium rex Roboam cum senioribus qui assistebant coram Salomone patre ejus cum adhuc viveret, et ait: Quod datis mihi consilium, ut respondeam populo huic?

King Roboam took counsel with the old men, that stood before Solomon, his father, while he yet lived, and he said: What counsel do you give me, that I may answer this people?

Rege Roboame intra consilio cum sene qui assiste coram Salomone patre de illo cum adhuc vive, et dic: quod da ad me consilio, ut responde ad populo ad hoc?

Qui dixerunt ei: Si hodie obedieris populo huic, et servieris, et petitioni eorum cesseris, locutusque fueris ad eos verba lenia, erunt tibi servi cunctis diebus.

They said to him: If thou wilt yield to this people to day, and condescend to them, and grant their petition, and wilt speak gentle words to them, they will be thy servants always.

Qui dic ad illo: si hodie obedi ad populo ad hoc, et servi, et ad petitione de illos cede, et locuto es ad illos verbos lene, es ad te servos cuncta dies.

Qui dereliquit consilium senum, quod dederant ei, et adhibuit adolescentes, qui nutriti fuerant cum eo, et assistebant illi,

But he left the counsel of the old men, which they had given him, and consulted with the young men that had been brought up with him, and stood before him.

Qui derelinque consilio de senes, quod da ad illo, et adhibe adolesce, qui nutri es cum eo, et assiste ad illo,

dixitque ad eos: Quod mihi datis consilium, ut respondeam populo huic, qui dixerunt mihi: Levius fac jugum quod imposuit pater tuus super nos?

And he said to them: What counsel do you give me, that I may answer this people, who have said to me: Make the yoke, which thy father put upon us, lighter?

Et dic ad illos: quod ad me da consilio, ut responde ad populo ad hoc, qui dic ad me: levio fac iugo patre tuo impone quod super nos?

Et dixerunt ei juvenes qui nutriti fuerant cum eo: Sic loqueris populo huic, qui locuti sunt ad te, dicentes: Pater tuus aggravavit jugum nostrum: tu releva nos. Sic loqueris ad eos: Minimus digitus meus grossior est dorso patris mei.

And the young men that had been brought up with him, said: Thus shalt thou speak to this people, who have spoken to thee, saying: Thy father made our yoke heavy, do thou ease us. Thou shalt say to them: My little finger is thicker than the back of my father.

Et iuvene ad illo qui nutri es cum eo dic: sic loque ad populo ad hoc, qui loque es ad te, dicente: patre tuo aggrava iugo nostro: te releva nos. Sic loque ad illos: minimo digito meo grosse es dorso de patre meo.

Et nunc pater meus posuit super vos jugum grave, ego autem addam super jugum vestrum: pater meus cecidit vos flagellis, ego autem cædam vos scorpionibus.

And now my father put a heavy yoke upon you, but I will add to your yoke: my father beat you with whips, but I will beat you with scorpions.

Et nunc patre meo pone super vos iugo gravi, me autem adde super iugo vestro: patre meo cade vos flagellos, me autem caede vos ad scorpiones.

Venit ergo Jeroboam et omnis populus ad Roboam die tertia, sicut locutus fuerat rex, dicens: Revertimini ad me die tertia.

So Jeroboam, and all the people, came to Roboam the third day, as the king had appointed, saying: Come to me again the third day.

Ieroboame ergo et omni populo veni ad Roboame die tertio, sicut locuto es rege, dicente: reverte ad me die tertio.

Responditque rex populo dura, derelicto consilio seniorum quod ei dederant,

And the king answered the people roughly, leaving the counsel of the old men, which they had given him,

Et responde rege ad populo duro, derelinque consilio sene quod ad illo da,

et locutus est eis secundum consilium juvenum, dicens: Pater meus aggravavit jugum vestrum, ego autem addam jugo vestro: pater meus cecidit vos flagellis, ego autem cædam vos scorpionibus.

And he spoke to them according to the counsel of the young men, saying: My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to your yoke: My father beat you with whips, but I will beat you with scorpions.

Et locuto es ad illos secundo consilio de iuvenos, dicente: patre meo aggrava iugo vestro, me autem adde iugo vestro: patre meo cade vos flagellos, me autem caede vos ad scorpiones.

Et non acquievit rex populo: quoniam aversatus fuerat eum Dominus, ut suscitaret verbum suum quod locutus fuerat in manu Ahiæ Silonitæ, ad Jeroboam filium Nabat.

And the king condescended not to the people: for the Lord was turned away from him, to make good his word, which he had spoken in the hand of Ahias, the Silonite, to Jeroboam, the son of Nabat.

Et non rege acquiesce ad populo: quia aversor es illo Domino, ut suscita verbo suo quod locuto es in manu de Ahiase de Silonita, ad Ieroboame filio Nabate.

Videns itaque populus quod noluisset eos audire rex, respondit ei dicens: Quæ nobis pars in David? vel quæ hæreditas in filio Isai? vade in tabernacula tua, Israël: nunc vide domum tuam, David. Et abiit Israël in tabernacula sua.

Then the people, seeing that the king would not hearken to them, answered him, saying: What portion have we in David? or what inheritance in the son of Isai? Go home to thy dwellings, O Israel: now, David, look to thy own house. So Israel departed to their dwellings.

Vidente itaque populo quod rege illos audire ne vol, responde ad illo dicente: que ad nos parte in Davide? Vel que haereditate in filio Isa? Vade in tabernaculos tuo, Israële: nunc vide domo tuo, Davide. Et i ab Israële in tabernaculos suo.

Super filios autem Israël, quicumque habitabant in civitatibus Juda, regnavit Roboam.

But as for all the children of Israel that dwelt in the cities of Juda, Roboam reigned over them.

Super filios autem Israële, omni habita in civitates Iuda, regna Roboame.

Misit ergo rex Roboam Aduram, qui erat super tributa: et lapidavit eum omnis Israël, et mortuus est. Porro rex Roboam festinus ascendit currum, et fugit in Jerusalem:

Then king Roboam sent Aduram, who was over the tribute: and all Israel stoned him, and he died. Wherefore king Roboam made haste to get him up into his chariot, and he fled to Jerusalem:

Mitte ergo rege Roboame Adura, qui es super tributos: et omni Israële lapida illo, et morto es. Porro rege Roboame ferti ascende curro, et fuge in Ierusalem:

recessitque Israël a domo David usque in præsentem diem.

And Israel revolted from the house of David, unto this day.

Et Israële recede ab domo Davide usque in praesenti die.

Factum est autem cum audisset omnis Israël quod reversus esset Jeroboam, miserunt, et vocaverunt eum congregato cœtu, et constituerunt eum regem super omnem Israël: nec secutus est quisquam domum David præter tribum Juda solam.

And it came to pass when all Israel heard that Jeroboam was come again, that they gathered an assembly, and sent and called him, and made him king over all Israel, and there was none that followed the house of David but the tribe of Juda only.

Facto es autem cum omni Israële audi quod reverte es Ieroboame, mitte, et voca illo congrega coetu, et constitue illo rege super omni Israële: nec secuto es ullo domo Davide praeter tribu Iuda solo.

Venit autem Roboam Jerusalem, et congregavit universam domum Juda, et tribum Benjamin, centum octoginta millia electorum virorum bellatorum, ut pugnarent contra domum Israël, et reducerent regnum Roboam filio Salomonis.

And Roboam came to Jerusalem, and gathered together all the house of Juda, and the tribe of Benjamin, a hundred fourscore thousand chosen men for war, to fight against the house of Israel, and to bring the kingdom again under Roboam, the son of Solomon.

Roboame autem Ierusalem veni, et congrega universa domo Iuda, et tribu Beniamine, cento octoginta mile elige de viros de bellatos, ut pugna contra domo Israële, et reduce regno Roboame ad filio de Salomone.

Factus est autem sermo Domini ad Semeiam virum Dei, dicens:

But the word of the Lord came to Semeias, the man of God, saying:

Facto es autem sermone de Domino ad Semeia viro de Deo, dicente:

Loquere ad Roboam filium Salomonis regem Juda, et ad omnem domum Juda, et Benjamin, et reliquos de populo, dicens:

Speak to Roboam, the son of Solomon, the king of Juda, and to all the house of Juda, and Benjamin, and the rest of the people, saying:

Loque ad Roboame filio de Salomone rege Iuda, et ad omni domo Iuda, et Beniamine, et reliqua de populo, dicente:

Hæc dicit Dominus: Non ascendetis, neque bellabitis contra fratres vestros filios Israël: revertatur vir in domum suam: a me enim factum est verbum hoc. Audierunt sermonem Domini, et reversi sunt de itinere, sicut eis præceperat Dominus.

Thus saith the Lord: You shall not go up, nor fight against your brethren, the children of Israel: let every man return to his house, for this thing is from me. They hearkened to the word of the Lord, and returned from their journey, as the Lord had commanded them.

Domino dic hoc: non ascende, neque bella contra fratres vestro filios Israële: viro reverte in domo suo: ab me nam facto es verbo hoc. Audi sermone de Domino, et reverte es de itinere, sicut ad illos Domino praecipie.

Ædificavit autem Jeroboam Sichem in monte Ephraim, et habitavit ibi: et egressus inde ædificavit Phanuel.

And Jeroboam built Sichem in mount Ephraim, and dwelt there, and going out from thence, he built Phanuel.

Dedifica autem Ieroboame Sicheme in monte Ephraeme, et habita ibi: et egredior inde aedifica Phanuele.

Dixitque Jeroboam in corde suo: Nunc revertetur regnum ad domum David,

And Jeroboam said in his heart: Now shall the kingdom return to the house of David,

Et Ieroboame dic in corde suo: nunc regno reverte ad domo Davide,

si ascenderit populus iste ut faciat sacrificia in domo Domini in Jerusalem: et convertetur cor populi hujus ad dominum suum Roboam regem Juda, interficientque me, et revertentur ad eum.

If this people go up to offer sacrifices in the house of the Lord at Jerusalem: and the heart of this people will turn to their lord Roboam, the king of Juda, and they will kill me, and return to him.

Si populo isto ascende ut que fac sacrificios in domo de Domino in Ierusalem: et corde de populo de hoc converte ad domino suo Roboame rege Iuda, et interfice me, et reverte ad illo.

Et excogitato consilio fecit duos vitulos aureos, et dixit eis: Nolite ultra ascendere in Jerusalem: ecce dii tui Israël, qui te eduxerunt de terra Ægypti.

And finding out a device, he made two golden calves, and said to them: Go ye up no more to Jerusalem: Behold thy gods, O Israel, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt.

Et excogita consilio fac duo vitulo aurea, et dic ad illos: ne vol ultra ascende in Ierusalem: ecce deos tuo Israële, qui educe te de terra de Aegypto.

Posuitque unum in Bethel, et alterum in Dan:

And he set the one in Bethel, and the other in Dan:

Et pone uno in Bethele, et altero in Dano:

et factum est verbum hoc in peccatum: ibat enim populus ad adorandum vitulum usque in Dan.

And this thing became an occasion of sin: for the people went to adore the calf as far as Dan.

Et facto es verbo hoc in peccato: populo nam i ad adora vitulo usque in Dano.

Et fecit fana in excelsis, et sacerdotes de extremis populi, qui non erant de filiis Levi.

And he made temples in the high places, and priests of the lowest of the people, who were not of the sons of Levi.

Et fac fanos in excelsos, et sacerdotes de extremo de populo, qui non es de filios Levi.

Constituitque diem solemnem in mense octavo, quintadecima die mensis, in similitudinem solemnitatis quæ celebrabatur in Juda. Et ascendens altare, similiter fecit in Bethel, ut immolaret vitulis quos fabricatus fuerat: constituitque in Bethel sacerdotes excelsorum quæ fecerat.

And he appointed a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, after the manner of the feast that was celebrated in Juda. And going up to the altar, he did in like manner in Bethel, to sacrifice to the calves, which he had made: and he placed in Bethel priests of the high places, which he had made.

Et constitue die solvemne in mense octavo, quintadecima die de mense, in similitudine de solemnitate que celebra in Iuda. Et ascende altari, similiter fac in Bethele, ut immola vitulos que fabricor es: et constitue in Bethele sacerdotes de excelsores que fac.

Et ascendit super altare quod exstruxerat in Bethel, quintadecima die mensis octavi, quem finxerat de corde suo: et fecit solemnitatem filiis Israël, et ascendit super altare, ut adoleret incensum.

And he went up to the altar, which he had built in Bethel, on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, which he had devised of his own heart: and he ordained a feast to the children of Israel, and went up on the altar to burn incense.

Et ascende super altari quod exstrue in Bethele, quintadecima die de mense de octavo, quem finge de corde suo: et fac solemnitate ad filios Israële, et ascende super altari, ut adole incenso.