12 — 3 Kings (1 Kings)

1And Roboam went to Sichem: for thither were all Israel come together to make him king.E Roboamo si portò a Sichem, perocché ivi si era raunato tutto Israele per dichiararlo re.AND Roboam came into Sichem: for thither was al Israel gathered together to make him king.Venit autem Roboam in Sichem: illuc enim congregatus erat omnis Israël ad constituendum eum regem. 2But 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.Ma Geroboam figliuolo di Nabath essendo tutt'ora in Egitto, dove era fuggito per paura del re Salomone, avendo inteso, com' egli era morto, se ne tornò dall'Egitto;But Ieroboam the sonne of Nabat, when he was yet in Aegypt fugitiue from the face of king Salomon, hearing of his death, returned out of Aegypt.At vero Jeroboam filius Nabat, cum adhuc esset in Ægypto profugus a facie regis Salomonis, audita morte ejus, reversus est de Ægypto. 3And they sent and called him: and Jeroboam came, and all the multitude of Israel, and they spoke to Roboam, saying:Perocché aveano mandato a richiamarlo: andò adunque Geroboam, e tutta la moltitudine d'Israele a parlare a Roboamo, e gli dissero:And they sent and called him: Ieroboam therfore came, and al the multitude of Israel, and they spake to Roboam, saying.Miseruntque et vocaverunt eum: venit ergo Jeroboam, et omnis multitudo Israël, et locuti sunt ad Roboam, dicentes: 4Thy 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.Il padre tuo ci ha messo addosso un giogo asprissimo; ora tu mitiga alcun poco la durezza del governo del padre tuo, e il giogo asprissimo, ch'ei ci ha messo addosso, e noi saremo tuoi servi.Thy father layd a most hard yoke vpon vs: thou therfore diminish now a litle of thy fathers most hard empire, and of the most heauie yoke, that he layd vpon vs, and we wil serue thee.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. 5And he said to them: Go till the third day, and come to me again. And when the people was gone,Ed egli disse loro: Andate, e tornate da me di qui a tre giorni: e ritiratosi il popolo,Who sayd to them: Goe vntil the third day, and returne to me. And when the people was gone,Qui ait eis: Ite usque ad tertium diem, et revertimini ad me. Cumque abiisset populus, 6King 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?Il re Roboamo tenne consiglio coi seniori, i quali stavano attorno a Salomone suo padre, mentre era vivo, e disse: Che mi consigliate voi di rispondere a questo popolo?king Roboam tooke counsel with the ancientes, that assisted before Salomon his father, whiles he yet liued, and he sayd: What counsel doe you geue me, that I may answer this people?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 ?

7They 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.E quelli dissero a lui: Se tu oggi farai a modo di questo popolo, e ti adatterai, e ti piegherai alle loro dimande, e farai loro buone parole, ei saranno per sempre tuoi servi.Who sayd to him: If this day thou wilt yeld to this people, and condescend to them, and graunt to their petition, and wilt speake to them gentle wordes, they wil be thy seruantes alwaies.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. 8But 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.Ma egli abbandonò il consiglio datogli dai vecchi e consultò i giovani, che erano stati allevati con lui, e gli stavano intorno;Who leaft the counself of the ancientes, which they had geuen him, and admitted yongmen, that had bene brought vp with him, and wayted on him,Qui dereliquit consilium senum, quod dederant ei, et adhibuit adolescentes, qui nutriti fuerant cum eo, et assistebant illi, 9And 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?E disse loro: Che mi consigliate voi di rispondere a questo popolo, il quale mi ha detto: Aleggia il giogo messo addosso a noi dal padre tuo?and he sayd to them: What counsel geue you me, that I may answer this people, which haue sayd to me: Make the yoke lighter which thy father hath put vpon vs?dixitque ad eos: Quod mihi datis consilium, ut respondeam populo huic, qui dixerunt mihi: Levius fac jugum quod imposuit pater tuus super nos ? 10And 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.E que' giovani, che erano stati allevati con lui, gli dissero: A questa gente, la quale ti ha detto: Il padre tuo a posto un giogo pesante sopra di noi, alleggialo tu: risponderai in tal guisa: E più grosso il mio dito mignolo, che il dorso del padre mio.And the yongmen, that had bene brought vp with him, sayd: Thus speake to this people, which haue spoken to thee, saying: Thy father aggrauated our yoke, doe thou ease it. Thus shalt thou speake to them: My least finger is grosser then the backe of my father.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.

11And 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.Or il padre mio vi ha messo addosso un giogo pesante, e io aggraverò il vostro giogo: il padre mio vi ha battuti colle verghe, e io vi strazierò con gli scorpioni.And now my father layd vpon you a heauie yoke, but I wil adde vpon your yoke: my father bette you with scourges, but I wil beate you with scorpions.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. 12So Jeroboam, and all the people, came to Roboam the third day, as the king had appointed, saying: Come to me again the third day.Andò adunque Geroboam con tutto il popolo a trovare Roboamo il terzo giorno, conforme aveva ordinato il re, quando disse: Tornate da me fra tre giorni.Ieroboam therfore came, and al the people to Roboam the third day, as the king had spoken, saying: Returne to me the third day.Venit ergo Jeroboam et omnis populus ad Roboam die tertia, sicut locutus fuerat rex, dicens: Revertimini ad me die tertia. 13And the king answered the people roughly, leaving the counsel of the old men, which they had given him,E il re diede aspra risposta al popolo, abbandonando il consiglio dato a lui da' seniori;And the king answered the people rough wordes, leauing the counsel of the ancientes, which they had geuen him,Responditque rex populo dura, derelicto consilio seniorum quod ei dederant, 14And 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.Perocché egli parlò loro secondo il consiglio de' giovani, dicendo: Il padre mio vi ha imposto un giogo pesante, ma io aggraverò il vostro giogo: il padre mio vi battè colle verghe, e io vi strazierò cogli scorpioni.and he spake to them according to the counsel of the youngmen, saying: My father made your yoke heauie, but I wil adde to your yoke: my father bette you with whippes, but I wil beate you with scorpions.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. 15And 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.E il re non si piegò ai voti del popolo, perchè il Signore gli avea voltate le spalle, per adempiere la parola detta da lui per mezzo di Ahia Silonita, a Geroboam figliuolo di Nabath.And the king condescended not to the people: because our Lord was turned away from him, that he might rayse vp his word, which he had spoken in the hand of Ahias the Silonite, to Ieroboam the sonne of Nabat.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.

16Then 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.Il popolo adunque veggendo, come il re non avea voluto ascoltarli, prese a dire: Che abbiam noi da fare con Davidde? Che abbiam di comune col figliuolo d'Isai? Vattene alle tue tende, o Israele: governa ora la tua casa, o Davidde. È Israele se v'andò alle sue tende.The people therfore seing that the king would not heare them, answered him, saying: What part haue we in Dauid? or what inheritance in the sonne of Isai? Goe into thy tabernacles Israel, now see to thy house Dauid. And Israel went into their tabernacles.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. 17But as for all the children of Israel that dwelt in the cities of Juda, Roboam reigned over them.Ma di tutti i figliuoli d'Israele, che abitavano nelle città di Giuda, fu dichiarato re Roboamo.But ouer the children of Israel, whosoeuer dwelt in the cities of Iuda, Roboam reigned.Super filios autem Israël, quicumque habitabant in civitatibus Juda, regnavit Roboam. 18Then 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:Indi in re Roboamo mandò Aduram, che era soprintendente de' tributi, e tutto Israele lo lapidò, e restò morto. Allora il re Roboamo salì in fretta sul suo cocchio, e fuggi a Gerusalemme:King Roboam therfore sent Aduram, who was ouer the tributes: and al Israel stoned him, and he died, moreouer King Roboam in hast went vp into his chariote, and fled into Ierusalem: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: 19And Israel revolted from the house of David, unto this day.E Israele rimase diviso dalla casa di Davidde, com'è anche in oggi.and Israel reuolted from the house of Dauid, vntil this present day.recessitque Israël a domo David usque in præsentem diem. 20And 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.E avendo tutto Israele sentito dire, come Geroboam era tornato, raunatisi insieme mandarono a chiamarlo, e lo dichiararono re di tutto Israele; e nissuno tenne il partito della casa di Davidde, eccettuata la sola tribù di Giuda.And it came to passe when al Israel had heard, that Ieroboam was returned, they sent, and called him, an assemblie being gathered, and they made him king ouer al Israel, neither did any man folow the house of Dauid beside the tribe of Iuda onlie.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.

21And 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.Ma Roboamo arrivato che fu a Gerusalemme raunò tutta la casa di Giuda, e la tribù di Beniamin in numero di cento ottanta mila scelti combattenti, perchè facessero guerra alla casa d'Israele, e rendessero il regno a Roboamo figliuolo di Salomone.And Roboam came to Ierusalem, and gathered together al the house of Iuda, and the tribe of Benjamin, an hundred fourescore thousand chosen men warriers, to fight agaynst the house of Israel, and to reduce the kingdom to Roboam the sonne of Salomon.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. 22But the word of the Lord came to Semeias, the man of God, saying:Ma il Signore parlò a Semola uomo di Dio, e disse:But the word of our Lord came to Semeias the man of God, saying:Factus est autem sermo Domini ad Semeiam virum Dei, dicens: 23Speak 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:Parla a Roboamo figliuolo di Salomone, re di Giuda, e a tutta la casa di Giuda, e di Beniamin, e a tutto il resto del popolo, e dirai:Speake to Roboam the sonne of Salomon, the king of Iuda, and to al the house of Iuda, and Beniamin, and the rest of the people, saying:Loquere ad Roboam filium Salomonis regem Juda, et ad omnem domum Juda, et Benjamin, et reliquos de populo, dicens: 24Thus 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.Queste cose dice il Signore: Voi non vi moverete, né verrete a battaglia contro i vostri fratelli i figliuoli d'Israele: torni ciascuno a casa sua: perocché questa è cosa fatta da me. Ascoltaron quelli la parola del Signore, e se n'andarono, come avea comandato loro il Signore.Thus sayth our Lord: You shal not goe vp, neither shal you fight agaynst your brethren the children of Israel: let euerie man returne into his house, for this word is done by me. They heard the word of our Lord, and returned from their iourney as our Lord had commanded them.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.

25And Jeroboam built Sichem in mount Ephraim, and dwelt there, and going out from thence, he built Phanuel.Or Geroboam edificò Sichem sul monte Ephraim, e ivi abitò; e lasciata quella edificò Phanuel.And Ieroboam built Siehem in mount Ephraim, and dwelt there: and departing thence he built Phanuel.Ædificavit autem Jeroboam Sichem in monte Ephraim, et habitavit ibi: et egressus inde ædificavit Phanuel. 26And Jeroboam said in his heart: Now shall the kingdom return to the house of David,Andava però dicendo Geroboam in cuor suo: Or ora tornerà il regno alla casa di Davidde,And Ieroboam sayd in his hart: Now wil the kingdom returne to the house of Dauid,Dixitque Jeroboam in corde suo: Nunc revertetur regnum ad domum David, 27If 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.Se questo popolo va a Gerusalemme, per offerir sagrifizj nella casa del Signore, si volterà il cuore di questo popolo verso il suo signore Roboamo re di Giuda, e mi uccideranno, e torneranno a lui.if this people shal goe vp to make sacrifices in the house of our Lord into Ierusalem: and the hart of this people wil be turned to their lord Roboam the king of Iuda, and they wil kil me, and returne to him.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. 28And 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.E dopo molti pensieri fece fare due vitelli d'oro, e disse al popolo: Non andate più a Gerusalemme: ecco gli dei tuoi, o Israele, i quali ti trassero dalla terra d'Egitto.And finding out a deuise he made two golden calues, and sayd to them: Goe vp no more into Ierusalem: Behold thy goddes Israel, which brought thee out of the Land of Aegypt.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. 29And he set the one in Bethel, and the other in Dan:E ne pose uno a Bethel, e uno a Dan:And he put one in Bethel, and the other in Dan:Posuitque unum in Bethel, et alterum in Dan: 30And this thing became an occasion of sin: for the people went to adore the calf as far as Dan.E questo fu occasion di peccato; perocché il popolo andava sino a Dan ad adorare il vitello.and this thing was an occasion of sinne: for the people went to adore the calfe, as farre as Dan.et factum est verbum hoc in peccatum: ibat enim populus ad adorandum vitulum usque in Dan.

31And he made temples in the high places, and priests of the lowest of the people, who were not of the sons of Levi.Ed egli fece degli adoratori ne' luoghi elevati, e de' sacerdoti della feccia del popolo, i quali non erano della stirpe di Levi.And he made temples in the excelses, and priestes of the abiectes of the people, which were not of the children of Leui.Et fecit fana in excelsis, et sacerdotes de extremis populi, qui non erant de filiis Levi. 32And 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.E stabili un di solenne nell'ottavo mese, ai quindici del mese, a somiglianza della solennità, che si celebrava in Giuda; e salito all'altare, che egli avea fatto in Bethel, v'immolò ancor delle vittime ai vitelli fatti da lui, e in Bethel stabili sacerdoti de' luoghi eccelsi eretti da lui.And he appoynted a solemne day in the eight moneth, the fiftenth day of the moneth, after the similitude of the solemnitie, that was celebrated in Iuda. And going vp he made in like maner an altar in Bethel, to immolate to the calues, which he had framed: and he ordayned in Bethel priestes of the excelses, which he had made.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. 33And 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.E il dì quindici dell'ottavo mese, giorno che egli di suo capriccio rendè solenne pe' figliuoli d'Israele, salì all'altare, cui egli aveva eretto in Bethel, per abbruciarvi l'incenso.And he went vpon the altar, which he had built in Bethel, the fiftenth day of the eight moneth, which he had forged out of his owne hart: and he made a solemnitie to the children of Israel, and went vp vpon the altar, to burne incense.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.