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1 i Mbretërve 12
Albanian Bible
1 i Mbretërve 12
Albanian Bible
12 Roboami shkoi në Sikem, sepse tërë Izraeli kishte ardhur aty për ta bërë mbret.
2 Kur Jeroboami, bir i Nebatit, e mësoi këtë (ai ishte në Egjipt, ku kishte ikur larg pranisë së mbretit Salomon), dhe Jeroboami jetonte në Egjipt.
3 Atëherë dërguan ta thërrasin. Kështu Jeroboami dhe tërë asambleja e Izraelit erdhën t’i flasin Roboamit dhe i thanë:
4 "Yt atë e ka bërë zgjedhën tonë të rënde; tani ti lehtëso skllavërinë e ashpër të atit tënd dhe zgjedhën e rëndë që na ka imponuar dhe ne do të të shërbejmë".
5 Ai iu përgjigj atyre: "Shkoni dhe kthehuni tek unë pas tri ditëve". Dhe populli iku.
6 Atëherë mbreti Roboam u këshillua me pleqtë që kishin qenë në shërbim të atit të tij, Salomonit, kur ishte i gjallë, dhe u tha: "Çfarë më këshilloni t’i përgjigjem këtij populli?".
7 Ata iu përgjigjën, duke thënë: "Në rast se sot ti do të bëhesh shërbëtor i këtij populli dhe do t’i shërbesh, në rast se do të tregohesh mirëdashës me ta dhe do t’u thuash fjalë të mira, ata do të jenë shërbëtorë të tu përjetë".
8 Por Roboami hodhi poshtë këshillën që i dhanë pleqtë dhe u këshillua me të rinjtë që ishin rritur me të dhe ishin në shërbim të tij,
9 dhe u tha atyre: "Çfarë më këshilloni t’i përgjigjem këtij populli që më foli, duke më thënë: "Lehtëso zgjedhën që na ka vënë yt atë"?".
10 Atëherë të rinjtë që ishin rritur me të iu përgjigjën, duke thënë: Kështu do t’i përgjigjesh këtij populli që të është drejtuar ty duke tëë thënë: "Yt atë e ka bërë të rëndë zgjedhën tonë; tani ti lehtësoje atë". Kështu do t’u thuash atyre: "Gishti im i vogël është më i trashë nga brinjët e atit tim;
11 prandaj, në qoftë se im atë ju ka ngarkuar me një zgjedhë të rëndë, unë do ta bëj atë edhe më të rëndë; në qoftë se im atë ju ka dënuar me fshikull, unë do t’ju dënoj me kamxhik"".
12 Tri ditë më vonë Jeroboami dhe tërë populli erdhën te Roboami, ashtu si kishte urdhëruar mbreti, duke thënë: "Kthehuni tek unë pas tri ditëve".
13 Mbreti iu përgjigj ashpër popullit, duke mos pranuar këshillën që i kishin dhënë pleqtë;
14 përkundrazi i foli popullit sipas këshillës së të rinjve, duke thënë: Im atë e ka bërë të rëndë zgjedhën tuaj; por unë do ta bëj edhe më tëë rëndë; im atë ju ka dënuar me fshikull, kurse unë do t’ju dënoj me kamxhik".
15 Kështu mbreti nuk mori parasysh kërkesën e popullit, sepse rrjedha e ngjarjeve varej nga Zoti, në mënyrë që të përmbushej fjala që Zoti i kishte drejtuar Jeroboamit, birit të Nebatit, me anë të Ahijahut nga Shiloh.
16 Kur tërë Izraeli pa që mbreti nuk e dëgjonte, iu përgjigj atij duke i thënë: "Çfarë pjese kemi ne me Davidin? Nuk kemi asnjë trashëgimi me të birin e Isait! Në çadrat e tua, o Izrael! Tani kujdesohu për shtëpinë tënde, o David!". Kështu Izraeli u tërhoq në çadrat e tij.
17 Por mbi bijtë e Izraelit që banonin në qytetet e Judës mbretëronte Roboami.
18 Mbreti Roboam dërgoi Adoramin, të ngarkuarin me haraçet, por tërë Izraeli e qëlloi me gurë dhe ai vdiq. Atëherë mbreti Roboam shpejtoi të hipë mbi një qerre për të ikur në Jeruzalem.
19 Kështu Izraeli ngriti krye kundër shtëpisë së Davidit deri në ditën e sotme.
20 Kur tërë Izraeli dëgjoi që Jeroboami ishte kthyer, dërgoi ta thërrasë dhe të paraqitej përpara asamblesë dhe, e bëri mbret mbi tërë Izraelin. Asnjeri nuk e ndoqi shtëpinë e Davidit, me përjashtim të të vetmit fis të Judës.
21 Roboami, me të arritur në Jeruzalem, mblodhi tërë shtëpinë e Judës dhe fisin e Beniaminit, njëqind e tetëdhjetë mijë luftëtarë të zgjedhur për të luftuar kundër shtëpisë së Izraelit dhe për t’i kthyer kështu mbretërinë Roboamit, birit të Salomonit.
22 Por fjala e Perëndisë iu drejtua Shemajahut, njeriut të Perëndisë, duke i thënë:
23 "Folë me Roboamin, birin e Salomonit, mbret të Judës, me tërë shtëpinë e Judës dhe të Beniaminit dhe pjesës tjetër të popullit, dhe u thuaj atyre:
24 Kështu flet Zoti: "Mos dilni të luftoni kundër vëllezërve tuaj, bijve të Izraelit! Secili të kthehet në shtëpinë e tij, sepse kjo gjë vjen nga unë". Ata iu bindën fjalës të Zotit dhe u kthyen prapa, sipas fjalës të Zotit.
25 Pastaj Jeroboami ndërtoi Sikemin në zonën malore të Efraimit dhe u vendos aty; pastaj doli që andej dhe ndërtoi Penuelin.
26 Jeroboami tha në zemër të vet: "Tani mbretëria do t’i kthehet me sa duket shtëpisë së Davidit.
27 Në rast se ky popull shkon në Jeruzalem për t’ë ofruar flijime në shtëpinë e Zotit, zemra e këtij populli do të kthehet përsëri nga zotëria e tij, nga Roboami, mbret i Judës; kështu do të më vrasin dhe do të kthehen nga Roboami, mbret i Judës".
28 Mbasi u këshillua, mbreti bëri dy viça prej ari dhe i tha popullit: Éshtë shumë për ju të shkoni deri në Jeruzalem! O Izrael, ja ku janëë perënditë e tua që të kanë nxjerrë nga vendi i Egjiptit!".
29 Pastaj vendosi njerin prej tyre në Bethel dhe tjetrin në Dan.
30 Ky ishte shkaku i mëkatit, sepse populli shkonte deri në Dan për të rënë përmbys përpara një viçi.
31 Ai ndërtoi edhe tempuj mbi vendet e larta dhe bëri priftërinj duke i marrë nga të gjitha shtresat, por që nuk ishin bij të Levit.
32 Jeroboami caktoi një festë në muajin e tetë, ditën e pesëmbëdhjetë të muajit, të njëllojtë me festën që kremtohej në Judë dhe ofroi flijime mbi altarin. Kështu veproi në Bethel për të flijuar viçat që ai kishte bërë; dhe në Bethel vendosi priftërinjtë e vendeve të larta që kishte ngritur.
33 Ditën e pesëmbëdhjetë të muajit të tetë, muaj i zgjedhur nga ai vetë, Jeroboami u ngjit në altarin që kishte ndërtuar në Bethel; caktoi një festë për bijtë e Izraelit dhe u ngjit në altar për të djegur temjan.
1 Kings 12
New International Version
1 Kings 12
New International Version
Israel Rebels Against Rehoboam(A)
12 Rehoboam went to Shechem,(B) for all Israel had gone there to make him king. 2 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. 3 So they sent for Jeroboam, and he and the whole assembly of Israel went to Rehoboam and said to him: 4 “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.”
5 Rehoboam answered, “Go away for three days and then come back to me.” So the people went away.
6 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.
7 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.”
8 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. 9 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 Kings 12:2 Or he remained in
- 1 Kings 12:18 Some Septuagint manuscripts and Syriac (see also 4:6 and 5:14); Hebrew Adoram
- 1 Kings 12:25 Hebrew Penuel, a variant of Peniel
- 1 Kings 12:30 Probable reading of the original Hebrew text; Masoretic Text people went to the one as far as Dan
1 Kings 12
King James Version
1 Kings 12
King James Version
12 And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all Israel were come to Shechem to make him king.
2 And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who was yet in Egypt, heard of it, (for he was fled from the presence of king Solomon, and Jeroboam dwelt in Egypt;)
3 That they sent and called him. And Jeroboam and all the congregation of Israel came, and spake unto Rehoboam, saying,
4 Thy father made our yoke grievous: now therefore make thou the grievous service of thy father, and his heavy yoke which he put upon us, lighter, and we will serve thee.
5 And he said unto them, Depart yet for three days, then come again to me. And the people departed.
6 And king Rehoboam consulted with the old men, that stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, and said, How do ye advise that I may answer this people?
7 And they spake unto him, saying, If thou wilt be a servant unto this people this day, and wilt serve them, and answer them, and speak good words to them, then they will be thy servants for ever.
8 But he forsook the counsel of the old men, which they had given him, and consulted with the young men that were grown up with him, and which stood before him:
9 And he said unto them, What counsel give ye that we may answer this people, who have spoken to me, saying, Make the yoke which thy father did put upon us lighter?
10 And the young men that were grown up with him spake unto him, saying, Thus shalt thou speak unto this people that spake unto thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it lighter unto us; thus shalt thou say unto them, My little finger shall be thicker than my father's loins.
11 And now whereas my father did lade you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke: my father hath chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
12 So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king had appointed, saying, Come to me again the third day.
13 And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the old men's counsel that they gave him;
14 And spake to them after the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, and I will add to your yoke: my father also chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
15 Wherefore the king hearkened not unto the people; for the cause was from the Lord, that he might perform his saying, which the Lord spake by Ahijah the Shilonite unto Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
16 So when all Israel saw that the king hearkened not unto them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: to your tents, O Israel: now see to thine own house, David. So Israel departed unto their tents.
17 But as for the children of Israel which dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.
18 Then king Rehoboam sent Adoram, who was over the tribute; and all Israel stoned him with stones, that he died. Therefore king Rehoboam made speed to get him up to his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem.
19 So Israel rebelled against the house of David unto this day.
20 And it came to pass, when all Israel heard that Jeroboam was come again, that they sent and called him unto the congregation, and made him king over all Israel: there was none that followed the house of David, but the tribe of Judah only.
21 And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he assembled all the house of Judah, with the tribe of Benjamin, an hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men, which were warriors, to fight against the house of Israel, to bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam the son of Solomon.
22 But the word of God came unto Shemaiah the man of God, saying,
23 Speak unto Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and unto all the house of Judah and Benjamin, and to the remnant of the people, saying,
24 Thus saith the Lord, Ye shall not go up, nor fight against your brethren the children of Israel: return every man to his house; for this thing is from me. They hearkened therefore to the word of the Lord, and returned to depart, according to the word of the Lord.
25 Then Jeroboam built Shechem in mount Ephraim, and dwelt therein; and went out from thence, and built Penuel.
26 And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now shall the kingdom return to the house of David:
27 If this people go up to do sacrifice in the house of the Lord at Jerusalem, then shall the heart of this people turn again unto their lord, even unto Rehoboam king of Judah, and they shall kill me, and go again to Rehoboam king of Judah.
28 Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold, and said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
29 And he set the one in Bethel, and the other put he in Dan.
30 And this thing became a sin: for the people went to worship before the one, even unto Dan.
31 And he made an house of high places, and made priests of the lowest of the people, which were not of the sons of Levi.
32 And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like unto the feast that is in Judah, and he offered upon the altar. So did he in Bethel, sacrificing unto the calves that he had made: and he placed in Bethel the priests of the high places which he had made.
33 So he offered upon the altar which he had made in Bethel the fifteenth day of the eighth month, even in the month which he had devised of his own heart; and ordained a feast unto the children of Israel: and he offered upon the altar, and burnt incense.
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