Roboam refusing the mild counsel of the Ancients, and following the rough counsel of the young men, 16. ten tribes revolt from him.Roboam refusing the milde counsel of the Ancientes, and following the rough counsel of the yongmen, 16. tenne tribes reuolt from him.✦
The second part. Diuision of the kingdom. Dauids issue reigning only in two tribes, which also are caried captiue into Babylon.
And Roboam went forth into Sichem: for thither all Israel was assembled, to make him king.AND Roboam went forth into Sichem: for thither al Israel was assembled, to make him king.Profectus est autem Roboam in Sichem : illuc enim cunctus Israël convenerat ut constituerent eum regem.
2Which when Jeroboam the son of Nabat had heard, who was in Egypt (for he was fled thither from Salomon) forthwith he returned.Which when Ieraboam the sonne of Nabat had heard, who was in Aegypt (for he was fled thither from Salomon) forthwith he returned.Quod cum audisset Jeroboam filius Nabat, qui erat in Ægypto (fugerat quippe illuc ante Salomonem), statim reversus est.
3And they called him, and he came with all Israel and spake to Roboam, saying:And they called him, & he came with al Israel & spake to Roboam, saying:Vocaveruntque eum, et venit cum universo Israël : et locuti sunt ad Roboam, dicentes :
4Thy father pressed us with a most hard yoke, do thou command lighter things than thy father, who laid upon us a heavy servitude, and ease thou a little of the burden, that we may serve thee.Thy father pressed vs with a most hard yoke, do thou command lighter thinges then thy father, who layd vpon vs a heauie seruitude, and ease thou a litle of the burden, that we may serue thee.Pater tuus durissimo jugo nos pressit : tu leviora impera patre tuo, qui nobis imposuit gravem servitutem, et paululum de onere subleva, ut serviamus tibi.
5Who said: After three days return ye to me. And when the people was gone,Who sayd: After three daies returne ye to me. And when the people was gone,Qui ait : Post tres dies revertimini ad me. Cumque abiisset populus,
6he took counsel with the senibus: people of long ago; the elders, senior men, which stood before his father Salomon, whiles he yet lived, saying: What counsel give you, that I may answer the people?he tooke counsel with the Ancientes, which stoode before his father Salomon, whiles he yet liued, saying: What counsel geue you, that I may answer the people?iniit consilium cum senibus qui steterant coram patre ejus Salomone dum adhuc viveret, dicens : Quid datis consilii ut respondeam populo ?
7Who said to him: If thou wilt please this people, and pacify them with words of clemency, they will serve thee at all times.Who sayd to him: If thou wilt please this people, and pacifie them with wordes of clemencie, they wil serue thee at al times.Qui dixerunt ei : Si placueris populo huic, et leniveris eos verbis clementibus, servient tibi omni tempore.
8But he forsook the counsel of the Ancients, and began to treat with young men, that had been brought up with him, and were in his comitatu: a series, or railway; retinue, attendant company.But he forsooke the counsel of the Ancientes, and began to treat with yongmen, that had beene brought vp with him, and were in his trayne.At ille reliquit consilium senum, et cum juvenibus tractare cœpit, qui cum eo nutriti fuerant, et erant in comitatu illius.
9And he said to them: What seemeth to you? or what shall I answer this people, which hath said to me: Ease the yoke which thy father laid upon us?And he sayd to them: What semeth to you? or what shal I answer this people, which hath sayd to me: Ease the yoke which thy father layd vpon vs?Dixitque ad eos : Quid vobis videtur ? vel respondere quid debeo populo huic, qui dixit mihi : Subleva jugum quod imposuit nobis pater tuus ?
10But they answered as young men, and brought up with him in deliciis: fineness, fragility; luxury, soft living, and said: Thus shalt thou speak to the people, that said to thee: Thy father aggravavit: provoked, annoyed; made heavier, weighed down our yoke, do thou ease it: and thus shalt thou answer them: My least finger is thicker than the loins of my father.But they answered as yongmen, and brought vp with him in delicanesse, and sayd: Thus shalt thou speake to the people, that sayd to thee: Thy father aggrauated our yoke, doe thou ease it: and thus shalt thou answer them: My least finger is thicker then the loynes of my father.At illi responderunt ut juvenes, et nutriti cum eo in deliciis, atque dixerunt : Sic loqueris populo qui dixit tibi : Pater tuus aggravavit jugum nostrum, tu subleva : et sic respondebis ei : Minimus digitus meus grossior est lumbis patris mei.
11My father laid upon you a heavy yoke, and I will add a greater weight: my father beat you with scourges, but I will beat you with scorpions.My father layd vpon yow an heauie yoke, and I wil adde a greater weight: my father bette you with scourges, but I wil beate you with scorpions.Pater meus imposuit vobis grave jugum, et ego majus pondus apponam ; pater meus cecidit vos flagellis, ego vero cædam vos scorpionibus.
12Jeroboam therefore came, and all the people to Roboam the third day, as he had commanded them.Ieroboam therfore came, and al the people to Roboam the third day, as he had commanded them.Venit ergo Jeroboam et universus populus ad Roboam die tertio, sicut præceperat eis.
13And the king answered rough words, leaving the counsel of the Ancients:And the king answered rough wordes, leauing the counsel of the Ancientes:Responditque rex dura, derelicto consilio seniorum :
14and he spake according to the young men's will: My father laid upon you a heavy yoke, which I will make heavier: my father beat you with scourges, but I will beat you with scorpions.and he spake according to the yongmens wil: My father layd vpon you a heauie yoke, which I wil make heauier: my father bette you with scourges, but I wil beate you with scorpions.locutusque est juxta juvenum voluntatem : Pater meus grave vobis imposuit jugum, quod ego gravius faciam ; pater meus cecidit vos flagellis, ego vero cædam vos scorpionibus.
15And he acquievit: deigned patronizingly; yielded, gave assent not to the people's requests: for it was the will of God, that his word should be accomplished, which he had spoken by the hand of Abias the Silonite to Jeroboam the son of Nabat.And he condescended not to the peoples requestes: for it was the wil of God, that his word should be accomplished, which he had spoken by the hand of Abias the Silonite to Ieroboam the sonne of Nabat.✦Et non acquievit populi precibus : erat enim voluntatis Dei ut compleretur sermo ejus quem locutus fuerat per manum Ahiæ Silonitis ad Jeroboam filium Nabat.
16And all the people when the king spake rough words, said thus unto him: We have no part in David, nor inheritance in the son of Isai. Return into thy tabernacles O Israel, and do thou feed thy house David. And Israel went into their tabernacles.And al the people when the king spake rough wordes, sayd thus vnto him: We haue no part in Dauid, nor inheritance in the sonne of Isai. Returne into thy tabernacles ò Israel, and do thou feede thy house Dauid. And Israel went into their tabernacles.Populus autem universus rege duriora dicente, sic locutus est ad eum : Non est nobis pars in David, neque hæreditas in filio Isai. Revertere in tabernacula tua, Israël ; tu autem pasce domum tuam David. Et abiit Israël in tabernacula sua.
17But over the children of Israel, that dwelt in the cities of Juda, Roboam reigned.But ouer the children of Israel, that dwelt in the cities of Iuda, Roboam reigned.Super filios autem Israël qui habitabant in civitatibus Juda, regnavit Roboam.
18And king Roboam sent Aduram, who was over the tributes, and the children of Israel stoned him, and he died: moreover king Roboam made haste to get up into his chariot, and fled into Jerusalem.And king Roboam sent Aduram, who was ouer the tributes, and the children of Israel stoned him, and he died: moreouer king Roboam made hast to get vp into his chariote, and fled into Ierusalem.Misitque rex Roboam Aduram, qui præerat tributis, et lapidaverunt eum filii Israël, et mortuus est : porro rex Roboam currum festinavit ascendere, et fugit in Jerusalem.
19And Israel revolted from the house of David until this day.And Israel reuolted from the house of Dauid vntil this day.Recessitque Israël a domo David, usque ad diem hanc.
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.