Secondo libro delle Cronache 10

NOVA VULGATA	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Profectus est autem Roboam in Sichem; illuc enim cunctus Israel convenerat, ut constituerent eum regem.	1 Now Rehoboam set out for Shechem. For in that place all of Israel had convened, so that they might appoint him as king.
2 Quod cum audisset Ieroboam filius Nabat, qui erat in Aegypto — fugerat quippe illuc ante Salomonem — statim reversus est;	2 But when Jeroboam, the son of Nabat, who was in Egypt, (indeed he had fled to that place from Solomon) had heard it, he promptly returned.
3 vocaveruntque eum, et venit cum universo Israel, et locuti sunt ad Roboam dicentes:	3 And they summoned him, and he arrived with all of Israel. And they spoke to Rehoboam, saying:
4 “ Pater tuus durissimo iugo nos pressit; tu leviora impera patre tuo, qui nobis gravem imposuit servitutem, et paululum de onere subleva, et serviemus tibi ”.	4 “Your father pressed upon us a very difficult yoke. You should govern us more lightly than your father, who imposed on us a heavy servitude, and so lift up some of the burden, so that we may serve you.”
5 Qui ait: “ Post tres dies revertimini ad me ”. Cumque abisset populus,	5 But he said, “Return to me after three days.” And when the people had gone away,
6 iniit rex Roboam consilium cum senibus, qui steterant coram patre eius Salomone, dum adhuc viveret, dicens: “ Quid datis consilii, ut respondeam populo? ”.	6 he took counsel with the elders, who had stood before his father Solomon while he was still living, saying, “What counsel would you give to me, so that I may respond to the people?”
7 Qui dixerunt ei: “ Si placueris populo huic et lenieris eos verbis clementibus, servient tibi omni tempore ”.	7 And they said to him, “If you please this people, and if you soothe them with words of clemency, they will be your servants for all days.”
8 At ille reliquit consilium senum et cum iuvenibus tractare coepit, qui cum eo nutriti fuerant et erant in comitatu illius.	8 But he set aside the counsel of the elders, and he began to have discussion with the youth, who had been raised with him and who were among his companions.
9 Dixitque ad eos: “ Quid vobis videtur, vel respondere quid debemus populo huic, qui dixit mihi: “Subleva iugum, quod imposuit nobis pater tuus”? ”.	9 And he said to them: “How does it seem to you? Or how should I respond to this people, who have said to me, ‘Lift up the yoke that your father imposed upon us?’ ”
10 Et responderunt iuvenes, qui nutriti fuerant cum eo, atque dixerunt: “ Sic loqueris populo, qui dixit tibi: “Pater tuus aggravavit iugum nostrum, tu subleva”, et sic respondebis eis: Minimus digitus meus grossior est lumbis patris mei;	10 But they responded like youths, having been raised with him in luxury, and they said: “So shall you speak to the people, who said to you, ‘Your father made our yoke heavy; you should lighten it,’ and so shall you respond to them: ‘My little finger is thicker than the back of my father.
11 pater meus imposuit vobis iugum grave, et ego maius pondus apponam; pater meus cecidit vos flagellis, ego vero caedam scorpionibus ”.	11 My father imposed a heavy yoke upon you, and I will place more weight upon it. My father cut you with whips; truly, I will beat you with scorpions.’ ”
12 Venit ergo Ieroboam et universus populus ad Roboam die tertio, sicut praeceperat eis rex dicens: “Revertimini ad me die tertio ”.	12 Then Jeroboam, and the entire people, went to Rehoboam on the third day, just as he had instructed them.
13 Responditque rex dura, derelicto consilio seniorum;	13 And the king responded harshly, abandoning the counsel of the elders.
14 locutusque est iuxta iuvenum voluntatem: “ Pater meus grave vobis imposuit iugum, quod ego gravius faciam. Pater meus cecidit vos flagellis, ego vero caedam scorpionibus ”.	14 And he spoke according to the will of the youths: “My father imposed a heavy yoke upon you, which I will make heavier. My father cut you with whips; truly, I will beat you with scorpions.”
15 Et non acquievit populi precibus. Erat enim voluntatis Dei, ut compleretur sermo eius, quem locutus fuerat per manum Ahiae Silonitis ad Ieroboam filium Nabat.	15 And he did not acquiesce to the pleadings of the people. For it was the will of God that his word be fulfilled, which he had spoken by the hand of Ahijah, the Shilonite, to Jeroboam, the son of Nabat.
16 Israel autem universus videns quod noluisset eos audire rex, locutus est ad eum: “ Non est nobis pars in David, neque hereditas in filio Isai! Revertere in tabernacula tua, Israel! Tu autem vide domum tuam, David! ”. Et abiit Israel in tabernacula sua.	16 Then the entire people, speaking more harshly to the king, spoke to him in this way: “There is no portion for us in David, and there is no inheritance in the son of Jesse. Return to your dwellings, O Israel. Then you, O David, shall pasture your own house.” And Israel went away to their dwellings.
17 Super filios autem Israel, qui habitabant in civitatibus Iudae, regnavit Roboam.	17 But Rehoboam reigned over the sons of Israel who were living in the cities of Judah.
18 Misitque rex Roboam Adoram, qui praeerat servituti, et lapidaverunt eum filii Israel, et mortuus est. Porro rex Roboam currum festinavit ascendere et fugit in Ierusalem.	18 And king Rehoboam sent Aduram, who was in charge of the tributes. And the sons of Israel stoned him, and he died. And so king Rehoboam hurried to climb into the chariot, and he fled to Jerusalem.
19 Recessitque Israel a domo David usque ad diem hanc.	19 And Israel withdrew from the house of David, even to this day.