1 Kings 12

1 रहूबियाम तो शकेम को गया, क्योंकि सब इस्राएली उसको राजा बनाने के लिये वहीं गए थे।

2 और जब नबात के पुत्र यारोबाम ने यह सुना, ( जो अब तक मिस्र में रहता था, क्योंकि यारोबाम सुलैमान राजा के डर के मारे भगकर मिस्र में रहता था।

3 सो उन लोगों ने उसको बुलवा भेजा ) तब यारोबाम और इस्राएल की समस्त सभा रहूबियाम के पास जा कर यों कहने लगी,

4 कि तेरे पिता ने तो हम लोगों पर भारी जूआ डाल रखा था, तो अब तू अपने पिता की कठिन सेवा को, और उस भारी जूए को, जो उसने हम पर डाल रखा है, कुछ हलका कर; तब हम तेरे आधीन रहेंगे।

5 उसने कहा, उभी तो जाओ, और तीन दिन के बाद मेरे पास फिर आना। तब वे चले गए।

6 तब राजा रहूबियाम ने उन बूढ़ों से जो उसके पिता सुलैमान के जीवन भर उसके साम्हने उपस्थित रहा करते थे सम्मति ली, कि इस प्रजा को कैसा उत्तर देना उचित है, इस में तुम क्या सम्मति देते हो?

7 उन्होंने उसको यह उत्तर दिया, कि यदि तू अभी प्रजा के लोगों का दास बनकर उनके आधीन हो और उन से मधुर बातें कहे, तो वे सदैव तेरे आधीन बने रहेंगे।

8 रहूबियाम ने उस सम्मति को छोड़ दिया, जो बूढ़ों ने उसको दी थी,और उन जवानों से सम्मति ली, जो उसके संग बड़े हुए थे, और उसके सम्मुख उपस्थित रहा करते थे।

9 उन से उसने पूछा, मैं प्रजा के लोगों को कैसा उत्तर दूं? उस में तुम क्या सम्मति देते हो? उन्हो ने तो मुझ से कहा है, कि जो जूआ तेरे पिता ने हम पर डाल रखा है, उसे तू हलका कर।

10 जवानों ने जो उसके संग बड़े हुए थे उसको यह उत्तर दिया, कि उन लोगों ने तुझ से कहा है, कि तेरे पिता ने हमारा जूआ भारी किया था, परन्तु तू उसे हमारे लिऐ हलका कर; तू उन से यों कहना, कि मेरी छिंगुलिया मेरे पिता की कमर से भी मोटी है।

11 मेरे पिता ने तुम पर जो भारी जूआ रखा था, उसे मैं और भी भारी करूंगा; मेरा पिता तो तुम को कोड़ों से ताड़ना देता था, परन्तु मैं बिच्छुओं से दूंगा।

12 तीसरे दिन, जैसे राजा ने ठहराया था, कि तीसरे दिन मेरे पास फिर आना, वैसे ही यारोबाम और समस्त प्रजागण रहूबियाम के पास उपस्थित हुए।

13 तब राजा ने प्रजा से कड़ी बातें कीं,

14 और बूढ़ों की दी हुई सम्मति छोड़कर, जवानों की सम्मति के अनुसार उन से कहा, कि मेरे पिता ने तो तुम्हारा जूआ भारी कर दिया, परन्तु मैं उसे और भी भारी कर दूंगा: मेरे पिता ने तो कोड़ों से तुम को ताड़ना दी, परन्तु मैं तुम को बिच्छुओं से ताड़ना दूंगा।

15 सो राजा ने प्रजा की बात नहीं मानी, इसका कारण यह है, कि जो वचन यहोवा ने शीलोवासी अहिय्याह के द्वारा नबात के पुत्र यारोबाम से कहा था, उसको पूरा करने के लिये उसने ऐसा ही ठहराया था।

16 जब सब इस्राएल ने देखा कि राजा हमारी नहीं सुनता, तब वे बोले, कि दाऊद के साथ हमारा क्या अंश? हमारा तो यिशै के पुत्र में कोई भाग नहीं! हे इस्राएल अपने अपने डेरे को चले जाओ: अब हे दाऊद, अपने ही घराने की चिन्ता कर।

17 सो इस्राएल अपने अपने डेरे को चले गए। केवल जितने इस्राएली यहूदा के नगरों में बसे हुए थे उन पर रहूबियाम राज्य करता रहा।

18 तब राजा रहूबियाम ने अदोराम को जो सब बेगारों पर अधिकारी था, भेज दिया, और सब इस्राएलियों ने उस को पत्थर्वाह किया, और वह मर गया: तब रहूबियाम फुतीं से अपने रथ पर चढ़ कर यरूशलेम को भाग गया।

19 और इस्राएल दाऊद के घराने से फिर गया, और आज तक फिरा जुआ है।

20 यह सुनकर कि यारोबाम लौट आया है, समस्त इस्राएल ने उसको मणडली में बुलवा भेज कर, पूर्ण इस्राएल के ऊपर राजा नियुक्त किया, और यहूदा के गोत्र को छोड़ कर दाऊद के घाराने से कोई मिला न रहा।

21 जब रहूबियाम यरूशलेम को आया, तब उसने यहूदा के पूर्ण घराने को, और बिन्यामीन के गोत्र को, जो मिलकर एक लाख अस्सी हजार अच्छे योद्धा थे, इकट्ठा किया, कि वे इस्राएल के घराने के साथ लड़ कर सुलैमान के पुत्र रहूबियाम के वश में फिर राज्य कर दें।

22 तब परमेश्वर का यह वचन परमेश्वर के जन शमायाह के पास पहुंचा कि यहूदा के राजा सुलैमान के पुत्र रहूबियाम से,

23 और यहूदा और बिन्यामीन के सब घराने से, और सब लोगों से कह, यहोवा यों कहता है,

24 कि अपने भाई इस्राएलियों पर चढ़ाई करके युद्ध न करो; तुम अपने अपने घर लौट जाओ, क्योंकि यह बात मेरी ही ओर से हुई है। यहोवा का यह वचन मान कर उन्होंने उसके अनुसार लौट जाने को अपना अपना मार्ग लिया।

25 तब यारोबाम एप्रैम के पहाड़ी देश के शकेम नगर को दृढ़ करके उस में रहने लगा; फिर वहां से निकल कर पनूएल को भी दृढ़ किया।

26 तब यारोबाम सोचने लगा, कि अब राज्य दाऊद के घराने का हो जाएगा।

27 यदि प्रजा के लोग यरूशलेम में बलि करने को जाएं, तो उनका मन अपने स्वामी यहूदा के राजा रहूबियाम की ओर फिरेगा, और वे मुझे घात करके यहूदा के राजा रहूबियाम के हो जाएंगे।

28 तो राजा ने सम्मति ले कर सोने के दो बछड़े बनाए और लोगों से कहा, यरूशलेम को जाना तुम्हारी शक्ति से बाहर है इसलिये हे इस्राएल अपने देवताओं को देखो, जो तुम्हें मिस्र देश से निकाल लाए हैं।

29 तो उसने एक बछड़े को बेतेल, और दूसरे को दान में स्थापित किया।

30 और यह बात पाप का कारण हुई; क्योंकि लोग उस एक के साम्हने दण्डवत करने को दान तक जाने लगे।

31 और उसने ऊंचे स्थानों के भवन बनाए, और सब प्रकार के लोगों में से जो लेवीवंशी न थे, याजक ठहराए।

32 फिर यारोबाम ने आठवें महीने के पन्द्रहवें दिन यहूदा के पर्व के समान एक पर्व ठहरा दिया, और वेदी पर बलि चढ़ाने लगा; इस रीति उसने बेतेल में अपने बनाए हुए बछड़ों के लिये वेदी पर, बलि किया, और अपने बनाए हुए ऊंचे स्थानों के याजकों को बेतेल में ठहरा दिया।

33 और जिस महीने की उसने अपने मन में कल्पना की थी अर्थात आठवें महीने के पन्द्रहवें दिन को वह बेतेल में अपनी बनाई हुई वेदी के पास चढ़ गया। उसने इस्राएलियों के लिये एक पर्व्व ठहरा दिया, और धूप जलाने को वेदी के पास चढ़ गया।

1 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 Beth-el, 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 Beth-el, sacrificing unto the calves that he had made: and he placed in Beth-el the priests of the high places which he had made.

33 So he offered upon the altar which he had made in Beth-el 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.

1 For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard.

2 And when he had agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard.

3 And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace,

4 And said unto them; Go ye also into the vineyard, and whatsoever is right I will give you. And they went their way.

5 Again he went out about the sixth and ninth hour, and did likewise.

6 And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle, and saith unto them, Why stand ye here all the day idle?

7 They say unto him, Because no man hath hired us. He saith unto them, Go ye also into the vineyard; and whatsoever is right, that shall ye receive.

8 So when even was come, the lord of the vineyard saith unto his steward, Call the labourers, and give them their hire, beginning from the last unto the first.

9 And when they came that were hired about the eleventh hour, they received every man a penny.

10 But when the first came, they supposed that they should have received more; and they likewise received every man a penny.

11 And when they had received it, they murmured against the goodman of the house,

12 Saying, These last have wrought but one hour, and thou hast made them equal unto us, which have borne the burden and heat of the day.

13 But he answered one of them, and said, Friend, I do thee no wrong: didst not thou agree with me for a penny?

14 Take that thine is, and go thy way: I will give unto this last, even as unto thee.

15 Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good?

16 So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen.

17 And Jesus going up to Jerusalem took the twelve disciples apart in the way, and said unto them,

18 Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be betrayed unto the chief priests and unto the scribes, and they shall condemn him to death,

19 And shall deliver him to the Gentiles to mock, and to scourge, and to crucify him: and the third day he shall rise again.

20 Then came to him the mother of Zebedee’s children with her sons, worshipping him, and desiring a certain thing of him.

21 And he said unto her, What wilt thou? She saith unto him, Grant that these my two sons may sit, the one on thy right hand, and the other on the left, in thy kingdom.

22 But Jesus answered and said, Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of, and to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with? They say unto him, We are able.

23 And he saith unto them, Ye shall drink indeed of my cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with: but to sit on my right hand, and on my left, is not mine to give, but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared of my Father.

24 And when the ten heard it, they were moved with indignation against the two brethren.

25 But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them.

26 But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister;

27 And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant:

28 Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.

29 And as they departed from Jericho, a great multitude followed him.

30 And, behold, two blind men sitting by the way side, when they heard that Jesus passed by, cried out, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou Son of David.

31 And the multitude rebuked them, because they should hold their peace: but they cried the more, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou Son of David.

32 And Jesus stood still, and called them, and said, What will ye that I shall do unto you?

33 They say unto him, Lord, that our eyes may be opened.

34 So Jesus had compassion on them, and touched their eyes: and immediately their eyes received sight, and they followed him.