1、When he tore Israel away from the house of David, they made Jeroboam son of Nebat their king.
將以色列國從大衛(wèi)家奪回。他們就立尼八的兒子耶羅波安作王。

2、Then Jeroboam fortified Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim and lived there.
耶羅波安在以法蓮山地建筑示劍，就住在其中。

3、Jeroboam thought to himself, 'the kingdom will now likely revert to the house of David.
耶羅波安心里說，恐怕這國仍歸大衛(wèi)家。

4、The Israelites persisted in all the SINS of Jeroboam and did not turn away from them.
以色列人犯耶羅波安所犯的一切罪，總不離開。

5、And Jeroboam his son succeeded him as king.
他兒子耶羅波安接續(xù)他作王。

6、At that time Abijah son of Jeroboam became ill.
那時，耶羅波安的兒子亞比雅病了。

7、At the sound of their battle cry, God routed Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.
猶大人吶喊的時候，神就使耶羅波安和以色列眾人敗在亞比雅與猶大人面前。

8、Jeroboam caused an ambushment to come about behind them.
耶羅波安卻在他們后頭設(shè)伏兵。

9、Jeroboam enticed Israel away from following the Lord and caused them to commit a great sin.
耶羅波安引誘以色列人不隨從耶和華，陷在大罪里。

10、Yet Jeroboam son of Nebat, an official of Solomon son of David, rebelled against his master.
無奈大衛(wèi)兒子所羅門的臣仆，尼八兒子耶羅波安起來背叛他的主人。

11、When Jeroboam son of Nebat heard this, he returned from Egypt.
尼八的兒子耶羅波安先前躲避所羅門王，逃往埃及，住在那里。他聽見這事，就從埃及回來。

12、It is interesting that the false worship established in Bethel by Jeroboam was a golden calf.
我們發(fā)現(xiàn)有趣的是，北方的王耶羅波安在伯特利設(shè)立的錯誤的崇拜竟然是一個金牛犢。