25.耶羅波安在以法蓮山地建築示劍，就住在其中；又從示劍出去，建築毘努伊勒。
Then Jeroboam fortified Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim and lived there. From there he went out and built up Peniel.[c]
Footnotes:
c. 1 Kings 12:25 Hebrew Penuel, a variant of Peniel
26.耶羅波安心裏說：「恐怕這國仍歸大衛家；
Jeroboam thought to himself, 「The kingdom will now likely revert to the house of David.
27.這民若上耶路撒冷去，在耶和華的殿裏獻祭，他們的心必歸向他們的主，猶大王羅波安，就把我殺了，仍歸猶大王羅波安。」
If these people go up to offer sacrifices at the temple of the LORD in Jerusalem, they will again give their allegiance to their lord, Rehoboam king of Judah. They will kill me and return to King Rehoboam.」
28.耶羅波安王就籌劃定妥，鑄造了兩個金牛犢，對眾民說：「以色列人哪，你們上耶路撒冷去實在是難；這就是領你們出埃及地的神。」
After seeking advice, the king made two golden calves. 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.」
29.他就把牛犢一隻安在伯特利，一隻安在但。
One he set up in Bethel, and the other in Dan.
30.這事叫百姓陷在罪裏，因為他們往但去拜那牛犢。
And this thing became a sin; the people came to worship the one at Bethel and went as far as Dan to worship the other.[d]
Footnotes:
d. 1 Kings 12:30 Probable reading of the original Hebrew text; Masoretic Text people went to the one as far as Dan
31.耶羅波安在邱壇那裏建殿，將那不屬利未人的凡民立為祭司。
Jeroboam built shrines on high places and appointed priests from all sorts of people, even though they were not Levites.
32.耶羅波安定八月十五日為節期，像在猶大的節期一樣，自己上壇獻祭。他在伯特利也這樣向他所鑄的牛犢獻祭，又將立為邱壇的祭司安置在伯特利。
He instituted a festival on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, like the festival held in Judah, and offered sacrifices on the altar. This he did in Bethel, sacrificing to the calves he had made. And at Bethel he also installed priests at the high places he had made.
33.他在八月十五日，就是他私自所定的月日，為以色列人立作節期的日子，在伯特利上壇燒香。
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. So he instituted the festival for the Israelites and went up to the altar to make offerings.
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