Zhēnyán 24:23-34

23 Yǐxià yĕ shì zhìhuì rén de zhēnyán . shĕnpàn shí kàn rén de qíngmian , shì bù hǎo de .

24 Duì è rén shuō , nǐ shì yì rén de , zhè rén wàn mín bì zhòuzǔ , liè bāng bì zēngwù .

25 Zébeì è rén de , bì dé xǐyuè . mĕihǎo de fú , yĕ bì líndào tā .

26 Yìngduì zhèngzhí de , yóu rú yǔ rén qīnzuǐ.

27 Nǐ yào zaì waì tóu yùbeì gōng liào , zaì tiánjiān bànlǐ zhĕngqí , ránhòu jiànzào fángwū .

28 Bùkĕ wú gù zuò jiànzhèng , xiànhaì línshè . yĕ bùkĕ yòng zuǐqīpiàn rén .

29 Bùkĕ shuō , rén zĕnyàng duìdaì wǒ , wǒ yĕ zĕnyàng dāi tā , wǒ bì zhào tā suǒ xíng de bàofù tā .

30 Wǒ jīngguò lǎnduò rén de tiándì , wúzhī rén de pútaóyuán .

31 Jīngjí zhǎng mǎn le dì pí , cī cǎo zhēgaì le tián miàn , shí qiáng yĕ tān tā le .

32 Wǒ kànjian jiù liú xīn sīxiǎng , wǒ kàn zhe jiù lǐng le xùn huì .

33 Zaì shuì piànshí , dǎdún piànshí , bào zhe shǒu tǎng wò piànshí ,

34 Nǐde pínqióng , jiù bì rú qiángdào sù lái , nǐde quē fá , fǎngfú ná bīngqì de rén lái dào .

Zhēnyán 24:23-34 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 1 KINGS 12

This chapter relates Rehoboam's going to Shechem to be made king, and Jeroboam's return from Egypt, 1Ki 12:1,2, the people's request to Rehoboam to be eased of their taxes, as the condition of making him king, 1Ki 12:3,4, his answer to them, after three days, having had the advice both of the old and young men, which latter he followed, and gave in a rough answer, 1Ki 12:5-15, upon which ten tribes revolted from him, and two abode by him, 1Ki 12:16-20, wherefore he meditated a war against the ten tribes, but was forbid by the Lord to engage in it, 1Ki 12:21-24 and Jeroboam, in order to establish his kingdom, and preserve the people from a revolt to the house of David, because of the temple worship at Jerusalem, devised a scheme of idolatrous worship in his own territories, 1Ki 12:25-33.