1 Kings 13

1 Suddenly, as Jeroboam was standing beside the altar to burn incense, there came a man of God from Judah to Bethel by the word of the LORD.

1 有一位上帝的仆人奉耶和华的命令从犹大来到伯特利。那时，耶罗波安正站在祭坛旁烧香。

2 And he cried out against the altar by the word of the LORD, “O altar, O altar, this is what the LORD says: ‘A son named Josiah will be born to the house of David, and upon you he will sacrifice the priests of the high places who burn incense upon you, and human bones will be burned upon you.’”

2 上帝的仆人奉耶和华的命令向祭坛喊道：“祭坛啊，祭坛啊，耶和华说，必有一子在大卫家出生，他名叫约西亚。他要在你上面杀死那些焚香献祭的丘坛祭司，在你上面焚烧人的骨头。”

3 That day the man of God gave a sign, saying, “The LORD has spoken this sign: ‘Surely the altar will be split apart, and the ashes upon it will be poured out.’”

3 当日，他又说：“耶和华说要给你们一个征兆，这坛必破裂，坛上的灰必撒出来。”

4 Now when King Jeroboam, who was at the altar in Bethel, heard the word that the man of God had cried out against it, he stretched out his hand and said, “Seize him!” But the hand he stretched out toward him withered, so that he could not pull it back.

4 耶罗波安王听了他向伯特利的祭坛所发的呼声，就从坛上伸手指着他说：“给我拿住他！”但王伸出来的手枯干了，不能收回。

5 And the altar was split apart, and the ashes poured out, according to the sign that the man of God had given by the word of the LORD.

5 这时，祭坛破裂了，坛上的灰也撒了出来，应验了上帝的仆人奉耶和华之命所说的征兆。

6 Then the king responded to the man of God, “Intercede with the LORD your God and pray for me that my hand may be restored.” So the man of God interceded with the LORD, and the king’s hand was restored to him as it was before.

6 王对上帝的仆人说：“请你为我祷告，求你的上帝耶和华使我的手复原。”于是，上帝的仆人向耶和华祷告，王的手就复原了。

7 Then the king said to the man of God, “Come home with me and refresh yourself, and I will give you a reward.”

7 王对上帝的仆人说：“请你跟我回宫，吃点东西吧！我要酬谢你。”

8 But the man of God replied, “If you were to give me half your possessions, I still would not go with you, nor would I eat bread or drink water in this place.

8 上帝的仆人却说：“你就是把你一半的家产送给我，我也不跟你去，也不在这地方用饭喝水，

9 For this is what I was commanded by the word of the LORD: ‘You must not eat bread or drink water or return by the way you came.’”

9 因为耶和华吩咐我不可吃饭喝水，也不可原路返回。”

10 So the man of God went another way and did not return by the way he had come to Bethel.

10 上帝的仆人就从另一条路回去了，没有从伯特利原路返回。

11 Now a certain old prophet was living in Bethel, and his sons came and told him all the deeds that the man of God had done that day in Bethel. They also told their father the words that the man had spoken to the king.

11 在伯特利住着一位老先知，他儿子们把上帝的仆人那天所行的事和对王所说的话告诉了他。

12 “Which way did he go?” their father asked. And his sons showed him the way taken by the man of God, who had come from Judah.

12 老先知问道：“上帝的仆人走的哪条路？”他的儿子们就把上帝的仆人走的那条路告诉了他。

13 So the prophet said to his sons, “Saddle the donkey for me.” Then they saddled the donkey for him, and he mounted it

13–14 于是，他嘱咐儿子们为他备驴，然后骑驴去追赶上帝的仆人，看见他正坐在一棵橡树下，便问：“你就是那位从犹大来的上帝的仆人吗？”他说：“是。”

14 and went after the man of God. He found him sitting under an oak tree and asked, “Are you the man of God who came from Judah?” “I am,” he replied.

15 So the prophet said to the man of God, “Come home with me and eat some bread.”

15 老先知说：“请你跟我一起回家吃饭吧！”

16 But the man replied, “I cannot go home with you, and I will not eat bread or drink water with you in this place.

16 上帝的仆人说：“我不能跟你去，也不能跟你在这里吃饭喝水，

17 For I have been told by the word of the LORD: ‘You must not eat bread or drink water there or return by the way you came.’”

17 因为耶和华吩咐我不可在这里用饭喝水，也不可原路返回。”

18 Then the prophet replied, “I too am a prophet like you, and an angel spoke to me by the word of the LORD, saying, ‘Bring him back with you to your house, so that he may eat bread and drink water.’” The old prophet was lying to him,

18 老先知就欺骗他说：“我也是先知，和你一样。耶和华派天使来吩咐我带你到我家吃饭喝水。”

19 but the man of God went back with him, ate bread in his house, and drank water.

19 上帝的仆人就随他回家吃饭喝水。

20 While they were sitting at the table, the word of the LORD came to the prophet who had brought him back,

20 席间，耶和华的话临到老先知，

21 and the prophet cried out to the man of God who had come from Judah, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Because you have defied the word of the LORD and have not kept the commandment that the LORD your God gave you,

21 他就对从犹大来的上帝的仆人说：“耶和华说，你违背了你的上帝耶和华的命令，没有遵从祂的吩咐，

22 but you went back and ate bread and drank water in the place where He told you not to do so, your body shall never reach the tomb of your fathers.’”

22 竟然返回祂禁止你吃喝的地方吃饭喝水，因此你的尸体必不得安葬在你的祖坟里。”

23 And after the man of God had finished eating and drinking, the old prophet who had brought him back saddled the donkey for him.

23 吃喝完了，老先知为他带回家的这位先知备驴，

24 As he went on his way, a lion met him on the road and killed him, and his body was left lying in the road, with the donkey and the lion standing beside it.

24 这位先知在路上遇到一头狮子，被咬死了，尸体倒在路上，驴和狮子都站在尸体旁边。

25 And there were men passing by who saw the body lying in the road with the lion standing beside it, and they went and reported this in the city where the old prophet lived.

25 过路的人看见尸体倒在路上，旁边还站着一头狮子，就去老先知住的城报告这事。

26 When the prophet who had brought him back from his journey heard this, he said, “It is the man of God who disobeyed the command of the LORD. Therefore the LORD has delivered him to the lion, and it has mauled him and killed him, according to the word that the LORD had spoken to him.”

26 老先知听到消息，就说：“这是上帝的仆人，他违背了耶和华的命令，所以耶和华让狮子咬死了他，正应验了耶和华的话。”

27 Then the old prophet instructed his sons, “Saddle the donkey for me.” So they saddled it,

27 他吩咐儿子们备好驴，

28 and he went and found the body lying in the road, with the donkey and the lion standing beside it. The lion had not eaten the body or mauled the donkey.

28 去了那里，看见上帝仆人的尸体倒在路上，驴和狮子站在尸体旁。狮子既没有吃尸体，也没有伤害驴。

29 So the old prophet lifted up the body of the man of God, laid it on the donkey, and brought it back to his own city to mourn for him and bury him.

29 老先知把上帝仆人的尸体驮在驴背上，运回城中为他哀悼，

30 Then he laid the body in his own tomb, and they lamented over him, “Oh, my brother!”

30 把他葬在自己的坟墓里，哀悼他说：“唉！我的弟兄啊！”

31 After he had buried him, the prophet said to his sons, “When I die, you must bury me in the tomb where the man of God is buried. Lay my bones beside his bones,

31 安葬之后，老先知又对儿子们说：“我死后，你们要把我跟上帝的仆人合葬，让我们的尸骨在一起。

32 for the message that he cried out by the word of the LORD against the altar in Bethel and against all the shrines on the high places in the cities of Samaria will surely come to pass.”

32 因为他奉耶和华的命令咒诅伯特利的祭坛和撒玛利亚各城高岗上神庙的话必应验。”

33 Even after these events, Jeroboam did not repent of his evil ways, but again he appointed priests for the high places from every class of people. He ordained anyone who desired to be a priest of the high places.

33 这事以后，耶罗波安没有改邪归正，他任命各种人做丘坛的祭司，不管谁想做祭司，他都封立他们。

34 And this was the sin of the house of Jeroboam that led to its extermination and destruction from the face of the earth.

34 这罪使耶罗波安家走向没落，最终彻底灭亡。