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 وَبَيْنَمَا كَانَ يَرُبْعَامُ وَاقِفاً عِنْدَ الْمَذْبَحِ لِيُوْقِدَ عَلَيْهِ، أَقْبَلَ رَجُلُ اللهِ مِنْ يَهُوذَا إِلَى بَيْتِ إِيلَ حَامِلاً رِسَالَةً مِنَ الرَّبِّ.

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 وَهَتَفَ مُخَاطِباً الْمَذْبَحَ بِقَضَاءِ الرَّبِّ قَائِلاً: «يَامَذْبَحُ، يَامَذْبَحُ، هَذَا مَا يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ: سَيُوْلَدُ لِبَيْتِ دَاوُدَ ابْنٌ يُدْعَى يُوشِيَّا، فَيَذْبَحُ عَلَيْكَ كَهَنَةَ الْمُرْتَفَعَاتِ الَّذِينَ يُقَرِّبُونَ عَلَيْكَ، وَتُحْرَقُ فَوْقَكَ عِظَامُ النَّاسِ».

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 وَتَأْيِيداً لِكَلامِهِ أَعْطَى فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ عَلامَةً تُؤَكِّدُ أَنَّ الرَّبَّ هُوَ الَّذِي تَكَلَّمَ، وَقَالَ: «هُوَذَا الْمَذْبَحُ يَنْشَقُّ وَيُذْرَى الرَّمَادُ الَّذِي عَلَيْهِ».

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 فَلَمَّا سَمِعَ الْمَلِكُ كَلامَ رَجُلِ اللهِ الَّذِي خَاطَبَ بِهِ الْمَذْبَحَ فِي بَيْتِ إِيلَ، رَفَعَ يَدَهُ مِنْ عَلَى الْمَذْبَحِ، وَمَدَّهَا نَحْوَ النَّبِيِّ صَارِخاً: «اقْبِضُوا عَلَيْهِ» فَيَبِسَتْ يَدُهُ الَّتِي مَدَّهَا وَعَجَزَ عَنْ رَدِّهَا.

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 وَانْشَقَّ آنَئِذٍ الْمَذْبَحُ وَذُرِيَ الرَّمَادُ مِنْ عَلَيْهِ وَفْقاً لِلْعَلامَةِ الَّتِي أَعْطَاهَا رَجُلُ اللهِ بِمُقْتَضَى أَمْرِ الرَّبِّ.

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 عِنْدَئِذٍ تَوَسَّلَ الْمَلِكُ لِرَجُلِ اللهِ قَائِلاً: «تَضَرَّعْ إِلَى الرَّبِّ إِلَهِكَ، وَصَلِّ مِنْ أَجْلِي لِتَرْتَدَّ يَدِي إِلَى طَبِيعَتِهَا». فَابْتَهَلَ رَجُلُ اللهِ إِلَى الرَّبِّ، فَارْتَدَّتْ يَدُ الْمَلِكِ إِلَى مَا كَانَتْ عَلَيْهِ.

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 ثُمَّ قَالَ الْمَلِكُ لِرَجُلِ اللهِ: «تَعَالَ مَعِي إِلَى قَصْرِي لِتَقْتَاتَ وَأُعْطِيَكَ مُكَافَأَةً».

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 فَأَجَابَهُ: «حَتَّى لَوْ وَهَبْتَنِي نِصْفَ قَصْرِكَ فَلَنْ أَطَأَ أَرْضَهُ، وَلا آكُلَ خُبْزاً وَلا أَشْرَبَ مَاءً فِي هَذَا الْمَوْضِعِ.

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 لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ أَمَرَنِي قَائِلاً:’لا تَأْكُلْ خُبْزاً وَلا تَشْرَبْ مَاءً وَلا تَرْجِعْ فِي نَفْسِ الطَّرِيقِ الَّتِي جِئْتَ مِنْهَا‘».

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

10 ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ فِي طَرِيقٍ أُخْرَى غَيْرِ الَّتِي سَلَكَهَا فِي مَجِيئِهِ إِلَى بَيْتِ إِيلَ.

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 وَكَانَ هُنَاكَ نَبِيٌّ شَيْخٌ مُقِيمٌ فِي بَيْتِ إِيلَ، فَجَاءَ أَبْنَاؤُهُ وَسَرَدُوا عَلَيْهِ كُلَّ مَا أَجْرَاهُ رَجُلُ اللهِ مِنْ آيَاتٍ فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ فِي بَيْتِ إِيلَ، وَحَدَّثُوهُ بِمَا خَاطَبَ بِهِ الْمَلِكَ.

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 فَسَأَلَهُمْ أَبُوهُمْ: «مِنْ أَيِّ طَرِيقٍ انْصَرَفَ؟» فَأَخْبَرُوهُ، لأَنَّهُمْ كَانُوا قَدْ رَأَوْا الطَّرِيقَ الَّتِي انْصَرَفَ فِيهَا.

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 فَقَالَ لأَبْنَائِهِ: «أَسْرِجُوا لِيَ الْحِمَارَ». وَعِنْدَمَا فَعَلُوا رَكِبَ عَلَيْهِ.

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.

14 وَاقْتَفَى أَثَرَهُ حَتَّى أَدْرَكَهُ جَالِساً تَحْتَ الْبَلُّوطَةِ. فَسَأَلَهُ: «هَلْ أَنْتَ رَجُلُ اللهِ الَّذِي وَفَدَ مِنْ يَهُوذَا؟» فَأَجَابَهُ: «أَنَا هُوَ».

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

15 فَقَالَ لَهُ: «تَعَالَ مَعِي إِلَى الْبَيْتِ لِتَأْكُلَ طَعَاماً».

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 فَأَجَابَهُ: «لا أَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ أَرْجِعَ مَعَكَ أَوْ أَدْخُلَ بَيْتَكَ أَوْ آكُلَ طَعَاماً أَوْ أَشْرَبَ مَاءً فِي هَذَا الْمَوْضِعِ،

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 لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ أَمَرَنِي قَائِلاً: لَا تَأْكُلْ طَعَاماً وَلا تَشْرَبْ مَاءً وَلا تَنْصَرِفْ فِي نَفْسِ الطَّرِيقِ الَّتِي جِئْتَ مِنْهَا».

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 فَقَالَ لَهُ: «أَنَا أَيْضاً نَبِيٌّ مِثْلُكَ وَقَدْ أَمَرَنِي مَلاكُ الرَّبِّ أَنْ أَرْجِعَ بِكَ مَعِي إِلَى بَيْتِي فَتَقْتَاتَ وَتَشْرَبَ مَاءً». وَهَكَذَا كَذِبَ عَلَيْهِ.

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

19 (فَصَدَّقَهُ) وَرَجَعَ مَعَهُ وَتَنَاوَلَ طَعَاماً فِي بَيْتِهِ وَشَرِبَ مَاءً.

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

20 وَفِيمَا هُمَا جَالِسَانِ حَوْلَ الْمَائِدَةِ يَتَنَاوَلانِ الطَّعَامَ، خَاطَبَ الرَّبُّ النَّبِيَّ الشَّيْخَ،

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 فَقَالَ لِرَجُلِ اللهِ الْوَافِدِ مِنْ يَهُوذَا: «هَذَا مَا يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ: لأَنَّكَ خَالَفْتَ أَمْرَ الرَّبِّ وَلَمْ تُطِعْ وَصِيَّتَهُ الَّتِي أَوْصَاكَ بِها الرَّبُّ إِلَهُكَ،

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 فَرَجَعْتَ وَأَكَلْتَ طَعَاماً وَشَرِبْتَ مَاءً فِي الْمَوْضِعِ الَّذِي حَذَّرَكَ مِنْهُ قَائِلاً: لَا تَأْكُلْ فِيهِ طَعَاماً وَلا تَشْرَبْ مَاءً، فَإِنَّ جُثَّتَكَ لَنْ تُدْفَنَ فِي قَبْرِ آبَائِكَ».

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 وَبَعْدَ أَنْ تَنَاوَلَ نَبِيُّ يَهُوذَا طَعَاماً وَشَرِبَ مَاءً، أَسْرَجَ لَهُ مُضِيفُهُ حِمَارَهُ.

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 وَبَيْنَمَا هُوَ مُنْصَرِفٌ فِي طَرِيقِهِ صَادَفَهُ أَسَدٌ وَقَتَلَهُ، وَظَلَّتْ جُثَّتُهُ مَطْرُوحَةً فِي الطَّرِيقِ، وَالْحِمَارُ وَالأَسَدُ وَاقِفَانِ إِلَى جُوَارِ الْجُثَّةِ.

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 وَمَرَّ قَوْمٌ فَشَاهَدُوا الْجُثَّةَ مَطْرُوحَةً فِي الْطَرِيقِ وَالأَسَدُ وَاِقفٌ إِلَى جُوَارِهَا فَأَتَوْا وَأَذَاعُوا الْخَبَرَ فِي الْمَدِينَةِ الَّتِي يُقِيمُ فِيهَا النَّبِيُّ الشَّيْخُ.

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 وَعِنْدَمَا سَمِعَ النَّبِيُّ الشَّيْخُ بِالنَّبَأِ قَالَ: «هُوَ حَتْماً رَجُلُ اللهِ الَّذِي خَالَفَ أَمْرَ الرَّبِّ، فَأَوْقَعَهُ الرَّبُّ بَيْنَ مَخَالِبِ الأَسَدِ فَافْتَرَسَهُ وَقَتَلَهُ تَحْقِيقاً لِقَضَائِهِ الَّذِي نَطَقَ بِهِ».

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

27 وَقَالَ لأَبْنَائِهِ: «أَسْرِجُوا لِيَ الْحِمَارَ». فَأَسْرَجُوهُ،

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 فَانْطَلَقَ إِلَى حَيْثُ عَثَرَ عَلَى الْجُثَّةِ مَطْرُوحَةً فِي الطَّرِيقِ، وَالأَسَدُ وَالْحِمَارُ وَاقِفَيْنِ إِلَى جُوَارِهَا، مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ يَأْكُلَ الأَسَدُ الْجُثَّةَ أَوْ يَفْتَرِسَ الْحِمَارَ،

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 فَوَضَعَ النَّبِيُّ جُثَّةَ رَجُلِ اللهِ عَلَى الْحِمَارِ، وَمَضَى بِها إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ، لِيَنْدُبَهُ

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

30 ثُمَّ دَفَنَهَا فِي قَبْرِهِ وَهُوَ يَنُوحُ قَائِلاً: «آهِ عَلَيْكَ يَا أَخِي».

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 وَبَعْدَ أَنْ تَمَّ دَفْنُ جُثَّةِ رَجُلِ اللهِ، قَالَ النَّبِيُّ الشَّيْخُ لأَبْنَائِهِ: «عِنْدَ وَفَاتِي ادْفِنُونِي فِي الْقَبْرِ الَّذِي دُفِنَ فِيهِ رَجُلُ اللهِ، وَضَعُوا عِظَامِي إِلَى جُوَارِ عِظَامِهِ،

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 لأَنَّ مَا أَنْذَرَ بِهِ مِنْ كَلامِ الرَّبِّ بِشَأْنِ الْمَذْبَحِ الَّذِي فِي بَيْتِ إِيلَ، وَجَمِيعِ مَعَابِدِ الْمُرْتَفَعَاتِ الَّتِي فِي مُدُنِ السَّامِرَةِ، لابُدَّ أَنْ يَتَحَقَّقَ».

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 وَعلَى الرَّغْمِ مِنْ تَحْذِيرِ النَّبِيِّ فَإِنَّ يَرُبْعَامَ لَمْ يَحِدْ عَنْ طَرِيقِهِ الأَثِيمَةِ، بَلْ عَادَ مَرَّةً أُخْرَى فَكَرَّسَ كَهَنَةً لِمَعَابِدِ الْمُرْتَفَعَاتِ، اخْتَارَهُمْ مِنْ عَامَّةِ الشَّعْبِ، فَكَانَ يُكَرِّسُ كُلَّ مَنْ يَرْغَبُ أَنْ يَكُونَ كَاهِناً لِهَذِهِ الْمُرْتَفَعَاتِ.

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 فَكَانَتْ هَذِهِ هِيَ خَطِيئَةُ بَيْتِ يَرُبْعَامَ الَّتِي أَفْضَتْ إِلَى سُقُوطِهِ وَانْقِرَاضِهِ عَنْ وَجْهِ الأَرضِ.