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 وَإِذَا بِرَجُلِ ٱللهِ قَدْ أَتَى مِنْ يَهُوذَا بِكَلَامِ ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَى بَيْتِ إِيلَ، وَيَرُبْعَامُ وَاقِفٌ لَدَى ٱلْمَذْبَحِ لِكَيْ يُوقِدَ.

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 فَنَادَى نَحْوَ ٱلْمَذْبَحِ بِكَلَامِ ٱلرَّبِّ وَقَالَ: «يَا مَذْبَحُ، يَامَذْبَحُ، هَكَذَا قَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ: هُوَذَا سَيُولَدُ لِبَيْتِ دَاوُدَ ٱبْنٌ ٱسْمُهُ يُوشِيَّا، وَيَذْبَحُ عَلَيْكَ كَهَنَةَ ٱلْمُرْتَفَعَاتِ ٱلَّذِينَ يُوقِدُونَ عَلَيْكَ، وَتُحْرَقُ عَلَيْكَ عِظَامُ ٱلنَّاسِ».

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 وَأَعْطَى فِي ذَلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمِ عَلَامَةً قَائِلًا: «هَذِهِ هِيَ ٱلْعَلَامَةُ ٱلَّتِي تَكَلَّمَ بِهَا ٱلرَّبُّ: هُوَذَا ٱلْمَذْبَحُ يَنْشَقُّ وَيُذْرَى ٱلرَّمَادُ ٱلَّذِي 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 ٱلْمَلِكُ كَلَامَ رَجُلِ ٱللهِ ٱلَّذِي نَادَى نَحْوَ ٱلْمَذْبَحِ فِي بَيْتِ إِيلَ، مَدَّ يَرُبْعَامُ يَدَهُ عَنِ ٱلْمَذْبَحِ قَائِلًا: «أَمْسِكُوهُ». فَيَبِسَتْ يَدُهُ ٱلَّتِي مَدَّهَا نَحْوَهُ وَلَمْ يَسْتَطِعْ أَنْ يَرُدَّهَا إِلَيْهِ.

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 وَٱنْشَقَّ ٱلْمَذْبَحُ وَذُرِيَ ٱلرَّمَادُ مِن عَلىَ ٱلْمَذبَحِ حَسَبَ ٱلْعَلَامَةِ ٱلَّتِي أَعْطَاهَا رَجُلُ ٱللهِ بِكَلَامِ ٱلرَّبِّ.

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 فَأَجَابَ ٱلْمَلِكُ وَقَالَ لِرَجُلِ ٱللهِ: «تَضَرَّعْ إِلَى وَجْهِ ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَهِكَ وَصَلِّ مِنْ أَجْلِي فَتَرْجِعَ يَدِي إِلَيَّ». فَتَضَرَّعَ رَجُلُ ٱللهِ إِلَى وَجْهِ ٱلرَّبِّ فَرَجَعَتْ يَدُ ٱلْمَلِكِ إِلَيْهِ وَكَانَتْ كَمَا فِي ٱلْأَوَّلِ.

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 ٱلْمَلِكُ لِرَجُلِ ٱللهِ: «ٱدْخُلْ مَعِي إِلَى ٱلْبَيْتِ وَتَقَوَّتْ فَأُعْطِيَكَ أُجْرَةً».

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 فَقَالَ رَجُلُ ٱللهِ لِلْمَلِكِ: «لَوْ أَعْطَيْتَنِي نِصْفَ بَيْتِكَ لَا أَدْخُلُ مَعَكَ وَلَا آكُلُ خُبْزًا وَلَا أَشْرَبُ مَاءً فِي هَذَا ٱلْمَوْضِعِ.

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 لِأَنِّي هَكَذَا أُوصِيتُ بِكَلَامِ ٱلرَّبِّ قَائِلًا: لَا تَأْكُلْ خُبْزًا وَلَا تَشْرَبْ مَاءً وَلَا تَرْجِعْ فِي ٱلطَّرِيقِ ٱلَّذِي ذَهَبْتَ فِيهِ».

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

10 فَذَهَبَ فِي طَرِيقٍ آخَرَ، وَلَمْ يَرْجِعْ فِي ٱلطَّرِيقِ ٱلَّذِي جَاءَ فِيهِ 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 نَبِيٌّ شَيْخٌ سَاكِنًا فِي بَيْتِ إِيلَ، فَأَتَى بَنُوهُ وَقَصُّوا عَلَيْهِ كُلَّ ٱلْعَمَلِ ٱلَّذِي عَمِلَهُ رَجُلُ ٱللهِ ذَلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمَ فِي بَيْتِ إِيلَ، وَقَصُّوا عَلَى أَبِيهِمِ ٱلْكَلَامَ ٱلَّذِي تَكَلَّمَ بِهِ إِلَى ٱلْمَلِكِ.

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 فَقَالَ لَهُمْ أَبُوهُمْ: «مِنْ أَيِّ طَرِيقٍ ذَهَبَ؟» وَكَانَ بَنُوهُ قَدْ رَأَوْا ٱلطَّرِيقَ ٱلَّذِي سَارَ فِيهِ رَجُلُ ٱللهِ الذَّي جَاءَ مِنْ يَهُوذَا.

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 لِبَنِيهِ: «شُدُّوا لِي عَلَى ٱلْحِمَارِ». فَشَدُّوا لَهُ عَلَى ٱلْحِمَارِ فَرَكِبَ 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 وَسَارَ وَرَاءَ رَجُلِ ٱللهِ، فَوَجَدَهُ جَالِسًا تَحْتَ ٱلْبَلُّوطَةِ، فَقَالَ لَهُ: «أَأَنْتَ رَجُلُ ٱللهِ ٱلَّذِي جَاءَ مِنْ يَهُوذَا؟» فَقَالَ: «أَنَا هُوَ».

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

15 فَقَالَ لَهُ: «سِرْ مَعِي إِلَى ٱلْبَيْتِ وَكُلْ خُبْزًا».

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 فَقَالَ: «لَا أَقْدِرُ أَنْ أَرْجِعَ مَعَكَ وَلَا أَدْخُلُ مَعَكَ وَلَا آكُلُ خُبْزًا وَلَا أَشْرَبُ مَعَكَ مَاءً فِي هَذَا ٱلْمَوْضِعِ،

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 لِأَنَّهُ قِيلَ لِي بِكَلَامِ ٱلرَّبِّ: لَا تَأْكُلْ خُبْزًا وَلَا تَشْرَبْ هُنَاكَ مَاءً. وَلَا تَرْجِعْ سَائِرًا فِي ٱلطَّرِيقِ ٱلَّذِي ذَهَبْتَ فِيهِ».

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 أَيْضًا نَبِيٌّ مِثْلُكَ، وَقَدْ كَلَّمَنِي مَلَاكٌ بِكَلَامِ ٱلرَّبِّ قَائِلًا: ٱرْجِعْ بِهِ مَعَكَ إِلَى بَيْتِكَ فَيَأْكُلَ خُبْزًا وَيَشْرَبَ مَاءً». كَذَبَ عَلَيْهِ.

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

19 فَرَجَعَ مَعَهُ وَأَكَلَ خُبْزًا 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 وَبَيْنَمَا هُمَا جَالِسَانِ عَلَى ٱلْمَائِدَةِ كَانَ كَلَامُ ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَى ٱلنَّبِيِّ ٱلَّذِي أَرْجَعَهُ،

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 فَصَاحَ إِلَى رَجُلِ ٱللهِ ٱلَّذِي جَاءَ مِنْ يَهُوذَا قَائِلًا: «هَكَذَا قَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ: مِنْ أَجْلِ أَنَّكَ خَالَفْتَ قَوْلَ ٱلرَّبِّ وَلَمْ تَحْفَظِ ٱلْوَصِيَّةَ ٱلَّتِي أَوْصَاكَ بِهَا ٱلرَّبُّ 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 خُبْزًا وَشَرِبْتَ مَاءً فِي ٱلْمَوْضِعِ ٱلَّذِي قَالَ لَكَ: لَا تَأْكُلْ فِيهِ خُبْزًا وَلَا تَشْرَبْ مَاءً، لَا تَدْخُلُ جُثَّتُكَ قَبْرَ 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 ثُمَّ بَعْدَمَا أَكَلَ خُبْزًا وَبَعْدَ أَنْ شَرِبَ شَدَّ لَهُ عَلَى ٱلْحِمَارِ، أَيْ لِلنَّبِيِّ ٱلَّذِي أَرْجَعَهُ،

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 وَٱنْطَلَقَ. فَصَادَفَهُ أَسَدٌ فِي ٱلطَّرِيقِ وَقَتَلَهُ. وَكَانَتْ جُثَّتُهُ مَطْرُوحَةً فِي ٱلطَّرِيقِ وَٱلْحِمَارُ وَاقِفٌ بِجَانِبِهَا وَٱلْأَسَدُ وَاقِفٌ بِجَانِبِ ٱلْجُثَّةِ.

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 وَإِذَا بِقَوْمٍ يَعْبُرُونَ فَرَأَوْا ٱلْجُثَّةَ، مَطْرُوحَةً فِي ٱلطَّرِيقِ وَٱلْأَسَدُ وَاقِفٌ بِجَانِبِ ٱلْجُثَّةِ. فَأَتَوْا وَأَخْبَرُوا فِي ٱلْمَدِينَةِ ٱلَّتِي كَانَ ٱلنَّبِيُّ ٱلشَّيْخُ سَاكِنًا بِهَا.

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 وَلَمَّا سَمِعَ ٱلنَّبِيُّ ٱلَّذِي أَرْجَعَهُ عَنِ ٱلطَّرِيقِ قَالَ: «هُوَ رَجُلُ ٱللهِ ٱلَّذِي خَالَفَ قَوْلَ ٱلرَّبِّ، فَدَفَعَهُ ٱلرَّبُّ لِلْأَسَدِ فَٱفْتَرَسَهُ وَقَتَلَهُ حَسَبَ كَلَامِ ٱلرَّبِّ ٱلَّذِي كَلَّمَهُ بِهِ».

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

27 وَكَلَّمَ بَنِيهِ قَائِلًا: «شُدُّوا لِي عَلَى ٱلْحِمَارِ». فَشَدُّوا.

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 فَذَهَبَ وَوَجَدَ جُثَّتَهُ مَطْرُوحَةً فِي ٱلطَّرِيقِ، وَٱلْحِمَارَ وَٱلْأَسَدَ وَاقِفَيْنِ بِجَانِبِ ٱلْجُثَّةِ، وَلَمْ يَأْكُلِ ٱلْأَسَدُ ٱلْجُثَّةَ وَلَا ٱفْتَرَسَ ٱلْحِمَارَ.

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 فَرَفَعَ ٱلنَّبِيُّ جُثَّةَ رَجُلِ ٱللهِ وَوَضَعَهَا عَلَى ٱلْحِمَارِ وَرَجَعَ بِهَا، وَدَخَلَ ٱلنَّبِيُّ ٱلشَّيْخُ ٱلْمَدِينَةَ لِيَنْدُبَهُ وَيَدْفِنَهُ

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

30 فَوَضَعَ جُثَّتَهُ فِي قَبْرِهِ وَنَاحُوا عَلَيْهِ قَائِلِينَ: «آهُ يَاأَخِي».

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 دَفْنِهِ إِيَّاهُ كَلَّمَ بَنِيهِ قَائِلًا: «عِنْدَ وَفَاتِي ٱدْفِنُونِي فِي ٱلْقَبْرِ ٱلَّذِي دُفِنَ فِيهِ رَجُلُ ٱللهِ. بِجَانِبِ عِظَامِهِ ضَعُوا عِظَامِي.

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 لِأَنَّهُ تَمَامًا سَيَتِمُّ ٱلْكَلَامُ ٱلَّذِي نَادَى بِهِ بِكَلَامِ ٱلرَّبِّ نَحْوَ ٱلْمَذْبَحِ ٱلَّذِي فِي بَيْتِ إِيلَ، وَنَحْوَ جَمِيعِ بُيُوتِ ٱلْمُرْتَفَعَاتِ ٱلَّتِي فِي مُدُنِ ٱلسَّامِرَةِ».

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 بَعْدَ هَذَا ٱلْأَمْرِ لَمْ يَرْجِعْ يَرُبْعَامُ عَنْ طَرِيقِهِ ٱلرَّدِيَّةِ، بَلْ عَادَ فَعَمِلَ مِنْ أَطْرَافِ ٱلشَّعْبِ كَهَنَةَ مُرْتَفَعَاتٍ. مَنْ شَاءَ مَلَأَ يَدَهُ فَصَارَ مِنْ كَهَنَةِ ٱلْمُرْتَفَعَاتِ.

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 وَكَانَ مِنْ هَذَا ٱلْأَمْرِ خَطِيَّةٌ لِبَيْتِ يَرُبْعَامَ، وَكَانَ لِإِبَادَتِهِ وَخَرَابِهِ عَنْ وَجْهِ ٱلْأَرْضِ.