1 And behold, there came a man of God from Judah, by the word of Jehovah, to Bethel; and Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn incense.
2 And he cried against the altar by the word of Jehovah, and said, O altar, altar! thus saith Jehovah: Behold, a child shall be born unto the house of David, Josiah by name; and upon thee shall he sacrifice the priests of the high places that burn incense upon thee, and men's bones shall be burned upon thee.
3 And he gave a sign the same day, saying, This is the sign that Jehovah hath spoken: Behold, the altar shall be rent, and the ashes that are upon it shall be poured out.
4 And it came to pass when the king heard the word of the man of God, which he cried against the altar in Bethel, that Jeroboam stretched forth his hand from the altar, saying, Lay hold on him. And his hand which he stretched out against him dried up, so that he could not bring it back again to him.
5 And the altar was rent, and the ashes poured out from the altar, according to the sign that the man of God had given by the word of Jehovah.
6 And the king answered and said to the man of God, Intreat now Jehovah thy God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored to me again. And the man of God intreated Jehovah, and the king's hand was restored to him again, and became as before.
7 And the king said to the man of God, Come home with me, and refresh thyself, and I will give thee a present.
8 And the man of God said to the king, If thou wilt give me half thy house, I will not go in with thee, neither will I eat bread nor drink water in this place;
9 for so was it charged me by the word of Jehovah, saying, Thou shalt eat no bread, nor drink water, nor return by the way that thou shalt go.
10 So he went another way, and returned not by the way that he had come to Bethel.
11 Now there dwelt a certain old prophet in Bethel; and his sons came and told him all the works that the man of God had done that day in Bethel; the words that he had spoken to the king, them they told also to their father.
12 And their father said to them, Which way went he? for his sons had seen which way the man of God went, who came from Judah.
13 And he said to his sons, Saddle me the ass. So they saddled him the ass; and he rode thereon,
14 and went after the man of God, and found him sitting under a terebinth; and he said to him, Art thou the man of God that camest from Judah? And he said, I am.
15 And he said to him, Come home with me, and eat bread.
16 And he said, I cannot return with thee, nor go in with thee; neither will I eat bread nor drink water with thee in this place.
17 For it was said to me by the word of Jehovah, Thou shalt eat no bread nor drink water there, nor turn again to go by the way that thou wentest.
18 And he said to him, I am a prophet also as thou art; and an angel spoke to me by the word of Jehovah saying, Bring him back with thee into thy house, that he may eat bread and drink water. He lied unto him.
19 Then he went back with him, and ate bread in his house, and drank water.
20 And it came to pass as they sat at the table, that the word of Jehovah came to the prophet that brought him back;
21 and he cried to the man of God that came from Judah, saying, Thus saith Jehovah: Forasmuch as thou hast disobeyed the word of Jehovah, and hast not kept the commandment that Jehovah thy God commanded thee,
22 but camest back, and hast eaten bread and drunk water in the place of which he said to thee, Eat no bread and drink no water; thy carcase shall not come to the sepulchre of thy fathers.
23 And it came to pass, after he had eaten bread, and after he had drunk, that he saddled the ass for him, for the prophet that he had brought back;
24 and he departed. And a lion met him by the way and slew him; and his corpse was cast in the way, and the ass stood by it; the lion also stood by the corpse.
25 And behold, men passed by, and saw the corpse cast in the way and the lion standing by the corpse; and they came and told it in the city where the old prophet dwelt.
26 And the prophet that brought him back from the way heard {of it} and said, It is the man of God who was disobedient to the word of Jehovah; therefore Jehovah has delivered him to the lion, which has torn him and slain him, according to the word of Jehovah which he spoke to him.
27 And he spoke to his sons saying, Saddle me the ass; and they saddled it.
28 And he went and found his corpse cast in the way, and the ass and the lion standing by the corpse: the lion had not eaten the corpse, nor torn the ass.
29 And the prophet took up the corpse of the man of God, and laid it upon the ass, and brought it back; and the old prophet came into the city, to mourn and to bury him.
30 And he laid his corpse in his own sepulchre; and they mourned over him {saying}, Alas, my brother!
31 And it came to pass after he had buried him, that he spoke to his sons saying, When I am dead, bury me in the sepulchre in which the man of God is buried; lay my bones beside his bones.
32 For the word that he cried by the word of Jehovah against the altar in Bethel, and against all the houses of the high places that are in the cities of Samaria, shall certainly come to pass.
33 After this thing Jeroboam turned not from his evil way, but made again from all classes of the people priests of the high places: whosoever would, he consecrated him, and he became {one} of the priests of the high places.
34 And by this thing there was sin on the house of Jeroboam, even to cut it off and to destroy it from off the face of the earth.
1 有一个神人， 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边烧香。
2 神人奉耶和华的命令， 向那祭坛喊叫， 说： "祭坛哪， 祭坛哪， 耶和华这样说： ‘看哪， 大卫家要生一个儿子， 名叫约西亚； 他要把邱坛的祭司， 就是在你上面烧香的， 作祭物献在你上面。人的骨头也要在你上面焚烧。’"
3 那天， 神人提出一个兆头， 说： "这是耶和华的兆头。看哪， 这祭坛必破裂， 祭坛上的灰必倾撒下来。"
4 耶罗波安王听见神人向伯特利的祭坛喊叫的话， 就从祭坛上伸手， 说： "抓住他！ "王向他伸出的手却瘫痪了， 不能缩回来。
5 祭坛也破裂了， 灰从祭坛上倾撒下来， 好像神人奉耶和华的命令所提出的预兆一样。
6 王对神人说： "求你为我向耶和华你的 神求情， 又为我祷告， 使我的手复原。"于是神人向耶和华求情， 王的手就复了原， 像起先一样。
7 王对神人说： "请与我一起回王宫去， 吃点东西， 加添心力， 我还要赐给你一份礼物。"
8 神人对王说： "你就是把王宫的一半给我， 我也不会与你回去， 也不在这地方吃饭喝水。
9 因为有耶和华的话吩咐我说： ‘你不可吃饭喝水， 也不可从你去的原路回来。’"
10 于是神人从另一条路去了， 没有从他来伯特利的原路回去。
11 有一个老先知住在伯特利， 他的儿子们来告诉他， 那一天神人在伯特利所行的一切事。他们也把他对王所说的话， 都告诉了他们的父亲。
12 他们的父亲问他们： "神人从哪条路走了呢？"他的儿子们就把从犹大来的神人所走的路， 指给他看。
13 他对儿子们说： "给我备驴！ "于是他们给他备驴， 他就骑上，
14 去追赶神人， 遇见他正坐在橡树底下， 就问他： "你是从犹大来的神人吗？"他回答： "是的！ "
15 老先知对他说： "请你与我一起回家去吃饭。"
16 神人说： "我不能与你回去， 或是与你同行， 也不能与你在这地方吃饭喝水，
17 因为有耶和华的话对我说： ‘你在那里不可吃饭喝水， 也不可从你去的原路回来。’"
18 老先知对他说： "我是先知， 和你一样。有一位天使奉耶和华的命令告诉我说： ‘你去带他与你一起回家， 给他吃饭喝水。’"但是， 老先知是欺骗他的。
19 于是神人与他一起回去， 在他的家里吃饭喝水。
20 他们二人正在席上吃喝的时候， 耶和华的话临到那把神人带回来的先知，
21 他就对那从犹大来的神人喊叫， 说： "耶和华这样说： ‘你既然违背了耶和华的命令， 没有谨守耶和华你的 神吩咐你的诫命，
22 反倒回来， 在耶和华吩咐你不可吃饭喝水的地方， 吃了饭喝了水， 因此， 你的尸体不能入葬你列祖的坟墓里。’"
23 吃了饭喝了水之后， 老先知为他带回来的先知备驴。
24 他就去了； 在路上有一只狮子遇见了他， 就把他咬死了。他的尸体被丢在路上， 驴子站在尸体旁边， 狮子也站在尸体旁边。
25 有人从那里经过， 看见尸体被丢在路上， 狮子站在尸体旁边， 就来到老先知所住的城里， 述说这事。
26 那把神人从路上带回来的先知听见了这事， 就说： "这是那违背了耶和华命令的神人； 耶和华把他交给狮子， 狮子就把他撕裂， 咬死了他， 正如耶和华对他说过的话。"
27 老先知又吩咐他的儿子们说： "给我备驴。"他们就备了驴。
28 于是他去了， 看见神人的尸体被丢在路上， 驴子和狮子都站在尸体旁边， 那狮子并没有吃掉尸体， 也没有撕裂驴子。
29 老先知把神人的尸体抱起来， 放在驴子上， 带回自己的城里， 要为他举哀， 要埋葬他。
30 老先知把他的尸体埋葬在自己的坟墓里； 人们为他举哀， 说： "哀哉， 我兄啊！ "
31 埋葬他以后， 老先知就对儿子们说： "我死了以后， 你们要把我埋葬在神人的坟墓里， 把我的骸骨放在他的骸骨旁边。
32 因为他奉耶和华的命令， 攻击伯特利的坛和在撒玛利亚各城邱坛上的殿所喊叫的话， 必定应验。"
33 这事以后， 耶罗波安还不从他的恶道转回， 竟然把平民立为邱坛的祭司； 愿意的， 他都把他们分别为圣， 立他们为邱坛的祭司。
34 这事成为耶罗波安的家的罪， 以致他的家从地上被涂抹与除灭。