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وَبَيْنَمَا كَانَ يَرُبْعَامُ وَاقِفاً عِنْدَ الْمَذْبَحِ لِيُوْقِدَ عَلَيْهِ، أَقْبَلَ رَجُلُ اللهِ مِنْ يَهُوذَا إِلَى بَيْتِ إِيلَ حَامِلاً رِسَالَةً مِنَ الرَّبِّ. ١ 1
Behold, a man of God came out of Judah by Yahweh’s word to Bethel; and Jeroboam was standing by the altar to burn incense.
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». ٢ 2
He cried against the altar by Yahweh’s word, and said, “Altar! Altar! Yahweh says: ‘Behold, a son will be born to David’s house, Josiah by name. On you he will sacrifice the priests of the high places who burn incense on you, and they will burn men’s bones on you.’”
وَتَأْيِيداً لِكَلامِهِ أَعْطَى فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ عَلامَةً تُؤَكِّدُ أَنَّ الرَّبَّ هُوَ الَّذِي تَكَلَّمَ، وَقَالَ: «هُوَذَا الْمَذْبَحُ يَنْشَقُّ وَيُذْرَى الرَّمَادُ الَّذِي عَلَيْهِ». ٣ 3
He gave a sign the same day, saying, “This is the sign which Yahweh has spoken: Behold, the altar will be split apart, and the ashes that are on it will be poured out.”
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. ٤ 4
When the king heard the saying of the man of God, which he cried against the altar in Bethel, Jeroboam put out his hand from the altar, saying, “Seize him!” His hand, which he put out against him, dried up, so that he could not draw it back again to himself.
وَانْشَقَّ آنَئِذٍ الْمَذْبَحُ وَذُرِيَ الرَّمَادُ مِنْ عَلَيْهِ وَفْقاً لِلْعَلامَةِ الَّتِي أَعْطَاهَا رَجُلُ اللهِ بِمُقْتَضَى أَمْرِ الرَّبِّ. ٥ 5
The altar was also split apart, and the ashes poured out from the altar, according to the sign which the man of God had given by Yahweh’s word.
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. ٦ 6
The king answered the man of God, “Now intercede for the favor of Yahweh your God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored me again.” The man of God interceded with Yahweh, and the king’s hand was restored to him again, and became as it was before.
ثُمَّ قَالَ الْمَلِكُ لِرَجُلِ اللهِ: «تَعَالَ مَعِي إِلَى قَصْرِي لِتَقْتَاتَ وَأُعْطِيَكَ مُكَافَأَةً». ٧ 7
The king said to the man of God, “Come home with me and refresh yourself, and I will give you a reward.”
فَأَجَابَهُ: «حَتَّى لَوْ وَهَبْتَنِي نِصْفَ قَصْرِكَ فَلَنْ أَطَأَ أَرْضَهُ، وَلا آكُلَ خُبْزاً وَلا أَشْرَبَ مَاءً فِي هَذَا الْمَوْضِعِ. ٨ 8
The man of God said to the king, “Even if you gave me half of your house, I would not go in with you, neither would I eat bread nor drink water in this place;
لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ أَمَرَنِي قَائِلاً:’لا تَأْكُلْ خُبْزاً وَلا تَشْرَبْ مَاءً وَلا تَرْجِعْ فِي نَفْسِ الطَّرِيقِ الَّتِي جِئْتَ مِنْهَا‘». ٩ 9
for so was it commanded me by Yahweh’s word, saying, ‘You shall eat no bread, drink no water, and don’t return by the way that you came.’”
ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ فِي طَرِيقٍ أُخْرَى غَيْرِ الَّتِي سَلَكَهَا فِي مَجِيئِهِ إِلَى بَيْتِ إِيلَ. ١٠ 10
So he went another way, and didn’t return by the way that he came to Bethel.
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. ١١ 11
Now an old prophet lived in Bethel, and one of his sons came and told him all the works that the man of God had done that day in Bethel. They also told their father the words which he had spoken to the king.
فَسَأَلَهُمْ أَبُوهُمْ: «مِنْ أَيِّ طَرِيقٍ انْصَرَفَ؟» فَأَخْبَرُوهُ، لأَنَّهُمْ كَانُوا قَدْ رَأَوْا الطَّرِيقَ الَّتِي انْصَرَفَ فِيهَا. ١٢ 12
Their father said to them, “Which way did he go?” Now his sons had seen which way the man of God went, who came from Judah.
فَقَالَ لأَبْنَائِهِ: «أَسْرِجُوا لِيَ الْحِمَارَ». وَعِنْدَمَا فَعَلُوا رَكِبَ عَلَيْهِ. ١٣ 13
He said to his sons, “Saddle the donkey for me.” So they saddled the donkey for him; and he rode on it.
وَاقْتَفَى أَثَرَهُ حَتَّى أَدْرَكَهُ جَالِساً تَحْتَ الْبَلُّوطَةِ. فَسَأَلَهُ: «هَلْ أَنْتَ رَجُلُ اللهِ الَّذِي وَفَدَ مِنْ يَهُوذَا؟» فَأَجَابَهُ: «أَنَا هُوَ». ١٤ 14
He went after the man of God, and found him sitting under an oak. He said to him, “Are you the man of God who came from Judah?” He said, “I am.”
فَقَالَ لَهُ: «تَعَالَ مَعِي إِلَى الْبَيْتِ لِتَأْكُلَ طَعَاماً». ١٥ 15
Then he said to him, “Come home with me and eat bread.”
فَأَجَابَهُ: «لا أَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ أَرْجِعَ مَعَكَ أَوْ أَدْخُلَ بَيْتَكَ أَوْ آكُلَ طَعَاماً أَوْ أَشْرَبَ مَاءً فِي هَذَا الْمَوْضِعِ، ١٦ 16
He said, “I may not return with you, nor go in with you. I will not eat bread or drink water with you in this place.
لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ أَمَرَنِي قَائِلاً: لَا تَأْكُلْ طَعَاماً وَلا تَشْرَبْ مَاءً وَلا تَنْصَرِفْ فِي نَفْسِ الطَّرِيقِ الَّتِي جِئْتَ مِنْهَا». ١٧ 17
For it was said to me by Yahweh’s word, ‘You shall eat no bread or drink water there, and don’t turn again to go by the way that you came.’”
فَقَالَ لَهُ: «أَنَا أَيْضاً نَبِيٌّ مِثْلُكَ وَقَدْ أَمَرَنِي مَلاكُ الرَّبِّ أَنْ أَرْجِعَ بِكَ مَعِي إِلَى بَيْتِي فَتَقْتَاتَ وَتَشْرَبَ مَاءً». وَهَكَذَا كَذِبَ عَلَيْهِ. ١٨ 18
He said to him, “I also am a prophet as you are; and an angel spoke to me by Yahweh’s word, saying, ‘Bring him back with you into your house, that he may eat bread and drink water.’” He lied to him.
(فَصَدَّقَهُ) وَرَجَعَ مَعَهُ وَتَنَاوَلَ طَعَاماً فِي بَيْتِهِ وَشَرِبَ مَاءً. ١٩ 19
So he went back with him, ate bread in his house, and drank water.
وَفِيمَا هُمَا جَالِسَانِ حَوْلَ الْمَائِدَةِ يَتَنَاوَلانِ الطَّعَامَ، خَاطَبَ الرَّبُّ النَّبِيَّ الشَّيْخَ، ٢٠ 20
As they sat at the table, Yahweh’s word came to the prophet who brought him back;
فَقَالَ لِرَجُلِ اللهِ الْوَافِدِ مِنْ يَهُوذَا: «هَذَا مَا يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ: لأَنَّكَ خَالَفْتَ أَمْرَ الرَّبِّ وَلَمْ تُطِعْ وَصِيَّتَهُ الَّتِي أَوْصَاكَ بِها الرَّبُّ إِلَهُكَ، ٢١ 21
and he cried out to the man of God who came from Judah, saying, “Yahweh says, ‘Because you have been disobedient to Yahweh’s word, and have not kept the commandment which Yahweh your God commanded you,
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». ٢٢ 22
but came back, and have eaten bread and drank water in the place of which he said to you, “Eat no bread, and drink no water,” your body will not come to the tomb of your fathers.’”
وَبَعْدَ أَنْ تَنَاوَلَ نَبِيُّ يَهُوذَا طَعَاماً وَشَرِبَ مَاءً، أَسْرَجَ لَهُ مُضِيفُهُ حِمَارَهُ. ٢٣ 23
After he had eaten bread and after he drank, he saddled the donkey for the prophet whom he had brought back.
وَبَيْنَمَا هُوَ مُنْصَرِفٌ فِي طَرِيقِهِ صَادَفَهُ أَسَدٌ وَقَتَلَهُ، وَظَلَّتْ جُثَّتُهُ مَطْرُوحَةً فِي الطَّرِيقِ، وَالْحِمَارُ وَالأَسَدُ وَاقِفَانِ إِلَى جُوَارِ الْجُثَّةِ. ٢٤ 24
When he had gone, a lion met him by the way and killed him. His body was thrown on the path, and the donkey stood by it. The lion also stood by the body.
وَمَرَّ قَوْمٌ فَشَاهَدُوا الْجُثَّةَ مَطْرُوحَةً فِي الْطَرِيقِ وَالأَسَدُ وَاِقفٌ إِلَى جُوَارِهَا فَأَتَوْا وَأَذَاعُوا الْخَبَرَ فِي الْمَدِينَةِ الَّتِي يُقِيمُ فِيهَا النَّبِيُّ الشَّيْخُ. ٢٥ 25
Behold, men passed by and saw the body thrown on the path, and the lion standing by the body; and they came and told it in the city where the old prophet lived.
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». ٢٦ 26
When the prophet who brought him back from the way heard of it, he said, “It is the man of God who was disobedient to Yahweh’s word. Therefore Yahweh has delivered him to the lion, which has mauled him and slain him, according to Yahweh’s word which he spoke to him.”
وَقَالَ لأَبْنَائِهِ: «أَسْرِجُوا لِيَ الْحِمَارَ». فَأَسْرَجُوهُ، ٢٧ 27
He said to his sons, saying, “Saddle the donkey for me,” and they saddled it.
فَانْطَلَقَ إِلَى حَيْثُ عَثَرَ عَلَى الْجُثَّةِ مَطْرُوحَةً فِي الطَّرِيقِ، وَالأَسَدُ وَالْحِمَارُ وَاقِفَيْنِ إِلَى جُوَارِهَا، مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ يَأْكُلَ الأَسَدُ الْجُثَّةَ أَوْ يَفْتَرِسَ الْحِمَارَ، ٢٨ 28
He went and found his body thrown on the path, and the donkey and the lion standing by the body. The lion had not eaten the body nor mauled the donkey.
فَوَضَعَ النَّبِيُّ جُثَّةَ رَجُلِ اللهِ عَلَى الْحِمَارِ، وَمَضَى بِها إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ، لِيَنْدُبَهُ ٢٩ 29
The prophet took up the body of the man of God, and laid it on the donkey, and brought it back. He came to the city of the old prophet to mourn, and to bury him.
ثُمَّ دَفَنَهَا فِي قَبْرِهِ وَهُوَ يَنُوحُ قَائِلاً: «آهِ عَلَيْكَ يَا أَخِي». ٣٠ 30
He laid his body in his own grave; and they mourned over him, saying, “Alas, my brother!”
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، ٣١ 31
After he had buried him, he spoke to his sons, saying, “When I am dead, bury me in the tomb in which the man of God is buried. Lay my bones beside his bones.
لأَنَّ مَا أَنْذَرَ بِهِ مِنْ كَلامِ الرَّبِّ بِشَأْنِ الْمَذْبَحِ الَّذِي فِي بَيْتِ إِيلَ، وَجَمِيعِ مَعَابِدِ الْمُرْتَفَعَاتِ الَّتِي فِي مُدُنِ السَّامِرَةِ، لابُدَّ أَنْ يَتَحَقَّقَ». ٣٢ 32
For the saying which he cried by Yahweh’s word against the altar in Bethel, and against all the houses of the high places which are in the cities of Samaria, will surely happen.”
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. ٣٣ 33
After this thing, Jeroboam didn’t turn from his evil way, but again made priests of the high places from among all the people. Whoever wanted to, he consecrated him, that there might be priests of the high places.
فَكَانَتْ هَذِهِ هِيَ خَطِيئَةُ بَيْتِ يَرُبْعَامَ الَّتِي أَفْضَتْ إِلَى سُقُوطِهِ وَانْقِرَاضِهِ عَنْ وَجْهِ الأَرضِ. ٣٤ 34
This thing became sin to the house of Jeroboam, even to cut it off and to destroy it from off the surface of the earth.

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