Første Kongebog 13
1 Og se, på HERRENs Bud kom en Guds Mand fra Juda til Betel, netop som Jeroboam stod på Alteret for at tænde Offerild.
Then a man of God came from Judah by the order of the Lord to Beth-el, where Jeroboam was by the altar, burning offerings.
2 Og han råbte med HERRENs Ord imod Alteret: "Alter, Alter! Så siger HERREN: Der skal fødes Davids Hus en Søn ved Navn Josias, og på dig skal han ofre Højenes Præster, som tænder Offerild på dig, og han skal brænde Menneskeknogler på dig!"
And by the order of the Lord he made an outcry against the altar, saying, O altar, altar, the Lord has said, From the seed of David will come a child, named Josiah, and on you he will put to death the priests of the high places, who are burning offerings on you, and men's bones will be burned on you.
3 Og samtidig kundgjorde han et Tegn, idet han sagde: "Dette er Tegnet på, at HERREN har talet: Se, Alteret skal revne, så Asken derpå vælter ud!"
The same day he gave them a sign, saying, This is the sign which the Lord has given: See, the altar will be broken and the burned waste on it overturned.
4 Da nu Kongen hørte de Ord, den Guds Mand råbte mod Alteret i Betel, rakte Jeroboam sin Hånd ud fra Alteret og sagde: "Grib ham!" Men Hånden, han rakte ud imod ham, visnede, og han kunde ikke tage den til sig igen;
Then the king, hearing the man of God crying out against the altar at Beth-el, put out his hand from the altar, saying, Take him prisoner. And his hand, stretched out against him, became dead, and he had no power of pulling it back.
5 og Alteret revnede, så Asken væltede ud fra Alteret - det Tegn, den Guds Mand havde kundgjort med HERRENs Ord.
And the altar was broken and the burned waste on it overturned; this was the sign which the man of God had given by the word of the Lord.
6 Da tog Kongen til Orde og sagde til den Guds Mand: "Bed dog HERREN din Gud om Nåde og gå i Forbøn for mig, at jeg kan tage Hånden til mig igen!" Og den Guds Mand bad HERREN om Nåde, og Kongen kunde tage Hånden til sig igen, og den var som før.
Then the king made answer and said to the man of God, Make a prayer now for the grace of the Lord your God, and for me, that my hand may be made well. And in answer to the prayer of the man of God, the king's hand was made well again, as it was before.
7 Derpå sagde Kongen til den Guds Mand: "Følg med mig hjem og vederkvæg dig, så vil jeg give dig en Gave!"
And the king said to the man of God, Come with me to my house for food and rest, and I will give you a reward.
8 Men den Guds Mand svarede Kongen: "Om du så giver mig Halvdelen af dit Hus, vil jeg ikke følge med dig, og jeg vil hverken spise eller drikke på dette Sted;
But the man of God said to the king, Even if you gave me half of all you have, I would not go in with you, and I would not take food or a drink of water in this place;
9 thi det Bud har jeg fået med HERRENs Ord: Du må hverken spise eller drikke, og du må ikke vende hjem ad den Vej, du kom!"
For so I was ordered by the word of the Lord, who said, You are not to take food or a drink of water, and you are not to go back the way you came.
10 Derpå drog han bort ad en anden Vej og vendte ikke hjem ad den Vej, han var kommet til Betel.
So he went another way, and not by the way he came to Beth-el.
11 Nu boede der i Betel en gammel Profet; hans Sønner kom og fortalte ham om alt, hvad den Guds Mand den Dag havde gjort i Betel, og om de Ord, han havde talt til Kongen. Men da de havde fortalt deres Fader det,
Now there was an old prophet living in Beth-el; and one of his sons came and gave him word of all the man of God had done that day in Beth-el, and they gave their father an account of the words he had said to the king.
12 spurgte han dem: "Hvilken Vej gik han?" Og hans Sønner viste ham, hvilken Vej den Guds Mand, der var kommet fra Juda, var gået.
Then their father said to them, Which way did he go? Now his sons had seen which way the man of God who came from Judah had gone.
13 Da sagde han til sine Sønner: "Læg Sadelen på mit Æsel!" Og da de havde sadlet Æselet, satte han sig op,
So the prophet said to his sons, Make ready an ass for me. So they made an ass ready, and he got on it,
14 red efter den Guds Mand og traf ham siddende under Egetræet. Han spurgte ham da: "Er du den Guds Mand, der kom fra Juda?" Han svarede: "Ja!"
And went after the man of God, and came up with him while he was seated under an oak-tree. And he said to him, Are you the man of God who came from Judah? And he said, I am.
15 Så sagde han til ham: "Kom med mig hjem og få noget at spise!"
Then he said to him, Come back to the house with me and have a meal.
16 Men han svarede: "Jeg kan ikke vende om og følge med dig, og jeg kan hverken spise eller drikke sammen med dig på dette Sted,
But he said, I may not go back with you or go into your house; and I will not take food or a drink of water with you in this place;
17 thi der er sagt mig med HERRENs Ord: Du må hverken spise eller drikke der, og du må ikke vende tilbage ad den Vej, du kom!"
For the Lord said to me, You are not to take food or water there, or go back again by the way you came.
18 Da sagde han til ham: "Også jeg er Profet som du, og en Engel har med HERRENs Ord sagt til mig: Tag ham med dig hjem, for at han kan få noget at spise og drikke!" Men han løj for ham.
Then he said to him, I am a prophet like you; and an angel said to me by the word of the Lord, Take him back with you and give him food and water. But he said false words to him.
19 Så vendte han tilbage med ham og spiste og drak i hans Hus.
So he went back with him, and had a meal in his house and a drink of water.
20 Men medens de sad til Bords, kom HERRENs Ord til Profeten, der havde fået ham tilbage,
But while they were seated at the table, the word of the Lord came to the prophet who had taken him back;
21 og han råbte til den Guds Mand, der var kommet fra Juda: "Så siger HERREN: Fordi du har været genstridig mod HERRENs Ord og ikke holdt det Bud, HERREN din Gud pålagde dig,
And crying out to the man of God who came from Judah, he said, The Lord says, Because you have gone against the voice of the Lord, and have not done as you were ordered by the Lord,
22 men vendte tilbage og spiste og drak på det Sted, hvor han sagde, du ikke måtte spise og drikke, derfor skal dit Lig ikke komme i dine Fædres Grav!"
But have come back, and have taken food and water in this place where he said you were to take no food or water; your dead body will not be put to rest with your fathers.
23 Efter at han havde spist og drukket, sadlede han Æselet til ham, og han gav sig på Hjemvjen.
Now after the meal he made ready the ass for him, for the prophet whom he had taken back.
24 Men en Løve kom imod ham på Vejen og dræbte ham. Og hans Lig lå henslængt på Vejen, og Æselet stod ved Siden af; også Løven stod ved Siden af Liget.
And he went on his way; but on the road a lion came rushing at him and put him to death; and his dead body was stretched in the road with the ass by its side, and the lion was there by the body.
25 Og se, nogle Mænd kom der forbi og så Liget ligge henslængt på Vejen, og Løven stå ved Siden af, og de kom og fortalte det i Byen, hvor den gamle Profet boede;
And some men, going by, saw the body stretched out in the road with the lion by its side; and they came and gave news of it in the town where the old prophet was living.
26 og da Profeten, der havde fået ham til at vende om, hørte det, sagde han: "Det er den Guds Mand, som var genstridig mod HERRENs Ord; derfor har HERREN givet ham i Løvens Vold, og den har sønderrevet ham og dræbt ham efter det Ord, HERREN talede til ham!"
Then the prophet who had made him come back, hearing it, said, It is the man of God, who went against the word of the Lord; that is why the Lord has given him to the lion to be wounded to death, as the Lord said.
27 Derpå sagde han til sine Sønner: "Læg Sadelen på mit Æsel!" Og da de havde gjort det,
And he said to his sons, Make ready the ass for me. And they did so.
28 red han hen og fandt hans Lig liggende henslængt på vejen og Æselet og Løven stående ved Siden af, uden at Løven havde ædt Liget eller sønderrevet Æselet.
And he went and saw the dead body stretched out in the road with the ass and the lion by its side: the lion had not taken the body for its food or done any damage to the ass.
29 Da løftede Profeten den Guds Mands Lig op, lagde ham på Æselet og førte ham tilbage til Byen for at holde Dødeklage og jorde ham;
Then the prophet took up the body of the man of God and put it on the ass and took it back; and he came to the town to put the body to rest with weeping.
30 og da han havde lagt Liget i sin egen Grav, holdt de Dødeklage over ham og sagde: "Ak ve min Broder!"
And he put the body in the resting-place made ready for himself, weeping and sorrowing over it, saying, O my brother!
31 Og efter at have jordet ham sagde han til sine Sønner: "Når jeg dør, skal I lægge mig i samme Grav, som den Guds Mand ligger i; ved Siden af hans Ben skal I lægge mig, for at mine Ben kan blive skånet sammen md hans;
And when he had put it to rest, he said to his sons, When I am dead, then you are to put my body into the earth with the body of this man of God, and put me by his bones so that my bones may be kept safe with his bones.
32 thi det Ord skal gå i Opfyldelse, som han med HERRENs Ord råbte mod Alteret i Betel og alle Offerhusene på Højene i Samarias Byer!"
For the outcry he made by the word of the Lord against the altar in Beth-el and against all the houses of the high places in the towns of Samaria, will certainly come about.
33 Heller ikke efter denne Begivenhed opgav Jeroboam sin onde Færd, men gjorde på ny alle Slags Folk til Præster på Højene, idet han indsatte enhver, der havde Lyst, til Præst på Højene.
After this Jeroboam, not turning back from his evil ways, still made priests for his altars from among all the people; he made a priest of anyone desiring it, so that there might be priests of the high places.
34 Og det blev Jeroboams Hus til Synd og førte til, at det blev tilintetgjort og udryddet af Jorden.
And this became a sin in the family of Jeroboam, causing it to be cut off and sent to destruction from the face of the earth.
