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.
Pada waktu itu ada seorang nabi di Yehuda. Ia disuruh oleh TUHAN untuk pergi ke Betel. Nabi itu tiba di sana ketika Yerobeam sedang berdiri di depan mezbah untuk mempersembahkan kurban.
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.’”
Atas perintah TUHAN berserulah nabi itu kepada mezbah itu, "Hai mezbah, hai mezbah! Beginilah kata TUHAN, 'Seorang anak yang akan dinamakan Yosia akan lahir di dalam keluarga Daud. Di atasmu, hai mezbah, ia akan membunuh imam-imam yang bertugas di tempat-tempat ibadat kepada dewa, dan yang telah pula mempersembahkan kurban di atasmu. Dan di atasmu juga ia akan membakar tulang-tulang manusia.'"
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.’”
Kata nabi itu selanjutnya, "Mezbah ini akan runtuh, dan abu yang di atasnya akan tumpah. Itulah buktinya bahwa saya disuruh TUHAN."
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.
Pada saat Yerobeam mendengar kata-kata itu, ia menunjuk kepada nabi itu lalu berteriak, "Tangkap orang itu!" Tetapi langsung lengan Yerobeam menjadi kaku sehingga ia tak dapat menariknya kembali.
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.
Mezbah itu tiba-tiba runtuh dan abu di atasnya tumpah ke tanah, seperti yang telah dikatakan oleh nabi itu atas perintah TUHAN.
6 Then the king responded to the man of God, “Intercede with the LORD your God and pray 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.
Lalu berkatalah Raja Yerobeam kepada nabi itu, "Tolonglah berdoa kepada TUHAN Allahmu untukku. Mintalah belas kasihan-Nya untuk menyembuhkan lenganku!" Nabi itu pun berdoa kepada TUHAN, lalu sembuhlah lengan raja.
7 Then the king said to the man of God, “Come home with me and refresh yourself, and I will give you a reward.”
Kemudian raja berkata kepada nabi itu, "Mari makan di rumahku. Aku mau memberi hadiah kepadamu."
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.
Nabi itu menjawab, "Sekalipun Baginda memberi saya separuh dari kekayaan Baginda, saya tak akan ikut untuk makan atau minum dengan Baginda.
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.’”
Saya mendapat perintah dari TUHAN untuk tidak makan atau minum, dan tidak pulang mengikuti jalan yang saya lalui ketika datang."
10 So the man of God went another way and did not return by the way he had come to Bethel.
Demikianlah nabi itu pergi lewat jalan lain.
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.
Pada waktu itu ada seorang nabi tua yang tinggal di Betel. Anak-anaknya memberitahukan kepadanya tentang nabi dari Yehuda itu. Mereka menceritakan tentang apa yang dilakukannya di Betel pada hari itu, dan apa yang dikatakannya kepada Raja Yerobeam.
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.
Lalu bertanyalah nabi tua itu, "Nabi dari Yehuda itu mengambil jalan yang mana ketika ia pulang?" Maka mereka menunjukkan jalan itu kepadanya.
13 So the prophet said to his sons, “Saddle the donkey for me.” Then they saddled the donkey for him, and he mounted it
Lalu ia menyuruh mereka memasangkan pelana pada keledainya. Sesudah itu ia naik keledainya dan pergi
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.
mengejar nabi dari Yehuda itu. Ia menemukan nabi itu sedang duduk di bawah sebuah pohon besar. "Apakah Anda nabi dari Yehuda?" tanya nabi tua itu. "Benar," jawab orang itu.
15 So the prophet said to the man of God, “Come home with me and eat some bread.”
"Mari makan di rumah saya," kata nabi tua itu.
16 But the man replied, “I cannot return with you or eat bread or drink water with you in this place.
Tetapi nabi dari Yehuda itu menjawab, "Maaf! Saya tidak bisa menerima undangan Bapak untuk ikut ke rumah Bapak. Saya juga tak akan makan atau minum di sini dengan Bapak.
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.’”
TUHAN telah memerintahkan saya untuk tidak makan atau minum dan tidak pulang mengikuti jalan yang sama ketika datang."
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,
Maka nabi tua dari Betel itu pun berdusta kepadanya, dengan mengatakan, "Saya juga nabi seperti Anda. Atas perintah TUHAN pun seorang malaikat sudah menyuruh saya menjemput dan menjamu Anda di rumah saya."
19 but the man of God went back with him, ate bread in his house, and drank water.
Maka nabi dari Yehuda itu ikut ke rumah nabi tua itu dan makan dengan dia.
20 While they were sitting at the table, the word of the LORD came to the prophet who had brought him back,
Sementara mereka duduk makan, TUHAN berbicara kepada nabi tua itu,
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,
sehingga ia menegur nabi dari Yehuda itu, katanya, "TUHAN berkata bahwa Anda tidak taat kepada-Nya. Anda tidak melakukan apa yang diperintahkan-Nya kepada Anda.
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.’”
Anda telah kembali dan makan minum, padahal Anda telah dilarang untuk melakukan hal itu. Karena itu Anda akan dibunuh, dan mayat Anda tidak akan dikubur di kuburan keluarga Anda."
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.
Setelah mereka selesai makan, nabi tua itu memasangkan pelana pada keledai nabi dari Yehuda itu,
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.
lalu berangkatlah nabi itu. Di tengah jalan ia diserang seekor singa, lalu mati diterkam. Mayatnya kemudian terkapar di jalan, dan keledainya berdiri di dekatnya. Singa itu pun berdiri di situ.
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.
Orang-orang yang lewat, melihat mayat dan singa itu di situ. Lalu mereka pergi ke Betel dan memberitahukan apa yang mereka lihat.
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.”
Ketika nabi tua itu mendengar tentang hal itu, ia berkata, "Pasti itu nabi yang tidak taat kepada perintah TUHAN! Itu sebabnya TUHAN mengirim singa itu untuk menerkam dan membunuh dia seperti yang dikatakan TUHAN sebelumnya."
27 Then the old prophet instructed his sons, “Saddle the donkey for me.” So they saddled it,
Lalu berkatalah nabi tua itu kepada anak-anaknya, "Pasangkan pelana pada keledai saya." Setelah naik ke atas keledainya, ia pun berangkat.
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.
Ia menemukan mayat nabi dari Yehuda itu masih terletak di jalan dengan keledai dan singa di dekatnya. Singa itu tidak menerkam keledai itu, dan tidak pula makan mayat itu.
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.
Ia mengangkat mayat itu dan menaruhnya di atas keledainya, lalu membawanya kembali ke Betel untuk diratapi dan dikuburkan.
30 Then he laid the body in his own tomb, and they lamented over him, “Oh, my brother!”
Nabi tua itu sendiri menguburkan mayat itu di kuburan keluarganya, lalu ia dan anak-anaknya meratapi mayat itu. Mereka berkata, "Kasihan kau, saudaraku, kasihan!"
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,
Kemudian kata nabi tua itu kepada anak-anaknya, "Apabila aku meninggal, kuburlah aku di kuburan ini di samping nabi itu.
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.”
Apa yang telah diucapkannya atas perintah TUHAN terhadap mezbah di Betel itu dan terhadap semua tempat ibadat di kota-kota Samaria pasti akan terjadi."
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.
Raja Yerobeam tetap tidak mau meninggalkan perbuatannya yang jahat. Untuk mengurus tempat-tempat ibadat yang telah didirikannya itu, ia terus saja memilih imam dari keluarga-keluarga biasa. Siapa saja yang mau, diangkatnya menjadi imam.
34 And this was the sin of the house of Jeroboam that led to its extermination and destruction from the face of the earth.
Perbuatannya yang jahat itu menyebabkan keturunannya celaka dan hancur sama sekali.
