1 Kings 13
1 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.
那時，有一個神人奉耶和華的命從猶大來到伯特利。耶羅波安正站在壇旁要燒香；
2 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.
神人奉耶和華的命向壇呼叫，說：「壇哪，壇哪！耶和華如此說：大衛家裏必生一個兒子，名叫約西亞，他必將邱壇的祭司，就是在你上面燒香的，殺在你上面，人的骨頭也必燒在你上面。」
3 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.
當日，神人設個預兆，說：「這壇必破裂，壇上的灰必傾撒，這是耶和華說的預兆。」
4 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.
耶羅波安王聽見神人向伯特利的壇所呼叫的話，就從壇上伸手，說：「拿住他吧！」王向神人所伸的手就枯乾了，不能彎回；
5 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.
壇也破裂了，壇上的灰傾撒了，正如神人奉耶和華的命所設的預兆。
6 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.
王對神人說：「請你為我禱告，求耶和華－你上帝的恩典使我的手復原。」於是神人祈禱耶和華，王的手就復了原，仍如尋常一樣。
7 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.
王對神人說：「請你同我回去吃飯，加添心力，我也必給你賞賜。」
8 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;
神人對王說：「你就是把你的宮一半給我，我也不同你進去，也不在這地方吃飯喝水；
9 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.
因為有耶和華的話囑咐我，說不可在伯特利吃飯喝水，也不可從你去的原路回來。」
10 So he went another way, and not by the way he came to Beth-el.
於是神人從別的路回去，不從伯特利來的原路回去。
11 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.
有一個老先知住在伯特利，他兒子們來，將神人當日在伯特利所行的一切事和向王所說的話都告訴了父親。
12 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.
父親問他們說：「神人從哪條路去了呢？」兒子們就告訴他；原來他們看見那從猶大來的神人所去的路。
13 So the prophet said to his sons, Make ready an ass for me. So they made an ass ready, and he got on it,
老先知就吩咐他兒子們說：「你們為我備驢。」他們備好了驢，他就騎上，
14 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.
去追趕神人，遇見他坐在橡樹底下，就問他說：「你是從猶大來的神人不是？」他說：「是。」
15 Then he said to him, Come back to the house with me and have a meal.
老先知對他說：「請你同我回家吃飯。」
16 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;
神人說：「我不可同你回去進你的家，也不可在這裏同你吃飯喝水；
17 For the Lord said to me, You are not to take food or water there, or go back again by the way you came.
因為有耶和華的話囑咐我說：『你在那裏不可吃飯喝水，也不可從你去的原路回來。』」
18 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.
老先知對他說：「我也是先知，和你一樣。有天使奉耶和華的命對我說：『你去把他帶回你的家，叫他吃飯喝水。』」這都是老先知誆哄他。
19 So he went back with him, and had a meal in his house and a drink of water.
於是神人同老先知回去，在他家裏吃飯喝水。
20 But while they were seated at the table, the word of the Lord came to the prophet who had taken him back;
二人坐席的時候，耶和華的話臨到那帶神人回來的先知，
21 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,
他就對那從猶大來的神人說：「耶和華如此說：你既違背耶和華的話，不遵守耶和華－你上帝的命令，
22 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.
反倒回來，在耶和華禁止你吃飯喝水的地方吃了喝了，因此你的屍身不得入你列祖的墳墓。」
23 Now after the meal he made ready the ass for him, for the prophet whom he had taken back.
吃喝完了，老先知為所帶回來的先知備驢。
24 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.
他就去了，在路上有個獅子遇見他，將他咬死，屍身倒在路上，驢站在屍身旁邊，獅子也站在屍身旁邊。
25 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.
有人從那裏經過，看見屍身倒在路上，獅子站在屍身旁邊，就來到老先知所住的城裏述說這事。
26 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.
那帶神人回來的先知聽見這事，就說：「這是那違背了耶和華命令的神人，所以耶和華把他交給獅子；獅子抓傷他，咬死他，是應驗耶和華對他說的話。」
27 And he said to his sons, Make ready the ass for me. And they did so.
老先知就吩咐他兒子們說：「你們為我備驢。」他們就備了驢。
28 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.
他去了，看見神人的屍身倒在路上，驢和獅子站在屍身旁邊，獅子卻沒有吃屍身，也沒有抓傷驢。
29 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.
老先知就把神人的屍身馱在驢上，帶回自己的城裏，要哀哭他，葬埋他；
30 And he put the body in the resting-place made ready for himself, weeping and sorrowing over it, saying, O my brother!
就把他的屍身葬在自己的墳墓裏，哀哭他，說：「哀哉！我兄啊。」
31 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.
安葬之後，老先知對他兒子們說：「我死了，你們要葬我在神人的墳墓裏，使我的屍骨靠近他的屍骨，
32 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.
因為他奉耶和華的命指着伯特利的壇和撒馬利亞各城有邱壇之殿所說的話必定應驗。」
33 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.
這事以後，耶羅波安仍不離開他的惡道，將凡民立為邱壇的祭司；凡願意的，他都分別為聖，立為邱壇的祭司。
34 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.
這事叫耶羅波安的家陷在罪裏，甚至他的家從地上除滅了。
