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.
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 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.
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 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.
Kata nabi itu selanjutnya, "Mezbah ini akan runtuh, dan abu yang di atasnya akan tumpah. Itulah buktinya bahwa saya disuruh TUHAN."
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.
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 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.
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 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.
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 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.
Kemudian raja berkata kepada nabi itu, "Mari makan di rumahku. Aku mau memberi hadiah kepadamu."
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;
Nabi itu menjawab, "Sekalipun Baginda memberi saya separuh dari kekayaan Baginda, saya tak akan ikut untuk makan atau minum dengan Baginda.
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.
Saya mendapat perintah dari TUHAN untuk tidak makan atau minum, dan tidak pulang mengikuti jalan yang saya lalui ketika datang."
10 So he went another way, and not by the way he came to Beth-el.
Demikianlah nabi itu pergi lewat jalan lain.
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.
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 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.
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, Make ready an ass for me. So they made an ass ready, and he got on it,
Lalu ia menyuruh mereka memasangkan pelana pada keledainya. Sesudah itu ia naik keledainya dan pergi
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.
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 Then he said to him, Come back to the house with me and have a meal.
"Mari makan di rumah saya," kata nabi tua itu.
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;
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 the Lord said to me, You are not to take food or water there, or go back again 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 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.
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 So he went back with him, and had a meal in his house and a drink of water.
Maka nabi dari Yehuda itu ikut ke rumah nabi tua itu dan makan dengan dia.
20 But while they were seated at the table, the word of the Lord came to the prophet who had taken him back;
Sementara mereka duduk makan, TUHAN berbicara kepada nabi tua itu,
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,
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 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.
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 Now after the meal he made ready the ass for him, for the prophet whom he had taken back.
Setelah mereka selesai makan, nabi tua itu memasangkan pelana pada keledai nabi dari Yehuda itu,
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.
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 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.
Orang-orang yang lewat, melihat mayat dan singa itu di situ. Lalu mereka pergi ke Betel dan memberitahukan apa yang mereka lihat.
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.
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 And he said to his sons, Make ready the ass for me. And they did so.
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 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.
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 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.
Ia mengangkat mayat itu dan menaruhnya di atas keledainya, lalu membawanya kembali ke Betel untuk diratapi dan dikuburkan.
30 And he put the body in the resting-place made ready for himself, weeping and sorrowing over it, saying, O 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 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.
Kemudian kata nabi tua itu kepada anak-anaknya, "Apabila aku meninggal, kuburlah aku di kuburan ini di samping nabi itu.
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.
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 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.
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 became a sin in the family of Jeroboam, causing it to be cut off and sent to destruction from the face of the earth.
Perbuatannya yang jahat itu menyebabkan keturunannya celaka dan hancur sama sekali.
