1 Kings 13
1 And behold, by the word of the Lord, a man of God went from Judah to Bethel, when Jeroboam was standing over the altar, and burning incense.
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 word of the Lord, he cried out against the altar. And he said: “O altar, O altar! Thus says the Lord: ‘Behold, a son will be born to the house of David, Josiah by name. And upon you, he will immolate the priests of the high places, who now burn incense upon you. And upon you, he will burn up the bones of men.’”
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 And he gave a sign on the same day, saying: “This will be the sign that the Lord has spoken. Behold, the altar shall be torn apart, and the ashes that are upon it shall 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 And when the king had heard the word of the man of God, which he had cried out against the altar at Bethel, he extended his hand from the altar, saying, “Apprehend him!” But his hand, which he had extended against him, withered. And he was unable to draw it back to himself.
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 Also, the altar was torn apart, and the ashes were poured out from the altar, in accord with the sign that the man of God had predicted 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 And the king said to the man of God, “Entreat the face of the Lord your God, and pray for me, so that my hand may be restored to me.” And the man of God prayed before the face of the Lord, and the hand of the king was restored to him, and it became as it had been 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, so that you may dine. And I will give you gifts.”
Kemudian raja berkata kepada nabi itu, "Mari makan di rumahku. Aku mau memberi hadiah kepadamu."
8 And the man of God responded to the king: “Even if you will give me one half part of your house, I will not go with you, nor eat bread, nor 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 so it was commanded to me by the word of the Lord, ordering: ‘You shall not eat bread, and you shall not drink water, nor shall you return by the way that you came.’”
Saya mendapat perintah dari TUHAN untuk tidak makan atau minum, dan tidak pulang mengikuti jalan yang saya lalui ketika datang."
10 Then he departed by another way, and he did not return along the way that he had traveled to Bethel.
Demikianlah nabi itu pergi lewat jalan lain.
11 Now a certain elderly prophet was living in Bethel. His sons went to him, and they described to him all the works which the man of God had accomplished on that day in Bethel. And they described to their father the words that he 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 And their father said to them, “By which way did he depart?” His sons showed him the way by which the man of God, who had come from Judah, had departed.
Lalu bertanyalah nabi tua itu, "Nabi dari Yehuda itu mengambil jalan yang mana ketika ia pulang?" Maka mereka menunjukkan jalan itu kepadanya.
13 And he said to his sons, “Saddle the donkey for me.” And when they had saddled it, he climbed on,
Lalu ia menyuruh mereka memasangkan pelana pada keledainya. Sesudah itu ia naik keledainya dan pergi
14 and he went away after the man of God. And he found him sitting under a terebinth tree. And he said to him, “Are you the man of God who came from Judah?” And he responded, “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 And he said to him, “Come home with me, so that you may eat bread.”
"Mari makan di rumah saya," kata nabi tua itu.
16 But he said: “I am not able to turn back, nor to go with you. Neither will I eat bread, or drink water 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 has spoken to me, by the word of the Lord, saying, “You shall not eat bread, and you shall not drink water in that place, nor shall you return by the way that you arrived.”
TUHAN telah memerintahkan saya untuk tidak makan atau minum dan tidak pulang mengikuti jalan yang sama ketika datang."
18 And he said to him: “I, too, am a prophet like you. And an Angel spoke to me, by the word of the Lord, saying, ‘Lead him back with you to your house, so that he may eat bread, and drink water.’” And so he deceived 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 And he led him back with him. Then he ate bread and drank water in his house.
Maka nabi dari Yehuda itu ikut ke rumah nabi tua itu dan makan dengan dia.
20 And while they were sitting at table, the word of the Lord came to the prophet who had led him back.
Sementara mereka duduk makan, TUHAN berbicara kepada nabi tua itu,
21 And he cried out to the man of God who had arrived from Judah, saying: “Thus says the Lord: Because you were not obedient to the mouth of the Lord, and you did not keep the commandment that the Lord your God instructed to 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 and you turned back, and ate bread, and drank water in the place where he commanded you that you should not eat bread, nor drink water: your dead body shall not be carried back to the sepulcher 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 when he had eaten and had drunk, he saddled his donkey for the prophet whom he had led back.
Setelah mereka selesai makan, nabi tua itu memasangkan pelana pada keledai nabi dari Yehuda itu,
24 And when he had departed, a lion found him along the way, and it killed him, and his dead body was left upon the road. Now the donkey was standing beside him. And the lion was standing beside the dead 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 behold, men who were passing by saw the dead body lying in the road, with the lion standing beside the body. And they went and made it widely known in the city where that elderly 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 And when that prophet, who had led him back from the way, had heard it, he said: “It is the man of God, who was disobedient to the mouth of the Lord. And the Lord has delivered him to the lion. And it has torn him apart and killed him, in accord with the word of the Lord, which he spoke 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 And he said to his sons, “Saddle a donkey for me.” And when they had 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 had departed, he found the dead body lying on the road, with the donkey and the lion standing beside the dead body. The lion did not eat from the dead body, nor did it harm 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 Then the prophet took the dead body of the man of God, and he placed it upon the donkey, and returning, he brought it into the city of the elderly prophet, so that he might mourn for him.
Ia mengangkat mayat itu dan menaruhnya di atas keledainya, lalu membawanya kembali ke Betel untuk diratapi dan dikuburkan.
30 And he placed his dead body in his own sepulcher. And they mourned for him, saying: “Alas! Alas! 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 they had mourned over him, he said to his sons: “When I will have died, bury me in the sepulcher in which the man of God was buried. Place 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 certainly, the word will arrive, which he predicted by the word of the Lord, against the altar, which is in Bethel, and against all the shrines of the high places, which are in the cities of Samaria.”
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 these words, Jeroboam did not turn back from his very evil way. Instead, to the contrary, he made priests for the high places out of the least of the people. Whosoever was willing, he filled his hand, and he became 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 for this reason, the house of Jeroboam sinned, and was uprooted, and was wiped from the face of the earth.
Perbuatannya yang jahat itu menyebabkan keturunannya celaka dan hancur sama sekali.
