1 Kings 13
1 The Lord ordered a man of God from Judah to go to Bethel. He arrived just as Jeroboam was standing beside the altar about to present a burnt offering.
| وَبَيْنَمَا كَانَ يَرُبْعَامُ وَاقِفاً عِنْدَ الْمَذْبَحِ لِيُوْقِدَ عَلَيْهِ، أَقْبَلَ رَجُلُ اللهِ مِنْ يَهُوذَا إِلَى بَيْتِ إِيلَ حَامِلاً رِسَالَةً مِنَ الرَّبِّ. | ١ |
2 He shouted out the Lord's condemnation of the altar: “Altar, altar, this is what the Lord says. A son will be born to the house of David. His name will be Josiah, and on you he will sacrifice the priests of the high places who burn offerings on you, and human bones will be burned on you.”
| وَهَتَفَ مُخَاطِباً الْمَذْبَحَ بِقَضَاءِ الرَّبِّ قَائِلاً: «يَامَذْبَحُ، يَامَذْبَحُ، هَذَا مَا يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ: سَيُوْلَدُ لِبَيْتِ دَاوُدَ ابْنٌ يُدْعَى يُوشِيَّا، فَيَذْبَحُ عَلَيْكَ كَهَنَةَ الْمُرْتَفَعَاتِ الَّذِينَ يُقَرِّبُونَ عَلَيْكَ، وَتُحْرَقُ فَوْقَكَ عِظَامُ النَّاسِ». | ٢ |
3 The same day the man of God gave a sign, saying, “This is the sign to prove that the Lord has spoken. Look! The altar will be split apart, and the ashes on it will spill out.”
| وَتَأْيِيداً لِكَلامِهِ أَعْطَى فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ عَلامَةً تُؤَكِّدُ أَنَّ الرَّبَّ هُوَ الَّذِي تَكَلَّمَ، وَقَالَ: «هُوَذَا الْمَذْبَحُ يَنْشَقُّ وَيُذْرَى الرَّمَادُ الَّذِي عَلَيْهِ». | ٣ |
4 When King Jeroboam heard the condemnation the man of God had shouted out against the altar in Bethel, he pointed his hand at him and said, “Arrest him!” But the hand the king had pointed at him had become paralyzed and he couldn't draw it back.
| فَلَمَّا سَمِعَ الْمَلِكُ كَلامَ رَجُلِ اللهِ الَّذِي خَاطَبَ بِهِ الْمَذْبَحَ فِي بَيْتِ إِيلَ، رَفَعَ يَدَهُ مِنْ عَلَى الْمَذْبَحِ، وَمَدَّهَا نَحْوَ النَّبِيِّ صَارِخاً: «اقْبِضُوا عَلَيْهِ» فَيَبِسَتْ يَدُهُ الَّتِي مَدَّهَا وَعَجَزَ عَنْ رَدِّهَا. | ٤ |
5 The altar split apart, and the ashes spilled out from it, fulfilling the sign that the man of God had given from the Lord.
| وَانْشَقَّ آنَئِذٍ الْمَذْبَحُ وَذُرِيَ الرَّمَادُ مِنْ عَلَيْهِ وَفْقاً لِلْعَلامَةِ الَّتِي أَعْطَاهَا رَجُلُ اللهِ بِمُقْتَضَى أَمْرِ الرَّبِّ. | ٥ |
6 Then the king said to the man of God, “Please plead with the Lord your God—pray for me that I may have my hand back!” The man of God pleaded with the Lord, and the king was given back the use of his hand as it was before.
| عِنْدَئِذٍ تَوَسَّلَ الْمَلِكُ لِرَجُلِ اللهِ قَائِلاً: «تَضَرَّعْ إِلَى الرَّبِّ إِلَهِكَ، وَصَلِّ مِنْ أَجْلِي لِتَرْتَدَّ يَدِي إِلَى طَبِيعَتِهَا». فَابْتَهَلَ رَجُلُ اللهِ إِلَى الرَّبِّ، فَارْتَدَّتْ يَدُ الْمَلِكِ إِلَى مَا كَانَتْ عَلَيْهِ. | ٦ |
7 Then the king said to the man of God, “Come to my home and have a meal so I can give you a present.”
| ثُمَّ قَالَ الْمَلِكُ لِرَجُلِ اللهِ: «تَعَالَ مَعِي إِلَى قَصْرِي لِتَقْتَاتَ وَأُعْطِيَكَ مُكَافَأَةً». | ٧ |
8 But the man of God told the king, “Even if you gave me half of everything you own, I still wouldn't go with you. In fact I refuse to eat or drink anything in this place.
| فَأَجَابَهُ: «حَتَّى لَوْ وَهَبْتَنِي نِصْفَ قَصْرِكَ فَلَنْ أَطَأَ أَرْضَهُ، وَلا آكُلَ خُبْزاً وَلا أَشْرَبَ مَاءً فِي هَذَا الْمَوْضِعِ. | ٨ |
9 The Lord ordered me not to eat or drink anything, and not to return by the way I came.”
| لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ أَمَرَنِي قَائِلاً:’لا تَأْكُلْ خُبْزاً وَلا تَشْرَبْ مَاءً وَلا تَرْجِعْ فِي نَفْسِ الطَّرِيقِ الَّتِي جِئْتَ مِنْهَا‘». | ٩ |
10 So he went a different way—he did not return the way he had come to Bethel.
| ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ فِي طَرِيقٍ أُخْرَى غَيْرِ الَّتِي سَلَكَهَا فِي مَجِيئِهِ إِلَى بَيْتِ إِيلَ. | ١٠ |
11 It so happened that an old prophet lived in Bethel. His sons came and told him everything the man of God had done that day in Bethel. They also told their father what the man had said to the king.
| وَكَانَ هُنَاكَ نَبِيٌّ شَيْخٌ مُقِيمٌ فِي بَيْتِ إِيلَ، فَجَاءَ أَبْنَاؤُهُ وَسَرَدُوا عَلَيْهِ كُلَّ مَا أَجْرَاهُ رَجُلُ اللهِ مِنْ آيَاتٍ فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ فِي بَيْتِ إِيلَ، وَحَدَّثُوهُ بِمَا خَاطَبَ بِهِ الْمَلِكَ. | ١١ |
12 “Which way did he go?” their father asked them. So his sons showed him the way taken by the man of God from Judah.
| فَسَأَلَهُمْ أَبُوهُمْ: «مِنْ أَيِّ طَرِيقٍ انْصَرَفَ؟» فَأَخْبَرُوهُ، لأَنَّهُمْ كَانُوا قَدْ رَأَوْا الطَّرِيقَ الَّتِي انْصَرَفَ فِيهَا. | ١٢ |
13 “Saddle up a donkey for me,” he told his sons. They saddled up a donkey and he got on.
| فَقَالَ لأَبْنَائِهِ: «أَسْرِجُوا لِيَ الْحِمَارَ». وَعِنْدَمَا فَعَلُوا رَكِبَ عَلَيْهِ. | ١٣ |
14 He rode after the man of God and found him sitting under an oak tree. “Are you the man of God who came from Judah?” he asked him. “Yes I am,” the man replied.
| وَاقْتَفَى أَثَرَهُ حَتَّى أَدْرَكَهُ جَالِساً تَحْتَ الْبَلُّوطَةِ. فَسَأَلَهُ: «هَلْ أَنْتَ رَجُلُ اللهِ الَّذِي وَفَدَ مِنْ يَهُوذَا؟» فَأَجَابَهُ: «أَنَا هُوَ». | ١٤ |
15 “Come home with me and have something to eat,” he told him.
| فَقَالَ لَهُ: «تَعَالَ مَعِي إِلَى الْبَيْتِ لِتَأْكُلَ طَعَاماً». | ١٥ |
16 “I can't turn around and go with you, and I won't eat or drink with you in this place,” the man of God replied.
| فَأَجَابَهُ: «لا أَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ أَرْجِعَ مَعَكَ أَوْ أَدْخُلَ بَيْتَكَ أَوْ آكُلَ طَعَاماً أَوْ أَشْرَبَ مَاءً فِي هَذَا الْمَوْضِعِ، | ١٦ |
17 “The Lord ordered me, saying ‘You must not eat or drink anything there, or return by the way you came.’”
| لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ أَمَرَنِي قَائِلاً: لَا تَأْكُلْ طَعَاماً وَلا تَشْرَبْ مَاءً وَلا تَنْصَرِفْ فِي نَفْسِ الطَّرِيقِ الَّتِي جِئْتَ مِنْهَا». | ١٧ |
18 But the old prophet told him, “I am also a prophet, just like you. An angel told me God said, ‘Take him home with you so that he can have something to eat and drink’” But he was lying to him.
| فَقَالَ لَهُ: «أَنَا أَيْضاً نَبِيٌّ مِثْلُكَ وَقَدْ أَمَرَنِي مَلاكُ الرَّبِّ أَنْ أَرْجِعَ بِكَ مَعِي إِلَى بَيْتِي فَتَقْتَاتَ وَتَشْرَبَ مَاءً». وَهَكَذَا كَذِبَ عَلَيْهِ. | ١٨ |
19 So the man of God went back with him, and ate and drank in his house.
| (فَصَدَّقَهُ) وَرَجَعَ مَعَهُ وَتَنَاوَلَ طَعَاماً فِي بَيْتِهِ وَشَرِبَ مَاءً. | ١٩ |
20 As they were sitting at the table, a message from the Lord came to the prophet who had brought him back.
| وَفِيمَا هُمَا جَالِسَانِ حَوْلَ الْمَائِدَةِ يَتَنَاوَلانِ الطَّعَامَ، خَاطَبَ الرَّبُّ النَّبِيَّ الشَّيْخَ، | ٢٠ |
21 He called out to the man of God who had come from Judah, “This is what the Lord says: Because you have disobeyed the word of the Lord and have not followed the orders that the Lord your God gave you,
| فَقَالَ لِرَجُلِ اللهِ الْوَافِدِ مِنْ يَهُوذَا: «هَذَا مَا يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ: لأَنَّكَ خَالَفْتَ أَمْرَ الرَّبِّ وَلَمْ تُطِعْ وَصِيَّتَهُ الَّتِي أَوْصَاكَ بِها الرَّبُّ إِلَهُكَ، | ٢١ |
22 instead you went back and ate and drank in the place where he told you not to, your body will not be buried in the tomb of your fathers.”
| فَرَجَعْتَ وَأَكَلْتَ طَعَاماً وَشَرِبْتَ مَاءً فِي الْمَوْضِعِ الَّذِي حَذَّرَكَ مِنْهُ قَائِلاً: لَا تَأْكُلْ فِيهِ طَعَاماً وَلا تَشْرَبْ مَاءً، فَإِنَّ جُثَّتَكَ لَنْ تُدْفَنَ فِي قَبْرِ آبَائِكَ». | ٢٢ |
23 After the man of God had finished eating and drinking, the prophet who had brought him back saddled his own donkey for him.
| وَبَعْدَ أَنْ تَنَاوَلَ نَبِيُّ يَهُوذَا طَعَاماً وَشَرِبَ مَاءً، أَسْرَجَ لَهُ مُضِيفُهُ حِمَارَهُ. | ٢٣ |
24 But as he went on his way a lion came across him on the road and killed him. His body was left lying in the road, with both the donkey and the lion standing beside it.
| وَبَيْنَمَا هُوَ مُنْصَرِفٌ فِي طَرِيقِهِ صَادَفَهُ أَسَدٌ وَقَتَلَهُ، وَظَلَّتْ جُثَّتُهُ مَطْرُوحَةً فِي الطَّرِيقِ، وَالْحِمَارُ وَالأَسَدُ وَاقِفَانِ إِلَى جُوَارِ الْجُثَّةِ. | ٢٤ |
25 Some passers-by saw the body lying in the road with the lion standing beside it, so they went and let people know about it in the town where the old prophet lived.
| وَمَرَّ قَوْمٌ فَشَاهَدُوا الْجُثَّةَ مَطْرُوحَةً فِي الْطَرِيقِ وَالأَسَدُ وَاِقفٌ إِلَى جُوَارِهَا فَأَتَوْا وَأَذَاعُوا الْخَبَرَ فِي الْمَدِينَةِ الَّتِي يُقِيمُ فِيهَا النَّبِيُّ الشَّيْخُ. | ٢٥ |
26 When the old prophet who had led the other astray heard what had happened, he said, “It's the man of God who disobeyed the Lord's orders. That's why the Lord put him in the path of the lion, and it has mauled him and killed him, just as the Lord told him would happen.”
| وَعِنْدَمَا سَمِعَ النَّبِيُّ الشَّيْخُ بِالنَّبَأِ قَالَ: «هُوَ حَتْماً رَجُلُ اللهِ الَّذِي خَالَفَ أَمْرَ الرَّبِّ، فَأَوْقَعَهُ الرَّبُّ بَيْنَ مَخَالِبِ الأَسَدِ فَافْتَرَسَهُ وَقَتَلَهُ تَحْقِيقاً لِقَضَائِهِ الَّذِي نَطَقَ بِهِ». | ٢٦ |
27 The prophet told his sons, “Saddle up a donkey for me.” So they saddled a donkey,
| وَقَالَ لأَبْنَائِهِ: «أَسْرِجُوا لِيَ الْحِمَارَ». فَأَسْرَجُوهُ، | ٢٧ |
28 and he went and found the body. It was still lying in the road, with the donkey and the lion standing beside it. The lion had not eaten the body or attacked the donkey.
| فَانْطَلَقَ إِلَى حَيْثُ عَثَرَ عَلَى الْجُثَّةِ مَطْرُوحَةً فِي الطَّرِيقِ، وَالأَسَدُ وَالْحِمَارُ وَاقِفَيْنِ إِلَى جُوَارِهَا، مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ يَأْكُلَ الأَسَدُ الْجُثَّةَ أَوْ يَفْتَرِسَ الْحِمَارَ، | ٢٨ |
29 The prophet picked up the body of the man of God, placed it on the donkey, and brought it back to his own town to mourn over him and bury him.
| فَوَضَعَ النَّبِيُّ جُثَّةَ رَجُلِ اللهِ عَلَى الْحِمَارِ، وَمَضَى بِها إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ، لِيَنْدُبَهُ | ٢٩ |
30 He laid the body in his own tomb, and they mourned over him, crying, “My poor brother!”
| ثُمَّ دَفَنَهَا فِي قَبْرِهِ وَهُوَ يَنُوحُ قَائِلاً: «آهِ عَلَيْكَ يَا أَخِي». | ٣٠ |
31 After he'd buried him, he told his sons, “When I die, bury me in the grave where the man of God is buried. Lay my bones beside his bones.
| وَبَعْدَ أَنْ تَمَّ دَفْنُ جُثَّةِ رَجُلِ اللهِ، قَالَ النَّبِيُّ الشَّيْخُ لأَبْنَائِهِ: «عِنْدَ وَفَاتِي ادْفِنُونِي فِي الْقَبْرِ الَّذِي دُفِنَ فِيهِ رَجُلُ اللهِ، وَضَعُوا عِظَامِي إِلَى جُوَارِ عِظَامِهِ، | ٣١ |
32 For the message from the Lord that he gave in condemnation against the altar in Bethel, and against all the shrines on the high places in the towns of Samaria, will definitely happen.”
| لأَنَّ مَا أَنْذَرَ بِهِ مِنْ كَلامِ الرَّبِّ بِشَأْنِ الْمَذْبَحِ الَّذِي فِي بَيْتِ إِيلَ، وَجَمِيعِ مَعَابِدِ الْمُرْتَفَعَاتِ الَّتِي فِي مُدُنِ السَّامِرَةِ، لابُدَّ أَنْ يَتَحَقَّقَ». | ٣٢ |
33 But even after all this, Jeroboam did not change his evil ways. He went on choosing priests from all kinds of people. He appointed anyone who wanted to be a priest of the high places.
| وَعلَى الرَّغْمِ مِنْ تَحْذِيرِ النَّبِيِّ فَإِنَّ يَرُبْعَامَ لَمْ يَحِدْ عَنْ طَرِيقِهِ الأَثِيمَةِ، بَلْ عَادَ مَرَّةً أُخْرَى فَكَرَّسَ كَهَنَةً لِمَعَابِدِ الْمُرْتَفَعَاتِ، اخْتَارَهُمْ مِنْ عَامَّةِ الشَّعْبِ، فَكَانَ يُكَرِّسُ كُلَّ مَنْ يَرْغَبُ أَنْ يَكُونَ كَاهِناً لِهَذِهِ الْمُرْتَفَعَاتِ. | ٣٣ |
34 This was because of this sin that the house of Jeroboam was wiped out, completely destroyed from the face of the earth.
| فَكَانَتْ هَذِهِ هِيَ خَطِيئَةُ بَيْتِ يَرُبْعَامَ الَّتِي أَفْضَتْ إِلَى سُقُوطِهِ وَانْقِرَاضِهِ عَنْ وَجْهِ الأَرضِ. | ٣٤ |
