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.
Mtu wa Mungu alikuja tokea Yuda kwa neno la BWANA kule Betheli. Naye Yeroboamu alikuwa amesimama karibu na madhabahu ili kufukiza uvumba.
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.”
Akalia kinyume na zile madhabahu kwa neno la BWANA: “Ee madhabahu, madhabahu” hivi ndivyo asemavyo BWANA, 'Tazama, mwana aitwaye Yosia atazaliwa katika familia ya Daudi, na juu yenu atawachinja makuhani ambao sasa wanafukiza uvumba mahali hapa pa juu kwa ajili yako. Juu yako watachoma mifupa ya watu.'”
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.”
Kisha mtu wa Mungu akatoa ishara siku hiyohiyo, akisema, “Hii ndiyo isharaya kwamba BWANA amesema: 'Tazama, madhabahu zitavuunjika, na majivu yaliyo juu yatamwagika.”
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.
Naye mfalme aliposikia kile mtu wa Mungu alichosema, kwamba amelia kinyume cha zile madhabahu kule Betheli, Yeroboamu akanyosha mkono wake kutoka madhabahuni, akisema, “mkamateni.” Ndipo ule mkono aliokuwa ameunyosha dhidi ya mtu wa Mungu ukakauka, kiasi kwamba hakuweza kuurudisha mwenyewe.
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.
Na ile madhabahu ikavunjika vipande vipande, na yale majivu yakamwagika kutoka madhabahuni, kama ilivyokuwa imefafanuliwa kuwa ndiyo ishara ya kwamba mtu wa Mungu alikuwa amepewa kwa neno la BWANA.
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.
Mfalme Yeroboamu akajibu akimwambia mtu wa Mungu, “Msihi BWANA, Mungu wako akupe neema ili uniombee, ili kwamba mkono wangu urejee kwangu tena.” Kwa hiyo mtu wa Mungu akamwomba BWANA, na mkono wa mfalme ukarejea katika hali yake tena, na ukawa kama ulivyokuwa mwanzoni.
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.”
Yule mfalme akamwambia mtu wa Mungu, “twende nyumbani kwangu upate chakula, nami nitakupa zawadi.”
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.
Yule mtu wa Mungu akamwambia mfalme, “Hata kama utanipa nusu ya miliki yako. staende na wewe, wala sitakula au kunywa maji mahali hapa,
9 The Lord ordered me not to eat or drink anything, and not to return by the way I came.”
kwa sababu BWANA ameniamuru kwa neno lake, 'hutakula mkate wala kunywa maji, wala kurudi kwa njia ulioijia.'”
10 So he went a different way—he did not return the way he had come to Bethel.
Kwa hiyo mtu wa Mungu akaondoka na hakurudi nyumbani kwa njia aliyokuja nayo huko Betheli.
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.
Sasa kulikuwa na nabii mwingine mzee aliyekuwa akiishi Betheli, na mmoja wa wana wake akaja kumwambia mambo yote ambayo mtu wa Mungu amefanya siku hiyo kule Betheli. Wana wake wakamwambia pia maneno ambayo Yule mtu wa Mungu alimwambia mfalme.
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.
Baba yao akawaambia, “Alienda kwa njia gani?” Wale wanawe walikuwa wamemwona yule mtu wa Mungu kutoka Yuda njia aliyotumia kurudi.
13 “Saddle up a donkey for me,” he told his sons. They saddled up a donkey and he got on.
Kwa hiyo akawaambia wanawe, “Nitandikeni punda.” Kwa hiyo wakamtandikia punda naye akampanda.
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.
Yule nabii mzee akamfuata yule mtu wa Mungu na akamkuta amekaa chini ya mti wa mwaloni; akamwambia, “Je, wewe ndiye mtu wa Mungu aliyetoka Yuda?” Naye akamjibu, “Mimi ndiye.”
15 “Come home with me and have something to eat,” he told him.
Kisha yule nabii mzee akamwambia, “twende nyumbani kwangu ukale chakula.”
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.
Yule mtu wa Mungu akamjibu, “Siwezi kurudi na wewe wala kuingia ndani na wewe, tena sitakula chakula wala kunywa maji pamoja na wewe mahali hapa,
17 “The Lord ordered me, saying ‘You must not eat or drink anything there, or return by the way you came.’”
kwa sababu niliamuriwa hivyo kwa neno la BWANA, 'Hautakula chakula wala kunywa maji kule, wala kurudi kwa njia utakayokuja nayo.'”
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.
Kwa hiyo yule nabii mzee akamwambia, “Mimi pia ni nabii kama ulivyo, na malaika amesema na mimi neno la BWANA, akisema, 'Mrudishe aje na wewe katika nyumba yako, ili aweze kula chakula na kunywa maji.'” Lakini alikuwa anamdanganya mtu wa Mungu.
19 So the man of God went back with him, and ate and drank in his house.
Kwa hiyo yule mtu wa Mungu akarudi pamoja na yule nabii mzee na akala chakula nyumbani kwake na akanywa maji.
20 As they were sitting at the table, a message from the Lord came to the prophet who had brought him back.
Walipokuwa wamekaa mezani, neno la BWANA likamjia yule nabii aliyemrudisha,
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,
naye akalia kwa mtu wa Mungu aliyetoka Yuda, akisema “BWANA anasema, 'Kwa kuwa umeshindwa kutii nenola BWANA na umeshindwa kuishika amri ya BWANA ambayo Mungu wako alikupa,
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.”
bali umerudi na umekula chakula na kunywa maji mahali ambapo BWANA alikwambia usile chakula wala kunywa maji, basi mwili wako hautazikwa kwenye makaburi ya baba zako.'”
23 After the man of God had finished eating and drinking, the prophet who had brought him back saddled his own donkey for him.
Baada ya kula chakula na kunywa maji, Yule nabii akatandika punda wa mtu wa Mungu, yule mtu aliyerudi naye.
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.
Baada ya mtu wa Mungu kuondoka, akakutana na simba njiani na kumwua barabarani, na mwili wake uliachwa barabarani. Na yule punda akasimama pembeni yake, na yule simba naye akasimama pembeni ya ule mwili.
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.
Watu walipopita na kuuona ule mwili umeachwa barabarani, na yule simba akisimama karibu na ule mwili, walikuja wakaeleza habari hiyo mjini kule ambako yule nabii mzee aliishi.
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.”
Yule nabii aliyemrudisha toka njiani aliposikia, akasema, “Yeye mtu wa Muugu ndiye aliyeshindwa kutii neno la BWANA. Kwa hiyo BWANA alimtoa kwa simba, ambaye amemrarua katika vipande vipande na kumwua, kama vile neno la BWANA lilivyokuwa limemwonya.”
27 The prophet told his sons, “Saddle up a donkey for me.” So they saddled a donkey,
Kwa hiyo yule nabii mzee akawaamnbia wanawe, akisema, “Tandikeni punda wangu,” nao wakamtandikia.
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.
Akaenda akaukuta mwili umeachwa barabarani, punda na simba wamesimama pembeni ya ule mwili. Yule simba hakuula ule mwili, wala hakumshambulia yule punda.
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.
Yule nabii akauchukua ule mwili wa mtu wa Mungu, akaulaza juu ya punda, na akaurudisha. Akaja kwenye mji wake kuomboleza na kuuzika.
30 He laid the body in his own tomb, and they mourned over him, crying, “My poor brother!”
Akaulaza mwili kwenye kaburi lake, nao wakamwombolezea, wakisema, “Aa! ndugu yangu!”
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.
Kisha baada ya kumzika, yule nabii mzee akawaambia wanawe, akasema, “Nitakapokufa, mtanizika kwenye kaburi ambalo tumemzika mtu wa Mungu. Mtalaza mifupa yangu pembeni mwa mifupa yake.
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.”
Kwa kuwa ule ujumbe uliosemwa na BWANA, dhidi ya madhabahu kule Betheli na dhidi ya nyumba zote za mahali pa juu katika mji wa Samaria, hakika yatatokea.
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.
Baada ya haya Yeroboamu hakuuacha uovu wake, aliendelea kuchagua makuhani wa kawaida kwa ajili ya mahali pa juu kutoka kwa watu wa kila aina. Yeyote ambaye angeweza kutumika alimtakasa kuwa kuhani.
34 This was because of this sin that the house of Jeroboam was wiped out, completely destroyed from the face of the earth.
Jambo hili likawa dhambi kwenye familia ya Yeroboamu na kusababisha familia yake kuangamizwa na kuondolewa kabisa katika uso wa dunia.
