1 Kings 13
1 and behold man God to come (in): come from Judah in/on/with word LORD to(wards) Bethel Bethel and Jeroboam to stand: stand upon [the] altar to/for to offer: offer
One day a prophet, obeying what Yahweh commanded him to do, went from Judah [north] to Bethel. He arrived there right at the time that Jeroboam was standing at the altar, ready to burn incense.
2 and to call: call out upon [the] altar in/on/with word LORD and to say altar altar thus to say LORD behold son: child to beget to/for house: household David Josiah name his and to sacrifice upon you [obj] priest [the] high place [the] to offer: offer upon you and bone man to burn upon you
Saying what Yahweh told him to say, the prophet shouted, “This is what Yahweh says [about this] altar [APO]: ‘I want you to know that [some day] a descendant [MTY] of King David will be born. His name will be Josiah, and he will come here. He will slaughter at this altar the priests who are burning incense for sacrifices on the hills [in this area], and he will burn the bones of dead people on this altar.’” [APO]
3 and to give: give in/on/with day [the] he/she/it wonder to/for to say this [the] wonder which to speak: speak LORD behold [the] altar to tear and to pour: pour [the] ashes which upon him
Then the prophet also said, “This is what will prove to you that Yahweh has said this: This altar will be split apart, and the ashes that are on it will be scattered.’”
4 and to be like/as to hear: hear [the] king [obj] word man [the] God which to call: call out upon [the] altar in/on/with Bethel Bethel and to send: reach Jeroboam [obj] hand his from upon [the] altar to/for to say to capture him and to wither hand his which to send: reach upon him and not be able to/for to return: return her to(wards) him
When King Jeroboam heard the prophet say that, he pointed his finger at him and said to his servants, “Seize that man!” But immediately the king’s arm became paralyzed/stiff, with the result that he could not move it.
5 and [the] altar to tear and to pour: pour [the] ashes from [the] altar like/as wonder which to give: give man [the] God in/on/with word LORD
And the altar immediately split apart, and the ashes spilled out [on the ground], which is what the prophet said that Yahweh [MTY] had predicted would happen.
6 and to answer [the] king and to say to(wards) man [the] God to beg please [obj] face of LORD God your and to pray about/through/for me and to return: rescue hand my to(wards) me and to beg man [the] God [obj] face LORD and to return: rescue hand [the] king to(wards) him and to be like/as in/on/with first: previous
Then the king said to the prophet, “Please pray that Yahweh will be merciful to me and heal my arm!” So the prophet prayed, and Yahweh completely healed the king’s arm.
7 and to speak: speak [the] king to(wards) man [the] God to come (in): come [emph?] with me [the] house: home [to] and to support [emph?] and to give: give to/for you gift
Then the king said to the prophet, “Come home with me and eat some food. And I will also give you a reward [for what you have done]!”
8 and to say man [the] God to(wards) [the] king if to give: give to/for me [obj] half house: household your not to come (in): come with you and not to eat food: bread and not to drink water in/on/with place [the] this
But the prophet replied, “Even if you would [promise to] give me half of everything that you own [MTY], I will not go with you, and I will not eat or drink anything with you here,
9 for so to command [obj] me in/on/with word LORD to/for to say not to eat food: bread and not to drink water and not to return: return in/on/with way: road which to go: come
because Yahweh commanded me not to eat or drink anything here. He also commanded me not to return home on the road on which I came here.”
10 and to go: went in/on/with way: road another and not to return: return in/on/with way: road which to come (in): come in/on/with her to(wards) Bethel Bethel
So he started to return home, but he did not go on the road on which he came to Bethel. He went on a different road.
11 and prophet one old to dwell in/on/with Bethel Bethel and to come (in): come son: child his and to recount to/for him [obj] all [the] deed which to make: do man [the] God [the] day in/on/with Bethel Bethel [obj] [the] word which to speak: speak to(wards) [the] king and to recount them to/for father their
At that time there was an old man living in Bethel who was a prophet. His sons came and told him what the prophet [from Judah] had done there on that day, and they also told him what the prophet had said to the king.
12 and to speak: speak to(wards) them father their where? this [the] way: direction to go: went and to see: see son: child his [obj] [the] way: direction which to go: went man [the] God which to come (in): come from Judah
Their father said, “On which road did he go?” So his sons showed him the road on which the prophet from Judah had gone [when he left Bethel].
13 and to say to(wards) son: child his to saddle/tie to/for me [the] donkey and to saddle/tie to/for him [the] donkey and to ride upon him
Then he said to his sons, “Put a saddle on my donkey.” So they did that, and he got on the donkey.
14 and to go: went after man [the] God and to find him to dwell underneath: under [the] oak and to say to(wards) him you(m. s.) man [the] God which to come (in): come from Judah and to say I
He went along the road to (find/catch up with) the prophet from Judah. He found him sitting under an oak tree. He said to him, “Are you the prophet who came from Judah?” He replied, “Yes, I am.”
15 and to say to(wards) him to go: come with me [the] house: home [to] and to eat food: bread
The old prophet said to him, “Come home with me and eat some food.”
16 and to say not be able to/for to return: return with you and to/for to come (in): come with you and not to eat food: bread and not to drink with you water in/on/with place [the] this
He replied, “No, I am not allowed to go with you into your house, or to eat or drink anything with you,
17 for word: speaking to(wards) me in/on/with word LORD not to eat food: bread and not to drink there water not to return: return to/for to go: went in/on/with way: road which to go: come in/on/with her
because Yahweh told me, ‘Do not eat or drink anything here, and do not return home on the road on which you came.’”
18 and to say to/for him also I prophet like you and messenger: angel to speak: speak to(wards) me in/on/with word LORD to/for to say to return: return him with you to(wards) house: home your and to eat food: bread and to drink water to deceive to/for him
Then the old prophet said to him, “I also am a prophet, like you are. Yahweh sent an angel to tell me that I should take you home with me and give you some food and drink.” But the old man was lying [when he said that].
19 and to return: return with him and to eat food: bread in/on/with house: home his and to drink water
But because of what the old prophet said, the prophet from Judah returned with him to his home and ate some food and drank some water with him.
20 and to be they(masc.) to dwell to(wards) [the] table and to be word LORD to(wards) [the] prophet which to return: return him
While they were sitting at the table, Yahweh spoke to the old man.
21 and to call: call out to(wards) man [the] God which to come (in): come from Judah to/for to say thus to say LORD because for to rebel lip: word LORD and not to keep: obey [obj] [the] commandment which to command you LORD God your
Then he cried out to the prophet from Judah, “This is what Yahweh says: ‘You have disobeyed him, and you have not done what he commanded you to do.
22 and to return: return and to eat food: bread and to drink water in/on/with place which to speak: speak to(wards) you not to eat food: bread and not to drink water not to come (in): come carcass your to(wards) grave father your
Instead, you have come back here and had things to eat and drink in a place where he commanded you not to do that. As a result, you will be killed, and your body will not be buried in the grave where your ancestors are buried.’”
23 and to be after to eat he food: bread and after to drink he and to saddle/tie to/for him [the] donkey to/for prophet which to return: return him
When they had finished eating, the old man put a saddle on the donkey for the prophet from Judah, [and the prophet from Judah left].
24 and to go: went and to find him lion in/on/with way: road and to die him and to be carcass his to throw in/on/with way: road and [the] donkey to stand: stand beside her and [the] lion to stand: stand beside [the] carcass
But as he was going, a lion met him and killed him. The prophet’s corpse was lying on the road, and the donkey was standing beside it, and the lion was also standing beside the corpse.
25 and behold human to pass and to see: see [obj] [the] carcass to throw in/on/with way: road and [obj] [the] lion to stand: stand beside [the] carcass and to come (in): come and to speak: speak in/on/with city which [the] prophet [the] old to dwell in/on/with her
Some men passed by and were surprised to see the corpse on the road and the lion standing next to the corpse. So they went into Bethel and reported what they had seen.
26 and to hear: hear [the] prophet which to return: return him from [the] way: journey and to say man [the] God he/she/it which to rebel [obj] lip: word LORD and to give: give him LORD to/for lion and to break him and to die him like/as word LORD which to speak: speak to/for him
When the old man who had brought the prophet from Judah to his home heard about it, he said, “That is the prophet who disobeyed what Yahweh told him to do! That is why Yahweh allowed the lion to attack him and kill him. That is what Yahweh said would happen!”
27 and to speak: speak to(wards) son: child his to/for to say to saddle/tie to/for me [obj] [the] donkey and to saddle/tie
Then he said to his sons, “Put a saddle on my donkey.” So they did that.
28 and to go: went and to find [obj] carcass his to throw in/on/with way: road and donkey and [the] lion to stand: stand beside [the] carcass not to eat [the] lion [obj] [the] carcass and not to break [obj] [the] donkey
Then he rode on the donkey and found the prophet’s corpse on the road, and his donkey and the lion were still standing there alongside the corpse. But the lion had not eaten any of the flesh of the prophet and had not attacked the donkey.
29 and to lift: raise [the] prophet [obj] carcass man [the] God and to rest him to(wards) [the] donkey and to return: return him and to come (in): come to(wards) city [the] prophet [the] old to/for to mourn and to/for to bury him
The old man picked up the corpse of the prophet and put it on his donkey and brought it back to Bethel, in order to mourn for him and to bury his corpse.
30 and to rest [obj] carcass his in/on/with grave his and to mourn upon him woe! brother: compatriot my
He buried the prophet’s corpse in the grave where other people in his family [had been buried]. Then he and his sons mourned for him, saying, “[We are very sorry], my brother!”
31 and to be after to bury he [obj] him and to say to(wards) son: child his to/for to say in/on/with death my and to bury [obj] me in/on/with grave which man [the] God to bury in/on/with him beside bone his to rest [obj] bone my
After they had buried him, the old man said to his sons, “When I die, bury my corpse in the grave where we buried the prophet from Judah. Lay my corpse next to his corpse.
32 for to be to be [the] word: speaking which to call: call out in/on/with word LORD upon [the] altar which in/on/with Bethel Bethel and upon all house: home [the] high place which in/on/with city Samaria
[And do not forget what he said, because] the things that Yahweh told him to say about the altar in Bethel, and about the shrines on the hills in the towns in Samaria, will surely happen.”
33 after [the] word: thing [the] this not to return: repent Jeroboam from way: journey his [the] bad: evil and to return: again and to make from end [the] people priest high place [the] delighting to fill [obj] hand: donate his and to be priest high place
But King Jeroboam still did not turn away from continuing to do evil things. Instead, he appointed more priests [who were not descended from Levi]. Anyone who wanted to be a priest, he appointed to be a priest, in order that he could offer sacrifices on the hills.
34 and to be in/on/with word: thing [the] this to/for sin house: household Jeroboam and to/for to hide and to/for to destroy from upon face: surface [the] land: planet
Because he committed that sin, [a few years later] God got rid of most of Jeroboam’s descendants and did not allow them to become kings of Israel.
