1 Kings 13
1 A man of God came out of Judah by the word of Yahweh to Bethel. Jeroboam was standing by the altar to burn incense.
那時，有一個神人奉耶和華的命從猶大來到伯特利。耶羅波安正站在壇旁要燒香；
2 He cried against the altar by the word of Yahweh: “Altar, altar! This is what Yahweh says, 'See, a son named Josiah will be born to the family of David, and on you he will sacrifice the priests of the high places who now burn incense on you. On you they will burn human bones.'”
神人奉耶和華的命向壇呼叫，說：「壇哪，壇哪！耶和華如此說：大衛家裏必生一個兒子，名叫約西亞，他必將邱壇的祭司，就是在你上面燒香的，殺在你上面，人的骨頭也必燒在你上面。」
3 Then the man of God gave a sign the same day, saying, “This is the sign that Yahweh has spoken: 'Look, the altar will be split apart, and the ashes on it will be poured out.'”
當日，神人設個預兆，說：「這壇必破裂，壇上的灰必傾撒，這是耶和華說的預兆。」
4 When the king heard what the man of God said, that he had cried out against the altar at Bethel, Jeroboam reached out with his hand from the altar, saying, “Seize him.” Then the hand with which he had reached out against the man dried up, so that he could not draw it back to himself.
耶羅波安王聽見神人向伯特利的壇所呼叫的話，就從壇上伸手，說：「拿住他吧！」王向神人所伸的手就枯乾了，不能彎回；
5 (The altar was also split apart and the ashes poured out from the altar, as described by the sign that the man of God had given by the word of Yahweh.)
壇也破裂了，壇上的灰傾撒了，正如神人奉耶和華的命所設的預兆。
6 King Jeroboam answered and said to the man of God, “Plead for the favor of Yahweh your God and pray for me, so that my hand may be restored to me again.” So the man of God prayed to Yahweh, and the king's hand was restored to him again, and it became as it was before.
王對神人說：「請你為我禱告，求耶和華－你上帝的恩典使我的手復原。」於是神人祈禱耶和華，王的手就復了原，仍如尋常一樣。
7 The king said to the man of God, “Come home with me and refresh yourself, and I will give you a reward.”
王對神人說：「請你同我回去吃飯，加添心力，我也必給你賞賜。」
8 The man of God said to the king, “Even if you give me half your possessions, I will not go with you, nor will I eat food or drink water in this place,
神人對王說：「你就是把你的宮一半給我，我也不同你進去，也不在這地方吃飯喝水；
9 because Yahweh commanded me by his word, 'You will eat no bread nor drink water, nor return by the way that you came.'”
因為有耶和華的話囑咐我，說不可在伯特利吃飯喝水，也不可從你去的原路回來。」
10 So the man of God left another way and did not return to his home by the way that he had come to Bethel.
於是神人從別的路回去，不從伯特利來的原路回去。
11 Now there was an old prophet living in Bethel, and one of his sons came and told him all the things that the man of God had done that day in Bethel. His sons also told him the words that the man of God had spoken to the king.
有一個老先知住在伯特利，他兒子們來，將神人當日在伯特利所行的一切事和向王所說的話都告訴了父親。
12 Their father said to them, “Which way did he go?” Now his sons had seen the way the man of God from Judah had gone.
父親問他們說：「神人從哪條路去了呢？」兒子們就告訴他；原來他們看見那從猶大來的神人所去的路。
13 So he said to his sons, “Saddle the donkey for me.” So they saddled the donkey and he rode off on it.
老先知就吩咐他兒子們說：「你們為我備驢。」他們備好了驢，他就騎上，
14 The old prophet went after the man of God and found him sitting under an oak tree; and he said to him, “Are you the man of God who came from Judah?” He answered, “I am.”
去追趕神人，遇見他坐在橡樹底下，就問他說：「你是從猶大來的神人不是？」他說：「是。」
15 Then the old prophet said to him, “Come home with me and eat food.”
老先知對他說：「請你同我回家吃飯。」
16 The man of God answered, “I may not return with you nor go in with you, neither will I eat food nor drink water with you in this place,
神人說：「我不可同你回去進你的家，也不可在這裏同你吃飯喝水；
17 because it was commanded to me by the word of Yahweh, 'You will eat no food nor drink water there, nor return by the way that you came.'”
因為有耶和華的話囑咐我說：『你在那裏不可吃飯喝水，也不可從你去的原路回來。』」
18 So the old prophet said to him, “I also am a prophet as you are, and an angel spoke to me by the word of Yahweh, saying, 'Bring him back with you into your house, that he may eat food and drink water.'” But he was lying to the man of God.
老先知對他說：「我也是先知，和你一樣。有天使奉耶和華的命對我說：『你去把他帶回你的家，叫他吃飯喝水。』」這都是老先知誆哄他。
19 So the man of God went back with the old prophet and ate food in his house and drank water.
於是神人同老先知回去，在他家裏吃飯喝水。
20 As they sat at the table, the word of Yahweh came to the prophet who had brought him back,
二人坐席的時候，耶和華的話臨到那帶神人回來的先知，
21 and he cried to the man of God who came from Judah, saying, “Yahweh says, 'Because you have been disobedient to the word of Yahweh and have not kept the command that Yahweh your God gave you,
他就對那從猶大來的神人說：「耶和華如此說：你既違背耶和華的話，不遵守耶和華－你上帝的命令，
22 but came back and have eaten food and drunk water in the place about which Yahweh told you to eat no food and drink no water, your body will not be buried in the tomb of your fathers.'”
反倒回來，在耶和華禁止你吃飯喝水的地方吃了喝了，因此你的屍身不得入你列祖的墳墓。」
23 After he had eaten food and after he had drunk, the prophet saddled the donkey of the man of God, the man who had come back with him.
吃喝完了，老先知為所帶回來的先知備驢。
24 When the man of God was gone, a lion met him on the road and killed him, and his body was left on the road. Then the donkey stood by it, and the lion also stood by the body.
他就去了，在路上有個獅子遇見他，將他咬死，屍身倒在路上，驢站在屍身旁邊，獅子也站在屍身旁邊。
25 When men passed by and saw the body left on the road, and the lion standing by the body, they came and told it in the city where the old prophet lived.
有人從那裏經過，看見屍身倒在路上，獅子站在屍身旁邊，就來到老先知所住的城裏述說這事。
26 When the prophet who had brought him back from the way heard it, he said, “It is the man of God who disobeyed the word of Yahweh. Therefore Yahweh gave him to the lion, which tore him to pieces and killed him, just as the word of Yahweh warned him.”
那帶神人回來的先知聽見這事，就說：「這是那違背了耶和華命令的神人，所以耶和華把他交給獅子；獅子抓傷他，咬死他，是應驗耶和華對他說的話。」
27 So the old prophet spoke to his sons, saying, “Saddle my donkey,” and they saddled it.
老先知就吩咐他兒子們說：「你們為我備驢。」他們就備了驢。
28 He went and found the body left in the road, and the donkey and the lion standing by the body. The lion had not eaten the body, nor attacked the donkey.
他去了，看見神人的屍身倒在路上，驢和獅子站在屍身旁邊，獅子卻沒有吃屍身，也沒有抓傷驢。
29 The prophet took up the body of the man of God, laid it on the donkey, and brought it back. He came to his own city to mourn and to bury him.
老先知就把神人的屍身馱在驢上，帶回自己的城裏，要哀哭他，葬埋他；
30 He laid the body in his own grave, and they mourned over him, saying, “Woe, my brother!”
就把他的屍身葬在自己的墳墓裏，哀哭他，說：「哀哉！我兄啊。」
31 Then after he had buried him, the old prophet spoke to his sons, saying, “When I am dead, bury me in the tomb in which the man of God is buried. Lay my bones beside his bones.
安葬之後，老先知對他兒子們說：「我死了，你們要葬我在神人的墳墓裏，使我的屍骨靠近他的屍骨，
32 For the message he declared by the word of Yahweh, against the altar in Bethel and against all the houses on the high places in the cities of Samaria, will certainly happen.”
因為他奉耶和華的命指着伯特利的壇和撒馬利亞各城有邱壇之殿所說的話必定應驗。」
33 After this Jeroboam did not turn from his evil way, but continued to appoint common priests for the high places from among all sorts of people. Any who would serve he consecrated as a priest.
這事以後，耶羅波安仍不離開他的惡道，將凡民立為邱壇的祭司；凡願意的，他都分別為聖，立為邱壇的祭司。
34 This matter became sin to the family of Jeroboam and caused his family to be destroyed and to be exterminated from the face of the earth.
這事叫耶羅波安的家陷在罪裏，甚至他的家從地上除滅了。
