Fiawo 1 13
1 Le Yehowa ƒe nya nu la, Mawu ƒe ame aɖe tso Yuda va Betel esi Yeroboam nɔ tsitre ɖe vɔsamlekpui la gbɔ be yeado dzudzɔ ʋeʋĩ.
Suddenly, as Jeroboam was standing beside the altar to burn incense, there came a man of God from Judah to Bethel by the word of the LORD.
2 Edo ɣli ɖe vɔsamlekpui la ŋu le Yehowa ƒe nya nu be, “Oo, vɔsamlekpui, vɔsamlekpui, ale Yehowa gblɔe nye si, ‘Woadzi viŋutsuvi aɖe si woayɔ be Yosia la na David ƒe aƒe. Dziwòe nunɔla siwo saa vɔ le nuxeƒewo eye wole vɔ sam fifia le afi sia la asa vɔ ɖo eye woatɔ dzo ameƒuwo hã ɖe dziwò.’”
And he cried out against the altar by the word of the LORD, “O altar, O altar, this is what the LORD says: ‘A son named Josiah will be born to the house of David, and upon you he will sacrifice the priests of the high places who burn incense upon you, and human bones will be burned upon you.’”
3 Gbe ma gbe ke la, Mawu ƒe ame la na dzesi be, “Esiae nye dzesi si Yehowa gblɔ ɖi. Vɔsamlekpui la ama ɖe eve eye dzofi si le edzi la akaka ɖe anyigba.”
That day the man of God gave a sign, saying, “The LORD has spoken this sign: ‘Surely the altar will be split apart, and the ashes upon it will be poured out.’”
4 Esi Fia Yeroboam se nya si Mawu ƒe ame la gblɔ ɖi ɖe Betel vɔsamlekpui la ŋuti kple ɣli la, edo eƒe asi ɖa tso vɔsamlekpui la gbɔ eye wògblɔ be, “Milée!” Gake asi si wòdo ɖe amea gbɔ la dze ti ɖe eŋu, ale be magate ŋu ahee ava eɖokui ŋu o.
Now when King Jeroboam, who was at the altar in Bethel, heard the word that the man of God had cried out against it, he stretched out his hand and said, “Seize him!” But the hand he stretched out toward him withered, so that he could not pull it back.
5 Hekpe ɖe esia ŋuti la, vɔsamlekpui la ma ɖe eve siãa eye afi si nɔ edzi la dudu ɖe anyigba to dzesi si Mawu ƒe ame la na to Yehowa ƒe nya dzi.
And the altar was split apart, and the ashes poured out, according to the sign that the man of God had given by the word of the LORD.
6 Tete fia la gblɔ na Mawu ƒe ame la be, “Ɖe kuku ɖe tanye le Yehowa, wò Mawu la gbɔ eye nàdo gbe ɖa ɖe tanye be nye asi naɖɔ ɖo.” Ale Mawu ƒe ame la ɖe kuku na Yehowa ɖe eta eye fia la ƒe asi ɖɔ ɖo, ganɔ abe tsã ene.
Then the king responded to the man of God, “Intercede with the LORD your God and pray that my hand may be restored.” So the man of God interceded with the LORD, and the king’s hand was restored to him as it was before.
7 Fia la gblɔ na Mawu ƒe ame la be, “Kplɔm ɖo míayi nye aƒe me ne nàdi nane aɖu eye mana nunana wò.”
Then the king said to the man of God, “Come home with me and refresh yourself, and I will give you a reward.”
8 Ke Mawu ƒe ame la ɖo eŋu na Fia la be, “Ne àtsɔ wò kesinɔnuwo ƒe afã nam gɔ̃ hã la, nyemayi kpli wò loo alo aɖu abolo alo ano tsi le afi ma o
But the man of God replied, “If you were to give me half your possessions, I still would not go with you, nor would I eat bread or drink water in this place.
9 elabena Yehowa ƒe nya de se nam be, ‘Mègaɖu abolo alo ano tsi alo atrɔ agbɔ ato mɔ si dzi nèto yi la dzi o.’”
For this is what I was commanded by the word of the LORD: ‘You must not eat bread or drink water or return by the way you came.’”
10 Ale wòto mɔ bubu dzo eye megato mɔ si wòto yi Betel la o.
So the man of God went another way and did not return by the way he had come to Bethel.
11 Eva eme be nyagblɔɖila tsitsi aɖe nɔ Betel. Viawo yi egbɔ eye wogblɔ nu si Mawu ƒe ame si tso Yuda la wɔ kple nya si wògblɔ na fia la nɛ.
Now a certain old prophet was living in Bethel, and his sons came and told him all the deeds that the man of God had done that day in Bethel. They also told their father the words that the man had spoken to the king.
12 Nyagblɔɖila tsitsi la bia be, “Mɔ ka wòto dzo?” Viawo fia mɔ lae.
“Which way did he go?” their father asked. And his sons showed him the way taken by the man of God, who had come from Judah.
13 Egblɔ na viawo be, “Netsɔ! Mibla akpa na nye tedzi nam.” Esi wobla akpa na tedzia la,
So the prophet said to his sons, “Saddle the donkey for me.” Then they saddled the donkey for him, and he mounted it
14 eti Mawu ƒe ame la yome eye wòtui wònɔ anyi ɖe logoti aɖe te nɔ dzudzɔm. Nyagblɔɖila tsitsi la biae be, “Wòe nye Mawu ƒe ame si tso Yuda vaa?” Eɖo eŋu be, “Ɛ̃, nyee.”
and went after the man of God. He found him sitting under an oak tree and asked, “Are you the man of God who came from Judah?” “I am,” he replied.
15 Nyagblɔɖila tsitsi la gblɔ nɛ be, “Ekema va míyi nye aƒe me nàɖu nu.”
So the prophet said to the man of God, “Come home with me and eat some bread.”
16 Mawu ƒe ame la gblɔ be, “Nyemate ŋu atrɔ ayi kpli wò o eye nyemate ŋu aɖu abolo alo ano tsi kpli wò le afi sia o.
But the man replied, “I cannot return with you or eat bread or drink water with you in this place.
17 Yehowa ƒe nya gblɔ nam be, ‘Mèkpɔ mɔ aɖu abolo alo ano tsi le afi ma alo àtrɔ agbɔ to mɔ si nèto yi la o.’”
For I have been told by the word of the LORD: ‘You must not eat bread or drink water there or return by the way you came.’”
18 Ke nyagblɔɖila tsitsi la gblɔ be “Nyagblɔɖilae nye hã menye abe wò ke ene. Mawudɔla aɖe gblɔ nya aɖe nam tso Yehowa gbɔ. Ele be makplɔ wò ayi nye aƒe me eye mana nuɖuɖu kple tsi wò.” Ke ɖeko nyagblɔɖila tsitsi la blee.
Then the prophet replied, “I too am a prophet like you, and an angel spoke to me by the word of the LORD, saying, ‘Bring him back with you to your house, so that he may eat bread and drink water.’” The old prophet was lying to him,
19 Ale wòyi Nyagblɔɖila tsitsi la ƒe aƒe me, ɖu nu eye wòno tsi.
but the man of God went back with him, ate bread in his house, and drank water.
20 Esi wonɔ nu ɖum la, Yehowa ƒo nu na nyagblɔɖila tsitsi la.
While they were sitting at the table, the word of the LORD came to the prophet who had brought him back,
21 Edo ɣli gblɔ na Mawu ƒe ame, si tso Yuda la be, “Nya si Yehowa gblɔe nye, ‘Ètsi tsitre ɖe nya si Yehowa gblɔ la ŋu eye mèwɔ se si Yehowa, wò Mawu la de na wò la dzi o.
and the prophet cried out to the man of God who had come from Judah, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Because you have defied the word of the LORD and have not kept the commandment that the LORD your God gave you,
22 Ètrɔ gbɔ, ɖu abolo eye nèno tsi le afi si Yehowa de se na wò be mègaɖu nu, nàno tsi le o eya ta womaɖi wò kukua ɖe fofowòwo ƒe yɔdo me o.’”
but you went back and ate bread and drank water in the place where He told you not to do so, your body shall never reach the tomb of your fathers.’”
23 Esi Mawu ƒe ame la ɖu nu, no nu vɔ la, nyagblɔɖila tsitsi la, ame si na wòtrɔ gbɔ la, bla akpa na eƒe tedzi nɛ.
And after the man of God had finished eating and drinking, the old prophet who had brought him back saddled the donkey for him.
24 Esi Mawu ƒe ame la dze mɔ yina la, dzata aɖe do goe hewui. Eƒe kukua mlɔ mɔa dzi, tedzi la kple dzata la nɔ tsitre ɖe egbɔ.
As he went on his way, a lion met him on the road and killed him, and his body was left lying in the road, with the donkey and the lion standing beside it.
25 Emetsola aɖewo kpɔ Mawu ƒe ame la ƒe kukua le mɔa dzi kple dzata si nɔ tsitre ɖe egbɔ eye woyi ɖagblɔ nya la le du si me nyagblɔɖila tsitsi la nɔ.
And there were men passing by who saw the body lying in the road with the lion standing beside it, and they went and reported this in the city where the old prophet lived.
26 Esi nyagblɔɖila tsitsi la se nya si dzɔ la, edo ɣli be, “Mawu ƒe ame si mewɔ Yehowa ƒe se dzi o lae. Yehowa wɔ nya si wògblɔ la dzi eye wòna dzata la wui.”
When the prophet who had brought him back from his journey heard this, he said, “It is the man of God who disobeyed the command of the LORD. Therefore the LORD has delivered him to the lion, and it has mauled him and killed him, according to the word that the LORD had spoken to him.”
27 Ena viawo bla akpa na eƒe tedzi.
Then the old prophet instructed his sons, “Saddle the donkey for me.” So they saddled it,
28 Ekpɔ Mawu ƒe ame la ƒe kukua le mɔa dzi eye dzata la kple tedzi la nɔ tsitre ɖe egbɔ. Dzata la meɖu ame kuku la o eye melé tedzi la hã o.
and he went and found the body lying in the road, with the donkey and the lion standing beside it. The lion had not eaten the body or mauled the donkey.
29 Ale nyagblɔɖila la tsɔ ame kuku la ɖe tedzi dzi va dua me be yeafae eye yeaɖii.
So the old prophet lifted up the body of the man of God, laid it on the donkey, and brought it back to his own city to mourn for him and bury him.
30 Eɖii ɖe eya ŋutɔ ƒe yɔdo me eye wòfae vevie be, “Ao, nɔvinye!”
Then he laid the body in his own tomb, and they lamented over him, “Oh, my brother!”
31 Egblɔ na viawo emegbe be, “Ne meku la, miɖim ɖe yɔdo si me woɖi Mawu ƒe ame la ɖo. Mitsɔ nye ƒuwo mlɔ eƒe ƒuwo xa,
After he had buried him, the prophet said to his sons, “When I die, you must bury me in the tomb where the man of God is buried. Lay my bones beside his bones,
32 elabena Yehowa gblɔ nɛ be wòaƒo nu atsi tsitre ɖe vɔsamlekpui si le Betel la ŋu eye fiƒode si wòda ɖe nuxeƒe siwo le Samaria dzi la aɖi wo ŋu.”
for the message that he cried out by the word of the LORD against the altar in Bethel and against all the shrines on the high places in the cities of Samaria will surely come to pass.”
33 Togbɔ be Mawu ƒe ame la xlɔ̃ nu Yeroboam hã la, Yeroboam meɖe asi le eƒe mɔ vɔ̃wo ŋu o, ke boŋ egatsɔ ame geɖe siwo metso Levi ƒe ƒome la me o la ɖo nunɔlawoe be woasa vɔ na legbawo le nuxeƒe siwo le toawo dzi. Ame sia ame si lɔ̃ ko la, ate ŋu azu nunɔla.
Even after these events, Jeroboam did not repent of his evil ways, but again he appointed priests for the high places from every class of people. He ordained anyone who desired to be a priest of the high places.
34 Esia nye nu vɔ̃ vɔ̃ɖi aɖe, ena Yeroboam ƒe fiaɖuƒe la gbã eye wòhe ku vɛ na eƒe ƒometɔwo katã.
And this was the sin of the house of Jeroboam that led to its extermination and destruction from the face of the earth.
