1 Mpanjaka 13
1 Ary, indro, nisy lehilahin’ Andriamanitra avy tany Joda tonga tany Betela noho ny tenin’ i Jehovah, raha mbola nitsangana teo anilan’ ny alitara handoro ditin-kazo manitra Jeroboama.
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.
2 Ary ilay lehilahin’ Andriamanitra niantso ny alitara araka ny tenin’ i Jehovah ka nanao hoe: Ry alitara ô, ry alitara ô! izao no lazain’ i Jehovah: Indro, hisy zaza hateraka ho an’ ny taranak’ i Davida, Josia no ho anarany; ary hovonoiny ka hateriny eo amboninao ny mpisorona amin’ ny fitoerana avo izay mandoro ditin-kazo manitra eo amboninao, ary taolan’ olona no hodorana eo amboninao.
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.”
3 Ary naneho fahagagana androtrizay izy nanao hoe: Izao no fahagagana izay nolazain’ i Jehovah: Indro, hitresaka ny alitara, ka hikorotsaka ny lavenona izay eo amboniny.
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.”
4 Ary nony ren’ i Jeroboama mpanjaka ny tenin’ ny lehilahin’ Andriamanitra izay niantso ny alitara tao Betela, dia naninjitra ny tànany niala tamin’ ny alitara izy ka nanao hoe: Hazony ilehio. Dia maty iny tànany nahinjiny nanondro azy iny ka tsy azony noketrahina intsony.
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.
5 Dia nitresaka koa ny alitara, ka nikorotsaka ny lavenona teo amboniny, araka ny fahagagana Izay nasehon’ ilay lehilahin’ Andriamanitra noho ny tenin’ i Jehovah.
The altar split apart, and the ashes spilled out from it, fulfilling the sign that the man of God had given from the Lord.
6 Ary ny mpanjaka namaly ilay lehilahin’ Andriamanitra nanao hoe: Mba ifony amin’ i Jehovah Andriamanitrao aho, ka mivavaha ho ahy, mba ho azoko ketrahina indray ny tanako. Ary ilay lehilahin’ Andriamanitra dia nifona tamin’ i Jehovah, ka dia azon’ ny mpanjaka noketrahina indray ny tànany ka tonga tahaka ny teo.
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.
7 Ary hoy ny mpanjaka tamin’ ilay lehilahin’ Andriamanitra: Andeha hiaraka amiko ho any an-trano ianao mba hanao ody am-bavafo kely, sady homeko zavatra ianao.
Then the king said to the man of God, “Come to my home and have a meal so I can give you a present.”
8 Fa hoy ilay lehilahin’ Andriamanitra tamin’ ny mpanjaka: Na dia homenao ahy aza ny antsasaky ny ao an-tranonao, tsy hiditra any an-tranonao, na hihinan-kanina, na hisotro rano atỳ aho;
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.
9 fa izao no tenin’ i Jehovah nandrara ahy: Aza mihinan-kanina, na misotro rano, na miverina amin’ izay lalana efa nalehanao.
The Lord ordered me not to eat or drink anything, and not to return by the way I came.”
10 Dia nandeha tamin’ ny lalana hafa izy, fa tsy niverina tamin’ ilay nalehany ho any Betela.
So he went a different way—he did not return the way he had come to Bethel.
11 Fa nisy mpaminany antitra anankiray tao Betela; ary tonga ny zanany ka nilaza taminy izay rehetra nataon’ ilay lehilahin’ Andriamanitra androtr’ iny tao Betela; ary nolazain’ ireo tamin-drainy koa ny teny izay nolazain-dralehilahy tamin’ ny mpanjaka.
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.
12 Ary hoy rainy taminy: Aiza no lalana nalehany? Fa ny zanany efa nahita ny lalana nalehan’ ilay lehilahin’ Andriamanitra izay tonga avy tany Joda.
“Which way did he go?” their father asked them. So his sons showed him the way taken by the man of God from Judah.
13 Ary hoy izy tamin’ ny zanany: Asio lasely ny boriky hitaingenako. Dia nasiany lasely ny boriky hitaingenany, ka dia nitaingenany.
“Saddle up a donkey for me,” he told his sons. They saddled up a donkey and he got on.
14 Ary dia nanaraka ilay lehilahin’ Andriamanitra izy ka nahita azy nipetraka teo ambanin’ ny hazo terebinta; ka hoy izy taminy: Hianao moa ilay lehilahin’ Andriamanitra avy tany Joda? Ary hoy izy: Eny, izaho no izy.
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.
15 Dia hoy izy taminy: Andeha hiaraka amiko ho any an-tranoko mba hihinan-kanina.
“Come home with me and have something to eat,” he told him.
16 Fa hoy kosa izy: Tsy mahazo miverina hiaraka aminao aho na hiditra any an-tranonao, ary tsy hihinan-kanina na hisotro rano aminao atỳ aho,
“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.
17 satria tonga tamiko ny tenin’ i Jehovah hoe: Aza mihinan-kanina, na misotro rano any, ary aza miverina amin’ ny lalana efa nalehanao.
“The Lord ordered me, saying ‘You must not eat or drink anything there, or return by the way you came.’”
18 Fa hoy kosa izy taminy: Izaho koa mba mpaminany tahaka anao ihany; ary nisy anjely nilaza tamiko araka ny tenin’ i Jehovah nanao hoe: Ento miverina hiaraka aminao ho any an-tranonao izy hihinan-kanina sy hisotro rano. Kanjo laingany izany.
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.
19 Dia niverina niaraka taminy izy ka nihinan-kanina sy nisotro rano tao an-tranony.
So the man of God went back with him, and ate and drank in his house.
20 Ary raha mbola nipetraka teo amin’ ny latabatra izy roa lahy, dia tonga tamin’ ilay mpaminany nitondra azy niverina ny tenin’ i Jehovah;
As they were sitting at the table, a message from the Lord came to the prophet who had brought him back.
21 ary izy niteny mafy tamin’ ilay lehilahin’ Andriamanitra avy tany Joda hoe: Izao no lazain’ i Jehovah: Satria nandà ny tenin’ i Jehovah ianao ka tsy nitandrina ny didy izay nandidian’ i Jehovah Andriamanitrao anao,
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,
22 fa niverina nihinan-kanina sy nisotro rano tany amin’ ny tany izay nandraran’ i Jehovah anao hoe: Aza mihinan-kanina na misotro rano, dia tsy ho tonga any am-pasan-drazanao ny fatinao.
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.”
23 Ary rehefa avy nihinana sy nisotro izy, dia nasiany lasely ny boriky hitaingenan’ ilay mpaminany naveriny.
After the man of God had finished eating and drinking, the prophet who had brought him back saddled his own donkey for him.
24 Ary nony nandeha izy, dia nisy liona nifanena taminy teny an-dalana ka nahafaty azy; ary ny fatiny dia niampatra teo an-dalana, ary ny boriky nijanona teo anilany, ary ny liona koa nijanona teo anilan’ ny faty.
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.
25 Ary, indreo nisy olona nandalo ka nahita ny faty niampatra teo an-dalana sy ny liona nijanona teo anilan’ ny faty, dia lasa nandeha ireo ka nilaza izany tany an-tanàna izay nitoeran’ ilay mpaminany antitra.
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.
26 Ary nony nandre izany ilay mpaminany izay namerina azy tany an-dalana, dia hoy izy: Ilay lehilahin’ Andriamanitra nandà ny tenin’ i Jehovah izay; fa natolotr’ i Jehovah ny liona izy ka noviravirainy sy novonoiny araka ny tenin’ i Jehovah, izay efa nolazainy taminy.
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.”
27 Ary izy niteny tamin’ ny zananilahy hoe: Asio lasely ny boriky hitaingenako. Dia nasiany lasely izy.
The prophet told his sons, “Saddle up a donkey for me.” So they saddled a donkey,
28 Ary nony nandeha izy, dia nahita ny fatin-dralehilahy niampatra teo an-dalana, ary ny boriky sy ny liona samy nijanona teo anilan’ ny faty; nefa ny liona tsy nihinana ny faty na namiravira ny boriky.
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.
29 Ary nobetain’ ilay mpaminany ny fatin’ ilay lehilahin’ Andriamanitra ka nasampiny tamin’ ny boriky, dia nentiny niverina; ary tonga tao an-tanàna ilay mpaminany antitra mba hisaona sy handevina azy.
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.
30 Ary ny fatin-dralehilahy naleviny tao am-pasany, dia nitomanian’ ny olona hoe: Indrisy, ry rahalahiko!
He laid the body in his own tomb, and they mourned over him, crying, “My poor brother!”
31 Ary rehefa voaleviny ralehilahy, dia hoy izy tamin’ ny zanany: Rehefa maty aho, dia mba aleveno ao amin’ ny fasana izay ilevenan’ ilay lehilahin’ Andriamanitra, ka ataovy eo anilan’ ny taolany ny taolako;
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.
32 fa tsy maintsy ho tanteraka ilay teny nantsoiny noho ny tenin’ i Jehovah nilaza ny loza ho tonga amin’ ny alitara ao Betela sy amin’ ny trano rehetra eny amin’ ny fitoerana avo izay any an-tanànan’ i Samaria.
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.”
33 Rehefa afaka izany, Jeroboama dia tsy mbola niala tamin’ ny lalan-dratsiny ihany, fa mbola naka tamin’ ny ankabiazam-bahoaka ho mpisorona amin’ ny fitoerana avo; koa na iza na iza tia izany dia natokany, mba ho tonga mpisorona amin’ ny fitoerana avo.
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.
34 Ary dia tonga fahotan’ ny taranak’ i Jeroboama izany ka namongorana sy nandringanana azy tsy ho eo ambonin’ ny tany.
This was because of this sin that the house of Jeroboam was wiped out, completely destroyed from the face of the earth.
