1 Mpanjaka 13
1 Ie amy zao nihirike e Iehoda ty ondatin’ Añahare, ami’ty tsara’ Iehovà, mb’e Betele mb’eo; ie nijohañe marine’ i kitreliy t’Iarovame hañemboke.
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 Le nikoihe’e amy kitreliy ty tsara’ Iehovà, ami’ty hoe: Ry kitrely, kitrely, hoe t’Iehovà: Maharendreha te hasamak’ añ’ anjomba’ i Davide ty ana-dahy; Iosià ty tahina’e; le ama’o ty hisoroña’e o mpisoron-toets’ abo misoroñe ama’oo le haforehetse ama’o eo ty taola’ondaty.
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 Nanolo-biloñe ka re amy andro zay, ami’ty hoe: Zao ty viloñe nitsarà’ Iehovà; Inao! ho riateñe o kitrelio vaho hadoañe ty lavenok’ ama’e.
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 Aa ie jinanji’ i mpanjakay ty saontsi’ indatin’Añaharey, i nikoiha’e amy kitreli’ i Beteleiy, le natora-kitsi’ Iarovame boak’ amy kitreliy ty fità’e nanao ty hoe: Fihino re. Fe niforejeje i sirañe natora-kitsi’ey, le tsy nahafitarik’ aze mb’ ama’e.
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 Nidreatse ka i kitreliy naho nidoañe boak’amy kitreliy o laveno’eo ty amy viloñe nitaroñe’ indatin’ Añaharey tie nitsara’ Iehovày.
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 Aa le hoe ty natoi’ i mpanjakay am’ indatin’ Añaharey: Mihalalia am’ Iehovà Andrianañahare’o ho ahiko, misolohoa ho ahy hañereña’e ty sirako. Aa le nihalaly am’ Iehovà indatin’ Añaharey naho niareñe ty fità’ i mpanjakay vaho nibalike ho amy do’e taoloy.
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 Aa hoe i mpanjakay am’ indatin’ Añaharey; Mihova amako ao, hanintsiña’o, le ho tolorako ravoravo.
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 Le hoe t’indatin’Añahare amy mpanjakay: Ndra te natolo’o ahy ty an-tsasa’ i anjomba’oy, tsy ho nindrezako vaho tsy ho nihinañe mofo ndra rano ami’ ty toetse toy.
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 Amy te nafanto’ i tsara’ Iehovày amako ty hoe: Ko mikama mofo ndra rano vaho ko mimpoly mb’amy lalañe nimbà’o mb’eoy.
The Lord ordered me not to eat or drink anything, and not to return by the way I came.”
10 Aa le nionjomb’ an-dalan-kafa mb’eo re, tsy nimpoly mb’amy lalañe nionjona’e mb’e Betele mb’eoy.
So he went a different way—he did not return the way he had come to Bethel.
11 Ie amy zao nimoneñe e Betele ao ty androanavy mpitoky; le niheo ama’e mb’eo ty ana’e raik’ nitalily ze hene fitoloñañe nanoe’ indatin’ Añaharey e Betele ao; naho nitalilie’ iereo an-drae’ iareo ka i lañonañe sinaontsi’e amy mpanjakaiy.
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 Le hoe ty nanoen-drae’ am’iareo; Nimb’aia re? Toe nitrea’ o ana’eo ty lala’ nomba’ indatin’ Añahare hirik’e Iehoday.
“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 Le hoe re amo ana-dahi’eo: Adiaño ho ahy i borìkey. Aa le nidiañe’ iereo i borìkey naho niningira’e;
“Saddle up a donkey for me,” he told his sons. They saddled up a donkey and he got on.
14 vaho niheañe’e indatin’ Añaharey, le nitendrek’ aze niambesatse ambane’ ty kobaiñe eo, vaho nanoa’e ty hoe: Ihe hao indatin’Añahare boake Iehoday? Le hoe re, Ie.
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 Aa le hoe re tama’e, Molia mb’amako vaho mikamà mofo.
“Come home with me and have something to eat,” he told him.
16 Le hoe re: Tsy hindre himpoly ama’o iraho, vaho tsy hitraofako lia; mbore tsy hiharo hihinañe mofo ndra hinon-drano ama’o an-toetse atoy.
“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 Fa hoe ty tsara’ Iehovà nitsaraeñ’ amako: Tsy hikama mofo ndra hikama rano ao irehe, ndra mimpoly amy lalañe nionjona’o mb’eoy.
“The Lord ordered me, saying ‘You must not eat or drink anything there, or return by the way you came.’”
18 Le hoe re ama’e: Mpitoky manahak’ azo ka ‘ni-raho; le nitsara amako ty anjely amy tsara’ Iehovày, ty hoe: Ampolio mb’añ’ anjomba’o mb’eo re hikama mofo naho hinon-drano; inay ty lañi’e.
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 Aa le nindreza’e fimpoly, nikama mofo naho ninon-drano.
So the man of God went back with him, and ate and drank in his house.
20 Ie niambesatse am-pandambañañe eo, le niheo amy mpitoky ninday aze noliy ty tsara’ Iehovà.
As they were sitting at the table, a message from the Lord came to the prophet who had brought him back.
21 Le napaza’e ty hoe am’ indatin’ Añahare hirik’e Iehoday, Hoe ty nafè’ Iehovà; Amy te ihe nanjehatse i falie’ Iehovày, naho tsy nambena’o i fañè nafanto’ Iehovà Andrianañahare’oy,
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 te mone nibalike naho nikama mofo vaho ninon-drano an-toetse nitsarae’e ty hoe: Ko mikama mofo naho ko minon-drano; le tsy higodañe an-kiborin-droae’o ao ty fañova’o.
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 Aa ie amy zao, naho fa nikama mofo naho ninon-drano, le nadia’e ho aze i borìke’ey, ho a i mpitoky nampihovae’ey.
After the man of God had finished eating and drinking, the prophet who had brought him back saddled his own donkey for him.
24 Aa ie nienga mb’eo, nitendreke liona nanjevoñ’ aze, ie nañifike i fañova’ey an-dalañey; nitsangañe añ’ila’e eo i borìkey, vaho nijohañe marine’ i fañovay i lionay.
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 Inge amy zao ondaty niary eio, ie niisa’ iareo i fañova navokovoko an-dalañey, naho i liona nijagarodoñe marine’ i fañovaiy, le nimb’eo nitalily an-drova nimoneña’ i androanavy mpitokiy.
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 Aa ie jinanji’ i mpitoky ninday aze moly boak’ amy lalañeiy, le hoe ty asa’e: Ie t’indatin’ Añahare nanjehatse i tsara’ Iehovày, toly ndra natolo’ Iehovà amy lionay, nirimite’e naho vinono’e ty amy tsara’ Iehovà nafe’e ama’ey.
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 Aa hoe ty natao’e amy ana’e rey: Diaño ho ahy i borikey. Aa le nidiañe’ iereo.
The prophet told his sons, “Saddle up a donkey for me.” So they saddled a donkey,
28 Ie nimb’eo le nanjo i fañovay te nahifik’ an-dalañe eo, naho i borìkey, vaho i liona nijohañe marine’ i fañovaiy. Tsy nihane’ i lionay i fañovay vaho tsy nirimite’e i borìkey.
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 Rinambe’ i mpitokiy ty fañova’ indatin’ Añaharey, le nasampe’e amy borìkey, vaho nendese’e nibalike mb’eo; ie nivotrak’ an-drova’ i androanavy mpitokiy, le nandala naho nandentek’ aze.
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 Natsalalampa’e amy kibori’ey i fañova’ey; le nandala’ iareo ami’ty hoe: Hoke, ry rahalahiko!
He laid the body in his own tomb, and they mourned over him, crying, “My poor brother!”
31 Ie nandentek’ aze, le nafanto’e amy ana’e rey ty hoe, Naho mikenkan-draho, aleveño amy kibory nandentehañe indatin’ Añaharey; apoho marine’ o taola’eo o taolakoo.
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 Amy te tsy mete tsy hifetsake i tsara’ Iehovà nipazahe’e amy kitrely e Beteley naho amo fonga anjomba an-toets’ abo an-drova’ i Someroneo.
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 Ie añe, tsy nibalintoa amy sata-rati’ey t’Iarovame, fa nanoe’e mpisoroñe an-toets’ abo o boak’ am’ondaty tsotra iabio; toe noriza’e ho mpisoroñe an-toets’ abo ze hene nimete.
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 Ie nampanan-kakeo ty anjomba’ Iarovame, hañitoañe aze, naho hamongorañ’ aze ambone’ ty tane toy.
This was because of this sin that the house of Jeroboam was wiped out, completely destroyed from the face of the earth.
