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Ginpakamalaot sang Propeta ang Halaran sa Betel

13 Karon, ginsugo sang Ginoo ang isa niya ka alagad nga taga-Juda sa pagkadto sa Betel. Pag-abot niya didto, nagatindog si Jeroboam sa halaran para maghalad. Ginsugo sang Ginoo ang iya alagad nga pakamalauton niya ato nga halaran. Siling niya, “Amo ini ang ginasiling sang Ginoo parte sa sini nga halaran: May matawo nga isa ka bata sa mga kaliwat ni David nga ang iya ngalan si Josia. Pamatyon niya kag ihalad sa sini nga halaran ang mga pari nga nagaalagad sa mga simbahan sa mataas nga mga lugar kag nagahalad sa sini nga halaran. Magakalasunog ang ila mga tul-an sa sini nga halaran.” Sa sina mismo nga adlaw, naghatag ang alagad sang Dios sang tanda nga matabo ang iya ginhambal. Siling niya, “Amo ini ang tanda nga ginsiling sang Ginoo: Marumpag ini nga halaran kag ang mga abo sa sini nga halaran maglalapta.”

Pagkabati sadto ni Haring Jeroboam, gintudlo niya ang tawo kag nagsiling, “Dakpa ninyo siya!” Pero gulpi lang nga nagtig-a ang kamot sang hari, gani indi na niya mapaidalom ang iya kamot. Kag dayon narumpag ang halaran kag ang mga abo sini naglalapta, suno gid sa tanda nga ginsiling sang alagad sang Dios nga ginpahayag sa iya sang Ginoo.

Dayon nagsiling ang hari sa alagad sang Dios, “Ipangamuyo mo ako sa Ginoo nga imo Dios nga ayuhon niya ang akon kamot.” Gani nagpangamuyo ang alagad sang Dios sa Ginoo, kag nag-ayo ang kamot sang hari. Nagsiling liwat ang hari sa alagad sang Dios, “Dali sa balay kag magkaon, kag hatagan ko ikaw sang regalo.” Pero nagsabat ang alagad sang Dios, “Bisan ihatag mo pa sa akon ang katunga sang imo pagkabutang, indi ako mag-upod sa imo ukon magkaon ukon mag-inom sa sini nga lugar. Kay ginmanduan ako sang Ginoo nga indi gid ako magkaon ukon mag-inom samtang diri ako, kag sa akon pagpauli indi ako mag-agi sa akon gin-agyan sang pagkadto ko diri.” 10 Gani lain nga dalan ang iya gin-agyan pagpauli niya.

11 Sadto nga tion, may isa ka tigulang nga propeta nga nagaestar sa Betel. Ginkadtuan siya sang iya mga anak nga lalaki[a] kag ginsugiran sang tanan nga ginhimo sang alagad sang Dios sadto nga adlaw sa Betel. Ginsugiran man nila siya kon ano ang ginsiling sang alagad sang Dios sa hari. 12 Nagpamangkot ang ila amay, “Diin siya nag-agi pagpauli?” Ginsugiran nila siya kon diin siya nag-agi. 13 Dayon nagsiling ang ila amay sa ila, “Ipreparar ninyo ang asno para sa akon.” Gani ginpreparar nila ang asno, kag nagsakay siya 14 kag ginlagas niya ang alagad sang Dios. Naabtan niya siya nga nagapungko sa puno sang kahoy nga terebinto. Ginpamangkot niya siya, “Ikaw bala ang alagad sang Dios nga halin sa Juda?” Nagsabat siya, “Huo.” 15 Nagsiling ang tigulang nga propeta, “Dali sa balay kag magkaon.” 16 Nagsiling ang alagad sang Dios, “Indi ako puwede nga magbalik kag mag-upod sa imo, kag indi man ako puwede nga magkaon ukon mag-inom upod sa imo sa sini nga lugar. 17 Kay ginhambalan ako sang Ginoo nga indi gid ako magkaon ukon mag-inom samtang diri ako, kag sa akon pagpauli indi ako mag-agi sa akon gin-agyan sang pagpakadto ko diri.” 18 Nagsiling ang tigulang nga propeta, “Propeta man ako pareho sa imo. Kag ginsugo sang Ginoo ang isa ka anghel sa pagsiling sa akon nga dal-on ko ikaw sa akon balay agod makakaon ka kag makainom.” (Pero nagbutig ang tigulang nga propeta.) 19 Gani nag-upod sa iya balay ang alagad sang Dios kag nagkaon kag nag-inom siya didto.

20 Samtang nagapungko sila sa lamisa, may ginhambal ang Ginoo sa tigulang nga propeta. 21 Dayon nagsiling ang tigulang nga propeta sa alagad sang Dios nga halin sa Juda, “Amo ini ang ginasiling sang Ginoo: Ginlapas mo ang ginsiling sang Ginoo nga imo Dios; wala mo pagtumana ang iya ginsugo sa imo. 22 Nagsiling siya sa imo nga indi ka magkaon kag mag-inom sa sini nga lugar, pero nagbalik ka diri kag nagkaon kag nag-inom. Tungod sang imo ginhimo, ang imo bangkay indi pag-ilubong sa lulubngan sang imo mga katigulangan.”

23 Pagkatapos kaon kag inom sang alagad sang Dios, ginpreparar sang tigulang nga propeta ang asno para sa iya pagpauli. 24 Kag samtang nagapauli siya, ginsugata siya sang isa ka leon kag ginpatay. Ang iya bangkay nagahamyang sa dalan, kag ang leon kag ang asno nagatindog sa tupad sang iya bangkay. 25 Nakita sang mga nagaalagi ang bangkay kag ang leon sa tupad sini, kag ginbalita nila ini sa banwa nga sa diin nagaestar ang tigulang nga propeta.

26 Sang mabatian ini sang tigulang nga propeta, nagsiling siya, “Siya ang alagad sang Dios nga naglapas sa ginhambal sang Ginoo. Gintugyan siya sang Ginoo sa leon nga nagsalakay kag nagpatay sa iya, suno sa ginsiling sang Ginoo sa iya.”

27 Nagsiling dayon ang tigulang nga propeta sa iya mga anak nga lalaki, “Ipreparar ninyo ang asno para sa akon.” Kag ginpreparar nila ini. 28 Naglakat siya dayon, kag nakita niya ang bangkay nga nagahamyang sa dalan kag ang leon kag ang asno nga nagatindog sa tupad sini. Wala pagkauna sang leon ang bangkay ukon pag-anha ang asno. 29 Ginkuha sang tigulang nga propeta ang bangkay sang alagad sang Dios kag ginkarga sa asno, kag gindala sa iya banwa agod makapangasubo siya sa bangkay kag malubong niya ini. 30 Ginlubong niya siya sa lulubngan nga ginpahimo niya mismo para sa iya kaugalingon, kag nagpangasubo gid sila sa pagkapatay sang alagad sang Dios.

31 Pagkatapos lubong, nagsiling ang tigulang nga propeta sa iya mga anak nga lalaki, “Kon mapatay na gani ako, ilubong ninyo ako sa ginlubngan sang alagad sang Dios, kag itupad ninyo ako sa iya. 32 Kay ang mga pulong nga ginpahambal sang Ginoo sa iya parte sa halaran sa Betel kag sa mga simbahan sa mataas nga mga lugar sa Samaria sigurado gid nga matuman.”

33 Bisan pa sini nga natabo, wala gihapon nagbag-o si Jeroboam sa iya malain nga mga pagginawi. Nagpili gihapon siya sang mga tawo nga mag-alagad bilang mga pari sa mga simbahan sa mataas nga mga lugar. Ang bisan sin-o nga gusto mag-alagad bilang pari gin-ordinahan niya. 34 Ining ginhimo ni Jeroboam nangin kabangdanan sang pagpakasala sang iya panimalay kag nagdala sa ila sang kapierdihan kag kalaglagan.

Footnotes

  1. 13:11 mga anak nga lalaki: Amo ini sa iban nga dumaan nga mga teksto. Sa Hebreo, anak nga lalaki.

The Man of God From Judah

13 By the word of the Lord a man of God(A) came from Judah to Bethel,(B) as Jeroboam was standing by the altar to make an offering. By the word of the Lord he cried out against the altar: “Altar, altar! This is what the Lord says: ‘A son named Josiah(C) will be born to the house of David. On you he will sacrifice the priests of the high places(D) who make offerings here, and human bones will be burned on you.’” That same day the man of God gave a sign:(E) “This is the sign the Lord has declared: The altar will be split apart and the ashes on it will be poured out.”

When King Jeroboam heard what the man of God cried out against the altar at Bethel, he stretched out his hand from the altar and said, “Seize him!” But the hand he stretched out toward the man shriveled up, so that he could not pull it back. Also, the altar was split apart and its ashes poured out according to the sign given by the man of God by the word of the Lord.

Then the king said to the man of God, “Intercede(F) with the Lord your God and pray for me that my hand may be restored.” So the man of God interceded with the Lord, and the king’s hand was restored and became as it was before.

The king said to the man of God, “Come home with me for a meal, and I will give you a gift.”(G)

But the man of God answered the king, “Even if you were to give me half your possessions,(H) I would not go with you, nor would I eat bread(I) or drink water here. For 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 So he took another road and did not return by the way he had come to Bethel.

11 Now there was a certain old prophet living in Bethel, whose sons came and told him all that the man of God had done there that day. They also told their father what he had said to the king. 12 Their father asked them, “Which way did he go?” And his sons showed him which road the man of God from Judah had taken. 13 So he said to his sons, “Saddle the donkey for me.” And when they had saddled the donkey for him, he mounted it 14 and rode 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 So the prophet said to him, “Come home with me and eat.”

16 The man of God said, “I cannot turn back and go with you, nor can I eat bread(J) or drink water with you in this place. 17 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 The old prophet answered, “I too am a prophet, as you are. And an angel said to me by the word of the Lord:(K) ‘Bring him back with you to your house so that he may eat bread and drink water.’” (But he was lying(L) to him.) 19 So the man of God returned with him and ate and drank in his house.

20 While they were sitting at the table, the word of the Lord came to the old prophet who had brought him back. 21 He cried out to the man of God who had come from Judah, “This is what the Lord says: ‘You have defied(M) the word of the Lord and have not kept the command the Lord your God gave you. 22 You came back and ate bread and drank water in the place where he told you not to eat or drink. Therefore your body will not be buried in the tomb of your ancestors.’”

23 When the man of God had finished eating and drinking, the prophet who had brought him back saddled his donkey for him. 24 As he went on his way, a lion(N) met him on the road and killed him, and his body was left lying on the road, with both the donkey and the lion standing beside it. 25 Some people who passed by saw the body lying there, with the lion standing beside the body, and they went and reported it in the city where the old prophet lived.

26 When the prophet who had brought him back from his journey heard of it, he said, “It is the man of God who defied(O) the word of the Lord. The Lord has given him over to the lion, which has mauled him and killed him, as the word of the Lord had warned him.”

27 The prophet said to his sons, “Saddle the donkey for me,” and they did so. 28 Then he went out and found the body lying on the road, with the donkey and the lion standing beside it. The lion had neither eaten the body nor mauled the donkey. 29 So the prophet picked 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 Then he laid the body in his own tomb,(P) and they mourned over him and said, “Alas, my brother!”(Q)

31 After burying him, he said to his sons, “When I die, bury me in the grave where the man of God is buried; lay my bones(R) beside his bones. 32 For the message he declared by the word of the Lord against the altar in Bethel and against all the shrines on the high places(S) in the towns of Samaria(T) will certainly come true.”(U)

33 Even after this, Jeroboam did not change his evil ways,(V) but once more appointed priests for the high places from all sorts(W) of people. Anyone who wanted to become a priest he consecrated for the high places. 34 This was the sin(X) of the house of Jeroboam that led to its downfall and to its destruction(Y) from the face of the earth.

13 And, behold, there came a man of God out of Judah by the word of the Lord unto Bethel: and Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn incense.

And he cried against the altar in the word of the Lord, and said, O altar, altar, thus saith the Lord; Behold, a child shall be born unto the house of David, Josiah by name; and upon thee shall he offer the priests of the high places that burn incense upon thee, and men's bones shall be burnt upon thee.

And he gave a sign the same day, saying, This is the sign which the Lord hath spoken; Behold, the altar shall be rent, and the ashes that are upon it shall be poured out.

And it came to pass, when king Jeroboam heard the saying of the man of God, which had cried against the altar in Bethel, that he put forth his hand from the altar, saying, Lay hold on him. And his hand, which he put forth against him, dried up, so that he could not pull it in again to him.

The altar also was rent, and the ashes poured out from the altar, according to the sign which the man of God had given by the word of the Lord.

And the king answered and said unto the man of God, Intreat now the face of the Lord thy God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored me again. And the man of God besought the Lord, and the king's hand was restored him again, and became as it was before.

And the king said unto the man of God, Come home with me, and refresh thyself, and I will give thee a reward.

And the man of God said unto the king, If thou wilt give me half thine house, I will not go in with thee, neither will I eat bread nor drink water in this place:

For so was it charged me by the word of the Lord, saying, Eat no bread, nor drink water, nor turn again by the same way that thou camest.

10 So he went another way, and returned not by the way that he came to Bethel.

11 Now there dwelt an old prophet in Bethel; and his sons came and told him all the works that the man of God had done that day in Bethel: the words which he had spoken unto the king, them they told also to their father.

12 And their father said unto them, What way went he? For his sons had seen what way the man of God went, which came from Judah.

13 And he said unto his sons, Saddle me the ass. So they saddled him the ass: and he rode thereon,

14 And went after the man of God, and found him sitting under an oak: and he said unto him, Art thou the man of God that camest from Judah? And he said, I am.

15 Then he said unto him, Come home with me, and eat bread.

16 And he said, I may not return with thee, nor go in with thee: neither will I eat bread nor drink water with thee in this place:

17 For it was said to me by the word of the Lord, Thou shalt eat no bread nor drink water there, nor turn again to go by the way that thou camest.

18 He said unto him, I am a prophet also as thou art; and an angel spake unto me by the word of the Lord, saying, Bring him back with thee into thine house, that he may eat bread and drink water. But he lied unto him.

19 So he went back with him, and did eat bread in his house, and drank water.

20 And it came to pass, as they sat at the table, that the word of the Lord came unto the prophet that brought him back:

21 And he cried unto the man of God that came from Judah, saying, Thus saith the Lord, Forasmuch as thou hast disobeyed the mouth of the Lord, and hast not kept the commandment which the Lord thy God commanded thee,

22 But camest back, and hast eaten bread and drunk water in the place, of the which the Lord did say to thee, Eat no bread, and drink no water; thy carcase shall not come unto the sepulchre of thy fathers.

23 And it came to pass, after he had eaten bread, and after he had drunk, that he saddled for him the ass, to wit, for the prophet whom he had brought back.

24 And when he was gone, a lion met him by the way, and slew him: and his carcase was cast in the way, and the ass stood by it, the lion also stood by the carcase.

25 And, behold, men passed by, and saw the carcase cast in the way, and the lion standing by the carcase: and they came and told it in the city where the old prophet dwelt.

26 And when the prophet that brought him back from the way heard thereof, he said, It is the man of God, who was disobedient unto the word of the Lord: therefore the Lord hath delivered him unto the lion, which hath torn him, and slain him, according to the word of the Lord, which he spake unto him.

27 And he spake to his sons, saying, Saddle me the ass. And they saddled him.

28 And he went and found his carcase cast in the way, and the ass and the lion standing by the carcase: the lion had not eaten the carcase, nor torn the ass.

29 And the prophet took up the carcase of the man of God, and laid it upon the ass, and brought it back: and the old prophet came to the city, to mourn and to bury him.

30 And he laid his carcase in his own grave; and they mourned over him, saying, Alas, my brother!

31 And it came to pass, after he had buried him, that he spake to his sons, saying, When I am dead, then bury me in the sepulchre wherein the man of God is buried; lay my bones beside his bones:

32 For the saying which he cried by the word of the Lord against the altar in Bethel, and against all the houses of the high places which are in the cities of Samaria, shall surely come to pass.

33 After this thing Jeroboam returned not from his evil way, but made again of the lowest of the people priests of the high places: whosoever would, he consecrated him, and he became one of the priests of the high places.

34 And this thing became sin unto the house of Jeroboam, even to cut it off, and to destroy it from off the face of the earth.