1 Kings 13
English Standard Version
A Man of God Confronts Jeroboam
13 And behold, (A)a man of God came out of Judah by the word of the Lord to Bethel. Jeroboam was standing by the altar (B)to make offerings. 2 (C)And the man cried against the altar by the word of the Lord and said, “O altar, altar, thus says the Lord: ‘Behold, a son shall be born to the house of David, (D)Josiah by name, and he shall sacrifice on you the priests of the high places who make offerings on you, and human bones shall be burned on you.’” 3 And he gave (E)a sign the same day, saying, “This is the sign that the Lord has spoken: ‘Behold, the altar shall be torn down, and the ashes that are on it shall be poured out.’” 4 And when the king heard the saying of the man of God, which he cried against the altar at Bethel, Jeroboam stretched out his hand from the altar, saying, “Seize him.” And his hand, which he stretched out against him, dried up, so that he could not draw it back to himself. 5 The altar also was torn down, and the ashes poured out from the altar, according to the sign that the man of God had given by the word of the Lord. 6 And the king said to the man of God, (F)“Entreat now the favor of the Lord your God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored to me.” And the man of God entreated the Lord, and the king's hand was restored to him and became as it was before. 7 And the king said to the man of God, “Come home with me, and refresh yourself, and (G)I will give you a reward.” 8 And the man of God said to the king, (H)“If you give me half your house, (I)I will not go in with you. And I will not eat bread or drink water in this place, 9 for so was it commanded me by the word of the Lord, saying, ‘You shall neither eat bread nor drink water nor return by the way that you came.’” 10 So he went another way and did not return by the way that he came to Bethel.
The Prophet's Disobedience
11 Now (J)an old prophet lived in Bethel. And his sons[a] came and told him all that the man of God had done that day in Bethel. They also told to their father the words that he had spoken to the king. 12 And their father said to them, “Which way did he go?” And his sons showed him the way that the man of God who came from Judah had gone. 13 And he said to his sons, “Saddle the donkey for me.” So they saddled the donkey for him and he mounted it. 14 And he went after the man of God and found him sitting under an oak. And he said to him, “Are you the man of God who came from Judah?” And he said, “I am.” 15 Then he said to him, “Come home with me and eat bread.” 16 And he said, (K)“I may not return with you, or go in with you, neither will I eat bread nor drink water with you in this place, 17 for it was said to me (L)by the word of the Lord, ‘You shall neither eat bread nor drink water there, nor return by the way that you came.’” 18 And he said to him, “I also am a prophet as you are, and an angel spoke to me by the word of the Lord, saying, ‘Bring him back with you into your house that he may eat bread and drink water.’” But he lied to him. 19 So he went back with him and ate bread in his house and drank water.
20 And as they sat at the table, the word of the Lord came to the prophet who had brought him back. 21 And he cried to the man of God who came from Judah, “Thus says the Lord, ‘Because you have disobeyed the word of the Lord and have not kept the command that the Lord your God commanded you, 22 but have come back and have eaten bread and drunk water in the place of which he said to you, “Eat no bread and drink no water,” your body shall not come to the tomb of your fathers.’” 23 And after he had eaten bread and drunk, he saddled the donkey for the prophet whom he had brought back. 24 And as he went away (M)a lion met him on the road and killed him. And his body was thrown in the road, and the donkey stood beside it; the lion also stood beside the body. 25 And behold, men passed by and saw the body thrown in the road and the lion standing by the body. And they came and told it in the city where (N)the old prophet lived.
26 And when the prophet who had brought him back from the way heard of it, he said, “It is the man of God who disobeyed the word of the Lord; therefore the Lord has given him to the lion, which has torn him and killed him, according to the word that the Lord spoke to him.” 27 And he said to his sons, “Saddle the donkey for me.” And they saddled it. 28 And he went and found his body thrown in the road, and the donkey and the lion standing beside the body. The lion had not eaten the body or torn the donkey. 29 And the prophet took up the body of the man of God and laid it on the donkey and brought it back to the city[b] to mourn and to bury him. 30 And he laid the body in his own grave. And they mourned over him, saying, (O)“Alas, my brother!” 31 And after he had buried him, he said to his sons, “When I die, bury me in the grave in which the man of God is buried; (P)lay my bones beside his bones. 32 (Q)For the saying that he called out by the word of the Lord against the altar in Bethel and against (R)all the houses of the high places that are in the cities of (S)Samaria shall surely come to pass.”
33 After this thing Jeroboam did not turn from his evil way, but made priests for the high places again from among all the people. Any who would, he ordained to be priests of the high places. 34 (T)And this thing became sin to the house of Jeroboam, (U)so as to cut it off and to destroy it from the face of the earth.
Footnotes
- 1 Kings 13:11 Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate; Hebrew son
- 1 Kings 13:29 Septuagint; Hebrew he came to the city of the old prophet
1 Mga Hari 13
Ang Dating Biblia (1905)
13 At, narito, dumating ang isang lalake ng Dios na mula sa Juda ayon sa salita ng Panginoon sa Beth-el: at si Jeroboam ay nakatayo sa siping ng dambana upang magsunog ng kamangyan.
2 At siya'y sumigaw laban sa dambana ayon sa salita ng Panginoon, at nagsabi, Oh dambana, dambana, ganito ang sabi ng Panginoon: Narito, isang bata'y ipanganganak sa sangbahayan ni David na ang pangalan ay Josias: at sa iyo'y ihahain ang mga saserdote ng mga mataas na dako na nagsisipagsunog ng kamangyan sa iyo, at mga buto ng mga tao ang kanilang susunugin sa iyo.
3 At siya'y nagbigay ng tanda nang araw ding yaon, na nagsasabi, Ito ang tanda na sinalita ng Panginoon: Narito, ang dambana ay mababaak, at ang mga abo na nasa ibabaw ay mabubuhos.
4 At nangyari, nang marinig ng hari ang sabi ng lalake ng Dios, na kaniyang isinigaw laban sa dambana sa Beth-el, na iniunat ni Jeroboam ang kaniyang kamay mula sa dambana, na sinasabi, Hulihin siya. At ang kaniyang kamay na kaniyang iniunat laban sa kaniya ay natuyo, na anopa't hindi niya napanauli sa dati.
5 Ang dambana naman ay nabaak, at ang mga abo ay nabuhos mula sa dambana, ayon sa tanda na ibinigay ng lalake ng Dios ayon sa salita ng Panginoon.
6 At ang hari ay sumagot, at nagsabi sa lalake ng Dios, Isamo mo ngayon ang biyaya ng Panginoon mong Dios, at idalangin mo ako, upang ang aking kamay ay gumaling. At idinalangin ng lalake ng Dios sa Panginoon, at ang kamay ng hari ay gumaling uli, at naging gaya ng dati.
7 At sinabi ng hari sa lalake ng Dios, Umuwi kang kasama ko, at kumain ka, at bibigyan kita ng kagantihan.
8 At sinabi ng lalake ng Dios sa hari, Kung ang ibibigay mo sa akin ay kalahati ng iyong bahay ay hindi ako yayaong kasama mo, o kakain man ako ng tinapay o iinom man ako ng tubig sa dakong ito:
9 Sapagka't gayon ibinilin sa akin sa pamamagitan ng salita ng Panginoon, na sinasabi, Huwag kang kakain ng tinapay, o iinom man ng tubig, ni babalik man sa daan na iyong pinanggalingan.
10 Sa gayo'y yumaon siya sa ibang daan, at hindi na bumalik sa daan na kaniyang pinanggalingan sa Beth-el.
11 Tumatahan nga ang isang matandang propeta sa Beth-el; at isa sa kaniyang mga anak ay naparoon, at isinaysay sa kaniya ang lahat ng mga gawa na ginawa ng lalake ng Dios sa araw na yaon sa Beth-el: ang mga salita na kaniyang sinalita sa hari, ay siya ring isinaysay nila sa kanilang ama.
12 At sinabi ng kanilang ama sa kanila, Saan siya napatungo? At itinuro sa kaniya ng kaniyang mga anak ang daang pinatunguhan ng lalake ng Dios na nanggaling sa Juda.
13 At sinabi niya sa kaniyang mga anak, Siyahan ninyo sa akin ang asno. Sa gayo'y kanilang siniyahan ang asno sa kaniya: at kaniyang sinakyan.
14 At kaniyang sinundan ang lalake ng Dios, at nasumpungan niyang nakaupo sa ilalim ng isang puno ng encina: at sinabi niya sa kaniya, Ikaw ba ang lalake ng Dios na nanggaling sa Juda? At sinabi niya, Ako nga.
15 Nang magkagayo'y sinabi niya sa kaniya, Umuwi kang kasama ko, at kumain ng tinapay.
16 At sinabi niya, Hindi ako makababalik na kasama mo, o makapapasok na kasama mo: ni makakakain man ng tinapay o makaiinom man ng tubig na kasalo mo sa dakong ito:
17 Sapagka't isinaysay sa akin sa pamamagitan ng salita ng Panginoon. Huwag kang kakain ng tinapay o iinom man ng tubig doon, o babalik man na yumaon sa daan na iyong pinanggalingan.
18 At sinabi niya sa kaniya, Ako man ay propeta na gaya mo; at isang anghel ay nagsalita sa akin sa pamamagitan ng salita ng Panginoon, na nagsasabi, Ibalik mo siya na kasama mo sa iyong bahay, upang siya'y makakain ng tinapay at makainom ng tubig. Nguni't siya'y nagbulaan sa kaniya.
19 Sa gayo'y bumalik na kasama niya, at kumain ng tinapay sa kaniyang bahay at uminom ng tubig.
20 At nangyari, samantalang sila'y nauupo sa dulang, na ang salita ng Panginoon ay dumating sa propeta na nagpabalik sa kaniya:
21 At siya'y sumigaw sa lalake ng Dios na nanggaling sa Juda, na sinasabi, Ganito ang sabi ng Panginoon: Sa paraang ikaw ay naging manunuway sa bibig ng Panginoon, at hindi mo iningatan ang utos na iniutos ng Panginoon sa iyo,
22 Kundi ikaw ay bumalik at kumain ng tinapay, at uminom ng tubig sa dakong kaniyang pinagsabihan sa iyo: Huwag kang kumain ng tinapay, at huwag kang uminom ng tubig; ang iyong bangkay ay hindi darating sa libingan ng iyong mga magulang.
23 At nangyari, pagkatapos na makakain ng tinapay, at pagkatapos na makainom, na siniyahan niya ang asno para sa kaniya, sa makatuwid baga'y, para sa propeta na kaniyang pinabalik.
24 At nang siya'y makayaon, isang leon ay nasalubong niya sa daan, at pinatay siya: at ang kaniyang bangkay ay napahagis sa daan, at ang asno ay nakatayo sa siping; ang leon naman ay nakatayo sa siping ng bangkay.
25 At, narito, may mga taong nagsipagdaan, at nakita ang bangkay na nakahagis sa daan, at ang leon ay nakatayo sa siping ng bangkay: at sila'y yumaon at isinaysay nila sa bayan na kinatatahanan ng matandang propeta.
26 At nang marinig ng propeta na nagpabalik sa kaniya sa daan, sinabi niya: Lalake nga ng Dios, na naging masuwayin sa bibig ng Panginoon, kaya't ibinigay siya ng Panginoon sa leon, na lumapa sa kaniya at pumatay sa kaniya ayon sa salita ng Panginoon, na sinalita sa kaniya.
27 At sinalita niya sa kaniyang mga anak na sinasabi, Siyahan ninyo sa akin ang asno. At kanilang siniyahan.
28 At siya'y yumaon, at nasumpungan ang kaniyang bangkay na nakahagis sa daan, at ang leon at ang asno ay nakatayo sa siping ng bangkay: hindi nilamon ng leon ang bangkay, o nilapa man ang asno.
29 At kinuha ng propeta ang bangkay ng lalake ng Dios, at ipinatong sa asno, at ibinalik: at naparoon sa bayan ng matandang propeta, upang tumangis, at ilibing siya.
30 At inilagay niya ang kaniyang bangkay sa kaniyang sariling libingan; at kanilang tinangisan siya, na sinasabi, Ay kapatid ko!
31 At nangyari, pagkatapos na kaniyang mailibing, na siya'y nagsalita sa kaniyang mga anak, na sinasabi, Pagka ako'y namatay, ilibing nga ninyo ako sa libingan na pinaglibingan sa lalake ng Dios: ilagay ninyo ang aking mga buto sa siping ng kaniyang mga buto.
32 Sapagka't ang sabi na kaniyang isinigaw sa pamamagitan ng salita ng Panginoon laban sa dambana sa Beth-el, at laban sa lahat ng mga bahay sa mga mataas na dako na nangasa mga bayan ng Samaria, ay walang pagsalang mangyayari.
33 Pagkatapos ng bagay na ito, si Jeroboam ay hindi tumalikod sa kaniyang masamang lakad, kundi gumawa uli mula sa buong bayan ng mga saserdote sa mga mataas na dako: sinomang may ibig, kaniyang itinatalaga upang magkaroon ng mga saserdote sa mga mataas na dako.
34 At ang bagay na ito ay naging kasalanan sa sangbahayan ni Jeroboam, kaya't inihiwalay at nilipol sa ibabaw ng lupa.
1 Kings 13
New International Version
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. 2 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.’” 3 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.”
4 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. 5 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.
6 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.
7 The king said to the man of God, “Come home with me for a meal, and I will give you a gift.”(G)
8 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. 9 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.
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