¹神人警告耶罗波安

¹And lo, a man of God hath come from Judah, by the word of Jehovah, unto Beth-El, and Jeroboam is standing by the altar — to make perfume;

²神人奉耶和华的命令，向那祭坛喊叫，说：“祭坛哪，祭坛哪，耶和华这样说：‘看哪，大卫家要生一个儿子，名叫约西亚；他要把邱坛的祭司，就是在你上面烧香的，作祭物献在你上面。人的骨头也要在你上面焚烧。’”

²and he calleth against the altar, by the word of Jehovah, and saith, `Altar! altar! thus said Jehovah, Lo, a son is born to the house of David — Josiah his name — and he hath sacrificed on thee the priests of the high places who are making perfume on thee, and bones of man are burnt on thee.`

³那天，神人提出一个兆头，说：“这是耶和华的兆头。看哪，这祭坛必破裂，祭坛上的灰必倾撒下来。”

³And he hath given on that day a sign, saying, `This [is] the sign that Jehovah hath spoken, Lo, the altar is rent, and the ashes poured forth that [are] on it.`

⁴耶罗波安王听见神人向伯特利的祭坛喊叫的话，就从祭坛上伸手，说：“抓住他！”王向他伸出的手却瘫痪了，不能缩回来。

⁴And it cometh to pass, at the king`s hearing the word of the man of God that he calleth against the altar in Beth-El, that Jeroboam putteth forth his hand from off the altar, saying, `Catch him;` and his hand is dried up that he hath put forth against him, and he is not able to bring it back unto him,

⁵祭坛也破裂了，灰从祭坛上倾撒下来，好像神人奉耶和华的命令所提出的预兆一样。

⁵and the altar is rent, and the ashes poured forth from the altar, according to the sign that the man of God had given by the word of Jehovah.

⁶王对神人说：“求你为我向耶和华你的　神求情，又为我祷告，使我的手复原。”于是神人向耶和华求情，王的手就复了原，像起先一样。

⁶And the king answereth and saith unto the man of God, `Appease, I pray thee, the face of Jehovah thy God, and pray for me, and my hand doth come back unto me;` and the man of God appeaseth the face of Jehovah, and the hand of the king cometh back unto him, and it is as at the beginning.

⁷王对神人说：“请与我一起回王宫去，吃点东西，加添心力，我还要赐给你一份礼物。”

⁷And the king speaketh unto the man of God, `Come in with me to the house, and refresh thyself, and I give to thee a gift.`

⁸神人对王说：“你就是把王宫的一半给我，我也不会与你回去，也不在这地方吃饭喝水。

⁸And the man of God saith unto the king, `If thou dost give to me the half of thine house, I do not go in with thee, nor do I eat bread, nor do I drink water, in this place;

⁹因为有耶和华的话吩咐我说：‘你不可吃饭喝水，也不可从你去的原路回来。’”

⁹for so He commanded me by the word of Jehovah, saying, Thou dost not eat bread nor drink water, nor turn back in the way that thou hast come.`

¹⁰于是神人从另一条路去了，没有从他来伯特利的原路回去。

¹⁰And he goeth on in another way, and hath not turned back in the way in which he came in unto Beth-El.

¹¹神人受骗违背　神的命令有一个老先知住在伯特利，他的儿子们来告诉他，那一天神人在伯特利所行的一切事。他们也把他对王所说的话，都告诉了他们的父亲。

¹¹And a certain aged prophet is dwelling in Beth-El, and his son cometh and recounteth to him all the deed that the man of God hath done to-day in Beth-El, the words that he hath spoken unto the king, — yea, they recount them to their father.

¹²他们的父亲问他们：“神人从哪条路走了呢？”他的儿子们就把从犹大来的神人所走的路，指给他看。

¹²And their father saith unto them, `Where [is] this — the way he hath gone?` and his sons see the way that the man of God hath gone who came from Judah.

¹³他对儿子们说：“给我备驴！”于是他们给他备驴，他就骑上，

¹³And he saith unto his sons, `Saddle for me the ass,` and they saddle for him the ass, and he rideth on it,

¹⁴去追赶神人，遇见他正坐在橡树底下，就问他：“你是从犹大来的神人吗？”他回答：“是的！”

¹⁴and goeth after the man of God, and findeth him sitting under the oak, and saith unto him, `Art thou the man of God who hast come from Judah?` and he saith, `I [am].`

¹⁵老先知对他说：“请你与我一起回家去吃饭。”

¹⁵And he saith unto him, `Come with me to the house, and eat bread.`

¹⁶神人说：“我不能与你回去，或是与你同行，也不能与你在这地方吃饭喝水，

¹⁶And he saith, `I am not able to turn back with thee, and to go in with thee, nor do I eat bread or drink with thee water in this place,

¹⁷因为有耶和华的话对我说：‘你在那里不可吃饭喝水，也不可从你去的原路回来。’”

¹⁷for a word [is] unto me by the word of Jehovah, Thou dost not eat bread nor drink there water, thou dost not turn back to go in the way in which thou camest.`

¹⁸老先知对他说：“我是先知，和你一样。有一位天使奉耶和华的命令告诉我说：‘你去带他与你一起回家，给他吃饭喝水。’”但是，老先知是欺骗他的。

¹⁸And he saith to him, `I also [am] a prophet like thee, and a messenger spake unto me by the word of Jehovah, saying, Bring him back with thee unto thy house, and he doth eat bread and drink water;` — he hath lied to him.

¹⁹于是神人与他一起回去，在他的家里吃饭喝水。

¹⁹And he turneth back with him, and eateth bread in his house, and drinketh water.

²⁰神人受耶和华责备他们二人正在席上吃喝的时候，耶和华的话临到那把神人带回来的先知，

²⁰And it cometh to pass — they are sitting at the table — and a word of Jehovah is unto the prophet who brought him back,

²¹他就对那从犹大来的神人喊叫，说：“耶和华这样说：‘你既然违背了耶和华的命令，没有谨守耶和华你的　神吩咐你的诫命，

²¹and he calleth unto the man of God who came from Judah, saying, `Thus said Jehovah, Because that thou hast provoked the mouth of Jehovah, and hast not kept the command that Jehovah thy God charged thee,

²²反倒回来，在耶和华吩咐你不可吃饭喝水的地方，吃了饭喝了水，因此，你的尸体不能入葬你列祖的坟墓里。’”

²²and turnest back and dost eat bread and drink water in the place of which He said unto thee, Thou dost not eat bread nor drink water — thy carcase cometh not in unto the burying-place of thy fathers.`

²³神人被狮子咬死吃了饭喝了水之后，老先知为他带回来的先知备驴。

²³And it cometh to pass, after his eating bread, and after his drinking, that he saddleth for him the ass, for the prophet whom he had brought back,

²⁴他就去了；在路上有一只狮子遇见了他，就把他咬死了。他的尸体被丢在路上，驴子站在尸体旁边，狮子也站在尸体旁边。

²⁴and he goeth, and a lion findeth him in the way, and putteth him to death, and his carcase is cast in the way, and the ass is standing near it, and the lion is standing near the carcase.

²⁵有人从那里经过，看见尸体被丢在路上，狮子站在尸体旁边，就来到老先知所住的城里，述说这事。

²⁵And lo, men are passing by, and see the carcase cast in the way, and the lion standing near the carcase, and they come and speak [of it] in the city in which the old prophet is dwelling.

²⁶老先知埋葬神人那把神人从路上带回来的先知听见了这事，就说：“这是那违背了耶和华命令的神人；耶和华把他交给狮子，狮子就把他撕裂，咬死了他，正如耶和华对他说过的话。”

²⁶And the prophet who brought him back out of the way heareth and saith, `It [is] the man of God who provoked the mouth of Jehovah, and Jehovah giveth him to the lion, and it destroyeth him, and putteth him to death, according to the word of Jehovah that he spake to him.`

²⁷老先知又吩咐他的儿子们说：“给我备驴。”他们就备了驴。

²⁷And he speaketh unto his sons saying, `Saddle for me the ass,` and they saddle [it].

²⁸于是他去了，看见神人的尸体被丢在路上，驴子和狮子都站在尸体旁边，那狮子并没有吃掉尸体，也没有撕裂驴子。

²⁸And he goeth and findeth his carcase cast in the way, and the ass and the lion are standing near the carcase — the lion hath not eaten the carcase nor destroyed the ass.

²⁹老先知把神人的尸体抱起来，放在驴子上，带回自己的城里，要为他举哀，要埋葬他。

²⁹And the prophet taketh up the carcase of the man of God, and placeth it on the ass, and bringeth it back, and the old prophet cometh in unto the city to mourn and to bury him,

³⁰老先知把他的尸体埋葬在自己的坟墓里；人们为他举哀，说：“哀哉，我兄啊！”

³⁰and he placeth his carcase in his own grave, and they mourn for him, `Oh, my brother!`

³¹埋葬他以后，老先知就对儿子们说：“我死了以后，你们要把我埋葬在神人的坟墓里，把我的骸骨放在他的骸骨旁边。

³¹And it cometh to pass, after his burying him, that he speaketh unto his sons, saying, `At my death — ye have buried me in the burying-place in which the man of God is buried; near his bones place my bones;

³²因为他奉耶和华的命令，攻击伯特利的坛和在撒玛利亚各城邱坛上的殿所喊叫的话，必定应验。”

³²for the word certainly cometh to pass that he called by the word of Jehovah concerning the altar which [is] Beth-El, and concerning all the houses of the high places that [are] in cities of Samaria.`

³³耶罗波安仍执迷不悟这事以后，耶罗波安还不从他的恶道转回，竟然把平民立为邱坛的祭司；愿意的，他都把他们分别为圣，立他们为邱坛的祭司。

³³After this thing Jeroboam hath not turned from his evil way, and turneth back, and maketh of the extremities of the people priests of high places; he who is desirous he consecrateth his hand, and he is of the priests of the high places.

³⁴这事成为耶罗波安的家的罪，以致他的家从地上被涂抹与除灭。

³⁴And in this thing is the sin of the house of Jeroboam, even to cut [it] off, and to destroy [it] from off the face of the ground.