¹And, 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.

¹ Irikoy boro fo mo go no kaŋ fun Yahuda laabu Rabbi sanno boŋ ka kaa Betel. Yerobowam mo go ga kay feema jarga zama nga ma dugu ton se.

²And 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.

² Bora mo na jinde tunandi ka feema ciine te Rabbi sanno boŋ ka ne: «Ya feema, ya feema! Haŋ kaŋ Rabbi ne ga ti: ‹Guna, i ga ize alboro hay Dawda dumo ra kaŋ maa ga ciya Yosiya. Ni boŋ mo no a ga tudey boŋ sududuyaŋ nangey alfagey sarga, ngey kaŋ yaŋ ga dugu ton ni boŋ. I ga boro biriyaŋ mo ton ni boŋ.› »

³And 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.

³ Irikoy bora na alaamayaŋ mo cabe han din hane ka ne: «Alaama kaŋ Rabbi ci neeya: Guna, feema wo ga kortu. Booso kaŋ go a ra mo ga mun.»

⁴And 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.

⁴ A ciya binde, waato kaŋ bonkoono maa Irikoy bora sanno kaŋ a na jinde tunandi ka feema kaŋ go Betel ciine te, kala Yerobowam mo na nga kambe salle feema do ka ne: «W'a di!» A kamba binde kaŋ a salle bora boŋ din suugu, hal a si baa hin k'a ye nga gaa.

⁵The 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.

⁵ Feema mo kortu, booso mo mun feema ra, Irikoy bora alaama kaŋ a cabe din boŋ, Rabbi sanno boŋ.

⁶And the king answered and said unto the man of God, Entreat 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.

⁶ Bonkoono mo salaŋ Irikoy bora se ka ne: «Kala ni ma Rabbi ni Irikoyo gomno ŋwaaray ay se sohõ, ma te ay se adduwa mo, zama a m'ay kamba baano ye ay gaa.» Irikoy bora mo na Rabbi ŋwaaray. Kala bonkoono kamba mo yay ka ciya sanda mate kaŋ a go doŋ.

⁷And the king said unto the man of God, Come home with me, and refresh thyself, and I will give thee a reward.

⁷ Bonkoono mo ne Irikoy bora se: «Ma kaa ay banda fu, ka ni fundo yeenandi, ay mo ga ni no alhakku.»

⁸And 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:

⁸ Amma Irikoy bora ne bonkoono se: «Baa ni g'ay no ni windo jara, ay si koy ni banda, ay si ŋwaari ŋwa, ay si hari haŋ mo neewo.

⁹For 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.

⁹ Zama yaadin no i n'ay lordi Rabbi sanno boŋ ka ne: Ni ma si ŋwaari ŋwa, ni ma si hari haŋ mo. Ni ma si ye ka kaa mo fonda kaŋ ni gana ka koy din gaa.»

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

¹⁰ Kal a na fondo fo gana ka ye. A mana fonda kaŋ a gana ka kaa Betel din gana ka ye.

¹¹Now 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.

¹¹ Amma annabi zeeno fo go no Betel da goray. A ize fo mo kaa ka ci a se hay kulu kaŋ Irikoy bora te Betel ra han din hane. Sanney kaŋ a ci bonkoono se, izey n'i ci ngey baabo se.

¹²And 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.

¹² I baabo ne i se: «Fondo woofo no a gana ka ye?» A izey binde laakal da fonda kaŋ Irikoy bora kaŋ fun Yahuda din gana.

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

¹³ A ne nga izey se: «Wa kaari-ka daŋ ay se farka gaa.» I binde na kaari-ka daŋ farka gaa, nga mo n'a kaaru,

¹⁴And 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.

¹⁴ ka Irikoy bora ce gana. A n'a gar ga goro shen* tuuri nya fo cire. A ne a se: «Nin no ga ti Irikoy bora kaŋ fun Yahuda?» Bora tu ka ne: «Ay no.»

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

¹⁵ Kal a ne Irikoy bora se: «Ma ye ka kaa fu ay banda ka ŋwaari ŋwa.»

¹⁶And 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:

¹⁶ Irikoy bora ne a se: «Ay si hin ka ye ni banda, wala ay ma furo ni do. Ay si ŋwaari ŋwa, ay si hari haŋ mo neewo ni banda.

¹⁷For 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.

¹⁷ Zama Rabbi sanno do i ne ay se ‹Ni ma si ŋwaari ŋwa, ni ma si hari haŋ mo noodin. Ni ma si bare ka ye mo fonda kaŋ ni gana ka koy din gaa koyne.› »

¹⁸He 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.

¹⁸ Kala annabo ne a se: «Ay mo annabi no, sanda ni cine. Malayka fo no ka salaŋ ay se Rabbi sanno do ka ne: ‹Ma ye ka kand'a ni windo ra, zama a ma ŋwaari ŋwa, a ma hari haŋ mo.› » Amma wiiza a taari no Irikoy bora se!

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

¹⁹ Irikoy bora binde n'a gana ka ye. A na ŋwaari ŋwa, a na hari haŋ mo, annabi zeena din windo ra.

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

²⁰ A ciya binde, i go no ŋwaaro do ya-cine day, kala Rabbi sanno kaa annabo din do kaŋ ye ka kande Irikoy bora.

²¹And 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,

²¹ A na jinde sambu Irikoy bora kaŋ fun Yahuda ra din gaa ka ne: «Haŋ kaŋ Rabbi ci neeya: za kaŋ ni wangu ka maa Rabbi sanney, lordo mo kaŋ Rabbi ni Irikoyo na ni lordi nd'a, ni man'a haggoy,

²²But 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 carcass shall not come unto the sepulchre of thy fathers.

²² amma ni ye ka kaa ka ŋwaari ŋwa, ni na hari haŋ mo nango kaŋ a ne ni se: ni ma si ŋwaari ŋwa wala mo ni ma si hari haŋ noodin -- to, ni buukwa si to ni kaayey saarayey do.»

²³And 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.

²³ A ciya binde, waato kaŋ a na ŋwaari ŋwa ka hari haŋ ka ban banda, kala annabi zeena na kaari-ka daŋ farka gaa annabo kaŋ a ye ka kande din se.

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

²⁴ Waato kaŋ a fatta, kala muusu beeri kubay d'a fonda boŋ k'a wi. A buukwa go fonda gaa ga furu. Farka go ga kay noodin a jarga, muuso mo go buukwa boŋ ga kay.

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

²⁵ Borey kaŋ go ga bisa di buukwa kaŋ i furu fonda boŋ, muuso mo go ga kay buukwa do haray. I kaa ka baaro dede kwaara ra naŋ kaŋ annabi zeena din bara nda goray.

²⁶And 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.

²⁶ Waato kaŋ annabo kaŋ n'a bare ka ye ka kand'a nga fondo zeena gaa din maa baaro, a ne: «Irikoy bora nooya, nga kaŋ wangu ka maa Rabbi sanney. Woodin se no Rabbi n'a nooyandi muuso se, hal a m'a tooru-tooru k'a wi, Rabbi sanno kaŋ a ci a se din boŋ.»

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

²⁷ Kal a salaŋ nda nga izey ka ne: «Wa haw ay se kaari-ka farka gaa.» I na kaari-ka haw.

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

²⁸ Kal a koy ka buukwa gar, a go ga furu fonda gaa. Farka nda muuso go ga kay a do. Muuso mana buukwa ŋwa, a mana farka tooru-tooru mo.

²⁹And the prophet took up the carcass 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.

²⁹ Kala annabo din na Irikoy bora buukwa sambu ka dake farka boŋ ka ye ka kand'a annabi zeena din kwaara ra, zama nga ma bu baray te, k'a fiji mo.

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

³⁰ A na buukwa jisi nga bumbo saara ra, ka bu baray te a se ka ne: «Kaari, ya ay nya-izo!»

³¹And 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:

³¹ A ciya binde, waato kaŋ a n'a fiji din banda, a salaŋ nga izey se ka ne: «D'ay bu, i m'ay fiji saara kaŋ i na Irikoy bora fiji din ra. I m'ay biriyey jisi a waney banda.

³²For 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.

³² Zama sanno kaŋ a na jinde tunandi ka fe feema boŋ Betel ra, Rabbi ciyaŋo boŋ, da sanno kaŋ a ci tudey boŋ sududuyaŋ nangey kulu kaŋ go Samariya kwaarey ra boŋ, sikka si sanney din ga to.»

³³After 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.

³³ Hayey din banda Yerobowam mana bare ka nga fondo laala naŋ, amma a ye ka talkey kulu ra alfagayaŋ daŋ tudey boŋ sududuyaŋ nangey se. Boro kulu kaŋ ga ba, bonkoono m'a fay ka hanandi, zama i ma ciya alfagayaŋ tudey boŋ sududuyaŋ nangey se.

³⁴And 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.

³⁴ Haya din binde ciya zunubi Yerobowam windo se hala mate kaŋ cine i g'a tuusu k'a halaci ndunnya fando boŋ.