¹Pada waktu itu ada seorang nabi di Yehuda. Ia disuruh oleh TUHAN untuk pergi ke Betel. Nabi itu tiba di sana ketika Yerobeam sedang berdiri di depan mezbah untuk mempersembahkan kurban.

¹And, behold, there came a man of God out of Judah by the word of Jehovah unto Beth-el: and Jeroboam was standing by the altar to burn incense.

²Atas perintah TUHAN berserulah nabi itu kepada mezbah itu, "Hai mezbah, hai mezbah! Beginilah kata TUHAN, 'Seorang anak yang akan dinamakan Yosia akan lahir di dalam keluarga Daud. Di atasmu, hai mezbah, ia akan membunuh imam-imam yang bertugas di tempat-tempat ibadat kepada dewa, dan yang telah pula mempersembahkan kurban di atasmu. Dan di atasmu juga ia akan membakar tulang-tulang manusia.'"

²And he cried against the altar by the word of Jehovah, and said, O altar, altar, thus saith Jehovah: Behold, a son shall be born unto the house of David, Josiah by name; and upon thee shall he sacrifice the priests of the high places that burn incense upon thee, and men's bones shall they burn upon thee.

³Kata nabi itu selanjutnya, "Mezbah ini akan runtuh, dan abu yang di atasnya akan tumpah. Itulah buktinya bahwa saya disuruh TUHAN."

³And he gave a sign the same day, saying, This is the sign which Jehovah hath spoken: Behold, the altar shall be rent, and the ashes that are upon it shall be poured out.

⁴Pada saat Yerobeam mendengar kata-kata itu, ia menunjuk kepada nabi itu lalu berteriak, "Tangkap orang itu!" Tetapi langsung lengan Yerobeam menjadi kaku sehingga ia tak dapat menariknya kembali.

⁴And it came to pass, when the king heard the saying of the man of God, which he cried against the altar in Beth-el, that Jeroboam 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 draw it back again to him.

⁵Mezbah itu tiba-tiba runtuh dan abu di atasnya tumpah ke tanah, seperti yang telah dikatakan oleh nabi itu atas perintah TUHAN.

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 Jehovah.

⁶Lalu berkatalah Raja Yerobeam kepada nabi itu, "Tolonglah berdoa kepada TUHAN Allahmu untukku. Mintalah belas kasihan-Nya untuk menyembuhkan lenganku!" Nabi itu pun berdoa kepada TUHAN, lalu sembuhlah lengan raja.

⁶And the king answered and said unto the man of God, Entreat now the favor of Jehovah thy God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored me again. And the man of God entreated Jehovah, and the king's hand was restored him again, and became as it was before.

⁷Kemudian raja berkata kepada nabi itu, "Mari makan di rumahku. Aku mau memberi hadiah kepadamu."

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

⁸Nabi itu menjawab, "Sekalipun Baginda memberi saya separuh dari kekayaan Baginda, saya tak akan ikut untuk makan atau minum dengan Baginda.

⁸And the man of God said unto the king, If thou wilt give me half thy house, I will not go in with thee, neither will I eat bread nor drink water in this place;

⁹Saya mendapat perintah dari TUHAN untuk tidak makan atau minum, dan tidak pulang mengikuti jalan yang saya lalui ketika datang."

⁹for so was it charged me by the word of Jehovah, saying, Thou shalt eat no bread, nor drink water, neither return by the way that thou camest.

¹⁰Demikianlah nabi itu pergi lewat jalan lain.

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

¹¹Pada waktu itu ada seorang nabi tua yang tinggal di Betel. Anak-anaknya memberitahukan kepadanya tentang nabi dari Yehuda itu. Mereka menceritakan tentang apa yang dilakukannya di Betel pada hari itu, dan apa yang dikatakannya kepada Raja Yerobeam.

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

¹²Lalu bertanyalah nabi tua itu, "Nabi dari Yehuda itu mengambil jalan yang mana ketika ia pulang?" Maka mereka menunjukkan jalan itu kepadanya.

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

¹³Lalu ia menyuruh mereka memasangkan pelana pada keledainya. Sesudah itu ia naik keledainya dan pergi

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

¹⁴mengejar nabi dari Yehuda itu. Ia menemukan nabi itu sedang duduk di bawah sebuah pohon besar. "Apakah Anda nabi dari Yehuda?" tanya nabi tua itu. "Benar," jawab orang itu.

¹⁴And he 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"Mari makan di rumah saya," kata nabi tua itu.

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

¹⁶Tetapi nabi dari Yehuda itu menjawab, "Maaf! Saya tidak bisa menerima undangan Bapak untuk ikut ke rumah Bapak. Saya juga tak akan makan atau minum di sini dengan Bapak.

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:

¹⁷TUHAN telah memerintahkan saya untuk tidak makan atau minum dan tidak pulang mengikuti jalan yang sama ketika datang."

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

¹⁸Maka nabi tua dari Betel itu pun berdusta kepadanya, dengan mengatakan, "Saya juga nabi seperti Anda. Atas perintah TUHAN pun seorang malaikat sudah menyuruh saya menjemput dan menjamu Anda di rumah saya."

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

¹⁹Maka nabi dari Yehuda itu ikut ke rumah nabi tua itu dan makan dengan dia.

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

²⁰Sementara mereka duduk makan, TUHAN berbicara kepada nabi tua itu,

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

²¹sehingga ia menegur nabi dari Yehuda itu, katanya, "TUHAN berkata bahwa Anda tidak taat kepada-Nya. Anda tidak melakukan apa yang diperintahkan-Nya kepada Anda.

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

²²Anda telah kembali dan makan minum, padahal Anda telah dilarang untuk melakukan hal itu. Karena itu Anda akan dibunuh, dan mayat Anda tidak akan dikubur di kuburan keluarga Anda."

²²but camest back, and hast eaten bread and drunk water in the place of which he said to thee, Eat no bread, and drink no water; thy body shall not come unto the sepulchre of thy fathers.

²³Setelah mereka selesai makan, nabi tua itu memasangkan pelana pada keledai nabi dari Yehuda itu,

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.

²⁴lalu berangkatlah nabi itu. Di tengah jalan ia diserang seekor singa, lalu mati diterkam. Mayatnya kemudian terkapar di jalan, dan keledainya berdiri di dekatnya. Singa itu pun berdiri di situ.

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

²⁵Orang-orang yang lewat, melihat mayat dan singa itu di situ. Lalu mereka pergi ke Betel dan memberitahukan apa yang mereka lihat.

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

²⁶Ketika nabi tua itu mendengar tentang hal itu, ia berkata, "Pasti itu nabi yang tidak taat kepada perintah TUHAN! Itu sebabnya TUHAN mengirim singa itu untuk menerkam dan membunuh dia seperti yang dikatakan TUHAN sebelumnya."

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 mouth of Jehovah: therefore Jehovah hath delivered him unto the lion, which hath torn him, and slain him, according to the word of Jehovah, which he spake unto him.

²⁷Lalu berkatalah nabi tua itu kepada anak-anaknya, "Pasangkan pelana pada keledai saya." Setelah naik ke atas keledainya, ia pun berangkat.

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

²⁸Ia menemukan mayat nabi dari Yehuda itu masih terletak di jalan dengan keledai dan singa di dekatnya. Singa itu tidak menerkam keledai itu, dan tidak pula makan mayat itu.

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

²⁹Ia mengangkat mayat itu dan menaruhnya di atas keledainya, lalu membawanya kembali ke Betel untuk diratapi dan dikuburkan.

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

³⁰Nabi tua itu sendiri menguburkan mayat itu di kuburan keluarganya, lalu ia dan anak-anaknya meratapi mayat itu. Mereka berkata, "Kasihan kau, saudaraku, kasihan!"

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

³¹Kemudian kata nabi tua itu kepada anak-anaknya, "Apabila aku meninggal, kuburlah aku di kuburan ini di samping nabi itu.

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.

³²Apa yang telah diucapkannya atas perintah TUHAN terhadap mezbah di Betel itu dan terhadap semua tempat ibadat di kota-kota Samaria pasti akan terjadi."

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

³³Raja Yerobeam tetap tidak mau meninggalkan perbuatannya yang jahat. Untuk mengurus tempat-tempat ibadat yang telah didirikannya itu, ia terus saja memilih imam dari keluarga-keluarga biasa. Siapa saja yang mau, diangkatnya menjadi imam.

³³After this thing Jeroboam returned not from his evil way, but made again from among all the people priests of the high places: whosoever would, he consecrated him, that there might be priests of the high places.

³⁴Perbuatannya yang jahat itu menyebabkan keturunannya celaka dan hancur sama sekali.

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.