¹Behold, there came a man of God out of Judah by the word of Yahweh to Beth El: and Jeroboam was standing 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.

²He cried against the altar by the word of Yahweh, and said, “Altar, altar, thus says Yahweh: ‘Behold, a son shall be born to the house of David, Josiah by name. On you he shall sacrifice the priests of the high places who burn incense on you, and they will burn men’s bones on you.’”

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.› »

³He gave a sign the same day, saying, “This is the sign which Yahweh has spoken: Behold, the altar will be split apart, and the ashes that are on it will 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.»

⁴It happened, when the king heard the saying of the man of God, which he cried against the altar in Bethel, that Jeroboam put out his hand from the altar, saying, “Seize him!” His hand, which he put out against him, dried up, so that he could not draw it back again to himself.

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 split apart, and the ashes poured out from the altar, according to the sign which the man of God had given by the word of Yahweh.

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

⁶The king answered the man of God, “Now entreat the favor of Yahweh your God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored me again.” The man of God entreated Yahweh, 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.

⁷The king said to the man of God, “Come home with me, and refresh yourself, and I will give you a reward.”

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

⁸The man of God said to the king, “Even if you gave me half of your house, I would not go in with you, neither would 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 commanded me by the word of Yahweh, saying, ‘You shall eat no bread, nor drink water, neither return by the way that you came.’”

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 didn’t return 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 lived an old prophet in Bethel; and one of his sons came and told him all the works that the man of God had done that day in Bethel. They also told their father the words which he had spoken to the king.

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.

¹²Their father said to them, “Which way did he go?” Now his sons had seen which way the man of God went, who 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.

¹³He said to his sons, “Saddle the donkey for me.” So they saddled the donkey for him; and he rode on it.

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,

¹⁴He went after the man of God, and found him sitting under an oak. He said to him, “Are you the man of God who came from Judah?” 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 to 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.»

¹⁶He said, “I may not return with you, nor go in with you; neither will I eat bread nor drink water with you 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 Yahweh, ‘You shall eat no bread nor drink water there, nor turn again to go by the way that you came.’”

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 to him, “I also am a prophet as you are; and an angel spoke to me by the word of Yahweh, saying, ‘Bring him back with you into your house, that he may eat bread and drink water.’” He lied to 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 ate 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.

²⁰It happened, as they sat at the table, that the word of Yahweh came to the prophet who 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 to the man of God who came from Judah, saying, “Thus says Yahweh, ‘Because you have been disobedient to the mouth of Yahweh, and have not kept the commandment which Yahweh your God commanded you,

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 came 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.’”

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.»

²³It happened, after he had eaten bread, and after he had drunk, that he saddled the donkey 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.

²⁴When he had gone, a lion met him by the way, and killed him. His body was cast in the way, and the donkey stood by it. The lion also stood by the body.

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.

²⁵Behold, 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 lived.

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.

²⁶When the prophet who brought him back from the way heard of it, he said, “It is the man of God who was disobedient to the mouth of Yahweh. Therefore Yahweh has delivered him to the lion, which has mauled him and slain him, according to the word of Yahweh, which he spoke to 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.»

²⁷He spoke to his sons, saying, “Saddle the donkey for me.” They saddled it.

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

²⁸He went and found his body cast in the way, and the donkey and the lion standing by the body. The lion had not eaten the body, nor mauled the donkey.

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.

²⁹The prophet took up the body of the man of God, and laid it on the donkey, and brought it back. He came to the city of the old prophet 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.

³⁰He laid his body 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!»

³¹It happened, after he had buried him, that he spoke to his sons, saying, “When I am dead, then bury me in the tomb in which 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 Yahweh against the altar in Bethel, and against all the houses of the high places which are in the cities of Samaria, will surely happen.”

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 didn’t return from his evil way, but again made priests of the high places from among all the people. Whoever wanted to, he consecrated him, that there might be 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.

³⁴This thing became sin to the house of Jeroboam, even to cut it off, and to destroy it from off the surface 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.