I Kings 13

vehinneh ish elohim ba mihudah bidvar Adonai el-bet-el veyarovam omed al-hammizbeakh lehaqtir

an agent of God arrived at Bethel from Judah at the command of GOD. While Jeroboam was standing on the altar to present the offering,

vayyiqra al-hammizbeakh bidvar Adonai vayyomer mizbeakh mizbeakh koh amar Adonai hinneh-ven nolad levet-david yoshiyyahu shemo vezavakh alekha et-kohane habbamot hammaqtirim alekha ve'atsmot adam yisrefu alekha

he—the agent of God—at the command of GOD, cried out against the altar: “O altar, altar! Thus said GOD: A son shall be born to the House of David, Josiah by name; and he shall slaughter upon you the priests of the shrines who bring offerings upon you. And human bones shall be burned upon you.”

venatan bayyom hahu mofet lemor zeh hammofet asher dibber Adonai hinneh hammizbeakh niqra venishpakh haddeshen asher-alayw

He gave a portent on that day, saying, “Here is the portent that GOD has decreed: This altar shall break apart, and the ashes on it shall be spilled.”

vayehi khishmoa hammelekh et-devar ish-ha'elohim asher qara al-hammizbeakh bevet-el vayyishlakh yarovam et-yado me'al hammizbeakh lemor tifsuhu vattivash yado asher shalakh alayw velo yakhol lahashivah elayw

When the king heard what the agent of God had proclaimed against the altar in Bethel, Jeroboam stretched out his arm above the altar and cried, “Seize him!” But the arm that he stretched out against him became rigid, and he could not draw it back.

vehammizbeakh niqra vayyishafekh haddeshen min-hammizbeakh kammofet asher natan ish ha'elohim bidvar Adonai

The altar broke apart and its ashes were spilled—the very portent that the agent of God had announced at GOD’s command.

vayya'an hammelekh vayyomer el-ish ha'elohim khal-na et-pene Adonai elohekha vehitpallel ba'adi vetashov yadi elay vayekhal ish-ha'elohim et-pene Adonai vattashov yad-hammelekh elayw vattehi kevarishonah

Then the king spoke up and said to the agent of God, “Please entreat the ETERNAL your God and pray for me that I may be able to draw back my arm.” The agent of God entreated GOD and the king was able to draw his arm back; it became as it was before.

vayedabber hammelekh el-ish ha'elohim bo'ah-itti habbaytah use'adah ve'ettenah lekha mattat

The king said to the agent of God, “Come with me to my house and have some refreshment; and I shall give you a gift.”

vayyomer ish-ha'elohim el-hammelekh im-titten-li et-khatsi vetekha lo avo immakh velo-okhal lekhem velo eshteh-mmayim bammaqom hazzeh

But the agent of God replied to the king, “Even if you give me half your wealth, I will not go in with you, nor will I eat bread or drink water in this place;

ki-khen tsivvah oti bidvar Adonai lemor lo-tokhal lekhem velo tishteh-mmayim velo tashuv badderekh asher halakheta

for so I was commanded by the word of GOD: You shall eat no bread and drink no water, nor shall you go back by the road by which you came.”

vayyelekh bederekh akher velo-shav badderekh asher ba vah el-bet-el

So he left by another road and did not go back by the road on which he had come to Bethel.

venavi ekhad zaqen yoshev bevet-el vayyavo veno vayesapper-lo et-kol-hamma'aseh asher-asah ish-ha'elohim hayyom bevet-el et-haddevarim asher dibber el-hammelekh vayesapperum la'avihem

There was an old prophet living in Bethel; and his sons came and told him all the things that the agent of God had done that day in Bethel [and] the words that he had spoken to the king. When they told it to their father,

vayedabber alehem avihem e-zeh hadderekh halakh vayyiru vanayw et-hadderekh asher halakh ish ha'elohim asher-ba mihudah

their father said to them, “Which road did he leave by?” His sons had seen the road taken by the agent of God who had come from Judah.

vayyomer el-banayw khivshu-li hakhamor vayyakhbeshu-lo hakhamor vayyirkav alayw

“Saddle the donkey for me,” he said to his sons. They saddled the donkey for him, and he mounted it

vayyelekh akhare ish ha'elohim vayyimtsa'ehu yoshev takhat ha'elah vayyomer elayw ha'attah ish-ha'elohim asher-bata mihudah vayyomer ani

and rode after the agent of God. He came upon him sitting under a terebinth and said to him, “Are you the agent of God who came from Judah?” “Yes, I am,” he answered.

vayyomer elayw lekh itti habbayetah ve'ekhol lakhem

“Come home with me,” he said, “and have something to eat.”

vayyomer lo ukhal lashuv ittakh velavo ittakh velo-okhal lekhem velo-eshteh ittekha mayim bammaqom hazzeh

He replied, “I may not go back with you and enter your home; and I may not eat bread or drink water in this place;

ki-davar elay bidvar Adonai lo-tokhal lekhem velo-tishteh sham mayim lo-tashuv lalekhet badderekh asher-halakhta bah

the order I received by the word of GOD was: You shall not eat bread or drink water there; nor shall you return by the road on which you came.”

vayyomer lo gam-ani navi kamokha umalakh dibber elay bidvar Adonai lemor hashivehu ittekha el-betekha veyokhal lekhem veyesht mayim kikhesh lo

“I am a prophet, too,” said the other, “and an angel said to me by command of GOD: Bring him back with you to your house, that he may eat bread and drink water.” He was lying to him.

vayyashov itto vayyokhal lekhem beveto vayyesht mayim

So he went back with him, and he ate bread and drank water in his house.

vayehi hem yoshevim el-hashulkhan vayehi devar-Adonai el-hannavi asher heshivo

While they were sitting at the table, the word of GOD came to the prophet who had brought him back.

vayyiqra el-ish ha'elohim asher-ba mihudah lemor koh amar Adonai ya'an ki marita pi Adonai velo shamarta et-hammitsvah asher tsivvekha Adonai elohekha

He cried out to the agent of God who had come from Judah: “Thus said GOD: Because you have flouted the word of GOD and have not observed what the ETERNAL your God commanded you,

vattashov vattokhal lekhem vattesht mayim bammaqom asher dibber elekha al-tokhal lekhem ve'al-tesht mayim lo-tavo nivlatekha el-qever avotekha

but have gone back and eaten bread and drunk water in the place of which [God] said to you, ‘Do not eat bread or drink water [there],’ your corpse shall not come to the grave of your ancestors.”

vayehi akhare okhlo lekhem ve'akhare shetoto vayyakhavosh-lo hakhamor lannavi asher heshivo

After he had eaten bread and had drunk, he saddled the donkey for him—for the prophet whom he had brought back.

vayyelekh vayyimtsa'ehu aryeh badderekh vayemitehu vattehi nivlato mushlekhet badderekh vehakhamor omed etslah veha'aryeh omed etsel hannevelah

He set out, and a lion came upon him on the road and killed him. His corpse lay on the road, with the donkey standing beside it, and the lion also standing beside the corpse.

vehinneh anashim overim vayyiru et-hannevelah mushlekhet badderekh ve'et-ha'aryeh omed etsel hannevelah vayyavo'u vayedabberu va'ir asher hannavi hazzaqen yoshev bah

Some people who passed by saw the corpse lying on the road and the lion standing beside the corpse; they went and told it in the town where the old prophet lived.

vayyishma hannavi asher heshivo min-hadderekh vayyomer ish ha'elohim hu asher marah et-pi Adonai vayyittenehu Adonai la'aryeh vayyishberehu vayemitehu kidvar Adonai asher dibber-lo

And when the prophet who had brought him back from the road heard it, he said, “That is the agent of God who flouted GOD’s command; GOD gave him over to the lion, which mauled him and killed him in accordance with the word that GOD had spoken to him.”

vayedabber el-banayw lemor khivshu-li et-hakhamor vayyakhavoshu

He said to his sons, “Saddle the donkey for me,” and they did so.

vayyelekh vayyimtsa et-nivlato mushlekhet badderekh vakhamor veha'aryeh omedim etsel hannevelah lo-akhal ha'aryeh et-hannevelah velo shavar et-hakhamor

He set out and found the corpse lying on the road, with the donkey and the lion standing beside the corpse; the lion had not eaten the corpse nor had it mauled the donkey.

vayyissa hannavi et-nivlat ish-ha'elohim vayyannikhehu el-hakhamor vayeshivehu vayyavo el-ir hannavi hazzaqen lispod uleqovro

The prophet lifted up the corpse of the agent of God, laid it on the donkey, and brought it back; it was brought to the town of the old prophet for lamentation and burial.

vayyannakh et-nivlato beqivro vayyispedu alayw hoy akhi

He laid the corpse in his own burial place; and they lamented over it, “Alas, my brother!”

vayehi akhare qovro oto vayyomer el-banayw lemor bemoti uqevartem oti baqqever asher ish ha'elohim qavur bo etsel atsmotayw hannikhu et-atsmotay

After burying him, he said to his sons, “When I die, bury me in the grave where the agent of God lies buried; lay my bones beside his.

ki hayoh yihyeh haddavar asher qara bidvar Adonai al-hammizbeakh asher bevet-el ve'al kol-batte habbamot asher be'are shomeron

For what he announced by the word of GOD against the altar in Bethel, and against all the cult places in the towns of Samaria, shall surely come true.”

akhar haddavar hazzeh lo-shav yarovam middarko hara'ah vayyashov vayya'as miqtsot ha'am kohane vamot hekhafets yemalle et-yado vihi kohane vamot

Even after this incident, Jeroboam did not turn back from his evil way, but kept on appointing priests for the shrines from the ranks of the people. He ordained as priests of the shrines any who so desired.

vayehi baddavar hazzeh lekhattat bet yarovam ulehakhkhid ulehashmid me'al pene ha'adamah

Thereby the House of Jeroboam incurred guilt—to their utter annihilation from the face of the earth.