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¹那時，有一個神人奉耶和華的命從猶大來到伯特利。耶羅波安正站在壇旁要燒香；Suddenly, as Jeroboam was standing beside the altar to burn incense, there came a man of God from Judah to Bethel by the word of the LORD.

²神人奉耶和華的命向壇呼叫，說：「壇哪，壇哪！耶和華如此說：大衛家裡必生一個兒子，名叫約西亞，他必將邱壇的祭司，就是在你上面燒香的，殺在你上面，人的骨頭也必燒在你上面。」And he cried out against the altar by the word of the LORD, “O altar, O altar, this is what the LORD says: ‘A son named Josiah will be born to the house of David, and upon you he will sacrifice the priests of the high places who burn incense upon you, and human bones will be burned upon you.’”

³當日，神人設個預兆，說：「這壇必破裂，壇上的灰必傾撒，這是耶和華說的預兆。」That day the man of God gave a sign, saying, “The LORD has spoken this sign: ‘Surely the altar will be split apart, and the ashes upon it will be poured out.’”

⁴耶羅波安王聽見神人向伯特利的壇所呼叫的話，就從壇上伸手，說：「拿住他吧！」王向神人所伸的手就枯乾了，不能彎回；Now when King Jeroboam, who was at the altar in Bethel, heard the word that the man of God had cried out against it, he stretched out his hand and said, “Seize him!” But the hand he stretched out toward him withered, so that he could not pull it back.

⁵壇也破裂了，壇上的灰傾撒了，正如神人奉耶和華的命所設的預兆。And the altar was split apart, and the ashes poured out, according to the sign that the man of God had given by the word of the LORD.

⁶王對神人說：「請你為我禱告，求耶和華─你　神的恩典使我的手復原。」於是神人祈禱耶和華，王的手就復了原，仍如尋常一樣。Then the king responded to the man of God, “Intercede with the LORD your God and pray for me that my hand may be restored.” So the man of God interceded with the LORD, and the king’s hand was restored to him as it was before.

⁷王對神人說：「請你同我回去吃飯，加添心力，我也必給你賞賜。」Then the king said to the man of God, “Come home with me and refresh yourself, and I will give you a reward.”

⁸神人對王說：「你就是把你的宮一半給我，我也不同你進去，也不在這地方吃飯喝水；But the man of God replied, “If you were to give me half your possessions, I still would not go with you, nor would I eat bread or drink water in this place.

⁹因為有耶和華的話囑咐我，說不可在伯特利吃飯喝水，也不可從你去的原路回來。」For this is what I was commanded by the word of the LORD: ‘You must not eat bread or drink water or return by the way you came.’”

¹⁰於是神人從別的路回去，不從伯特利來的原路回去。So the man of God went another way and did not return by the way he had come to Bethel.

¹¹有一個老先知住在伯特利，他兒子們來，將神人當日在伯特利所行的一切事和向王所說的話都告訴了父親。Now a certain old prophet was living in Bethel, and his sons came and told him all the deeds that the man of God had done that day in Bethel. They also told their father the words that the man had spoken to the king.

¹²父親問他們說：「神人從哪條路去了呢？」兒子們就告訴他；原來他們看見那從猶大來的神人所去的路。“Which way did he go?” their father asked. And his sons showed him the way taken by the man of God, who had come from Judah.

¹³老先知就吩咐他兒子們說：「你們為我備驢。」他們備好了驢，他就騎上，So the prophet said to his sons, “Saddle the donkey for me.” Then they saddled the donkey for him, and he mounted it

¹⁴去追趕神人，遇見他坐在橡樹底下，就問他說：「你是從猶大來的神人不是？」他說：「是。」and went after the man of God. He found him sitting under an oak tree and asked, “Are you the man of God who came from Judah?” “I am,” he replied.

¹⁵老先知對他說：「請你同我回家吃飯。」So the prophet said to the man of God, “Come home with me and eat some bread.”

¹⁶神人說：「我不可同你回去進你的家，也不可在這裡同你吃飯喝水；But the man replied, “I cannot go home with you, and I will not eat bread or drink water with you in this place.

¹⁷因為有耶和華的話囑咐我說：『你在那裡不可吃飯喝水，也不可從你去的原路回來。』」For I have been told by the word of the LORD: ‘You must not eat bread or drink water there or return by the way you came.’”

¹⁸老先知對他說：「我也是先知，和你一樣。有天使奉耶和華的命對我說：『你去把他帶回你的家，叫他吃飯喝水。』」這都是老先知誆哄他。Then the prophet replied, “I too am a prophet like you, and an angel spoke to me by the word of the LORD, saying, ‘Bring him back with you to your house, so that he may eat bread and drink water.’” The old prophet was lying to him,

¹⁹於是神人同老先知回去，在他家裡吃飯喝水。but the man of God went back with him, ate bread in his house, and drank water.

²⁰二人坐席的時候，耶和華的話臨到那帶神人回來的先知，While they were sitting at the table, the word of the LORD came to the prophet who had brought him back,

²¹他就對那從猶大來的神人說：「耶和華如此說：你既違背耶和華的話，不遵守耶和華─你　神的命令，and the prophet cried out to the man of God who had come from Judah, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Because you have defied the word of the LORD and have not kept the commandment that the LORD your God gave you,

²²反倒回來，在耶和華禁止你吃飯喝水的地方吃了喝了，因此你的屍身不得入你列祖的墳墓。」but you went back and ate bread and drank water in the place where He told you not to do so, your body shall never reach the tomb of your fathers.’”

²³吃喝完了，老先知為所帶回來的先知備驢。And after the man of God had finished eating and drinking, the old prophet who had brought him back saddled the donkey for him.

²⁴他就去了，在路上有個獅子遇見他，將他咬死，屍身倒在路上，驢站在屍身旁邊，獅子也站在屍身旁邊。As he went on his way, a lion met him on the road and killed him, and his body was left lying in the road, with the donkey and the lion standing beside it.

²⁵有人從那裡經過，看見屍身倒在路上，獅子站在屍身旁邊，就來到老先知所住的城裡述說這事。And there were men passing by who saw the body lying in the road with the lion standing beside it, and they went and reported this in the city where the old prophet lived.

²⁶那帶神人回來的先知聽見這事，就說：「這是那違背了耶和華命令的神人，所以耶和華把他交給獅子；獅子抓傷他，咬死他，是應驗耶和華對他說的話。」When the prophet who had brought him back from his journey heard this, he said, “It is the man of God who disobeyed the command of the LORD. Therefore the LORD has delivered him to the lion, and it has mauled him and killed him, according to the word that the LORD had spoken to him.”

²⁷老先知就吩咐他兒子們說：「你們為我備驢。」他們就備了驢。Then the old prophet instructed his sons, “Saddle the donkey for me.” So they saddled it,

²⁸他去了，看見神人的屍身倒在路上，驢和獅子站在屍身旁邊，獅子卻沒有吃屍身，也沒有抓傷驢。and he went and found the body lying in the road, with the donkey and the lion standing beside it. The lion had not eaten the body or mauled the donkey.

²⁹老先知就把神人的屍身馱在驢上，帶回自己的城裡，要哀哭他，葬埋他；So the old prophet lifted up the body of the man of God, laid it on the donkey, and brought it back to his own city to mourn for him and bury him.

³⁰就把他的屍身葬在自己的墳墓裡，哀哭他，說：「哀哉！我兄啊。」Then he laid the body in his own tomb, and they lamented over him, “Oh, my brother!”

³¹安葬之後，老先知對他兒子們說：「我死了，你們要葬我在神人的墳墓裡，使我的屍骨靠近他的屍骨，After he had buried him, the prophet said to his sons, “When I die, you must bury me in the tomb where the man of God is buried. Lay my bones beside his bones,

³²因為他奉耶和華的命指著伯特利的壇和撒馬利亞各城有邱壇之殿所說的話必定應驗。」for the message that he cried out by the word of the LORD against the altar in Bethel and against all the shrines on the high places in the cities of Samaria will surely come to pass.”

³³這事以後，耶羅波安仍不離開他的惡道，將凡民立為邱壇的祭司；凡願意的，他都分別為聖，立為邱壇的祭司。Even after these events, Jeroboam did not repent of his evil ways, but again he appointed priests for the high places from every class of people. He ordained anyone who desired to be a priest of the high places.

³⁴這事叫耶羅波安的家陷在罪裡，甚至他的家從地上除滅了。And this was the sin of the house of Jeroboam that led to its extermination and destruction from the face of the earth.