Liber I Regum, 13

1. Et ecce vir Dei venit de Iuda in sermone Domini in Bethel, Ieroboam stante super altare ad adolendum;

1. And behold, a man of God came out of Judah by the word of the LORD to Bethel. Jerobo'am was standing by the altar to burn incense.

2. et exclamavit contra altare in sermone Domini et ait: “Altare, altare, haec dicit Dominus: Ecce filius nascetur domui David, Iosias nomine, et immolabit super te sacerdotes excelsorum, qui nunc in te immolant, et ossa hominum super te incendent”.

2. And the man cried against the altar by the word of the LORD, and said, "O altar, altar, thus says the LORD: `Behold, a son shall be born to the house of David, Josi'ah by name; and he shall sacrifice upon you the priests of the high places who burn incense upon you, and men's bones shall be burned upon you.'"

3. Deditque in illa die signum dicens: “Hoc erit signum, quod locutus est Dominus: ecce altare scindetur, et effundetur cinis, qui in eo est”.

3. And he gave a sign the same day, saying, "This is the sign that the LORD has spoken: `Behold, the altar shall be torn down, and the ashes that are upon it shall be poured out.'"

4. Cumque audisset rex sermonem hominis Dei, quem inclamaverat contra altare in Bethel, extendit manum suam de altari dicens: “Apprehendite eum!”. Et exaruit manus eius, quam extenderat contra eum, nec valuit retrahere eam ad se.

4. And when the king heard the saying of the man of God, which he cried against the altar at Bethel, Jerobo'am stretched out his hand from the altar, saying, "Lay hold of him." And his hand, which he stretched out against him, dried up, so that he could not draw it back to himself.

5. Altare quoque scissum est, et effusus est cinis de altari iuxta signum, quod praedixerat vir Dei in sermone Domini.

5. The altar also was torn down, 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.

6. Et ait rex ad virum Dei: “Deprecare faciem Domini Dei tui et ora pro me, ut restituatur manus mea mihi”. Oravit vir Dei faciem Domini, et reversa est manus regis ad eum et facta est sicut prius fuerat.

6. And the king said to the man of God, "Entreat now the favor of the LORD your God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored to me." And the man of God entreated the LORD; and the king's hand was restored to him, and became as it was before.

7. Locutus est autem rex ad virum Dei: “Veni mecum domum, ut prandeas, et dabo tibi munera”.

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

8. Responditque vir Dei ad regem: “Si dederis mihi mediam partem domus tuae, non veniam tecum nec comedam panem neque bibam aquam in loco isto;

8. And the man of God said to the king, "If you give me half your house, I will not go in with you. And I will not eat bread or drink water in this place;

9. sic enim mandatum est mihi in sermone Domini praecipientis: “Non comedes panem neque bibes aquam nec reverteris per viam, qua venisti””.

9. for so was it commanded me by the word of the LORD, saying, `You shall neither eat bread, nor drink water, nor return by the way that you came.'"

10. Abiit ergo per aliam viam et non est reversus per iter, quo venerat in Bethel.

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

11. Prophetes autem quidam senex habitabat in Bethel; ad quem venerunt filii sui et narraverunt ei omnia opera, quae fecerat vir Dei illa die in Bethel, et verba, quae locutus fuerat ad regem, narraverunt quoque patri suo.

11. Now there dwelt an old prophet in Bethel. And his sons came and told him all that the man of God had done that day in Bethel; the words also which he had spoken to the king, they told to their father.

12. Et dixit eis pater eorum: “Per quam viam abiit?”. Ostenderunt ei filii sui viam, per quam abierat vir Dei, qui venerat de Iuda.

12. And their father said to them, "Which way did he go?" And his sons showed him the way which the man of God who came from Judah had gone.

13. Et ait filiis suis: “Sternite mihi asinum”. Qui cum stravissent, ascendit

13. And he said to his sons, "Saddle the ass for me." So they saddled the ass for him and he mounted it.

14. et abiit post virum Dei et invenit eum sedentem subtus terebinthum et ait illi: “Tune es vir Dei, qui venisti de Iuda?”. Respondit ille: “Ego sum”.

14. And he went after the man of God, and found him sitting under an oak; and he said to him, "Are you the man of God who came from Judah?" And he said, "I am."

15. Dixit ad eum: “Veni mecum domum, ut comedas panem”.

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

16. Qui ait: “Non possum reverti neque venire tecum nec comedam panem neque bibam aquam in loco isto;

16. And he said, "I may not return with you, or go in with you; neither will I eat bread nor drink water with you in this place;

17. sic enim dictum est mihi in sermone Domini: “Non comedes panem et non bibes ibi aquam nec reverteris per viam, qua ieris””.

17. for it was said to me by the word of the LORD, `You shall neither eat bread nor drink water there, nor return by the way that you came.'"

18. Qui ait illi: “Et ego propheta sum similis tui; et angelus locutus est mihi in sermone Domini dicens: “Reduc eum tecum in domum tuam, et comedat panem et bibat aquam””. Fefellit eum

18. And he said to him, "I also am a prophet as you are, and an angel spoke to me by the word of the LORD, saying, `Bring him back with you into your house that he may eat bread and drink water.'" But he lied to him.

19. et reduxit secum; comedit ergo panem in domo eius et bibit aquam.

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

20. Cumque sederent ad mensam, factus est sermo Domini ad prophetam, qui reduxerat eum,

20. And as they sat at the table, the word of the LORD came to the prophet who had brought him back;

21. et exclamavit ad virum Dei, qui venerat de Iuda, dicens: “Haec dicit Dominus: Quia non oboediens fuisti ori Domini et non custodisti mandatum, quod praecepit tibi Dominus Deus tuus,

21. and he cried to the man of God who came from Judah, "Thus says the LORD, `Because you have disobeyed the word of the LORD, and have not kept the commandment which the LORD your God commanded you,

22. et reversus es et comedisti panem et bibisti aquam in loco, in quo praecepit tibi, ne comederes panem neque biberes aquam, non inferetur cadaver tuum in sepulcrum patrum tuorum”.

22. but have come 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.'"

23. Cumque comedisset panem et bibisset, stravit sibi asinum prophetae, qui reduxerat eum;

23. And after he had eaten bread and drunk, he saddled the ass for the prophet whom he had brought back.

24. et, cum abisset, invenit eum leo in via et occidit, et erat cadaver eius proiectum in itinere; asinus autem stabat iuxta illum, et leo stabat iuxta cadaver.

24. And as he went away a lion met him on the road and killed him. And his body was thrown in the road, and the ass stood beside it; the lion also stood beside the body.

25. Et ecce viri transeuntes viderunt cadaver proiectum in via et leonem stantem iuxta cadaver; et venerunt et divulgaverunt in civitate, in qua prophetes ille senex habitabat.

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

26. Quod cum audisset propheta ille, qui reduxerat eum de via, ait: “Vir Dei est, qui inoboediens fuit ori Domini, et tradidit eum Dominus leoni; et confregit eum et occidit iuxta verbum Domini, quod locutus est ei”.

26. And when the prophet who had brought him back from the way heard of it, he said, "It is the man of God, who disobeyed the word of the LORD; therefore the LORD has given him to the lion, which has torn him and slain him, according to the word which the LORD spoke to him."

27. Dixitque ad filios suos: “Sternite mihi asinum!”. Qui cum stravissent,

27. And he said to his sons, "Saddle the ass for me." And they saddled it.

28. et ille abisset, invenit cadaver eius proiectum in via et asinum et leonem stantes iuxta cadaver; non comedit leo de cadavere nec laesit asinum.

28. And he went and found his body thrown in the road, and the ass and the lion standing beside the body. The lion had not eaten the body or torn the ass.

29. Tulit ergo prophetes cadaver viri Dei et posuit illud super asinum et reversus intulit in civitatem prophetae senis, ut plangerent eum et sepelirent.

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

30. Et posuit cadaver eius in sepulcro suo, et planxerunt eum: “Heu, heu, mi frater!”.

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

31. Cumque sepelissent eum, dixit ad filios suos: “Cum mortuus fuero, sepelite me in sepulcro, in quo vir Dei sepultus est; iuxta ossa eius ponite ossa mea.

31. And after he had buried him, he said to his sons, "When I die, bury me in the grave in which the man of God is buried; lay my bones beside his bones.

32. Profecto enim veniet sermo, quem praedixit in sermone Domini contra altare, quod est in Bethel, et contra omnia fana excelsorum, quae sunt in urbibus Samariae”.

32. For 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 Sama'ria, shall surely come to pass."

33. Post haec non est reversus Ieroboam de via sua pessima, sed iterum faciebat de novissimis populi sacerdotes excelsorum; quicumque volebat, implebat eius manum, ut fieret sacerdos excelsorum.

33. After this thing Jerobo'am did not turn from his evil way, but made priests for the high places again from among all the people; any who would, he consecrated to be priests of the high places.

34. Et propter hanc causam peccavit domus Ieroboam, et eversa est et deleta de superficie terrae.

34. And this thing became sin to the house of Jerobo'am, so as to cut it off and to destroy it from the face of the earth.