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¹Ve işte, Yahuda'dan bir Tanrı adamı RAB'bin sözüyle Beytel'e geldi; o sırada Yarovam buhur yakmak üzere sunağın üzerinde durmaktaydı.

²Ve sunağa doğru RAB'bin sözüyle haykırarak şöyle dedi: "Ey sunak, ey sunak! RAB şöyle diyor: 'İşte, Davut soyuna Yoşiya adında bir oğul doğmaktadır. Senin üzerinde buhur yakan yüksek yerlerin kâhinlerini senin üzerinde kurban edecek ve senin üzerinde insan kemikleri yakacak.'"

³Ve o gün bir alamet vererek şöyle dedi: "RAB'bin söylediği sözün alameti şudur: İşte, sunak yarılıyor ve üzerindeki yağlı kül yere dökülecek."

⁴Kral Yarovam, Tanrı adamının Beytel'deki sunağa karşı haykırdığı sözleri işitince, elini sunağın üzerinden ona doğru uzatarak, "Onu yakalayın!" dedi. Ancak ona karşı uzattığı eli kurudu ve elini kendine doğru geri çekemedi.

⁵Tanrı adamının RAB'bin sözüyle verdiği alamet uyarınca sunak yarıldı ve üzerindeki yağlı kül sunaktan döküldü.

⁶Bunun üzerine kral Yarovam Tanrı adamına, "Lütfen Tanrın RAB'bin yüzüne yalvar ve elim bana geri dönsün" dedi. Tanrı adamı RAB'bin yüzüne yalvardı; kralın eli ona geri döndü ve önceki gibi oldu.

⁷Kral Tanrı adamına, "Benimle eve gel ve öğle yemeği ye; sana bir armağan da vereceğim" dedi.

⁸Ama Tanrı adamı krala şöyle dedi: "Bana sarayının yarısını versen bile seninle gelmem; bu yerde ne ekmek yerim ne de su içerim.

⁹Çünkü RAB sözüyle bana böyle buyurdu: 'Ekmek yemeyesin, su içmeyesin ve gittiğin yoldan geri dönmeyesin.'"

¹⁰Böylece başka bir yoldan gitti, Beytel'e geldiği yoldan geri dönmedi.

¹¹Beytel'de yaşlı bir peygamber oturuyordu. Oğulları gelip Tanrı adamının o gün Beytel'de yaptığı bütün işleri ve krala söylediği sözleri babalarına anlattılar ve babalarının yüzünü döndürdüler.

¹²Babaları onlara, "Hangi yoldan gitti?" diye sordu. Oğulları da Yahuda'dan gelen Tanrı adamının yukarı çıktığı yolu ona gösterdiler.

¹³Babaları oğullarına, "Benim için eşeğe semer vurun" dedi. Eşeğe semer vurdular, o da üzerine bindi.

¹⁴Tanrı adamının arkasından gidip onu bir meşenin altında otururken buldu. Ona, "Yahuda'dan gelen Tanrı adamı sen misin?" diye sordu. O da, "Benim" dedi.

¹⁵Bunun üzerine ona, "Benimle gel ve ekmek ye" dedi.

¹⁶Ama o, "Seninle geri dönemem ve seninle gelemem; bu yerde seninle ne ekmek yerim ne de su içerim" dedi.

¹⁷"Çünkü RAB sözüyle bana şöyle buyurdu: 'Orada ekmek yemeyesin, su içmeyesin ve gittiğin yoldan geri dönmeyesin.'"

¹⁸Yaşlı peygamber ona, "Ben de senin gibi bir peygamberim" dedi, "Bir melek RAB'bin sözüyle bana şöyle dedi: 'Onu kendi evine geri götür, ekmek yesin, su içsin.'" Ancak ona yalan söylüyordu.

¹⁹Böylece onunla geri döndü; onun evinde ekmek yedi ve su içti.

²⁰Onlar sofrada otururlarken, onu geri döndüren peygambere RAB'bin sözü geldi.

²¹Yahuda'dan gelen Tanrı adamına seslenerek şöyle dedi: "RAB şöyle diyor: 'RAB'bin sözüne isyan ettiğin ve Tanrın RAB'bin sana buyurduğu buyruğu tutmadığın için,

²²geri dönüp sana "Ekmek yemeyesin, su içmeyesin" dediği yerde ekmek yediğin ve su içtiğin için, cesedin babalarının mezarına girmeyecektir.'"

²³O ekmek yiyip su içtikten sonra, yaşlı peygamber geri döndürdüğü adam için eşeğe semer vurdu ve adam yola çıktı.

²⁴Adam gitti; yolda bir aslan onunla karşılaşıp onu öldürdü. Cesedi yola atılmıştı; eşek cesedin yanında duruyordu, aslan da cesedin yanında durmaktaydı.

²⁵Oradan geçen insanlar yola atılmış cesedi ve cesedin yanında duran aslanı gördüler; gidip yaşlı peygamberin oturduğu kentte bunu anlattılar.

²⁶Onu yoldan geri döndüren peygamber bunu işitince şöyle dedi: "Bu, RAB'bin sözüne isyan eden Tanrı adamıdır."

²⁷Sonra oğullarına seslenip, "Benim için eşeğe semer vurun" dedi; onlar da semer vurdular.

²⁸Gidip cesedi yola atılmış buldu; eşekle aslan cesedin yanında duruyordu. Aslan cesedi yememiş ve eşeği parçalamamıştı.

²⁹Peygamber Tanrı adamının cesedini kaldırdı, eşeğin üzerine koydu ve onu gömmek için kendi kentine geri getirdi.

³⁰Cesedi kendi mezarına koydu; onun için, "Ah kardeşim!" diyerek dövündüler.

³¹Onu gömdükten sonra oğullarına şöyle dedi: "Öldüğüm zaman beni Tanrı adamının gömüldüğü bu mezara gömün; kemiklerimi onun kemiklerinin yanına koyun ki, benim kemiklerim de onun kemikleriyle birlikte korunsun.

³²Çünkü onun RAB'bin sözüyle Beytel'deki sunağa ve Samiriye kentlerindeki yüksek yerlerin tapınaklarına karşı haykırdığı söz kesinlikle gerçekleşecektir."

³³Bu olaydan sonra da Yarovam kötü yolundan dönmedi; halkın arasından yüksek yerler için kâhinler atamaya devam etti. Her isteyen elini dolduruyor ve o kişi yüksek yerlerin kâhini oluyordu.

³⁴Bu olay Yarovam soyu için günaha, yıkıma ve yeryüzünden yok edilip silinmeye neden oldu.

¹ΚΑΙ ἰδοὺ ἄνθρωπος τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐξ ᾿Ιούδα παρεγένετο ἐν λόγῳ Κυρίου εἰς Βαιθήλ, καὶ ῾Ιεροβοὰμ εἱστήκει ἐπὶ τὸ θυσιαστήριον ἐπιθῦσαι.

²καὶ ἐπεκάλεσε πρὸς τὸ θυσιαστήριον ἐν λόγῳ Κυρίου καὶ εἶπε· θυσιαστήριον θυσιαστήριον, τάδε λέγει Κύριος· ἰδοὺ υἱὸς τίκτεται τῷ οἴκῳ Δαυίδ, ᾿Ιωσίας ὄνομα αὐτῷ, καὶ θύσει ἐπὶ σὲ τοὺς ἱερεῖς τῶν ὑψηλῶν τοὺς ἐπιθύοντας ἐπὶ σὲ καὶ ὀστᾶ ἀνθρώπων καύσει ἐπὶ σέ.

³καὶ δώσει ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ τέρας λέγων· τοῦτο τὸ ῥῆμα ὃ ἐλάλησε Κύριος λέγων· ἰδοὺ τὸ θυσιαστήριον ρήγνυται, καὶ ἐκχυθήσεται ἡ πιότης ἡ ἐπ᾿ αὐτῷ.

⁴καὶ ἐγένετο ὡς ἤκουσεν ὁ βασιλεὺς ῾Ιεροβοὰμ τῶν λόγων τοῦ ἀνθρώπου τοῦ Θεοῦ τοῦ ἐπικαλεσαμένου ἐπὶ τὸ θυσιαστήριον τὸ ἐν Βαιθήλ, καὶ ἐξέτεινεν ὁ βασιλεὺς τὴν χεῖρα αὐτοῦ ἀπὸ τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου λέγων· συλλάβετε αὐτόν· καὶ ἰδοὺ ἐξηράνθη ἡ χεὶρ αὐτοῦ, ἣν ἐξέτεινεν ἐπ᾿ αὐτόν, καὶ οὐκ ἐδυνήθη ἐπιστρέψαι αὐτὴν πρὸς αὐτόν,

⁵καὶ τὸ θυσιαστήριον ἐρράγη, καὶ ἐξεχύθη ἡ πιότης ἀπὸ τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου κατὰ τὸ τέρας, ὃ ἔδωκεν ὁ ἄνθρωπος τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐν λόγῳ Κυρίου.

⁶καὶ εἶπεν ὁ βασιλεὺς ῾Ιεροβοὰμ τῷ ἀνθρώπῳ τοῦ Θεοῦ· δεήθητι τοῦ προσώπου Κυρίου τοῦ Θεοῦ σου, καὶ ἐπιστρεψάτω ἡ χείρ μου πρὸς ἐμέ. καὶ ἐδεήθη ὁ ἄνθρωπος τοῦ Θεοῦ τοῦ προσώπου Κυρίου, καὶ ἐπέστρεψε τὴν χεῖρα τοῦ βασιλέως πρὸς αὐτόν, καὶ ἐγένετο καθὼς τὸ πρότερον.

⁷καὶ ἐλάλησεν ὁ βασιλεὺς πρὸς τὸν ἄνθρωπον τοῦ Θεοῦ· εἴσελθε μετ᾿ ἐμοῦ εἰς οἶκον καὶ ἀρίστησον, καὶ δώσω σοι δόμα.

⁸καὶ εἶπεν ὁ ἄνθρωπος τοῦ Θεοῦ πρὸς τὸν βασιλέα· ἐὰν δῷς μοι τὸ ἥμισυ τοῦ οἴκου σου, οὐκ εἰσελεύσομαι μετὰ σοῦ οὐδὲ μὴ φάγω ἄρτον οὐδὲ μὴ πίω ὕδωρ ἐν τῷ τόπῳ τούτῳ·

⁹ὅτι οὕτως ἐνετείλατό μοι Κύριος ἐν λόγῳ λέγων· μὴ φάγῃς ἄρτον καὶ μὴ πίῃς ὕδωρ καὶ μὴ ἐπιστρέψῃς ἐν τῇ ὁδῶ, ᾗ ἐπορεύθης ἐν αὐτῇ.

¹⁰καὶ ἀπῆλθεν ἐν ὁδῷ ἄλλῃ καὶ οὐκ ἀνέστρεψεν ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ, ᾗ ἦλθεν ἐν αὐτῇ εἰς Βαιθήλ.

¹¹Καὶ προφήτης εἷς πρεσβύτης κατῴκει ἐν Βαιθήλ, καὶ ἔρχονται οἱ υἱοὶ αὐτοῦ καὶ διηγήσαντο αὐτῷ πάντα τὰ ἔργα, ἃ ἐποίησεν ὁ ἄνθρωπος τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ ἐν Βαιθήλ, καὶ τοὺς λόγους, οὓς ἐλάλησε τῷ βασιλεῖ· καὶ ἐπέστρεψαν τὸ πρόσωπον τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτῶν.

¹²καὶ ἐλάλησε πρὸς αὐτοὺς ὁ πατὴρ αὐτῶν λέγων· ποίᾳ ὁδῷ πεπόρευται; καὶ δεικνύουσιν αὐτῷ οἱ υἱοὶ αὐτοῦ τὴν ὁδόν, ἐν ᾗ ἀνῆλθεν ὁ ἄνθρωπος τοῦ Θεοῦ ὁ ἐλθὼν ἐξ ᾿Ιούδα.

¹³καὶ εἶπε τοῖς υἱοῖς αὐτοῦ· ἐπισάξατέ μοι τὸν ὄνον· καὶ ἐπέσαξαν αὐτῷ τὸν ὄνον, καὶ ἐπέβη ἐπ᾿ αὐτόν.

¹⁴καὶ ἐπορεύθη κατόπισθεν τοῦ ἀνθρώπου τοῦ Θεοῦ καὶ εὗρεν αὐτὸν καθήμενον ὑπὸ δρῦν καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ· εἰ σὺ εἶ ὁ ἄνθρωπος τοῦ Θεοῦ ὁ ἐληλυθὼς ἐξ ᾿Ιούδα; καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ· ἐγώ.

¹⁵καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ· δεῦρο μετ᾿ ἐμοῦ καὶ φάγε ἄρτον.

¹⁶καὶ εἶπεν· οὐ μὴ δύνωμαι τοῦ ἐπιστρέψαι μετὰ σοῦ οὐδὲ μὴ φάγομαι ἄρτον οὐδὲ πίομαι ὕδωρ ἐν τῷ τόπῳ τούτῳ·

¹⁷ὅτι οὕτως ἐντέταλταί μοι ἐν λόγῳ Κύριος λέγων· μὴ φάγῃς ἄρτον ἐκεῖ καὶ μὴ πίῃς ὕδωρ καὶ μὴ ἐπιστρέψῃς ἐκεῖ ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ, ᾗ ἐπορεύθης ἐν αὐτῇ.

¹⁸καὶ εἶπε πρὸς αὐτόν· κἀγὼ προφήτης εἰμὶ καθὼς σύ, καὶ ἄγγελος λελάληκε πρός με ἐν ρήματι Κυρίου λέγων· ἐπίστρεψον αὐτὸν πρὸς σεαυτὸν εἰς τὸν οἶκόν σου, καὶ φαγέτω ἄρτον, καὶ πιέτω ὕδωρ· καὶ ἐψεύσατο αὐτῷ.

¹⁹καὶ ἐπέστρεψεν αὐτὸν καὶ ἔφαγεν ἄρτον καὶ ἔπιεν ὕδωρ ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ αὐτοῦ.

²⁰καὶ ἐγένετο αὐτῶν καθημένων ἐπὶ τῆς τραπέζης, καὶ ἐγένετο λόγος Κυρίου πρὸς τὸν προφήτην τὸν ἐπιστρέψαντα αὐτὸν

²¹καὶ εἶπε πρὸς τὸν ἄνθρωπον τοῦ Θεοῦ τὸν ἥκοντα ἐξ ᾿Ιούδα λέγων· τάδε λέγει Κύριος· ἀνθ᾿ ὧν παρεπίκρανας τὸ ρῆμα Κυρίου καὶ οὐκ ἐφύλαξας τὴν ἐντολήν, ἣν ἐνετείλατό σοι Κύριος ὁ Θεός σου,

²²καὶ ἐπέστρεψας καὶ ἔφαγες ἄρτον καὶ ἔπιες ὕδωρ ἐν τῷ τόπῳ τούτῳ, ᾧ ἐλάλησε πρός σε λέγων· οὐ μὴ φάγῃς ἄρτον καὶ μὴ πίῃς ὕδωρ, οὐ μὴ εἰσέλθῃ τὸ σῶμά σου εἰς τὸν τάφον τῶν πατέρων σου.

²³καὶ ἐγένετο μετὰ τὸ φαγεῖν αὐτὸν ἄρτον καὶ πιεῖν ὕδωρ, καὶ ἐπέσαξεν αὐτῷ τὸν ὄνον, καὶ ἐπέστρεψε.

²⁴καὶ ἀπῆλθε, καὶ εὗρεν αὐτὸν λέων ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ καὶ ἐθανάτωσεν αὐτόν, καὶ ἦν τὸ σῶμα αὐτοῦ ἐρριμμένον ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ, καὶ ὁ ὄνος εἱστήκει παρ᾿ αὐτό, καὶ ὁ λέων εἱστήκει παρὰ τὸ σῶμα.

²⁵καὶ ἰδοὺ ἄνδρες παραπορευόμενοι καὶ εἶδον τὸ θνησιμαῖον ἐρριμμένον ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ καὶ ὁ λέων εἱστήκει ἐχόμενα τοῦ θνησιμαίου· καὶ εἰσῆλθον καὶ ἐλάλησαν ἐν τῇ πόλει, οὗ ὁ προφήτης ὁ πρεσβύτης κατῴκει ἐν αὐτῇ.

²⁶καὶ ἤκουσεν ὁ ἐπιστρέψας αὐτὸν ἐκ τῆς ὁδοῦ καὶ εἶπεν· ὁ ἄνθρωπος τοῦ Θεοῦ οὗτός ἐστίν, ὃς παρεπίκρανε τὸ ρῆμα Κυρίου.

²⁷καὶ ἐλάλησεν πρὸς τοὺς υἱοὺς αὐτοῦ τῷ λέγειν ἐπισάξατέ μοι τὴν ὄνον, καὶ ἐπέσαξαν.

²⁸καὶ ἐπορεύθη καὶ εὗρε τὸ σῶμα αὐτοῦ ἐρριμμένον ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ, καὶ ὁ ὄνος καὶ ὁ λέων εἱστήκεισαν παρὰ τὸ σῶμα, καὶ οὐκ ἔφαγεν ὁ λέων τὸ σῶμα τοῦ ἀνθρώπου τοῦ Θεοῦ καὶ οὐ συνέτριψε τὸν ὄνον.

²⁹καὶ ᾖρεν ὁ προφήτης τὸ σῶμα τοῦ ἀνθρώπου τοῦ Θεοῦ καὶ ἐπέθηκεν αὐτὸ ἐπὶ τὸν ὄνον, καὶ ἐπέστρεψεν αὐτὸν εἰς τὴν πόλιν ὁ προφήτης τοῦ θάψαι αὐτὸν

³⁰ἐν τῷ τάφῳ ἑαυτοῦ, καὶ ἐκόψαντο αὐτόν· οὐαὶ ἀδελφέ.

³¹καὶ ἐγένετο μετὰ τὸ κόψασθαι αὐτὸν καὶ εἶπε τοῖς υἱοῖς αὐτοῦ λέγων· ἐὰν ἀποθάνω, θάψατέ με ἐν τῷ τάφῳ τούτῳ οὗ ὁ ἄνθρωπος τοῦ Θεοῦ τέθαπται ἐν αὐτῷ· παρὰ τὰ ὀστᾶ αὐτοῦ θέτε με, ἵνα σωθῶσι τὰ ὀστᾶ μου μετὰ τῶν ὀστῶν αὐτοῦ·

³²ὅτι γινόμενον ἔσται τὸ ρῆμα, ὃ ἐλάλησεν ἐν λόγῳ Κυρίου ἐπὶ τὸ θυσιαστήριον ἐν Βαιθὴλ καὶ ἐπὶ τοὺς οἴκους τοὺς ὑψηλοὺς τοὺς ἐν Σαμαρείᾳ.

³³καὶ μετὰ τὸ ρῆμα τοῦτο οὐκ ἐπέστρεψεν ῾Ιεροβοὰμ ἀπὸ τῆς κακίας αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐπέστρεψε καὶ ἐποίησεν ἐκ μέρους τοῦ λαοῦ ἱερεῖς ὑψηλῶν· ὁ βουλόμενος ἐπλήρου τὴν χεῖρα αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐγίνετο ἱερεὺς εἰς τὰ ὑψηλά.

³⁴καὶ ἐγένετο τὸ ρῆμα τοῦτο εἰς ἁμαρτίαν τῷ οἴκῳ ῾Ιεροβοὰμ καὶ εἰς ὄλεθρον καὶ εἰς ἀφανισμὸν ἀπὸ προσώπου τῆς γῆς.

¹And behold, there came a man of God out of Juda by the word of the Lord to Baethel, and Jeroboam stood at the altar to sacrifice.

²And he cried against the altar by the word of the Lord, and said, O altar, altar, thus saith the Lord, Behold, a son is [to be] born to the house of David, Josias by name; and he shall offer upon thee the priests of the high places, [even] of them that sacrifice upon thee, and [he] shall burn men’s bones upon thee.

³And in that day one shall give a sign, saying, This [is] the word which the Lord has spoken, saying, Behold, the altar is rent, and the fatness upon it shall be poured out.

⁴And it came to pass when king Jeroboam heard the words of the man of God who called on the altar that was in Baethel, that the king stretched forth his hand from the altar, saying, Take hold of him. And, behold, his hand, which he stretched forth against him, withered, and he could not draw it back to himself.

⁵And the altar was rent, and the fatness was poured out from the altar, according to the sign which the man of God gave by the word of the Lord.

⁶And king Jeroboam said to the man of God, Intreat the Lord thy God, and let my hand be restored to me. And the man of God intreated the Lord, and he restored the king’s hand to him, and it became as before.

⁷And the king said to the man of God, Enter with me into the house, and dine, and I will give thee a gift.

⁸And the man of God said to the king, If thou shouldest give me the half of thine house, I would not go in with thee, neither will I eat bread, neither will I drink water in this place; for thus the Lord charged me by [his] word, saying,

⁹Eat no bread, and drink no water, and return not by the way by which thou camest.

¹⁰So he departed by another way, and returned not by the way by which he came to Baethel.

¹¹And there dwelt an old prophet in Baethel; and his sons came and told him all the works that the man of God did on that day in Baethel, and the words which he spoke to the king: and they turned the face of their father.

¹²And their father spoke to them, saying, Which way went he? and his sons shew him the way by which the man of God who came out of Juda went up.

¹³And he said to his sons, Saddle me the ass: and they saddled him the ass, and he mounted it,

¹⁴and went after the man of God, and found him sitting under an oak: and he said to him, Art thou the man of God that came out of Juda? And he said to him, I [am].

¹⁵And he said to him, Come with me, and eat bread.

¹⁶And he said, I shall not by any means be able to return with thee, neither will I eat bread, neither will I drink water in this place.

¹⁷For thus the Lord commanded me by word, saying, Eat not bread there, and drink not water, and return not thither by the way by which thou camest.

¹⁸And he said to him, I also am a prophet as thou [art]; and an angel spoke to me by the word of the Lord, saying, Bring him back to thee into thy house, and let him eat bread and drink water: but he lied to him.

¹⁹And he brought him back, and he ate bread and drank water in his house.

²⁰And it came to pass while they were sitting at the table, that the word of the Lord came to the prophet that brought him back;

²¹and he spoke to the man of God that came out of Juda, saying, Thus saith the Lord, Because thou hast resisted the word of the Lord, and hast not kept the commandment which the Lord thy God commanded thee,

²²but hast returned, and eaten bread and drunk water in the place of which he spoke to thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat bread, and shalt not drink water; [therefore] thy body shall in nowise enter into the sepulchre of thy fathers.

²³And it came to pass after he had eaten bread and drunk water, that he saddled the ass for him, and he turned and departed.

²⁴And a lion found him in the way, and slew him; and his body was cast out in the way, and the ass was standing by it, and the lion [also] was standing by the body.

²⁵And, behold, men [were] passing by, and saw the carcase cast in the way, and the lion was standing near the carcase: and they went in and spoke [of it] in the city where the old prophet dwelt.

²⁶And [the prophet] that turned him back out of the way heard, and said, This is the man of God who rebelled against the word of the Lord.

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²⁸And he went and found the body cast in the way, and the ass and the lion were standing by the body: and the lion had not devoured the body of the man of God, and had not torn the ass.

²⁹And the prophet took up the body of the man of God, and laid it on his ass; and the prophet brought him back to his city, to bury him in his own tomb,

³⁰and they bewailed him, [saying], Alas, brother.

³¹And it came to pass after he had lamented him, that he spoke to his sons, saying, Whenever I die, bury me in this tomb wherein the man of God is buried; lay me by his bones, that my bones may be preserved with his bones.

³²For the word will surely come to pass which he spoke by the word of the Lord against the altar in Baethel, and against the high houses in Samaria.

³³And after this Jeroboam turned not from his sin, but he turned and made of part of the people priests of the [high places]: whoever would, he consecrated him, and he became a priest for the high places.

³⁴And this thing became sin to the house of Jeroboam, even to its destruction and its removal from the face of the earth.