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SAGRADA BIBLIA	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Ora, estando ele de pé diante do altar para queimar o incenso, eis que sobreveio um homem de Deus, vindo de Judá por ordem do Senhor;	1 And behold, by the word of the Lord, a man of God went from Judah to Bethel, when Jeroboam was standing over the altar, and burning incense.
2 este se pôs a clamar contra o altar da parte do Senhor, nestes termos: Altar! Altar! Eis o que diz o Senhor: Na casa de Davi nascerá um filho que se chamará Josias; ele imolará sobre ti os sacerdotes dos lugares altos, que agora queimam ofertas sobre ti, e queimar-se-ão sobre ti ossos humanos.	2 And by the word of the Lord, he cried out against the altar. And he said: “O altar, O altar! Thus says the Lord: ‘Behold, a son will be born to the house of David, Josiah by name. And upon you, he will immolate the priests of the high places, who now burn incense upon you. And upon you, he will burn up the bones of men.’ ”
3 Ao mesmo tempo anunciou o homem de Deus um prodígio, dizendo: Eis a prova de que é o Senhor quem fala: o altar vai-se fender e a cinza que está por cima se derramará por terra.	3 And he gave a sign on the same day, saying: “This will be the sign that the Lord has spoken. Behold, the altar shall be torn apart, and the ashes that are upon it shall be poured out.”
4 Ao ouvir a ameaça que o homem de Deus proferia contra o altar de Betel, o rei Jeroboão levantou a mão do altar, e disse: Prendei-o. Secou-se-lhe, porém, a mão que estendera contra o homem, de modo que não a pôde trazer a si.	4 And when the king had heard the word of the man of God, which he had cried out against the altar at Bethel, he extended his hand from the altar, saying, “Apprehend him!” But his hand, which he had extended against him, withered. And he was unable to draw it back to himself.
5 O altar fendeu-se e espalhou-se a cinza que estava sobre ele, assim como o dissera o homem de Deus da parte do Senhor.	5 Also, the altar was torn apart, and the ashes were poured out from the altar, in accord with the sign that the man of God had predicted by the word of the Lord.
6 Então disse o rei ao homem de Deus: Aplaca o Senhor, teu Deus, e roga por mim para que me seja restituída a mão. O homem de Deus aplacou o Senhor, e o rei pôde trazer de novo a si a mão, que se tornou tal como era antes.	6 And the king said to the man of God, “Entreat the face of the Lord your God, and pray for me, so that my hand may be restored to me.” And the man of God prayed before the face of the Lord, and the hand of the king was restored to him, and it became as it had been before.
7 O rei disse ao homem de Deus: Vem comigo a minha casa para restaurar as tuas forças, e dar-te-ei um presente.	7 Then the king said to the man of God: “Come home with me, so that you may dine. And I will give you gifts.”
8 Mas o homem de Deus respondeu ao rei: Ainda que me desses a metade de tua casa, eu não iria contigo. Não comerei pão, nem beberei água nesse lugar,	8 And the man of God responded to the king: “Even if you will give me one half part of your house, I will not go with you, nor eat bread, nor drink water in this place.
9 porque o Senhor me ordenou que não comesse pão, nem bebesse água, e tampouco voltasse pelo mesmo caminho por onde vim.	9 For so it was commanded to me by the word of the Lord, ordering: ‘You shall not eat bread, and you shall not drink water, nor shall you return by the way that you came.’ ”
10 Partiu, pois, de Betel por outro caminho e não tomou aquele por onde viera.	10 Then he departed by another way, and he did not return along the way that he had traveled to Bethel.
11 Ora, habitava em Betel um profeta já idoso, a quem seus filhos contaram tudo o que o homem de Deus fizera naquele dia em Betel, e o que ele dissera ao rei. O pai disse-lhes: Por onde se foi ele?	11 Now a certain elderly prophet was living in Bethel. His sons went to him, and they described to him all the works which the man of God had accomplished on that day in Bethel. And they described to their father the words that he had spoken to the king.
12 Seus filhos mostraram-lhe o caminho que tomara o homem de Deus vindo de Judá, ao partir.	12 And their father said to them, “By which way did he depart?” His sons showed him the way by which the man of God, who had come from Judah, had departed.
13 Ele disse aos seus filhos: Selai o meu jumento. Tendo-o eles selado, montou nele o profeta,	13 And he said to his sons, “Saddle the donkey for me.” And when they had saddled it, he climbed on,
14 e partiu em busca do homem de Deus. Encontrou-o sentado ao pé de um terebinto, e disse-lhe: És tu o homem de Deus que veio de Judá?	14 and he went away after the man of God. And he found him sitting under a terebinth tree. And he said to him, “Are you the man of God who came from Judah?” And he responded, “I am.”
15 Sim, respondeu ele. O velho profeta continuou: Vem comigo para comeres em minha casa.	15 And he said to him, “Come home with me, so that you may eat bread.”
16 Não posso voltar, respondeu ele, nem ir contigo à tua casa. Não comerei pão, nem beberei água contigo nesse lugar,	16 But he said: “I am not able to turn back, nor to go with you. Neither will I eat bread, or drink water in this place.
17 porque recebi do Senhor a ordem de não comer pão, nem beber água, nem tampouco voltar pelo mesmo caminho por onde vim.	17 For the Lord has spoken to me, by the word of the Lord, saying, “You shall not eat bread, and you shall not drink water in that place, nor shall you return by the way that you arrived.”
18 Mas eu sou também profeta como tu, insistiu o outro. Ora, um anjo me falou da parte do Senhor: Leva-o contigo à tua casa e dá-lhe de comer. Era mentira.	18 And he said to him: “I, too, am a prophet like you. And an Angel spoke to me, by the word of the Lord, saying, ‘Lead him back with you to your house, so that he may eat bread, and drink water.’ ” And so he deceived him.
19 O homem de Deus voltou com ele e comeu em sua casa.	19 And he led him back with him. Then he ate bread and drank water in his house.
20 Enquanto estavam à mesa, o Senhor falou ao profeta que o tinha feito voltar,	20 And while they were sitting at table, the word of the Lord came to the prophet who had led him back.
21 e este interpelou o homem de Deus, vindo de Judá, nestes termos: Eis o que diz o Senhor: Desobedeceste à palavra do Senhor e não cumpriste a ordem que o Senhor, teu Deus, te havia dado:	21 And he cried out to the man of God who had arrived from Judah, saying: “Thus says the Lord: Because you were not obedient to the mouth of the Lord, and you did not keep the commandment that the Lord your God instructed to you,
22 voltaste e comeste num lugar do qual Deus te dissera: Não comerás pão ali, nem beberás água. Por isso teu cadáver não será levado ao sepulcro de teus pais.	22 and you turned back, and ate bread, and drank water in the place where he commanded you that you should not eat bread, nor drink water: your dead body shall not be carried back to the sepulcher of your fathers.”
23 Depois de ter comido, o velho profeta mandou selar um jumento para o seu hóspede, e este partiu.	23 And when he had eaten and had drunk, he saddled his donkey for the prophet whom he had led back.
24 Enquanto caminhava, o homem de Deus encontrou no caminho um leão, que o matou. Seu cadáver ficou estendido no caminho, tendo ao seu lado o jumento e o leão.	24 And when he had departed, a lion found him along the way, and it killed him, and his dead body was left upon the road. Now the donkey was standing beside him. And the lion was standing beside the dead body.
25 Alguns que passavam por ali, vendo o cadáver estendido por terra e junto dele o leão, foram e divulgaram a notícia na cidade onde morava aquele velho profeta.	25 And behold, men who were passing by saw the dead body lying in the road, with the lion standing beside the body. And they went and made it widely known in the city where that elderly prophet was living.
26 Ouvindo isto, o velho profeta, que tinha levado à sua casa o homem de Deus, exclamou: É o homem de Deus que foi desobediente à ordem do Senhor; e o Senhor o entregou a um leão que o despedaçou e matou, como o Senhor lho predissera.	26 And when that prophet, who had led him back from the way, had heard it, he said: “It is the man of God, who was disobedient to the mouth of the Lord. And the Lord has delivered him to the lion. And it has torn him apart and killed him, in accord with the word of the Lord, which he spoke to him.”
27 E disse em seguida aos seus filhos: Selai o meu jumento. Eles selaram-no,	27 And he said to his sons, “Saddle a donkey for me.” And when they had saddled it,
28 o profeta partiu, e encontrou o cadáver estendido no caminho, tendo ao seu lado o jumento e o leão. O leão não tinha devorado o cadáver, nem dilacerado o jumento.	28 and he had departed, he found the dead body lying on the road, with the donkey and the lion standing beside the dead body. The lion did not eat from the dead body, nor did it harm the donkey.
29 Tomou então o profeta o cadáver do homem de Deus, pô-lo em cima do seu jumento, e levou-o para a cidade a fim de pranteá-lo e dar-lhe sepultura.	29 Then the prophet took the dead body of the man of God, and he placed it upon the donkey, and returning, he brought it into the city of the elderly prophet, so that he might mourn for him.
30 Depositou-o em seu próprio túmulo, e pranteou-o, dizendo: Ai, meu irmão!	30 And he placed his dead body in his own sepulcher. And they mourned for him, saying: “Alas! Alas! My brother!”
31 Depois do enterro disse o ancião aos seus filhos: Quando eu morrer, sepultar-me-eis no túmulo onde repousa o homem de Deus; depositareis os meus ossos junto do seus.	31 And when they had mourned over him, he said to his sons: “When I will have died, bury me in the sepulcher in which the man of God was buried. Place my bones beside his bones.
32 Porque se cumprirá a ameaça que ele fez da parte do Senhor contra o altar de Betel e contra todos os templos dos lugares altos das cidades da Samaria.	32 For certainly, the word will arrived, which he predicted by the word of the Lord, against the altar, which is in Bethel, and against all the shrines of the high places, which are in the cities of Samaria.”
33 Depois dessas coisas, Jeroboão não se converteu de sua péssima vida, mas continuou a tomar homens do meio do povo e constituí-los sacerdotes dos lugares altos: a todo o que desejasse, investia no cargo sacerdotal e o estabelecia nos lugares altos.	33 After these words, Jeroboam did not turn back from his very evil way. Instead, to the contrary, he made priests for the high places out of the least of the people. Whosoever was willing, he filled his hand, and he became a priest of the high places.
34 Isto tornou-se para a casa de Jeroboão um ocasião de pecado, que causou a sua perda e o seu extermínio da face da terra.	34 And for this reason, the house of Jeroboam sinned, and was uprooted, and was wiped from the face of the earth.