Primo libro dei Re 13

NOVA VULGATA	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 Et ecce vir Dei venit de Iuda in sermone Domini in Bethel, Ieroboam stante super altare ad adolendum;	1 A man of God came from Judah to Bethel by the word of the LORD, while Jeroboam was standing at the altar to offer sacrifice.
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 He cried out against the altar the word of the LORD: "O altar, altar, the LORD says, 'A child shall be born to the house of David, Josiah by name, who shall slaughter upon you the priests of the high places who offer sacrifice upon you, and he shall burn human bones 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 He gave a sign that same day and said: "This is the sign that the LORD has spoken: The altar shall break up and the ashes on it shall be strewn about.
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 When King Jeroboam heard what the man of God was crying out against the altar, he stretched forth his hand from the altar and said, "Seize him!" But the hand he stretched forth against him withered, so that he could not draw it back.
5 Altare quoque scissum est, et effusus est cinis de altari iuxta signum, quod praedixerat vir Dei in sermone Domini.	5 Moreover, the altar broke up and the ashes from it were strewn about--the sign the man of God had given as 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 Then the king appealed to the man of God. "Entreat the LORD, your God," he said, "and intercede for me that I may be able to withdraw my hand." So the man of God entreated the LORD, and the king recovered the normal use of his hand.
7 Locutus est autem rex ad virum Dei: “ Veni mecum domum, ut prandeas, et dabo tibi munera ”.	7 "Come home with me for some refreshment," the king invited the man of God, "and I will give you a present."
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 "If you gave me half your kingdom," the man of God said to the king, "I would not go with you, nor 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 I was instructed by the word of the LORD not to eat bread or drink water and not to return by the way I came."
10 Abiit ergo per aliam viam et non est reversus per iter, quo venerat in Bethel.	10 So he departed by another road and did not go back the way he had come 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 There was an old prophet living in the city, whose sons came and told him all that the man of God had done that day in Bethel. When they repeated to their father the words he had spoken to the king,
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 the father asked them, "Which way did he go?" And his sons pointed out to him the road taken by the man of God who had come from Judah.
13 Et ait filiis suis: “ Sternite mihi asinum ”. Qui cum stravissent, ascendit	13 Then he said to his sons, "Saddle the ass for me." When they had saddled it, he mounted
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 followed the man of God, whom he found seated under a terebinth. When he asked him, "Are you the man of God who came from Judah?" he answered, "Yes."
15 Dixit ad eum: “ Veni mecum domum, ut comedas panem ”.	15 Then he said, "Come home with me and have some bread."
16 Qui ait: “ Non possum reverti neque venire tecum nec comedam panem neque bibam aquam in loco isto;	16 "I cannot go back with you, and I cannot eat bread or drink water with you in this place," he answered,
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 I was told by the word of the LORD neither to eat bread nor drink water here, and not to go back the way I 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 But he said to him, "I, too, am a prophet like you, and an angel told me in the word of the LORD to bring you back with me to my house and to have you eat bread and drink water." He was lying to him, however.
19 et reduxit secum; comedit ergo panem in domo eius et bibit aquam.	19 So he went back with him, and ate bread and drank water in his house.
20 Cumque sederent ad mensam, factus est sermo Domini ad prophetam, qui reduxerat eum,	20 But while they were sitting at table, the LORD spoke 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 out to the man of God who had come from Judah: "The LORD says, 'Because you rebelled against the command of the LORD and did not keep the command which the LORD, your God, gave 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 returned and ate bread and drank water in the place where he told you to do neither, your corpse shall not be brought to the grave of your ancestors.'"
23 Cumque comedisset panem et bibisset, stravit sibi asinum prophetae, qui reduxerat eum;	23 After he had eaten bread and drunk water, the ass was saddled for him, and he again
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 set out. But a lion met him on the road, and killed him. His corpse lay sprawled on the road, and the ass remained standing by it, and so did the lion.
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 Some passers-by saw the body lying in the road, with the lion standing beside it, and carried the news to the city where the old prophet lived.
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 On hearing it, the prophet who had brought him back from his journey said: "It is the man of God who rebelled against the command of the LORD. He has delivered him to a lion, which mangled and killed him, as the LORD predicted to him."
27 Dixitque ad filios suos: “ Sternite mihi asinum! ”. Qui cum stravissent,	27 Then he said to his sons, "Saddle the ass for me." When they had 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 he went off and found the body lying in the road with the ass and the lion standing beside it. The lion had not eaten the body nor had it harmed 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 The prophet lifted up the body of the man of God and put it on the ass, and brought it back to the city to mourn over it and to bury it.
30 Et posuit cadaver eius in sepulcro suo, et planxerunt eum: “ Heu, heu, mi frater! ”.	30 He laid the man's body in his own grave, and they mourned over it: "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 After he had buried him, he said to his sons, "When I die, bury me in the grave where the man of God is buried. Lay my remains beside his.
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 word of the LORD which he proclaimed against the altar in Bethel and against all the shrines on the high places in the cities of Samaria shall certainly 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 Jeroboam did not give up his evil ways after this event, but again made priests for the high places from among the common people. Whoever desired it was consecrated and became a priest of the high places.
34 Et propter hanc causam peccavit domus Ieroboam, et eversa est et deleta de superficie terrae.	34 This was a sin on the part of the house of Jeroboam for which it was to be cut off and destroyed from the earth.