Regum I 13

VULGATA	NEW JERUSALEM
1 Et ecce vir Dei venit de Juda in sermone Domini in Bethel, Jeroboam stante super altare, et thus jaciente.	1 There came to Bethel at Yahweh's command a man of God from Judah, just as Jeroboam wasstanding by the altar to offer the sacrifice,
2 Et exclamavit contra altare in sermone Domini, et ait : Altare, altare, hæc dicit Dominus : Ecce filius nascetur domui David, Josias nomine, et immolabit super te sacerdotes excelsorum, qui nunc in te thura succendunt : et ossa hominum super te incendet.	2 and at Yahweh's command this man denounced the altar. 'Altar, altar,' he said, 'Yahweh says this, "Ason is to be born to the House of David, Josiah by name, and on you he wil slaughter the priests of the highplaces who have offered sacrifice on you, and on you he will burn human bones." '
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 At the same time he gave a sign. 'This is the sign', he said, 'that Yahweh has spoken, "This altar willburst apart and the ashes which are on it will be spilt." '
4 Cumque audisset rex sermonem hominis Dei quem inclamaverat contra altare in Bethel, extendit manum suam de altari, dicens : Apprehendite eum. Et exaruit manus ejus quam extenderat contra eum, nec valuit retrahere eam ad se.	4 When the king heard how the man of God denounced the altar of Bethel, he stretched out his handfrom the altar, saying, 'Seize him!' But the hand he stretched out against the man withered, and he could notdraw it back,
5 Altare quoque scissum est, et effusus est cinis de altari, juxta signum quod prædixerat vir Dei in sermone Domini.	5 and the altar burst apart and the ashes from the altar were spilt, in accordance with the sign given bythe man of God at Yahweh's command.
6 Et ait rex ad virum Dei : Deprecare faciem Domini Dei tui, et ora pro me, ut restituatur manus mea mihi. Oravitque vir Dei faciem Domini, et reversa est manus regis ad eum, et facta est sicut prius fuerat.	6 The king said to the man of God, 'I beg you to placate Yahweh your God, and so restore me the use ofmy hand.' The man of God placated Yahweh; the king's hand was restored as it had been before.
7 Locutus est autem rex ad virum Dei : Veni mecum domum ut prandeas, et dabo tibi munera.	7 The king then said to the man of God, 'Come home with me and refresh yourself, and I shall give you apresent,'
8 Responditque vir Dei ad regem : Si dederis mihi mediam partem domus tuæ, non veniam tecum, nec comedam panem, neque bibam aquam in loco isto :	8 but the man of God replied to the king, 'Were you to give me half your palace, I would not go with you. Iwil eat and drink nothing here,
9 sic enim mandatum est mihi in sermone Domini præcipientis : Non comedes panem, neque bibes aquam, nec reverteris per viam qua venisti.	9 for I have had Yahweh's order, "You are to eat or drink nothing, nor to return by the way you came." '
10 Abiit ergo per aliam viam, et non est reversus per iter quo venerat in Bethel.	10 And he left by another road and did not return by 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 quæ fecerat vir Dei illa die in Bethel : et verba quæ locutus fuerat ad regem, narraverunt patri suo.	11 Now there was an old prophet living in Bethel, and his sons came to tel him al that the man of Godhad done in Bethel that day; and the words which he had said to the king, they told these to their father too.
12 Et dixit eis pater eorum : Per quam viam abiit ? Ostenderunt ei filii sui viam per quam abierat vir Dei, qui venerat de Juda.	12 'Which road did he take?' their father asked. His sons showed him the road which the man of Godwho came from Judah had taken.
13 Et ait filiis suis : Sternite mihi asinum. Qui cum stravissent, ascendit,	13 'Saddle the donkey for me,' he said to his sons; they saddled the donkey for him and he mounted.
14 et abiit post virum Dei, et invenit eum sedentem subtus terebinthum : et ait illi : Tune es vir Dei qui venisti de Juda ? Respondit ille : Ego sum.	14 He fol owed the man of God and found him sitting under a terebinth. 'Are you the man of God', hesaid, 'who came from Judah?' 'I am,' he replied.
15 Dixitque ad eum : Veni mecum domum, ut comedas panem.	15 'Come home with me,' he said, 'and take some food.'
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,' he answered, 'or eat or drink anything here,
17 quia locutus est Dominus ad me in sermone Domini, dicens : Non comedes panem, et non bibes aquam ibi, nec reverteris per viam qua ieris.	17 for I have received Yahweh's order, "You are to eat or drink nothing there, nor to return by the wayyou 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, ut comedat panem, et bibat aquam. Fefellit eum,	18 'I too am a prophet like you,' the other replied, 'and an angel told me this by Yahweh's command,"Bring him back with you to your house to eat and drink." ' He was lying to him.
19 et reduxit secum : comedit ergo panem in domo ejus, et bibit aquam.	19 The man of God went back with him; he ate and drank at his house.
20 Cumque sederent ad mensam, factus est sermo Domini ad prophetam qui reduxerat eum.	20 As they were sitting at table a word of Yahweh came to the prophet who had brought him back,
21 Et exclamavit ad virum Dei qui venerat de Juda, dicens : Hæc dicit Dominus : Quia non obediens fuisti ori Domini, et non custodisti mandatum quod præcepit tibi Dominus Deus tuus,	21 and he addressed the man of God who came from Judah. 'Yahweh says this,' he said. ' "Since you have defied Yahweh's command and not obeyed the orders which Yahweh your God gave you,
22 et reversus es, et comedisti panem, et bibisti aquam in loco in quo præcepit tibi ne comederes panem neque biberes aquam, non inferetur cadaver tuum in sepulchrum patrum tuorum.	22 but have come back and eaten and drunk where he forbade you to eat and drink, your corpse wilnever reach the tomb of your ancestors." '
23 Cumque comedisset et bibisset, stravit asinum suum prophetæ quem reduxerat.	23 After he had eaten and drunk, the prophet saddled the donkey for him, and he turned about and wentaway.
24 Qui cum abiisset, invenit eum leo in via, et occidit, et erat cadaver ejus projectum in itinere : asinus autem stabat juxta illum, et leo stabat juxta cadaver.	24 A lion met him on the road and killed him; his corpse lay stretched out on the road; the donkey stoodthere beside it; the lion stood by the corpse too.
25 Et ecce viri transeuntes viderunt cadaver projectum in via, et leonem stantem juxta cadaver. Et venerunt, et divulgaverunt in civitate in qua prophetes ille senex habitabat.	25 People going by saw the corpse lying on the road and the lion standing by the corpse, and went andspoke about it in the town where the old prophet lived.
26 Quod cum audisset propheta ille qui reduxerat eum de via, ait : Vir Dei est, qui inobediens fuit ori Domini, et tradidit eum Dominus leoni, et confregit eum, et occidit juxta verbum Domini quod locutus est ei.	26 When the prophet who had made the man turn back heard about it, he said, 'That is the man of Godwho defied Yahweh's command! Yahweh has handed him over to the lion, which has mauled and kil ed him, justas Yahweh had foretold it would.'
27 Dixitque ad filios suos : Sternite mihi asinum. Qui cum stravissent,	27 He said to his sons, 'Saddle the donkey for me,' and they saddled it.
28 et ille abiisset, invenit cadaver ejus projectum in via, et asinum et leonem stantes juxta cadaver : non comedit leo de cadavere, nec læsit asinum.	28 He set off and found the man's corpse lying on the road with the donkey and the lion standing besidethe corpse; the lion had neither eaten the corpse nor mauled the donkey.
29 Tulit ergo prophetes cadaver viri Dei, et posuit illud super asinum, et reversus intulit in civitatem prophetæ senis ut plangeret eum.	29 The prophet lifted the corpse of the man of God and put it on the donkey and brought it back to thetown where he lived to hold mourning for him and bury him.
30 Et posuit cadaver ejus in sepulchro suo, et planxerunt eum : Heu, heu mi frater !	30 He laid the corpse in his own tomb, and they raised the mourning cry for him, 'Alas, my brother!'
31 Cumque planxissent eum, dixit ad filios suos : Cum mortuus fuero, sepelite me in sepulchro in quo vir Dei sepultus est : juxta ossa ejus ponite ossa mea.	31 After burying him, the prophet said to his sons, 'When I die, bury me in the same tomb as the man ofGod, lay my bones beside his.
32 Profecto enim veniet sermo quem prædixit in sermone Domini contra altare quod est in Bethel, et contra omnia fana excelsorum quæ sunt in urbibus Samariæ.	32 For the word he uttered at Yahweh's command against the altar of Bethel and against al the shrinesof the high places in the towns of Samaria will certainly come true.'
33 Post verba hæc non est reversus Jeroboam de via sua pessima, sed e contrario fecit de novissimis populi sacerdotes excelsorum : quicumque volebat, implebat manum suam, et fiebat sacerdos excelsorum.	33 Jeroboam did not give up his wicked ways after this incident, but went on appointing priests for thehigh places from the common people. He consecrated as priests of the high places any who wished to be.
34 Et propter hanc causam peccavit domus Jeroboam, et eversa est, et deleta de superficie terræ.	34 Such conduct made the House of Jeroboam a sinful House, and caused its ruin and extinction fromthe face of the earth.