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Bagian: Nubuat tentang Raja Yosia

1 Ketika Raja Yerobeam masih berdiri di depan mezbah di Betel untuk membakar persembahan, datanglah seorang nabi utusan TUHAN dari Yehuda. 2 Nabi itu menyerukan pesan TUHAN mengenai mezbah tersebut, katanya, “Beginilah kata TUHAN terhadap mezbah ini, ‘Suatu hari nanti akan lahir seorang keturunan Daud bernama Yosia. Ketika dia menjadi raja, dia akan membunuh dan membakar imam-imam yang mempersembahkan kurban di sini. Bahkan tulang-tulang dari mayat mereka akan dibakar sampai habis di atas mezbah sehingga mezbah ini menjadi najis.’” 3 Nabi itu menegaskan perkataannya dengan membuat keajaiban, “Inilah tandanya bahwa pesan yang saya sampaikan benar-benar dari TUHAN: Perhatikan! Mezbah ini akan terbelah dan pecah sehingga abu di atasnya tumpah.” 4 Mendengar perkataan itu, Yerobeam langsung menunjuk kepadanya sambil berseru, “Tangkap dia!” Tetapi seketika itu juga tangannya yang diulurkan itu menjadi kaku dan tidak bisa diturunkan lagi. 5 Pada saat yang sama pecahlah mezbah itu sehingga abunya pun tumpah berantakan, tepat seperti yang disampaikan TUHAN melalui nabi-Nya. 6 Lalu Yerobeam berkata kepada nabi itu, “Berdoalah untuk saya! Mintalah kebaikan TUHAN Allahmu supaya tangan saya pulih kembali.” Nabi pun berdoa, dan tangan Yerobeam kembali seperti semula. 7 Raja berkata kepada nabi itu, “Pulanglah bersama saya. Mari kita makan bersama. Saya akan memberimu hadiah.” 8 Jawab nabi, “Sekalipun engkau memberikan setengah dari kekayaanmu, saya tidak akan ikut bersamamu dan tidak akan makan minum di tempat ini. 9 Karena TUHAN sudah memerintahkan saya, ‘Janganlah kamu mampir untuk makan dan minum. Juga jangan pulang melewati jalan yang sama seperti waktu kamu datang.’” 10 Kemudian nabi Allah itu meninggalkan Betel. Dia pulang melalui jalan lain.

Bagian: Nabi tua dari Betel

11 Pada waktu itu ada seorang nabi tua yang tinggal di Betel. Anak-anak lelakinya menceritakan kepadanya tentang nabi Allah yang tadi datang dari Yehuda. Mereka menyampaikan semua yang dikatakan nabi itu kepada Yerobeam. 12 Lalu nabi tua itu bertanya, “Nabi itu pergi lewat jalan mana?” Mereka pun menunjukkan jalan yang diambilnya. 13 Katanya kepada mereka, “Pasanglah pelana keledai ayah.” Mereka mengerjakannya, lalu dia menunggang keledainya 14 dan pergi mengejar nabi itu. Dia menjumpainya sedang duduk di bawah pohon besar. Nabi tua itu bertanya, “Apakah kamu nabi Allah yang datang dari Yehuda?”
Jawabnya, “Ya, benar.” 15 Lalu kata nabi tua itu, “Mari, mampirlah ke rumah saya untuk makan.” 16 Jawab nabi yang dari Yehuda, “Saya tidak bisa kembali ke Betel ataupun makan dan minum bersamamu. 17 TUHAN sudah berpesan kepada saya, ‘Jangan makan dan minum di tempat itu. Juga jangan pulang melewati jalan yang sama seperti waktu kamu datang.’” 18 Nabi tua itu membohongi dia dengan berkata “Saya juga nabi sama sepertimu. Dan tadi ada malaikat datang kepada saya menyampaikan pesan TUHAN, ‘Bawalah dia ke rumahmu supaya dia dapat makan dan minum.’” 19 Maka nabi dari Yehuda itu ikut ke rumah nabi tua di Betel dan mereka makan bersama. 20 Saat mereka sedang duduk di meja makan, TUHAN memberi pesan kepada nabi tua itu 21 sehingga dia berseru kepada nabi yang dari Yehuda, “TUHAN Allahmu berkata, ‘Kamu sudah menolak taat kepada perintah-Ku 22 dengan kembali dan makan di tempat yang Aku larang! Karena itu kamu tidak akan dikuburkan bersama para leluhurmu.’” 23 Sesudah makan, nabi tua itu memasang pelana keledai untuk ditunggangi oleh nabi yang satunya itu. 24 Di tengah perjalanan, seekor singa menyerang nabi dari Yehuda itu sampai mati. Mayatnya tergeletak di jalan, sementara keledai dan singa itu tetap berdiri di kiri kanannya. 25 Orang-orang yang melewati jalan itu melihat mayatnya lalu menceritakan di Betel, “Ada mayat di jalan dengan seekor singa di sampingnya!” 26 Waktu nabi tua itu mendengar berita tersebut, dia berkata, “Itu nabi yang tadi, yang tidak menaati perintah TUHAN. Karena itulah TUHAN menggenapi perkataan-Nya dengan mendatangkan singa untuk menyerang dan membunuh dia.” 27 Lalu nabi tua itu berkata kepada anak-anaknya, “Pasangkanlah pelana pada keledai kita.” Mereka pun melakukannya. 28 Dia pergi dan menemukan mayat nabi itu tergeletak di jalan. Keledai dan singa tadi masih berdiri di sampingnya. Singa itu tidak memangsa mayat maupun keledai tersebut. 29 Kemudian nabi tua itu mengangkat mayat nabi yang dari Yehuda ke atas keledainya, lalu membawa dia pulang ke Betel untuk diratapi dan dikubur. 30 Dia menguburkan nabi Yehuda itu di kuburan keluarganya. Bersama anak-anaknya, mereka meratapi dia dengan berkata, “Oh, saudaraku!” 31 Sesudah penguburan selesai, nabi tua itu berkata kepada anak-anaknya, “Suatu hari nanti waktu aku meninggal, kuburkanlah aku di sini, di kuburan yang sama, di samping tulang-tulangnya. 32 Semua yang diucapkan nabi ini berdasarkan perintah TUHAN tentang mezbah di Betel dan semua tempat pemujaan di bukit wilayah Samaria pasti akan terjadi.”

Bagian: Yerobeam tetap saja berdosa

33 Setelah semua peristiwa itu, Yerobeam tetap tidak berhenti melakukan perbuatan jahatnya. Dia masih saja mengangkat imam-imam dari berbagai suku untuk ditugaskan di tempat-tempat pemujaan di atas bukit-bukit. Dia mengizinkan siapa pun untuk menjadi imam. 34 Di mata TUHAN, perbuatan ini merupakan dosa besar, sehingga dia dan seluruh keluarganya akan dilenyapkan dari muka bumi.

1 Behold, a man of God came out of Judah by Yahweh’s word to Bethel; and Jeroboam was standing by the altar to burn incense. 2 He cried against the altar by Yahweh’s word, and said, “Altar! Altar! Yahweh says: ‘Behold, a son will be born to David’s house, Josiah by name. On you he will sacrifice the priests of the high places who burn incense on you, and they will burn men’s bones on you.’” 3 He gave a sign the same day, saying, “This is the sign which Yahweh has spoken: Behold, the altar will be split apart, and the ashes that are on it will be poured out.” 4 When the king heard the saying of the man of God, which he cried against the altar in Bethel, Jeroboam put out his hand from the altar, saying, “Seize him!” His hand, which he put out against him, dried up, so that he could not draw it back again to himself. 5 The altar was also split apart, and the ashes poured out from the altar, according to the sign which the man of God had given by Yahweh’s word. 6 The king answered the man of God, “Now intercede for the favor of Yahweh your God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored to me.” The man of God interceded with Yahweh, and the king’s hand was restored to him, and became as it was before. 7 The king said to the man of God, “Come home with me and refresh yourself, and I will give you a reward.” 8 The man of God said to the king, “Even if you gave me half of your house, I would not go in with you, neither would I eat bread nor drink water in this place; 9 for so was it commanded me by Yahweh’s word, saying, ‘You shall eat no bread, drink no water, and don’t return by the way that you came.’” 10 So he went another way, and didn’t return by the way that he came to Bethel. 11 Now an old prophet lived in Bethel, and one of his sons came and told him all the works that the man of God had done that day in Bethel. They also told their father the words which he had spoken to the king. 12 Their father said to them, “Which way did he go?” Now his sons had seen which way the man of God went, who came from Judah. 13 He said to his sons, “Saddle the donkey for me.” So they saddled the donkey for him; and he rode on it. 14 He went after the man of God, and found him sitting under an oak. He said to him, “Are you the man of God who came from Judah?” He said, “I am.” 15 Then he said to him, “Come home with me and eat bread.” 16 He said, “I may not return with you, nor go in with you. I will not eat bread or drink water with you in this place. 17 For it was said to me by Yahweh’s word, ‘You shall eat no bread or drink water there, and don’t turn again to go by the way that you came.’” 18 He said to him, “I also am a prophet as you are; and an angel spoke to me by Yahweh’s word, saying, ‘Bring him back with you into your house, that he may eat bread and drink water.’” He lied to him. 19 So he went back with him, ate bread in his house, and drank water. 20 As they sat at the table, Yahweh’s word came to the prophet who brought him back; 21 and he cried out to the man of God who came from Judah, saying, “Yahweh says, ‘Because you have been disobedient to Yahweh’s word, and have not kept the commandment which Yahweh your God commanded you, 22 but came back, and have eaten bread and drank water in the place of which he said to you, “Eat no bread, and drink no water,” your body will not come to the tomb of your fathers.’” 23 After he had eaten bread and after he drank, he saddled the donkey for the prophet whom he had brought back. 24 When he had gone, a lion met him by the way and killed him. His body was thrown on the path, and the donkey stood by it. The lion also stood by the body. 25 Behold, men passed by and saw the body thrown on the path, and the lion standing by the body; and they came and told it in the city where the old prophet lived. 26 When the prophet who brought him back from the way heard of it, he said, “It is the man of God who was disobedient to Yahweh’s word. Therefore Yahweh has delivered him to the lion, which has mauled him and slain him, according to Yahweh’s word which he spoke to him.” 27 He said to his sons, saying, “Saddle the donkey for me,” and they saddled it. 28 He went and found his body thrown on the path, and the donkey and the lion standing by the body. The lion had not eaten the body nor mauled the donkey. 29 The prophet took up the body of the man of God, and laid it on the donkey, and brought it back. He came to the city of the old prophet to mourn, and to bury him. 30 He laid his body in his own grave; and they mourned over him, saying, “Alas, my brother!” 31 After he had buried him, he spoke to his sons, saying, “When I am dead, bury me in the tomb in which the man of God is buried. Lay my bones beside his bones. 32 For the saying which he cried by Yahweh’s word against the altar in Bethel, and against all the houses of the high places which are in the cities of Samaria, will surely happen.” 33 After this thing, Jeroboam didn’t turn from his evil way, but again made priests of the high places from among all the people. Whoever wanted to, he consecrated him, that there might be priests of the high places. 34 This thing became sin to the house of Jeroboam, even to cut it off and to destroy it from off the surface of the earth.