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1 Yeribom qurbongohning yonida qurbonlik kuydirmoqchi boʻlib turgan paytda, bir paygʻambar, Egamizning amriga koʻra, Yahudodan Baytilga keldi. 2 Paygʻambar Egamizning amri bilan qurbongohga nido qildi:
— Qurbongoh, ey qurbongoh! Egamiz shunday aytar: “Dovud xonadonida bir oʻgʻil farzand dunyoga kelar, Uning ismi Yoʻshiyo boʻlar. Sajdagohlarda qurbonlik kuydiradigan ruhoniylarni sening ustingda qurbon qilar. Sening ustingda inson suyaklarini yoqar.”
3 Paygʻambar oʻsha kuniyoq buning alomati toʻgʻrisida aytdi:
— Egamiz aytgan alomat quyidagicha boʻladi: qurbongoh yorilib ketar, ustidagi kul toʻkilar.
4 Paygʻambarning Baytildagi qurbongohga aytgan bu soʻzlarini Yeribom eshitgach, qurbongohdan unga tomon qoʻlini uzatib: “Ushlanglar uni!” — dedi. Yeribomning paygʻambarga qarshi choʻzilgan qoʻli esa qurib, yogʻochday qotib qoldi. Uning qoʻli bukilmaydigan boʻlib qoldi. 5 Egamizning paygʻambar orqali aytgan alomati bajo boʻldi: qurbongoh yorilib, ustidagi kul toʻkilib ketdi. 6 Shunda shoh paygʻambarga dedi:
— Iltijo qilaman, Egangiz Xudoga men uchun yolvorib, ibodat qiling, toki qoʻlim avvalgi holiga kelsin.
Paygʻambar Egamizga ibodat qilgan edi, shohning qoʻli avvalgi holiga kelib, bukiladigan boʻldi. 7 Shoh paygʻambarga yana aytdi:
— Men bilan yur uyimga, tamaddi qilib ol, senga hadyalar beray.
8 Paygʻambar shohga dedi:
— Boyligingning yarmini bersang ham, sen bilan bormayman, bu yerda non ham yemayman, suv ham ichmayman. 9 Egamiz menga: “Non yemaysan, suv ichmaysan, borgan yoʻlingdan qaytmaysan”, deb amr bergan.
10 Shundan keyin paygʻambar Baytilga kelgan yoʻlidan qaytmay, boshqa yoʻldan ketdi.
Baytillik keksa paygʻambar
11 Baytilda keksa bir paygʻambar yashardi. Uning oʻgʻillari kelib, Yahudolik paygʻambarning shu kuni Baytilda qilgan ishlari haqida otalariga aytib berdilar. Paygʻambarning shohga aytgan soʻzlarini ham otalariga bayon qildilar. 12 Otasi oʻgʻillaridan: “Oʻsha odam qaysi yoʻldan ketdi?” — deb soʻradi.
Yahudodan kelgan paygʻambarning qaysi yoʻldan ketganini unga oʻgʻillari koʻrsatdilar. 13 Shunda keksa paygʻambar oʻgʻillariga: “Eshagimni egarlanglar!” — dedi. Oʻgʻillari paygʻambarning eshagini egarlab berdilar, u eshagiga minib joʻnadi.
14 Keksa paygʻambar Yahudolik paygʻambarning izidan ketdi va nihoyat uni topdi. Yahudolik paygʻambar eman daraxti ostida oʻtirgan ekan. Keksa paygʻambar undan:
— Yahudodan kelgan paygʻambar senmisan? — deb soʻradi.
— Ha, menman, — javob berdi u. 15 Keksa paygʻambar unga:
— Men bilan yur uyimga, tamaddi qilib ol, — dedi. 16 U esa keksa paygʻambarga:
— Sen bilan birga qaytib borolmayman, — dedi. — Bu yerda sen bilan birga non ham yemayman, suv ham ichmayman. 17 Egamiz menga: “U yerda non ham yemaysan, suv ham ichmaysan, borgan yoʻlingdan qaytmaysan”, deb amr bergan.
18 Paygʻambar esa unga shunday dedi:
— Men ham senga oʻxshagan bir paygʻambarman, farishta menga Egamizning shu soʻzlarini aytdi: “Uni yoʻldan qaytarib, oʻzing bilan birga uyingga olib kel, non yeb, suv ichib olsin.”
Lekin keksa paygʻambar yolgʻon gapirayotgan edi.
19 Shunday qilib, Yahudolik paygʻambar keksa paygʻambar bilan birga qaytib keldi, uning uyida tamaddi qildi. 20 Ular dasturxon atrofida oʻtirganlarida, keksa paygʻambarga Egamiz shu soʻzlarni ayon qildi. 21 Keksa paygʻambar esa Yahudolik paygʻambarga dedi:
— Egamiz shunday aytmoqda: “Sen Mening soʻzimga itoat qilmading! Men, Egangiz Xudoning amriga qarshi chiqib 22 orqangga qaytding. Men senga non yema, suv ichma, deb aytgan yerda yeb–ichding. Endi sening jasading ota–bobolaring xilxonasiga dafn qilinmaydi.”
23 Yahudolik paygʻambar tamaddi qilib boʻlishi bilanoq, keksa paygʻambar uning eshagini egarlab berdi. 24 Yahudolik paygʻambar yoʻlda ketayotgan edi, oldidan bir sher chiqib qoldi. Sher uni tilka–pora qilib, jasadni yoʻlning ustiga tashladi. Eshak ham, sher ham jasadning oldida turardi. 25 Shu yerdan oʻtib ketayotgan odamlar yoʻl oʻrtasidagi jasadni va jasad yonida turgan sherni koʻrdilar. Odamlar keksa paygʻambar yashaydigan shaharga borib, koʻrganlarini aytdilar. 26 Yahudolik paygʻambarni yoʻldan qaytarib kelgan keksa paygʻambar shu voqeani eshitib dedi:
— Egamizning amriga itoat etmagan paygʻambar oʻshadir. Shuning uchun Egamiz sherni yubordi va sher uni tilka–pora qilib tashladi. Egamiz, aytganiga binoan, uni oʻldirdi.
27 Keksa paygʻambar oʻgʻillariga: “Eshagimni egarlanglar!” — dedi. Oʻgʻillari eshakni egarlab berdilar. 28 U borib, yoʻl oʻrtasida yotgan jasadni topdi. Eshak ham, sher ham jasadning yonida turar, sher jasadni yemagan, eshakka hech qanday zarar yetkazmagan edi. 29 Keksa paygʻambar Yahudolik paygʻambarning jasadini yerdan koʻtarib olib, eshakka ortdi va orqasiga qaytarib olib ketdi. Uni dafn qilib, unga aza ochay deb, shaharga keldi. 30 Jasadni oʻzining qabriga qoʻygach: “Voy jigarim, voy jigarim!” deb qabr ustida faryod chekdi. 31 Yahudolik paygʻambarni dafn qilgach, keksa paygʻambar oʻgʻillariga:
— Vafot etganimdan soʻng meni ham Yahudolik paygʻambar dafn qilingan xilxonaga qoʻyinglar, — dedi. — Suyaklarim uning suyaklari yonida tursin. 32 Egamizning amriga koʻra, Baytildagi qurbongoh va Samariya shaharlaridagi hamma sajdagohlar haqida uning aytgan soʻzlari albatta bajo boʻladi.
Yeribomning gunoh ishlari
33 Bu hodisadan keyin ham Yeribom qabih yoʻldan qaytmadi. Yana sajdagohlarga oddiy xalqdan ruhoniylar tayin etdi. Kimni xohlasa, oʻshani ruhoniy qilib tayinlayverdi. 34 Bu gunoh ishlar Yeribom naslining yer yuzidan qirilib, yoʻqolib ketishiga sabab boʻldi.
1 And, behold, there came a man of God out of Judah by the word of the LORD unto Beth-el: and Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn incense. 2 And he cried against the altar in the word of the LORD, and said, O altar, altar, thus saith the LORD; Behold, a child shall be born unto the house of David, Josiah by name; and upon thee shall he offer the priests of the high places that burn incense upon thee, and men’s bones shall be burnt upon thee. 3 And he gave a sign the same day, saying, This is the sign which the LORD hath spoken; Behold, the altar shall be rent, and the ashes that are upon it shall be poured out. 4 And it came to pass, when king Jeroboam heard the saying of the man of God, which had cried against the altar in Beth-el, that he put forth his hand from the altar, saying, Lay hold on him. And his hand, which he put forth against him, dried up, so that he could not pull it in again to him. 5 The altar also was rent, and the ashes poured out from the altar, according to the sign which the man of God had given by the word of the LORD. 6 And the king answered and said unto the man of God, Intreat now the face of the LORD thy God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored me again. And the man of God besought the LORD, and the king’s hand was restored him again, and became as it was before. 7 And the king said unto the man of God, Come home with me, and refresh thyself, and I will give thee a reward. 8 And the man of God said unto the king, If thou wilt give me half thine house, I will not go in with thee, neither will I eat bread nor drink water in this place: 9 For so was it charged me by the word of the LORD, saying, Eat no bread, nor drink water, nor turn again by the same way that thou camest. 10 So he went another way, and returned not by the way that he came to Beth-el.
11 ¶ Now there dwelt an old prophet in Beth-el; and his sons came and told him all the works that the man of God had done that day in Beth-el: the words which he had spoken unto the king, them they told also to their father. 12 And their father said unto them, What way went he? For his sons had seen what way the man of God went, which came from Judah. 13 And he said unto his sons, Saddle me the ass. So they saddled him the ass: and he rode thereon, 14 And went after the man of God, and found him sitting under an oak: and he said unto him, Art thou the man of God that camest from Judah? And he said, I am . 15 Then he said unto him, Come home with me, and eat bread. 16 And he said, I may not return with thee, nor go in with thee: neither will I eat bread nor drink water with thee in this place: 17 For it was said to me by the word of the LORD, Thou shalt eat no bread nor drink water there, nor turn again to go by the way that thou camest. 18 He said unto him, I am a prophet also as thou art; and an angel spake unto me by the word of the LORD, saying, Bring him back with thee into thine house, that he may eat bread and drink water. But he lied unto him. 19 So he went back with him, and did eat bread in his house, and drank water.
20 ¶ And it came to pass, as they sat at the table, that the word of the LORD came unto the prophet that brought him back: 21 And he cried unto the man of God that came from Judah, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Forasmuch as thou hast disobeyed the mouth of the LORD, and hast not kept the commandment which the LORD thy God commanded thee, 22 But camest back, and hast eaten bread and drunk water in the place, of the which the Lord did say to thee, Eat no bread, and drink no water; thy carcase shall not come unto the sepulchre of thy fathers.
23 ¶ And it came to pass, after he had eaten bread, and after he had drunk, that he saddled for him the ass, to wit , for the prophet whom he had brought back. 24 And when he was gone, a lion met him by the way, and slew him: and his carcase was cast in the way, and the ass stood by it, the lion also stood by the carcase. 25 And, behold, men passed by, and saw the carcase cast in the way, and the lion standing by the carcase: and they came and told it in the city where the old prophet dwelt. 26 And when the prophet that brought him back from the way heard thereof , he said, It is the man of God, who was disobedient unto the word of the LORD: therefore the LORD hath delivered him unto the lion, which hath torn him, and slain him, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake unto him. 27 And he spake to his sons, saying, Saddle me the ass. And they saddled him . 28 And he went and found his carcase cast in the way, and the ass and the lion standing by the carcase: the lion had not eaten the carcase, nor torn the ass. 29 And the prophet took up the carcase of the man of God, and laid it upon the ass, and brought it back: and the old prophet came to the city, to mourn and to bury him. 30 And he laid his carcase in his own grave; and they mourned over him, saying , Alas, my brother! 31 And it came to pass, after he had buried him, that he spake to his sons, saying, When I am dead, then bury me in the sepulchre wherein the man of God is buried; lay my bones beside his bones: 32 For the saying which he cried by the word of the LORD against the altar in Beth-el, and against all the houses of the high places which are in the cities of Samaria, shall surely come to pass.
33 ¶ After this thing Jeroboam returned not from his evil way, but made again of the lowest of the people priests of the high places: whosoever would, he consecrated him, and he became one of the priests of the high places. 34 And this thing became sin unto the house of Jeroboam, even to cut it off, and to destroy it from off the face of the earth.
