1 Kings 13

13 ¹One man of our Papa come from Judah go Bethel by our Papa word, as Jeroboam stand for di altar to burn incense.

²By di word of our Papa e cry against di altar say: "Altar, altar, our Papa talk say: di house of David go born one pikin wey im name go be Josiah. On top you e go sacrifice di high-place priests wey dey burn incense on top you, and human bones go burn on top you."

³Dat same day e give one sign say: "Na dis be di sign wey our Papa talk: di altar go split and di ashes wey dey inside go pour comot."

⁴As King Jeroboam hear di man of our Papa dey cry out against di altar for Bethel, e stretch out im hand from di altar, dey talk say, "Hold am!" But di hand wey e stretch out against am dry, e no fit draw am back come imsef. ⁵Di altar tear apart, im ashes pour comot—na di sign wey di man of our Papa give by our Papa word. ⁶Di king tell di man of our Papa say, "Beg your God make e show favour; pray for me, make my hand come back." E ask our Papa, and di king hand come back as e bin dey before.

⁷Di king tell di man of our Papa say, "Come house, chop with me, and I go give you gift."

⁸Di man of our Papa tell di king say, "Even if you give me half of your house, I no go follow you go, I no go chop bread, I no go drink water for here.

⁹Na so our Papa word command me: 'No chop bread, no drink water, no go back di way wey you come.'"

¹⁰So e waka anoda way, e no go back by di way wey e bin take come Bethel.

¹¹One old prophet dey live for Bethel. Im pikin dem come tell am everytin wey di man of our Papa do dat day for Bethel. Dem also tell dia papa di words wey e talk to di king.

¹²Dia papa ask say, "Which way e take go?" Im pikin dem show am di road wey di man of our Papa from Judah take. ¹³E tell im pikin dem say, "Put saddle for di donkey give me." Dem put saddle for di donkey give am, and e climb am ride. ¹⁴E follow di man of our Papa, meet am dey siddon under one oak tree, and ask am say, "Na you be di man of our Papa wey come from Judah?" E say, "Na me."

¹⁵Den e tell am say, "Come house with me make you chop small bread."

¹⁶But e say, "I no fit go back with you or enter with you, and I no go chop bread or drink water with you for here. ¹⁷Because our Papa tell me by im word say: 'No chop bread, no drink water for dere, or go back di way wey you come.'"

¹⁸E say, "Me sef na prophet, like you; one angel tell me by God word say, 'Bring am come back to your house make e chop bread and drink water.'" But na lie e tell am.

¹⁹So di man of our Papa go back with am, chop bread for im house, and drink water. ²⁰As dem siddon for table, di word of our Papa come meet di prophet wey bring am back.

²¹E call di man of our Papa from Judah say: "Na dis be wetin our Papa talk: Because you defy im word and ignore di command wey your Papa give you, ²²but you come back, chop bread, and drink water for di place wey e tell you, 'No chop bread, no drink water'—your dead body no go reach your fathers dem tomb."

²³After our Papa man don chop and drink, di old prophet put saddle for di donkey give am, for di prophet wey e bin bring back. ²⁴As e dey waka for im way, one lion meet am for di road and kill am. Im body lie for di road, di donkey stand for im side, di lion stand for di body side. ²⁵People wey dey pass see di body wey lie for di road and di lion wey stand for im side, and dem come report am for di city wey di old prophet dey live. ²⁶As e hear dis, di prophet wey bin turn am back from di road say, "Na di man of our Papa wey defy our Papa word; so e give am to di lion, wey break and kill am, as e bin tell am." ²⁷Den e tell im pikin dem say, "Put saddle for di donkey give me." And dem put am. ²⁸E go meet di body wey lie for di road, di donkey and di lion stand for im side; di lion no chop di body or tear di donkey. ²⁹Di prophet lift di body of di man of our Papa, put am for di donkey, carry am come back, and reach di city to mourn and bury am. ³⁰E lay di body for im own grave, and dem mourn over am, dey talk say, "Ah, my broda!"

³¹After e bury am, e tell im pikin dem say, "When I die, bury me for di grave wey dem bury di man of our Papa; put my bones for im bones side. ³²Di message wey e cry by our Papa word against Bethel altar and every high-place shrine for Samaria cities go surely happen."

³³After dis, Jeroboam still no turn from im evil way; e again make high-place priests from all di people—anybody wey want, e ordain, and dem become high-place priests. ³⁴Dis one become sin to Jeroboam house, dey cut am off, dey destroy am from di face of di earth.