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1 След това, Иосафат заспа с бащите си и биде погребан с бащите си в Давидовия град; и вместо него се възцари син му Иорам.
Then Jehoshaphat died, and was buried where his ancestors were buried in [the part of Jerusalem called] ‘The City of David’. Then his son Jehoram became the king [of Judah].
2 А Иорам имаше братя, Иосафатови синове, - Азария, Ехиил, Захария, Азария, Михаил и Сафатия; всичките тия бяха синове на Израилевия цар Иосафат.
His [younger] brothers were Azariah, Jehiel, Zechariah, Azariah, Michael, and Shephatiah.
3 И баща им беше им дал много подаръци, - сребро, злато и скъпоценни неща, заедно с укрепени градове в Юда; но царството беше дал на Иорама, понеже той бе първороден.
Before Jehoshaphat died, he gave them gifts of silver and gold and other valuable things. He also appointed them to rule various cities in Judah that had walls around them. But he appointed Jehoram to be the king of Judah, because Jehoram was his oldest son.
4 А Иорам, когато се издигна на бащиното си царство и се закрепи, изби всичките си братя с меч, още и неколцина от Израилевите първенци.
After Jehoram was completely in control of his father’s kingdom, he had all of his [younger] brothers executed, along with some of the leaders of the nation.
5 Иорам бе тридесет и две години на възраст когато се възцари, и царува осем години в Ерусалим.
Jehoram was 32 years old when he became the king, and he ruled in Jerusalem for eight years.
6 Той ходи в пътя на Израилевите царе, както постъпваше Ахавовия дом, защото жена му беше Ахавова дъщеря; и върши зло пред Господа.
But he did many of the [evil] things that the kings of Israel had done. He did many things that Yahweh considers to be evil, things that the family of Ahab had done, because he married one of Ahab’s daughters.
7 При все това, Господ не иска да изтреби Давидовия дом, заради завета, който бе направил с Давида, и понеже беше обещал, че ща даде светилник нему и на потомците му до века.
However, because of the agreement that Yahweh had made with King David, Yahweh did not want to get rid of the descendants of David. He had promised that David’s descendants would always be the ones who ruled Judah.
8 В неговите дни Едом отстъпи изпод ръката на Юда, и си поставиха свой цар.
While Jehoram was ruling, the people of [the] Edom [region] rebelled against [the king of] Judah and appointed their own king.
9 Затова, Иорам замина с началниците си, и всичките колесници с него; и като стана през нощ порази, които го обкръжаваха, и началниците на колесниците.
So Jehoram and his officers and his men in chariots went to Edom. There, the army of Edom surrounded them. Jehoram escaped during the night.
10 Обаче, Едом отстъпи из под ръката на Юда, и остава независим до днес. Тогава, в същото време, отстъпи и Ливна изпод ръката му, понеже беше оставил Господа Бога на бащите си.
But the king of Judah was never able to regain control of Edom, and Edom is still not controlled by Judah. [The people in] Libnah [city between Judah and Philistia] also rebelled against Judah. Those things happened because Jehoram turned away from [obeying] Yahweh, the God whom his ancestors [belonged to].
11 Той построи и високи места по Юдовите планини, и направи ерусалимските жители да блудствуват, и разврати Юда.
On the hilltops in Judah he had also built shrines [to worship idols], and had caused the people of Judah to stray away from Yahweh by worshiping foreign gods.
12 Тогава дойде до него писмо от пророк Илия, което казваше: Така казва Господ Бог на баща ти Давида: Понеже ти не си ходил в пътищата на баща си Иосафата, нито в пътищата на Юдовия цар Аса,
One day, Jehoram received a letter from the prophet Elijah. Elijah had written this in the letter: “This is what Yahweh, the God whom your ancestor [King] David [worshiped], says: 'You have not done things that please me like your father Jehoshaphat did or what King Asa did.
13 но си ходил в пътя на Израилевите царе, и си направил Юда и ерусалимските жители да блудствуват, както блудствува Ахавовият дом, още си избил и братята си, дома на баща си, които бяха по-добри от тебе,
Instead, you have continually done the [evil things] that the kings of Israel have done. You have encouraged the people in Jerusalem and other places in Judah to stop worshiping Yahweh, like the descendants of Ahab did. You have also murdered your own brothers, who were more righteous men than you are.
14 ето, Господ порази с тежък удар людете ти, чадата ти, жените ти и целият ти имот;
So now Yahweh is about to very severely punish the people in your kingdom and even your own children and your wives and everything that you own.
15 и ти тежко ще боледуваш от разстройство на червата си, догдето от болестта червата ти почнат да изтичат от ден на ден.
And you yourself will have an intestinal disease that will continue to become worse, and you will suffer from it until you die.'”
16 Прочее, Господ подигна против Иорама духа на филистимците и на арабите, които са близо да етиопяните;
Then Yahweh caused some men from the Philistia people-group and some Arabs who lived near the coast [of the Mediterranean Sea], where people from Ethiopia had settled, to become angry with Jehoram.
17 и те възлязоха против Юда, спуснаха се на него, и заграбиха целия имот що се намери в царската къща, още и синовете му и жените му, така щото не му остана син, освен Иоахаз, най младият от синовете му.
Their army invaded Judah and took away [from Jerusalem] all the valuable things that they found in the king’s palace, and even his sons and wives. His youngest son, Ahaziah, was the only one of his sons whom they did not take away.
18 А подир всичко това Господ го порази с неизцелима болест в червата;
After that happened, Yahweh caused Jehoram to be afflicted with an intestinal disease that no one could cure.
19 и след известно време, на края, след две години, червата му изтекоха поради болестта му; и умря с люти болки. А людете му не гориха аромати за него, както бяха горили за бащите му.
About two years later, while he was in great pain, he died because of that disease. The people of Judah had made bonfires to honor his ancestors when they died, but they did not make a bonfire for Jehoram.
20 Той беше тридесет и две години на възраст, когато се възцари, и царува в Ерусалим осем години; и пресели се неоплакан; и погребаха го в Давидовия град, обаче не в царските гробища.
Jehoram was 32 years old when he became the king, and he ruled in Jerusalem for eight years. No one was sorry when he died. His corpse was buried in [the part of Jerusalem called] ‘The City of David’, but he was not buried where the other kings [of Judah] had been buried.
