2 Ljetopisa 17
1 Onda se na njegovo mjesto zakralji sin mu Jošafat; on pokaza svoju silu protiv Izraela.
And Jehoshaphat his son became king in his place, and made himself strong against Israel.
2 Razmjestio je vojsku po svim utvrđenim judejskim gradovima i postavio namjesnike po judejskoj zemlji i po Efrajimovim gradovima, koje bijaše zauzeo otac mu Asa.
He put forces in all the walled towns of Judah, and responsible chiefs in the land of Judah and in the towns of Ephraim, which Asa his father had taken.
3 Jahve je bio s Jošafatom jer je hodio pravim putovima svoga oca Davida i nije tražio baala.
And the Lord was with Jehoshaphat, because he went in the early ways of his father, not turning to the Baals,
4 Tražio je Boga svojih otaca i hodio po njegovim zapovijedima, ne čineći kao Izraelovi sinovi.
But turning to the God of his father and keeping his laws, and not doing as Israel did.
5 Zato je Jahve utvrdio kraljevstvo u njegovoj ruci, pa su svi Judejci davali Jošafatu danak, tako da je stekao veliko bogatstvo i slavu.
So the Lord made his kingdom strong; and all Judah gave offerings to Jehoshaphat, and he had great wealth and honour.
6 Njegovo se srce hrabrilo na Jahvinim putovima, pa je uklonio još i uzvišice i ašere iz Judeje.
His heart was lifted up in the ways of the Lord; and he went so far as to take away the high places and the wood pillars out of Judah.
7 Treće godine kraljevanja posla knezove Ben-Hajila, Obadju, Zahariju, Netanela i Miheja da uče po judejskim gradovima.
In the third year of his rule he sent Benhail and Obadiah and Zechariah and Nethanel and Micaiah, his captains, as teachers into the towns of Judah;
8 I s njima levite: Šemaju, Netaniju, Zebadju, Asahela, Šemiramota, Jonatana, Adoniju, Tobiju i Tob Adoniju; a s njima svećenike Elišamu i Jorama.
And with them, Shemaiah and Nethaniah and Zebadiah and Asahel and Shemiramoth and Jehonathan and Adonijah and Tobijah and Tob-adonijah, the Levites; and Elishama and Jehoram the priests.
9 Poučavali su po Judeji noseći sa sobom Knjigu Zakona Jahvina i obilazili sve judejske gradove učeći narod.
And they gave teaching in Judah and had the book of the law of the Lord with them; they went through all the towns of Judah teaching the people.
10 Jahvin je strah spopao sva zemaljska kraljevstva oko Judeje, tako da nisu smjela zaratiti na Jošafata.
And the fear of the Lord was on all the kingdoms of the lands round Judah, so that they made no wars against Jehoshaphat.
11 Sami su mu neki Filistejci donosili darove i novčani danak, a Arapi mu dogonili sitnu stoku: po sedam tisuća i sedam stotina ovnova te sedam tisuća i sedam stotina jaraca.
And some of the Philistines took offerings to Jehoshaphat, and made him payments of silver; and the Arabians gave him flocks, seven thousand, seven hundred sheep, and seven thousand, seven hundred he-goats.
12 Tako je Jošafat sve više napredovao dok ne postade vrlo velik. Sazidao je u Judeji kule i gradove-skladišta.
Jehoshaphat became greater and greater, and made strong towers and store-towns in Judah.
13 Imao je mnogo zaliha u judejskim gradovima, a hrabrih junaka u Jeruzalemu.
He had much property in the towns of Judah; he had forces of armed men, great and strong, in Jerusalem.
14 Evo njihova popisa po obiteljima: od Judina plemena tisućnici: vojvoda Adna i s njim trista tisuća hrabrih junaka;
This is the number of them, listed by their families, the captains of thousands of Judah: Adnah, the captain, and with him three hundred thousand men of war;
15 do njega vojvoda Johanan i s njim dvjesta i osamdeset tisuća;
Second to him Jehohanan, the captain, and with him two hundred and eighty thousand;
16 za njim Zikrijev sin Amasja, koji se spremno stavio u Jahvinu službu, a s njim dvjesta tisuća hrabrih junaka.
After him Amasiah, the son of Zichri, who freely gave himself to the Lord, and with him two hundred thousand men of war;
17 Od Benjaminova plemena: hrabri junak Eliada i s njim dvjesta tisuća ljudi naoružanih lukom i štitom;
And the captains of Benjamin: Eliada, a great man of war, and with him two hundred thousand armed with bows and body-covers;
18 za njim Jehozabad i s njim sto i osamdeset tisuća pripravnih za boj.
And after him Jehozabad, and with him a hundred and eighty thousand trained for war.
19 To su oni koji su služili kralju, ne brojeći one što ih je kralj namjestio u tvrdim gradovima po svoj Judeji.
These were the men who were waiting on the king, in addition to those placed by the king in the walled towns through all Judah.
