2 Kraljevima 10

1 U Samariji bijaše sedamdeset Ahabovih sinova. Jehu napisa pismo i posla ga u Samariju zapovjednicima grada, starješinama i skrbnicima Ahabove djece. Kazivaše u njemu:

Now there were in Samaria seventy of Ahab's sons. And Jehu sent letters to Samaria, to the rulers of the town, and to the responsible men, and to those who had the care of the sons of Ahab, saying,

2 “Sada, kad vam stigne ovo pismo - vi, u kojih su sinovi vašeg gospodara, koji imate kola i konje, tvrde gradove i oružje -

Straight away, when you get this letter, seeing that your master's sons are with you, and that you have carriages and horses and a walled town and arms;

3 pogledajte koji je između sinova vašeg gospodara najbolji i najdostojniji, pa ga postavite na prijestolje njegova oca i borite se za dom svoga gospodara.”

Take the best and most upright of your master's sons, and make him king in his father's place, and put up a fight for your master's family.

4 Ali se oni veoma uplašiše i rekoše: “Eto, dva mu kralja nisu mogla odoljeti, kako ćemo mu mi odoljeti?”

But they were full of fear, and said, The two kings have gone down before him: how may we keep our place?

5 Upravitelj dvora, zapovjednik grada, starješine i skrbnici poručiše ovo Jehuu: “Mi smo tvoje sluge, činit ćemo sve što nam budeš naredio; kraljem proglašavati nećemo nikoga. Čini što misliš da je dobro.”

So the controller of the king's house, with the ruler of the town, and the responsible men, and those who had the care of Ahab's sons, sent to Jehu, saying, We are your servants and will do all your orders; we will not make any man king; do whatever seems best to you.

6 Jehu im napisa drugo pismo i u njemu reče: “Ako ste za mene i želite me slušati, uzmite glave ljudi, sinova svoga gospodara, i potražite me sutra u ovo doba u Jizreelu.” Sedamdeset je naime kraljevih sinova bilo kod uglednih građana koji su ih odgajali.

Then he sent them a second letter, saying, If you are on my side, and if you will do my orders, come to me at Jezreel by this time tomorrow, with the heads of your master's sons. Now the king's seventy sons were with the great men of the town, who had the care of them.

7 I kad im je stiglo ovo pismo, uzeli su kraljeve sinove i pobili ih svih sedamdeset. Njihove su glave metnuli u košare i poslali su ih njemu u Jizreel.

And when the letter came to them, they took the king's sons and put them to death, all the seventy, and put their heads in baskets and sent them to him at Jezreel.

8 Glasnik dođe i javi mu: “Donijeli su glave kraljevih sinova.” On reče: “Stavite ih do sutra kod ulaznih vrata, u dvije hrpe.”

And a man came and said to him, They have come with the heads of the king's sons. And he said, Put them down in two masses at the doorway of the town till the morning.

9 Ujutro iziđe, stade i reče svomu narodu: “Vi ste pravedni! Ja sam se urotio protiv svoga gospodara i ja sam ga ubio, ali tko pobi sve ove?

And in the morning he went out and, stopping, said to all the people there, You are upright men: it is true that I made designs against my master, and put him to death; but who is responsible for the death of all these?

10 Znajte, dakle, da nije izostala nijedna riječ koju reče Jahve o obitelji Ahabovoj; nego je Jahve izvršio sve što je rekao preko sluge svoga Ilije.”

You may be certain that nothing which the Lord has said about the family of Ahab will be without effect; for the Lord has done what he said by his servant Elijah.

11 I Jehu pobi sve koji su u Jizreelu ostali iz kuće Ahabove, sve velikaše njegove, pouzdanike i svećenike njegove. Nije poštedio nikoga.

So Jehu put to death all the rest of the seed of Ahab in Jezreel, and all his relations and his near friends and his priests, till there were no more of them.

12 Potom usta Jehu i pođe u Samariju. Kad je bio na cesti kod Bet Ekeda pastirskoga,

Then he got up and came to Samaria. And he was at the meeting-place of the keepers of sheep, by the way,

13 nađe braću judejskog kralja Ahazje te ih upita: “Tko ste?” Oni mu odgovoriše: “Mi smo braća Ahazjina, a silazimo da pozdravimo sinove kraljeve i sinove kraljičine.”

When he came across the brothers of Ahaziah, king of Judah, and said, Who are you? And they said, We are the brothers of Ahaziah, king of Judah; we are going down to see the children of the king and of the queen.

14 Tada zapovjedi: “Pohvatajte ih žive!” I žive ih pohvataše i pobiše ih na studencu kod Bet Ekeda, njih četrdeset i dvojicu. Nije ostavio ni jednoga od njih.

And he said, Take them living. So they took them living, and put them to death in the water-hole of Beth-eked; of the forty-two men he put every one to death;

15 Otišavši odatle, nađe Jonadaba, sina Rekabova, koji mu je dolazio u susret. On ga pozdravi i reče mu: “Je li tvoje srce iskreno prema mome, kao što je moje prema tvome srcu?” Jonadab odgovori: “Jest.” - “Ako je tako, daj mi ruku.” Jonadab mu pruži ruku i Jehu ga posadi kraj sebe na kola.

And when he had gone away from there, he came across Jehonadab, the son of Rechab: and he said good-day to him, and said to him, Is your heart true to mine, as mine is to yours? And Jehonadab in answer said, It is; and Jehu said, If it is, give me your hand. And he gave him his hand, and he made him come up into his carriage.

16 I reče mu: “Hodi sa mnom, divit ćeš se mojoj revnosti za Jahvu.” I odvede ga na svojim kolima.

And he said, Come with me and see how I am on fire for the Lord's cause. So he made him go with him in his carriage.

17 Ušao je u Samariju i poubijao sve preživjele iz obitelji Ahabove u Samariji. Sve ih je iskorijenio po riječi koju Jahve bijaše rekao Iliji.

And when he came to Samaria, he put to death all those of Ahab's family who were still in Samaria, till there were no more of them, as the Lord had said to Elijah.

18 Jehu je sakupio sav narod i rekao mu: “Ahab je malo poštivao Baala; Jehu će ga više poštivati.

Then Jehu got all the people together and said to them, Ahab was Baal's servant in a small way, but Jehu will be his servant on a great scale.

19 Sada mi pozovite sve proroke Baalove, sve njegove sluge i sve njegove svećenike, neka ni jedan ne izostane, jer ću žrtvovati veliku žrtvu Baalu. Tko izostane, izgubit će život.” Jehu je radio lukavo, da bi uništio Baalove vjernike.

Now send for all the prophets of Baal and all his servants and all his priests, to come to me; let no one keep away: for I have a great offering to make to Baal; anyone who is not present, will be put to death. This Jehu did with deceit, his purpose being the destruction of the servants of Baal.

20 Jehu reče: “Sazovite svečani zbor Baalu.” I sazvaše ga.

And Jehu said, Let there be a special holy meeting for the worship of Baal. So a public statement was made.

21 Jehu je nato poslao glasnike po svem Izraelu i došli su svi Baalovi vjernici: nije bilo ni jednoga da bi izostao. Skupili su se u Baalov hram, koji se ispunio od jednoga zida do drugoga.

And Jehu sent out through all Israel; and all the servants of Baal came, not one kept away. And they came into the house of Baal, so that it was full from end to end.

22 Jehu reče čuvaru haljina: “Iznesi haljine svim Baalovim vjernicima.” I iznese im haljine.

And Jehu said to him who kept the robes, Get out robes for all the servants of Baal. So he got out robes for them.

23 Jehu uđe u hram Baalov s Jonadabom, sinom Rekabovim, i reče Baalovim vjernicima: “Provjerite dobro da nema ovdje među vama Jahvina sluge nego samih Baalovih vjernika.”

And Jehu, with Jehonadab, the son of Rechab, went into the house of Baal; and he said to the servants of Baal, Make a search with care, to see that no servant of the Lord is with you, but only servants of Baal.

24 I pođe žrtvovati klanice i paljenice. Ali je Jehu postavio vani osamdeset svojih ljudi i rekao im: “Ako koji od vas pusti da utekne i jedan od ovih ljudi što ih predajem u vaše ruke, svojim će životom platiti njegov život.”

Then they went in to make offerings and burned offerings. Now Jehu had put eighty men outside, and said to them, If any man whom I give into your hands gets away, the life of him who lets him go will be the price of his life.

25 Kad je Jehu završio prinos paljenice, naredi tjelesnoj straži i dvoranima: “Uđite, pobijte ih! Nitko neka ne iziđe!” Tjelesna straža i dvorani uđoše, pobiše ih oštricom mača i prodriješe sve do svetišta Baalova hrama.

Then when the burned offering was ended, straight away Jehu said to the armed men and the captains, Go in and put them to death; let not one come out. So they put them to the sword; and, pulling the images to the earth, they went into the holy place of the house of Baal.

26 Iznesoše Baalov lik iz hrama i spališe ga.

And they took out the image of Asherah from the house of Baal, and had it burned.

27 Raskopaše žrtvenik Baalov, srušiše i hram Baalov i pretvoriše ga u jame za nečist, koje su ostale do danas.

The altar of Baal was pulled down and the house of Baal was broken up and made an unclean place, as it is to this day.

28 Tako je Jehu istrijebio Baala iz Izraela.

So Jehu put an end to the worship of Baal in Israel.

29 Ali se Jehu nije okrenuo od grijeha Jeroboama, sina Nebatova, kojima je zavodio Izraela, od zlatnih telaca u Betelu i Danu.

But Jehu did not keep himself from all the sins of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, and the evil he made Israel do; the gold oxen were still in Beth-el and in Dan.

30 Jahve je rekao Jehuu: “Zato što si dobro izvršio ono što mi je po volji i što si učinio sve što sam nosio u srcu protiv kuće Ahabove, tvoji će sinovi sve do četvrtoga koljena sjediti na prijestolju Izraelovu.”

And the Lord said to Jehu, Because you have done well in doing what is right in my eyes and effecting all my purpose for the family of Ahab, your sons will be kings of Israel to the fourth generation.

31 Ali Jehu nije vjerno i svim srcem svojim slijedio zakon Jahve, Boga Izraelova. Nije se odvratio od grijeha kojima je Jeroboam zavodio Izraela.

But Jehu did not take care to keep the law of the Lord with all his heart: he did not keep himself from the sin which Jeroboam did and made Israel do.

32 U ono je vrijeme Jahve počeo krnjiti zemlju izraelsku, i Hazael se tukao s Izraelcima na svom području,

In those days the Lord was angry first with Israel; and Hazael made attacks on all the land of Israel,

33 od Jordana prema sunčevu izlasku, u svoj zemlji Gileadu, u zemlji Gadovoj, Rubenovoj i Manašeovoj, sve od Aroera na obali Arnona, do Gileada i Bašana.

East of Jordan, in all the land of Gilead, the Gadites and the Reubenites and the Manassites, from Aroer by the valley of the Arnon, all Gilead and Bashan.

34 Ostala povijest Jehuova, sve što je učinio, sva njegova djela, zar to nije zapisano u knjizi Ljetopisa kraljeva izraelskih?

Now the rest of the acts of Jehu, and all he did, and his great power, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Israel?

35 Počinuo je kraj svojih otaca i pokopaše ga u Samariji. Joahaz, sin njegov, zakralji se mjesto njega.

And Jehu went to rest with his fathers, and was put into the earth in Samaria. And Jehoahaz his son became king in his place.

36 Jehu je vladao u Samariji nad Izraelom dvadeset i osam godina.

And the time of Jehu's rule over Israel in Samaria was twenty-eight years.