Første Kongebog 22
1 De holdt sig nu rolige i tre Aar, der var ikke Krig mellem Aram og Israel.
Now for three years there was no war between Aram and Israel.
2 Og i det tredje Aar drog Kong Josafat af Juda ned til Israels Konge.
And it came about in the third year, that Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, came down to the king of Israel.
3 Da sagde Israels Konge til sine Folk: »I ved jo, at Ramot i Gilead hører os til, og dog rører vi os ikke for at tage det fra Arams Konge!«
And the king of Israel said to his servants, Do you not see that Ramoth-gilead is ours? and we are doing nothing to get it back from the hands of the king of Aram.
4 Og han sagde til Josafat: »Vil du drage med i Krig mod Ramot i Gilead?« Josafat svarede Israels Konge: »Jeg som du, mit Folk som dit, mine Heste som dine!«
And he said to Jehoshaphat, Will you go with me to Ramoth-gilead to make war? And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, I am as you are: my people as your people, my horses as your horses.
5 Josafat sagde fremdeles til Israels Konge: »Spørg dog først om, hvad HERREN siger!«
Then Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, Let us now get directions from the Lord.
6 Da lod Israels Konge Profeterne kalde sammen, henved 400 Mand, og spurgte dem: »Skal jeg drage i Krig mod Ramot i Gilead, eller skal jeg lade være?« De svarede: »Drag derop, saa skal HERREN give det i Kongens Haand!«
So the king of Israel got all the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said to them, Am I to go to Ramoth-gilead to make war or not? And they said, Go up: for the Lord will give it into the hands of the king.
7 Men Josafat spurgte: »Er her ikke endnu een af HERRENS Profeter, vi kan spørge?«
But Jehoshaphat said, Is there no other prophet of the Lord here from whom we may get directions?
8 Israels Konge svarede: »Her er endnu en Mand, ved hvem vi kan raadspørge HERREN; men jeg hader ham, fordi han aldrig spaar mig godt, kun ondt; det er Mika, Jimlas Søn.« Men Josafat sagde: »Saaledes maa Kongen ikke tale!«
And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, There is still one man by whom we may get directions from the Lord, Micaiah, son of Imlah; but I have no love for him, for he is a prophet of evil to me and not of good. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.
9 Da kaldte Israels Konge paa en Hofmand og sagde: »Hent hurtig Mika, Jimlas Søn!«
Then the king of Israel sent for one of his unsexed servants and said, Go quickly and come back with Micaiah, the son of Imlah.
10 Imidlertid sad Israels Konge og Kong Josafat af Juda, iført deres Skrud, hver paa sin Trone i Samarias Portaabning, og alle Profeterne spaaede foran dem.
Now the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah, were seated on their seats of authority, dressed in their robes, by the doorway into Samaria; and all the prophets were acting as prophets before them.
11 Da lavede Zidkija, Kena'anas Søn, sig Horn af Jern og sagde: »Saa siger HERREN: Med saadanne skal du støde Aramæerne ned, til de er tilintetgjort!«
And Zedekiah, the son of Chenaanah, made himself horns of iron and said, The Lord says, Pushing back the Aramaeans with these, you will put an end to them completely.
12 Og alle Profeterne spaaede det samme og sagde: »Drag op mod Ramot i Gilead, saa skal Lykken følge dig, og HERREN vil give det i Kongens Haand!«
And all the prophets said the same thing, saying, Go up to Ramoth-gilead, and it will go well for you, for the Lord will give it into the hands of the king.
13 Men Budet, der var gaaet efter Mika, sagde til ham: Se, Profeterne har alle som een givet Kongen gunstigt Svar. Tal du nu som de og giv gunstigt Svar!
Now the servant who had gone to get Micaiah said to him, See now, all the prophets with one voice are saying good things to the king; so let your words be like theirs and say good things.
14 Men Mika svarede: »Saa sandt HERREN lever: Hvad HERREN siger mig, det vil jeg tale!«
And Micaiah said, By the living Lord, whatever the Lord says to me I will say.
15 Da han kom til Kongen, spurgte denne ham: »Mika, skal vi drage i Krig mod Ramot i Gilead, eller skal vi lade være?« Da svarede han: »Drag derop, saa skal Lykken følge dig, og HERREN vil give det i Kongens Haand!«
When he came to the king, the king said to him, Micaiah, are we to go to Ramoth-gilead to make war or not? And in answer he said, Go up, and it will go well for you; and the Lord will give it into the hands of the king.
16 Men Kongen sagde til ham: »Hvor mange Gange skal jeg besvære dig, at du ikke siger mig andet end Sandheden i HERRENS Navn?«
Then the king said to him, Have I not, again and again, put you on your oath to say nothing to me but what is true in the name of the Lord?
17 Da sagde han: Jeg saa hele Israel spredt paa Bjergene som en Hjord uden Hyrde: og HERREN sagde: De Folk har ingen Herre, lad dem vende tilbage i Fred, hver til sit!
Then he said, I saw all Israel wandering on the mountains like sheep without a keeper; and the Lord said, These have no master: let them go back, every man to his house in peace.
18 Israels Konge sagde da til Josafat: »Sagde jeg dig ikke, at han aldrig spaar mig godt, kun ondt!«
And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, Did I not say that he would not be a prophet of good but of evil?
19 Da sagde Mika: »Saa hør da HERRENS Ord! Jeg saa HERREN sidde paa sin Trone og hele Himmelens Hær staa til højre og venstre for ham;
And he said, Give ear now to the word of the Lord: I saw the Lord seated on his seat of power, with all the army of heaven in their places round him at his right hand and at his left.
20 og HERREN sagde: Hvem vil daare Akab, saa han drager op og falder ved Ramot i Gilead? En sagde nu eet, en anden et andet;
And the Lord said, How may Ahab be tricked into going up to Ramoth-gilead to his death? And one said one thing and one another.
21 men saa traadte en Aand frem og stillede sig foran HERREN og sagde: Jeg vil daare ham! HERREN spurgte ham: Hvorledes?
Then a spirit came forward and took his place before the Lord and said, I will get him to do it by a trick.
22 Han svarede: Jeg vil gaa hen og blive en Løgnens Aand i alle hans Profeters Mund! Da sagde HERREN: Ja, du kan daare ham; gaa hen og gør det!
And the Lord said, How? And he said, I will go out and be a spirit of deceit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Your trick will have its effect on him: go out and do so.
23 Se, saaledes har HERREN lagt en Løgnens Aand i alle disse dine Profeters Mund, thi HERREN har ondt i Sinde imod dig!«
And now, see, the Lord has put a spirit of deceit in the mouth of all these your prophets; and the Lord has said evil against you.
24 Da traadte Zidkija, Kena'as Søn, frem og slog Mika paa Kinden og sagde: »Ad hvilken Vej skulde HERRENS Aand have forladt mig for at tale til dig?«
Then Zedekiah, the son of Chenaanah, came near and gave Micaiah a blow on the side of the face, saying, Where is the spirit of the Lord whose word is in you?
25 Men Mika sagde: »Det skal du faa at se, den Dag du flygter fra Kammer til Kammer for at skjule dig!«
And Micaiah said, Truly, you will see on that day when you go into an inner room to keep yourself safe.
26 Saa sagde Israels Konge: »Tag Mika og bring ham tilbage til Amon, Byens Øverste, og Kongesønnen Joasj
And the king of Israel said, Take Micaiah and send him back to Amon, the ruler of the town, and to Joash, the king's son;
27 og sig: Saaledes siger Kongen: Kast denne Mand i Fængsel og sæt ham paa Trængselsbrød og Trængselsvand, indtil jeg kommer uskadt tilbage!«
And say, It is the king's order that this man is to be put in prison and given prison food till I come again in peace.
28 Men Mika sagde: »Kommer du uskadt tilbage, saa har HERREN ikke talet ved mig!« Og han sagde: »Hør, alle I Folkeslag!«
And Micaiah said, If you come back at all in peace, the Lord has not sent his word by me.
29 Saa drog Israels Konge og Kong Josafat af Juda op mod Ramot i Gilead.
So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah, went up to Ramoth-gilead.
30 Og Israels Konge sagde til Josafat: »Jeg vil forklæde mig, før jeg drager i Kampen; men tag du dine egne Klæder paa!« Og Israels Konge forklædte sig og drog saa i Kampen.
And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, I will make a change in my clothing, so that I do not seem to be the king, and will go into the fight; but do you put on your robes. So the king of Israel made a change in his dress and went into the fight.
31 Men Arams Konge havde givet sine to og tredive Vognstyrere den Befaling: »I maa ikke angribe nogen, være sig høj eller lav, uden Israels Konge alene!«
Now the king of Aram had given orders to the thirty-two captains of his war-carriages, saying, Make no attack on small or great, but only on the king of Israel.
32 Da nu Vognstyrerne fik Øje paa Josafat, tænkte de: »Det er sikkert Israels Konge!« Og de rettede deres Angreb mod ham. Da gav Josafat sig til at raabe;
So when the captains of the war-carriages saw Jehoshaphat, they said, Truly, this is the king of Israel; and turning against him, they came round him, but Jehoshaphat gave a cry.
33 og da Vognstyrerne opdagede, at det ikke var Israels Konge, trak de sig bort fra ham.
And when the captains of the war-carriages saw that he was not the king of Israel, they went back from going after him.
34 Men en Mand, der skød en Pil af paa Lykke og Fromme, ramte Israels Konge mellem Remmene og Brynjen. Da sagde han til sin Vognstyrer: »Vend og før mig ud af Slaget, thi jeg er saaret!«
And a certain man sent an arrow from his bow without thought of its direction, and gave the king of Israel a wound where his breastplate was joined to his clothing; so he said to the driver of his war-carriage, Go to one side and take me away out of the army, for I am badly wounded.
35 Men Kampen blev haardere og haardere den Dag, og Kongen holdt sig oprejst i sin Vogn over for Aramæerne til Aften, skønt Blodet fra Saaret flød ned i Bunden at Vognen; men om Aftenen døde han.
But the fight became more violent while the day went on; and the king was supported in his war-carriage facing the Aramaeans, and the floor of the carriage was covered with the blood from his wound, and by evening he was dead.
36 Da Solen gik ned, gik det Raab gennem Lejren: »Enhver drage hjem til sin By og sit Land,
And about sundown a cry went up from all parts of the army, saying, Let every man go back to his town and his country, for the king is dead.
37 thi Kongen er død!« Saa kom de til Samaria, og de jordede Kongen der.
And they came to Samaria, and put the king's body to rest in Samaria.
38 Og da man skyllede Vognen ved Samarias Dam, slikkede Hundene hans Blod, og Skøgerne badede sig deri efter det Ord, HERREN havde talet.
And the war-carriage was washed by the pool of Samaria, which was the bathing-place of the loose women, and the dogs were drinking his blood there, as the Lord had said.
39 Hvad der ellers er at fortælle om Akab, alt, hvad han gjorde, Elfenbenshuset, han lod opføre, og alle de Byer, han befæstede, staar jo optegnet i Israels Kongers Krønike.
Now the rest of the acts of Ahab, and all he did, and his ivory house, and all the towns of which he was the builder, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Israel?
40 Saa lagde Akab sig til Hvile hos sine Fædre; og hans Søn Ahazja blev Konge i hans Sted.
So Ahab was put to rest with his fathers; and Ahaziah his son became king in his place.
41 Josafat, Asas Søn, blev Konge over Juda i Kong Akab af Israels fjerde Regeringsaar.
And Jehoshaphat, the son of Asa, became king over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab's rule over Israel.
42 Josafat var fem og tredive Aar gammel, da han blev Konge, og han herskede fem og tyve Aar i Jerusalem. Hans Moder hed Azuba og var en Datter af Sjilhi.
Jehoshaphat was thirty-five years old when he became king, and he was king for twenty-five years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Azubah, the daughter of Shilhi.
43 Han vandrede nøje i sin Fader Asas Spor og veg ikke derfra, idet han gjorde, hvad der var ret i HERRENS Øjne.
He did as Asa his father had done, not turning away from it, but doing what was right in the eyes of the Lord; but the high places were not taken away: the people went on making offerings and burning them in the high places.
44 Kun blev Offerhøjene ikke fjernet, og Folket blev ved at ofre og tænde Offerild paa Højene.
And Jehoshaphat made peace with the king of Israel.
45 Og Josafat havde Fred med Israels Konge.
Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, and his great power, and how he went to war, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Judah?
46 Hvad der ellers er at fortælle om Josafat, de Heltegerninger, han udførte, og de Krige, han førte, staar jo optegnet i Judas Kongers Krønike.
He put an end to the rest of those who were used for sex purposes in the worship of the gods, all those who were still in the land in the time of his father Asa.
47 De sidste af Mandsskøgerne, som var tilbage fra hans Fader Asas Tid, udryddede han af Landet.
At that time there was no king in Edom;
48 Paa den Tid var der ingen Konge i Edom.
And the representative of King Jehoshaphat made a Tarshish-ship to go to Ophir for gold, but it did not go, because it was broken at Ezion-geber.
49 Kong Josafats Statholder byggede et Tarsisskib til Fart paa Ofir efter Guld; men der kom intet ud af det, da Skibet gik under ved Ezjongeber.
Then Ahaziah, the son of Ahab, said to Jehoshaphat, Let my men go with yours in the ships. But Jehoshaphat would not let them.
50 Da foreslog Ahazja, Akabs Søn, Josafat at lade sine Folk sejle med hans; men Josafat afslog det.
Then Jehoshaphat went to rest with his fathers, and his body was put into the earth in the town of David his father; and Jehoram his son became king in his place.
51 Saa lagde Josafat sig til Hvile hos sine Fædre og blev jordet hos sine Fædre i sin Fader Davids By og hans Søn Joram blev Konge i hans Sted.
Ahaziah, the son of Ahab, became king over Israel in Samaria in the seventeenth year of the rule of Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah, and he was king over Israel for two years.
52 Ahazja, Akabs Søn, blev Konge over Israel i Samaria i Kong Josafat af Judas syttende Regeringsaar, og han herskede to Aar over Israel.
He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, going in the ways of his father and his mother, and in the ways of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, who made Israel do evil.
53 Han gjorde, hvad der var ondt i HERRENS Øjne, og vandrede i sin Faders og sin Moders Spor og i Jeroboams, Nebats Søns, Spor, han, som forledte Israel til at synde. Han dyrkede Ba'al og tilbad ham og krænkede HERREN, Israels Gud, nøjagtigt som hans Fader havde gjort.
He was a servant and worshipper of Baal, moving the Lord, the God of Israel, to wrath, as his father had done.
