Anden Kongebog 3
1 Joram, Akabs Søn, blev Konge over Israel i Samaria i Kong Josafat af Judas attende Regeringsaar, og han herskede i tolv Aar.
Now Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria in the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned twelve years.
2 Han gjorde, hvad der var ondt i HERRENS Øjne, dog ikke som hans Fader og Moder, og han fjernede Ba'als Stenstøtter, som hans Fader havde ladet lave.
He did that which was evil in the LORD’s sight, but not like his father and like his mother, for he put away the pillar of Baal that his father had made.
3 Men han holdt fast ved de Synder, som Jeroboam, Nebats Søn, forledte Israel til; dem veg han ikke fra.
Nevertheless he held to the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, with which he made Israel to sin. He didn’t depart from them.
4 Kong Mesja af Moab drev Kvægavl og svarede Israels Konge en Afgift paa 100 000 Lam og Ulden af 100 000 Vædre.
Now Mesha king of Moab was a sheep breeder; and he supplied the king of Israel with one hundred thousand lambs and the wool of one hundred thousand rams.
5 Men efter Akabs Død faldt Moabs Konge fra Israels Konge.
But when Ahab was dead, the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel.
6 Da drog Kong Joram straks ud fra Samaria og mønstrede hele Israel;
King Jehoram went out of Samaria at that time, and mustered all Israel.
7 desuden sendte han Bud til Kong Josafat af Juda og lod sige: »Moabs Konge er faldet fra mig; vil du drage med i Krig mod Moab?« Han svarede: »Ja, jeg vil; jeg som du, mit Folk som dit, mine Heste som dine!«
He went and sent to Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, saying, “The king of Moab has rebelled against me. Will you go with me against Moab to battle?” He said, “I will go up. I am as you are, my people as your people, my horses as your horses.”
8 Og han spurgte: »Hvilken Vej skal vi drage?« Han svarede: »Gennem Edoms Ørken!«
Then he said, “Which way shall we go up?” Jehoram answered, “The way of the wilderness of Edom.”
9 Saa drog Israels, Judas og Edoms Konger af Sted. Men da de havde tilbagelagt en Strækning af syv Dagsrejser, var der ikke Vand til Hæren og Dyrene, som de havde med.
So the king of Israel went with the king of Judah and the king of Edom, and they marched for seven days along a circuitous route. There was no water for the army or for the animals that followed them.
10 Da sagde Israels Konge: »Ak, at HERREN har kaldt disse tre Konger sammen for at overgive dem i Moabs Haand!«
The king of Israel said, “Alas! For the LORD has called these three kings together to deliver them into the hand of Moab.”
11 Men Josafat sagde: »Er her ingen af HERRENS Profeter, ved hvem vi kan raadspørge HERREN?« Da svarede en af Israels Konges Folk: »Jo, her er Elisa, Sjafats Søn, som øste Vand paa Elias's Hænder.«
But Jehoshaphat said, “Isn’t there a prophet of the LORD here, that we may enquire of the LORD by him?” One of the king of Israel’s servants answered, “Elisha the son of Shaphat, who poured water on the hands of Elijah, is here.”
12 Josafat sagde: »Hos ham er HERRENS Ord!« Og Israels Konge og Josafat og Edoms Konge begav sig ned til ham.
Jehoshaphat said, “The LORD’s word is with him.” So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to him.
13 Men Elisa sagde til Israels Konge: »Hvad har jeg med dig at gøre? Gaa du til din Faders og Moders Profeter!« Israels Konge svarede: »Ak nej, thi HERREN har kaldt disse tre Konger sammen for at give dem i Moabs Haand.«
Elisha said to the king of Israel, “What have I to do with you? Go to the prophets of your father, and to the prophets of your mother.” The king of Israel said to him, “No, for the LORD has called these three kings together to deliver them into the hand of Moab.”
14 Da sagde Elisa: »Saa sandt Hærskarers HERRE lever, for hvis Aasyn jeg staar: Var det ikke for Kong Josafat af Judas Skyld, vilde jeg ikke se til dig eller værdige dig et Blik!
Elisha said, “As the LORD of Hosts lives, before whom I stand, surely, were it not that I respect the presence of Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, I would not look towards you, nor see you.
15 Men hent mig nu en Strengespiller!« Thi naar Strengespilleren spillede, kom HERRENS Haand over ham.
But now bring me a musician.” When the musician played, the LORD’s hand came on him.
16 Derpaa sagde han: »Saa siger HERREN: Grav Grøft ved Grøft i Dalen her!
He said, “The LORD says, ‘Make this valley full of trenches.’
17 Thi saa siger HERREN: I skal hverken mærke til Blæst eller Regn, men alligevel skal Dalen her fyldes med Vand, saa at I, eders Hær og eders Dyr kan drikke!
For the LORD says, ‘You will not see wind, neither will you see rain, yet that valley will be filled with water, and you will drink, both you and your livestock and your other animals.
18 Dog tykkes dette HERREN for lidet, han vil ogsaa give Moab i eders Haand;
This is an easy thing in the LORD’s sight. He will also deliver the Moabites into your hand.
19 I skal indtage alle befæstede Byer og alle betydelige Byer, alle Frugttræer skal I fælde, alle Kilder skal I tilstoppe, og al frugtbar Agerjord skal I ødelægge med Sten!«
You shall strike every fortified city and every choice city, and shall fell every good tree, and stop all springs of water, and mar every good piece of land with stones.’”
20 Og næste Morgen ved Afgrødeofferets Tid kom der Vand fra den Kant, hvor Edom ligger, saa hele Egnen blev fuld af Vand.
In the morning, about the time of offering the sacrifice, behold, water came by the way of Edom, and the country was filled with water.
21 Da alle Moabiterne hørte, at Kongerne var draget op for at føre Krig med dem, blev enhver, der overhovedet kunde bære Vaaben, opbudt, og de tog Stilling ved Grænsen.
Now when all the Moabites heard that the kings had come up to fight against them, they gathered themselves together, all who were able to put on armour, young and old, and stood on the border.
22 Men tidligt om Morgenen, da Solen stod op over Vandet, saa Moabiterne Vandet foran sig rødt som Blod.
They rose up early in the morning, and the sun shone on the water, and the Moabites saw the water opposite them as red as blood.
23 Da raabte de: »Det er Blod! Kongerne har fuldstændig tilintetgjort hverandre, de har hugget hverandre ned; nu til Byttet, Moab!«
They said, “This is blood. The kings are surely destroyed, and they have struck each other. Now therefore, Moab, to the plunder!”
24 Men da de naaede Israels Lejr, brød Israeliterne op og slog Moabiterne paa Flugt. Derpaa rykkede de frem og huggede Moabiterne ned;
When they came to the camp of Israel, the Israelites rose up and struck the Moabites, so that they fled before them; and they went forward into the land attacking the Moabites.
25 Byerne nedbrød de; paa al frugtbar Agerjord kastede de hver sin Sten, saa den blev fuld af Sten; alle Kildevæld tilstoppede de, og alle Frugttræer fældede de. Til sidst var kun Kir-Hareset tilbage, og denne By omringede Slyngekasterne og skød paa den.
They beat down the cities; and on every good piece of land each man cast his stone, and filled it. They also stopped all the springs of water and cut down all the good trees, until in Kir Hareseth all they left was its stones; however the men armed with slings went around it and attacked it.
26 Da Moabs Konge saa, at han ikke kunde modstaa Angrebet, samlede han 700 sværdvæbnede Mænd for at bryde igennem hen til Kongen af Edom, men det lykkedes ikke.
When the king of Moab saw that the battle was too severe for him, he took with him seven hundred men who drew a sword, to break through to the king of Edom; but they could not.
27 Saa tog han sin førstefødte Søn, der skulde følge ham paa Tronen, og ofrede ham som Brændoffer paa Muren. Da kom heftig Vrede over Israel, og de brød op og vendte hjem til deres Land.
Then he took his oldest son who would have reigned in his place, and offered him for a burnt offering on the wall. There was great wrath against Israel; and they departed from him, and returned to their own land.
