Anden Kongebog 1
1 Efter Akabs Død faldt Moab fra Israel.
And Moab rebelled against Israel, after the death of Achab.
2 Og Ahazja faldt ud gennem Vinduesgitteret for sin Stue paa Taget i Samaria og blev syg; da sendte han Sendebud af Sted og sagde til dem: »Gaa hen og spørg Ekrons Gud Ba'al-Zebub, om jeg kommer mig af min Sygdom!«
And Ochozias fell through the lattices of his upper chamber which he had in Samaria, and was sick: and he sent messengers, saying to them: Go, consult Beelzebub, the god of Accaron, whether I shall recover of this my illness.
3 Men HERRENS Engel sagde til Tisjbiten Elias: »Gaa Sendebudene fra Samarias Konge i Møde og sig til dem: Mon det er, fordi der ingen Gud er i Israel, at I drager hen for at raadspørge Ekrons Gud Ba'al-Zebub?
And an angel of the Lord spoke to Elias the Thesbite, saying: Arise, and go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and say to them: Is there not a God in Israel, that ye go to consult Beelzebub the god of Accaron?
4 Derfor, saa siger HERREN: Det Leje, du steg op paa, kommer du ikke ned fra, thi du skal dø!« Dermed gik Elias bort.
Wherefore thus saith the Lord: From the bed, on which thou art gone up, thou shalt not come down, but thou shalt surely die. And Elias went away.
5 Da Sendebudene kom tilbage til ham, spurgte han dem: »Hvorfor kommer I tilbage?«
And the messengers turned back to Ochozias. And he said to them: Why are you come back?
6 De svarede: »En Mand kom os i Møde og sagde til os: Vend tilbage til Kongen, som har sendt eder, og sig: Saa siger HERREN: Mon det er, fordi der ingen Gud er i Israel, at du sender Bud for at raadspørge Ekrons Gud Ba'al-Zebub? Derfor: Det Leje, du steg op paa, kommer du ikke ned fra, thi du skal dø!«
But they answered him: A man met us, and said to us: Go, and return to the king, that sent you, and you shall say to him: Thus saith the Lord: Is it because there was no God in Israel that thou sendest to Beelzebub the god of Accaron? Therefore thou shalt not come down from the bed, on which thou art gone up, but then shalt surely die.
7 Han spurgte dem da: »Hvorledes saa den Mand ud, som kom eder i Møde og sagde disse Ord til eder?«
And he said to them: What manner of man was he who met you, and spoke these words?
8 De svarede: »Det var en Mand i en laadden Kappe med et Læderbælte om Lænderne.« Da sagde han: »Det er Tisjbiten Elias.«
But they said: A hairy man with a girdle of leather about his loins. And he said: It is Elias the Thesbite.
9 Derpaa sendte han en Halvhundredfører med hans halvtredsindstyve Mand ud efter ham; og da han kom op til ham paa Bjergets Top, hvor han sad, sagde han til ham: »Du Guds Mand! Kongen byder: Kom ned!«
And he sent to him a captain of fifty, and the fifty men that were under him. And he went up to him, and as he was sitting on the top of a hill, said to him: Man of God, the king hath commanded that thou come down.
10 Men Elias svarede Halvhundredføreren: »Er jeg en Guds Mand, saa fare Ild ned fra Himmelen og fortære dig og dine halvtredsindstyve Mand!« Da for Ild ned fra Himmelen og fortærede ham og hans halvtredsindstyve Mand.
And Elias answering, said to the captain of fifty: If I be a man of God, let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee, and thy fifty. And there came down fire from heaven, and consumed him, and the fifty that were with him.
11 Atter sendte Kongen en Halvhundredfører med hans halvtredsindstyve Mand ud efter ham; og da han kom derop, sagde han til ham: »Du Guds Mand! Saaledes siger Kongen: Kom straks ned!«
And again he sent to him another captain of fifty men, and his fifty with him. And he said to him: Man of God, thus saith the king: Make haste and come down.
12 Men Elias svarede ham: »Er jeg en Guds Mand, saa fare Ild ned fra Himmelen og fortære dig og dine halvtredsindstyve Mand!« Da for Guds Ild ned fra Himmelen og fortærede ham og hans halvtredsindstyve Mand.
Elias answering, said: If I be a man of God, let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And fire came down from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty.
13 Atter sendte Kongen en Halvhundredfører ud efter ham: men da den tredje Halvhundredfører kom derop, kastede han sig paa Knæ for Elias, bønfaldt ham og sagde: »du Guds Mand! Lad dog mit og disse dine halvtredsindstyve Trælles Liv være dyrebart i dine Øjne!
Again he sent a third captain of fifty men, and the fifty that were with him. And when he was come, he fell upon his knees, before Elias, and besought him and said: Man of God, despise not my life, and the lives of thy servants that are with me.
14 Se, Ild for ned fra Himmelen og fortærede de to første Halvhundredførere og deres halvtredsindstyve Mand, men lad nu mit Liv være dyrebart i dine Øjne!«
Behold fire came down from heaven, and consumed the two first captains of fifty men, and the fifties that were with them: but now I beseech thee to spare my life.
15 Da sagde HERRENS Engel til Elias: »Gaa ned med ham, frygt ikke for ham!« Saa gik han ned med ham og fulgte ham til Kongen.
And the angel of the Lord spoke to Elias, saying: Go down with him, fear not. He arose therefore, and went down with him to the king,
16 Og han sagde til Kongen: »Saa siger HERREN: Fordi du har sendt Sendebud hen at raadspørge Ekrons Gud Ba'al-Zebub — men det er, fordi der ingen Gud er i Israel, du kunde raadspørge? — derfor: Det Leje, du steg op paa, kommer du ikke ned fra, thi du skal dø!«
And said to him: Thus saith the Lord: Because thou hast sent messengers to consult Beelzebub the god of Accaron, as though there were not a God in Israel, of whom thou mightest inquire the word; therefore from the bed on which thou art gone up, thou shalt not come down, but thou shalt surely die.
17 Og han døde efter det HERRENS Ord, som Elias havde talt. Og hans Broder Joram blev Konge i hans Sted i Josafats Søns, Kong Joram af Judas, andet Regeringsaar; thi han havde ingen Søn.
So he died according to the word of the Lord which Elias spoke, and Joram his brother reigned in his stead, in the second year of Joram the son of Josaphat king of Juda: because he had no son.
18 Hvad der ellers er at fortælle om Ahazja, hvad han udførte, staar jo optegnet i Israels Kongers Krønike.
But the rest of the acts of Ochozias which he did, are they not written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of Israel?
