Anden Kongebog 1
1 Efter Alkahs Død faldt Moab fra Israel.
And Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Achaab.
2 Og Ahazja faldt ud gennem Vinduesgitteret for sin Stue på Taget i Samaria og blev syg; da sendte han Sendebud af Sted og sagde til dem: "Gå hen og spørg Ekrons Gud Ba'al-Zebub, om jeg kommer mig af min Sygdom!"
And Ochozias fell through the lattice that was in his upper chamber in Samaria and was sick; and he sent messengers, and said to them, Go and enquire of Baal fly, the god of Accaron, whether I shall recover of this my sickness. And they went to enquire of him.
3 Men HERRENs Engel sagde til Tisjbiten Elias: "Gå 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 rådspørge Ekrons Gud Ba'al-Zebub?
And an angel of the Lord called Eliu the Thesbite, saying, Arise, and go to meet the messengers of Ochozias king of Samaria, and thou shalt say to them, [Is it] because there is no God in Israel, [that] ye go to enquire of Baal fly, the God of Accaron? but [it shall] not [be] so.
4 Derfor, så siger HERREN: Det Leje, du steg op på, kommer du ikke ned fra, thi du skal dø!" Dermed gik Elias bort.
For thus saith the Lord, The bed on which thou art gone up, thou shalt not come down from it, for thou shalt surely die. And Eliu went, and said [so] to them.
5 Da Sendebudene kom tilbage til ham, spurgte han dem: "Hvorfor kommer I tilbage?"
And the messengers returned to him, and he said to them, Why have ye returned?
6 De svarede: "En Mand kom os i Møde og sagde til os: Vend tilbage til Kongen, som har sendt eder, og sig: Så siger HERREN: Mon det er, fordi der ingen Gud er i Israel, at du sender Bud for at rådspørge Ekrons Gud Ba'al-Zebub? Derfor: Det Leje, du steg op på, kommer du ikke ned fra, thi du skal dø!"
And they said to him, A man came up to meet us, and said to us, Go, return to the king that sent you, and say to him, Thus saith the Lord, [Is it] because there is no God in Israel, [that] thou goest to enquire of Baal fly, the God of Accaron? [it shall] not [be] so: the bed on which thou art gone up, thou shalt not come down from it, for thou shalt surely die.
7 Han spurgte dem da: "Hvorledes så den Mand ud, som kom eder i Møde og sagde disse Ord til eder?"
So they returned and reported to the king as Eliu said: and he said to them, What [was] the manner of the man who went up to meet you, and spoke to you these words?
8 De svarede: "Det var en Mand i en lådden Kappe med et Læderbælte om Lænderne." Da sagde han: "Det er Tisjbiten Elias."
And they said to him, [He was] a hairy man, and girt with a leathern girdle about his loins. And he said, This is Eliu the Thesbite.
9 Derpå sendte han en Halvhundredfører med hans halvtredsindstyve Mand ud efter ham; og da han kom op til ham på 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 his fifty; and he went up to him: and, behold, Eliu sat on the top of a mountain. And the captain of fifty spoke to him, and said, O man of God, the king has called thee, come down.
10 Men Elias svarede Halvhundredføreren: "Er jeg en Guds Mand, så 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 Eliu answered and said to the captain of fifty, And if I [am] a man of God, fire shall come down out of heaven, and devour thee and thy fifty. And fire came down out of heaven, and devoured him and his fifty.
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! Således siger Kongen: Kom straks ned!"
And the king sent a second time to him another captain of fifty, and his fifty. And the captain of fifty spoke to him, and said, O man of God, thus says the king, Come down quickly.
12 Men Elias svarede ham: "Er jeg en Guds Mand, så 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.
And Eliu answered and spoke to him, and said, If I [am] a man of God, fire shall come down out of heaven, and devour thee and thy fifty. And fire came down out of heaven, and devoured him and his fifty.
13 Atter sendte Kongen en Halvhundredfører ud efter ham: men da den tredje Halvhundredfører kom derop, kastede han sig på Knæ for Elias, bønfaldt ham og sagde: "du Guds Mand! Lad dog mit og disse dine halvtredsindstyve Trælles Liv være dyrebarl i dine Øjne!
And the king sent yet again a captain and his fifty. And the third captain of fifty came, and knelt on his knees before Eliu, and entreated him, and spoke to him and said, O man of God, let my life, and the life of these fifty thy servants, be precious in thine eyes.
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 devoured the two first captains of fifty: and now, I pray, let my life be precious in thine eyes.
15 Da sagde HERRENs Engel til Elias: "Gå ned med ham, frygt ikke for ham!" Så gik han ned med ham og fulgte ham til Kongen.
And the angel of the Lord spoke to Eliu, and said, Go down with him, be not afraid of them. And Eliu rose up, and went down with him to the king.
16 Og han sagde til Kongen: "Så siger HERREN: Fordi du har sendt Sendebud hen at rådspørge Ekrons Gud Ba'al-Zebub - men det er, fordi der ingen Gud er i Israel, du kunde rådspørge? - derfor: Det Leje, du steg op på, kommer du ikke ned fra, thi du skal dø!"
And Eliu spoke to him, and said, Thus saith the Lord, Why hast thou sent messengers to enquire of Baal fly, the god of Accaron? [it shall] not [be] so: the bed on which thou art gone up, thou shalt not come down from it, for 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 Regeringsår; thi han havde ingen Søn.
So he died according to the word of the Lord which Eliu has spoken.
18 Hvad der ellers er at fortælle om Ahazja, hvad han udførte, står jo optegnet i Israels Kongers Krønike.
And the rest of the acts of Ochozias which he did, behold, [are] they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
