1 Kings 20
1 Now Ben-hadad, king of Aram, got all his army together, and thirty-two kings with him, and horses and carriages of war; he went up and made war on Samaria, shutting it in.
Kong Benhadad af Aram samlede hele sin Hær, og to og tredive Konger fulgte ham med Heste og Stridsvogne; og han drog op og indesluttede Samaria og belejrede det.
2 And he sent representatives into the town to Ahab, king of Israel;
Han sendte nu Sendebud ind i Byen til Kong Akab af Israel
3 And they said to him, Ben-hadad says, Your silver and your gold are mine; and your wives and children are mine.
og lod sige til ham: "Således siger Benhadad: Dit Sølv og Guld er mit, men dine Hustruer og børn kan du beholde!"
4 And the king of Israel sent him an answer saying, As you say, my lord king, I am yours with all I have.
Israels Konge lod svare: "Som du byder, Herre Konge! Jeg og alt, hvad mit er, tilhører dig."
5 Then the representatives came back again, and said, These are the words of Ben-hadad: I sent to you saying, Give up to me your silver and your gold, your wives and your children;
Men Sendebudene vendte tilbage og sagde: "Således siger Benha dad: Jeg sendte Bud til dig og lod sige: Dit Sølv og Guld og dine Hustruer og Børn skal du give mig!
6 But I will send my servants to you tomorrow about this time, to make a search through your house and the houses of your people, and everything which is pleasing in your eyes they will take away in their hands.
Så sender jeg da i Morgen ved denne Tid mine Folk til dig, og de skal gennemsøge dit Hus og dine Folks Huse og tilvende sig og tage alt, hvad de lyster!"
7 Then the king of Israel sent for all the responsible men of the land, and said, Now will you take note and see the evil purpose of this man: he sent for my wives and my children, my silver and my gold, and I did not keep them back.
Da lod Israels Konge alle Landets Ældste kalde og sagde: "Der ser I, at Manden har ondt i Sinde, thi nu sender han Bud til mig om mine Hustruer og Børn, og mit Sølv og Guld havde jeg ikke nægtet ham!"
8 And all the responsible men and the people said to him, Do not give attention to him or do what he says.
Alle de Ældste og alt Folket svarede ham: "Hør ham ikke; du må ikke give efter!"
9 So he said to the representatives of Ben-hadad, Say to my lord the king, All the orders you sent the first time I will do; but this thing I may not do. And the representatives went back with this answer.
Da sagde han til Benhadads Sendebud: "Sig til min Herre Kongen: Alt, hvad du første Gang krævede af din Træl, vil jeg gøre, men dette Krav kan jeg ikke opfylde!" Med det Svar vendte Sendebudene tilbage.
10 Then Ben-hadad sent to him, saying, May the gods' punishment be on me if there is enough of the dust of Samaria for all the people at my feet to take some in their hands.
Da sendte Benhadad Bud til ham og lod sige: "Guderne ramme mig både med det ene og det andet, om Støvet i Samaria forslår til at fylde Hænderne på alle de Krigere, der følger mig!"
11 And the king of Israel said in answer, Say to him, The time for loud talk is not when a man is putting on his arms, but when he is taking them off.
Men Israels Konge lod svare: "Sig således: Den, der spænder Bæltet, skal ikke rose sig som den, der løser det!"
12 Now when this answer was given to Ben-hadad, he was drinking with the kings in the tents, and he said to his men, Take up your positions. So they put themselves in position for attacking the town.
Benhadad modtog Svaret, just som han sad og drak sammen med Kongerne i Løvhytterne; da sagde han til sine Folk: "Til Storm!" Og de gjorde sig rede til at storme Byen.
13 Then a prophet came up to Ahab, king of Israel, and said, The Lord says, Have you seen all this great army? See, I will give it into your hands today, and you will see that I am the Lord.
Men en Profet trådte hen til Kong Akab af Israel og sagde: "Så siger HERREN: Ser du hele den vældige Menneskemængde der? Se, jeg giver den i Dag i din Hånd, og du skal kende, at jeg er HERREN!"
14 And Ahab said, By whom? And he said, The Lord says, By the servants of the chiefs who are over the divisions of the land. Then he said, By whom is the fighting to be started? And he made answer, By you.
Akab spurgte: "Ved hvem?" Han svarede: "Så siger HERREN: Ved Fogedernes Folk!" Derpå spurgte han: "Hvem skal åbne Kampen?" Han svarede: "Du!"
15 Then he got together the servants of all the chiefs who were over the divisions of the land, two hundred and thirty-two of them; and after them, he got together all the people, all the children of Israel, seven thousand.
Så mønstrede han Fogedernes Folk, og de var 232; derefter mønstrede han hele Hæren, alle Israeliterne, 7000 Mand.
16 And in the middle of the day they went out. But Ben-hadad was drinking in the tents with the thirty-two kings who were helping him.
Og ved Middagstid gjorde de et Udfald, just som Benhadad og de to og tredive Konger, der fulgte ham, sad og drak i Løvhytterne.
17 And the servants of the chiefs who were over the divisions of the land went forward first; and when Ben-hadad sent out, they gave him the news, saying, Men have come out from Samaria.
Først rykkede Fogedernes Folk ud. Man sendte da Bud til Benhadad og meldte: "Der rykker Mænd ud fra Samaria!"
18 And he said, If they have come out for peace, take them living, and if they have come out for war, take them living.
Da sagde han: "Hvad enten de rykker ud for at få Fred eller for at kæmpe, så grib dem levende!"
19 So the servants of the chiefs of the divisions of the land went out of the town, with the army coming after them.
Da Fogedernes Folk og Hæren, som fulgte efter, var rykket ud fra Byen,
20 And every one of them put his man to death, and the Aramaeans went in flight with Israel after them; and Ben-hadad, king of Aram, got away safely on a horse with his horsemen.
huggede de ned for Fode, så at Aramæerne tog Flugten; og Israeliterne satte efter dem. Men Kong Benhadad af Aram undslap til Hest sammen med nogle Ryttere.
21 And the king of Israel went out and took the horses and the war-carriages, and made great destruction among the Aramaeans.
Da rykkede Israels Konge ud og gjorde Hestene og Vognene til Bytte, og han tilføjede Aramæerne et stort Nederlag.
22 Then the prophet came up to the king of Israel, and said to him, Now make yourself strong, and take care what you do, or a year from now the king of Aram will come up against you again.
Men Profeten trådte hen til Israels Konge og sagde til ham: "Tag dig sammen og se vel til, hvad du vil gøre, thi næste År drager Arams Konge op imod dig igen!"
23 Then the king of Aram's servants said to him, Their god is a god of the hills; that is why they were stronger than we: but if we make an attack on them in the lowlands, we will certainly be stronger than they.
Men Aramæerkongens Folk sagde til ham: "Deres Gud er en Bjerggud, derfor blev de os for stærke; men lad os se, om vi ikke kan blive de stærkeste, når vi angriber dem på Slettelandet!
24 This is what you have to do: take away the kings from their positions, and put captains in their places;
Således skal du gøre: Afsæt alle Kongerne, sæt Statholdere i deres Sted
25 And get together another army like the one which came to destruction, horse for horse, and carriage for carriage; and let us make war on them in the lowlands, and certainly we will be stronger than they. And he gave ear to what they said, and did so.
og stil lige så stor en Hær på Benene som den, du mistede, og lige så mange Heste og Vogne som før! Når vi så kæmper med dem på Slettelandet, sandelig, om vi ikke bliver de stærkeste!" Og han fulgte deres Råd og handlede derefter.
26 So, a year later, Ben-hadad got the Aramaeans together and went up to Aphek to make war on Israel.
Næste År mønstrede Benha dad Aramæeme og drog op til Atek for at kæmpe med Israel.
27 And the children of Israel got themselves together, and food was made ready and they went against them; the tents of the children of Israel were like two little flocks of goats before them, but all the country was full of the Aramaeans.
Også Israeliterne blev mønstret og forsynede sig med Levnedsmidler, hvorefter de rykkede dem i Møde og lejrede sig lige over for dem som to små Gedehjorde, medens Aramæerne oversvømmede Landet.
28 And a man of God came up and said to the king of Israel, The Lord says, Because the Aramaeans have said, The Lord is a god of the hills and not of the valleys; I will give all this great army into your hands, and you will see that I am the Lord.
Da trådte en Guds Mand hen til Israels Konge og sagde: "Så siger HERREN: Fordi Aramæerne siger: HERREN er en Bjerggud og ikke en Dalgud! vil jeg give hele den vældige Menneskemængde der i din Hånd, og I skal kende, at jeg er HERREN!"
29 Now the two armies kept their positions facing one another for seven days. And on the seventh day the fight was started; and the children of Israel put to the sword a hundred thousand Aramaean footmen in one day.
De lå nu lejret over for hinanden i syv Dage, men Syvendedagen kom det til Kamp, og Israeliterne huggede Aramæerne ned, 100.000 Mand Fodfolk på een Dag.
30 But the rest went in flight to Aphek, into the town, where a wall came down on the twenty-seven thousand who were still living. And Ben-hadad went in flight into the town, into an inner room.
De, der blev tilovers, flygtede til Byen Afek, men Muren styrtede ned over dem, der var tilbage, 27000 Mand. Benhadad flygtede ind i Byen, hvor han løb fra Kammer til Kammer.
31 Then his servants said to him, It is said that the kings of Israel are full of mercy: let us then put on haircloth, and cords on our heads, and go to the king of Israel; it may be that he will give you your life.
Da sagde hans Folk til ham: Vi har hørt, at Kongerne over Israels Hus er nådige Konger; lad os binde Sæk om Lænderne og Reb om Hovederne og gå ud til Israels Konge, måske han da vil skåne dit Liv!"
32 So they put on haircloth, and cords on their heads, and came to the king of Israel and said, Your servant Ben-hadad says, Let me now keep my life. And he said, Is he still living? he is my brother.
Så bandt de Sæk om Lændeme og Reb om Hovederne og kom til Israels Konge og sagde: "Din Træl Benhadad siger: Lad mig leve!" Han svarede: "Er han endnu i Live? Han er min Broder!"
33 Now the men took it as a sign, and quickly took up his words; and they said, Ben-hadad is your brother. Then he said, Go and get him. So Ben-hadad came out to him and he made him get up into his carriage.
Det tog Mændene for et godt Varsel. og de tog ham straks på Ordet, idet de sagde: "Benhadad er din Broder!" Da sagde han: "Gå hen og hent ham!" Så gik Benhadad ud til ham, og han tog ham op i Vognen til sig.
34 And Ben-hadad said to him, The towns my father took from your father I will give back; and you may make streets for yourself in Damascus as my father did in Samaria. And as for me, at the price of this agreement you will let me go. So he made an agreement with him and let him go.
Benhadad sagde nu til ham: "De Byer, min Fader fratog din Fader, vil jeg give tilbage, og du må bygge dig Gader i Damaskus, lige som min Fader gjorde i Samaria! På disse Vilkår give du mig fri!" Og han sluttede Pagt med ham og lod ham gå.
35 And a certain man of the sons of the prophets said to his neighbour by the word of the Lord, Give me a wound. But the man would not.
Men en af Profetsønnerne sagde med HERRENs Ord til sin Fælle: "Slå mig!" Men han vægrede sig derved.
36 Then he said to him, Because you have not given ear to the voice of the Lord, straight away when you have gone from me a lion will put you to death. And when he had gone, straight away a lion came rushing at him and put him to death.
Da sagde han til ham: "Fordi du ikke har adlydt HERRENs Ord. skal en Løve dræbe dig, når du går bort fra mig!" Og da han gik bort fra ham, traf en Løve på ham og dræbte ham.
37 Then he came across another man, and said, Give me a wound. And the man gave him a blow wounding him.
Så traf Profetsønnen en anden og sagde til ham: "Slå mig!" Og den anden slog ham og sårede ham.
38 So the prophet went away, and pulling his head-band over his eyes to keep his face covered, took his place by the road waiting for the king.
Så gik Profeten hen og stillede sig på den Vej, Kongen kom, og gjorde sig ukendelig med et Bind for Øjnene.
39 And when the king went by, crying out to him he said, Your servant went out into the fight; and a man came out to me with another man and said, Keep this man: if by any chance he gets away, your life will be the price of his life, or you will have to give a talent of silver in payment.
Da Kongen kom forbi, råbte han til ham: "Din Træl var draget med i Kampen; da kom en hen til mig med en Mand og sagde: Vogt den Mand vel! Slipper han bort, skal du svare for hans Liv med dit eget Liv eller bøde en Talent Sølv!
40 But while your servant was turning this way and that, he was gone. Then the king of Israel said to him, You are responsible; you have given the decision against yourself.
Men din Træl var optaget snart her, snart der, og borte var han." Da sagde Israels Konge til ham: "Det er din Dom, du har selv fældet den!"
41 Then he quickly took the head-band from his eyes; and the king of Israel saw that he was one of the prophets.
Så tog han hurtig Bindet fra Øjnene, og Israels Konge genkendte ham som en af Ptofeterne.
42 And he said to him, These are the words of the Lord: Because you have let go from your hands the man whom I had put to the curse, your life will be taken for his life, and your people for his people.
Og han sagde til ham: "Så siger HERREN: Fordi du gav Slip på den Mand, der var hjemfaldet til mit Band, skal du svare for hans Liv med dit eget Liv og for hans Folk med dit eget Folk!"
43 Then the king of Israel went back to his house, bitter and angry, and came to Samaria.
Da drog Israels Konge hjem, misfornøjet og ilde til Mode, og han kom til Samaria.
