2 Kings 3
1 And Jehoram, the son of Ahab, became king over Israel in Samaria in the eighteenth year of the rule of Jehoshaphat, king of Judah; and he was king for twelve years.
Joram, Akabs Søn, blev Konge over Israel i Samaria i Kong Josafat af Judas attende Regeringsår, og han herskede i tolv År.
2 He did evil in the eyes of the Lord; but not like his father and his mother, for he put away the stone pillar of Baal which his father had made.
Han gjorde, hvad der var ondt i HERRENs Øjne, dogikke som bans Fader og Moder, og han fjernede Ba'als Stenstøtter, som hans Fader havde ladet lave.
3 But still he did the same sins which Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, did and made Israel do; he went on in them.
Men han holdt fast ved de Synder, som Jeroboam, Nebats Søn, forledte Israel til; dem veg han ikke fra.
4 Now Mesha, king of Moab, was a sheep-farmer; and he gave regularly to the king of Israel the wool from a hundred thousand lambs and a hundred thousand sheep.
Kong Mesja af Moab drev Kvægavl og svarede Israels Konge en Afgift på 100.000 Lam og Ulden af 100.000 Vædre.
5 But when Ahab was dead, the king of Moab got free from the authority of the king of Israel.
Men efter Akabs Død faldt Moabs Konge fra Israels Konge.
6 At that time, King Jehoram went out from Samaria and got all Israel together in fighting order.
Da drog Koog Joram straks ud fra Samaria og mønstrede hele Israel;
7 And he sent to Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, saying, The king of Moab has got free from my authority: will you go with me to make war on Moab? And he said, I will go with you: I am as you are, my people as your people, and my horses as your horses.
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!"
8 And he said, Which way are we to go? And he said in answer, By the waste land of Edom.
Og han spurgte: "Hvilken Vej skal vi drage?" Han svarede: "Gennem Edoms Ørken!"
9 So the king of Israel went with the king of Judah and the king of Edom by a roundabout way for seven days: and there was no water for the army or for the beasts they had with them.
Så 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.
10 And the king of Israel said, Here is trouble: for the Lord has got these three kings together to give them into the hands of Moab.
Da sagde Israels Konge: "Ak, at HERREN har kaldt disse tre Konger sammen for at overgive dem i Moabs Hånd!"
11 But Jehoshaphat said, Is there no prophet of the Lord here, through whom we may get directions from the Lord? And one of the king of Israel's men said in answer, Elisha, the son of Shaphat, is here, who was servant to Elijah.
Men Josafat sagde: "Er her ingen af HERRENs Profeter, ved hvem vi kan rådspørge HERREN?" Da svarede en af Israels Konges Folk: "Jo, her er Elisa, Sjafats Søn, som øste Vand på Elias's Hænder."
12 And Jehoshaphat said, The word of the Lord is with him. So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to him.
Josafat sagde: "Hos ham er HERRENs Ord!" Og Israels Konge og Josafat og Edoms Konge begav sig ned til ham.
13 But Elisha said to the king of Israel, What have I to do with you? go to the prophets of your father and your mother. And the king of Israel said, No; for the Lord has got these three kings together to give them up into the hands of Moab.
Men Elisa sagde til Israels Konge: "Hvad har jeg med dig at gøre? Gå 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 Hånd."
14 Then Elisha said, By the life of the Lord of armies whose servant I am, if it was not for the respect I have for Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, I would not give a look at you, or see you.
Da sagde Elisa: "Så sandt Hærskarers HERRE lever, for hvis Åsyn jeg står: Var det ikke for Kong Josafat af Judas Skyld, vilde jeg ikke se til dig eller værdige dig et Blik!
15 But now, get me a player of music, and it will come about that while the man is playing, the hand of the Lord will come on me and I will give you the word of the Lord: and they got a player of music, and while the man was playing, the hand of the Lord was on him.
Men hent mig nu en Strengespiller!" Thi når Strengespilleren spillede, kom HERRENs Hånd over ham.
16 And he said, The Lord says, I will make this valley full of water-holes.
Derpå sagde han: "Så siger HERREN: Grav Grøft ved Grøft i Dalen her!
17 For the Lord says, Though you see no wind or rain, the valley will be full of water, and you and your armies and your beasts will have drink.
Thi så siger HERREN: I skal hverken mærke til Blæst eller Regn, men alligevel skal Dalen her fyldes med Vand, så at I, eders Hær og eders Dyr kan drikke!
18 And this will be only a small thing to the Lord: in addition he will give the Moabites into your hands.
Dog tykkes dette HERREN for lidet, han vil også give Moab i eders Hånd;
19 And you are to put every walled town to destruction, cutting down every good tree, and stopping up every water-spring, and making all the good land rough with stones.
I skal indtage alle befæstede Byer og alle betydelige Byer, alle Frugttræer skal t fælde, alle Kilder skal I tilstoppe, og al frugtbar Agerjord skal I ødelægge med Sten!"
20 Now in the morning, about the time when the offering was made, they saw water flowing from the direction of Edom till the country was full of water.
Og næste Morgen ved Afgrødeofferets Tid kom der Vand fra den Kant, hvor Edom ligger, så hele Egnen blev fuld af Vand.
21 Now all Moab, hearing that the kings had come to make war against them, got together all who were able to take up arms and went forward to the edge of the country.
Da alle Moabiterne hørte, at Kongerne var draget op for at føre Krig med dem, blev enhver, der overhovedet kunde bære Våben, opbudt, og de tog Stilling ved Grænsen.
22 And early in the morning they got up, when the sun was shining on the water, and they saw the water facing them as red as blood.
Men tidligt om Morgenen, da Solen stod op over Vandet, så Moabiterne Vandet foran sig rødt som Blod.
23 Then they said, This is blood: it is clear that destruction has come on the kings; they have been fighting one another: now come, Moab, let us take their goods.
Da råbte de: "Det er Blod! Kongerne har fuldstændig tilintetgjort hverandre, de har hugget hverandre ned; nu til Byttet, Moab!"
24 But when they came to the tents of Israel, the Israelites came out and made a violent attack on the Moabites, so that they went in flight before them; and they went forward still attacking them;
Men da de nåede Israels Lejr, brød Israeliterne op og slog Moabiterne på Flugt. Derpå rykkede de frem og huggede Moabiterne ned;
25 Pulling down the towns, covering every good field with stones, stopping up all the water-springs, and cutting down all the good trees; they went on driving Moab before them till only in Kir-hareseth were there any Moabites; and the fighting-men went round the town raining stones on it.
Byerne nedbrød de; på al frugtbar Agerjord kastede de hver sin Sten, så 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 på den.
26 And when the king of Moab saw that the fight was going against him, he took with him seven hundred men armed with swords, with the idea of forcing a way through to the king of Aram, but they were not able to do so.
Da Moabs Konge så, at han ikke kunde modstå Angrebet, samlede han 700 sværdvæbnede Mænd for at bryde igennem hen til Kongen af Edom. men det lykkedes ikke.
27 Then he took his oldest son, who would have been king after him, offering him as a burned offering on the wall. So there was great wrath against Israel; and they went away from him, back to their country.
Så tog han sin førstefødte Søn, der skulde følge ham på Tronen, og ofrede ham som Brændoffer på Muren. Da kom heftig Vrede over Israel, og de brød op og vendte hjem til deres Land.
