1 Kings 20
1 Then Ben-hadad the King of Aram assembled all his armie, and two and thirtie Kings with him, with horses, and charets, and went vp and besieged Samaria, and fought against it.
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 messengers to Ahab King of Israel, into the citie,
Han sendte nu Sendebud ind i Byen til Kong Akab af Israel
3 And sayd vnto him, Thus sayth Ben-hadad, Thy siluer and thy golde is mine: also thy women, and thy fayre children are mine.
og lod sige til ham: »Saaledes siger Benhadad: Dit Sølv og Guld er mit, men dine Hustruer og Børn kan du beholde!«
4 And the King of Israel answered, and sayd, My lord King, according to thy saying, I am thine, and all that I haue.
Israels Konge lod svare: »Som du byder, Herre Konge! Jeg og alt, hvad mit er, tilhører dig.«
5 And when the messengers came againe, they said, Thus commandeth Ben-hadad, and saith, When I shall send vnto thee, and command, thou shalt deliuer me thy siluer and thy golde, and thy women, and thy children,
Men Sendebudene vendte tilbage og sagde: »Saaledes siger Benhadad: Jeg sendte Bud til dig og lod sige: Dit Sølv og Guld og dine Hustruer og Børn skal du give mig!
6 Or els I will sende my seruants vnto thee by to morow this time: and they shall search thine house, and the houses of thy seruants: and whatsoeuer is pleasant in thine eyes, they shall take it in their handes, and bring it away.
Saa 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 Elders of the land, and sayd, Take heede, I pray you, and see how he seeketh mischiefe: for he sent vnto me for my wiues, and for my children, and for my siluer, and for my golde, and I denyed him not.
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 Elders, and all the people sayd to him, Hearken not vnto him, nor consent.
Alle de Ældste og alt Folket svarede ham: »Hør ham ikke; du maa ikke give efter!«
9 Wherefore hee sayde vnto the messengers of Ben-hadad, Tell my lorde the King, All that thou didddest sende for to thy seruant at the first time, that I will doe, but this thing I may not do. And the messengers departed, and brought him an answere.
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 And Ben-hadad sent vnto him, and sayde, The gods do so to me and more also, if the dust of Samaria be ynough to all the people that follow me, for euery man an handfull.
Da sendte Benhadad Bud til ham og lod sige: »Guderne ramme mig baade med det ene og det andet, om Støvet i Samaria forslaar til at fylde Hænderne paa alle de Krigere, der følger mig!«
11 And the King of Israel answered, and sayd, Tell him, Let not him that girdeth his harneis, boast himselfe, as he that putteth it off.
Men Israels Konge lod svare: »Sig saaledes: Den, der spænder Bæltet, skal ikke rose sig som den, der løser det!«
12 And when he heard that tidings, as he was with the Kings drinking in the pauilions, he sayd vnto his seruants, Bring forth your engines, and they set them against the citie.
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 And beholde, there came a Prophet vnto Ahab King of Israel, saying, Thus sayeth the Lord, Hast thou seene all this great multitude? beholde, I will deliuer it into thine hande this day, that thou mayest knowe, that I am the Lord.
Men en Profet traadte hen til Kong Akab af Israel og sagde: »Saa siger HERREN: Ser du hele den vældige Menneskemængde der? Se, jeg giver den i Dag i din Haand, og du skal kende, at jeg er HERREN!«
14 And Ahab sayd, By whome? And he sayde, Thus sayth the Lord, By the seruants of the princes of the prouinces. He sayde againe, Who shall order the battel? And he answered, Thou.
Akab spurgte: »Ved hvem?« Han svarede: »Saa siger HERREN: Ved Fogedernes Folk!« Derpaa spurgte han: »Hvem skal aabne Kampen?« Han svarede: »Du!«
15 Then he nombred the seruantes of the princes of the prouinces, and they were two hundreth, two and thirtie: and after them he nombred the whole people of all the children of Israel, euen seuen thousand.
Saa mønstrede han Fogedernes Folk, og de var 232; derefter mønstrede han hele Hæren, alle Israeliterne, 7000 Mand.
16 And they went out at noone: but Ben-hadad did drinke till he was drunken in the tentes, both he and the Kings: for two and thirtie Kings helped 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 So the seruants of the princes of the prouinces went out first: and Ben-hadad sent out, and they shewed him, saying, There are men come out of Samaria.
Først rykkede Fogedernes Folk ud. Man sendte da Bud til Benhadad og meldte: »Der rykker Mænd ud fra Samaria!«
18 And he sayde, Whether they be come out for peace, take them aliue: or whether they bee come out to fight, take them yet aliue.
Da sagde han: »Hvad enten de rykker ud for at faa Fred eller for at kæmpe, saa grib dem levende!«
19 So they came out of the citie, to wit, the seruants of the princes of the prouinces, and the hoste which followed them.
Da Fogedernes Folk og Hæren, som fulgte efter, var rykket ud fra Byen,
20 And they slew euery one his enemie: and the Aramites fled, and Israel pursued them: but Ben-hadad ye King of Aram escaped on an horse with his horsemen.
huggede de ned for Fode, saa 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 smote the horses and charets, and with a great slaughter slew he the Aramites.
Da rykkede Israels Konge ud og gjorde Hestene og Vognene til Bytte, og han tilføjede Aramæerne et stort Nederlag.
22 (For there had come a Prophet to the King of Israel, and had sayd vnto him, Goe, be of good courage, and consider, and take heede what thou doest: for when the yeere is gone about, the King of Aram wil come vp against thee)
Men Profeten traadte hen til Israels Konge og sagde til ham: »Tag dig sammen og se vel til, hvad du vil gøre, thi næste Aar drager Arams Konge op imod dig igen!«
23 Then the seruants of the King of Aram said vnto him, Their gods are gods of the moutaines, and therefore they ouercame vs: but let vs fight against them in the playne, and doubtlesse we shall ouercome them.
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, naar vi angriber dem paa Slettelandet!
24 And this doe, Take the Kings away, euery one out of his place, and place captaines for them.
Saaledes skal du gøre: Afsæt alle Kongerne, sæt Statholdere i deres Sted
25 And nomber thy selfe an armie, like the armie that thou hast lost, with such horses, and such charets, and we wil fight against them in the plaine, and doubtlesse we shall ouercome them: and he hearkened vnto their voyce, and did so.
og stil lige saa stor en Hær paa Benene som den, du mistede, og lige saa mange Heste og Vogne som før! Naar vi saa kæmper med dem paa Slettelandet, sandelig, om vi ikke bliver de stærkeste!« Og han fulgte deres Raad og handlede derefter.
26 And after the yeere was gone about, Ben-hadad nombred the Aramites, and went vp to Aphek to fight against Israel.
Næste Aar mønstrede Benhadad Aramæerne og drog op til Afek for at kæmpe med Israel.
27 And the children of Israel were nombred, and were all assembled and went against them, and the children of Israel pitched before them, like two litle flockes of kiddes: but the Aramites filled the countrey.
Ogsaa Israeliterne blev mønstret og forsynede sig med Levnedsmidler, hvorefter de rykkede dem i Møde og lejrede sig lige over for dem som to smaa Gedehjorde, medens Aramæerne oversvømmede Landet.
28 And there came a man of God, and spake vnto the King of Israel, saying, Thus sayeth the Lord, Because the Aramites haue sayd, The Lord is the God of the mountaines, and not God of the valleis, therefore will I deliuer all this great multitude into thine hand, and ye shall know that I am the Lord.
Da traadte en Guds Mand hen til Israels Konge og sagde: »Saa siger HERREN: Fordi Aramæerne siger: HERREN er en Bjerggud og ikke en Dalgud! vil jeg give hele den vældige Menneskemængde der i din Haand, og I skal kende, at jeg er HERREN!«
29 And they pitched one ouer against the other seuen dayes, and in the seuenth day the battel was ioyned: and the children of Israel slew of the Aramites an hundreth thousand footemen in one day.
De laa nu lejret over for hinanden i syv Dage, men Syvendedagen kom det til Kamp, og Israeliterne huggede Aramæerne ned, 100 000 Mand Fodfolk paa een Dag.
30 But the rest fled to Aphek into the citie: and there fel a wall vpon seuen and twentie thousand men that were left: and Ben-hadad fled into the citie, and came into a secret chamber.
De, der blev tilovers, flygtede til Byen Afek, men Muren styrtede ned over dem, der var tilbage, 27 000 Mand. Benhadad flygtede ind i Byen, hvor han løb fra Kammer til Kammer.
31 And his seruants sayd vnto him, Beholde nowe, we haue heard say that the Kings of the house of Israel are mercifull Kings: we pray thee, let vs put sacke cloth about our loynes, and ropes about our heads, and goe out to the King of Israel: it may be that he will saue thy life.
Da sagde hans Folk til ham: »Vi har hørt, at Kongerne over Israels Hus er naadige Konger; lad os binde Sæk om Lænderne og Reb om Hovederne og gaa ud til Israels Konge, maaske han da vil skaane dit Liv!«
32 Then they gyrded sackecloth about their loynes, and put ropes about their heads, and came to the King of Israel, and sayd, Thy seruant Ben-hadad sayth, I pray thee, let me liue: and he sayd, Is he yet aliue? he is my brother.
Saa bandt de Sæk om Lænderne 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 tooke diliget heede, if they could catch any thing of him, and made haste, and sayd, Thy brother Ben-hadad. And he sayd, Go, bring him. So Ben-hadad came out vnto him, and he caused him to come vp vnto the chariot.
Det tog Mændene for et godt Varsel, og de tog ham straks paa Ordet, idet de sagde: »Benhadad er din Broder!« Da sagde han: »Gaa hen og hent ham!« Saa gik Benhadad ud til ham, og han tog ham op i Vognen til sig.
34 And Ben-hadad sayd vnto him, The cities, which my father tooke from thy father, I wil restore, and thou shalt make streetes for thee in Damascus, as my father did in Samaria. Then said Ahab, I will let thee goe with this couenant. So he made a couenant with him, and let him goe.
Benhadad sagde nu til ham: »De Byer, min Fader fratog din Fader, vil jeg give tilbage, og du maa bygge dig Gader i Damaskus, lige som min Fader gjorde i Samaria! Paa disse Vilkaar give du mig fri!« Og han sluttede Pagt med ham og lod ham gaa.
35 Then a certaine man of the children of the Prophets sayd vnto his neighbour by the comandement of the Lord, Smite me, I pray thee. But the man refused to smite him.
Men en af Profetsønnerne sagde med HERRENS Ord til sin Fælle: »Slaa mig!« Men han vægrede sig derved.
36 Then sayd he vnto him, Because thou hast not obeyed the voyce of the Lord, beholde, as soone as thou art departed from me, a lyon shall slay thee. So when he was departed from him, a lyon found him and slew him.
Da sagde han til ham: »Fordi du ikke har adlydt HERRENS Ord, skal en Løve dræbe dig, naar du gaar bort fra mig!« Og da han gik bort fra ham, traf en Løve paa ham og dræbte ham.
37 Then he founde another man, and sayde, Smite mee, I pray thee. And the man smote him, and in smiting wounded him.
Saa traf Profetsønnen en anden og sagde til ham: »Slaa mig!« Og den anden slog ham og saarede ham.
38 So the Prophet departed, and wayted for the King by the way, and disguised himselfe with ashes vpon his face.
Saa gik Profeten hen og stillede sig paa den Vej, Kongen kom, og gjorde sig ukendelig med et Bind for Øjnene.
39 And when the King came by, he cried vnto the King, and said, Thy seruant went into the middes of the battel: and beholde, there went away a man, whom another man brought vnto me, and sayd, Keepe this man: if he be lost, and want, thy life shall go for his life, or els thou shalt pay a talent of siluer.
Da Kongen kom forbi, raabte 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 And as thy seruant had here and there to do, he was gone: And the King of Israel said vnto him, So shall thy iudgement be: thou hast giuen sentence.
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 And hee hasted, and tooke the ashes away from his face: and the King of Israel knewe him that he was of the Prophets:
Saa tog han hurtig Bindet fra Øjnene, og Israels Konge genkendte ham som en af Profeterne.
42 And he said vnto him, Thus saith the Lord, Because thou hast let goe out of thine handes a man whom I appoynted to dye, thy life shall goe for his life, and thy people for his people.
Og han sagde til ham: »Saa siger HERREN: Fordi du gav Slip paa 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 And the King of Israel went to his house heauie and in displeasure, and came to Samaria.
Da drog Israels Konge hjem, misfornøjet og ilde til Mode, og han kom til Samaria.
