1 Kings 20
1 And Ben-hadad the king of Aram gathered all his host together; and there were thirty and two kings with him, and horses and chariots; and he went up and besieged Samaria, and fought against it.
Sirski kralj Ben Hadád je zbral skupaj vso svojo vojsko, in tam je bilo z njim dvaintrideset kraljev, konji in bojni vozovi. Odšel je gor, oblegal Samarijo in se vojskoval zoper njo.
2 And he sent messengers to Ahab king of Israel, into the city,
V mesto je poslal poslance, k Izraelovemu kralju Ahábu in mu rekel: »Tako govori Ben Hadád:
3 and said unto him: 'Thus saith Ben-hadad: Thy silver and thy gold is mine; thy wives also and thy children, even the goodliest, are mine.'
›Tvoje srebro in tvoje zlato je moje. Tudi tvoje žene in tvoji otroci, celó najčednejši, so moji.‹«
4 And the king of Israel answered and said: 'It is according to thy saying, my lord, O king: I am thine, and all that I have.'
Izraelov kralj je odgovoril in rekel: »Moj gospod, oh kralj, glede na tvoj govor: ›Jaz sem tvoj in vse kar imam.‹«
5 And the messengers came again, and said: 'Thus speaketh Ben-hadad, saying: I sent indeed unto thee, saying: Thou shalt deliver me thy silver, and thy gold, and thy wives, and thy children;
Poslanci so ponovno prišli in rekli: »Tako govori Ben Hadád, rekoč: ›Čeprav sem poslal k tebi, rekoč: ›Izročil mi boš svoje srebro, svoje zlato, svoje žene in svoje otroke,
6 but I will send my servants unto thee tomorrow about this time, and they shall search thy house, and the houses of thy servants; and it shall be, that whatsoever is pleasant in thine eyes, they shall put it in their hand, and take it away.'
bom vendar naslednji dan, okrog tega časa, k tebi poslal svoje služabnike in preiskali bodo tvojo hišo in hiše tvojih služabnikov, in zgodilo se bo, da karkoli je prijetno v tvojih očeh, da bodo to položili v svojo roko in to odnesli proč.‹«
7 Then the king of Israel called all the elders of the land, and said: 'Mark, I pray you, and see how this man seeketh mischief; for he sent unto me for my wives, and for my children, and for my silver, and for my gold; and I denied him not.'
Potem je Izraelov kralj poklical vse starešine dežele in rekel: »Spoznajte, prosim vas in poglejte, kako ta mož išče vragolijo, kajti k meni je poslal po moje žene, po moje otroke, po moje srebro in po moje zlato, pa mu nisem odrekel.«
8 And all the elders and all the people said unto him: 'Hearken thou not, neither consent.'
Vse starešine in vse ljudstvo mu je reklo: »Ne prisluhni mu niti ne privoli.«
9 Wherefore he said unto the messengers of Ben-hadad: 'Tell my lord the king: All that thou didst send for to thy servant at the first I will do; but this thing I may not do.' And the messengers departed, and brought him back word.
Zatorej je Ben Hadádovim poslancem rekel: »Mojemu gospodu kralju povejte: ›Vse, po kar si prvič poslal k svojemu služabniku, bom storil, toda te stvari ne morem storiti.‹« Poslanci so odšli in mu ponovno prinesli besedo.
10 And Ben-hadad sent unto him, and said: 'The gods do so unto me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people that follow me.'
Ben Hadád je poslal k njemu in rekel: »Bogovi naj mi tako storijo in še več, če bo prah Samarije zadoščal za prgišča vsega ljudstva, ki mi sledi.«
11 And the king of Israel answered and said: 'Tell him: Let not him that girdeth on his armour boast himself as he that putteth it off.'
Izraelov kralj je odgovoril in rekel: »Povej mu: ›Naj se tisti, ki si opasuje opremo, ne baha kakor, da jo je že odložil.‹«
12 And it came to pass, when Ben-hadad heard this message, as he was drinking, he and the kings, in the booths, that he said unto his servants: 'Set yourselves in array.' And they set themselves in array against the city.
Pripetilo se je, ko je Ben Hadád slišal to sporočilo, medtem ko je pil on in kralji v paviljonih, da je rekel svojim služabnikom: »Postrojite se v vrsto.« In postavili so se v vrsto zoper mesto.
13 And, behold, a prophet came near unto Ahab king of Israel, and said: 'Thus saith the LORD: Hast thou seen all this great multitude? behold, I will deliver it into thy hand this day; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD.'
Glej, tam je h kralju Ahábu prišel prerok iz Izraela, rekoč: »Tako govori Gospod: ›Ali si videl vso to veliko množico? Glej, ta dan jo bom izročil v tvojo roko, in ti boš vedel, da sem jaz Gospod.‹«
14 And Ahab said: 'By whom?' And he said: 'Thus saith the LORD: By the young men of the princes of the provinces.' Then he said: 'Who shall begin the battle?' And he answered: 'Thou.'
Aháb je rekel: »Po kom?« Rekel je: »Tako govori Gospod: › Celó po mladeničih princev provinc.‹« Potem je rekel: »Kdo bo ukazoval bitki?« Odgovoril je: »Ti.«
15 Then he numbered the young men of the princes of the provinces, and they were two hundred and thirty-two; and after them he numbered all the people, even all the children of Israel, being seven thousand.
Potem je preštel mladeniče princev provinc in bilo jih je dvesto dvaintrideset. Za njimi je preštel vse ljudstvo, celo vse Izraelove otroke, bilo [jih je] sedem tisoč.
16 And they went out at noon. But Ben-hadad was drinking himself drunk in the booths, he and the kings, the thirty and two kings that helped him.
Ven so odšli opoldan. Toda Ben Hadád se je v paviljonih opijal do pijanosti, on in kralji, dvaintrideset kraljev, ki so mu pomagali.
17 And the young men of the princes of the provinces went out first; and Ben-hadad sent out, and they told him, saying: 'There are men come out from Samaria.'
Mladeniči princev provinc so prvi odšli ven in Ben Hadád je poslal ven in povedali so mu, rekoč: »Tam so prišli možje iz Samarije.«
18 And he said: 'Whether they are come out for peace, take them alive; or whether they are come out for war, take them alive.'
Rekel je: »Če so prišli ven za mir, jih ujemite žive, ali če so prišli ven za vojno, jih ujemite žive.«
19 So these went out of the city, the young men of the princes of the provinces, and the army which followed them.
Tako so ti mladeniči princev provinc prišli ven iz mesta in vojska, ki jim je sledila.
20 And they slew every one his man; and the Arameans fled, and Israel pursued them; and Ben-hadad the king of Aram escaped on a horse with horsemen.
Usmrtili so vsak svojega moža in Sirci so zbežali, Izrael pa jih je zasledoval in sirski kralj Ben Hadád je s konjeniki pobegnil na konju.
21 And the king of Israel went out, and smote the horses and chariots, and slew the Arameans with a great slaughter.
Izraelov kralj je odšel ven in udaril konje in vozove in Sirce usmrtil z velikim pokolom.
22 And the prophet came near to the king of Israel, and said unto him: 'Go, strengthen thyself, and mark, and see what thou doest; for at the return of the year the king of Aram will come up against thee.'
Prerok je prišel k Izraelovemu kralju in mu rekel: »Pojdi, okrepi se in se ozri in poglej kaj počneš, kajti ob vrnitvi leta bo kralj iz Sirije ponovno prišel gor zoper tebe.«
23 And the servants of the king of Aram said unto him: 'Their God is a God of the hills; therefore they were stronger than we; but let us fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they.
Služabniki kralja iz Sirije so mu rekli: »Njihovi bogovi so bogovi hribov, zato so bili močnejši kakor mi, toda naj se borimo zoper njih na ravnini in bomo zagotovo močnejši kakor oni.
24 And do this thing: take the kings away, every man out of his place, and put governors in their room:
Stôri to stvar. Kralje vzemi proč, vsakega moža iz svojega kraja in namesto njih postavi poveljnike.
25 and number thee an army, like the army that thou hast lost, horse for horse, and chariot for chariot; and we will fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they.' And he hearkened unto their voice, and did so.
Naštej si vojsko, podobno vojski, ki si jo izgubil, konja za konja in bojni voz za bojni voz, in mi se bomo borili zoper njih na ravnini in bomo zagotovo močnejši kakor oni.« Prisluhnil je njihovemu glasu in tako storil.
26 And it came to pass at the return of the year, that Ben-hadad mustered the Arameans, and went up to Aphek, to fight against Israel.
Pripetilo se je ob vrnitvi leta, da je Ben Hadád preštel Sirce in odšel gor v Afék, da se bori zoper Izrael.
27 And the children of Israel were mustered, and were victualled, and went against them; and the children of Israel encamped before them like two little flocks of kids; but the Arameans filled the country.
Izraelovi otroci so bili prešteti in so bili vsi prisotni in odšli zoper njih. Izraelovi otroci so se utaborili pred njimi kakor dva majhna tropa kozličkov, toda Sirci so napolnili deželo.
28 And a man of God came near and spoke unto the king of Israel, and said: 'Thus saith the LORD: Because the Arameans have said: The LORD is a God of the hills, but he is not a God of the valleys; therefore will I deliver all this great multitude into thy hand, and ye shall know that I am the LORD.'
Prišel je Božji mož in spregovoril Izraelovemu kralju ter rekel: »Tako govori Gospod: ›Ker so Sirci rekli: › Gospod je Bog hribov, toda on ni Bog dolin, zato bom vso to veliko množico izročil v tvojo roko in spoznali boste, da jaz sem Gospod.‹«
29 And they encamped one over against the other seven days. And so it was, that in the seventh day the battle was joined; and the children of Israel slew of the Arameans a hundred thousand footmen in one day.
Sedem dni so taborili eden nasproti drugemu. In bilo je tako, da so se na sedmi dan spoprijeli in Izraelovi otroci so v enem dnevu izmed Sircev usmrtili sto tisoč pešcev.
30 But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; and the wall fell upon twenty and seven thousand men that were left. And Ben-hadad fled, and came into the city, into an inner chamber.
Toda ostali so pobegnili v Afék, v mesto in tam je obzidje padlo na sedemindvajset tisoč mož, ki so ostali. Ben Hadád pa je pobegnil in prišel v mesto, v notranjo sobo.
31 And his servants said unto him: 'Behold now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings; let us, we pray thee, put sackcloth on our loins, and ropes upon our heads, and go out to the king of Israel; peradventure he will save thy life.'
Njegovi služabniki so mu rekli: »Glej sedaj, slišali smo, da so kralji Izraelove hiše usmiljeni kralji. Pusti nam, prosimo te, da opašemo vrečevino okoli svojih ledij in vrvi na svoje glave in pojdimo ven k Izraelovemu kralju. Morda bo rešil tvoje življenje.«
32 So they girded sackcloth on their loins, and put ropes on their heads, and came to the king of Israel, and said: 'Thy servant Ben-hadad saith: I pray thee, let me live.' And he said: 'Is he yet alive? he is my brother.'
Tako so na svoja ledja opasali vrečevino, na svoje glave položili vrvi in prišli k Izraelovemu kralju ter rekli: »Tvoj služabnik Ben Hadád govori: ›Prosim te, pusti me živega.‹« Rekel je: »Je še živ? On je moj brat.«
33 Now the men took it for a sign, and hastened to catch it from him; and they said: 'Thy brother Ben-hadad.' Then he said: 'Go ye, bring him.' Then Ben-hadad came forth to him; and he caused him to come up into his chariot.
Torej možje so marljivo opazovali ali bo katerakoli stvar prišla od njega in jo hitro zgrabili ter rekli: »Tvoj brat Ben Hadád.« Potem je rekel: »Pojdite, privedite ga.« Potem je Ben Hadád prišel naravnost k njemu in dal mu je, da je prišel gor v bojni voz.
34 And Ben-hadad said unto him: 'The cities which my father took from thy father I will restore; and thou shalt make streets for thee in Damascus, as my father made in Samaria.' 'And I, said Ahab, will let thee go with this covenant.' So he made a covenant with him, and let him go.
Ben Hadád mu je rekel: »Mesta, ki jih je moj oče vzel od tvojega očeta, bom povrnil in zase si boš naredil ulice v Damasku, kakor jih je moj oče naredil v Samariji.« Potem je Aháb rekel: »S to zavezo te bom poslal proč.« Tako je z njim sklenil zavezo in ga poslal proč.
35 And a certain man of the sons of the prophets said unto his fellow by the word of the LORD: 'Smite me, I pray thee.' And the man refused to smite him.
Nek mož, izmed preroških sinov, je rekel svojemu bližnjemu po Gospodovi besedi: »Udari me, prosim te.« Človek pa je odklonil, da bi ga udaril.
36 Then said he unto him: 'Because thou hast not hearkened to the voice of the LORD, behold, as soon as thou art departed from me, a lion shall slay thee.' And as soon as he was departed from him, a lion found him; and slew him.
Potem mu je rekel: »Ker nisi ubogal Gospodovega glasu, glej, te bo takoj, ko odideš od mene, ubil lev.« In takoj, ko je odšel od njega, ga je našel lev in ga usmrtil.
37 Then he found another man, and said: 'Smite me, I pray thee.' And the man smote him, smiting and wounding him.
Potem je našel drugega moža in rekel: »Udari me, prosim te.« Mož ga je udaril, tako da ga je pri udarjanju ranil.
38 So the prophet departed, and waited for the king by the way, and disguised himself with his headband over his eyes.
Tako je prerok odšel in ob poti čakal na kralja in se preoblekel, s pepelom na svojem obrazu.
39 And as the king passed by, he cried unto the king; and he said: 'Thy servant went out into the midst of the battle; and, behold, a man turned aside, and brought a man unto me, and said: Keep this man; if by any means he be missing, then shall thy life be for his life, or else thou shalt pay a talent of silver.
Ko je kralj šel mimo, je ta vpil h kralju in rekel: »Tvoj služabnik je odšel ven v sredo bitke in glej, mož se je obrnil vstran in mi privedel moža ter rekel: ›Varuj tega moža. Če bo na kakršenkoli način ta izginil, potem bo tvoje življenje za njegovo življenje ali pa boš plačal talent srebra.‹
40 And as thy servant was busy here and there, he was gone.' And the king of Israel said unto him: 'So shall thy judgment be; thyself hast decided it.'
Medtem ko je bil tvoj služabnik zaposlen tukaj in tam, je oni odšel.« Izraelov kralj mu je rekel: »Takšna bo tvoja sodba; ti si jo odločil.«
41 And he hastened, and took the headband away from his eyes; and the king of Israel discerned him that he was of the prophets.
Pohitel je in si iz svojega obraza obrisal pepel in Izraelov kralj ga je prepoznal, da je bil izmed prerokov.
42 And he said unto him: 'Thus saith the LORD: Because thou hast let go out of thy hand the man whom I had devoted to destruction, therefore thy life shall go for his life, and thy people for his people.'
In ta mu je rekel: »Tako govori Gospod: ›Ker si iz svoje roke izpustil moža, ki sem ga določil za popolno uničenje, zato bo šlo tvoje življenje za njegovo življenje in tvoje ljudstvo za njegovo ljudstvo.‹«
43 And the king of Israel went to his house sullen and displeased, and came to Samaria.
Izraelov kralj je odšel k svoji hiši hud in nezadovoljen ter prišel v Samarijo.
