1 Kings 22
1 And they continued three years without war between Aram and Israel.
Aʋawɔwɔ meganɔ Aramtɔwo kple Israelviwo dome o hena ƒe etɔ̃.
2 And it came to pass in the third year, that Jehoshaphat the king of Judah came down to the king of Israel.
Le ƒe etɔ̃lia me, esime Yuda fia Yehosafat va kpɔ Israel fia Ahab ɖa la,
3 And the king of Israel said unto his servants: 'Know ye that Ramoth-gilead is ours, and we are still, and take it not out of the hand of the king of Aram?'
Ahab gblɔ na eŋumewo be, “Mienya be Siriatɔwo gale míaƒe du, Ramot Gilead me kokoko hafi miele afi sia, miele naneke wɔm tso eŋu oa?”
4 And he said unto Jehoshaphat: 'Wilt thou go with me to battle to Ramoth-gilead?' And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel: 'I am as thou art, my people as thy people, my horses as thy horses.'
Fia Ahab bia Fia Yehosafat be, “Àte ŋu akpe ɖe ŋunye míaho aʋa ɖe Ramot Gilead ŋua?” Yuda fia Yehosafat ɖo eŋu be, “Mele abe wò ene eye nye dukɔ le abe wò dukɔ ene eye nye sɔwo le abe wò sɔwo ene.”
5 And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel: 'Inquire, I pray thee, at the word of the LORD today.'
Gake Yehosafat gblɔ kpe ɖe eŋu na Israel fia be, “Bia gbe Yehowa gbã.”
6 Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said unto them: 'Shall I go against Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I forbear?' And they said: 'Go up; for the LORD will deliver it into the hand of the king.'
Ale Israel fia ƒo nyagblɔɖila alafa ene nu ƒu eye wòbia wo be, “Maho aʋa ɖe Ramot Gilead ŋu loo alo magaho aʋa ɖe eŋu oa?” Woɖo eŋu nɛ be, “Yi, elabena Yehowa atsɔe ade fia la ƒe asi me.”
7 But Jehoshaphat said: 'Is there not here besides a prophet of the LORD, that we might inquire of him?'
Yehosafat bia be, “Yehowa ƒe nyagblɔɖila aɖeke mele afi sia ne míabia gbee oa?”
8 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat: 'There is yet one man by whom we may inquire of the LORD, Micaiah the son of Imlah; but I hate him; for he doth not prophesy good concerning me, but evil.' And Jehoshaphat said: 'Let not the king say so.'
Israel fia ɖo eŋu na Yehosafat be, “Ame ɖeka aɖe gali ame si dzi míato abia gbe Yehowa gake melé fui elabena megblɔa nya nyui aɖeke ɖi tso ŋunye o; nya vɔ̃ ko wògblɔna ɖi tso ŋunye. Eyae nye Mikaya, Imla ƒe viŋutsu.” Yehosafat ɖo eŋu nɛ be, “Fia la megagblɔ nya ma o.”
9 Then the king of Israel called an officer, and said: 'Fetch quickly Micaiah the son of Imlah.'
Ale Israel fia la gblɔ na eŋumewo dometɔ ɖeka be, “Yi kaba nàyɔ Mikaya, Imla ƒe vi la vɛ!”
10 Now the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah sat each on his throne, arrayed in their robes, in a threshing-floor, at the entrance of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets prophesied before them.
Le ɣeyiɣi sia me Israel fia kple Yuda fia Yehosafat do woƒe fiawuwo, eye wonɔ fiazikpuiwo dzi le lugbɔƒe le Samariagbo la gbɔ, eye “Nyagblɔɖilawo” katã nɔ nya gblɔm ɖi le woƒe ŋkume.
11 And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made him horns of iron, and said: 'Thus saith the LORD: With these shalt thou gore the Arameans, until they be consumed.'
Nyagblɔɖilawo dometɔ ɖeka, Zedekiya, Kenana ƒe vi, tsɔ ga wɔ lãdzo aɖe eye wògblɔ be, “Ale Yehowa gblɔe nye esi, ‘Àtsɔ lãdzo sia atutu Siriatɔwo tso afii yi afi mɛ va se ɖe esime woatsrɔ̃.’”
12 And all the prophets prophesied so, saying: 'Go up to Ramoth-gilead, and prosper; for the LORD will deliver it into the hand of the king.'
Nyagblɔɖila bubuawo katã lɔ̃ ɖe edzi hegblɔ kple gbe ɖeka be, “Ɛ̃, yi Ramot Gilead eye àkpɔ dzidzedze elabena Yehowa ana nàɖu dzi.”
13 And the messenger that went to call Micaiah spoke unto him, saying: 'Behold now, the words of the prophets declare good unto the king with one mouth, let thy word, I pray thee, be like the word of one of them, and speak thou good.'
Ame si yi ɖayɔ Mikaya la gblɔ nya si dzɔ kple nya si nyagblɔɖilawo nɔ gbɔgblɔm be fia la aɖu dzi le aʋa la me la nɛ. Eyi edzi gblɔ na Mikaya be, “Mexɔe se be, àƒo nu abe nyagblɔɖila mawo ene eye àkpɔ nya nyui aɖe agblɔ.”
14 And Micaiah said: 'As the LORD liveth, what the LORD saith unto me, that will I speak.'
Ke Mikaya gblɔ be, “Meta Mawu be nya si Yehowa gblɔ nam la ko magblɔ.”
15 And when he was come to the king, the king said unto him: 'Micaiah, shall we go to Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall we forbear?' And he answered him: 'Go up, and prosper; and the LORD will deliver it into the hand of the king.'
Esi Mikaya va do la, fia la biae be, “Mikaya, ɖe míaho aʋa ɖe Ramot Gilead ŋu loo alo ɖe míagbe aʋahoho ɖe eŋua?” Mikaya gblɔ nɛ be, “Ho aʋa ɖe eŋu enumake elabena Yehowa ana nàɖu dzi.”
16 And the king said unto him: 'How many times shall I adjure thee that thou speak unto me nothing but the truth in the name of the LORD?'
Fia la biae be, “Zi neni magblɔ na wò be nàgblɔ nu si Yehowa ɖo na wò be nàgblɔ la ko?”
17 And he said: 'I saw all Israel scattered upon the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd; and the LORD said: These have no master; let them return every man to his house in peace.'
Mikaya gblɔ nɛ be, “Mekpɔ Israelviwo katã wokaka ɖe togbɛwo dzi abe alẽ siwo si kplɔla aɖeke mele o la ene eye Yehowa gblɔ nam be, ‘Kplɔla mele ame siawo si o; woneyi aƒe me le ŋutifafa me.’”
18 And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat: 'Did I not tell thee that he would not prophesy good concerning me, but evil?'
Israel fia la gblɔ na Yehosafat be, “Nyemegblɔe na wò oa? Megblɔa nya nyui aɖeke nam gbeɖe o. Vɔ̃ kokoko wòkpɔna gblɔna ɖaa tso ŋunye.”
19 And he said: 'Therefore hear thou the word of the LORD. I saw the LORD sitting on His throne, and all the host of heaven standing by Him on His right hand and on his left.
Mikaya yi edzi be, “Ɖo to nàse nya si Yehowa gblɔ la ƒe dziyiyi. Mekpɔ Yehowa wònɔ eƒe fiazikpui dzi eye dziƒoʋakɔwo tsi tsitre ƒo xlãe le eƒe ɖusi kple mia dzi.
20 And the LORD said: Who shall entice Ahab, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead. And one said: On this manner; and another said: On that manner.
Yehowa gblɔ be, ‘Ame ka ate ŋu able Ahab nu be wòaho aʋa ɖe Ramot Gilead ŋu eye wòakpɔ eƒe ku le afi ma?’ “Amewo do susu vovovowo ɖa.
21 And there came forth the spirit, and stood before the LORD, and said: I will entice him.
Mlɔeba la, gbɔgbɔ aɖe do ɖe ŋgɔ, tsi tsitre ɖe Yehowa ŋkume eye wògblɔ be, ‘Mable enu ade eme.’
22 And the LORD said unto him: Wherewith? And he said: I will go forth, and will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And He said: Thou shalt entice him, and shalt prevail also; go forth, and do so.
“Yehowa biae be, ‘Aleke nàwɔ nu siae?’ “Mawudɔla la ɖo eŋu be, Mayi abe aʋatsokagbɔgbɔ ene, aɖo nu me na eƒe nyagblɔɖilawo katã. “Yehowa gblɔ be, ‘Esia anyo eye wòadze edzi hã, yi, nàwɔ alea.’
23 Now therefore, behold, the LORD hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these thy prophets; and the LORD hath spoken evil concerning thee.'
“Yehowa de aʋatsokagbɔbgɔ nu me na nyagblɔɖila siawo katã, ke nyateƒe lae nye be Aƒetɔ la ɖo dzɔgbevɔ̃e ɖe ŋuwò.”
24 Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near, and smote Micaiah on the check, and said: 'Which way went the spirit of the LORD from me to speak unto thee?'
Tete Zedekiya, Kenana ƒe vi, gogo Mikaya eye wòƒo tome nɛ hebiae be, “Ɣe ka ɣie Yehowa ƒe Gbɔgbɔ dzo le gbɔnye eye wòƒo nu na wò?”
25 And Micaiah said: 'Behold, thou shalt see on that day, when thou shalt go into an inner chamber to hide thyself.'
Mikaya ɖo eŋu be, “Àkpɔ ŋuɖoɖo na wò biabia sia ne èkpɔ be yebe ɖe xɔ emetɔ aɖe me.”
26 And the king of Israel said: 'Take Micaiah, and carry him back unto Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king's son;
Israel fia ɖe gbe be, “Milé Mikaya eye miakplɔe yi na dumegã Amon kple vinye Yoas.
27 and say: Thus saith the king: Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with scant bread and with scant water, until I come in peace.'
Migblɔ na wo be, ‘Fia la be miade ŋutsu sia gaxɔ me eye miana abolo kple tsi koe va se ɖe esime magbɔ le ŋutifafa me!’”
28 And Micaiah said: 'If thou return at all in peace, the LORD hath not spoken by me.' And he said: 'Hear, ye peoples, all of you.'
Mikaya ɖo eŋu be, “Ne ètrɔ gbɔ le ŋutifafa me la, ekema Yehowa meƒo nu to dzinye o.” Etrɔ ɖe ame siwo le tsitre le afi ma la gbɔ eye wògblɔ na wo be, “Mide dzesi nya si megblɔ.”
29 So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to Ramoth-gilead.
Ale Israel fia kple Yuda fia kplɔ woƒe aʋakɔwo yi Ramot Gilead.
30 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat: 'I will disguise myself, and go into the battle; but put thou on thy robes.' And the king of Israel disguised himself, and went into the battle.
Israel fia gblɔ na Yehosafat be, “Mado awu bubuwo ale be ame aɖeke makpɔm adze sii o; ke wò ya la, do wò fiawu!” Ale wowɔ ɖe Israel fia ƒe ɖoɖo sia dzi.
31 Now the king of Aram had commanded the thirty and two captains of his chariots, saying: 'Fight neither with small nor great, save only with the king of Israel.'
Ke Aram fia de se na eƒe tasiaɖam blaetɔ̃-vɔ-eveawo dzi kpɔlawo be womegawɔ aʋa kple ame bubu aɖeke o, ke boŋ woati Israel fia ɖeɖe ko yome.
32 And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said: 'Surely it is the king of Israel'; and they turned aside to fight against him; and Jehoshaphat cried out.
Esi tasiaɖamkulawo ƒe amegãwo kpɔ Yehosafat la, wobu be, “Ame sia kokokoe nye Israel fia la.” Ale wolũ ɖe edzi, ke esi Yehosafat do ɣli la,
33 And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw that it was not the king of Israel, that they turned back from pursuing him.
tasiaɖamkulawo ƒe amegãwo kpɔ be menye eyae nye Israel fia la o, ale wodzudzɔ eyometiti.
34 And a certain man drew his bow at a venture, and smote the king of Israel between the lower armour and the breastplate; wherefore he said unto the driver of his chariot: 'Turn thy hand, and carry me out of the host; for I am sore wounded.'
Ke Syriatɔwo ƒe aʋawɔla ɖeka da aŋutrɔ ɖe Israelʋakɔ la me ko eye wòŋɔ Israel fia la to dometsotso si le eƒe aʋawu etetɔ kple eƒe akɔtakpoxɔnu dome. Israel fia la gblɔ na eƒe tasiaɖamkula be, “Kplɔm dzoe le afi sia elabena mexɔ abi vevie.”
35 And the battle increased that day; and the king was stayed up in his chariot against the Arameans, and died at even; and the blood ran out of the wound into the bottom of the chariot.
Aʋa la nu nɔ sesẽm ɖe edzi ŋkeke blibo la. Fia la ziɔ ɖe nu ŋuti le eƒe tasiaɖam la me henɔ aʋa la dzi kple Arameatɔwo, eye eƒe ʋu nɔ ɖuɖum ɖe tasiaɖam la me; ke le fiẽ me la, eku.
36 And there went a cry throughout the host about the going down of the sun, saying: 'Every man to his city, and every man to his country.'
Esime ɣe nɔ to ɖom la, amewo do ɣli le aʋakɔ la me be, “Ame sia ame nesi yi eƒe du me, ame sia ame nesi ayi eƒe anyigba dzi!”
37 So the king died, and was brought to Samaria; and they buried the king in Samaria.
Ale fia la ku eye wotsɔe ɖaɖi ɖe Samaria.
38 And they washed the chariot by the pool of Samaria; and the dogs licked up his blood; the harlots also washed themselves there; according unto the word of the LORD which He spoke.
Esi woklɔ eƒe tasiaɖam la kple eƒe gawu le Samaria ta la to, afi si gbolowo lea tsi le la, avuwo va ɖuɖɔ fia la ƒe ʋu abe ale si Yehowa gblɔe da ɖi ene.
39 Now the rest of the acts of Ahab, and all that he did, and the ivory house which he built, and all the cities that he built, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
Woŋlɔ Fia Ahab ƒe ŋutinya mamlɛa, eƒe nyiɖufiasã kple du siwo wòtso la ƒe ŋutinya ɖe, Israel fiawo ƒe Ŋutinyagbalẽ me.
40 So Ahab slept with his fathers; and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead.
Woɖi Ahab ɖe tɔgbuiawo dome eye via Ahazia zu Israel fia ɖe eteƒe.
41 And Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began to reign over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel.
Le Yuda la, Yehosafat, Asa ƒe vi zu Israel fia le Ahab ƒe fiaɖuɖu ƒe ƒe enelia me.
42 Jehoshaphat was thirty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.
Yehosafat xɔ ƒe blaetɔ̃ vɔ atɔ̃ eye wòɖu fia le Yerusalem ƒe blaeve vɔ atɔ̃. Dadaa ŋkɔe nye Azuba, Silhi ƒe vinyɔnu.
43 And he walked in all the way of Asa his father; he turned not aside from it, doing that which was right in the eyes of the LORD; howbeit the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and offered in the high places.
Ewɔ Yehowa ƒe sewo katã dzi abe fofoa Asa ene, edze agbagba ɣe sia ɣi be yeadze Yehowa ŋu, ke meɖe nuxeƒewo ɖa le togbɛawo dzi o ale ameawo saa vɔ eye wodoa dzudzɔ ʋeʋĩ le afi ma.
44 And Jehoshaphat made peace with the king of Israel.
Nu bubu hãe nye ewɔ ŋutifafa kple Ahab, Israel fia.
45 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, and his might that he showed, and how he warred, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
Woŋlɔ Yehosafat ƒe nuwɔnawo kple eƒe dziɖuɖuwo le aʋawo me ɖe Yuda fiawo ƒe ŋutinyagbalẽ me.
46 And the remnant of the sodomites that remained in the days of his father Asa, he put away out of the land.
Yehosafat tu ŋutsu siwo nɔ gbolo wɔm le nuxeƒewo tso fofoa Asa ƒe fiaɖuɣi la ƒe xɔwo katã goŋgoŋ.
47 And there was no king in Edom: a deputy was king.
Fia aɖeke menɔ Edom ɣe ma ɣi o: fiateƒenɔla koe nɔ anyi.
48 Jehoshaphat made ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold; but they went not; for the ships were broken at Ezion-geber.
Fia Yehosafat tu tɔdziʋu gãwo be woayi Ofir atsɔ sika agbɔe, ke womete ŋu trɔ gbɔ o, elabena wogbã le Ezion Geber.
49 Then said Ahaziah the son of Ahab unto Jehoshaphat: 'Let my servants go with thy servants in the ships.' But Jehoshaphat would not.
Ahazia, Fia Ahab ƒe vi, ame si ɖu fia ɖe Ahab yome la gblɔ na Yehosafat be wòana ye hã yeƒe amewo nayi gake Yehosafat gbe.
50 And Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father; and Jehoram his son reigned in his stead.
Esi Fia Yehosafat ku la, woɖii ɖe tɔgbuiawo dome le fofoa David ƒe du me eye via Yehoram ɖu fia ɖe eteƒe.
51 Ahaziah the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria in the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and he reigned two years over Israel.
Le Yuda fia Yehosafat ƒe fiaɖuɖu ƒe ƒe wuiadrelia me la, Ahazia, Ahab ƒe vi dze fiaɖuɖu gɔme ɖe Israel dzi le Samaria. Eɖu fia ƒe eve.
52 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way of his father, and in the way of his mother, and in the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, wherein he made Israel to sin.
Ewɔ nu vɔ̃ le Yehowa ƒe ŋkume elabena eto fofoa kple dadaa kple Yeroboam, Nebat ƒe vi, ame si kplɔ Israel de nu vɔ̃ me la ƒe afɔtoƒe.
53 And he served Baal, and worshipped him, and provoked the LORD, the God of Israel, according to all that his father had done.
Esubɔ Baal eye wòto esia me do dɔmedzoe na Yehowa, Israel ƒe Mawu la abe ale si fofoa wɔ ene.
