2 Kings 3
1 Now Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria in the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned twelve years.
Joram Ahabsson vart konge yver Israel i Samaria i det attande styringsåret åt Juda-kongen Josafat. Han var konge i tolv år.
2 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD; but not like his father, and like his mother; for he put away the pillar of Baal that his father had made.
Han gjorde det som vondt var i Herrens augo, men endå ikkje soleis som far og mor hans. Han fekk burt Ba’als-sula som far hans hadde sett upp.
3 Nevertheless he cleaved unto the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, wherewith he made Israel to sin; he departed not therefrom.
Men han heldt fast på synderne åt Jerobeam Nebatsson, som han hadde fenge Israel til å gjera, deim gav han ikkje upp.
4 Now Mesha king of Moab was a sheep-master; and he rendered unto the king of Israel the wool of a hundred thousand lambs, and of a hundred thousand rams.
Moabs-kongen Mesa åtte so mykje fe. I skatt til Israels-kongen hadde han svara hundrad tusund lamb og ulli av hundrad tusund verar.
5 But it came to pass, when Ahab was dead, that the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel.
Men då Ahab døydde, sagde Moabs-kongen seg laus frå Israels-kongen.
6 And king Jehoram went out of Samaria at that time, and mustered all Israel.
På timen drog kong Joram ut or Samaria og mynstra heile Israels-heren.
7 And he went and sent to Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, saying: 'The king of Moab hath rebelled against me; wilt thou go with me against Moab to battle?' And he said: 'I will go up; I am as thou art, my people as thy people, my horses as thy horses.'
Og so sende han bod til Juda-kongen Josafat med dei ordi: «Moabs-kongen hev sagt seg laus frå meg; vil du fara med meg og føra krig Moab?» «Ja, » svara han, «eg skal fara med, eg som du, mitt folk som ditt folk, mine hestar som dine hestar.»
8 And he said: 'Which way shall we go up?' And he answered: 'The way of the wilderness of Edom.'
Han spurde: «Kva veg skal me fara?» «Yver Edomheidarne, » svara han.
9 So the king of Israel went, and the king of Judah, and the king of Edom; and they made a circuit of seven days' journey; and there was no water for the host, nor for the beasts that followed them.
Gav dei seg so i veg, Israels-kongen og Juda-kongen og Edom-kongen. Men då dei hadde fare sju dagsferder, vanta dei vatn til heren og til dyri som fulgde etter.
10 And the king of Israel said: 'Alas! for the LORD hath called these three kings together to deliver them into the hand of Moab.'
«Å du, å du!» sagde Israels-kongen, «no hev Herren stemnt i hop desse tri kongarne til å gjeva deim i henderne på moabitarne.»
11 But Jehoshaphat said: 'Is there not here a prophet of the LORD, that we may inquire of the LORD by him?' And one of the king of Israel's servants answered and said: 'Elisha the son of Shaphat is here, who poured water on the hands of Elijah.'
«Finst det ingen Herrens profet her?» sagde Josafat, «so me kann spyrja Herren gjenom honom!» Ein av tenarane åt Israels-kongen svara: «Jau, Elisa Safatsson er her, han som helte vatn yver henderne åt Elia.»
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.
«I hans eige er Herrens ord, » sagde Josafat. Gjekk dei so ned til honom, Israels-kongen og Josafat og Edom-kongen.
13 And Elisha said unto the king of Israel: 'What have I to do with thee? get thee to the prophets of thy father, and to the prophets of thy mother.' And the king of Israel said unto him: 'Nay; for the LORD hath called these three kings together to deliver them into the hand of Moab.'
Men Elisa svara Israels-kongen: «Kva vil du meg? Gakk du til profetarne åt far din og profeterne åt mor di!» «Seg ikkje so!» svara Israels-kongen; «du skyner Herren hev stemnt i hop desse tri kongarne til å gjeva deim i henderne på Moab.»
14 And Elisha said: 'As the LORD of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, surely, were it not that I regard the presence of Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, I would not look toward thee, nor see thee.
Då svara Elisa: «So sant Herren, allhers drott, liver, han som eg tener: hadde det ikkje vore for Juda-kongen Josafat skuld, nei menn um eg vilde anten vyrda eller varast deg.
15 But now bring me a minstrel.' And it came to pass, when the minstrel played, that the hand of the LORD came upon him.
Men no kann du henta ein harpespelar åt meg.» Då harpespelaren leika på harpa, kom Herrens Ande yver honom,
16 And he said: 'Thus saith the LORD: Make this valley full of trenches.
Og han sagde: «So segjer Herren: «Grav grop på grop i denne dalen!
17 For thus saith the LORD: Ye shall not see wind, neither shall ye see rain, yet that valley shall be filled with water; and ye shall drink, both ye and your cattle and your beasts.
For so segjer Herren: Ikkje ser de vind, og ikkje ser de regn; men denne dalen vert full av vatn; sjølve fær de drikka, og heren dykkar og dyri dykkar.
18 And this is but a light thing in the sight of the LORD; He will also deliver the Moabites into your hand.
Men dette tykkjest Herren for lite; difor vil han gjeva Moab i dykkar hand.
19 And ye shall smite every fortified city, and every choice city, and shall fell every good tree, and stop all fountains of water, and mar every good piece of land with stones.'
Alle faste byar og kvar storby skal de taka; kvart aldetre skal de fella, kvar ei uppkoma skal de kasta att, kvar grøderik åker skal de tyna med stein.»»
20 And it came to pass in the morning, about the time of making the offering, that, behold, there came water by the way of Edom, and the country was filled with water.
Andre morgonen, den tid dei bar fram grjonofferet, kom det vatn frå Edom-leitet, og landet vart fullt av vatn.
21 Now when all the Moabites heard that the kings were come up to fight against them, they gathered themselves together, all that were able to put on armour, and upward, and stood on the border.
Då alle moabitarne frette at kongarne drog i krig mot deim, baud dei ut alle våpnføre folk og vel so det, og fylkte seg attmed landskilet.
22 And they rose up early in the morning, and the sun shone upon the water, and the Moabites saw the water some way off as red as blood;
Tidleg um morgonen då soli rann og skein på vatnet, tykte moabitarne frå sin synsstad, at vatnet såg ut som blod.
23 and they said: 'This is blood: the kings have surely fought together, and they have smitten each man his fellow; now therefore, Moab, to the spoil.'
«Det er blod!» ropa dei; «det er tydelegt at kongarne hev tynt kvarandre i strid innbyrdes! No er herfang å få, moabitar!»
24 And when they came to the camp of Israel, the Israelites rose up and smote the Moabites, so that they fled before them. And they smote the land, even Moab, mightily.
Då dei kom til Israels-lægret, ruste israelitarne på og slo moabitarne, so dei tok til rømings. So fall dei inn i Moabiterlandet og slo deim heilt.
25 And they beat down the cities; and on every good piece of land they cast every man his stone, and filled it; and they stopped all the fountains of water, and felled all the good trees; until there was left only Kir-hareseth with the stones of the wall thereof; so the slingers encompassed it, and smote it.
Byarne braut dei ned, på alle dei grøderike åkrarne kasta dei kvar sin stein og steina deim ned, kvar ei uppkoma kasta dei att, kvart eit aldetre felte dei, til dess ikkje anna var att enn steinmurarne i Kir-Hareset; og det kringsette slyngjekastarane og skaut på det.
26 And when the king of Moab saw that the battle was too sore for him, he took with him seven hundred men that drew sword, to break through unto the king of Edom; but they could not.
Då Moab-kongen såg at han ikkje kunde standa seg i striden, tok han sju hundrad mann våpnføre mann med seg og vilde slå seg igjenom fram til Edom-kongen. Men det mislukkast.
27 Then he took his eldest son that should have reigned in his stead, and offered him for a burnt-offering upon the wall. And there came great wrath upon Israel; and they departed from him, and returned to their own land.
Då tok han fyrstefødde son sin som skulde verta konge i staden hans, og ofra honom på muren til brennoffer. Og ein stor harm råka Israel, so dei laut brjota upp derifrå og snu heim att.
