1 Kings 20
1 And Benhadad the king of Syria 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 warred against it.
Ben-Hadad, kralj Arama, skupi svu vojsku svoju - s njim bijahu trideset i dva kralja, s konjima i bojnim kolima - i ode opsjedati Samariju i udari na nju.
2 And he sent messengers to Ahab king of Israel into the city, and said to him, Thus says Benhadad,
Posla u grad glasnike izraelskom kralju Ahabu
3 Your silver and your gold is mine; your wives also and your children, even the best, are mine.
i reče mu: “Ovako veli Ben-Hadad: 'Tvoje srebro i tvoje zlato moje je, a žene tvoje i djeca ostaju tebi.'”
4 And the king of Israel answered and said, My lord, O king, according to your saying, I am yours, and all that I have.
Izraelski kralj ovako mu odgovori: “Na tvoju zapovijed, gospodaru kralju! Tvoj sam ja sa svime što mi pripada.”
5 And the messengers came again, and said, Thus speaks Benhadad, saying, Although I have sent to you, saying, You shall deliver me your silver, and your gold, and your wives, and your children;
Ali se glasnici vratiše i rekoše: “Ovako kaže Ben-Hadad i poručuje ti: 'Daj mi svoje srebro i zlato, svoje žene i djecu.
6 Yet I will send my servants to you to morrow about this time, and they shall search your house, and the houses of your servants; and it shall be, that whatever is pleasant in your eyes, they shall put it in their hand, and take it away.
Budi siguran da ću sutra u ovo doba poslati svoje sluge i oni će pretražiti tvoju kuću i kuće tvojih sluga i stavit će svoju ruku na sve što im se svidi i to će odnijeti.'”
7 Then the king of Israel called all the elders of the land, and said, Mark, I pray you, and see how this man seeks mischief: for he sent to me for my wives, and for my children, and for my silver, and for my gold; and I denied him not.
Izraelski kralj sazva sve starješine zemaljske i reče: “Promislite i pogledajte! Ovaj nam sprema zlo! Traži od mene moje žene i djecu, premda mu nisam odbio svoje srebro i zlato.”
8 And all the elders and all the people said to him, Listen not to him, nor consent.
Starješine mu i sav narod odgovoriše: “Nemoj poslušati! Nemoj pristati!”
9 Why he said to the messengers of Benhadad, Tell my lord the king, All that you did send for to your servant at the first I will do: but this thing I may not do. And the messengers departed, and brought him word again.
Tada on ovako odgovori Ben-Hadadovim poslanicima: “Recite gospodaru kralju: 'Sve što si prvi put tražio od svoga sluge, ja ću učiniti, ali ovo drugo ne mogu.'” I poslanici odoše i odnesoše odgovor.
10 And Benhadad sent to him, and said, The gods do so to me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people that follow me.
Tada mu Ben-Hadad poruči: “Neka mi bogovi učine zlo i neka pridaju još toliko, ako bude dosta praha Samarije da svi oni koji me slijede dobiju po pregršt!”
11 And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell him, Let not him that girds on his harness boast himself as he that puts it off.
Ali mu kralj izraelski odgovori: “Kaže se: 'Neka se ne hvali koji se opasuje kao onaj koji se raspasuje!'”
12 And it came to pass, when Benhadad heard this message, as he was drinking, he and the kings in the pavilions, that he said to his servants, Set yourselves in array. And they set themselves in array against the city.
A kad je Ben-Hadad to čuo - upravo je pio s kraljevima pod šatorima - zapovjedi svojim slugama: “Na svoja mjesta!” I oni zauzeše svoje položaje protiv grada.
13 And, behold, there came a prophet to Ahab king of Israel, saying, Thus says the LORD, Have you seen all this great multitude? behold, I will deliver it into your hand this day; and you shall know that I am the LORD.
Tada potraži jedan prorok Ahaba, kralja Izraela, i reče: “Ovako veli Jahve: 'Jesi li vidio ono silno mnoštvo? Ja ću ti ga danas evo predati u ruke i ti ćeš spoznati da sam ja Jahve.'”
14 And Ahab said, By whom? And he said, Thus says the LORD, Even by the young men of the princes of the provinces. Then he said, Who shall order the battle? And he answered, You.
Ahab reče: “Po kome?” On odgovori: “Ovako veli Jahve: po momcima pokrajinskih namjesnika.” Ahab upita: “Tko će početi boj?” On odgovori: “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.
Ahab izvrši smotru momaka pokrajinskih upravitelja. Bijaše ih dvije stotine trideset i dva. Poslije njih izvršio je smotru sve vojske svih Izraelaca. Bijaše ih sedam tisuća.
16 And they went out at noon. But Benhadad was drinking himself drunk in the pavilions, he and the kings, the thirty and two kings that helped him.
Oni iziđoše u podne, dok je Ben-Hadad pio u šatorima sa trideset i dva kralja koji mu bijahu saveznici.
17 And the young men of the princes of the provinces went out first; and Benhadad sent out, and they told him, saying, There are men come out of Samaria.
Momci pokrajinskih upravitelja iziđoše prvi. Obavijestiše Ben-Hadada: “Izišli su ljudi iz Samarije.”
18 And he said, Whether they be come out for peace, take them alive; or whether they be come out for war, take them alive.
On reče: “Ako su izišli radi mira, pohvatajte ih žive; ako su izišli u boj, opet ih uhvatite žive!”
19 So these young men of the princes of the provinces came out of the city, and the army which followed them.
Ali kad su oni - momci pokrajinskih upravitelja - izišli iz grada, za njima je slijedila ostala vojska
20 And they slew every one his man: and the Syrians fled; and Israel pursued them: and Benhadad the king of Syria escaped on an horse with the horsemen.
i svaki je udario na svog protivnika. Aramejci su bježali, a Izraelci ih progonili. Ben-Hadad, aramejski kralj, spasio se na konju zajedno s nekim konjanicima.
21 And the king of Israel went out, and smote the horses and chariots, and slew the Syrians with a great slaughter.
Tada je izišao izraelski kralj; zarobio je konje i kola i nanio Aramejcima težak poraz.
22 And the prophet came to the king of Israel, and said to him, Go, strengthen yourself, and mark, and see what you do: for at the return of the year the king of Syria will come up against you.
Tada pristupi prorok izraelskom kralju i reče mu: “Hajdemo! Ohrabri se i razmisli dobro što ti je činiti, jer će dogodine aramejski kralj napasti na te.”
23 And the servants of the king of Syria said to him, Their gods are gods 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.
Sluge su savjetovale aramejskog kralja: Njihov bog je bog gora, i zato su bili jači od nas. Ali ako se pobijemo s njima u ravnici, sigurno ćemo mi biti jači od njih.
24 And do this thing, Take the kings away, every man out of his place, and put captains in their rooms:
Učinimo dakle ovako: makni ove kraljeve i postavi na njihovo mjesto upravitelje.
25 And number you an army, like the army that you have 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 listened to their voice, and did so.
Zatim skupi sebi veliku vojsku kolika je bila ona koju si izgubio, toliko konja i toliko kola. Tada ćemo se pobiti s njima u ravnici, i sigurno ćemo ih nadvladati.” On ih posluša i učini tako.
26 And it came to pass at the return of the year, that Benhadad numbered the Syrians, and went up to Aphek, to fight against Israel.
Na početku godine Ben-Hadad podiže Aramejce i pođe na Afek da vojuje s Izraelom.
27 And the children of Israel were numbered, and were all present, and went against them: and the children of Israel pitched before them like two little flocks of kids; but the Syrians filled the country.
Izraelci se podigoše i krenuše protiv njih. I utaboriše se Izraelci pred njima kao dva mala stada koza, dok su Aramejci prekrili zemlju.
28 And there came a man of God, and spoke to the king of Israel, and said, Thus says the LORD, Because the Syrians have said, The LORD is God of the hills, but he is not God of the valleys, therefore will I deliver all this great multitude into your hand, and you shall know that I am the LORD.
Tada pristupi Božji čovjek izraelskom kralju i reče: “Ovako veli Jahve: 'Zato što Aramejci kažu za Jahvu da je Bog bregova i da nije Bog ravnica, ja ću predati u tvoje ruke ovo silno mnoštvo da spoznate da sam ja Jahve'.”
29 And they pitched 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 Syrians an hundred thousand footmen in one day.
Sedam dana bijahu utaboreni jedni sučelice drugima. Sedmoga dana zametnu se boj i Izraelci poubijaše Aramejce, stotinu tisuća pješaka u jedan jedini dan.
30 But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; and there a wall fell on twenty and seven thousand of the men that were left. And Benhadad fled, and came into the city, into an inner chamber.
Ostatak pobježe u Afek, u grad, ali se sruši zidina na dvadeset i sedam tisuća ljudi koji su ostali. Pobjegao je i Ben-Hadad. U gradu je prelazio iz jednog skrovišta u drugo.
31 And his servants said to him, Behold now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings: let us, I pray you, put sackcloth on our loins, and ropes on our heads, and go out to the king of Israel: peradventure he will save your life.
Njegove su mu sluge rekle: “Gle! Mi smo čuli da su izraelski kraljevi milosrdni. Stavimo kostrijet oko bokova svojih i konope oko svojih glava, pa izađimo pred kralja izraelskog: možda će ti poštedjeti život.”
32 So they girded sackcloth on their loins, and put ropes on their heads, and came to the king of Israel, and said, Your servant Benhadad says, I pray you, let me live. And he said, Is he yet alive? he is my brother.
I svezaše kostrijeti oko bokova svojih i konopce oko svojih glava. Otišli su pred izraelskog kralja i rekli: “Tvoj sluga Ben-Hadad kaže: 'Ostavi me na životu!'” On odgovori: “Je li još živ? On je moj brat.”
33 Now the men did diligently observe whether any thing would come from him, and did hastily catch it: and they said, Your brother Benhadad. Then he said, Go you, bring him. Then Benhadad came forth to him; and he caused him to come up into the chariot.
Ljudi su to uzeli kao dobar znak i požurili se da ga uhvate za riječ govoreći: “Ben-Hadad tvoj je brat.” Ahab odgovori: “Idite! Dovedite ga!” Ben-Hadad dođe i on ga uze na kola.
34 And Benhadad said to him, The cities, which my father took from your father, I will restore; and you shall make streets for you in Damascus, as my father made in Samaria. Then said Ahab, I will send you away with this covenant. So he made a covenant with him, and sent him away.
Ben-Hadad reče mu tada: “Vratit ću ti gradove koje je moj otac uzeo tvome ocu; stajat će ti na raspolaganju četvrti u Damasku, kao što ih je postavio moj otac u Samariji. Pod ovim me uvjetom otpusti.” Ahab sklopi s njime savez i otpusti ga.
35 And a certain man of the sons of the prophets said to his neighbor in the word of the LORD, Smite me, I pray you. And the man refused to smite him.
Neki od proročkih sinova reče po Jahvinoj zapovijedi svome drugu: “Udari me!” Ali čovjek ne htjede da ga tuče.
36 Then said he to him, Because you have not obeyed the voice of the LORD, behold, as soon as you are departed from me, a lion shall slay you. And as soon as he was departed from him, a lion found him, and slew him.
Tada mu onaj reče: “Budući da nisi slušao glasa Jahvina, evo, kad odeš od mene, lav će te razderati.” Tek što se udaljio od njega, naiđe na lava koji ga razdera.
37 Then he found another man, and said, Smite me, I pray you. And the man smote him, so that in smiting he wounded him.
Prorok nađe drugoga čovjeka i reče: “Udari me!” Čovjek ga izudara i izrani.
38 So the prophet departed, and waited for the king by the way, and disguised himself with ashes on his face.
Prorok ode, postavi se kralju na put, a preko očiju navuče povez da ga ne prepoznaju.
39 And as the king passed by, he cried to the king: and he said, Your servant went out into the middle of the battle; and, behold, a man turned aside, and brought a man to me, and said, Keep this man: if by any means he be missing, then shall your life be for his life, or else you shall pay a talent of silver.
Kad je kralj prolazio, on povika: “Tvoj je sluga bio izišao u boj, kadli iz bojnih redova jedan istupi i dovede mi nekog čovjeka govoreći: 'Čuvaj ovoga čovjeka! Ako nestane, tvoj će život biti za njegov život, ili ćeš platiti srebrni talenat.'
40 And as your servant was busy here and there, he was gone. And the king of Israel said to him, So shall your judgment be; yourself have decided it.
I dok je tvoj sluga radio ovdje-ondje, njega je nestalo.” Tada mu reče kralj Izraela: “Eto ti presude! Sam si je izrekao!”
41 And he hurried, and took the ashes away from his face; and the king of Israel discerned him that he was of the prophets.
Nato onaj odmah ukloni povez s očiju i kralj izraelski vidje da je to jedan od proroka.
42 And he said to him, Thus says the LORD, Because you have let go out of your hand a man whom I appointed to utter destruction, therefore your life shall go for his life, and your people for his people.
A on reče kralju: “Ovako veli Jahve: 'Budući da si pustio da ti iz ruke utekne čovjek koga sam udario prokletstvom, tvoj će život biti za njegov život, tvoj narod za njegov narod.'”
43 And the king of Israel went to his house heavy and displeased, and came to Samaria.
I kralj izraelski ode svojoj kući, mrk i srdit, i uđe u Samariju.
