1 Kings 22
1 For almost three years there was no war between Syria and Israel.
ORA i Siri e gl'Israeliti stettero tre anni senza guerra fra loro.
2 Then King Jehoshaphat, who ruled Judah, went to [visit] King Ahab, who ruled Israel.
Ma l'anno terzo, essendo Giosafat, re di Giuda, sceso al re d'Israele,
3 [While they were talking, ] Ahab said to his officials, “Do you realize that the Syrians are still occupying our city of Ramoth in [the] Gilead [region]? And we are doing nothing to retake that city!”
il re d'Israele disse a' suoi servitori: Non sapete voi che Ramot di Galaad [è] nostra? e pur noi non parliamo di ripigliarla dalle mani del re di Siria.
4 Then he turned to Jehoshaphat and asked, “Will your [army] join my [army] to fight against the people of Ramoth [and retake that city]?” Jehoshaphat replied, “[Certainly] I [will do whatever] you [want], and you may command my troops. You may take my horses into battle, also.”
Poi disse a Giosafat: Andrai tu meco alla guerra contro a Ramot di Galaad? E Giosafat disse al re d'Israele: [Fa' conto di] me come di te, e della mia gente come della tua, e de' miei cavalli come de' tuoi.
5 Then he added, “But we should ask Yahweh first, to find out what he wants us to do.”
Ma Giosafat disse al re d'Israele: Deh! domanda oggi la parola del Signore.
6 So Ahab summoned about 400 of his prophets together, and he asked them, “Should my [army] go to fight the people in Ramoth and retake that city, or not?” They answered, “Yes, go [and attack them], because God will enable your [army] to defeat them.”
E il re d'Israele adunò i profeti, [in numero d]'intorno a quattrocent'uomini, e disse loro: Andrò io alla guerra contro a Ramot di Galaad; ovvero, me ne rimarrò io? Ed essi dissero: Vacci; e il Signore [la] darà nelle mani del re.
7 But Jehoshaphat asked, “Is there no prophet of Yahweh here whom we can ask?”
Ma Giosafat disse: [Evvi] qui più niun profeta del Signore, il quale noi domandiamo?
8 The King of Israel replied, “There is one man we can talk to. We can ask him if he can find out what Yahweh wants. His name is Micaiah; he is the son of Imlah. But I hate him, because when he (prophesies/tells what God says to him) he never says [that] anything good [will happen] to me. He always predicts [that] bad things [will happen to me].” Jehoshaphat replied, “King Ahab, you should not say that!”
E il re d'Israele disse a Giosafat: [Vi è bene] ancora un uomo, per lo quale noi potremmo domandare il Signore; ma io l'odio; perciocchè egli non mi profetizza giammai del bene, anzi del male; [egli è] Mica, figliuolo di Imla. E Giosafat disse: Il re non dica così.
9 So the king of Israel told one of his officers to summon Micaiah immediately.
Allora il re d'Israele chiamò un eunuco, e gli disse: Fa' prestamente venir Mica, figliuolo d'Imla.
10 The king of Israel and the king of Judah were wearing their (royal robes/robes that showed that they were kings). They were sitting on thrones at the place where people threshed grain, near the gate of Samaria [city]. All of Ahab’s prophets were standing in front of the kings, (prophesying/predicting what was going to happen).
Ora il re d'Israele, e Giosafat, re di Giuda, sedevano ciascuno sopra il suo seggio, vestiti d'abiti [reali], nell'aia [che è] all'entrata della porta di Samaria, e tutti i profeti profetizzavano in presenza loro.
11 One of them, whose name was Zedekiah, the son of Kenaanah, had made from iron [something that resembled] horns of a bull. Then he proclaimed [to Ahab], “This is what Yahweh says: ‘With horns like these your [army] will keep attacking the Syrians [like a bull attacks another animal] [MET], until you completely destroy them!’”
Or Sedechia, figliuolo di Chenaana, si avea fatte delle corna di ferro, e disse: Così ha detto il Signore: Con queste [corna] tu cozzerai i Siri, finchè tu li abbia consumati.
12 All the [other] prophets [of Ahab] agreed. They said, “Yes! If you go up to attack Ramoth [city] in [the] Gilead [region], you will be successful, because Yahweh will enable you to defeat them!”
E tutti i profeti profetizzavano in quella medesima maniera, dicendo: Sali contro a Ramot di Galaad, e tu prospererai, e il Signore [la] darà in mano del re.
13 Meanwhile, the messenger who went to summon Micaiah said to him, “Listen to me! All the other prophets are predicting that the king’s army will defeat the Syrians. So be sure that you agree with them and say (what will be favorable/that the king’s army will be successful).”
Ora il messo ch'era andato a chiamar Mica, gli parlò, dicendo: Ecco ora, i profeti tutti ad una voce predicono del bene al re; deh! sia il tuo parlare conforme al parlare dell'uno di essi, e predici[gli] del bene.
14 But Micaiah replied, “As surely as Yahweh lives, I will tell him only what Yahweh tells me to say.”
Ma Mica disse: [Come] il Signore vive, io dirò ciò che il Signore mi avrà detto.
15 When Micaiah came to Ahab, Ahab asked him, “Micaiah, should we go to fight against [the people of] Ramoth, or not?” Micaiah replied, “Sure, go! Yahweh will enable your army to defeat them!”
Egli adunque venne al re. E il re gli disse: Mica, andremo noi alla guerra contro a Ramot di Galaad; ovvero, ce ne rimarremo noi? Ed egli gli disse: Va' pure, e tu prospererai, e il Signore [la] darà in mano del re.
16 But King Ahab [realized that Micaiah was (lying/being sarcastic), so he] said to Micaiah, “I have told you [RHQ] many times that you must always tell only the truth when you say what Yahweh [has revealed to you]!”
E il re gli disse: Fino a quante volte ti scongiurerò io che tu non mi dica altro che la verità, a nome del Signore?
17 So Micaiah said to him, “[The truth is that] in a vision I saw all the troops of Israel scattered on the mountains. They seemed to be like sheep that did not have a shepherd. And Yahweh said, ‘Their master has been killed. So tell them all to go home peacefully.’”
Allora egli [gli] disse: Io vedeva tutto Israele sparso su per i monti, come pecore che non hanno pastore; e il Signore diceva: Costoro son senza signore; ritornisene ciascuno a casa sua in pace.
18 Ahab said to Jehoshaphat, “I told you [RHQ] that he never predicts [that] anything good [will happen to me]! He [always] predicts [that] bad things [will happen to me].”
Allora il re d'Israele disse a Giosafat: Non ti diss'io, ch'egli non mi profetizzerebbe alcun bene, anzi del male?
19 But Micaiah continued, saying, “Listen to what Yahweh showed to me! [In a vision] I saw Yahweh sitting on his throne, with all the armies of heaven surrounding him, on his right side and on his left side.
E [Mica gli] disse: Perciò, ascolta la parola del Signore: Io vedeva il Signore assiso sopra il suo trono, e tutto l'esercito del cielo ch'era presente davanti a lui, a destra ed a sinistra.
20 And Yahweh said, ‘Who can persuade Ahab to go to fight against the people of Ramoth, in order that he may be killed there?’ Some suggested one thing, and others suggested something else.
E il Signore disse: Chi indurrà Achab, acciocchè salga contro a Ramot di Galaad, e vi muoia? E l'uno diceva una cosa, e l'altro un'altra.
21 Finally one [evil] spirit came to Yahweh and said, ‘I can do it!’
Allora uscì fuori uno spirito, il quale si presentò davanti al Signore, e disse: Io l'indurrò. E il Signore gli disse: Come?
22 Yahweh asked him, ‘How will you do it?’ The spirit replied, ‘I will go and inspire all of Ahab’s prophets to tell lies.’ Yahweh said, ‘You will be successful; go and do it!’
Ed egli disse: Io uscirò fuori, e sarò spirito di menzogna nella bocca di tutti i suoi profeti. E [il Signore gli] disse: [Sì], tu l'indurrai, e anche ne verrai a capo; esci fuori, e fa' così.
23 So now [I tell you that] Yahweh has caused all of your prophets to lie to you. Yahweh has decided that something terrible will happen to you.”
Ora dunque, ecco, il Signore ha messo uno spirito di menzogna nella bocca di tutti questi tuoi profeti, e il Signore ha pronunziato del male contro a te.
24 Then Zedekiah walked over to Micaiah and slapped him on his face. He said, “Do you think that Yahweh’s Spirit left me in order to speak to you?” [RHQ]
Allora Sedechia, figliuolo di Chenaana, si accostò, e percosse Mica in su la guancia, e disse: Onde si è partito lo Spirito del Signore da me, per parlar teco?
25 Micaiah replied, “You will find out for yourself [which of us Yahweh’s Spirit has truly spoken to] on the day when you go into a room of some house to hide [from the Syrian troops]!”
E Mica disse: Ecco, tu [il] vedrai al giorno che tu entrerai di camera in camera per appiattarti.
26 King Ahab commanded [his soldiers], “Seize Micaiah and take him to Amon, the governor of this city, and to my son Joash.
E il re d'Israele disse [ad uno]: Prendi Mica, e menalo ad Amon, capitano della città, ed a Gioas, figliuolo del re.
27 Tell them that I have commanded that they should put this man in prison and give him only bread and water. Do not give him anything else to eat until I return safely from the battle!”
E di' loro: Così ha detto il re: Mettete costui in prigione, e cibatelo di pane e d'acqua strettamente, finchè io ritorni in pace.
28 Micaiah replied, “If you return safely, [it will be clear that] it was not Yahweh who told me what to say to you!” Then he said [to all those who were standing there], “Do not forget what I have said [to King Ahab]!”
E Mica disse: Se pur tu ritorni in pace, il Signore non avrà parlato per me. Poi disse: Voi, popoli tutti, ascoltate.
29 So the King of Israel and the King of Judah [led their armies] to Ramoth, in [the] Gilead [region].
Il re d'Israele adunque salì con Giosafat, re di Giuda, contro a Ramot di Galaad.
30 King Ahab said to Jehoshaphat, “I will put on different clothes, [in order that no one will recognize that I am the king]. But you should wear your (royal robe/robe that shows that you are a king).” So Ahab disguised himself, and they both went into the battle.
E il re d'Israele disse a Giosafat: Io mi travestirò, e [così] entrerò nella battaglia; ma tu, vestiti delle tue vesti. Il re d'Israele adunque si travestì, e [così] entrò nella battaglia.
31 The King of Syria told this to his thirty-two men who were driving the chariots: “Attack only the king of Israel!”
Ora il re di Siria avea comandato ai suoi capitani de' carri, [ch'erano] trentadue: Non combattete contro a piccoli, nè contro a grandi, ma contro al re d'Israele solo.
32 So when the men who were driving the Syrian chariots saw Jehoshaphat [wearing (his royal robes/clothes that showed he was the king)], they pursued him. They shouted, “There is the king of Israel!” But when Jehoshaphat cried out,
Perciò, quando i capitani de' carri ebbero veduto Giosafat, dissero: Certo, egli [è] il re d'Israele; e si voltarono a lui, per combatter [contro a lui]; ma Giosafat gridò.
33 they realized that he was not the king of Israel. So they stopped pursuing him.
E quando i capitani de' carri ebber veduto ch'egli non [era] il re d'Israele, si rivolsero indietro da lui.
34 But one [Syrian] soldier shot an arrow at Ahab, without knowing that it was Ahab. The arrow struck Ahab between the places where the parts of his armor joined together. Ahab told the driver of his chariot, “Turn the chariot around and take me out of here! I have been severely wounded!”
Allora qualcuno tirò con l'arco a caso, e ferì il re d'Israele fra le falde e la corazza; laonde egli disse al suo carrettiere: Volta la mano, e menami fuor del campo; perciocchè io son ferito.
35 The battle continued all the day. Ahab was sitting propped up in his chariot, facing the Syrian troops. The blood from his wound ran down to the floor of the chariot. And late in the afternoon he died.
Ma la battaglia si rinforzò in quel dì; onde il re fu rattenuto nel carro contro a' Siri, e morì in su la sera; e il sangue della piaga colò nel cavo del carro.
36 Just as the sun was going down, someone among the Israeli troops shouted, “[The battle is ended!] Everyone should return home!”
E come il sole tramontava, passò un bando per il campo, dicendo: [Riducasi] ciascuno alla sua città, ed al suo paese.
37 So king Ahab died, and they took his body [in the chariot] to Samaria [city] and buried his body there.
E il re morì, e fu portato in Samaria, e quivi fu seppellito.
38 They washed his chariot alongside the pool in Samaria, a pool where the prostitutes bathed. And dogs [came and] licked the king’s blood, just like Yahweh had predicted would happen.
E il carro fu tuffato nel vivaio di Samaria; le arme vi furono eziandio lavate; ed i cani leccarono il sangue di Achab, secondo la parola del Signore ch'egli avea pronunziata.
39 The account/record of the other things that happened while Ahab was ruling, and about the palace decorated with much ivory [that they built for him], and the cities that were built for him, was written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Israel’.
Ora, quant'è al rimanente de' fatti di Achab, e tutto quello ch'egli fece, e la casa d'avorio ch'egli edificò, e tutte le città ch'egli edificò; queste cose non [sono] esse scritte nel Libro delle Croniche dei re d'Israele?
40 When Ahab died, his body was buried where his ancestors were buried. Then his son Ahaziah became king.
Così Achab giacque co' suoi padri; ed Achazia, suo figliuolo, regnò in luogo suo.
41 Before King Ahab died, when he had been ruling in Israel for four years, Asa’s son Jehoshaphat started to rule in Judah.
OR Giosafat, figliuolo di Asa, avea cominciato a regnare sopra Giuda l'anno quarto di Achab, re d'Israele.
42 Jehoshaphat was thirty-five years old when he started to rule, and he ruled in Jerusalem for twenty-five years. His mother was Azubah, the daughter of Shilhi.
E Giosafat [era] d'età di trentacinque anni, quando cominciò a regnare, e regnò venticinque anni in Gerusalemme. E il nome di sua madre [era] Azuba, figliuola di Silai.
43 Jehoshaphat was a good king, just like his father Asa had been. He did things that pleased Yahweh. But while he was king, he did not remove all the pagan altars [that the people had built] on the hilltops. So the people continued to offer sacrifices [to idols] on those altars and burned incense there.
Ed egli camminò per tutte le vie di Asa, suo padre, [e] non se ne rivolse, facendo ciò che piace al Signore. Nondimeno gli alti luoghi non furono tolti via; il popolo sacrificava ancora e faceva profumi negli alti luoghi.
44 Jehoshaphat also made [a] peace [agreement] with the king of Israel.
Oltre a ciò, Giosafat fece pace col re d'Israele.
45 All the other things that happened while Jehoshaphat was ruling, and the great things that he did and the victories his [troops] won, are written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Judah’.
Ora, quant'è al rimanente de' fatti di Giosafat, e le prodezze ch'egli fece, e le guerre ch'egli ebbe; queste cose non [son] elleno scritte nel Libro delle Croniche dei re di Giuda?
46 Jehoshaphat’s father Asa [had tried to expel] the male prostitutes that stayed at the pagan shrines, but some of them were still there. Jehoshaphat got rid of them.
Egli tolse ancora via dal paese il rimanente de' cinedi, ch'erano rimasti al tempo di Asa, suo padre.
47 At that time, there was no king in Edom; a ruler who had been appointed by Jehoshaphat ruled there.
Or in quel tempo non [vi era] re in Edom; il Governatore [era in luogo del] re.
48 Jehoshaphat [ordered some Israeli men to] build a fleet/group of ships to sail [south] to [the] Ophir [region] to get gold. But they were wrecked at Ezion-Geber/Elath, so the ships never sailed.
Giosafat fece un navilio di Tarsis, per andare in Ofir, per dell'oro; ma non andò; perciocchè le navi si ruppero in Esion-gheber.
49 Before the ships were wrecked, Ahab’s son Ahaziah suggested to Jehoshaphat, “Allow my sailors to go with your sailors,” but Jehoshaphat refused.
Allora Achazia, figliuolo di Achab, disse a Giosafat: Vadano i miei servitori co' tuoi, sopra il navilio; ma Giosafat non volle.
50 When Jehoshaphat died, his [body] was buried where his ancestors were buried in [Jerusalem, ] the city where King David [had ruled]. Then Jehoshaphat’s son Jehoram became king.
E Giosafat giacque co' suoi padri, e fu seppellito co' suoi padri nella Città di Davide, suo padre; e Gioram, suo figliuolo, regnò in luogo suo.
51 Before King Jehoshaphat died, when he had been ruling in Judah for 17 years, Ahab’s son Ahaziah began to rule in Israel. Ahaziah ruled in Samaria for two years.
Achazia, figliuolo di Achab, cominciò a regnare sopra Israele, in Samaria, l'anno decimosettimo di Giosafat, re di Giuda; e regnò due anni sopra Israele.
52 He did many things that Yahweh considered to be evil, doing the [evil] things that his father and mother had done and the evil things that Jeroboam had done—the king who had led all the Israeli people to sin [by worshiping idols].
E fece quello che dispiace al Signore, e camminò per la via di suo padre e di sua madre; e per la via di Geroboamo, figliuolo di Nebat, il quale avea fatto peccare Israele.
53 Ahaziah bowed in front of Baal’s idol and worshiped it. That caused Yahweh, the God who was the true God of the Israeli people, to become very angry, just as Ahaziah’s father had caused Yahweh to become angry.
E servì a Baal, e l'adorò, e dispettò il Signore Iddio d'Israele, interamente come avea fatto suo padre.
