1 Kings 22
1 For almost three years there was no war between Syria and Israel.
Le lia’e tsy nialy telo taoñe ty Arame naho Israele.
2 Then King Jehoshaphat, who ruled Judah, went to [visit] King Ahab, who ruled Israel.
Ie amy taom-paha-teloy, le nizotso mb’amy mpanjaka’ Israeley mb’eo t’Iehosafate mpanjaka’ Iehoda.
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!”
Aa hoe ty mpanjaka’ Israele amo mpitoro’eo: Fohi’ areo hao te antika t’i Ramote-Gilade? fe mbe eo avao tika tsy nandrambe aze am-pitam-panjaka’ i Arame.
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.”
Le hoe re am’ Iehosafate: Hitraok’ amako hao irehe hifandrapake e Ramote-Gilade añe? le hoe t’Iehosafate amy mpanjaka’ Israeley: Ama’o iraho manahake ty vata’o, ondatikoo hoe ondati’o, o soavalakoo hoe soavala’o.
5 Then he added, “But we should ask Yahweh first, to find out what he wants us to do.”
Le hoe t’Iehosafate amy mpanjaka’ Israeley: Ehe, paiao hey ty tsara’ Iehovà.
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.”
Aa le natonto’ i mpanjaka’ Israeley o mpitokio, va’e ondaty efa-jato, le nanoa’e ty hoe: Homb’ e Ramote-Gilade mb’eo hao iraho hifañotakotake, he hifoneñe? Le hoe iereo: Miavota; fa hitolora’ i Talè am-pità’ i mpanjakay.
7 But Jehoshaphat asked, “Is there no prophet of Yahweh here whom we can ask?”
Aa hoe t’Iehosafate: Tsy amam-pitoki’ Iehovà hao ty atoy hañontanean-tika?
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!”
Le hoe ty mpanjaka’ Israele am’ Iehosafate: Mbe añe t’indaty raike hampañontanean-tika am’ Iehovà, i Mikaià ana’ Imlà; fe hejeko; amy te tsy soa ty fitokia’e amako fa raty. Le hoe t’Iehosafate: Ee te tsy hanao izay ty mpanjaka!
9 So the king of Israel told one of his officers to summon Micaiah immediately.
Aa le kinanji’ i mpanjaka’ Israeley ty mpifehe, nanao ty hoe: Hitrifo masika t’i Mikaià ana’ Imlà.
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).
Ie amy zao songa niambesatse am-piambesa’e, nisarimbo an-toem-pamofohañe an-dalambeim-pimoaha’ i Somerone ey ty mpanjaka’ Israele naho Iosafate mpanjaka’ Iehoda; le nitoky añatrefa’ iereo o mpitoky iabio.
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!’”
Nandranjy tsifa viñe ho aze t’i Tsedekià ana’ i Kenaanà nanao ty hoe: Hoe t’Iehovà: Ho tombohe’o amo retiañe o nte-Arameo am-para’ te mongotse.
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!”
Le nitoky hoe izay iaby o mpitokio, nanao ty hoe: Mionjona mb’e Ramote-Gilade mb’eo le miraoraòa; fa hatolo’ Iehovà am-pità’ i mpanjakay.
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).”
Nisaontsie’ i nampihitrifeñe amy Mikaià ty hoe: Inao: mikoike hasoa amy mpanjakay am-palie raike ty fisaontsi’ o mpitokio, aa, ee te hanahake ty fisaontsi’ ty raik’ am’ iereo o enta’oo, fa ty hasoa ty atao’o.
14 But Micaiah replied, “As surely as Yahweh lives, I will tell him only what Yahweh tells me to say.”
Aa hoe t’i Mikaià: Kanao veloñe t’Iehovà, ze hafè’ Iehovà amako, izay ty ho taroñeko.
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!”
Ie pok’ amy mpanjakay eo, le hoe i mpanjakay ama’e: O Mikaià, hionjomb’ e Ramote-Gilade mb’eo hao tika, he hifoneñe? Le hoe re: Mionjona, miraoraòa, fa hatolo’ Iehovà am-pità’ i mpanjakay.
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]!”
Le hoe i mpanjakay ama’e: Im-pire hao t’ie hitolom-pamantoke azo ty tsy hisaontsy amako naho tsy ty hatò ami’ty tahina’ Iehovà?
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.’”
Le hoe re: Nitreako te hene niparaitak’ amo vohitseo t’Israele, manahak’ añondry tsy amam-piarake; aa le hoe t’Iehovà: Po-talè iereo; apoho songa himpoly mb’ an-kiboho’e mb’eo an-kanintsiñe.
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].”
Le hoe ty mpanjaka’ Israele am’ Iehosafate: Aa vaho tsy vinolako ama’o hao te tsy ty soa ty hitokia’e ahy fa ty raty.
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.
Le hoe re: Aa le janjiño ty tsara’ Iehovà. Nitreako t’Iehovà niambesatse amy fiambesa’ey naho nijohañe añ’ ila’e am-pità’e havana naho an-kavia’e i valobohòn-dikerañey.
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.
Le hoe t’Iehovà: Ia ty hanigìke i Akabe, hionjona’e hikorovoke e Ramote-gilade añe. Nanao hoe zao ty raike, naho hoe izay ty ila’e.
21 Finally one [evil] spirit came to Yahweh and said, ‘I can do it!’
Nionjomb’ eo amy zao ty fañahy nijohañe añatrefa’ Iehovà ey, nanao ty hoe: Izaho ty hanigìk’ aze. Le hoe t’Iehovà ama’e: Ami’ty manao akore?
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!’
Le hoe re, Hionjomb’ eo iraho ho fañahim-bande am-palie’ o mpitoky iabio. Le hoe re: Ihe arè ty hanigik’ aze vaho ho tahieñe; akia, anò.
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.”
Ie amy zao, mahaoniña te nampipoha’ Iehovà am-palie’ o hene mpitoky retoañe ty fañahin-dremborake; fe nitsara hànkañe ama’o t’Iehovà.
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]
Le nañarine aze t’i Tsedekià ana’ i Kenaanà naho tinampifi’e am-pivimbi’e ty Mikaià vaho nanao ty hoe: Nimb’ aia i fañahi’ Iehovà niboak’ amako hampivolañe azoy?
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]!”
Le hoe t’i Mikaià: Mahafohina te ho isa’o ami’ty andro himoaha’o hietak’ an-traño añate’e ao.
26 King Ahab commanded [his soldiers], “Seize Micaiah and take him to Amon, the governor of this city, and to my son Joash.
Le hoe ty mpanjaka’ Israele, Rambeso t’i Mikaià le aseseo amy Amone mpifelek’ i rovay naho am’ Ioase ana’ i mpanjakay;
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!”
le ano ty hoe: Hoe ty saontsi’ i mpanjakay: Agabeño ampandrohizañe ao t’indaty tia vaho fahano mofon-kasotriañe naho ranon-kaoreañe ampara’ te mimpoly an-kanintsin-draho.
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]!”
Le hoe t’i Mikaià, Naho mimpoly an-kanintsin-drehe le tsy nitsara añamako t’Iehovà. Le hoe re: Mijanjiña ondatio; inahareo iaby.
29 So the King of Israel and the King of Judah [led their armies] to Ramoth, in [the] Gilead [region].
Aa le nionjomb’e Ramote-gilade mb’eo ty mpanjaka’ Israele naho Iehosafate mpanjaka’ Iehoda.
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.
Le hoe ty mpanjaka’ Israele am’ Iehosafate: Hañonohono vatan-draho vaho himoak’ ankotakotak’ ao; fe ampiombeo o saro’oo. Le nañonohono ty mpanjaka’ Israele, t’ie nionjomb’ añ’ aly mb’eo.
31 The King of Syria told this to his thirty-two men who were driving the chariots: “Attack only the king of Israel!”
Ie amy zao fa linili’ i mpanjaka’ i Aramey i mpifehen-tsarete’e telo-polo-ro’ amby rey ami’ty hoe: Ko mialy ami’ ty kede ndra ami’ ty bey, fa amy mpanjaka Israeley avao.
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,
Aa ie nioni’ o mpifehen-tsareteo t’Iehosafate, le nanao ty hoe: Inge ie! ty mpanjaka’ Israele, le hene nitolike hialy ama’e; vaho nikoike t’Iehosafate.
33 they realized that he was not the king of Israel. So they stopped pursuing him.
Aa ie nioni’ i mpifehen-tsarete rey t’ie tsy mpanjaka’ Israele, le nivio tsy nañoridañ’ aze ka.
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!”
Le teo t’indaty nampibitso-pale tsy nahi’e, vaho trinofa’e ty mpanjaka’ Israele añivo’ ty fikalañ’ ambane naho ty fikalañ’ araña’e ao; aa le hoe re amy mpinday sarete’ey: Ampitoliho ty fità’o, le akaro amy valobohòkey iraho, fa vata’e fere.
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.
Niindra avao ty aly amy andro zay, le nampiatoeñe amy sarete’ey am-piatrefañe o nte-Arameo i mpanjakay, le nihomake te hariva; nikararàke boak’ am-pere’e mb’an gorodo’ i saretey ty lio’e.
36 Just as the sun was going down, someone among the Israeli troops shouted, “[The battle is ended!] Everyone should return home!”
Nipoñak’ amy zao ty koike niboele amy valobohòkey te tsofots’ àndro nanao ty hoe: Songa ondaty mb’ an-drova’e, fonga ondaty mb’ an-tane’e añe.
37 So king Ahab died, and they took his body [in the chariot] to Samaria [city] and buried his body there.
Aa le nihomake i mpanjakay, vaho nendeseñe e Somerone; le nalente’ iereo e Somerone ao i mpanjakay.
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.
Sinasa marine’ i antara’ i Someroney i sarete’ey, naho tsinela’ o amboao ty lio’e, (toe fiandroa’ o tsimirirañeo ty ao), ty amy enta’ Iehovà nitsarae’ey.
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’.
O fitoloña’ i Akabe ila’eo naho o nanoe’e iabio naho i anjomba niranjie’e an-tsifay vaho o rova maro namboare’eo, tsy fa sinokitse amy bokem-pamoliliañe o mpanjaka’ Israeleoy hao?
40 When Ahab died, his body was buried where his ancestors were buried. Then his son Ahaziah became king.
Aa le nitrao-piròtse aman-droae’e t’i Akabe; vaho nandimbe aze nifehe t’i Ahkazià ana’e.
41 Before King Ahab died, when he had been ruling in Israel for four years, Asa’s son Jehoshaphat started to rule in Judah.
Niorotse nifehe e Iehoda t’Iehosafate ana’ i Asa amy taom-paha-efa’ i Akabe mpanjaka’ Israeley.
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.
Ni-telopolo taoñe lime amby t’Iehosafate t’ie namototse nifeleke; le taoñe roapolo-lime amby ty nifehea’e e Ierosalaime ao. I Azobà, ana’ i Silký ty tahinan-drene’e.
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.
Nañavelo ami’ty lia’ i Asà rae’e re, tsy nivìk’ ama’e le ze mahity am-pihaino’ Iehovà avao ty nanoe’e;
44 Jehoshaphat also made [a] peace [agreement] with the king of Israel.
fe tsy nafahañe añe o tambohoo; le mbe nanao soroñe naho nañenga amo tambohoo ondatio.
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’.
Nifampilongo amy mpanjaka’ Israeley t’Iehosafate.
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.
Le o fitoloña’ Iehosafate ila’eo naho i haozara’e naboa’ey vaho o fialia’eo; tsy fa sinokitse amy bokem-pamoliliañe o mpanjaka’ Iehodaoy hao?
47 At that time, there was no king in Edom; a ruler who had been appointed by Jehoshaphat ruled there.
Naho o Tsivoatsolo sehanga’eo, o mbe nisisa faha’ i Asa, rae’eo, le finongo’e amy taney.
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.
Tsy amam-panjaka t’Edome, fa mpifeleke ty nisolo i mpanjakay.
49 Before the ships were wrecked, Ahab’s son Ahaziah suggested to Jehoshaphat, “Allow my sailors to go with your sailors,” but Jehoshaphat refused.
Nandranjy sambon-Tarsise t’Iehosafate hitoha volamena e Ofira añe; f’ie tsy nionjomb’eo; nifoy e Etsione-gebere ao i sambo rey.
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.
Le hoe t’i Ahkazià ana’ i Akabe am’ Iehosafate: Angao hindre lia amo mpitoro’oo an-tsambo’ o mpitorokoo. Fe tsy nimete t’Iehosafate.
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.
Le nitrao-piròtse aman-droae’e t’Iehosafate, naho nalentek’ aman-droae’e an-drova’ i Davide, rae’e ao vaho nandimbe aze nifehe t’Iehorame ana’e.
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].
Niorotse nifehe Israele e Somerone ao t’i Ahkazià amy taom-paha-folo-fito’ ambi’ Iehosafate mpanjaka’ Iehoday, le nifehe Israele roe taoñe,
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.
fe nanao halò-tserehañe am-pivazohoa’ Iehovà naho nañavelo an-tsatan-drae’e naho an-tsatan-drene’e naho an-tsata’ Iarovame ana’ i Nebate, ie nampanan-kakeo’ Israele. Nitoroñe i Baale re naho nitalahoa’e vaho nisigihe’e t’Iehovà Andrianañahare’ Israele, fonga nitsikombè’e o nanoen-droae’eo.
