1 Kings 22
1 For almost three years there was no war between Syria and Israel.
No heldt dei seg rolege i tri år; det var ingen ufred millom Syria og Israel.
2 Then King Jehoshaphat, who ruled Judah, went to [visit] King Ahab, who ruled Israel.
Men i det tridje året bar det so til at Josafat, Juda-kongen, drog ned til Israels-kongen.
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!”
Då sagde Israels-kongen til mennerne sine: «Veit de ikkje at Ramot i Gilead høyrer oss til? Men me sit rolege og tek ikkje byen ifrå syrarkongen.»
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.”
Og han sagde til Josafat: «Vil du draga med meg til strid um Ramot i Gilead?» Og Josafat sagde til Israels-kongen: «Eg som du, mitt folk som ditt folk, mine hestar som dine hestar.»
5 Then he added, “But we should ask Yahweh first, to find out what he wants us to do.”
Men Josafat sagde til Israels-kongen: «Spør like vel fyrst Herrens ord til råds!»
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.”
Då stemnde Israels-kongen saman profetarne, kring fire hundrad mann, og spurde dei: «Skal eg draga ut og strida um Ramot i Gilead, eller skal eg lata vera?» Dei svara: «Drag dit upp! Herren vil gjeva byen i henderne på kongen.»
7 But Jehoshaphat asked, “Is there no prophet of Yahweh here whom we can ask?”
Men Josafat spurde: «Er det ikkje endå ein av Herrens profetar her, so me kunde spyrja Herren gjenom honom?»
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!”
Israels-kongen svara: «Det er endå ein mann som ein kann spyrja Herren ved, men eg hatar honom, for di han spår meg aldri noko godt, men berre vondt; det er Mika Jimlason.» Josafat sagde: «Soleis må ikkje kongen tala!»
9 So the king of Israel told one of his officers to summon Micaiah immediately.
Då kalla Israels-kongen på ein hirdmann og sagde: «Henta snøgt Mika Jimlason!»
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).
Israels-kongen og Juda-kongen Josafat sat klædde i sine skrud på kvar sin kongsstol, på treskjarvollen ved inngangen til byporten i Samaria, og alle profetarne spådde framfyre deim.
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!’”
Sidkia, son åt Kena’ana, gjorde seg horn av jarn og sagde: «So segjer Herren: «Med slike horn skal du stanga syrarane til du tynar deim.»»
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!”
Og alle profetarne spådde på same måten og sagde: «Drag upp til Ramot, so skal du få siger, og Herren vil gjeva byen i henderne på kongen.»
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).”
Sendemannen som var gjengen og skulde henta Mika, sagde til honom: «Profetarne hev samrøystes lova kongen lukka, lat då ordi dine samstavas med deira, og lova lukka du og!»
14 But Micaiah replied, “As surely as Yahweh lives, I will tell him only what Yahweh tells me to say.”
Men Mika svara: «So sant som Herren liver, vil eg berre tala det som Herren segjer til meg.»
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!”
Då han no kom til kongen, sagde kongen til honom: «Mika, skal me draga av stad og strida um Ramot i Gilead, eller skal me lata det vera?» Då sagde han: «Drag upp, so skal du få siger, og Herren vil gjeva byen i henderne på kongen.»
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]!”
Men kongen sagde til honom: «Kor mange gonger skal eg taka deg i eid på at du ikkje vil segja meg anna enn sanningi i Herrens namn?»
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.’”
Då sagde han: «Eg såg heile Israel spreidt i fjelli som ein saueflokk utan hyrding; og Herren sagde: «Dei der hev ingen herre, lat deim snu heim att i fred, kvar til sitt!»»
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].”
Israels-kongen sagde til Josafat: «Sagde eg deg ikkje, at han aldri varslar meg noko godt, berre vondt?»
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.
Då sagde han: «So høyr då Herrens ord: Eg såg Herren sitja på sin kongsstol, og heile himmelheren stod der hjå honom på den høgre og den vinstre sida.
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.
Og Herren sagde: «Kven vil dåra Ahab, so han dreg upp og fell ved Ramot i Gilead?» Då sagde ein so og ein annan so.
21 Finally one [evil] spirit came to Yahweh and said, ‘I can do it!’
Men då kom anden fram og stelte seg framfor Herren og sagde: «Eg skal lokka honom!» Herren spurde honom: «Korleis?»
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!’
Han svara: Eg vil ganga ut og vera ei ljugarånd i munnen på alle profetarne hans.» Og han sagde: «Ja, du skal lokka honom, og du skal og greida det. Gakk av stad og gjer so!»
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.”
Sjå no hev Herren lagt ei ljugarånd i munnen på alle desse profetarne dine, men Herren hev varsla ulukka yver deg.
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]
Då kom Sidkia, son åt Kena’ana, fram og slo Mika på kinni og sagde: «Kva veg hev då Herrens ande fare frå meg for å tala med deg?»
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]!”
Men Mika sagde: «Det skal du få sjå den dagen du rømer frå kove til kove og vil gøyma deg.»
26 King Ahab commanded [his soldiers], “Seize Micaiah and take him to Amon, the governor of this city, and to my son Joash.
Då sagde Israels-kongen: «Tak Mika og før honom til byhovdingen Amon og kongssonen Joas,
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!”
og seg: «Kongen byd dykk at det skal kasta denne mannen i fangehuset og setja honom på snaud kost til kongen kjem heim att med heilo!»»
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]!”
Men Mika sagde: «Kjem du heim att med heilo, då hev ikkje Herren tala gjenom meg!» Og so sagde han: «Høyr de folk, alle saman!»
29 So the King of Israel and the King of Judah [led their armies] to Ramoth, in [the] Gilead [region].
So drog då Israels-kongen og Josafat, Juda-kongen, upp til Ramot i Gilead.
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.
Men Israels-kongen sagde til Josafat: «Eg vil klæda meg ut fyrr eg gjeng inn i striden; men hav du dine klæde på deg!» Og Israels-kongen klædde seg ut og gjekk inn i striden.
31 The King of Syria told this to his thirty-two men who were driving the chariots: “Attack only the king of Israel!”
Men syrarkongen hadde gjeve det bodet til sine tvo og tretti hovdingar for stidsvognarne, at dei ikkje skulde taka på nokon, korkje liten eller stor, men berre Israels-kongen.
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,
Då no hovdingarne for stridsvognerne fekk auga på Josafat, tenkte dei: «Det er visseleg Israels-kongen!» Og dei vende seg til åtak på honom. Då sette Josafat i eit høgt rop.
33 they realized that he was not the king of Israel. So they stopped pursuing him.
Og då hovdingarne for stridsvognerne merka at det ikkje var Israels-kongen, drog dei seg burt ifrå honom.
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!”
Men ein mann som spende bogen og skaut på måfå, råka Israels-kongen millom brynjeskøytingarne og brynja. Då baud han vognstyraren sin: «Snu, og før meg ut or heren; for eg er såra!»
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.
Men striden vart hardare og hardare den dagen, og Israels-kongen vart standande i vogni imot syrarane; men um kvelden døydde han. Og blodet frå såret hadde runne ned i vogni.
36 Just as the sun was going down, someone among the Israeli troops shouted, “[The battle is ended!] Everyone should return home!”
Ved soleglad gjekk det ropet gjenom heren: «Kvar mann heim til sin by! og kvar mann til sitt land!»
37 So king Ahab died, and they took his body [in the chariot] to Samaria [city] and buried his body there.
So døydde då kongen og vart førd til Samaria, og dei jorda kongen i Samaria.
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.
Då dei skylde vogni ved dammen i Samaria, slikka hundarne blodet hans, og skjøkjorne lauga seg i det, etter Herrens ord som han hadde tala.
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’.
Det som elles er å fortelja um Ahab og alt det han gjorde, og um flisbeinhuset han bygde, og um alle dei byarne han bygde, det er uppskrive i krønikeboki åt Israels-kongarne.
40 When Ahab died, his body was buried where his ancestors were buried. Then his son Ahaziah became king.
So lagde Ahab seg til kvile hjå federne sine, og Ahazja, son hans, vart konge i staden hans.
41 Before King Ahab died, when he had been ruling in Israel for four years, Asa’s son Jehoshaphat started to rule in Judah.
Josafat Asason vart konge yver Juda i det fjorde styringsåret åt Ahab, Israels-kongen.
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.
Fem og tretti år gamall var Josafat då han vart konge, og fem og tjuge år rådde han i Jerusalem; mor hans heitte Azuba og var dotter åt Silhi.
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.
Og han for heilt i same faret som Asa, far sin; han veik ikkje av frå det, med di han gjorde det som rett var i Herrens augo.
44 Jehoshaphat also made [a] peace [agreement] with the king of Israel.
Men offerhaugarne vart ikkje burttekne, folket heldt ved og ofra slagtoffer og brende røykoffer på haugarne.
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’.
Og Josafat heldt fred med Israels-kongen.
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.
Det som elles er å fortelja um Josafat, og dei storverki han gjorde og dei krigarne han førde, det er uppskrive i krønikeboki åt Juda-kongarne.
47 At that time, there was no king in Edom; a ruler who had been appointed by Jehoshaphat ruled there.
Han rudde ut or landet dei utukt-sveinarne som hadde vorte att den tid Asa, far hans, styrde.
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.
Det var ingen konge i Edom; ein jarl var konge.
49 Before the ships were wrecked, Ahab’s son Ahaziah suggested to Jehoshaphat, “Allow my sailors to go with your sailors,” but Jehoshaphat refused.
Josafat hadde ti Tarsis-skip som skulde fara til Ofir etter gull; men dei kom ikkje av stad, for nokre skip forliste ved Esjon-Geber.
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.
Då sagde Ahazja Ahabsson til Josafat: «Lat mine menner fara med dine på skipi!» Men Josafat vilde ikkje.
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.
Og Josafat lagde seg til kvile hjå federne sine, og vart gravlagd hjå federne sine i byen åt David, far hans, og Joram, son hans, vart konge i staden hans.
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].
Ahazja Ahabsson vart konge yver Israel i det syttande styringsåret åt Juda-kongen Josafat, og han rådde yver Israel i tvo år.
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.
Og han gjorde det som vondt var i Herrens augo og for fram i fotefari åt far sin og mor si og Jerobeam Nebatsson, han som fekk Israel til å synda. Og han tente Ba’al og bad til honom, og harma Herren, Israels Gud, plent som far hans hadde gjort.
