1 Kings 22
1 For almost three years there was no war between Syria and Israel.
Fún ọdún mẹ́ta kò sì sí ogun láàrín Aramu àti Israẹli.
2 Then King Jehoshaphat, who ruled Judah, went to [visit] King Ahab, who ruled Israel.
Ṣùgbọ́n ní ọdún kẹta, Jehoṣafati ọba Juda sọ̀kalẹ̀ lọ láti rí ọba Israẹli.
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!”
Ọba Israẹli sì ti wí fún àwọn ìránṣẹ́ rẹ̀ pé, “Ǹjẹ́ ẹ̀yin mọ̀ pé ti wa ni Ramoti Gileadi, àwa sì dákẹ́ síbẹ̀, a kò sì gbà á padà lọ́wọ́ ọba Aramu?”
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.”
Ó sì béèrè lọ́wọ́ Jehoṣafati pé, “Ṣé ìwọ yóò bá mi lọ láti lọ bá Ramoti Gileadi jà?” Jehoṣafati sì dá ọba Israẹli lóhùn pé, “Èmi bí ìwọ, ènìyàn mi bí ènìyàn rẹ, ẹṣin mi bí ẹṣin rẹ.”
5 Then he added, “But we should ask Yahweh first, to find out what he wants us to do.”
Ṣùgbọ́n Jehoṣafati sì tún wí fún ọba Israẹli pé, “Kọ́kọ́ béèrè lọ́wọ́ Olúwa.”
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.”
Nígbà náà ni ọba Israẹli kó àwọn wòlíì jọ, bí irinwó ọkùnrin. Ó sì béèrè lọ́wọ́ wọn pé, “Ṣé kí n lọ sí Ramoti Gileadi lọ jagun, tàbí kí èmi kí ó jọ̀wọ́ rẹ̀?” Wọ́n sì dáhùn pé, “Lọ, nítorí tí Olúwa yóò fi lé ọba lọ́wọ́.”
7 But Jehoshaphat asked, “Is there no prophet of Yahweh here whom we can ask?”
Ṣùgbọ́n Jehoṣafati béèrè pé, “Ǹjẹ́ wòlíì Olúwa kan kò sí níhìn-ín, tí àwa ìbá béèrè lọ́wọ́ rẹ̀?”
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!”
Ọba Israẹli dá Jehoṣafati lóhùn pé, “Ọkùnrin kan ṣì wà, lọ́dọ̀ ẹni tí àwa lè béèrè lọ́wọ́ Olúwa, ṣùgbọ́n mo kórìíra rẹ̀ nítorí kì í sọ àsọtẹ́lẹ̀ rere kan nípa mi, bí kò ṣe ibi. Mikaiah ọmọ Imla ni.” Jehoṣafati sì wí pé, “Kí ọba má ṣe sọ bẹ́ẹ̀.”
9 So the king of Israel told one of his officers to summon Micaiah immediately.
Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni ọba Israẹli sì pe ìránṣẹ́ kan, ó sì wí pé, “Lọ yára mú Mikaiah, ọmọ Imla wá.”
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).
Ọba Israẹli àti Jehoṣafati ọba Juda jókòó lórí ìtẹ́ wọn, wọ́n wọ aṣọ ìgúnwà wọn ní ìta ẹnu ibodè Samaria, gbogbo àwọn wòlíì náà sì ń sọtẹ́lẹ̀ níwájú wọn.
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!’”
Sedekiah ọmọ Kenaana sì ṣe ìwo irin fún ara rẹ̀, ó sì wí pé, “Báyìí ni Olúwa wí: ‘Wọ̀nyí ni ìwọ yóò fi kan àwọn ará Aramu títí ìwọ yóò fi run wọ́n.’”
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!”
Gbogbo àwọn wòlíì tókù sì ń sọtẹ́lẹ̀ ohun kan náà wí pé, “Kọlu Ramoti Gileadi, kí o sì ṣẹ́gun.” Wọ́n sì wí pé, “Nítorí tí Olúwa yóò fi lé ọba lọ́wọ́.”
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).”
Ìránṣẹ́ tí ó lọ pe Mikaiah wí fún un pé, “Wò ó, ẹnu kan náà ni ọ̀rọ̀ àwọn wòlíì fi jẹ́ rere fún ọba. Jẹ́ kí ọ̀rọ̀ rẹ bá ti àwọn tókù mu, kí o sì sọ rere.”
14 But Micaiah replied, “As surely as Yahweh lives, I will tell him only what Yahweh tells me to say.”
Ṣùgbọ́n Mikaiah wí pé, “Bí Olúwa ti wà, ohun tí Olúwa bá sọ fún mi ni èmi yóò sọ fún un.”
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!”
Nígbà tí ó sì dé, ọba sì béèrè lọ́wọ́ rẹ̀ pé, “Mikaiah, ṣé kí a lọ bá Ramoti Gileadi jagun, tàbí kí a jọ̀wọ́ rẹ̀?” Ó sì dáhùn wí pé, “Lọ, kí o sì ṣẹ́gun, nítorí Olúwa yóò fi lé ọba lọ́wọ́.”
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]!”
Ọba sì wí fún un pé, “Ìgbà mélòó ni èmi yóò fi ọ bú pé kí o má ṣe sọ ohun kan fún mi bí kò ṣe òtítọ́ ní orúkọ Olúwa?”
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.’”
Mikaiah sì dáhùn pé, “Mo rí gbogbo Israẹli túká kiri lórí àwọn òkè bí àgùntàn tí kò ní olùṣọ́, Olúwa sì wí pé, ‘Àwọn wọ̀nyí kò ní olúwa. Jẹ́ kí olúkúlùkù padà sí ilé rẹ̀ ní àlàáfíà.’”
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].”
Ọba Israẹli sì wí fún Jehoṣafati pé, “Ǹjẹ́ èmi kò sọ fún ọ pé kò sọ àsọtẹ́lẹ̀ ìre kan sí mi rí bí kò ṣe ibi?”
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.
Mikaiah sì tún wí pé, “Nítorí náà gbọ́ ọ̀rọ̀ Olúwa. Mo rí Olúwa jókòó lórí ìtẹ́ rẹ̀ pẹ̀lú gbogbo ogun ọ̀run dúró ní apá ọ̀tún àti ní apá òsì rẹ̀.
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.
Olúwa sì wí pé, ‘Ta ni yóò tan Ahabu láti kọlu Ramoti Gileadi? Kí ó sì tọ ikú rẹ̀ lọ níbẹ̀?’ “Ẹnìkan wí báyìí, ẹlòmíràn sì sọ òmíràn.
21 Finally one [evil] spirit came to Yahweh and said, ‘I can do it!’
Ẹ̀mí kan sì jáde wá, ó sì dúró níwájú Olúwa, ó sì wí pé, ‘Èmi yóò tàn án.’
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!’
“Olúwa sì béèrè pé, ‘Báwo?’ “Ó sì wí pé, ‘Èmi yóò jáde lọ, èmi yóò sì di ẹ̀mí èké ní ẹnu gbogbo àwọn wòlíì rẹ̀.’ “Olúwa sì wí pé, ‘Ìwọ yóò tàn án, ìwọ yóò sì borí, jáde lọ, kí o sì ṣe bẹ́ẹ̀.’
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.”
“Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni Olúwa ti fi ẹ̀mí èké sí ẹnu gbogbo àwọn wòlíì rẹ wọ̀nyí. Olúwa sì ti sọ ibi sí ọ.”
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]
Nígbà náà ni Sedekiah ọmọ Kenaana sì dìde, ó sì gbá Mikaiah lójú, ó sì wí pé, “Ọ̀nà wo ni ẹ̀mí Olúwa gbà lọ kúrò lọ́dọ̀ mi láti bá ọ sọ̀rọ̀?”
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]!”
Mikaiah sì dáhùn pé, “Ìwọ yóò ṣe ìwádìí ní ọjọ́ tí ìwọ yóò sá pamọ́ sínú ìyẹ̀wù.”
26 King Ahab commanded [his soldiers], “Seize Micaiah and take him to Amon, the governor of this city, and to my son Joash.
Ọba Israẹli sì pàṣẹ pé, “Ẹ mú Mikaiah, kí ẹ sì mú un padà sọ́dọ̀ Amoni, olórí ìlú, àti sọ́dọ̀ Joaṣi ọmọ ọba
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!”
kí ẹ sì wí pé, ‘Báyìí ni ọba wí: Ẹ fi eléyìí sínú túbú, kí ẹ sì fi oúnjẹ ìpọ́njú àti omi ìpọ́njú bọ́ ọ, títí èmi yóò fi padà bọ̀ ní àlàáfíà.’”
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]!”
Mikaiah sì wí pé, “Bí ìwọ bá padà bọ̀ ní àlàáfíà, Olúwa kò ti ipa mi sọ̀rọ̀.” Ó sì tún wí pé, “Ẹ kíyèsi ọ̀rọ̀ mi, ẹ̀yin ènìyàn gbogbo!”
29 So the King of Israel and the King of Judah [led their armies] to Ramoth, in [the] Gilead [region].
Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni ọba Israẹli àti Jehoṣafati ọba Juda gòkè lọ sí Ramoti Gileadi.
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.
Ọba Israẹli sì wí fún Jehoṣafati pé, “Èmi yóò pa aṣọ dà, èmi yóò sì lọ sí ojú ìjà, ṣùgbọ́n ìwọ yóò wọ aṣọ ìgúnwà rẹ.” Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni ọba Israẹli pa aṣọ dà, ó sì lọ sí ojú ìjà.
31 The King of Syria told this to his thirty-two men who were driving the chariots: “Attack only the king of Israel!”
Ọba Aramu ti pàṣẹ fún àwọn olórí kẹ̀kẹ́ rẹ̀ méjìlélọ́gbọ̀n wí pé, “Ẹ má ṣe bá ẹnìkankan jà, ẹni kékeré tàbí ẹni ńlá, bí kò ṣe ọba Israẹli nìkan.”
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,
Nígbà tí àwọn olórí kẹ̀kẹ́ sì rí Jehoṣafati, wọ́n sì wí pé, “Dájúdájú ọba Israẹli ni èyí.” Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni wọ́n yípadà láti bá a jà, ṣùgbọ́n nígbà tí Jehoṣafati sì kígbe sókè,
33 they realized that he was not the king of Israel. So they stopped pursuing him.
àwọn olórí kẹ̀kẹ́ sì rí i pé kì í ṣe ọba Israẹli, wọ́n sì padà kúrò lẹ́yìn rẹ̀.
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!”
Ṣùgbọ́n ẹnìkan sì fa ọrun rẹ̀ láìròtẹ́lẹ̀, ó sì ta ọba Israẹli láàrín ìpàdé ẹ̀wù irin. Ọba Israẹli sì wí fún olùtọ́jú kẹ̀kẹ́ rẹ̀ pé, “Yí ọwọ́ rẹ dà, kí o sì mú mi jáde kúrò nínú ogun. Èmi ti gbọgbẹ́.”
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.
Ogun náà sì le ní ọjọ́ náà, a sì dá ọba dúró nínú kẹ̀kẹ́ kọjú sí àwọn ará Aramu. Ẹ̀jẹ̀ sì sàn jáde láti inú ọgbẹ́ rẹ̀ sí àárín kẹ̀kẹ́ náà, ó sì kú ní àṣálẹ́.
36 Just as the sun was going down, someone among the Israeli troops shouted, “[The battle is ended!] Everyone should return home!”
A sì kéde la ibùdó já ní àkókò ìwọ̀-oòrùn wí pé, “Olúkúlùkù sí ìlú rẹ̀ àti olúkúlùkù sí ilẹ̀ rẹ̀!”
37 So king Ahab died, and they took his body [in the chariot] to Samaria [city] and buried his body there.
Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni ọba kú, a sì gbé e wá sí Samaria, wọ́n sì sin ín ní 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.
Wọ́n sì wẹ kẹ̀kẹ́ náà ní adágún Samaria, àwọn ajá sì lá ẹ̀jẹ̀ rẹ̀, àwọn àgbèrè sì wẹ ara wọn nínú rẹ̀ gẹ́gẹ́ bí ọ̀rọ̀ Olúwa ti sọ.
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’.
Ní ti ìyókù ìṣe Ahabu, àti gbogbo èyí tí ó ṣe, àti ilé eyín erin tí ó kọ́, àti gbogbo ìlú tí ó tẹ̀dó, a kò ha kọ wọ́n sínú ìwé ọ̀rọ̀ ọjọ́ àwọn ọba Israẹli?
40 When Ahab died, his body was buried where his ancestors were buried. Then his son Ahaziah became king.
Ahabu sì sùn pẹ̀lú àwọn baba rẹ̀. Ahasiah ọmọ rẹ̀ sì jẹ ọba ní ipò rẹ̀.
41 Before King Ahab died, when he had been ruling in Israel for four years, Asa’s son Jehoshaphat started to rule in Judah.
Jehoṣafati ọmọ Asa, sì bẹ̀rẹ̀ sí ní jẹ ọba lórí Juda ní ọdún kẹrin Ahabu ọba Israẹli.
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.
Jehoṣafati sì jẹ́ ẹni ọdún márùndínlógójì nígbà tí ó bẹ̀rẹ̀ sí ń jẹ ọba ní ọdún mẹ́ẹ̀ẹ́dọ́gbọ̀n ní Jerusalẹmu. Orúkọ ìyá rẹ̀ ni Asuba ọmọbìnrin Silihi.
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.
Ó sì rìn nínú gbogbo ọ̀nà Asa baba rẹ̀, kò sì yípadà kúrò nínú rẹ̀; ó sì ṣe èyí tí ó tọ́ ní ojú Olúwa. Kìkì àwọn ibi gíga ni a kò mú kúrò, àwọn ènìyàn sì ń rú ẹbọ, wọ́n sì ń sun tùràrí níbẹ̀.
44 Jehoshaphat also made [a] peace [agreement] with the king of Israel.
Jehoṣafati sì wà ní àlàáfíà pẹ̀lú ọba Israẹli.
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’.
Ní ti ìyókù ìṣe Jehoṣafati àti ìṣe agbára rẹ̀ tí ó ṣe, àti bí ó ti jagun sí, a kò ha kọ wọ́n sínú ìwé ọ̀rọ̀ ọjọ́ àwọn ọba Juda?
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.
Ó pa ìyókù àwọn ọkùnrin alágbèrè ojúbọ òrìṣà ní ọjọ́ Asa baba rẹ̀ run kúrò ní ilẹ̀ náà.
47 At that time, there was no king in Edom; a ruler who had been appointed by Jehoshaphat ruled there.
Nígbà náà kò sí ọba ní Edomu; adelé kan ni ọba.
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.
Jehoṣafati kan ọkọ̀ Tarṣiṣi láti lọ sí Ofiri fún wúrà, ṣùgbọ́n wọn kò lọ, nítorí àwọn ọkọ̀ náà fọ́ ní Esioni-Geberi.
49 Before the ships were wrecked, Ahab’s son Ahaziah suggested to Jehoshaphat, “Allow my sailors to go with your sailors,” but Jehoshaphat refused.
Ní ìgbà náà Ahasiah ọmọ Ahabu wí fún Jehoṣafati pé, “Jẹ́ kí àwọn ìránṣẹ́ mi bá àwọn ìránṣẹ́ rẹ lọ nínú ọkọ̀,” ṣùgbọ́n Jehoṣafati kọ̀.
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.
Nígbà náà ni Jehoṣafati sùn pẹ̀lú àwọn baba rẹ̀, a sì sin ín pẹ̀lú àwọn baba rẹ̀ ní ìlú Dafidi, baba rẹ. Jehoramu ọmọ rẹ̀ sì jẹ ọba ní ipò rẹ̀.
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.
Ahasiah ọmọ Ahabu bẹ̀rẹ̀ sí jẹ ọba lórí Israẹli ní Samaria ní ọdún kẹtàdínlógún Jehoṣafati ọba Juda, ó sì jẹ ọba ní ọdún méjì lórí Israẹli.
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].
Ó sì ṣe búburú níwájú Olúwa, nítorí tí ó rìn ní ọ̀nà baba rẹ̀, àti ní ọ̀nà ìyá rẹ̀, àti ní ọ̀nà Jeroboamu ọmọ Nebati, tí ó mú Israẹli dẹ́ṣẹ̀.
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.
Ó sì sin Baali, ó sì ń bọ Baali, ó sì mú Olúwa, Ọlọ́run Israẹli bínú, gẹ́gẹ́ bí i baba rẹ̀ ti ṣe.
