2 Chronicles 18
1 Jehoshaphat became very wealthy and was greatly honored. But then he arranged for one of his family to marry someone from the family of King Ahab [of Israel].
Agora Jehoshaphat tinha riquezas e honra em abundância; e ele se aliou a Ahab.
2 Several years later, he went down [from Jerusalem] to Samaria to visit Ahab. Ahab welcomed him and the people who had come with him by slaughtering many sheep and cattle [for a feast].
Depois de alguns anos, ele foi para Ahab, para Samaria. Ahab matou ovelhas e gado para ele em abundância, e para as pessoas que estavam com ele, e o levou a subir com ele para Ramoth Gilead.
3 Then he asked Jehoshaphat, “Will you [and your army] go with my army to attack Ramoth [city] in [the] Gilead [region]?” Jehoshaphat replied, “My soldiers and I will go to the battle when you tell us to go.”
Acabe, rei de Israel, disse a Jehoshaphat, rei de Judá: “Você irá comigo para Ramoth Gilead? Ele lhe respondeu: “Eu sou como você é, e meu povo como seu povo”. Estaremos com vocês na guerra”.
4 Then he added, “But we should ask Yahweh first, to find out what he wants us to do.”
Jehoshaphat disse ao rei de Israel: “Por favor, pergunte primeiro pela palavra de Yahweh”.
5 So the king of Israel gathered all his 400 prophets and asked them, “Should we go to attack the people of Ramoth [city], or should we not do that?” They replied, “Yes, go [and attack them] because God will enable your army to defeat them.”
Então o rei de Israel reuniu os profetas, quatrocentos homens, e disse-lhes: “Devemos ir a Ramoth Gilead para a batalha, ou devo eu deixar de suportar? Eles disseram: “Suba, pois Deus o entregará nas mãos do rei”.
6 But Jehoshaphat asked, “Is there no prophet of Yahweh here whom we can ask?”
Mas Jehoshaphat disse: “Não há aqui além disso um profeta de Javé, para que possamos inquiri-lo?”
7 The king of Israel replied, “There is still one man here, whom we can ask to find out what Yahweh wants, his name is Micaiah, the son of Imlah. But I hate him because he never says anything good about me. He always predicts [that] bad [things will happen to me].” Jehoshaphat replied, “King Ahab, you should not say that!”
O rei de Israel disse a Jeosafá: “Ainda há um homem por quem podemos perguntar a Javé; mas eu o odeio, pois ele nunca profetiza o bem a meu respeito, mas sempre o mal”. Ele é Micaías, o filho de Inlá”. Jehoshaphat disse: “Não deixe o rei dizer isso”.
8 So the king of Israel told one of his officials to summon Micaiah immediately.
Então o rei de Israel chamou um oficial e disse: “Traga rapidamente Micaías, o filho de Imla”.
9 The king of Israel and the king of Judah were sitting there on their thrones, wearing their royal robes. They were at the place where people threshed grain, near the gate of Samaria [city]. All of [Ahab’s] prophets were standing in front of them, predicting what was going to happen.
Now o rei de Israel e Jeosafá o rei de Judá sentaram-se cada um em seu trono, vestidos com suas vestes, e estavam sentados em um lugar aberto na entrada do portão de Samaria; e todos os profetas profetizavam diante deles.
10 [One of them whose name was] Zedekiah, the son of Kenaanah, had made from iron something that resembled the horns of a bull. He proclaimed to Ahab, “This is what Yahweh says: ‘With horns [like these], your [army] will keep attacking the army of Syria [like a bull attacks another animal], until you completely destroy them.’”
Zedequias, filho de Chenaaná, fez-se chifres de ferro e disse: “Javé diz: 'Com estes empurrarás os sírios, até que sejam consumidos'”.
11 All the other prophets [of Ahab] agreed. They said, “Yes! If you attack Ramoth [city] in [the] Gilead [region], you will be successful, because Yahweh will enable you to defeat them.”
Todos os profetas profetizaram assim, dizendo: “Subam a Ramoth Gilead, e prosperem; pois Yahweh a entregará nas mãos do rei”.
12 The messenger who went to summon Micaiah said to him, “Listen to me! All the other prophets are unitedly predicting that the king will be successful [in the battle]. So be sure to agree with them and say that the king’s army will be successful!”
O mensageiro que foi chamar Micaías falou com ele, dizendo: “Eis que as palavras dos profetas declaram o bem ao rei com uma só boca”. Que sua palavra, portanto, seja como uma delas, e fale bem”.
13 But Micaiah said, “As surely as Yahweh lives, I will tell the king only what Yahweh tells me to say.”
Micaiah disse: “Como Yahweh vive, direi o que meu Deus diz”.
14 When Micaiah arrived, the king [of Israel] asked him, “Should we go to attack Ramoth, or not?” Micaiah replied, “Sure, go! Yahweh will enable your army to defeat them!”
Quando ele chegou ao rei, o rei lhe disse: “Micaías, vamos a Ramoth Gilead para a batalha, ou devo eu resistir? Ele disse: “Suba, e prospere. Eles serão entregues em suas mãos”.
15 But King Ahab [realized that Micaiah was lying, so he] said to Micaiah, “I have told you many times that you must always tell only the truth when you say what Yahweh [has revealed to you]!”
O rei lhe disse: “Quantas vezes te conjuro que não fales comigo senão a verdade em nome de Iavé”?
16 Then Micaiah replied, “[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.’”
Ele disse: “Eu vi todo Israel espalhado pelas montanhas, como ovelhas que não têm pastor”. Yahweh disse: “Estas não têm dono”. Que cada um deles volte para sua casa em paz”.
17 Ahab said to Jehoshaphat, “I told you that he never predicts that anything good will happen to me! He [always] predicts that bad things will happen to me.”
O rei de Israel disse a Jehoshaphat: “Eu não te disse que ele não profetizaria o bem a meu respeito, mas o mal?”
18 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 [standing around him], on his right side and on his left side.
Micaías disse: “Portanto, ouçam a palavra de Javé: Vi Javé sentado em seu trono, e todo o exército do céu de pé à sua direita e à sua esquerda.
19 And Yahweh said, ‘Who can persuade Ahab, the king of Israel, 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.
Yahweh disse: “Quem vai atrair Ahab, rei de Israel, para que ele suba e caia em Ramoth Gilead? Um falou dizendo desta maneira, e outro dizendo desta maneira.
20 “Finally one spirit, [having received a message from Satan], came to Yahweh and said, ‘I can do it!’ “Yahweh asked him, ‘How will you do it?’
Um espírito saiu, apresentou-se diante de Javé, e disse: 'Eu o seduzirei'. “Yahweh disse a ele, 'Como?
21 “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!’
“Ele disse: “Eu irei e serei um espírito mentiroso na boca de todos os seus profetas”. “Ele disse: 'Vocês o seduzirão e prevalecerão também. Ide e fazei-o”.
22 “So now [I tell you that] Yahweh has caused your prophets to lie to you. Yahweh has decided that something terrible will happen to you.”
“Agora, portanto, eis que Javé pôs um espírito mentiroso na boca destes vossos profetas; e Javé falou mal de vós”.
23 Then Zedekiah son of Kenaanah 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?”
Então Zedequias, filho de Chenaaná, aproximou-se e bateu na bochecha de Micaías, e disse: “Para que lado o Espírito de Javé foi de mim para falar com você?
24 Micaiah replied, “You will find out for yourself [to which of us Yahweh’s Spirit has truly spoken] on the day when you go into a room of some house to hide [from the Syrian soldiers]!”
Micaiah disse: “Eis que vereis naquele dia, quando entrardes em uma sala interior para vos esconderdes”.
25 King Ahab commanded [his soldiers], “Seize Micaiah and take him to Amon, the governor of this city, and to my son Joash.
O rei de Israel disse: “Pegue Micaías e leve-o de volta para Amon, o governador da cidade, e para Joás, filho do rei;
26 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 diga: 'O rei diz: “Ponha este companheiro na prisão e alimente-o com pão de aflição e com água de aflição, até que eu volte em paz'”.
27 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]!”
Micaiah disse: “Se você voltar em paz, Yahweh não falou por mim”. Ele disse: “Ouçam, vocês, todos vocês!”
28 So the king of Israel and the king of Judah [led their armies] to Ramoth, in [the] Gilead [region].
Então o rei de Israel e Jeosafá, rei de Judá, subiram a Ramoth Gilead.
29 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.” So the king of Israel disguised himself, and they both went into the battle.
O rei de Israel disse a Jeosafá: “Eu me disfarçarei e irei para a batalha; mas vocês vestem suas vestes”. Então, o rei de Israel se disfarçou; e eles foram para a batalha.
30 The King of Syria told his soldiers who were driving the chariots, “Attack only the king of Israel!”
Agora o rei da Síria havia comandado os capitães de suas carruagens, dizendo: “Não lute com pequenos ou grandes, exceto apenas com o rei de Israel”.
31 So when the soldiers who were driving the Syrian chariots saw Jehoshaphat [wearing the royal robes], they thought “He must be the king of Israel!”
Quando os capitães das carruagens viram Jehoshaphat, disseram: “É o rei de Israel”! Por isso, voltaram-se para lutar contra ele. Mas Jeosafá gritou, e Javé o ajudou; e Deus os levou a se afastarem dele.
32 So they turned to attack him. But when Jehoshaphat cried out, Yahweh helped him, and they realized that he was not the king of Israel. And God caused them to stop pursuing him.
Quando os capitães das carruagens viram que não era o rei de Israel, voltaram atrás, deixando de persegui-lo.
33 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!”
Um certo homem desenhou seu arco ao acaso, e atingiu o rei de Israel entre as articulações da armadura. Por isso ele disse ao motorista da carruagem: “Vire-se e me leve para fora da batalha, pois estou gravemente ferido”.
34 The battle continued all that day. Ahab was sitting propped up in his chariot, facing the Syrian soldiers. And late in the afternoon, when the sun was setting, he died.
A batalha aumentou naquele dia. Entretanto, o rei de Israel se apoiou em sua carruagem contra os sírios até a noite; e por volta do pôr-do-sol, ele morreu.
