2 Kings 3
1 After Jehoshaphat had been ruling Judah for almost 18 years, Ahab’s son Joram became the king of Israel. He ruled in Samaria [city] for twelve years.
Ο δε Ιωράμ υιός του Αχαάβ εβασίλευσεν επί τον Ισραήλ εν Σαμαρεία, το δέκατον όγδοον έτος του Ιωσαφάτ βασιλέως του Ιούδα· και εβασίλευσεν έτη δώδεκα.
2 He did things that Yahweh considered to be evil, but he did not do as much evil as his father and mother had done, and he got rid of the pillar [for worshiping] Baal which his father had made.
Και έπραξε πονηρά ενώπιον του Κυρίου, ουχί όμως καθώς ο πατήρ αυτού και η μήτηρ αυτού· διότι εσήκωσε το άγαλμα του Βάαλ, το οποίον είχε κάμει ο πατήρ αυτού.
3 But he committed the sins that [King] Jeroboam had committed and which led the Israeli people to sin, and he did not stop committing those sins.
Πλην ήτο προσκεκολλημένος εις τας αμαρτίας του Ιεροβοάμ υιού του Ναβάτ, όστις έκαμε τον Ισραήλ να αμαρτήση· δεν απεμακρύνθη απ' αυτών.
4 Mesha, the king of Moab, raised sheep. [Every year] he was forced to give 100,000 lambs and the wool from 100,000 rams to the king of Israel, [because his kingdom was controlled by the king of Israel].
Μησά δε ο βασιλεύς του Μωάβ είχε ποίμνια, και έδιδεν εις τον βασιλέα του Ισραήλ εκατόν χιλιάδας αρνίων και εκατόν χιλιάδας κριών με τα μαλλία αυτών.
5 But after King Ahab died, Mesha rebelled against the king of Israel.
Αλλ' αφού απέθανεν ο Αχαάβ, απεστάτησεν ο βασιλεύς του Μωάβ κατά του βασιλέως του Ισραήλ.
6 So King Joram left Samaria and gathered together all his soldiers.
Και εξήλθεν ο βασιλεύς Ιωράμ εκ της Σαμαρείας κατ' εκείνον τον καιρόν και απηρίθμησε πάντα τον Ισραήλ.
7 Then he sent this message to Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah: “The king of Moab has rebelled against me. So will your army join my army and fight against the army of Moab?” Jehoshaphat replied, “Yes, we will help you. We are ready to do whatever you want us to. My soldiers and my horses are ready to help you.”
Και υπήγε και απέστειλε προς Ιωσαφάτ τον βασιλέα του Ιούδα, λέγων, Ο βασιλεύς του Μωάβ απεστάτησε κατ' εμού· έρχεσαι μετ' εμού εναντίον του Μωάβ εις πόλεμον; Ο δε είπε, Θέλω αναβή· εγώ είμαι ως συ, ο λαός μου ως ο λαός σου, οι ίπποι μου ως οι ίπποι σου.
8 He asked, “On which road shall we march to attack them?” Joram replied, “We will go [south to Jerusalem, where your army will join us. Then we will all go south of the Dead Sea, and then turn north] through the Edom Desert.”
Και είπε, Διά ποίας οδού θέλομεν αναβή; Ο δε απεκρίθη, Διά της οδού της ερήμου Εδώμ.
9 So the king of Israel [and his army] went with the kings of Judah and Edom [and their armies]. They marched for seven days. Then there was no water left for their soldiers or for their animals that carried supplies.
Και υπήγεν ο βασιλεύς του Ισραήλ και ο βασιλεύς του Ιούδα και ο βασιλεύς του Εδώμ· και περιήλθον οδόν επτά ημερών· και δεν ήτο ύδωρ διά το στρατόπεδον και διά τα κτήνη τα ακολουθούντα αυτούς.
10 The king of Israel exclaimed, “This is a terrible situation! [It seems that] Yahweh will allow the three of us to be captured by [the army of] [MTY] Moab!”
Και είπεν ο βασιλεύς του Ισραήλ, Ω βεβαίως συνεκάλεσεν ο Κύριος τους τρεις τούτους βασιλείς, διά να παραδώση αυτούς εις την χείρα του Μωάβ.
11 Jehoshaphat said, “Is there a prophet here who can ask Yahweh for us [what we should do]?” One of Joram’s army officers said, “Elisha, the son of Shaphat, is here. He was Elijah’s assistant.” [IDM]
Ο δε Ιωσαφάτ είπε, Δεν είναι εδώ προφήτης του Κυρίου, διά να ερωτήσωμεν τον Κύριον δι' αυτού; Και απεκρίθη εις εκ των δούλων του βασιλέως του Ισραήλ, και είπεν, Είναι εδώ Ελισσαιέ ο υιός του Σαφάτ, όστις επέχεεν ύδωρ εις τας χείρας του Ηλία.
12 Jehoshaphat said, “[It will be good to ask him, because] he speaks what Yahweh tells him to say.” So those three kings went to Elisha.
Και είπεν ο Ιωσαφάτ, Λόγος Κυρίου είναι μετ' αυτού. Και κατέβησαν προς αυτόν ο βασιλεύς του Ισραήλ και ο Ιωσαφάτ και ο βασιλεύς του Εδώμ.
13 Elisha said to the king of Israel, “Why do you come to me [RHQ]? Go and ask those prophets that your father and mother consulted!” But Joram replied, “No, [we want you to ask Yahweh, because it seems that] Yahweh is going to allow us three kings to be captured by the army of Moab.”
Και είπεν ο Ελισσαιέ προς τον βασιλέα του Ισραήλ, Τι είναι μεταξύ εμού και σου; ύπαγε προς τους προφήτας του πατρός σου και προς τους προφήτας της μητρός σου. Και είπε προς αυτόν ο βασιλεύς του Ισραήλ, Μή· διότι ο Κύριος συνεκάλεσε τους τρεις τούτους βασιλείς, διά να παραδώση αυτούς εις την χείρα του Μωάβ.
14 Elisha replied, “I serve Yahweh, the commander of the armies of angels in heaven. As surely as he lives, if I did not respect Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, I would not even think about doing anything to help you.
Και είπεν ο Ελισσαιέ, Ζη ο Κύριος των δυνάμεων, ενώπιον του οποίου παρίσταμαι, βεβαίως εάν δεν εσεβόμην το πρόσωπον του Ιωσαφάτ βασιλέως του Ιούδα, δεν ήθελον επιβλέψει προς σε, ουδέ ήθελον σε ιδεί,
15 But, bring a musician to me.” [So they did that]. And when the musician played [on his harp], the power of Yahweh came on Elisha.
αλλά τώρα φέρετέ μοι ψαλτωδόν. Και ενώ έψαλλεν ο ψαλτωδός, ήλθεν επ' αυτόν η χειρ του Κυρίου.
16 He said, “Yahweh says that he will cause this dry stream-bed to be full of water.
Και είπεν, ούτω λέγει Κύριος· Κάμε την κοιλάδα ταύτην λάκκους·
17 The result will be that your soldiers and your animals that carry supplies and your livestock will have plenty of water to drink.
διότι ούτω λέγει Κύριος, Δεν θέλετε ιδεί άνεμον και δεν θέλετε ιδεί βροχήν· και αύτη η κοιλάς θέλει πλησθή ύδατος, και θέλει πίει, σεις και τα ποίμνιά σας και τα κτήνη σας·
18 That is not difficult for Yahweh to do. [But he will do more than that]. He will also enable you to defeat [the army of] Moab.
αλλά τούτο είναι μικρόν πράγμα εις τους οφθαλμούς του Κυρίου· εις την χείρα σας θέλει παραδώσει και τον Μωάβ·
19 You will conquer all their beautiful cities, cities that have high walls around them. You must cut down all their fruit trees, stop water from flowing from their springs, and ruin their fertile fields by covering them with rocks.”
και θέλετε πατάξει πάσαν οχυράν πόλιν και πάσαν εκλεκτήν πόλιν, και θέλετε καταβάλει παν δένδρον καλόν, και εμφράξει πάσας τας πηγάς των υδάτων, και αχρειώσει με λίθους πάσαν αγαθήν μερίδα γης.
20 The next morning, at the time when they offered the sacrifices [of grain], they were surprised to see water flowing from Edom and covering the ground.
Και το πρωΐ, ενώ ετελείτο η προσφορά, ιδού, ήλθον ύδατα από της οδού Εδώμ, και επλήσθη η γη υδάτων.
21 When the people of Moab heard that the three kings had come [with their armies] to fight against them, all the men who were able to fight in battles, from the youngest men to the oldest ones, were summoned, and they (took their positions/prepared to fight) at the [southern] border of their land.
Και ότε ήκουσαν πάντες οι Μωαβίται ότι ανέβησαν οι βασιλείς διά να πολεμήσωσιν αυτούς, συνηθροίσθησαν πάντες οι μάχαιραν περιζωννύμενοι και επάνω, και εστάθησαν επί των συνόρων.
22 But when they rose early the next morning, they saw that the water across from them appeared to be as red as blood.
Και εξηγέρθησαν το πρωΐ, και καθώς ανέτειλεν ο ήλιος επί τα ύδατα, είδον οι Μωαβίται εκ του απέναντι τα ύδατα κόκκινα ως αίμα·
23 They exclaimed, “It is blood! The three enemy armies must have fought and killed each other! So let’s go and take everything that they have left!”
και είπον, Τούτο είναι αίμα· βεβαίως οι βασιλείς επολέμησαν και εκτυπήθησαν μετ' αλλήλων· τώρα λοιπόν εις τα λάφυρα, Μωάβ.
24 But when they reached the area where the Israeli soldiers had set up their tents, the Israelis attacked the soldiers from Moab and forced them to retreat. The Israeli soldiers pursued the soldiers from Moab and killed many of them.
Και ότε ήλθον εις το στρατόπεδον του Ισραήλ, εσηκώθησαν οι Ισραηλίται και επάταξαν τους Μωαβίτας, ώστε έφυγον από προσώπου αυτών· και κτυπώντες τους Μωαβίτας εισήλθον εις την γην αυτών.
25 The Israelis also destroyed their cities. And whenever they passed fertile fields, they threw rocks on those fields, until the fields were covered with rocks. They stopped water from flowing from the springs and cut down the fruit trees. Finally, only [the capital city, ] Kir-Hareseth, remained. The Israeli soldiers who threw stones with slings surrounded the city and attacked it.
Και κατέστρεψαν τας πόλεις· και εις πάσαν αγαθήν μερίδα γης έρριψαν έκαστος την πέτραν αυτού, και εγέμισαν αυτήν· και πάσας τας πηγάς των υδάτων ενέφραξαν, και παν δένδρον καλόν κατέβαλον· ώστε εν Κιρ-αρασέθ έμειναν οι λίθοι αυτής, και κυκλώσαντες οι σφενδονισταί επάταξαν αυτήν.
26 When the king of Moab realized that his army was being defeated, he took with him 700 men who fought with swords, and they tried to force a way through the Israeli lines of soldiers to escape to [get help from] the king of Syria, but they were unable to escape.
Και ότε βασιλεύς του Μωάβ είδεν ότι η μάχη υπερίσχυεν εναντίον αυτού, έλαβε μεθ' αυτού επτακοσίους άνδρας ξιφήρεις, διά να διακόψωσι το στράτευμα, μέχρι του βασιλέως Εδώμ· πλην δεν ηδυνήθησαν.
27 Then the king of Moab took his oldest son, who would have become the next king, and killed him and offered him for a sacrifice [to their god Chemosh], burning him on top of the city wall. The Israeli soldiers were horrified, with the result that they left that city and returned to their own country.
Τότε έλαβε τον πρωτότοκον αυτού υιόν, όστις έμελλε να βασιλεύση αντ' αυτού, και προσέφερεν αυτόν ολοκαύτωμα επί του τείχους· και έγεινεν αγανάκτησις μεγάλη εν τω Ισραήλ· και αναχωρήσαντες απ' αυτού, επέστρεψαν εις την γην αυτών.
