Fiawo 1 22
1 Aʋawɔwɔ meganɔ Aramtɔwo kple Israelviwo dome o hena ƒe etɔ̃.
Then three years passed without war between Syria and Israel.
2 Le ƒe etɔ̃lia me, esime Yuda fia Yehosafat va kpɔ Israel fia Ahab ɖa la,
But in the third year, Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah, descended to the king of Israel.
3 Ahab gblɔ na eŋumewo be, “Mienya be Siriatɔwo gale míaƒe du, Ramot Gilead me kokoko hafi miele afi sia, miele naneke wɔm tso eŋu oa?”
And the king of Israel said to his servants, “Are you ignorant that Ramoth Gilead is ours, and that we have neglected to take it from the hand of the king of Syria?”
4 Fia Ahab bia Fia Yehosafat be, “Àte ŋu akpe ɖe ŋunye míaho aʋa ɖe Ramot Gilead ŋua?” Yuda fia Yehosafat ɖo eŋu be, “Mele abe wò ene eye nye dukɔ le abe wò dukɔ ene eye nye sɔwo le abe wò sɔwo ene.”
And so he said to Jehoshaphat, “Will you come to the battle with me at Ramoth Gilead?”
5 Gake Yehosafat gblɔ kpe ɖe eŋu na Israel fia be, “Bia gbe Yehowa gbã.”
And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel: “As I am, so also are you. My people and your people are one. And my horsemen are your horsemen.” And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, “I beg you to inquire today of the word of the Lord.”
6 Ale Israel fia ƒo nyagblɔɖila alafa ene nu ƒu eye wòbia wo be, “Maho aʋa ɖe Ramot Gilead ŋu loo alo magaho aʋa ɖe eŋu oa?” Woɖo eŋu nɛ be, “Yi, elabena Yehowa atsɔe ade fia la ƒe asi me.”
Therefore, the king of Israel gathered together the prophets, about four hundred men, and he said to them, “Should I go to Ramoth Gilead to make war, or should I be at peace?” They responded, “Ascend, and the Lord will give it into the hand of the king.”
7 Yehosafat bia be, “Yehowa ƒe nyagblɔɖila aɖeke mele afi sia ne míabia gbee oa?”
Then Jehoshaphat said, “Is there not here a particular prophet of the Lord, so that we may inquire by him?”
8 Israel fia ɖo eŋu na Yehosafat be, “Ame ɖeka aɖe gali ame si dzi míato abia gbe Yehowa gake melé fui elabena megblɔa nya nyui aɖeke ɖi tso ŋunye o; nya vɔ̃ ko wògblɔna ɖi tso ŋunye. Eyae nye Mikaya, Imla ƒe viŋutsu.” Yehosafat ɖo eŋu nɛ be, “Fia la megagblɔ nya ma o.”
And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat: “One man remains, by whom we may be able to inquire of the Lord: Micaiah, the son of Imlah. But I hate him. For he does not prophecy good to me, but evil.” And Jehoshaphat said, “You should not speak in this way, O king.”
9 Ale Israel fia la gblɔ na eŋumewo dometɔ ɖeka be, “Yi kaba nàyɔ Mikaya, Imla ƒe vi la vɛ!”
Therefore, the king of Israel called a certain eunuch, and he said to him, “Hurry to bring here Micaiah, the son of Imlah.”
10 Le ɣeyiɣi sia me Israel fia kple Yuda fia Yehosafat do woƒe fiawuwo, eye wonɔ fiazikpuiwo dzi le lugbɔƒe le Samariagbo la gbɔ, eye “Nyagblɔɖilawo” katã nɔ nya gblɔm ɖi le woƒe ŋkume.
Now the king of Israel, and Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah, were each sitting upon his own throne, clothed in the habit of royal vestments, in a courtyard beside the entrance of the gate of Samaria. And all the prophets were prophesying in their sight.
11 Nyagblɔɖilawo dometɔ ɖeka, Zedekiya, Kenana ƒe vi, tsɔ ga wɔ lãdzo aɖe eye wògblɔ be, “Ale Yehowa gblɔe nye esi, ‘Àtsɔ lãdzo sia atutu Siriatɔwo tso afii yi afi mɛ va se ɖe esime woatsrɔ̃.’”
Also, Zedekiah, the son of Chenaanah, made for himself horns of iron, and he said, “Thus says the Lord: With these, you shall threaten Syria, until you destroy it.”
12 Nyagblɔɖila bubuawo katã lɔ̃ ɖe edzi hegblɔ kple gbe ɖeka be, “Ɛ̃, yi Ramot Gilead eye àkpɔ dzidzedze elabena Yehowa ana nàɖu dzi.”
And all the prophets were prophesying similarly, saying: “Ascend to Ramoth Gilead, and go forth to success. For the Lord will deliver it into the hands of the king.”
13 Ame si yi ɖayɔ Mikaya la gblɔ nya si dzɔ kple nya si nyagblɔɖilawo nɔ gbɔgblɔm be fia la aɖu dzi le aʋa la me la nɛ. Eyi edzi gblɔ na Mikaya be, “Mexɔe se be, àƒo nu abe nyagblɔɖila mawo ene eye àkpɔ nya nyui aɖe agblɔ.”
Then truly, the messenger who had gone to summon Micaiah spoke to him, saying: “Behold, the words of the prophets, as if with one mouth, are predicting good to the king. Therefore, let your word be like theirs, and speak what is good.”
14 Ke Mikaya gblɔ be, “Meta Mawu be nya si Yehowa gblɔ nam la ko magblɔ.”
But Micaiah said to him, “As the Lord lives, whatever the Lord will have said to me, this shall I speak.”
15 Esi Mikaya va do la, fia la biae be, “Mikaya, ɖe míaho aʋa ɖe Ramot Gilead ŋu loo alo ɖe míagbe aʋahoho ɖe eŋua?” Mikaya gblɔ nɛ be, “Ho aʋa ɖe eŋu enumake elabena Yehowa ana nàɖu dzi.”
And so he went to the king. And the king said to him, “Micaiah, should we go to Ramoth Gilead to do battle, or should we cease?” And he responded to him, “Ascend, and go forth to success, and the Lord will deliver it into the hands of the king.”
16 Fia la biae be, “Zi neni magblɔ na wò be nàgblɔ nu si Yehowa ɖo na wò be nàgblɔ la ko?”
But the king said to him, “I require you under oath, again and again, that you not say to me anything except what is true, in the name of the Lord.”
17 Mikaya gblɔ nɛ be, “Mekpɔ Israelviwo katã wokaka ɖe togbɛwo dzi abe alẽ siwo si kplɔla aɖeke mele o la ene eye Yehowa gblɔ nam be, ‘Kplɔla mele ame siawo si o; woneyi aƒe me le ŋutifafa me.’”
And he said: “I saw all of Israel scattered among the hills, like sheep that have no shepherd. And the Lord said: ‘These have no master. Let each of them return to his own house in peace.’”
18 Israel fia la gblɔ na Yehosafat be, “Nyemegblɔe na wò oa? Megblɔa nya nyui aɖeke nam gbeɖe o. Vɔ̃ kokoko wòkpɔna gblɔna ɖaa tso ŋunye.”
Therefore, the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat: “Did I not tell you that he prophesies nothing good to me, but always evil?”
19 Mikaya yi edzi be, “Ɖo to nàse nya si Yehowa gblɔ la ƒe dziyiyi. Mekpɔ Yehowa wònɔ eƒe fiazikpui dzi eye dziƒoʋakɔwo tsi tsitre ƒo xlãe le eƒe ɖusi kple mia dzi.
Yet truly, continuing, he said: “Because of his, listen to the word of the Lord. I saw the Lord sitting upon his throne. And the entire army of heaven was standing beside him, to the right and to the left.
20 Yehowa gblɔ be, ‘Ame ka ate ŋu able Ahab nu be wòaho aʋa ɖe Ramot Gilead ŋu eye wòakpɔ eƒe ku le afi ma?’ “Amewo do susu vovovowo ɖa.
And the Lord said, ‘Who will mislead Ahab, the king of Israel, so that he may ascend and fall at Ramoth Gilead?’ And one spoke words in this manner, and another spoke otherwise.
21 Mlɔeba la, gbɔgbɔ aɖe do ɖe ŋgɔ, tsi tsitre ɖe Yehowa ŋkume eye wògblɔ be, ‘Mable enu ade eme.’
But then a spirit went out and stood before the Lord. And he said, ‘I will mislead him.’ And the Lord said to him, ‘By what means?’
22 “Yehowa biae be, ‘Aleke nàwɔ nu siae?’ “Mawudɔla la ɖo eŋu be, Mayi abe aʋatsokagbɔgbɔ ene, aɖo nu me na eƒe nyagblɔɖilawo katã. “Yehowa gblɔ be, ‘Esia anyo eye wòadze edzi hã, yi, nàwɔ alea.’
And he said, ‘I will go forth, and I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.’ And the Lord said: ‘You will deceive him, and you will prevail. Go forth, and do so.’
23 “Yehowa de aʋatsokagbɔbgɔ nu me na nyagblɔɖila siawo katã, ke nyateƒe lae nye be Aƒetɔ la ɖo dzɔgbevɔ̃e ɖe ŋuwò.”
So now, behold: the Lord has given a lying spirit into the mouth of all your prophets who are here. And the Lord has spoken evil against you.”
24 Tete Zedekiya, Kenana ƒe vi, gogo Mikaya eye wòƒo tome nɛ hebiae be, “Ɣe ka ɣie Yehowa ƒe Gbɔgbɔ dzo le gbɔnye eye wòƒo nu na wò?”
Then Zedekiah, the son of Chenaanah, drew near and struck Micaiah on the jaw, and he said, “So then, has the Spirit of the Lord left me, and spoken to you?”
25 Mikaya ɖo eŋu be, “Àkpɔ ŋuɖoɖo na wò biabia sia ne èkpɔ be yebe ɖe xɔ emetɔ aɖe me.”
And Micaiah said, “You shall see in the day when you will enter into a room within a room, so that you may conceal yourself.”
26 Israel fia ɖe gbe be, “Milé Mikaya eye miakplɔe yi na dumegã Amon kple vinye Yoas.
And the king of Israel said: “Take Micaiah, and let him dwell with Amon, the ruler of the city, and with Joash, the son of Amalech.
27 Migblɔ na wo be, ‘Fia la be miade ŋutsu sia gaxɔ me eye miana abolo kple tsi koe va se ɖe esime magbɔ le ŋutifafa me!’”
And tell them: ‘Thus says the king: Put this man in prison, and sustain him with the bread of affliction, and with the water of distress, until I return in peace.’”
28 Mikaya ɖo eŋu be, “Ne ètrɔ gbɔ le ŋutifafa me la, ekema Yehowa meƒo nu to dzinye o.” Etrɔ ɖe ame siwo le tsitre le afi ma la gbɔ eye wògblɔ na wo be, “Mide dzesi nya si megblɔ.”
And Micaiah said, “If you will have returned in peace, the Lord has not spoken through me.” And he said, “May all the people hear it.”
29 Ale Israel fia kple Yuda fia kplɔ woƒe aʋakɔwo yi Ramot Gilead.
And so, the king of Israel, and Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah, ascended to Ramoth Gilead.
30 Israel fia gblɔ na Yehosafat be, “Mado awu bubuwo ale be ame aɖeke makpɔm adze sii o; ke wò ya la, do wò fiawu!” Ale wowɔ ɖe Israel fia ƒe ɖoɖo sia dzi.
Then the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat: “Take up your armor, and enter the battle. And be clothed in your own garments.” But the king of Israel changed his clothing, and he entered the war.
31 Ke Aram fia de se na eƒe tasiaɖam blaetɔ̃-vɔ-eveawo dzi kpɔlawo be womegawɔ aʋa kple ame bubu aɖeke o, ke boŋ woati Israel fia ɖeɖe ko yome.
Now the king of Syria had instructed the thirty-two commanders of the chariots, saying, “You shall not fight against anyone, small or great, except against the king of Israel alone.”
32 Esi tasiaɖamkulawo ƒe amegãwo kpɔ Yehosafat la, wobu be, “Ame sia kokokoe nye Israel fia la.” Ale wolũ ɖe edzi, ke esi Yehosafat do ɣli la,
Therefore, when the commanders of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, they suspected that he was the king of Israel. And making a violent assault, they fought against him. And Jehoshaphat cried out.
33 tasiaɖamkulawo ƒe amegãwo kpɔ be menye eyae nye Israel fia la o, ale wodzudzɔ eyometiti.
And the commanders of the chariots understood that he was not the king of Israel, and so they turned away from him.
34 Ke Syriatɔwo ƒe aʋawɔla ɖeka da aŋutrɔ ɖe Israelʋakɔ la me ko eye wòŋɔ Israel fia la to dometsotso si le eƒe aʋawu etetɔ kple eƒe akɔtakpoxɔnu dome. Israel fia la gblɔ na eƒe tasiaɖamkula be, “Kplɔm dzoe le afi sia elabena mexɔ abi vevie.”
But a certain man bent his bow, aiming the arrow without certitude, and by chance he struck the king of Israel, between the lungs and the stomach. Then he said to the driver of his chariot, “Turn your hand, and carry me away from the army, for I have been grievously wounded.”
35 Aʋa la nu nɔ sesẽm ɖe edzi ŋkeke blibo la. Fia la ziɔ ɖe nu ŋuti le eƒe tasiaɖam la me henɔ aʋa la dzi kple Arameatɔwo, eye eƒe ʋu nɔ ɖuɖum ɖe tasiaɖam la me; ke le fiẽ me la, eku.
Then the battle was undertaken throughout that day. And the king of Israel was standing on his chariot opposite the Syrians, and he died in the evening. For the blood was flowing from the wound into the joints of the chariot.
36 Esime ɣe nɔ to ɖom la, amewo do ɣli le aʋakɔ la me be, “Ame sia ame nesi yi eƒe du me, ame sia ame nesi ayi eƒe anyigba dzi!”
And a herald proclaimed throughout the entire army, before the setting of the sun, saying: “Let each one return to his own city, and to his own land.”
37 Ale fia la ku eye wotsɔe ɖaɖi ɖe Samaria.
Then the king died, and he was carried into Samaria. And they buried the king in Samaria.
38 Esi woklɔ eƒe tasiaɖam la kple eƒe gawu le Samaria ta la to, afi si gbolowo lea tsi le la, avuwo va ɖuɖɔ fia la ƒe ʋu abe ale si Yehowa gblɔe da ɖi ene.
And they washed his chariot in the pool of Samaria. And the dogs licked up his blood. And they washed the reins, in accord with the word of the Lord which he had spoken.
39 Woŋlɔ Fia Ahab ƒe ŋutinya mamlɛa, eƒe nyiɖufiasã kple du siwo wòtso la ƒe ŋutinya ɖe, Israel fiawo ƒe Ŋutinyagbalẽ me.
But the rest of the words of Ahab, and all that he did, and the house of ivory that he built, and all the cities that he constructed, were these not written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of Israel?
40 Woɖi Ahab ɖe tɔgbuiawo dome eye via Ahazia zu Israel fia ɖe eteƒe.
And so, Ahab slept with his fathers. And Ahaziah, his son, reigned in his place.
41 Le Yuda la, Yehosafat, Asa ƒe vi zu Israel fia le Ahab ƒe fiaɖuɖu ƒe ƒe enelia me.
Yet truly, Jehoshaphat, the son of Asa, had begun to reign over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab, the king of Israel.
42 Yehosafat xɔ ƒe blaetɔ̃ vɔ atɔ̃ eye wòɖu fia le Yerusalem ƒe blaeve vɔ atɔ̃. Dadaa ŋkɔe nye Azuba, Silhi ƒe vinyɔnu.
He was thirty-five years old when he had begun to reign, and he reigned for twenty-five years in Jerusalem. The name of his mother was Azubah, the daughter of Shilhi.
43 Ewɔ Yehowa ƒe sewo katã dzi abe fofoa Asa ene, edze agbagba ɣe sia ɣi be yeadze Yehowa ŋu, ke meɖe nuxeƒewo ɖa le togbɛawo dzi o ale ameawo saa vɔ eye wodoa dzudzɔ ʋeʋĩ le afi ma.
And he walked in the entire way of Asa, his father, and he did not decline from it. And he did what was right in the sight of the Lord. Yet truly, he did not take away the high places. For still the people were sacrificing and burning incense in the high places.
44 Nu bubu hãe nye ewɔ ŋutifafa kple Ahab, Israel fia.
And Jehoshaphat had peace with the king of Israel.
45 Woŋlɔ Yehosafat ƒe nuwɔnawo kple eƒe dziɖuɖuwo le aʋawo me ɖe Yuda fiawo ƒe ŋutinyagbalẽ me.
But the rest of the words of Jehoshaphat, and his works that he did, and the battles, were these not written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of Judah?
46 Yehosafat tu ŋutsu siwo nɔ gbolo wɔm le nuxeƒewo tso fofoa Asa ƒe fiaɖuɣi la ƒe xɔwo katã goŋgoŋ.
Then, too, the remnant of the effeminate, who had remained in the days of Asa, his father, he took away from the land.
47 Fia aɖeke menɔ Edom ɣe ma ɣi o: fiateƒenɔla koe nɔ anyi.
At that time, there was no king appointed in Idumea.
48 Fia Yehosafat tu tɔdziʋu gãwo be woayi Ofir atsɔ sika agbɔe, ke womete ŋu trɔ gbɔ o, elabena wogbã le Ezion Geber.
Yet truly, king Jehoshaphat had made a navy on the sea, which would sail to Ophir for gold. But they were unable to go, because the ships were broken down at Eziongeber.
49 Ahazia, Fia Ahab ƒe vi, ame si ɖu fia ɖe Ahab yome la gblɔ na Yehosafat be wòana ye hã yeƒe amewo nayi gake Yehosafat gbe.
Then Ahaziah, the son of Ahab, said to Jehoshaphat, “Let my servants go with your servants on the ships.” But Jehoshaphat was not willing.
50 Esi Fia Yehosafat ku la, woɖii ɖe tɔgbuiawo dome le fofoa David ƒe du me eye via Yehoram ɖu fia ɖe eteƒe.
And Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and he was buried with them in the city of David, his father. And Jehoram, his son, reigned in his place.
51 Le Yuda fia Yehosafat ƒe fiaɖuɖu ƒe ƒe wuiadrelia me la, Ahazia, Ahab ƒe vi dze fiaɖuɖu gɔme ɖe Israel dzi le Samaria. Eɖu fia ƒe eve.
Then Ahaziah, the son of Ahab, began to reign over Israel, in Samaria, in the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah. And he reigned over Israel for two years.
52 Ewɔ nu vɔ̃ le Yehowa ƒe ŋkume elabena eto fofoa kple dadaa kple Yeroboam, Nebat ƒe vi, ame si kplɔ Israel de nu vɔ̃ me la ƒe afɔtoƒe.
And he did evil in the sight of the Lord. And he walked in the way of his father and his mother, and in the way of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, who caused Israel to sin.
53 Esubɔ Baal eye wòto esia me do dɔmedzoe na Yehowa, Israel ƒe Mawu la abe ale si fofoa wɔ ene.
Also, he served Baal, and he adored him, and he provoked the Lord, the God of Israel, in accord with all that his father had done.
