I Regum 22
1 Transierunt igitur tres anni absque bello inter Syriam et Israel.
And they continued three yeere without warre betweene Aram and Israel.
2 In anno autem tertio, descendit Iosaphat rex Iuda ad regem Israel.
And in the third yeere did Iehoshaphat the King of Iudah come downe to ye King of Israel.
3 (Dixitque rex Israel ad servos suos: Ignoratis quod nostra sit Ramoth Galaad, et negligimus tollere eam de manu regis Syriæ?)
(Then the King of Israel saide vnto his seruants, Knowe yee not that Ramoth Gilead was ours? and wee stay, and take it not out of ye hand of the King of Aram?)
4 Et ait ad Iosaphat: Veniesne mecum ad præliandum in Ramoth Galaad?
And he sayde vnto Iehoshaphat, Wilt thou goe with mee to battel against Ramoth Gilead? And Iehoshaphat saide vnto the King of Israel, I am as thou art, my people as thy people, and mine horses as thine horses.
5 Dixitque Iosaphat ad regem Israel: Sicut ego sum, ita et tu: populus meus, et populus tuus unum sunt: et equites mei, equites tui. Dixitque Iosaphat ad regem Israel: Quære, oro te, hodie sermonem Domini.
Then Iehoshaphat saide vnto the King of Israel, Aske counsaile, I pray thee, of the Lord to day.
6 Congregavit ergo rex Israel prophetas, quadringentos circiter viros, et ait ad eos: Ire debeo in Ramoth Galaad ad bellandum, an quiescere? Qui responderunt: Ascende, et dabit eam Dominus in manu regis.
Then the King of Israel gathered the prophets vpon a foure hundreth men, and said vnto them, Shal I go against Ramoth Gilead to battel, or shall I let it alone? And they said, Go vp: for ye Lord shall deliuer it into the hands of the King.
7 Dixit autem Iosaphat: Non est hic propheta Domini quispiam, ut interrogemus per eum?
And Iehoshaphat said, Is there here neuer a Prophet of the Lord more, that we might inquire of him?
8 Et ait rex Israel ad Iosaphat: Remansit vir unus, per quem possumus interrogare Dominum: sed ego odi eum, quia non prophetat mihi bonum, sed malum, Michæas filius Iemla. Cui Iosaphat ait: Ne loquaris ita rex.
And the King of Israel said vnto Iehoshaphat, There is yet one man (Michaiah the sonne of Imlah) by whom we may aske counsel of the Lord, but I hate him: for he doeth not prophecie good vnto me, but euill. And Iehoshaphat sayd, Let not the King say so.
9 Vocavit ergo rex Israel eunuchum quendam, et dixit ei: Festina adducere Michæam filium Iemla.
Then the King of Israel called an Eunuche, and sayde, Call quickely Michaiah the sonne of Imlah.
10 Rex autem Israel, et Iosaphat rex Iuda sedebant unusquisque in solio suo vestiti cultu regio, in area iuxta ostium portæ Samariæ, et universi prophetæ prophetabant in conspectu eorum.
And the King of Israel and Iehoshaphat the King of Iudah sate either of them on his throne in their apparell in the voyde place at the entring in of the gate of Samaria, and all the prophets prophecied before them.
11 Fecit quoque sibi Sedecias filius Chanaana cornua ferrea, et ait: Hæc dicit Dominus: His ventilabis Syriam, donec deleas eam.
And Zidkiiah the sonne of Chenaanah made him hornes of yron, and sayd, Thus sayth the Lord, With these shalt thou push the Aramites, vntill thou hast consumed them.
12 Omnesque prophetæ similiter prophetabant, dicentes: Ascende in Ramoth Galaad, et vade prospere, et tradet Dominus in manus regis.
And all the prophets prophecied so, saying, Goe vp to Ramoth Gilead, and prosper: for the Lord shall deliuer it into the Kings hand.
13 Nuncius vero, qui ierat ut vocaret Michæam, locutus est ad eum, dicens: Ecce sermones prophetarum ore uno regi bona prædicant: sit ergo sermo tuus similis eorum, et loquere bona.
And the messenger that was gone to call Michaiah spake vnto him, saying, Beholde now, the wordes of the prophets declare good vnto the King with one accorde: let thy word therefore, I pray thee, be like the worde of one of them, and speake thou good.
14 Cui Michæas ait: Vivit Dominus, quia quodcumque dixerit mihi Dominus, hoc loquar.
And Michaiah saide, As the Lord liueth, whatsoeuer the Lord sayth vnto me, that will I speake.
15 Venit itaque ad regem, et ait illi rex: Michæa, ire debemus in Ramoth Galaad ad præliandum, an cessare? Cui ille respondit: Ascende, et vade prospere, et tradet eam Dominus in manus regis.
So he came to the King, and the King said vnto him, Michaiah, shall we go against Ramoth Gilead to battel, or shall we leaue off? And he answered him, Goe vp, and prosper: and the Lord shall deliuer it into the hand of the King.
16 Dixit autem rex ad eum: Iterum atque iterum adiuro te, ut non loquaris mihi nisi quod verum est, in nomine Domini.
And the King said vnto him, How oft shall I charge thee, that thou tell me nothing but that which is true in the Name of the Lord?
17 Et ille ait: Vidi cunctum Israel dispersum in montibus, quasi oves non habentes pastorem. Et ait Dominus: Non habent isti dominum: revertatur unusquisque in domum suam in pace.
Then he said, I sawe all Israel scattered vpon the mountaines, as sheepe that had no shepheard. And the Lord sayde, These haue no master, let euery man returne vnto his house in peace.
18 (Dixit ergo rex Israel ad Iosaphat: Numquid non dixi tibi, quia non prophetat mihi bonum, sed semper malum?)
(And the King of Israel saide vnto Iehoshaphat, Did I not tell thee, that he would prophecie no good vnto me, but euill?)
19 Ille vero addens, ait: Propterea audi sermonem Domini: Vidi Dominum sedentem super solium suum, et omnem exercitum cæli assistentem ei a dextris et a sinistris:
Againe he said, Heare thou therefore the worde of the Lord. I sawe the Lord sit on his throne, and all the hoste of heauen stood about him on his right hand and on his left hand.
20 et ait Dominus: Quis decipiet Achab regem Israel, ut ascendat, et cadat in Ramoth Galaad? Et dixit unus verba huiuscemodi, et alius aliter.
And the Lord sayd, Who shall entise Ahab that he may go and fall at Ramoth Gilead? And one said on this maner, and another sayd on that maner.
21 Egressus est autem spiritus, et stetit coram Domino, et ait: Ego decipiam illum. Cui locutus est Dominus: In quo?
Then there came forth a spirit, and stoode before the Lord, and sayd, I wil entise him. And the Lord sayd vnto him, Wherewith?
22 Et ille ait: Egrediar, et ero spiritus mendax in ore omnium prophetarum eius. Et dixit Dominus: Decipies, et prævalebis: egredere, et fac ita.
And he sayd, I will goe out, and be a false spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. Then he sayd, Thou shalt entise him, and shalt also preuayle: goe forth, and doe so.
23 Nunc igitur ecce dedit Dominus spiritum mendacii in ore omnium prophetarum tuorum, qui hic sunt, et Dominus locutus est contra te malum.
Now therefore behold, the Lord hath put a lying spirite in the mouth of all these thy prophets, and the Lord hath appoynted euill against thee.
24 Accessit autem Sedecias filius Chanaana, et percussit Michæam in maxillam, et dixit: Me ne ergo dimisit Spiritus Domini, et locutus est tibi?
Then Zidkiiah the sonne of Chenaanah came neere, and smote Michaiah on the cheeke and sayd, When went the Spirite of the Lord from me, to speake vnto thee?
25 Et ait Michæas: Visurus es in die illa, quando ingredieris cubiculum, intra cubiculum ut abscondaris.
And Michaiah saide, Behold, thou shalt see in that day, when thou shalt goe from chamber to chamber to hide thee.
26 Et ait rex Israel: Tollite Michæam, et maneat apud Amon principem civitatis, et apud Ioas filium Amelech,
And the King of Israel sayd, Take Michaiah, and cary him vnto Amon the gouernour of the citie, and vnto Ioash the Kings sonne,
27 et dicite eis: Hæc dicit rex: Mittite virum istum in carcerem, et sustentate eum pane tribulationis, et aqua angustiæ, donec revertar in pace.
And say, Thus saith the King, Put this man in the prison house, and feede him with bread of affliction, and with water of affliction, vntill I returne in peace.
28 Dixitque Michæas: Si reversus fueris in pace, non est locutus in me Dominus. Et ait: Audite populi omnes.
And Michaiah sayde, If thou returne in peace, the Lord hath not spoken by me. And he sayd, Hearken all ye people.
29 Ascendit itaque rex Israel, et Iosaphat rex Iuda in Ramoth Galaad.
So the King of Israel and Iehoshaphat the King of Iudah went vp to Ramoth Gilead.
30 Dixit itaque rex Israel ad Iosaphat: Sume arma, et ingredere prælium, et induere vestibus tuis. Porro rex Israel mutavit habitum suum, et ingressus est bellum.
And the King of Israel sayde to Iehoshaphat, I will change mine apparell, and will enter into the battell, but put thou on thine apparell. And the King of Israel changed himselfe, and went into the battel.
31 Rex autem Syriæ præceperat principibus curruum triginta duobus, dicens: Non pugnabitis contra minorem, et maiorem quempiam, nisi contra regem Israel, solum.
And the King of Aram commanded his two and thirtie captaines ouer his charets, saying, Fight neither with small, nor great, saue onely against the King of Israel.
32 Cum ergo vidissent principes curruum Iosaphat, suspicati sunt quod ipse esset rex Israel, et impetu facto pugnabant contra eum: et exclamavit Iosaphat.
And when the captaines of the charets saw Iehoshaphat, they sayd, Surely it is the King of Israel, and they turned to fight against him: and Iehoshaphat cryed.
33 Intellexeruntque principes curruum quod non esset rex Israel, et cessaverunt ab eo.
And when the captaines of the charets saw that he was not the King of Israel, they turned backe from him.
34 Vir autem quidam tetendit arcum, in incertum sagittam dirigens, et casu percussit regem Israel inter pulmonem et stomachum. At ille dixit aurigæ suo: Verte manum tuam, et eiice me de exercitu, quia graviter vulneratus sum.
Then a certaine man drewe a bow mightily and smote the King of Israel betweene the ioyntes of his brigandine. Wherefore he sayde vnto his charet man, Turne thine hand and cary me out of the hoste: for I am hurt.
35 Commissum est ergo prælium in die illa, et rex Israel stabat in curru suo contra Syros, et mortuus est vespere: fluebat autem sanguis plagæ in sinum currus,
And the battel encreased that day, and the King stoode still in his charet against the Aramites, and dyed at euen: and the blood ran out of the wound into the middes of the charet.
36 et præco insonuit in universo exercitu antequam sol occumberet, dicens: Unusquisque revertatur in civitatem, et in terram suam.
And there went a proclamation thorowout the hoste about the going downe of the sunne, saying, Euery man to his citie, and euery man to his owne countrey.
37 Mortuus est autem rex, et perlatus est in Samariam: sepelieruntque regem in Samaria,
So the King died, and was brought to Samaria, and they buried the King in Samaria.
38 et laverunt currum eius in piscina Samariæ, et linxerunt canes sanguinem eius, et habenas laverunt, iuxta verbum Domini quod locutus fuerat.
And one washed the charet in the poole of Samaria, and the dogs licked vp his blood (and they washed his armour) according vnto the word of the Lord which he spake.
39 Reliqua autem sermonum Achab, et universa quæ fecit, et domus eburnea, quam ædificavit, cunctarumque urbium quas extruxit, nonne hæc scripta sunt in Libro sermonum dierum regum Israel?
Concerning the rest of the actes of Ahab and all that he did, and the yuorie house which he built, and all the cities that he built, are they not written in the booke of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?
40 Dormivit ergo Achab cum patribus suis, et regnavit Ochozias filius eius pro eo.
So Ahab slept with his fathers, and Ahaziah his sonne reigned in his stead.
41 Iosaphat vero filius Asa regnare cœperat super Iudam anno quarto Achab regis Israel.
And Iehoshaphat the sonne of Asa began to reigne vpon Iudah in the fourth yeere of Ahab King of Israel.
42 Triginta quinque annorum erat cum regnare cœpisset, et vigintiquinque annis regnavit in Ierusalem: nomen matris eius Azuba filia Salai.
Iehoshaphat was fiue and thirty yere olde, when he began to reigne, and reigned fiue and twentie yeere in Ierusalem. And his mothers name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.
43 Et ambulavit in omni via Asa patris sui, et non declinavit ex ea: fecitque quod rectum erat in conspectu Domini. Verumtamen excelsa non abstulit: adhuc enim populus sacrificabat, et adolebat incensum in excelsis.
And he walked in all the wayes of Asa his father, and declined not therefrom, but did that which was right in the eyes of the Lord. Neuerthelesse the hie places were not taken away: for the people offred still and burnt incense in the hie places.
44 Pacemque habuit Iosaphat cum rege Israel.
And Iehoshaphat made peace with the King of Israel.
45 Reliqua autem verborum Iosaphat, et opera eius, quæ gessit, et prælia, nonne hæc scripta sunt in Libro verborum dierum regum Iuda?
Concerning the rest of the actes of Iehoshaphat, and his worthy deedes that he did, and his battels which he fought, are they not written in the booke of the Chronicles of the Kings of Iudah?
46 Sed et reliquias effeminatorum, qui remanserant in diebus Asa patris eius, abstulit de terra.
And the Sodomites, which remayned in the dayes of his father Asa, he put cleane out of the land.
47 Nec erat tunc rex constitutus in Edom.
There was then no King in Edom: the deputie was King.
48 Rex vero Iosaphat fecerat classes in mari, quæ navigarent in Ophir propter aurum: et ire non potuerunt, quia confractæ sunt in Asiongaber.
Iehoshaphat made shippes of Tharshish to sayle to Ophir for golde, but they went not, for the shippes were broken at Ezion Gaber.
49 Tunc ait Ochozias filius Achab ad Iosaphat: Vadant servi mei cum servis tuis in navibus. Et noluit Iosaphat.
Then sayde Ahaziah the sonne of Ahab vnto Iehoshaphat, Let my seruants goe with thy seruants in the ships, But Iehoshaphat would not.
50 Dormivitque Iosaphat cum patribus suis, et sepultus est cum eis in Civitate David patris sui: regnavitque Ioram filius eius pro eo.
And Iehoshaphat did sleepe with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the citie of Dauid his father, and Iehoram his sonne reigned in his stead.
51 Ochozias autem filius Achab regnare cœperat super Israel in Samaria, anno septimodecimo Iosaphat regis Iuda, regnavitque super Israel duobus annis.
Ahaziah the sonne of Ahab began to reigne ouer Israel in Samaria, the seuenteenth yeere of Iehoshaphat King of Iudah, and reigned two yeeres ouer Israel.
52 Et fecit malum in conspectu Domini, et ambulavit in via patris sui et matris suæ, et in via Ieroboam filii Nabat, qui peccare fecit Israel.
But he did euill in the sight of the Lord, and walked in the way of his father, and in the way of his mother, and in the way of Ieroboam the sonne of Nebat, which made Israel to sinne.
53 Servivit quoque Baal, et adoravit eum, et irritavit Dominum Deum Israel, iuxta omnia quæ fecerat pater eius.
For he serued Baal and worshipped him, and prouoked the Lord God of Israel vnto wrath, according vnto all that his father had done.
