I Regum 22
1 Transierunt igitur tres anni absque bello inter Syriam et Israel.
And he rested three years, and there was no war between Syria and Israel.
2 In anno autem tertio, descendit Iosaphat rex Iuda ad regem Israel.
And it came to pass in the third year, that Josaphat king of Juda went down to the king of Israel.
3 (Dixitque rex Israel ad servos suos: Ignoratis quod nostra sit Ramoth Galaad, et negligimus tollere eam de manu regis Syriae?)
And the king of Israel said to his servants, Know ye that Remmath Galaad [is] ours, and we are slow to take it out of the hand of the king of Syria?
4 Et ait ad Iosaphat: Veniesne mecum ad praeliandum in Ramoth Galaad?
And the king of Israel said to Josaphat, Wilt thou go up with us to Remmath Galaad to battle?
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: Quaere, oro te, hodie sermonem Domini.
And Josaphat said, As I [am], so [art] thou also; as my people, [so is] thy people; as my horses, [so are] thy horses. And Josaphat king of Juda said to the king of Israel, Enquire, 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.
And the king of Israel gathered all the prophets together, about four hundred men; and the king said to them, Shall I go up to Remmath Galaad to battle, or shall I forbear? and they said, Go up, and the Lord will surely give [it] into the hands of the king.
7 Dixit autem Iosaphat: Non est hic propheta Domini quispiam, ut interrogemus per eum?
And Josaphat said to the king of Israel, Is there not here a prophet of the Lord, that we may enquire of the Lord by 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, Michaeas filius Iemla. Cui Iosaphat ait: Ne loquaris ita rex.
And the king of Israel said to Josaphat, There is one man here [for us] to enquire of the Lord by; but I hate him, for he does not speak good of me, but only evil; Michaias son of Jemblaa. And Josaphat king of Juda said, Let not the king say so.
9 Vocavit ergo rex Israel eunuchum quendam, et dixit ei: Festina adducere Michaeam filium Iemla.
And the king of Israel called a eunuch and said, [Bring hither] quickly Michaias son of Jemblaa.
10 Rex autem Israel, et Iosaphat rex Iuda sedebant unusquisque in solio suo vestiti cultu regio, in area iuxta ostium portae Samariae, et universi prophetae prophetabant in conspectu eorum.
And the king of Israel and Josaphat king of Juda sat, each on his throne, armed in the gates of Samaria; and all the prophets prophesied before them.
11 Fecit quoque sibi Sedecias filius Chanaana cornua ferrea, et ait: Haec dicit Dominus: His ventilabis Syriam, donec deleas eam.
And Sedekias son of Chanaan made for himself iron horns, and said, Thus saith the Lord, With these thou shalt push Syria, until it be consumed.
12 Omnesque prophetae similiter prophetabant, dicentes: Ascende in Ramoth Galaad, et vade prospere, et tradet Dominus in manus regis.
And all the prophets prophesied in like manner, saying, Go up to Remmath Galaad, and [the thing] shall prosper, and the Lord shall deliver it and the king of Syria into thine hands.
13 Nuncius vero, qui ierat ut vocaret Michaeam, locutus est ad eum, dicens: Ecce sermones prophetarum ore uno regi bona praedicunt: sit ergo sermo tuus similis eorum, et loquere bona.
And the messenger that went to call Michaias spoke to him, saying, Behold now, all the prophets speak with one mouth good concerning the king, let now thy words be like the words of one of them, and speak good things.
14 Cui Michaeas ait: Vivit Dominus, quia quodcumque dixerit mihi Dominus, hoc loquar.
And Michaias said, [As] the Lord lives, whatsoever the Lord shall say to me, that will I speak.
15 Venit itaque ad regem, et ait illi rex: Michaea, ire debemus in Ramoth Galaad ad praeliandum, an cessare? Cui ille respondit: Ascende, et vade prospere, et tradet eum Dominus in manus regis.
And he came to the king: and the king said to him, Michaias, shall I go up to Remmath Galaad to battle, or shall I forbear? and he said, Go up, and the Lord shall deliver 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 to him, How often shall I adjure thee, that thou speak to me truth 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.
And he said, Not so. I saw all Israel scattered on the mountains as a flock without a shepherd: and the Lord said, [Is] not God lord of these? let each one return to his home 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 said to Josaphat king of Juda, Did I not say to thee that this man does not prophesy good to me, for [he speaks] nothing but evil?
19 Ille vero addens, ait: Propterea audi sermonem Domini: Vidi Dominum sedentem super solium suum, et omnem exercitum caeli assistentem ei a dextris et a sinistris:
And Michaias said, Not so, [it is] not I: hear the word of the Lord; [it is] not so. I saw the God of Israel sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven stood about him on his right hand and on his left.
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 said, Who will deceive Achaab king of Israel, that he may go up and fall in Remmath Galaad? and one spoke one way, and another another way.
21 Egressus est autem spiritus, et stetit coram Domino, et ait: Ego decipiam illum. Cui locutus est Dominus: In quo?
And there came forth a spirit and stood before the Lord, and said, I will deceive him.
22 Et ille ait: Egrediar, et ero spiritus mendax in ore omnium prophetarum eius. Et dixit Dominus: Decipies, et praevalebis: egredere, et fac ita.
And the Lord said to him, Whereby? And he said, I will go forth, and will be a false spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou shalt deceive him, yea, and shalt prevail: go forth, and do so.
23 Nunc igitur ecce dedit Dominus spiritum mendacii in ore omnium prophetarum tuorum, qui hic sunt, et Dominus locutus est contra te malum.
And now, behold, the Lord has put a false spirit in the mouth of all these thy prophets, and the Lord has spoken evil against thee.
24 Accessit autem Sedecias filius Chanaana, et percussit Michaeam in maxillam, et dixit: Me ne ergo dimisit Spiritus Domini, et locutus est tibi?
And Sedekias the son of Chanaan came near and smote Michaias on the cheek, and said, What sort of a spirit of the Lord [has] spoken in thee?
25 Et ait Michaeas: Visurus es in die illa, quando ingredieris cubiculum, intra cubiculum ut abscondaris.
And Michaias said, Behold, thou shalt see in that day, when thou shalt go into an innermost chamber to hide thyself there.
26 Et ait rex Israel: Tollite Michaeam, et maneat apud Amon principem civitatis, et apud Ioas filium Amelech,
And the king of Israel said, Take Michaias, and convey him away to Semer the keeper of the city;
27 et dicite eis: Haec dicit rex: Mittite virum istum in carcerem, et sustentate eum pane tribulationis, et aqua angustiae, donec revertar in pace.
and tell Joas the king's son to put this [fellow] in prison, and to feed him with bread of affliction and water of affliction until I return in peace.
28 Dixitque Michaeas: Si reversus fueris in pace, non est locutus in me Dominus. Et ait: Audite populi omnes.
And Michaias said, If thou return at all in peace, the Lord has not spoken by me.
29 Ascendit itaque rex Israel, et Iosaphat rex Iuda in Ramoth Galaad.
So the king of Israel went up, and Josaphat king of Juda with him to Remmath Galaad.
30 Dixit itaque rex Israel ad Iosaphat: Sume arma, et ingredere praelium, et induere vestibus tuis. porro rex Israel mutavit habitum suum, et ingressus est bellum.
And the king of Israel said to Josaphat king of Juda, I will disguise myself, and enter into the battle, and do thou put on my raiment. So the king of Israel disguised himself, and went into the battle.
31 Rex autem Syriae praeceperat principibus curruum triginta duobus, dicens: Non pugnabitis contra minorem, et maiorem quempiam, nisi contra regem Israel, solum.
And the king of Syria had charged the thirty-two captains of his chariots, saying, Fight not [against] small or great, but against the king of Israel only.
32 Cum ergo vidissent principes curruum Iosaphat, suspicati sunt quod ipse esset rex Israel, et impetu facto pugnabant contra eum: et exclamavit Iosaphat.
And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw Josaphat king of Juda, that they said, this seems [to be] the king of Israel. And they compassed him about to fight [against] him; and Josaphat cried out.
33 Intellexeruntque principes curruum quod non esset rex Israel, et cessaverunt ab eo.
And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw that this was not the king of Israel, that they returned from him.
34 Vir autem quidam tetendit arcum, in incertum sagittam dirigens, et casu percussit regem Israel inter pulmonem et stomachum. At ille dixit aurigae suo: Verte manum tuam, et eiice me de exercitu, quia graviter vulneratus sum.
And one drew a bow with a good aim, and smote the king of Israel between the lungs and the breast-plate: and he said to his charioteer, Turn thine hands, and carry me away out of the battle, for I am wounded.
35 Commissum est ergo praelium in die illa, et rex Israel stabat in curru suo contra Syros, et mortuus est vespere: fluebat autem sanguis plagae in sinum currus,
And the war was turned in that day, and the king was standing on the chariot, against Syria from morning till evening; and he shed the blood out of his wound, into the bottom of the chariot, and died at even, and the blood ran out of the wound into the bottom of the chariot.
36 et praeco insonuit in universo exercitu antequam sol occumberet, dicens: Unusquisque revertatur in civitatem, et in terram suam.
And the herald of the army stood at sunset, saying, Let every man go to his own city and his own land,
37 Mortuus est autem rex, et perlatus est in Samariam: sepelieruntque regem in Samaria,
for the king is dead. And they came to Samaria, and buried the king in Samaria.
38 et laverunt currum eius in piscina Samariae, et linxerunt canes sanguinem eius, et habenas laverunt, iuxta verbum Domini quod locutus fuerat.
And they washed the chariot at the fountain of Samaria; and the swine and the dogs licked up the blood, and the harlots washed themselves in the blood, according to the word of the Lord which he spoke.
39 Reliqua autem sermonum Achab, et universa quae fecit, et domus eburnea, quam aedificavit, cunctarumque urbium quas extruxit, nonne haec scripta sunt in Libro sermonum dierum regum Israel?
And the rest of the acts of Achaab, and all that he did, and the ivory house which he built, and all the cities which he built, behold, [are] not these things written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
40 Dormivit ergo Achab cum patribus suis, et regnavit Ochozias filius eius pro eo.
And Achaab slept with his fathers, and Ochozias his son reigned in his stead.
41 Iosaphat vero filius Asa regnare coeperat super Iudam anno quarto Achab regis Israel.
And Josaphat the son of Asa reigned over Juda: in the fourth year of Achaab king of Israel began Josaphat to reign.
42 Triginta quinque annorum erat cum regnare coepisset, et vigintiquinque annis regnavit in Ierusalem: nomen matris eius Azuba filia Salai.
Thirty and five years old [was he] when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name [was] Azuba daughter of Salai.
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 way of Asa his father: he turned not from it, even from doing that which was right in the eyes of the Lord. Only he took not away [any] of the high places: the people still sacrificed and burnt incense on the high places.
44 Pacemque habuit Iosaphat cum rege Israel.
And Josaphat was at peace with the king of Israel.
45 Reliqua autem verborum Iosaphat, et opera eius, quae gessit, et praelia, nonne haec scripta sunt in Libro verborum dierum regum Iuda?
And the rest of the acts of Josaphat, and his mighty deeds, whatever he did, behold, [are] not these things written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Juda?
46 Sed et reliquias effeminatorum, qui remanserant in diebus Asa patris eius, abstulit de terra.
47 Nec erat tunc rex constitutus in Edom.
48 Rex vero Iosaphat fecerat classes in mari, quae navigarent in Ophir propter aurum: et ire non potuerunt, quia confractae sunt in Asiongaber.
49 Tunc ait Ochozias filius Achab ad Iosaphat: Vadant servi mei cum servis tuis in navibus. Et noluit Iosaphat.
50 Dormivitque Iosaphat cum patribus suis, et sepultus est cum eis in Civitate David patris sui: regnavitque Ioram filius eius pro eo.
And Josaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried by his fathers in the city of David his father, and Joram his son reigned in his stead.
51 Ochozias autem filius Achab regnare coeperat super Israel in Samaria, anno septimodecimo Iosaphat regis Iuda, regnavitque super Israel duobus annis.
And Ochozias son of Achaab reigned over Israel in Samaria: in the seventeenth year of Josaphat king of Juda, Ochozias son of Achaab reigned over Israel in Samaria two years.
52 Et fecit malum in conspectu Domini, et ambulavit in via patris sui et matris suae, et in via Ieroboam filii Nabat, qui peccare fecit Israel.
And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, and walked in the way of Achaab his father, and in the way of Jezabel his mother, and in the sins of the house of Jeroboam the son of Nabat, who caused Israel to sin.
53 Servivit quoque Baal, et adoravit eum, et irritavit Dominum Deum Israel, iuxta omnia quae fecerat pater eius.
And he served Baalim, and worshipped them, and provoked the Lord God of Israel, according to all that had been done before him.
