Ii Paralipomenon 18
1 Fuit ergo Iosaphat dives et inclytus multum, et affinitate coniunctus est Achab.
Now Jehoshaphat had riches and honor in abundance; and he joined affinity with Ahab.
2 Descenditque post annos ad eum in Samariam: ad cuius adventum mactavit Achab arietes, et boves plurimos ipsi, et populo qui venerat cum eo: persuasitque illi ut ascenderet in Ramoth Galaad.
After certain years he went down to Ahab to Samaria. Ahab killed sheep and cattle for him in abundance, and for the people who were with him, and moved him to go up with him to Ramoth Gilead.
3 Dixitque Achab rex Israel ad Iosaphat regem Iuda: Veni mecum in Ramoth Galaad. Cui ille respondit: Ut ego, et tu: sicut populus tuus, et populus meus: tecumque erimus in bello.
Ahab king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat king of Judah, "Will you go with me to Ramoth Gilead?" He answered him, "I am as you are, and my people as your people. We will be with you in the war."
4 Dixitque Iosaphat ad regem Israel: Consule obsecro impraesentiarum sermonem Domini.
Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, "Please inquire first for the word of the LORD."
5 Congregavit igitur rex Israel prophetarum quadringentos viros, et dixit ad eos: In Ramoth Galaad ad bellandum ire debemus an quiescere? At illi, Ascende, inquiunt, et tradet Deus in manu regis.
Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, four hundred men, and said to them, "Shall we go to Ramoth Gilead to battle, or shall I refrain?" They said, "Go up; for God will deliver it into the hand of the king."
6 Dixitque Iosaphat: Numquid non est hic prophetes Domini, ut ab illo etiam requiramus?
But Jehoshaphat said, "Isn't there here a prophet of the LORD besides, that we may inquire of him?"
7 Et ait rex Israel ad Iosaphat: Est vir unus, a quo possumus quaerere Domini voluntatem: sed ego odi eum, quia non prophetat mihi bonum, sed malum omni tempore: est autem Michaeas filius Iemla. Dixitque Iosaphat: Ne loquaris rex hoc modo.
The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, "There is yet one man by whom we may inquire of the LORD; but I hate him, for he never prophesies good concerning me, but always evil. He is Micaiah the son of Imla." Jehoshaphat said, "Do not let the king say so."
8 Vocavit ergo rex Israel unum de eunuchis, et dixit ei: Voca cito Michaeam filium Iemla.
Then the king of Israel called an officer, and said, "Get Micaiah the son of Imla quickly."
9 Porro rex Israel, et Iosaphat rex Iuda uterque sedebant in solio suo, vestiti cultu regio: sedebant autem in area iuxta portam Samariae, omnesque prophetae vaticinabantur coram eis.
Now the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah sat each on his throne, arrayed in their robes, and they were sitting in an open place at the entrance of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets were prophesying before them.
10 Sedechias vero filius Chanaana fecit sibi cornua ferrea, et ait: Haec dicit Dominus: His ventilabis Syriam, donec conteras eam.
Zedekiah the son of Kenaanah made him horns of iron, and said, "Thus says the LORD, 'With these you shall push the Arameans, until they are consumed.'"
11 Omnesque prophetae similiter prophetabant, atque dicebant: Ascende in Ramoth Galaad, et prosperaberis, et tradet eos Dominus in manu regis.
All the prophets prophesied so, saying, "Go up to Ramoth Gilead, and prosper; for the LORD will deliver it into the hand of the king."
12 Nuncius autem, qui ierat ad vocandum Michaeam, ait illi: En verba omnium prophetarum uno ore bona regi annunciant: quaeso ergo te ut et sermo tuus ab eis non dissentiat, loquarisque prospera.
The messenger who went to call Micaiah spoke to him, saying, "Look, the words of the prophets declare good to the king with one mouth. Let your word therefore, please be like one of theirs, and speak good."
13 Cui respondit Michaeas: Vivit Dominus, quia quodcumque dixerit mihi Deus meus, hoc loquar.
Micaiah said, "As the LORD lives, whatever my God says to me, that I will speak."
14 Venit ergo ad regem. Cui rex ait: Michaea, ire debemus in Ramoth Galaad ad bellandum, an quiescere? Cui ille respondit: Ascendite: cuncta enim prospera evenient, et tradentur hostes in manus vestras.
When he had come to the king, the king said to him, "Micaiah, shall we go to Ramoth Gilead to battle, or shall I refrain?" He said, "Go up, and prosper. They shall be delivered into your hand."
15 Dixitque rex: Iterum, atque iterum te adiuro, ut mihi non loquaris, nisi quod verum est in nomine Domini.
The king said to him, "How many times shall I adjure you that you speak to me nothing but the truth in the name of the LORD?"
16 At ille ait: Vidi universum Israel dispersum in montibus, sicut oves absque pastore: et dixit Dominus: Non habent isti dominos: revertatur unusquisque in domum suam in pace.
He said, "I saw all Israel scattered on the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd. The LORD said, 'These have no master. Let them return every man to his house in peace.'"
17 Et ait rex Israel ad Iosaphat: Nonne dixi tibi, quod non prophetaret iste mihi quidquam boni, sed ea, quae mala sunt?
The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, "Did I not tell you that he would not prophesy good concerning me, but evil?"
18 At ille, Idcirco, ait, audite verbum Domini: Vidi Dominum sedentem in solio suo, et omnem exercitum caeli assistentem ei a dextris et a sinistris.
Micaiah said, "Therefore hear the word of the LORD: I saw the LORD sitting on his throne, and all the army of heaven standing on his right hand and on his left.
19 Et dixit Dominus: Quis decipiet Achab regem Israel ut ascendat et corruat in Ramoth Galaad? Cumque diceret unus hoc modo, et alter alio:
The LORD said, 'Who shall entice Ahab king of Israel, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth Gilead?' One spoke saying in this way, and another saying in that way.
20 processit spiritus, et stetit coram Domino, et ait: Ego decipiam eum. Cui Dominus, In quo, inquit, decipies?
A spirit came out, stood before the LORD, and said, 'I will entice him.' "The LORD said to him, 'How?'
21 At ille respondit: Egrediar, et ero spiritus mendax in ore omnium prophetarum eius. Dixitque Dominus: Decipies, et praevalebis: egredere, et fac ita.
"He said, 'I will go forth, and will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.' "He said, 'You will entice him, and will prevail also. Go forth, and do so.'
22 Nunc igitur, ecce Dominus dedit spiritum mendacii in ore omnium prophetarum tuorum, et Dominus locutus est de te mala.
"Now therefore, look, the LORD has put a lying spirit in the mouth of these your prophets; and the LORD has pronounced disaster concerning you."
23 Accessit autem Sedechias filius Chanaana, et percussit Michaeae maxillam, et ait: Per quam viam transivit Spiritus Domini a me, ut loqueretur tibi?
Then Zedekiah the son of Kenaanah came near, and struck Micaiah on the cheek, and said, "Which way did the Spirit of the LORD go from me to speak to you?"
24 Dixitque Michaeas: Tu ipse videbis in die illo, quando ingressus fueris cubiculum de cubiculo ut abscondaris.
Micaiah said, "Look, you shall see on that day, when you shall go into an inner room to hide yourself."
25 Praecepit autem rex Israel, dicens: Tollite Michaeam, et ducite eum ad Amon principem civitatis, et ad Ioas filium Amelech.
The king of Israel said, "Take Micaiah, and carry him back to Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king's son;
26 Et dicetis: Haec dicit rex: Mittite hunc in carcerem, et date ei panis modicum, et aquae pauxillum, donec revertar in pace.
and say, 'Thus says the king, "Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I return in peace."'"
27 Dixitque Michaeas: Si reversus fueris in pace, non est locutus Dominus in me. Et ait: Audite omnes populi.
Micaiah said, "If you return at all in peace, the LORD has not spoken by me." He said, "Listen, you peoples, all of you."
28 Igitur ascenderunt rex Israel et Iosaphat rex Iuda in Ramoth Galaad.
So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to Ramoth Gilead.
29 Dixitque rex Israel ad Iosaphat: Mutabo habitum, et sic ad pugnam vadam, tu autem induere vestibus tuis. Mutatoque rex Israel habitu, venit ad bellum.
The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, "I will disguise myself, and go into the battle; but you put on your robes." So the king of Israel disguised himself; and they went into the battle.
30 Rex autem Syriae praeceperat ducibus equitatus sui, dicens: Ne pugnetis contra minimum, aut contra maximum, nisi contra solum regem Israel.
Now the king of Aram had commanded the captains of his chariots, saying, "Fight neither with small nor great, except only with the king of Israel."
31 Itaque cum vidissent principes equitatus Iosaphat, dixerunt: Rex Israel est iste. Et circumdederunt eum dimicantes: at ille clamavit ad Dominum, et auxiliatus est ei, atque avertit eos ab illo.
It happened, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, "It is the king of Israel." Therefore they turned around to fight against him. But Jehoshaphat cried out, and the LORD helped him; and God moved them to depart from him.
32 Cum enim vidissent duces equitatus, quod non esset rex Israel, reliquerunt eum.
It happened, when the captains of the chariots saw that it was not the king of Israel, that they turned back from pursuing him.
33 Accidit autem ut unus e populo sagittam in incertum iaceret, et percuteret regem Israel inter cervicem et scapulas, at ille aurigae suo ait: Converte manum tuam, et educ me de acie, quia vulneratus sum.
A certain man drew his bow at random, and struck the king of Israel between the joints of the armor. Therefore he said to the driver of the chariot, "Turn your hand, and carry me out of the army; for I am severely wounded."
34 Et finita est pugna in die illo: porro rex Israel stabat in curru suo contra Syros usque ad vesperam, et mortuus est occidente sole.
The battle increased that day. However the king of Israel propped himself up in his chariot against the Arameans until the evening; and about the time of the going down of the sun, he died.
