< 1 Kongebok 22 >
1 Nu holdt de sig rolig i tre år; det var ikke nogen krig mellem Syria og Israel.
For almost three years there was no war between Syria and Israel.
2 Men i det tredje år hendte det at Josafat, Judas konge, drog ned til Israels konge.
Then King Jehoshaphat, who ruled Judah, went to [visit] King Ahab, who ruled Israel.
3 Da sa Israels konge til sine tjenere: Vet I ikke at Ramot i Gilead hører oss til? Og vi sitter stille og tar det ikke fra kongen i Syria!
[While they were talking, ] Ahab said to his officials, “Do you realize that the Syrians are still occupying our city of Ramoth in [the] Gilead [region]? And we are doing nothing to retake that city!”
4 Og han sa til Josafat: Vil du dra med mig i krig til Ramot i Gilead? Josafat svarte Israels konge: Som du, så jeg, som ditt folk, så mitt folk, som dine hester, så mine hester.
Then he turned to Jehoshaphat and asked, “Will your [army] join my [army] to fight against the people of Ramoth [and retake that city]?” Jehoshaphat replied, “[Certainly] I [will do whatever] you [want], and you may command my troops. You may take my horses into battle, also.”
5 Og Josafat sa fremdeles til Israels konge: Søk dog først å få vite hvad Herren sier!
Then he added, “But we should ask Yahweh first, to find out what he wants us to do.”
6 Da kalte Israels konge profetene sammen; det var omkring fire hundre mann; og han spurte dem: Skal jeg dra i krig mot Ramot i Gilead, eller skal jeg la det være? De svarte: Dra op! Herren vil gi det i kongens hånd.
So Ahab summoned about 400 of his prophets together, and he asked them, “Should my [army] go to fight the people in Ramoth and retake that city, or not?” They answered, “Yes, go [and attack them], because God will enable your [army] to defeat them.”
7 Men Josafat sa: Er her ikke nogen annen Herrens profet, så vi kunde spørre Herren til råds gjennem ham?
But Jehoshaphat asked, “Is there no prophet of Yahweh here whom we can ask?”
8 Israels konge svarte Josafat: Der er ennu en mann gjennem hvem vi kan spørre Herren til råds, men jeg hater ham fordi han ikke spår godt om mig, men bare ondt, det er Mika, Jimlas sønn. Josafat sa: Kongen skulde ikke si så!
The King of Israel replied, “There is one man we can talk to. We can ask him if he can find out what Yahweh wants. His name is Micaiah; he is the son of Imlah. But I hate him, because when he (prophesies/tells what God says to him) he never says [that] anything good [will happen] to me. He always predicts [that] bad things [will happen to me].” Jehoshaphat replied, “King Ahab, you should not say that!”
9 Da kalte Israels konge på en av hoffolkene og sa: Skynd dig og hent Mika, Jimlas sønn!
So the king of Israel told one of his officers to summon Micaiah immediately.
10 Imens satt Israels konge og Josafat, Judas konge, i kongelig skrud, hver på sin trone, på en treskeplass ved inngangen til Samarias port; og alle profetene stod foran dem og fremsa sine spådommer.
The king of Israel and the king of Judah were wearing their (royal robes/robes that showed that they were kings). They were sitting on thrones at the place where people threshed grain, near the gate of Samaria [city]. All of Ahab’s prophets were standing in front of the kings, (prophesying/predicting what was going to happen).
11 Og Sedekias, Kena'anas sønn, gjorde sig horn av jern og sa: Så sier Herren: Med disse skal du stange syrerne til du får gjort ende på dem.
One of them, whose name was Zedekiah, the son of Kenaanah, had made from iron [something that resembled] horns of a bull. Then he proclaimed [to Ahab], “This is what Yahweh says: ‘With horns like these your [army] will keep attacking the Syrians [like a bull attacks another animal] [MET], until you completely destroy them!’”
12 Og alle profetene spådde likedan og sa: Dra op til Ramot i Gilead! Så skal du ha lykke med dig, og Herren skal gi det i kongens hånd.
All the [other] prophets [of Ahab] agreed. They said, “Yes! If you go up to attack Ramoth [city] in [the] Gilead [region], you will be successful, because Yahweh will enable you to defeat them!”
13 Og budet som var gått for å tilkalle Mika, sa til ham: Profetene spår med en munn godt for kongen; la nu også dine ord stemme overens med deres og spå godt!
Meanwhile, the messenger who went to summon Micaiah said to him, “Listen to me! All the other prophets are predicting that the king’s army will defeat the Syrians. So be sure that you agree with them and say (what will be favorable/that the king’s army will be successful).”
14 Mika svarte: Så sant Herren lever: Hvad Herren sier til mig, det vil jeg tale.
But Micaiah replied, “As surely as Yahweh lives, I will tell him only what Yahweh tells me to say.”
15 Da han nu kom til kongen, sa kongen til ham: Mika! Skal vi dra i krig til Ramot i Gilead, eller skal vi la det være? Han svarte: Dra op! Så skal du ha lykke med dig, og Herren skal gi det i kongens hånd.
When Micaiah came to Ahab, Ahab asked him, “Micaiah, should we go to fight against [the people of] Ramoth, or not?” Micaiah replied, “Sure, go! Yahweh will enable your army to defeat them!”
16 Men kongen sa til ham: Hvor mange ganger skal jeg besverge dig at du ikke skal tale annet til mig enn sannhet i Herrens navn?
But King Ahab [realized that Micaiah was (lying/being sarcastic), so he] said to Micaiah, “I have told you [RHQ] many times that you must always tell only the truth when you say what Yahweh [has revealed to you]!”
17 Da sa han: Jeg så hele Israel spredt utover fjellene likesom en fårehjord som ikke har hyrde; og Herren sa: Disse har ingen herre; la dem vende tilbake i fred, hver til sitt hus!
So Micaiah said to him, “[The truth is that] in a vision I saw all the troops of Israel scattered on the mountains. They seemed to be like sheep that did not have a shepherd. And Yahweh said, ‘Their master has been killed. So tell them all to go home peacefully.’”
18 Da sa Israels konge til Josafat: Var det ikke det jeg sa til dig: Han spår ikke godt om mig, men bare ondt?
Ahab said to Jehoshaphat, “I told you [RHQ] that he never predicts [that] anything good [will happen to me]! He [always] predicts [that] bad things [will happen to me].”
19 Men Mika sa: Så hør da Herrens ord! Jeg så Herren sitte på sin trone og hele himmelens hær stå omkring ham på hans høire og venstre side.
But Micaiah continued, saying, “Listen to what Yahweh showed to me! [In a vision] I saw Yahweh sitting on his throne, with all the armies of heaven surrounding him, on his right side and on his left side.
20 Og Herren sa: Hvem vil overtale Akab til å dra op til Ramot i Gilead, så han faller der? Og den ene sa så og den annen så.
And Yahweh said, ‘Who can persuade Ahab to go to fight against the people of Ramoth, in order that he may be killed there?’ Some suggested one thing, and others suggested something else.
21 Da gikk ånden frem og stilte sig for Herrens åsyn og sa: Jeg skal overtale ham. Herren spurte ham: Hvorledes?
Finally one [evil] spirit came to Yahweh and said, ‘I can do it!’
22 Han svarte: Jeg vil gå avsted og være en løgnens ånd i alle hans profeters munn. Da sa Herren: Ja, du skal overtale ham, og det skal også lykkes dig; gå avsted og gjør så!
Yahweh asked him, ‘How will you do it?’ The spirit replied, ‘I will go and inspire all of Ahab’s prophets to tell lies.’ Yahweh said, ‘You will be successful; go and do it!’
23 Se, nu har Herren lagt en løgnens ånd i alle disse dine profeters munn, men Herren har varslet ulykke for dig.
So now [I tell you that] Yahweh has caused all of your prophets to lie to you. Yahweh has decided that something terrible will happen to you.”
24 Da trådte Sedekias, Kena'anas sønn, frem og slo Mika på kinnet og sa: På hvilken vei er Herrens Ånd gått over fra mig for å tale med dig?
Then Zedekiah walked over to Micaiah and slapped him on his face. He said, “Do you think that Yahweh’s Spirit left me in order to speak to you?” [RHQ]
25 Mika svarte: Det skal du få se den dag du flykter fra kammer til kammer for å skjule dig.
Micaiah replied, “You will find out for yourself [which of us Yahweh’s Spirit has truly spoken to] on the day when you go into a room of some house to hide [from the Syrian troops]!”
26 Da sa Israels konge: Ta Mika og før ham tilbake til byens høvedsmann Amon og til kongesønnen Joas
King Ahab commanded [his soldiers], “Seize Micaiah and take him to Amon, the governor of this city, and to my son Joash.
27 og si: Så sier kongen: Sett ham i fangehuset og la ham leve på fangekost til jeg kommer uskadd hjem igjen!
Tell them that I have commanded that they should put this man in prison and give him only bread and water. Do not give him anything else to eat until I return safely from the battle!”
28 Mika sa: Kommer du uskadd hjem igjen, så har Herren ikke talt gjennem mig. Og han sa: Hør dette, I folk alle sammen!
Micaiah replied, “If you return safely, [it will be clear that] it was not Yahweh who told me what to say to you!” Then he said [to all those who were standing there], “Do not forget what I have said [to King Ahab]!”
29 Så drog Israels konge og Judas konge Josafat op til Ramot i Gilead.
So the King of Israel and the King of Judah [led their armies] to Ramoth, in [the] Gilead [region].
30 Og Israels konge sa til Josafat: Jeg vil forklæ mig og så gå i striden; men ta du dine vanlige klær på! Så forklædde Israels konge sig og gikk i striden.
King Ahab said to Jehoshaphat, “I will put on different clothes, [in order that no one will recognize that I am the king]. But you should wear your (royal robe/robe that shows that you are a king).” So Ahab disguised himself, and they both went into the battle.
31 Men kongen i Syria hadde befalt sine to og tretti vogn-høvedsmenn: I skal ikke stride mot nogen, hverken liten eller stor, bare mot Israels konge.
The King of Syria told this to his thirty-two men who were driving the chariots: “Attack only the king of Israel!”
32 Da nu vogn-høvedsmennene så Josafat, sa de: Dette er sikkert Israels konge. Og de vendte sig dit for å stride mot ham. Da satte Josafat i et høit rop.
So when the men who were driving the Syrian chariots saw Jehoshaphat [wearing (his royal robes/clothes that showed he was the king)], they pursued him. They shouted, “There is the king of Israel!” But when Jehoshaphat cried out,
33 Og da vogn-høvedsmennene så at det ikke var Israels konge, vendte de sig fra ham igjen.
they realized that he was not the king of Israel. So they stopped pursuing him.
34 Men en mann spente sin bue og skjøt på lykke og fromme og traff Israels konge mellem brynjeskjørtet og brynjen. Da sa han til sin vognstyrer: Vend om og før mig ut av hæren! Jeg er såret.
But one [Syrian] soldier shot an arrow at Ahab, without knowing that it was Ahab. The arrow struck Ahab between the places where the parts of his armor joined together. Ahab told the driver of his chariot, “Turn the chariot around and take me out of here! I have been severely wounded!”
35 Men striden blev stadig hårdere den dag, og kongen blev holdt opreist i vognen mot syrerne; men om aftenen døde han, og blodet av såret fløt ned i vognen.
The battle continued all the day. Ahab was sitting propped up in his chariot, facing the Syrian troops. The blood from his wound ran down to the floor of the chariot. And late in the afternoon he died.
36 Og ved solens nedgang gikk der det rop gjennem leiren: Hver mann hjem til sin by og sitt land!
Just as the sun was going down, someone among the Israeli troops shouted, “[The battle is ended!] Everyone should return home!”
37 Således døde kongen og blev ført til Samaria, og de begravde kongen i Samaria.
So king Ahab died, and they took his body [in the chariot] to Samaria [city] and buried his body there.
38 Og da de skylte vognen i dammen ved Samaria, slikket hundene hans blod, mens skjøgene badet sig der, efter det ord som Herren hadde talt.
They washed his chariot alongside the pool in Samaria, a pool where the prostitutes bathed. And dogs [came and] licked the king’s blood, just like Yahweh had predicted would happen.
39 Hvad som ellers er å fortelle om Akab, om alt det han gjorde, og om det elfenbenshus han bygget, og om alle de byer han bygget, det er opskrevet i Israels kongers krønike.
The account/record of the other things that happened while Ahab was ruling, and about the palace decorated with much ivory [that they built for him], and the cities that were built for him, was written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Israel’.
40 Og Akab la sig til hvile hos sine fedre, og hans sønn Akasja blev konge i hans sted.
When Ahab died, his body was buried where his ancestors were buried. Then his son Ahaziah became king.
41 Josafat, Asas sønn, blev konge over Juda i Akabs, Israels konges fjerde år.
Before King Ahab died, when he had been ruling in Israel for four years, Asa’s son Jehoshaphat started to rule in Judah.
42 Josafat var fem og tretti år gammel da han blev konge, og regjerte i Jerusalem i fem og tyve år; hans mor hette Asuba og var datter av Silhi.
Jehoshaphat was thirty-five years old when he started to rule, and he ruled in Jerusalem for twenty-five years. His mother was Azubah, the daughter of Shilhi.
43 Han vandret i ett og alt på sin far Asas vei; han vek ikke fra den, men gjorde hvad rett var i Herrens øine. Dog blev offerhaugene ikke nedlagt; folket blev ved å ofre og brenne røkelse på haugene.
Jehoshaphat was a good king, just like his father Asa had been. He did things that pleased Yahweh. But while he was king, he did not remove all the pagan altars [that the people had built] on the hilltops. So the people continued to offer sacrifices [to idols] on those altars and burned incense there.
44 Josafat holdt fred med Israels konge.
Jehoshaphat also made [a] peace [agreement] with the king of Israel.
45 Hvad som ellers er å fortelle om Josafat, om de store gjerninger han gjorde, og om de kriger han førte, det er opskrevet i Judas kongers krønike.
All the other things that happened while Jehoshaphat was ruling, and the great things that he did and the victories his [troops] won, are written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Judah’.
46 Han utryddet også av landet de tempel-bolere som var blitt tilbake i hans far Asas dager.
Jehoshaphat’s father Asa [had tried to expel] the male prostitutes that stayed at the pagan shrines, but some of them were still there. Jehoshaphat got rid of them.
47 Det var dengang ingen konge i Edom; en stattholder regjerte der.
At that time, there was no king in Edom; a ruler who had been appointed by Jehoshaphat ruled there.
48 Josafat hadde ti Tarsis-skib som skulde gå til Ofir efter gull; men de kom ikke avsted, for nogen av skibene forliste ved Esjon-Geber.
Jehoshaphat [ordered some Israeli men to] build a fleet/group of ships to sail [south] to [the] Ophir [region] to get gold. But they were wrecked at Ezion-Geber/Elath, so the ships never sailed.
49 Da sa Akasja, Akabs sønn, til Josafat: La mine folk fare med dine folk på skibene! Men Josafat vilde ikke.
Before the ships were wrecked, Ahab’s son Ahaziah suggested to Jehoshaphat, “Allow my sailors to go with your sailors,” but Jehoshaphat refused.
50 Og Josafat la sig til hvile hos sine fedre og blev begravet hos sine fedre i sin far Davids stad; og hans sønn Joram blev konge i hans sted.
When Jehoshaphat died, his [body] was buried where his ancestors were buried in [Jerusalem, ] the city where King David [had ruled]. Then Jehoshaphat’s son Jehoram became king.
51 Akasja, Akabs sønn, blev konge over Israel i Samaria i Josafats, Judas konges syttende år og regjerte over Israel i to år.
Before King Jehoshaphat died, when he had been ruling in Judah for 17 years, Ahab’s son Ahaziah began to rule in Israel. Ahaziah ruled in Samaria for two years.
52 Han gjorde hvad ondt var i Herrens øine, og vandret på sin fars og sin mors vei og på Jeroboams, Nebats sønns vei, han som fikk Israel til å synde;
He did many things that Yahweh considered to be evil, doing the [evil] things that his father and mother had done and the evil things that Jeroboam had done—the king who had led all the Israeli people to sin [by worshiping idols].
53 han dyrket Ba'al og tilbad ham og vakte Herrens, Israels Guds harme, aldeles som hans far hadde gjort.
Ahaziah bowed in front of Baal’s idol and worshiped it. That caused Yahweh, the God who was the true God of the Israeli people, to become very angry, just as Ahaziah’s father had caused Yahweh to become angry.