1 Kongebok 22
1 No heldt dei seg rolege i tri år; det var ingen ufred millom Syria og Israel.
Then three years passed without war between Syria and Israel.
2 Men i det tridje året bar det so til at Josafat, Juda-kongen, drog ned til Israels-kongen.
But in the third year, Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah, descended to the king of Israel.
3 Då sagde Israels-kongen til mennerne sine: «Veit de ikkje at Ramot i Gilead høyrer oss til? Men me sit rolege og tek ikkje byen ifrå syrarkongen.»
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 Og han sagde til Josafat: «Vil du draga med meg til strid um Ramot i Gilead?» Og Josafat sagde til Israels-kongen: «Eg som du, mitt folk som ditt folk, mine hestar som dine hestar.»
And so he said to Jehoshaphat, “Will you come to the battle with me at Ramoth Gilead?”
5 Men Josafat sagde til Israels-kongen: «Spør like vel fyrst Herrens ord til råds!»
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 Då stemnde Israels-kongen saman profetarne, kring fire hundrad mann, og spurde dei: «Skal eg draga ut og strida um Ramot i Gilead, eller skal eg lata vera?» Dei svara: «Drag dit upp! Herren vil gjeva byen i henderne på kongen.»
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 Men Josafat spurde: «Er det ikkje endå ein av Herrens profetar her, so me kunde spyrja Herren gjenom honom?»
Then Jehoshaphat said, “Is there not here a particular prophet of the Lord, so that we may inquire by him?”
8 Israels-kongen svara: «Det er endå ein mann som ein kann spyrja Herren ved, men eg hatar honom, for di han spår meg aldri noko godt, men berre vondt; det er Mika Jimlason.» Josafat sagde: «Soleis må ikkje kongen tala!»
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 Då kalla Israels-kongen på ein hirdmann og sagde: «Henta snøgt Mika Jimlason!»
Therefore, the king of Israel called a certain eunuch, and he said to him, “Hurry to bring here Micaiah, the son of Imlah.”
10 Israels-kongen og Juda-kongen Josafat sat klædde i sine skrud på kvar sin kongsstol, på treskjarvollen ved inngangen til byporten i Samaria, og alle profetarne spådde framfyre deim.
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 Sidkia, son åt Kena’ana, gjorde seg horn av jarn og sagde: «So segjer Herren: «Med slike horn skal du stanga syrarane til du tynar deim.»»
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 Og alle profetarne spådde på same måten og sagde: «Drag upp til Ramot, so skal du få siger, og Herren vil gjeva byen i henderne på kongen.»
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 Sendemannen som var gjengen og skulde henta Mika, sagde til honom: «Profetarne hev samrøystes lova kongen lukka, lat då ordi dine samstavas med deira, og lova lukka du og!»
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 Men Mika svara: «So sant som Herren liver, vil eg berre tala det som Herren segjer til meg.»
But Micaiah said to him, “As the Lord lives, whatever the Lord will have said to me, this shall I speak.”
15 Då han no kom til kongen, sagde kongen til honom: «Mika, skal me draga av stad og strida um Ramot i Gilead, eller skal me lata det vera?» Då sagde han: «Drag upp, so skal du få siger, og Herren vil gjeva byen i henderne på kongen.»
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 Men kongen sagde til honom: «Kor mange gonger skal eg taka deg i eid på at du ikkje vil segja meg anna enn sanningi i Herrens namn?»
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 Då sagde han: «Eg såg heile Israel spreidt i fjelli som ein saueflokk utan hyrding; og Herren sagde: «Dei der hev ingen herre, lat deim snu heim att i fred, kvar til sitt!»»
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 Israels-kongen sagde til Josafat: «Sagde eg deg ikkje, at han aldri varslar meg noko godt, berre vondt?»
Therefore, the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat: “Did I not tell you that he prophesies nothing good to me, but always evil?”
19 Då sagde han: «So høyr då Herrens ord: Eg såg Herren sitja på sin kongsstol, og heile himmelheren stod der hjå honom på den høgre og den vinstre sida.
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 Og Herren sagde: «Kven vil dåra Ahab, so han dreg upp og fell ved Ramot i Gilead?» Då sagde ein so og ein annan so.
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 Men då kom anden fram og stelte seg framfor Herren og sagde: «Eg skal lokka honom!» Herren spurde honom: «Korleis?»
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 Han svara: Eg vil ganga ut og vera ei ljugarånd i munnen på alle profetarne hans.» Og han sagde: «Ja, du skal lokka honom, og du skal og greida det. Gakk av stad og gjer so!»
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 Sjå no hev Herren lagt ei ljugarånd i munnen på alle desse profetarne dine, men Herren hev varsla ulukka yver deg.
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 Då kom Sidkia, son åt Kena’ana, fram og slo Mika på kinni og sagde: «Kva veg hev då Herrens ande fare frå meg for å tala med deg?»
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 Men Mika sagde: «Det skal du få sjå den dagen du rømer frå kove til kove og vil gøyma deg.»
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 Då sagde Israels-kongen: «Tak Mika og før honom til byhovdingen Amon og kongssonen Joas,
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 og seg: «Kongen byd dykk at det skal kasta denne mannen i fangehuset og setja honom på snaud kost til kongen kjem heim att med heilo!»»
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 Men Mika sagde: «Kjem du heim att med heilo, då hev ikkje Herren tala gjenom meg!» Og so sagde han: «Høyr de folk, alle saman!»
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 So drog då Israels-kongen og Josafat, Juda-kongen, upp til Ramot i Gilead.
And so, the king of Israel, and Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah, ascended to Ramoth Gilead.
30 Men Israels-kongen sagde til Josafat: «Eg vil klæda meg ut fyrr eg gjeng inn i striden; men hav du dine klæde på deg!» Og Israels-kongen klædde seg ut og gjekk inn i striden.
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 Men syrarkongen hadde gjeve det bodet til sine tvo og tretti hovdingar for stidsvognarne, at dei ikkje skulde taka på nokon, korkje liten eller stor, men berre Israels-kongen.
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 Då no hovdingarne for stridsvognerne fekk auga på Josafat, tenkte dei: «Det er visseleg Israels-kongen!» Og dei vende seg til åtak på honom. Då sette Josafat i eit høgt rop.
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 Og då hovdingarne for stridsvognerne merka at det ikkje var Israels-kongen, drog dei seg burt ifrå honom.
And the commanders of the chariots understood that he was not the king of Israel, and so they turned away from him.
34 Men ein mann som spende bogen og skaut på måfå, råka Israels-kongen millom brynjeskøytingarne og brynja. Då baud han vognstyraren sin: «Snu, og før meg ut or heren; for eg er såra!»
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 Men striden vart hardare og hardare den dagen, og Israels-kongen vart standande i vogni imot syrarane; men um kvelden døydde han. Og blodet frå såret hadde runne ned i vogni.
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 Ved soleglad gjekk det ropet gjenom heren: «Kvar mann heim til sin by! og kvar mann til sitt land!»
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 So døydde då kongen og vart førd til Samaria, og dei jorda kongen i Samaria.
Then the king died, and he was carried into Samaria. And they buried the king in Samaria.
38 Då dei skylde vogni ved dammen i Samaria, slikka hundarne blodet hans, og skjøkjorne lauga seg i det, etter Herrens ord som han hadde tala.
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 Det som elles er å fortelja um Ahab og alt det han gjorde, og um flisbeinhuset han bygde, og um alle dei byarne han bygde, det er uppskrive i krønikeboki åt Israels-kongarne.
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 So lagde Ahab seg til kvile hjå federne sine, og Ahazja, son hans, vart konge i staden hans.
And so, Ahab slept with his fathers. And Ahaziah, his son, reigned in his place.
41 Josafat Asason vart konge yver Juda i det fjorde styringsåret åt Ahab, Israels-kongen.
Yet truly, Jehoshaphat, the son of Asa, had begun to reign over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab, the king of Israel.
42 Fem og tretti år gamall var Josafat då han vart konge, og fem og tjuge år rådde han i Jerusalem; mor hans heitte Azuba og var dotter åt Silhi.
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 Og han for heilt i same faret som Asa, far sin; han veik ikkje av frå det, med di han gjorde det som rett var i Herrens augo.
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 Men offerhaugarne vart ikkje burttekne, folket heldt ved og ofra slagtoffer og brende røykoffer på haugarne.
And Jehoshaphat had peace with the king of Israel.
45 Og Josafat heldt fred med Israels-kongen.
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 Det som elles er å fortelja um Josafat, og dei storverki han gjorde og dei krigarne han førde, det er uppskrive i krønikeboki åt Juda-kongarne.
Then, too, the remnant of the effeminate, who had remained in the days of Asa, his father, he took away from the land.
47 Han rudde ut or landet dei utukt-sveinarne som hadde vorte att den tid Asa, far hans, styrde.
At that time, there was no king appointed in Idumea.
48 Det var ingen konge i Edom; ein jarl var konge.
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 Josafat hadde ti Tarsis-skip som skulde fara til Ofir etter gull; men dei kom ikkje av stad, for nokre skip forliste ved Esjon-Geber.
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 Då sagde Ahazja Ahabsson til Josafat: «Lat mine menner fara med dine på skipi!» Men Josafat vilde ikkje.
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 Og Josafat lagde seg til kvile hjå federne sine, og vart gravlagd hjå federne sine i byen åt David, far hans, og Joram, son hans, vart konge i staden hans.
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 Ahazja Ahabsson vart konge yver Israel i det syttande styringsåret åt Juda-kongen Josafat, og han rådde yver Israel i tvo år.
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 Og han gjorde det som vondt var i Herrens augo og for fram i fotefari åt far sin og mor si og Jerobeam Nebatsson, han som fekk Israel til å synda. Og han tente Ba’al og bad til honom, og harma Herren, Israels Gud, plent som far hans hadde gjort.
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.
