2 Kongebok 3
1 Joram Ahabsson vart konge yver Israel i Samaria i det attande styringsåret åt Juda-kongen Josafat. Han var konge i tolv år.
And Jehoram, the son of Ahab, became king over Israel in Samaria in the eighteenth year of the rule of Jehoshaphat, king of Judah; and he was king for twelve years.
2 Han gjorde det som vondt var i Herrens augo, men endå ikkje soleis som far og mor hans. Han fekk burt Ba’als-sula som far hans hadde sett upp.
He did evil in the eyes of the Lord; but not like his father and his mother, for he put away the stone pillar of Baal which his father had made.
3 Men han heldt fast på synderne åt Jerobeam Nebatsson, som han hadde fenge Israel til å gjera, deim gav han ikkje upp.
But still he did the same sins which Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, did and made Israel do; he went on in them.
4 Moabs-kongen Mesa åtte so mykje fe. I skatt til Israels-kongen hadde han svara hundrad tusund lamb og ulli av hundrad tusund verar.
Now Mesha, king of Moab, was a sheep-farmer; and he gave regularly to the king of Israel the wool from a hundred thousand lambs and a hundred thousand sheep.
5 Men då Ahab døydde, sagde Moabs-kongen seg laus frå Israels-kongen.
But when Ahab was dead, the king of Moab got free from the authority of the king of Israel.
6 På timen drog kong Joram ut or Samaria og mynstra heile Israels-heren.
At that time, King Jehoram went out from Samaria and got all Israel together in fighting order.
7 Og so sende han bod til Juda-kongen Josafat med dei ordi: «Moabs-kongen hev sagt seg laus frå meg; vil du fara med meg og føra krig Moab?» «Ja, » svara han, «eg skal fara med, eg som du, mitt folk som ditt folk, mine hestar som dine hestar.»
And he sent to Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, saying, The king of Moab has got free from my authority: will you go with me to make war on Moab? And he said, I will go with you: I am as you are, my people as your people, and my horses as your horses.
8 Han spurde: «Kva veg skal me fara?» «Yver Edomheidarne, » svara han.
And he said, Which way are we to go? And he said in answer, By the waste land of Edom.
9 Gav dei seg so i veg, Israels-kongen og Juda-kongen og Edom-kongen. Men då dei hadde fare sju dagsferder, vanta dei vatn til heren og til dyri som fulgde etter.
So the king of Israel went with the king of Judah and the king of Edom by a roundabout way for seven days: and there was no water for the army or for the beasts they had with them.
10 «Å du, å du!» sagde Israels-kongen, «no hev Herren stemnt i hop desse tri kongarne til å gjeva deim i henderne på moabitarne.»
And the king of Israel said, Here is trouble: for the Lord has got these three kings together to give them into the hands of Moab.
11 «Finst det ingen Herrens profet her?» sagde Josafat, «so me kann spyrja Herren gjenom honom!» Ein av tenarane åt Israels-kongen svara: «Jau, Elisa Safatsson er her, han som helte vatn yver henderne åt Elia.»
But Jehoshaphat said, Is there no prophet of the Lord here, through whom we may get directions from the Lord? And one of the king of Israel's men said in answer, Elisha, the son of Shaphat, is here, who was servant to Elijah.
12 «I hans eige er Herrens ord, » sagde Josafat. Gjekk dei so ned til honom, Israels-kongen og Josafat og Edom-kongen.
And Jehoshaphat said, The word of the Lord is with him. So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to him.
13 Men Elisa svara Israels-kongen: «Kva vil du meg? Gakk du til profetarne åt far din og profeterne åt mor di!» «Seg ikkje so!» svara Israels-kongen; «du skyner Herren hev stemnt i hop desse tri kongarne til å gjeva deim i henderne på Moab.»
But Elisha said to the king of Israel, What have I to do with you? go to the prophets of your father and your mother. And the king of Israel said, No; for the Lord has got these three kings together to give them up into the hands of Moab.
14 Då svara Elisa: «So sant Herren, allhers drott, liver, han som eg tener: hadde det ikkje vore for Juda-kongen Josafat skuld, nei menn um eg vilde anten vyrda eller varast deg.
Then Elisha said, By the life of the Lord of armies whose servant I am, if it was not for the respect I have for Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, I would not give a look at you, or see you.
15 Men no kann du henta ein harpespelar åt meg.» Då harpespelaren leika på harpa, kom Herrens Ande yver honom,
But now, get me a player of music, and it will come about that while the man is playing, the hand of the Lord will come on me and I will give you the word of the Lord: and they got a player of music, and while the man was playing, the hand of the Lord was on him.
16 Og han sagde: «So segjer Herren: «Grav grop på grop i denne dalen!
And he said, The Lord says, I will make this valley full of water-holes.
17 For so segjer Herren: Ikkje ser de vind, og ikkje ser de regn; men denne dalen vert full av vatn; sjølve fær de drikka, og heren dykkar og dyri dykkar.
For the Lord says, Though you see no wind or rain, the valley will be full of water, and you and your armies and your beasts will have drink.
18 Men dette tykkjest Herren for lite; difor vil han gjeva Moab i dykkar hand.
And this will be only a small thing to the Lord: in addition he will give the Moabites into your hands.
19 Alle faste byar og kvar storby skal de taka; kvart aldetre skal de fella, kvar ei uppkoma skal de kasta att, kvar grøderik åker skal de tyna med stein.»»
And you are to put every walled town to destruction, cutting down every good tree, and stopping up every water-spring, and making all the good land rough with stones.
20 Andre morgonen, den tid dei bar fram grjonofferet, kom det vatn frå Edom-leitet, og landet vart fullt av vatn.
Now in the morning, about the time when the offering was made, they saw water flowing from the direction of Edom till the country was full of water.
21 Då alle moabitarne frette at kongarne drog i krig mot deim, baud dei ut alle våpnføre folk og vel so det, og fylkte seg attmed landskilet.
Now all Moab, hearing that the kings had come to make war against them, got together all who were able to take up arms and went forward to the edge of the country.
22 Tidleg um morgonen då soli rann og skein på vatnet, tykte moabitarne frå sin synsstad, at vatnet såg ut som blod.
And early in the morning they got up, when the sun was shining on the water, and they saw the water facing them as red as blood.
23 «Det er blod!» ropa dei; «det er tydelegt at kongarne hev tynt kvarandre i strid innbyrdes! No er herfang å få, moabitar!»
Then they said, This is blood: it is clear that destruction has come on the kings; they have been fighting one another: now come, Moab, let us take their goods.
24 Då dei kom til Israels-lægret, ruste israelitarne på og slo moabitarne, so dei tok til rømings. So fall dei inn i Moabiterlandet og slo deim heilt.
But when they came to the tents of Israel, the Israelites came out and made a violent attack on the Moabites, so that they went in flight before them; and they went forward still attacking them;
25 Byarne braut dei ned, på alle dei grøderike åkrarne kasta dei kvar sin stein og steina deim ned, kvar ei uppkoma kasta dei att, kvart eit aldetre felte dei, til dess ikkje anna var att enn steinmurarne i Kir-Hareset; og det kringsette slyngjekastarane og skaut på det.
Pulling down the towns, covering every good field with stones, stopping up all the water-springs, and cutting down all the good trees; they went on driving Moab before them till only in Kir-hareseth were there any Moabites; and the fighting-men went round the town raining stones on it.
26 Då Moab-kongen såg at han ikkje kunde standa seg i striden, tok han sju hundrad mann våpnføre mann med seg og vilde slå seg igjenom fram til Edom-kongen. Men det mislukkast.
And when the king of Moab saw that the fight was going against him, he took with him seven hundred men armed with swords, with the idea of forcing a way through to the king of Aram, but they were not able to do so.
27 Då tok han fyrstefødde son sin som skulde verta konge i staden hans, og ofra honom på muren til brennoffer. Og ein stor harm råka Israel, so dei laut brjota upp derifrå og snu heim att.
Then he took his oldest son, who would have been king after him, offering him as a burned offering on the wall. So there was great wrath against Israel; and they went away from him, back to their country.
