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1 Joram Ahabsson vart konge yver Israel i Samaria i det attande styringsåret åt Juda-kongen Josafat. Han var konge i tolv år.
Now Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned 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.
And he wrought evil in the sight of Yhwh; but not like his father, and like his mother: for he put away the image of Baal that 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.
Nevertheless he cleaved unto the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which made Israel to sin; he departed not therefrom.
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.
And Mesha king of Moab was a sheepmaster, and rendered unto the king of Israel an hundred thousand lambs, and an hundred thousand rams, with the wool.
5 Men då Ahab døydde, sagde Moabs-kongen seg laus frå Israels-kongen.
But it came to pass, when Ahab was dead, that the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel.
6 På timen drog kong Joram ut or Samaria og mynstra heile Israels-heren.
And king Jehoram went out of Samaria the same time, and numbered all Israel.
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 went and sent to Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, saying, The king of Moab hath rebelled against me: wilt thou go with me against Moab to battle? And he said, I will go up: I am as thou art, my people as thy people, and my horses as thy horses.
8 Han spurde: «Kva veg skal me fara?» «Yver Edomheidarne, » svara han.
And he said, Which way shall we go up? And he answered, The way through the wilderness 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, and the king of Judah, and the king of Edom: and they fetched a compass of seven days’ journey: and there was no water for the army, and for the cattle that followed 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, Alas! that Yhwh hath called these three kings together, to deliver them into the hand 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 not here a prophet of Yhwh, that we may enquire of Yhwh by him? And one of the king of Israel’s servants answered and said, Here is Elisha the son of Shaphat, which poured water on the hands of 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 Yhwh 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.»
And Elisha said unto the king of Israel, What have I to do with thee? get thee to the prophets of thy father, and to the prophets of thy mother. And the king of Israel said unto him, Nay: for Yhwh hath called these three kings together, to deliver them into the hand 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.
And Elisha said, As Yhwh of Armies liveth, before whom I stand, surely, were it not that I regard the presence of Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, I would not look toward thee, nor see thee.
15 Men no kann du henta ein harpespelar åt meg.» Då harpespelaren leika på harpa, kom Herrens Ande yver honom,
But now bring me a minstrel. And it came to pass, when the minstrel played, that the hand of Yhwh came upon him.
16 Og han sagde: «So segjer Herren: «Grav grop på grop i denne dalen!
And he said, Thus saith Yhwh, Make this valley full of ditches.
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 thus saith Yhwh, Ye shall not see wind, neither shall ye see rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water, that ye may drink, both ye, and your cattle, and your beasts.
18 Men dette tykkjest Herren for lite; difor vil han gjeva Moab i dykkar hand.
And this is but a light thing in the sight of Yhwh: he will deliver the Moabites also into your hand.
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 ye shall smite every fenced city, and every choice city, and shall fell every good tree, and stop all wells of water, and mar every good piece of land with stones.
20 Andre morgonen, den tid dei bar fram grjonofferet, kom det vatn frå Edom-leitet, og landet vart fullt av vatn.
And it came to pass in the morning, when the grain offering was offered, that, behold, there came water by the way of Edom, and the country was filled with 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.
And when all the Moabites heard that the kings were come up to fight against them, they gathered all that were able to put on armour, and upward, and stood in the border.
22 Tidleg um morgonen då soli rann og skein på vatnet, tykte moabitarne frå sin synsstad, at vatnet såg ut som blod.
And they rose up early in the morning, and the sun shone upon the water, and the Moabites saw the water on the other side 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!»
And they said, This is blood: the kings are surely slain, and they have smitten one another: now therefore, Moab, to the spoil.
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.
And when they came to the camp of Israel, the Israelites rose up and smote the Moabites, so that they fled before them: but they went forward smiting the Moabites, even in their country.
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.
And they beat down the cities, and on every good piece of land cast every man his stone, and filled it; and they stopped all the wells of water, and felled all the good trees: only in Kir–haraseth left they the stones thereof; howbeit the slingers went about it, and smote 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 battle was too sore for him, he took with him seven hundred men that drew swords, to break through even unto the king of Edom: but they could not.
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 eldest son that should have reigned in his stead, and offered him for a burnt offering upon the wall. And there was great indignation against Israel: and they departed from him, and returned to their own land.
