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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 in 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.
He did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, but not like his father, and like his mother; for he put away the pillar 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 held to the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, with which he made Israel to sin; he did not depart from it.
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 breeder; and he rendered to the king of Israel the wool of one hundred thousand lambs, and of one hundred thousand rams.
5 Men då Ahab døydde, sagde Moabs-kongen seg laus frå Israels-kongen.
But it happened, 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.
King Jehoram went out of Samaria at that time, and mustered 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.»
He went and sent to Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, saying, "The king of Moab has rebelled against me. Will you go with me against Moab to battle?" He said, "I will go up. I am as you are, my people as your people, my horses as your horses."
8 Han spurde: «Kva veg skal me fara?» «Yver Edomheidarne, » svara han.
He said, "Which way shall we go up?" He answered, "The way of 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 made a circuit of seven days' journey. There was no water for the army, nor for the animals 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.»
The king of Israel said, "Alas. For Jehovah has 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, "Isn't there here a prophet of Jehovah, that we may inquire of Jehovah by him?" One of the king of Israel's servants answered, "Elisha the son of Shaphat is here, who 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 Jehovah is with him." So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah 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.»
Elisha said to the king of Israel, "What have I to do with you? Go to the prophets of your father, and to the prophets of your mother." The king of Israel said to him, "No; for Jehovah has 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.
Elisha said, "As Jehovah of hosts lives, before whom I stand, surely, were it not that I respect the presence of Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, I would not look toward you, nor see you.
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." It happened, when the minstrel played, that the hand of Jehovah came on him.
16 Og han sagde: «So segjer Herren: «Grav grop på grop i denne dalen!
He said, "Thus says Jehovah, 'Make this valley full of trenches.'
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 says Jehovah, 'You will not see wind, neither will you see rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water, and you will drink, both you and your livestock and your animals.
18 Men dette tykkjest Herren for lite; difor vil han gjeva Moab i dykkar hand.
This is but a light thing in the sight of Jehovah. He will also deliver the Moabites 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.»»
You shall strike every fortified city, and every choice city, and shall fell every good tree, and stop all springs 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.
It happened in the morning, about the time of offering the offering, that look, water came 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.
Now when all the Moabites heard that the kings had come up to fight against them, they gathered themselves together, all who were able to put on armor, and upward, and stood on the border.
22 Tidleg um morgonen då soli rann og skein på vatnet, tykte moabitarne frå sin synsstad, at vatnet såg ut som blod.
They rose up early in the morning, and the sun shone on the water, and the Moabites saw the water over against 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!»
They said, "This is blood. The kings are surely destroyed, and they have struck each other. 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.
When they came to the camp of Israel, the Israelites rose up and struck the Moabites, so that they fled before them; and they went forward into the land smiting the Moabites.
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.
They beat down the cities; and on every good piece of land they cast every man his stone, and filled it; and they stopped all the springs of water, and felled all the good trees, until in Kir Hareseth only they left its stones; however the men armed with slings went about it, and struck 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.
When the king of Moab saw that the battle was too severe for him, he took with him seven hundred men who drew sword, to break through to 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 who would have reigned in his place, and offered him for a burnt offering on the wall. There was great wrath against Israel: and they departed from him, and returned to their own land.
