2 Kongebok 9
1 Profeten Elisa kalla til seg ein av profetsveinarne: «Bitt ikring deg beltet, tak denne oljeflaska med deg og gakk til Ramot i Gilead!
And Elisha the prophet sent for one of the sons of the prophets, and said to him, Make yourself ready for a journey, and take this bottle of oil in your hand, and go to Ramoth-gilead.
2 Når du kjem dit, skal du leita upp Jehu, son åt Josafat Nimsison. Gakk burtåt honom, bed honom risa upp midt millom brørne sine, og før honom inn i det inste kammerset!
And when you get there, go in search of Jehu, the son of Jehoshaphat, the son of Nimshi; and go in and make him get up from among his brothers, and take him to an inner room.
3 So skal du taka oljeflaska og renna oljen yver hovudet hans med dei ordi: «So segjer Herren: «Eg hev salva deg til konge yver Israel!»» Dermed skal du opna døri og fly på fljugande flekken.»
Then take the bottle and put the oil on his head, and say, The Lord says, I have put the holy oil on you to make you king over Israel. Then, opening the door, go in flight, without waiting.
4 Guten, profetsveinen, gjekk til Ramot i Gilead.
So the young prophet went to Ramoth-gilead.
5 Då han kom tid, fann han herførarane samla. «Eg kjem med eit bod til deg, herførar, » sagde han. «Til kven av oss?» spurde Jehu. «Til deg sjølv, herførar, » sagde han.
And when he came, he saw the captains of the army seated together; and he said, I have something to say to you, O captain. And Jehu said, To which of us? And he said, To you, O captain.
6 Han reis upp og gjekk inn i huset. Der slo han olje yver hovudet hans med dei ordi: «So segjer Herren, Israels Gud: «Eg hev salva deg til konge yver Herrens folk, yver Israel.
And he got up and went into the house; then he put the holy oil on his head and said to him, The Lord, the God of Israel, says, I have made you king over the people of the Lord, over Israel.
7 Slå i hel ætti åt Ahab, herren din! Eg vil hemna blodet åt profetarne, tenarane mine, ja, blodet åt alle Herrens tenarar hemnar eg på Jezabel.
You are to see that the family of Ahab your master is cut off, so that I may take from Jezebel payment for the blood of my servants the prophets, and for the blood of all the servants of the Lord.
8 Øydast skal heile Ahabs hus. Rydja ut vil eg kvart karmannsemne av Ahabs-ætti, ufri og fri, innan Israel.
For the family of Ahab will come to an end; every male of Ahab's family will be cut off, he who is shut up and he who goes free in Israel.
9 Eg fer med Ahabs hus som med huset åt Jerobeam Nebatsson og med huset åt Baesa Ahiason.
I will make the family of Ahab like that of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, and Baasha, the son of Ahijah.
10 Hundarne skal eta upp Jezabel på Jizre’els-vangen; ingen skal jorda henne.»» Dermed opna han døri og flydde.
And Jezebel will become food for the dogs in the heritage of Jezreel, and there will be no one to put her body into the earth. Then, opening the door, he went in flight.
11 Då Jehu kom ut att til hermennerne, spurde dei honom: «Er noko på ferd? Kva var det denne skrullingen vilde deg?» Han svara deim: «De kjenner då sjølve den mannen og skravlet hans!»
Then Jehu came out again to the servants of his lord, and one said to him, Is all well? why did this man, who is off his head, come to you? And he said to them, You have knowledge of the man and of his talk.
12 «Din ljugar!» sagde dei, «seg oss det no!» Då sagde han: «So og so tala han til meg med dei ordi: «So segjer Herren: Eg hev salva deg til konge yver Israel.»»
And they said, That is not true; now give us his story. Then he said, This is what he said to me: The Lord says, I have made you king over Israel.
13 Straks tok dei kvar si kappa og breidde under honom på sjølve troppestigi. So bles dei i luren og ropa: «Jehu er konge!»
Then straight away everyone took his robe and put it under him on the top of the steps, and, sounding the horn, they said, Jehu is king.
14 Soleis fekk Jehu, son åt Josafat Nimsison, i stand ei samansverjing mot Joram. Joram og heile Israel skulde verja Ramot i Gilead mot syrarkongen Hazael;
So Jehu, the son of Jehoshaphat, the son of Nimshi, made designs against Joram. (Now Joram and all the army of Israel were keeping watch on Ramoth-gilead because of Hazael, king of Aram:
15 men sjølv hadde kong Joram fare attende til Jizre’el og vilde få lekt dei såri han hadde fenge av syrarane i slaget mot syrarkongen Hazael. Jehu sagde: «Um det tykkjer som eg, må ikkje ein einaste sleppa ut or byen og bera tiendi til Jizre’el!»
But King Joram had gone back to Jezreel to get well from the wounds which the Aramaeans had given him when he was fighting against Hazael, king of Aram.) And Jehu said, If this is your purpose, then let no one get away and go out of the town to give news of it in Jezreel.
16 Dermed steig Jehu upp i vogni si og køyrde til Jizre’el; der låg Joram sjuk, og Juda-kongen Ahazja var komen dit ned og vilde sjå um Joram.
So Jehu got into his carriage and went to Jezreel, for Joram was ill in bed there; and Ahaziah, king of Judah, had come down to see Joram.
17 Då vaktmannen uppi tårnet i Jizre’el såg Jehu-skreidi koma, ropa han: «Eg ser ei skreid!» Då baud Joram: «Få tak i ein ridar, og send honom til møtes med deim, til å spyrja deim um dei kjem for det gode.»
And the watchman on the tower in Jezreel saw Jehu and his band coming, and said, I see a band of people. And Joram said, Send out a horseman to them, and let him say, Is it peace?
18 Ridaren reid til møtes med honom og ropa: «Kongen spør: «Kjem du for det gode?»» «Kva skil det deg?» svara Jehu; «snu um og fylg etter meg!» Vaktmannen melde: «Sendebodet hev nått deim, og kjem ikkje attende.»
So a horseman went out to them and said, The king says, Is it peace? And Jehu said, What have you to do with peace? come after me. And the watchman gave them word, saying, The horseman went up to them, but has not come back.
19 Han sende so ein annan ridande. Då han nådde deim, ropa han: «Kongen spør: «Kjem du for det gode?»» «Kva skil det deg?» svara Jehu; «snu um og fylg etter meg!»
Then he sent out a second horseman, who came up to them and said, The king says, Is it peace? And Jehu said in answer, What have you to do with peace? come after me.
20 Vaktmannen melde: «Han nådde deim og kjem ikkje attende. Køyrsla svipar på Jehu Nimsison; for han køyrer som ein galning.»
And the watchman gave them word, saying, He went up to them and has not come back again; and the driving is like the driving of Jehu, son of Nimshi, for he is driving violently.
21 «Beit fyre!» sagde Joram. Dei beit fyre vogni hans. So drog Joram, Israels-kongen, ut, og Ahazja, Juda-kongen, sameleis, kvar på si vogn; dei køyrde ut til møtes med Jehu, og råka honom på odelsjordi hans Nabot frå Jizre’el.
Then Joram said, Make ready. So they made his carriage ready; and Joram, king of Israel, with Ahaziah, king of Judah, went out in their carriages for the purpose of meeting Jehu; and they came face to face with him at the field of Naboth the Jezreelite.
22 Då no Joram fekk sjå Jehu, ropa han: «Kjem du for det gode, Jehu?» Han svara: «Kor kann eg koma for det gode, so lenge Jezabel, mor di, fær driva horskapen og trollskapen sin?»
Now when Joram saw Jehu he said, Is it peace, Jehu? And he said in answer, What peace is possible while all the land is full of the disgusting sins of your mother Jezebel, and her secret arts?
23 Då snudde Joram um og rømde, med han ropa til Ahazja: «Svikferd, Ahazja!»
Then Joram, turning his horses in flight, said to Ahaziah, Broken faith, O Ahaziah!
24 Men Jehu treiv bogen sin og skaut Joram millom herdarne, so pili gjekk ut gjenom hjarta hans, og han seig ned i vogni.
Then Jehu took his bow in his hand, and with all his strength sent an arrow, wounding Joram between the arms; and the arrow came out at his heart, and he went down on his face in his carriage.
25 So sagde han til Bidkar, hermannen sin: «Tak og kasta honom på odelsmarki åt Nabot frå Jizre’el! Kom i hug den gongen eg og du reid jamsides etter Ahab, far hans, kor Herren bar upp dette domsordet yver honom:
Then Jehu said to Bidkar, his captain, Take him up, and put him in the field of Naboth the Jezreelite: for is not that day in your memory when you and I together on our horses were going after Ahab, his father, and the Lord put this fate on him, saying:
26 «So visst som eg såg Nabots blod og blodet av sønerne hans i går, segjer Herren: sanneleg, nett på denne odelsmarki skal eg gjeva deg likt for like!» Tak då og kasta honom på odelsmarki, etter Herrens ord!»
I saw the blood of Naboth and of his sons yesterday; and I will give you full payment in this field, says the Lord? So now, take him and put him in this field, as the Lord said.
27 Då Ahazja, kongen i Juda, såg det, rømde han på vegen til Hagehuset. Jehu sette etter honom og ropa: «Han og! skjot honom i vogni!» Dei råka honom, med han køyrde på fjellvegen til Gur, nær attmed Jibleam. Han rakk so langt som til Megiddo; der døydde han.
Now when Ahaziah, king of Judah, saw this, he went in flight by the way of the garden house. And Jehu came after him and said, Put him to death in the same way; and they gave him a death-wound in his carriage, on the slope up to Gur, by Ibleam; and he went in flight to Megiddo, where death came to him.
28 Tenarane hans køyrde honom til Jerusalem, og jorda honom i fedregravi hans i Davidsbyen.
And his servants took him in a carriage to Jerusalem, and put him into the earth with his fathers in the town of David.
29 I det ellevte styringsåret åt Joram Ahabsson var det Ahazja vart konge yver Juda.
(In the eleventh year of the rule of Joram, the son of Ahab, Ahaziah became king over Judah.)
30 Då Jehu kom til Jizre’el, og Jezabel spurde det, sminka ho augo og sette hovud-prydnad på seg og gav seg til å sjå ut gjenom vindauga.
And when Jehu came to Jezreel, Jezebel had news of it; and, painting her eyes and dressing her hair with ornaments, she put her head out of the window.
31 Då Jehu køyrde inn gjenom porten, helsa ho: «Gjeng det vel for Zimri, som myrde herren sin?»
And when Jehu was coming into the town, she said, Is all well, O Zimri, taker of your master's life?
32 Han såg upp mot vindauga og ropa: «Kven er med meg? kven?» Då tvo, tri hirdmenner skyngde ned til honom,
Then, looking up to the window, he said, Who is on my side, who? and two or three unsexed servants put out their heads.
33 sagde han: «Kasta henne ned!» Dei kasta henne ned, og blodet hennar spruta utyver veggen og på hestarne; og dei trakka henne ned.
And he said, Take her and put her out of the window. So they sent her down with force, and her blood went in a shower on the wall and on the horses; and she was crushed under their feet.
34 So gjekk han inn og åt og drakk. Sidan baud han: «Sjå etter denne forbanna kvinna, og grav henne ned! Ho er då kongsdotter.»
And he came in, and took food and drink; then he said, Now see to this cursed woman, and put her body into the earth, for she is a king's daughter.
35 Då dei skulde til å gravleggja henne, fann dei inkje att av henne anna hausen og føterne og henderne.
And they went out to put her body into the earth, but nothing of her was to be seen, only the bones of her head, and her feet, and parts of her hands.
36 Då dei kom att og melde honom det, sagde han: «So var Herrens ord, som han tala ved tenaren sin, Elia frå Tisbe: «På Jizre’els-vangen skal hundarne eta Jezabels kjøt;
So they came back and gave him word of it. And he said, This is what the Lord said by his servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying, In the heritage of Jezreel the flesh of Jezebel will become food for dogs;
37 liket åt Jezabel vert til møk på marki på Jizre’els-vangen, so ingen kann segja: Dette er Jezabel!»»
And the dead body of Jezebel will be like waste dropped on the face of the earth in the heritage of Jezreel; so that they will not be able to say, This is Jezebel.
