2 Crônicas 18
1 Tinha, pois, Josafá riquezas e glória em abundância, e estabeleceu parentesco com Acabe.
Jehoshaphat became very wealthy and was greatly honored. But then he arranged for one of his family to marry someone from the family of King Ahab [of Israel].
2 E depois de alguns anos desceu a Acabe a Samaria; por o que matou Acabe muitas ovelhas e bois para ele, e para a gente que com ele vinha: e persuadiu-lhe que fosse com ele a Ramote de Gileade.
Several years later, he went down [from Jerusalem] to Samaria to visit Ahab. Ahab welcomed him and the people who had come with him by slaughtering many sheep and cattle [for a feast].
3 E disse Acabe rei de Israel a Josafá rei de Judá: Queres vir comigo a Ramote de Gileade? E ele respondeu: Como eu, assim também tu; e como teu povo, assim também meu povo: iremos contigo à guerra.
Then he asked Jehoshaphat, “Will you [and your army] go with my army to attack Ramoth [city] in [the] Gilead [region]?” Jehoshaphat replied, “My soldiers and I will go to the battle when you tell us to go.”
4 Ademais disse Josafá ao rei de Israel: Rogo-te que consultes hoje a palavra do SENHOR.
Then he added, “But we should ask Yahweh first, to find out what he wants us to do.”
5 Então o rei de Israel juntou quatrocentos profetas, e disse-lhes: Iremos à guerra contra Ramote de Gileade, ou ficarei eu quieto? E eles disseram: Sobe, que Deus os entregará em mão do rei.
So the king of Israel gathered all his 400 prophets and asked them, “Should we go to attack the people of Ramoth [city], or should we not do that?” They replied, “Yes, go [and attack them] because God will enable your army to defeat them.”
6 Mas Josafá disse: Há ainda aqui algum profeta do SENHOR, para que por ele perguntemos?
But Jehoshaphat asked, “Is there no prophet of Yahweh here whom we can ask?”
7 E o rei de Israel respondeu a Josafá: Ainda há aqui um homem pelo qual podemos preguntar ao SENHOR: mas eu lhe aborreço, porque nunca me profetiza coisa boa, a não ser sempre mal. Este é Micaías, filho de Inlá. E respondeu Josafá: Não fale assim o rei.
The king of Israel replied, “There is still one man here, whom we can ask to find out what Yahweh wants, his name is Micaiah, the son of Imlah. But I hate him because he never says anything good about me. He always predicts [that] bad [things will happen to me].” Jehoshaphat replied, “King Ahab, you should not say that!”
8 Então o rei de Israel chamou um eunuco, e disse-lhe: Faze vir logo a Micaías filho de Inlá.
So the king of Israel told one of his officials to summon Micaiah immediately.
9 E o rei de Israel e Josafá rei de Judá, estavam sentados cada um em seu trono, vestidos de suas roupas; e estavam sentados na eira à entrada da porta de Samaria, e todos os profetas profetizavam diante deles.
The king of Israel and the king of Judah were sitting there on their thrones, wearing their royal robes. They were at the place where people threshed grain, near the gate of Samaria [city]. All of [Ahab’s] prophets were standing in front of them, predicting what was going to happen.
10 E Zedequias filho de Quenaaná se havia feito chifres de ferro, e dizia: Assim disse o SENHOR: Com estes chifrarás aos sírios até destruí-los de todo.
[One of them whose name was] Zedekiah, the son of Kenaanah, had made from iron something that resembled the horns of a bull. He proclaimed to Ahab, “This is what Yahweh says: ‘With horns [like these], your [army] will keep attacking the army of Syria [like a bull attacks another animal], until you completely destroy them.’”
11 De esta maneira profetizavam também todos os profetas, dizendo: Sobe a Ramote de Gileade, e sei próspero; porque o SENHOR a entregará em mão do rei.
All the other prophets [of Ahab] agreed. They said, “Yes! If you attack Ramoth [city] in [the] Gilead [region], you will be successful, because Yahweh will enable you to defeat them.”
12 E o mensageiro que havia ido a chamar a Micaías, lhe falou, dizendo: Eis aqui as palavras dos profetas a uma boca anunciam ao rei bens; eu, pois, te rogo que tua palavra seja como a de um deles, que fales bem.
The messenger who went to summon Micaiah said to him, “Listen to me! All the other prophets are unitedly predicting that the king will be successful [in the battle]. So be sure to agree with them and say that the king’s army will be successful!”
13 E disse Micaías: Vive o SENHOR, que o que meu Deus me disser, isso falarei. E veio ao rei.
But Micaiah said, “As surely as Yahweh lives, I will tell the king only what Yahweh tells me to say.”
14 E o rei lhe disse: Micaías, iremos a lutar contra Ramote de Gileade, ou ficarei eu quieto? E ele respondeu: Subi, que sereis prosperados, que serão entregues em vossas mãos.
When Micaiah arrived, the king [of Israel] asked him, “Should we go to attack Ramoth, or not?” Micaiah replied, “Sure, go! Yahweh will enable your army to defeat them!”
15 E o rei lhe disse: Até quantas vezes te conjurarei pelo nome do SENHOR que não me fales a não ser a verdade?
But King Ahab [realized that Micaiah was lying, so he] said to Micaiah, “I have told you many times that you must always tell only the truth when you say what Yahweh [has revealed to you]!”
16 Então ele disse: Eis visto a todo Israel derramado pelos montes como ovelhas sem pastor: e disse o SENHOR: Estes não têm senhor; volte-se cada um em paz em sua casa.
Then Micaiah replied, “[The truth is that in a vision] I saw all the troops of Israel scattered on the mountains. They seemed to be like sheep that did not have a shepherd. And Yahweh said, ‘Their master has been killed. So tell them all to go home peacefully.’”
17 E o rei de Israel disse a Josafá: Não te havia eu dito que não me profetizaria bem, mas sim mal?
Ahab said to Jehoshaphat, “I told you that he never predicts that anything good will happen to me! He [always] predicts that bad things will happen to me.”
18 Então ele disse: Ouvi, pois, a palavra do SENHOR: Eu vi ao SENHOR sentado em seu trono, e todo o exército dos céus estava a sua mão direita e a sua esquerda.
But Micaiah continued, saying, “Listen to what Yahweh showed to me! [In a vision] I saw Yahweh sitting on his throne, with all the armies of heaven [standing around him], on his right side and on his left side.
19 E o SENHOR disse: Quem induzirá a Acabe rei de Israel, para que suba e caia em Ramote de Gileade? E um dizia assim, e outro dizia de outra maneira.
And Yahweh said, ‘Who can persuade Ahab, the king of Israel, to go to fight against the people of Ramoth, in order that he may be killed there?’ “Some suggested one thing, and others suggested something else.
20 Mas saiu um espírito, que se pôs diante do SENHOR, e disse: Eu lhe induzirei. E o SENHOR lhe disse: De que modo?
“Finally one spirit, [having received a message from Satan], came to Yahweh and said, ‘I can do it!’ “Yahweh asked him, ‘How will you do it?’
21 E ele disse: Sairei e serei espírito de mentira na boca de todos os profetas. E o SENHOR disse: Incita, e também prevalece: sai, e faze-o assim.
“The spirit replied, ‘I will go and inspire all of Ahab’s prophets to tell lies.’ Yahweh said, ‘You will be successful; go and do it!’
22 E eis que agora pôs o SENHOR espírito de mentira na boca destes teus profetas; mas o SENHOR decretou o mal acerca de ti.
“So now [I tell you that] Yahweh has caused your prophets to lie to you. Yahweh has decided that something terrible will happen to you.”
23 Então Zedequias filho de Quenaaná se chegou a ele, e feriu a Micaías na face, e disse: Por que caminho se separou de mim o espírito do SENHOR para falar a ti?
Then Zedekiah son of Kenaanah walked over to Micaiah and slapped him on his face. He said, “Do you think that Yahweh’s Spirit left me in order to speak to you?”
24 E Micaías respondeu: Eis aqui tu o verás aquele dia, quando te entrarás de câmara em câmara para esconder-te.
Micaiah replied, “You will find out for yourself [to which of us Yahweh’s Spirit has truly spoken] on the day when you go into a room of some house to hide [from the Syrian soldiers]!”
25 Então o rei de Israel disse: Tomai a Micaías, e voltai-o a Amom governador da cidade, e a Joás filho do rei.
King Ahab commanded [his soldiers], “Seize Micaiah and take him to Amon, the governor of this city, and to my son Joash.
26 E direis: O rei disse assim: Ponde a este no cárcere, e sustentai-lhe com pão de aflição e água de angústia, até que eu volte em paz.
Tell them that I have commanded that they should put this man in prison and give him only bread and water. Do not give him anything else to eat until I return safely [from the battle]!”
27 E Micaías disse: Se tu voltares em paz, o SENHOR não falou por mim. Disse ademais: Ouvi o, povos todos.
Micaiah replied, “If you return safely, [it will be clear that] it was not Yahweh who told me what to say to you!” Then he said [to all those who were standing there], “Do not forget what I have said [to King Ahab]!”
28 Subiu, pois, o rei de Israel, e Josafá rei de Judá, a Ramote de Gileade.
So the king of Israel and the king of Judah [led their armies] to Ramoth, in [the] Gilead [region].
29 E disse o rei de Israel a Josafá: Eu me disfarçarei para entrar na batalha: mas tu veste-te tuas roupas. E disfarçou-se o rei de Israel, e entrou na batalha.
King Ahab said to Jehoshaphat, “I will put on different clothes, [in order that no one will recognize that I am the king.] But you should wear your royal robe.” So the king of Israel disguised himself, and they both went into the battle.
30 Havia o rei de Síria mandado aos capitães dos carros que tinha consigo, dizendo: Não luteis com pequeno nem com grande, a não ser somente com o rei de Israel.
The King of Syria told his soldiers who were driving the chariots, “Attack only the king of Israel!”
31 E como os capitães dos carros viram a Josafá, disseram: Este é o rei de Israel. E cercaram-no para lutar; mas Josafá clamou, e ajudou-o o SENHOR, e apartou-os Deus dele:
So when the soldiers who were driving the Syrian chariots saw Jehoshaphat [wearing the royal robes], they thought “He must be the king of Israel!”
32 Pois vendo os capitães dos carros que não era o rei de Israel, desistiram de persegui-lo.
So they turned to attack him. But when Jehoshaphat cried out, Yahweh helped him, and they realized that he was not the king of Israel. And God caused them to stop pursuing him.
33 Mas disparando um o arco ao acaso, feriu ao rei de Israel entre as junturas e a armadura. Ele então disse ao condutor do carro: Volta tua mão, e tira-me do campo, porque estou gravemente ferido.
But one [Syrian] soldier shot an arrow at Ahab, without knowing that it was Ahab. The arrow struck Ahab between the places where the parts of his armor joined together. Ahab told the driver of his chariot, “Turn the chariot around and take me out of here! I have been [severely] wounded!”
34 E intensificou a batalha aquele dia, por o que esteve o rei de Israel em pé no carro em frente dos sírios até a tarde; mas morreu a pôr do sol.
The battle continued all that day. Ahab was sitting propped up in his chariot, facing the Syrian soldiers. And late in the afternoon, when the sun was setting, he died.
