2 Reis 3
1 Now Jehoram, filho de Acabe, começou a reinar sobre Israel em Samaria no décimo oitavo ano de Jeosafá, rei de Judá, e reinou doze anos.
After Jehoshaphat had been ruling Judah for almost 18 years, Ahab’s son Joram became the king of Israel. He ruled in Samaria [city] for twelve years.
2 Ele fez o que era mau aos olhos de Iavé, mas não como seu pai e como sua mãe, pois ele afastou o pilar de Baal que seu pai havia feito.
He did things that Yahweh considered to be evil, but he did not do as much evil as his father and mother had done, and he got rid of the pillar [for worshiping] Baal which his father had made.
3 Nevertheless ele segurou os pecados de Jeroboão, filho de Nebat, com os quais fez Israel pecar. Ele não se afastou deles.
But he committed the sins that [King] Jeroboam had committed and which led the Israeli people to sin, and he did not stop committing those sins.
4 Agora Mesha, rei dos Moab, era um criador de ovelhas; e forneceu ao rei de Israel cem mil cordeiros e a lã de cem mil carneiros.
Mesha, the king of Moab, raised sheep. [Every year] he was forced to give 100,000 lambs and the wool from 100,000 rams to the king of Israel, [because his kingdom was controlled by the king of Israel].
5 Mas quando Acabe morreu, o rei dos Moab se rebelou contra o rei de Israel.
But after King Ahab died, Mesha rebelled against the king of Israel.
6 O rei Jeorão saiu de Samaria naquela época, e reuniu todo o Israel.
So King Joram left Samaria and gathered together all his soldiers.
7 Ele foi e enviou a Jeosafá o rei de Judá, dizendo: “O rei dos moabitas se rebelou contra mim”. Você irá comigo contra os moabitas para a batalha”? Ele disse: “Eu vou subir”. Eu sou como você é, meu povo como seu povo, meus cavalos como seus cavalos”.
Then he sent this message to Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah: “The king of Moab has rebelled against me. So will your army join my army and fight against the army of Moab?” Jehoshaphat replied, “Yes, we will help you. We are ready to do whatever you want us to. My soldiers and my horses are ready to help you.”
8 Então ele disse: “Para que lado devemos subir?” Jehoram respondeu: “O caminho do deserto de Edom”.
He asked, “On which road shall we march to attack them?” Joram replied, “We will go [south to Jerusalem, where your army will join us. Then we will all go south of the Dead Sea, and then turn north] through the Edom Desert.”
9 Então o rei de Israel foi com o rei de Judá e o rei de Edom, e eles marcharam por sete dias ao longo de uma rota tortuosa. Não havia água para o exército ou para os animais que os seguiam.
So the king of Israel [and his army] went with the kings of Judah and Edom [and their armies]. They marched for seven days. Then there was no water left for their soldiers or for their animals that carried supplies.
10 O rei de Israel disse: “Ai de mim! Pois Javé chamou estes três reis para entregá-los na mão dos moabitas”.
The king of Israel exclaimed, “This is a terrible situation! [It seems that] Yahweh will allow the three of us to be captured by [the army of] [MTY] Moab!”
11 Mas Jehoshaphat disse: “Não há aqui um profeta de Javé, para que possamos perguntar a Javé por ele”? Um dos servos do rei de Israel respondeu: “Eliseu, filho de Shaphat, que derramou água nas mãos de Elias, está aqui”.
Jehoshaphat said, “Is there a prophet here who can ask Yahweh for us [what we should do]?” One of Joram’s army officers said, “Elisha, the son of Shaphat, is here. He was Elijah’s assistant.” [IDM]
12 Jehoshaphat disse: “A palavra de Yahweh está com ele”. Então o rei de Israel e Jeosafá e o rei de Edom foram até ele.
Jehoshaphat said, “[It will be good to ask him, because] he speaks what Yahweh tells him to say.” So those three kings went to Elisha.
13 Eliseu disse ao rei de Israel: “O que eu tenho a ver com você? Vai aos profetas de teu pai, e aos profetas de tua mãe”. O rei de Israel lhe disse: “Não, pois Javé chamou estes três reis para entregá-los nas mãos dos moabitas”.
Elisha said to the king of Israel, “Why do you come to me [RHQ]? Go and ask those prophets that your father and mother consulted!” But Joram replied, “No, [we want you to ask Yahweh, because it seems that] Yahweh is going to allow us three kings to be captured by the army of Moab.”
14 Eliseu disse: “Como vive Javé dos Exércitos, diante do qual estou, certamente, se não respeitasse a presença de Jeosafá, o rei de Judá, não olharia para você, nem o veria.
Elisha replied, “I serve Yahweh, the commander of the armies of angels in heaven. As surely as he lives, if I did not respect Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, I would not even think about doing anything to help you.
15 Mas agora me traga um músico”. Quando o músico tocou, a mão de Yahweh veio sobre ele.
But, bring a musician to me.” [So they did that]. And when the musician played [on his harp], the power of Yahweh came on Elisha.
16 Ele disse: “Yahweh diz: 'Faça este vale cheio de trincheiras'.
He said, “Yahweh says that he will cause this dry stream-bed to be full of water.
17 Para Iavé diz: 'Você não verá vento, nem chuva, mas aquele vale será cheio de água, e você beberá, tanto você como seu gado e seus outros animais'.
The result will be that your soldiers and your animals that carry supplies and your livestock will have plenty of water to drink.
18 Isto é uma coisa fácil à vista de Iavé. Ele também entregará os moabitas em suas mãos.
That is not difficult for Yahweh to do. [But he will do more than that]. He will also enable you to defeat [the army of] Moab.
19 Você atingirá cada cidade fortificada e cada cidade escolhida, e derrubará cada boa árvore, e parará todas as nascentes de água, e martelará com pedras cada bom pedaço de terra”.
You will conquer all their beautiful cities, cities that have high walls around them. You must cut down all their fruit trees, stop water from flowing from their springs, and ruin their fertile fields by covering them with rocks.”
20 Pela manhã, na hora de oferecer o sacrifício, eis que a água passou pelo caminho de Edom, e o país estava cheio de água.
The next morning, at the time when they offered the sacrifices [of grain], they were surprised to see water flowing from Edom and covering the ground.
21 Agora, quando todos os moabitas ouviram que os reis tinham subido para lutar contra eles, eles se reuniram, todos os que podiam colocar armaduras, jovens e velhos, e se colocaram na fronteira.
When the people of Moab heard that the three kings had come [with their armies] to fight against them, all the men who were able to fight in battles, from the youngest men to the oldest ones, were summoned, and they (took their positions/prepared to fight) at the [southern] border of their land.
22 Eles se levantaram cedo pela manhã, e o sol brilhava sobre a água, e os moabitas viram a água em frente deles vermelha como sangue.
But when they rose early the next morning, they saw that the water across from them appeared to be as red as blood.
23 Eles disseram: “Isto é sangue”. Os reis estão certamente destruídos, e eles se atingiram uns aos outros. Agora, portanto, Moab, ao saque”!
They exclaimed, “It is blood! The three enemy armies must have fought and killed each other! So let’s go and take everything that they have left!”
24 Quando chegaram ao acampamento de Israel, os israelitas se levantaram e atacaram os moabitas, de modo que fugiram diante deles; e avançaram para a terra atacando os moabitas.
But when they reached the area where the Israeli soldiers had set up their tents, the Israelis attacked the soldiers from Moab and forced them to retreat. The Israeli soldiers pursued the soldiers from Moab and killed many of them.
25 Eles derrubaram as cidades; e em cada bom pedaço de terra cada homem atirou sua pedra e a encheu. Eles também pararam todas as fontes de água e cortaram todas as árvores boas, até que em Kir Hareseth tudo o que eles deixaram foram suas pedras; no entanto, os homens armados com fundas foram em torno dela e a atacaram.
The Israelis also destroyed their cities. And whenever they passed fertile fields, they threw rocks on those fields, until the fields were covered with rocks. They stopped water from flowing from the springs and cut down the fruit trees. Finally, only [the capital city, ] Kir-Hareseth, remained. The Israeli soldiers who threw stones with slings surrounded the city and attacked it.
26 Quando o rei dos moabitas viu que a batalha era muito severa para ele, levou consigo setecentos homens que desembainharam uma espada, para romper com o rei de Edom; mas eles não conseguiram.
When the king of Moab realized that his army was being defeated, he took with him 700 men who fought with swords, and they tried to force a way through the Israeli lines of soldiers to escape to [get help from] the king of Syria, but they were unable to escape.
27 Então ele levou seu filho mais velho, que teria reinado em seu lugar, e o ofereceu por um holocausto na parede. Houve grande ira contra Israel; e eles se afastaram dele, e voltaram para suas próprias terras.
Then the king of Moab took his oldest son, who would have become the next king, and killed him and offered him for a sacrifice [to their god Chemosh], burning him on top of the city wall. The Israeli soldiers were horrified, with the result that they left that city and returned to their own country.
