2 Dnevnika 21
1 Potom poèinu Josafat kod otaca svojih, i bi pogreben kod otaca svojih u gradu Davidovu; a na njegovo se mjesto zacari Joram sin njegov.
Then Jehoshaphat died, and was buried where his ancestors were buried in [the part of Jerusalem called] ‘The City of David’. Then his son Jehoram became the king [of Judah].
2 A braæa mu, sinovi Josafatovi, bijahu: Azarija i Jehilo i Zaharija i Azarija i Mihailo i Sefatija; ti svi bijahu sinovi Josafata cara Izrailjeva.
His [younger] brothers were Azariah, Jehiel, Zechariah, Azariah, Michael, and Shephatiah.
3 I otac im dade velike darove, srebra i zlata i zaklada s tvrdijem gradovima u zemlji Judinoj; carstvo pak dade Joramu, jer bješe prvenac.
Before Jehoshaphat died, he gave them gifts of silver and gold and other valuable things. He also appointed them to rule various cities in Judah that had walls around them. But he appointed Jehoram to be the king of Judah, because Jehoram was his oldest son.
4 A Joram stupiv na carstvo oca svojega i utvrdiv se, pobi svu braæu svoju maèem i neke knezove Izrailjeve.
After Jehoram was completely in control of his father’s kingdom, he had all of his [younger] brothers executed, along with some of the leaders of the nation.
5 Imaše Joram trideset i dvije godine kad se zacari, i carova osam godina u Jerusalimu.
Jehoram was 32 years old when he became the king, and he ruled in Jerusalem for eight years.
6 I hoðaše putem careva Izrailjevijeh, kao što èinjaše dom Ahavov, jer se oženi kæerju Ahavovom; i èinjaše što je zlo pred Gospodom.
But he did many of the [evil] things that the kings of Israel had done. He did many things that Yahweh considers to be evil, things that the family of Ahab had done, because he married one of Ahab’s daughters.
7 Ali Gospod ne htje zatrti doma Davidova radi zavjeta koji uèini s Davidom i što mu bješe rekao da æe dati vidjelo njemu i sinovima njegovijem uvijek.
However, because of the agreement that Yahweh had made with King David, Yahweh did not want to get rid of the descendants of David. He had promised that David’s descendants would always be the ones who ruled Judah.
8 Za njegova vremena odvrže se Edom da ne bude pod Judom, i postaviše sebi cara.
While Jehoram was ruling, the people of [the] Edom [region] rebelled against [the king of] Judah and appointed their own king.
9 Zato otide Joram s vojvodama svojim i sa svijem kolima svojim; i usta noæu, te pobi Edomce koji ga bijahu opkolili, i zapovjednike od kola.
So Jehoram and his officers and his men in chariots went to Edom. There, the army of Edom surrounded them. Jehoram escaped during the night.
10 Ipak se odvrgoše Edomci da ne budu pod Judom do danas. U isto vrijeme odvrže se i Livna da ne bude pod njim, jer ostavi Gospoda Boga otaca svojih.
But the king of Judah was never able to regain control of Edom, and Edom is still not controlled by Judah. [The people in] Libnah [city between Judah and Philistia] also rebelled against Judah. Those things happened because Jehoram turned away from [obeying] Yahweh, the God whom his ancestors [belonged to].
11 Još i visine naèini po brdima Judinijem, i navede na preljubu Jerusalimljane i prelasti Judu.
On the hilltops in Judah he had also built shrines [to worship idols], and had caused the people of Judah to stray away from Yahweh by worshiping foreign gods.
12 Tada mu doðe knjiga od Ilije proroka, gdje mu govoraše: ovako veli Gospod Bog Davida oca tvojega: što nijesi hodio putovima Josafata oca svojega i putovima Ase cara Judina,
One day, Jehoram received a letter from the prophet Elijah. Elijah had written this in the letter: “This is what Yahweh, the God whom your ancestor [King] David [worshiped], says: 'You have not done things that please me like your father Jehoshaphat did or what King Asa did.
13 Nego si hodio putem careva Izrailjevijeh i naveo si na preljubu Judu i Jerusalimljane, kao što je dom Ahavov naveo na preljubu Izrailja, i još si pobio braæu svoju, dom oca svojega, bolje od sebe,
Instead, you have continually done the [evil things] that the kings of Israel have done. You have encouraged the people in Jerusalem and other places in Judah to stop worshiping Yahweh, like the descendants of Ahab did. You have also murdered your own brothers, who were more righteous men than you are.
14 Evo, Gospod æe udariti velikim zlom narod tvoj i sinove tvoje i žene tvoje i sve što imaš.
So now Yahweh is about to very severely punish the people in your kingdom and even your own children and your wives and everything that you own.
15 I ti æeš bolovati teško, od bolesti u crijevima, da æe ti crijeva izaæi od bolesti, koja æe trajati dvije godine.
And you yourself will have an intestinal disease that will continue to become worse, and you will suffer from it until you die.'”
16 I tako podiže Gospod na Jorama duh Filistejima i Arapima koji žive od Etiopljana.
Then Yahweh caused some men from the Philistia people-group and some Arabs who lived near the coast [of the Mediterranean Sea], where people from Ethiopia had settled, to become angry with Jehoram.
17 I oni došavši na zemlju Judinu prodriješe u nju, i odnesoše sve blago što se naðe u domu carevu, i sinove njegove i žene njegove, da mu ne osta nijedan sin osim Joahaza najmlaðega sina njegova.
Their army invaded Judah and took away [from Jerusalem] all the valuable things that they found in the king’s palace, and even his sons and wives. His youngest son, Ahaziah, was the only one of his sons whom they did not take away.
18 I poslije svega toga udari ga Gospod bolešæu u crijevima, kojoj ne bješe lijeka.
After that happened, Yahweh caused Jehoram to be afflicted with an intestinal disease that no one could cure.
19 I dan po dan prolažaše, i kad se navršiše dvije godine, izidoše mu crijeva s bolešæu i umrije od teških bolova, i narod mu ne pali mirisa kao što je èinio ocima njegovijem.
About two years later, while he was in great pain, he died because of that disease. The people of Judah had made bonfires to honor his ancestors when they died, but they did not make a bonfire for Jehoram.
20 Imaše trideset i dvije godine kad poèe carovati, i carova osam godina u Jerusalimu, i preminu da niko ne zažali za njim; i pogreboše ga u gradu Davidovu, ali ne u grobu carskom.
Jehoram was 32 years old when he became the king, and he ruled in Jerusalem for eight years. No one was sorry when he died. His corpse was buried in [the part of Jerusalem called] ‘The City of David’, but he was not buried where the other kings [of Judah] had been buried.
