2 Књига дневника 18
1 И Јосафат имајући велико благо и славу, опријатељи се с Ахавом.
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 И после неколико година отиде к Ахаву у Самарију; и накла му Ахав много оваца и волова и народу који беше с њим, и наговараше га да пође на Рамот галадски.
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 И рече Ахав цар Израиљев Јосафату цару Јудином: Хоћеш ли ићи са мном на Рамот галадски? А он рече: Ја као ти, народ мој као твој народ; хоћемо с тобом на војску.
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 Још рече Јосафат цару Израиљевом: Питај данас шта ће Господ рећи.
Then he added, “But we should ask Yahweh first, to find out what he wants us to do.”
5 Тада сазва цар Израиљев пророке своје, четири стотине људи, и рече им: Хоћемо ли ићи на војску на Рамот галадски, или ћу се оканити? А они рекоше: Иди, јер ће га Господ дати у руке цару.
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 А Јосафат рече: Има ли ту још који пророк Господњи да га питамо?
But Jehoshaphat asked, “Is there no prophet of Yahweh here whom we can ask?”
7 А цар рече Јосафату: Има још један човек преко ког бисмо могли упитати Господа; али ја мрзим на њ, јер ми не прориче добра него свагда зло; то је Михеја син Јемлин. А Јосафат рече: Нека цар не говори тако.
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 Тада цар Израиљев дозва једног дворанина, и рече му: Брже доведи Михеју, сина Јемлиног.
So the king of Israel told one of his officials to summon Micaiah immediately.
9 А цар Израиљев и Јосафат, цар Јудин сеђаху, сваки на свом престолу обучени у царске хаљине, сеђаху на пољани код врата самаријских, и сви пророци пророковаху пред њима.
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 И Седекија син Хананин начини себи гвоздене рогове, и рече: Овако вели Господ: Овим ћеш бити Сирце докле их не истребиш.
[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 Тако и сви пророци пророковаху говорећи: Иди на Рамот галадски, и бићеш срећан, јер ће га Господ предати цару у руке.
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 А посланик који отиде да дозове Михеју рече му говорећи: Ево пророци проричу сви једним гласом добро цару; нека и твоја реч буде као њихова, и говори добро.
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 А Михеја рече: Тако да је жив Господ, говорићу оно што рече Бог мој.
But Micaiah said, “As surely as Yahweh lives, I will tell the king only what Yahweh tells me to say.”
14 И кад дође к цару, рече му цар: Михеја! Хоћемо ли ићи на војску на Рамот галадски, или ћу се оканити? А он рече: Идите, бићете срећни, и даће вам се у руке.
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 А цар му рече: Колико ћу те пута заклањати да ми не говориш него истину у име Господње?
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 Тада рече: Видео сам сав народ Израиљев разасут по планинама као овце које немају пастира, јер рече Господ: Ови немају господара, нека се врате свак својој кући с миром.
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 Тада рече цар Израиљев Јосафату: Нисам ли ти рекао да ми неће пророковати добра него зло?
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 А Михеја рече: Зато чујте реч Господњу: Видех Господа где седи на престолу свом, а сва војска небеска стајаше му с десне и с леве стране;
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 И Господ рече: Ко ће преварити Ахава цара Израиљевог да отиде и падне код Рамота галадског? Још рече: Један рече ово а други оно.
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 Тада изиђе један дух, и ставши пред Господа рече: Ја ћу га преварити. А Господ му рече: Како?
“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 Одговори: Изићи ћу и бићу лажљив дух у устима свих пророка његових. А Господ му рече: Преварићеш га и надвладаћеш, иди учини тако.
“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 Зато сада ето, Господ је метнуо лажљив дух у уста тим пророцима твојим; а Господ је изрекао зло по те.
“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 Тада приступи Седекија син Хананин, и удари Михеју по образу говорећи: Којим је путем отишао дух Господњи од мене да говори с тобом?
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 А Михеја му рече: Ето, видећеш у онај дан кад отидеш у најтајнију клет да се сакријеш.
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 Тада цар Израиљев рече: Ухватите Михеју, и одведите га к Амону заповеднику градском и к Јоасу сину царевом.
King Ahab commanded [his soldiers], “Seize Micaiah and take him to Amon, the governor of this city, and to my son Joash.
26 И реците им: Овако вели цар: Метните овог у тамницу, а дајите му по мало хлеба и по мало воде докле се не вратим у миру.
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 А Михеја рече: Ако се вратиш у миру, није Господ говорио преко мене. Још рече: Чујте сви народи.
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 И отиде цар Израиљев с Јосафатом царем Јудиним на Рамот галадски.
So the king of Israel and the king of Judah [led their armies] to Ramoth, in [the] Gilead [region].
29 И рече цар Израиљев Јосафату: Ја ћу се преобући кад пођем у бој, а ти обуци своје одело. И преобуче се цар Израиљев, и отидоше у бој.
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 А цар сирски заповеди војводама од кола својих говорећи: Не ударајте ни на малог ни на великог, него на самог цара Израиљевог.
The King of Syria told his soldiers who were driving the chariots, “Attack only the king of Israel!”
31 А кад војводе од кола видеше Јосафата, рекоше: То је цар Израиљев. И окренуше се на њ да га ударе. Али Јосафат повика, и Господ му поможе, и одврати их Бог од њега.
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 Јер видевши војводе од кола да није цар Израиљев, одступише од њега.
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 А један застрели из лука нагоном и устрели цара Израиљевог где спуча оклоп. А он рече свом возачу: Савиј руком својом и извези ме из боја, јер сам рањен.
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 И бој би жесток оног дана, а цар Израиљев заоста на колима својим према Сирцима до вечера, и умре о сунчаном заходу.
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.
