Вторая книга Паралипоменон 18
1 И бысть Иосафату богатство и слава многа, и поят жену в дому Ахаавли.
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 сниде при концы лет ко Ахааву в Самарию: и закла ему Ахаав овны и волы многи, и людем сущым с ним, и увещаваше его, да снидет с ним в Рамоф Галаадский.
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 Ахаав царь Израилев ко Иосафату царю Иудину: пойдеши ли со мною в Рамоф Галаадский? И рече ему: якоже аз, тако и ты: и якоже людие твои, тако и людие мои с тобою на брань.
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 И рече Иосафат царю Израилеву: вопроси убо днесь Господа.
Then he added, “But we should ask Yahweh first, to find out what he wants us to do.”
5 И собра царь Израилев пророков четыреста мужей и рече к ним: пойду ли в Рамоф Галаадский на брань, или удержуся? И реша: взыди, и предаст Бог в руку цареву.
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 Рече же Иосафат: несть ли зде пророка Господня еще, да от него вопросим?
But Jehoshaphat asked, “Is there no prophet of Yahweh here whom we can ask?”
7 И рече царь Израилев ко Иосафату: есть еще муж един, имже вопросити Господа, но аз ненавижду его, понеже не прорицает мне во благая, зане вси дние его во злая: сей Михеа сын Иемвлин. Рече же Иосафат: не глаголи, царю 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 И призва царь Израилев единаго от евнух и рече ему: (призови) скоро Михею сына Иемвлина.
So the king of Israel told one of his officials to summon Micaiah immediately.
9 Царь же Израилев и Иосафат царь Иудин кийждо седяше на престоле своем, и облечена красотою царскою, седяста же на пространстве близ врат Самарийских, и вси пророцы пророчествоваху пред нима.
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 сотвори себе Седекиа сын Ханаань роги железны и рече: сия глаголет Господь: сими избодеши Сирию, дондеже скончается.
[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 И вси пророцы прорицаху тако, глаголюще: взыди в Рамоф Галаадский и предуспееши, и предаст Господь в руку цареву.
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 Вестник же, шедый призвати Михею, рече ему: се, рекоша пророцы единеми усты благая о цари да будут убо и твоя словеса, якоже единаго от них, и да речеши благая.
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 И отвеща Михеа: жив Господь, яко еже аще речет Бог ко мне, сие возглаголю.
But Micaiah said, “As surely as Yahweh lives, I will tell the king only what Yahweh tells me to say.”
14 И прииде ко царю, и рече ему царь: Михее, имам ли ити Рамоф Галаадский на брань, или удержуся? И отвеща: взыди и предуспееши, и предадутся (врази) в руки вашя.
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 И рече ему царь: колико крат заклинаю тя, да не глаголеши мне, токмо истину во имя Господне.
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 И рече Михеа: видех всего Израиля расточена по горам яко овцы, имже несть пастыря: и рече Господь: не имут сии вожда, да возвратятся кийждо в дом свой в мире.
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 И рече царь Израилев ко Иосафату: не рех ли тебе, яко не прорицает о мне благая, но токмо злая?
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 И рече Михеа: не тако: слышите слово Господне: видех Господа седяща на престоле Своем, и вся сила небесная предстояше одесную Его и ошуюю Его:
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 рече Господь: кто прельстит Ахаава царя Израилева, да взыдет и падет в Рамофе Галаадстем? И глаголаше един тако, и ин рече тако:
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 и изыде дух, и ста пред Господем, и рече: аз прельщу его: емуже Господь, в чем, рече, (прельстиши)?
“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 И рече: изыду и буду дух лжив во устех всех пророков его: рече же (Господь): прельстиши и превозможеши, изыди и сотвори 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 и ныне се, Господь даде духа лжива во уста всем пророком твоим сим, и Господь глагола о тебе злая.
“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 И приступи Седекиа сын Ханаань, и удари Михею в ланиту и рече ему: коим путем пройде Дух Господень от мене, еже глаголати к тебе?
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 Рече же Михеа: се, узриши в день той, егда внидеши в ложницу из ложницы, да укрыешися.
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 И рече царь Израилев: возмите Михею, и отведите ко Еммиру началнику града и ко Иоасу князю сыну цареву,
King Ahab commanded [his soldiers], “Seize Micaiah and take him to Amon, the governor of this city, and to my son Joash.
26 и рцыте: сия глаголет царь: вверзите сего в темницу, и да яст хлеб печали и воду печали, дондеже возвращуся в мире.
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 Рече же Михеа: аще возвращаяся возвратишися в мире, не глагола Господь мною. И рече: слышите, вси людие.
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 взыде царь Израилев и Иосафат царь Иудин в Рамоф Галаадский.
So the king of Israel and the king of Judah [led their armies] to Ramoth, in [the] Gilead [region].
29 Рече же царь Израилев ко Иосафату: прикрыюся и вниду во брань, ты же облецыся в ризы моя. И прикрыся царь Израилев и вниде во брань.
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 Царь же Сирский повеле вождем колесниц своих, глаголя: не устремляйтеся на мала и на велика, но токмо на самаго царя Израилева.
The King of Syria told his soldiers who were driving the chariots, “Attack only the king of Israel!”
31 И бысть егда увидеша началницы колесниц Иосафата, глаголаша: царь Израилев есть сей. И обыдоша его воююще. Иосафат же возопи ко Господу, и Господь послуша его, и отврати их Бог от него.
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 И бысть егда увидеша воеводы колесниц, яко не бяше царь Израилев, оставиша его.
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 И муж наляче лук приметно и порази царя Израилева между легким и персями. И рече возатаю своему: обрати руку твою и изведи мя от брани яко изнемогох.
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 скончана бысть брань в день той, и царь Израилев бе стоя на колеснице своей противу Сириом даже до вечера, и умре заходящу солнцу.
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.
