1 Kralji 20
1 Sirski kralj Ben Hadád je zbral skupaj vso svojo vojsko, in tam je bilo z njim dvaintrideset kraljev, konji in bojni vozovi. Odšel je gor, oblegal Samarijo in se vojskoval zoper njo.
Ben Hadad the king of Syria gathered all his army together; and there were thirty-two kings with him, with horses and chariots. He went up and besieged Samaria, and fought against it.
2 V mesto je poslal poslance, k Izraelovemu kralju Ahábu in mu rekel: »Tako govori Ben Hadád:
He sent messengers into the city to Ahab king of Israel and said to him, “Ben Hadad says,
3 ›Tvoje srebro in tvoje zlato je moje. Tudi tvoje žene in tvoji otroci, celó najčednejši, so moji.‹«
‘Your silver and your gold are mine. Your wives also and your children, even the best, are mine.’”
4 Izraelov kralj je odgovoril in rekel: »Moj gospod, oh kralj, glede na tvoj govor: ›Jaz sem tvoj in vse kar imam.‹«
The king of Israel answered, “It is according to your saying, my lord, O king. I am yours, and all that I have.”
5 Poslanci so ponovno prišli in rekli: »Tako govori Ben Hadád, rekoč: ›Čeprav sem poslal k tebi, rekoč: ›Izročil mi boš svoje srebro, svoje zlato, svoje žene in svoje otroke,
The messengers came again and said, “Ben Hadad says, ‘I sent indeed to you, saying, “You shall deliver me your silver, your gold, your wives, and your children;
6 bom vendar naslednji dan, okrog tega časa, k tebi poslal svoje služabnike in preiskali bodo tvojo hišo in hiše tvojih služabnikov, in zgodilo se bo, da karkoli je prijetno v tvojih očeh, da bodo to položili v svojo roko in to odnesli proč.‹«
but I will send my servants to you tomorrow about this time, and they will search your house and the houses of your servants. Whatever is pleasant in your eyes, they will put it in their hand, and take it away.”’”
7 Potem je Izraelov kralj poklical vse starešine dežele in rekel: »Spoznajte, prosim vas in poglejte, kako ta mož išče vragolijo, kajti k meni je poslal po moje žene, po moje otroke, po moje srebro in po moje zlato, pa mu nisem odrekel.«
Then the king of Israel called all the elders of the land, and said, “Please notice how this man seeks mischief; for he sent to me for my wives, and for my children, and for my silver, and for my gold; and I didn’t deny him.”
8 Vse starešine in vse ljudstvo mu je reklo: »Ne prisluhni mu niti ne privoli.«
All the elders and all the people said to him, “Don’t listen, and don’t consent.”
9 Zatorej je Ben Hadádovim poslancem rekel: »Mojemu gospodu kralju povejte: ›Vse, po kar si prvič poslal k svojemu služabniku, bom storil, toda te stvari ne morem storiti.‹« Poslanci so odšli in mu ponovno prinesli besedo.
Therefore he said to the messengers of Ben Hadad, “Tell my lord the king, ‘All that you sent for to your servant at the first I will do, but this thing I cannot do.’” The messengers departed and brought him back the message.
10 Ben Hadád je poslal k njemu in rekel: »Bogovi naj mi tako storijo in še več, če bo prah Samarije zadoščal za prgišča vsega ljudstva, ki mi sledi.«
Ben Hadad sent to him, and said, “The gods do so to me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria will be enough for handfuls for all the people who follow me.”
11 Izraelov kralj je odgovoril in rekel: »Povej mu: ›Naj se tisti, ki si opasuje opremo, ne baha kakor, da jo je že odložil.‹«
The king of Israel answered, “Tell him, ‘Don’t let him who puts on his armor brag like he who takes it off.’”
12 Pripetilo se je, ko je Ben Hadád slišal to sporočilo, medtem ko je pil on in kralji v paviljonih, da je rekel svojim služabnikom: »Postrojite se v vrsto.« In postavili so se v vrsto zoper mesto.
When Ben Hadad heard this message as he was drinking, he and the kings in the pavilions, he said to his servants, “Prepare to attack!” So they prepared to attack the city.
13 Glej, tam je h kralju Ahábu prišel prerok iz Izraela, rekoč: »Tako govori Gospod: ›Ali si videl vso to veliko množico? Glej, ta dan jo bom izročil v tvojo roko, in ti boš vedel, da sem jaz Gospod.‹«
Behold, a prophet came near to Ahab king of Israel, and said, “The LORD says, ‘Have you seen all this great multitude? Behold, I will deliver it into your hand today. Then you will know that I am the LORD.’”
14 Aháb je rekel: »Po kom?« Rekel je: »Tako govori Gospod: › Celó po mladeničih princev provinc.‹« Potem je rekel: »Kdo bo ukazoval bitki?« Odgovoril je: »Ti.«
Ahab said, “By whom?” He said, “The LORD says, ‘By the young men of the princes of the provinces.’” Then he said, “Who shall begin the battle?” He answered, “You.”
15 Potem je preštel mladeniče princev provinc in bilo jih je dvesto dvaintrideset. Za njimi je preštel vse ljudstvo, celo vse Izraelove otroke, bilo [jih je] sedem tisoč.
Then he mustered the young men of the princes of the provinces, and they were two hundred and thirty-two. After them, he mustered all the people, even all the children of Israel, being seven thousand.
16 Ven so odšli opoldan. Toda Ben Hadád se je v paviljonih opijal do pijanosti, on in kralji, dvaintrideset kraljev, ki so mu pomagali.
They went out at noon. But Ben Hadad was drinking himself drunk in the pavilions, he and the kings, the thirty-two kings who helped him.
17 Mladeniči princev provinc so prvi odšli ven in Ben Hadád je poslal ven in povedali so mu, rekoč: »Tam so prišli možje iz Samarije.«
The young men of the princes of the provinces went out first; and Ben Hadad sent out, and they told him, saying, “Men are coming out from Samaria.”
18 Rekel je: »Če so prišli ven za mir, jih ujemite žive, ali če so prišli ven za vojno, jih ujemite žive.«
He said, “If they have come out for peace, take them alive; or if they have come out for war, take them alive.”
19 Tako so ti mladeniči princev provinc prišli ven iz mesta in vojska, ki jim je sledila.
So these went out of the city, the young men of the princes of the provinces, and the army which followed them.
20 Usmrtili so vsak svojega moža in Sirci so zbežali, Izrael pa jih je zasledoval in sirski kralj Ben Hadád je s konjeniki pobegnil na konju.
They each killed his man. The Syrians fled, and Israel pursued them. Ben Hadad the king of Syria escaped on a horse with horsemen.
21 Izraelov kralj je odšel ven in udaril konje in vozove in Sirce usmrtil z velikim pokolom.
The king of Israel went out and struck the horses and chariots, and killed the Syrians with a great slaughter.
22 Prerok je prišel k Izraelovemu kralju in mu rekel: »Pojdi, okrepi se in se ozri in poglej kaj počneš, kajti ob vrnitvi leta bo kralj iz Sirije ponovno prišel gor zoper tebe.«
The prophet came near to the king of Israel and said to him, “Go, strengthen yourself, and plan what you must do, for at the return of the year, the king of Syria will come up against you.”
23 Služabniki kralja iz Sirije so mu rekli: »Njihovi bogovi so bogovi hribov, zato so bili močnejši kakor mi, toda naj se borimo zoper njih na ravnini in bomo zagotovo močnejši kakor oni.
The servants of the king of Syria said to him, “Their god is a god of the hills; therefore they were stronger than we. But let’s fight against them in the plain, and surely we will be stronger than they.
24 Stôri to stvar. Kralje vzemi proč, vsakega moža iz svojega kraja in namesto njih postavi poveljnike.
Do this thing: take the kings away, every man out of his place, and put captains in their place.
25 Naštej si vojsko, podobno vojski, ki si jo izgubil, konja za konja in bojni voz za bojni voz, in mi se bomo borili zoper njih na ravnini in bomo zagotovo močnejši kakor oni.« Prisluhnil je njihovemu glasu in tako storil.
Muster an army like the army that you have lost, horse for horse and chariot for chariot. We will fight against them in the plain, and surely we will be stronger than they are.” He listened to their voice and did so.
26 Pripetilo se je ob vrnitvi leta, da je Ben Hadád preštel Sirce in odšel gor v Afék, da se bori zoper Izrael.
At the return of the year, Ben Hadad mustered the Syrians and went up to Aphek to fight against Israel.
27 Izraelovi otroci so bili prešteti in so bili vsi prisotni in odšli zoper njih. Izraelovi otroci so se utaborili pred njimi kakor dva majhna tropa kozličkov, toda Sirci so napolnili deželo.
The children of Israel were mustered and given provisions, and went against them. The children of Israel encamped before them like two little flocks of young goats, but the Syrians filled the country.
28 Prišel je Božji mož in spregovoril Izraelovemu kralju ter rekel: »Tako govori Gospod: ›Ker so Sirci rekli: › Gospod je Bog hribov, toda on ni Bog dolin, zato bom vso to veliko množico izročil v tvojo roko in spoznali boste, da jaz sem Gospod.‹«
A man of God came near and spoke to the king of Israel, and said, “The LORD says, ‘Because the Syrians have said, “The LORD is a god of the hills, but he is not a god of the valleys,” therefore I will deliver all this great multitude into your hand, and you shall know that I am the LORD.’”
29 Sedem dni so taborili eden nasproti drugemu. In bilo je tako, da so se na sedmi dan spoprijeli in Izraelovi otroci so v enem dnevu izmed Sircev usmrtili sto tisoč pešcev.
They encamped opposite each other for seven days. Then on the seventh day the battle was joined; and the children of Israel killed one hundred thousand footmen of the Syrians in one day.
30 Toda ostali so pobegnili v Afék, v mesto in tam je obzidje padlo na sedemindvajset tisoč mož, ki so ostali. Ben Hadád pa je pobegnil in prišel v mesto, v notranjo sobo.
But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; and the wall fell on twenty-seven thousand men who were left. Ben Hadad fled and came into the city, into an inner room.
31 Njegovi služabniki so mu rekli: »Glej sedaj, slišali smo, da so kralji Izraelove hiše usmiljeni kralji. Pusti nam, prosimo te, da opašemo vrečevino okoli svojih ledij in vrvi na svoje glave in pojdimo ven k Izraelovemu kralju. Morda bo rešil tvoje življenje.«
His servants said to him, “See now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings. Please let us put sackcloth on our bodies and ropes on our heads, and go out to the king of Israel. Maybe he will save your life.”
32 Tako so na svoja ledja opasali vrečevino, na svoje glave položili vrvi in prišli k Izraelovemu kralju ter rekli: »Tvoj služabnik Ben Hadád govori: ›Prosim te, pusti me živega.‹« Rekel je: »Je še živ? On je moj brat.«
So they put sackcloth on their bodies and ropes on their heads, and came to the king of Israel, and said, “Your servant Ben Hadad says, ‘Please let me live.’” He said, “Is he still alive? He is my brother.”
33 Torej možje so marljivo opazovali ali bo katerakoli stvar prišla od njega in jo hitro zgrabili ter rekli: »Tvoj brat Ben Hadád.« Potem je rekel: »Pojdite, privedite ga.« Potem je Ben Hadád prišel naravnost k njemu in dal mu je, da je prišel gor v bojni voz.
Now the men observed diligently and hurried to take this phrase; and they said, “Your brother Ben Hadad.” Then he said, “Go, bring him.” Then Ben Hadad came out to him; and he caused him to come up into the chariot.
34 Ben Hadád mu je rekel: »Mesta, ki jih je moj oče vzel od tvojega očeta, bom povrnil in zase si boš naredil ulice v Damasku, kakor jih je moj oče naredil v Samariji.« Potem je Aháb rekel: »S to zavezo te bom poslal proč.« Tako je z njim sklenil zavezo in ga poslal proč.
Ben Hadad said to him, “The cities which my father took from your father I will restore. You shall make streets for yourself in Damascus, as my father made in Samaria.” “I”, said Ahab, “will let you go with this covenant.” So he made a covenant with him and let him go.
35 Nek mož, izmed preroških sinov, je rekel svojemu bližnjemu po Gospodovi besedi: »Udari me, prosim te.« Človek pa je odklonil, da bi ga udaril.
A certain man of the sons of the prophets said to his fellow by the LORD’s word, “Please strike me!” The man refused to strike him.
36 Potem mu je rekel: »Ker nisi ubogal Gospodovega glasu, glej, te bo takoj, ko odideš od mene, ubil lev.« In takoj, ko je odšel od njega, ga je našel lev in ga usmrtil.
Then he said to him, “Because you have not obeyed the LORD’s voice, behold, as soon as you have departed from me, a lion will kill you.” As soon as he had departed from him, a lion found him and killed him.
37 Potem je našel drugega moža in rekel: »Udari me, prosim te.« Mož ga je udaril, tako da ga je pri udarjanju ranil.
Then he found another man, and said, “Please strike me.” The man struck him and wounded him.
38 Tako je prerok odšel in ob poti čakal na kralja in se preoblekel, s pepelom na svojem obrazu.
So the prophet departed and waited for the king by the way, and disguised himself with his headband over his eyes.
39 Ko je kralj šel mimo, je ta vpil h kralju in rekel: »Tvoj služabnik je odšel ven v sredo bitke in glej, mož se je obrnil vstran in mi privedel moža ter rekel: ›Varuj tega moža. Če bo na kakršenkoli način ta izginil, potem bo tvoje življenje za njegovo življenje ali pa boš plačal talent srebra.‹
As the king passed by, he cried to the king, and he said, “Your servant went out into the middle of the battle; and behold, a man came over and brought a man to me, and said, ‘Guard this man! If by any means he is missing, then your life shall be for his life, or else you shall pay a talent of silver.’
40 Medtem ko je bil tvoj služabnik zaposlen tukaj in tam, je oni odšel.« Izraelov kralj mu je rekel: »Takšna bo tvoja sodba; ti si jo odločil.«
As your servant was busy here and there, he was gone.” The king of Israel said to him, “So shall your judgment be. You yourself have decided it.”
41 Pohitel je in si iz svojega obraza obrisal pepel in Izraelov kralj ga je prepoznal, da je bil izmed prerokov.
He hurried, and took the headband away from his eyes; and the king of Israel recognized that he was one of the prophets.
42 In ta mu je rekel: »Tako govori Gospod: ›Ker si iz svoje roke izpustil moža, ki sem ga določil za popolno uničenje, zato bo šlo tvoje življenje za njegovo življenje in tvoje ljudstvo za njegovo ljudstvo.‹«
He said to him, “The LORD says, ‘Because you have let go out of your hand the man whom I had devoted to destruction, therefore your life will take the place of his life, and your people take the place of his people.’”
43 Izraelov kralj je odšel k svoji hiši hud in nezadovoljen ter prišel v Samarijo.
The king of Israel went to his house sullen and angry, and came to Samaria.
