2 Kungaboken 3
1 Joram, Achabs son, vardt Konung öfver Israel i Samarien, uti adertonde årena Josaphats, Juda Konungs; och regerade i tolf år;
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 Och gjorde det ondt varför Herranom, dock icke såsom hans fader och hans moder; ty han kastade bort Baals stöder, som hans fader hade göra låtit.
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 Men han blef vid Jerobeams, Nebats sons, synder, hvilken kom Israel till att synda; och trädde intet derifrå.
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 Men Mesa, de Moabiters Konung, hade mång får, och han skattade Israels Konunge ull af hundradetusend lamb, och af hundradetusend vädrar.
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 Då nu Achab var död, föll de Moabiters Konung af ifrån Israels Konung.
But after King Ahab died, Mesha rebelled against the king of Israel.
6 Då drog ut på den tiden Konung Joram af Samarien, och skickade hela Israel;
So King Joram left Samaria and gathered together all his soldiers.
7 Och sände bort till Josaphat, Juda Konung, och lät säga honom: De Moabiters Konung är affallen ifrå mig. Kom med mig till att strida emot de Moabiter. Han sade: Jag vill uppkomma; jag är såsom du, och mitt folk såsom ditt folk, och mine hästar såsom dine hästar;
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 Och sade: Hvilken vägen vilje vi draga ditupp? Han sade: Den vägen igenom Edoms öken.
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 Alltså drogo åstad Israels Konung, Juda Konung, och Edoms Konung. Och som de omkringdragit hade sju dagsresor, hade hären, och de öker, som med dem voro, intet vatten.
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 Då sade Israels Konung: Ack, ve! Herren hafver dessa tre Konungar församlat, på det han skall gifva dem uti de Moabiters händer.
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 Men Josaphat sade: Är här ingen Herrans Prophet, att vi måge genom honom fråga Herran? Då svarade en ibland Israels Konungs tjenare, och sade: Här är Elisa, Saphats son, hvilken göt vatten på Elia händer.
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 Josaphat sade: Herrans ord är när honom. Alltså drogo neder till honom Israels Konung, och Josaphat, och Edoms Konung.
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 Då sade Elisa till Israels Konung: Hvad hafver du med mig skaffa? Gack bort till dins faders Propheter, och till dine moders Propheter. Israels Konung sade till honom: Nej; ty Herren hafver församlat dessa tre Konungar, på det han skall gifva dem uti de Moabiters händer.
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 Elisa sade: Så sant som Herren Zebaoth lefver, för hvilkom jag står, om jag icke ansåge Josaphat, Juda Konung, jag ville icke anse dig eller akta dig.
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 Så låter nu en spelman komma hit. Och då spelmannen spelade på strängerna, kom Herrans hand öfver honom;
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 Och han sade: Detta säger Herren: Görer grafver vid denna bäcken här och der.
He said, “Yahweh says that he will cause this dry stream-bed to be full of water.
17 Förty så säger Herren: I skolen intet väder eller regn se; likväl skall bäcken varda full med vatten, så att I, och edart folk, och edra öker skola få dricka.
The result will be that your soldiers and your animals that carry supplies and your livestock will have plenty of water to drink.
18 Dertill är detta en ringa ting för Herranom; han skall ock gifva de Moabiter i edra händer;
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 Så att I skolen slå alla fasta städer, och alla utvalda städer, och skolen omkullhugga all god trä, och skolen förstoppa alla vattubrunnar, och skolen förderfva alla goda åkrar med stenar.
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 Om morgonen, då man spisoffer offrade, si, då kom ett vatten på den vägen ifrån Edom, och fyllde landet med vatten.
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 Då nu de Moabiter hörde, att Konungarna drogo upp till att strida emot dem, kallade de tillhopa alla, som vuxne voro att bära vapen, och derutöfver, och drogo intill gränson.
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 Och som de om morgonen bittida uppstode, och solen uppgick öfver vattnet, tyckte de Moabiter, att vattnet emot dem var rödt såsom blod;
But when they rose early the next morning, they saw that the water across from them appeared to be as red as blood.
23 Och de sade: Det är blod; Konungarna hafva slagits inbördes med svärd, och den ene hafver slagit den andra. Nu Moab, statt upp, och tag byte.
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 Men då de kommo till Israels lägre, reste Israel upp, och slog de Moabiter, och de flydde för dem; men de kommo in, och slogo Moab;
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 Bröto städerna neder, och hvar och en kastade sin sten på alla goda åkrar, och uppfyllde dem, och förstoppade alla vattubrunnar, och fällde all god trä, tilldess att allenast stenarna i tegelmuren qvare blefvo; och de kringhvärfde staden med slungor, och slogo honom.
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 Då de Moabiters Konung såg att striden vardt honom för stark, tog han sjuhundrade män till sig, som svärd utdrogo, till att slå ut emot Edoms Konung; men de kunde icke.
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 Då tog han sin första son, som i hans stad skulle Konung vordit, och offrade honom till ett bränneoffer på muren. Då kom en stor vrede öfver Israel; så att de drogo ifrå honom, och vände till landet igen.
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.
