¹It came to pass after this also, that the children of Moab, and the children of Ammon, and with them other beside the Ammonites, came against Jehoshaphat to battle.

¹[Ny nandehanan'ny Moabita sy ny namany hiady tamin'ny Joda, ary ny vavaka nataon'i Josafata, sy ny namonjen'Andriamanitra azy] Ary nony afaka izany, dia avy hiady tamin'i Josafata ny taranak'i Moaba sy ny taranak'i Amona mbamin'ny any ankoatry ny Amonita.[Na: mbamin'ny Meonita; izahao xxxvi. 7]

²Then there came some that told Jehoshaphat, saying, There cometh a great multitude against thee from beyond the sea on this side Syria; and, behold, they be in Hazazontamar, which is Engedi.

²Ary nisy tonga ka nanambara tamin'i Josafata hoe: Indreo, misy olona betsaka avy any an-dafin'ny ranomasina, dia avy any Syria, ho avy hiady aminao; ary indreo izy ao Hazezon-tamara (Enjedy izany).

³And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek the LORD, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.

³Dia natahotra Josafata ka nanatrika tsara hitady an'i Jehovah sady niantso andro fifadian-kanina ho an'ny tanin'ny Joda rehetra.

⁴And Judah gathered themselves together, to ask help of the LORD: even out of all the cities of Judah they came to seek the LORD.

⁴Dia niangona ny Joda hangataka famonjena amin'i Jehovah; eny, avy tamin'ny tanànan'ny Joda rehetra hitady an'i Jehovah izy.

⁵And Jehoshaphat stood in the congregation of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of the LORD, before the new court,

⁵Ary Josafata nitsangana teo amin'ny fiangonan'ny Joda sy Jerosalema, Tao amin'ny tranon'i Jehovah, teo anoloan'ny kianja vaovao,

⁶And said, O LORD God of our fathers, art not thou God in heaven? and rulest not thou over all the kingdoms of the heathen? and in thine hand is there not power and might, so that none is able to withstand thee?

⁶ka nanao hoe: Ry Jehovah ô, Andriamanitry ny razanay, tsy Hianao va no Andriamanitra any an-danitra? Eny, Hianao no manapaka amin'ny fanjakan'ny jentilisa rehetra, ary eo an-tananao ny hery sy ny fahefana, ka tsy misy mahasakana Anao.

⁷Art not thou our God, who didst drive out the inhabitants of this land before thy people Israel, and gavest it to the seed of Abraham thy friend for ever?

⁷Ry Andriamanitray ô, tsy Hianao va no nandroaka ny mponina tamin'ity tany ity hiala teo anoloan'ny Isiraely olonao ka nanome azy mandrakizay ho an'ny taranak'i Abrahama sakaizanao?

⁸And they dwelt therein, and have built thee a sanctuary therein for thy name, saying,

⁸Ary nonina tatỳ izy ka nanao fitoerana masina teto ho an'ny anaranao sady nanao hoe:

⁹If, when evil cometh upon us, as the sword, judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we stand before this house, and in thy presence, (for thy name is in this house,) and cry unto thee in our affliction, then thou wilt hear and help.

⁹Raha manjo anay ny loza, na sabatra, na famaliana, na areti-mandringana, na mosary, ary hitsangana manatrika ity trano ity sy eto anatrehanao izahay (fa ny anaranao no amin'ity trano ity) ka hitaraina aminao amin'ny fahorianay, dia hihaino Hianao ka hamonjy.

¹⁰And now, behold, the children of Ammon and Moab and mount Seir, whom thou wouldest not let Israel invade, when they came out of the land of Egypt, but they turned from them, and destroyed them not;

¹⁰Koa indreo ny taranak'i Amona sy Moaba ary ny avy any an-tendrombohitra, Seira, dia ilay tsy navelanao hotafihin'ny Isiraely, fony izy nivoaka avy tany amin'ny tany Egypta, ka nivily fa tsy nandringana azy;

¹¹Behold, I say, how they reward us, to come to cast us out of thy possession, which thou hast given us to inherit.

¹¹nefa indreo izy mamaly ratsy anay ka avy handroaka anay amin'ny lova nomenao anay.

¹²O our God, wilt thou not judge them? for we have no might against this great company that cometh against us; neither know we what to do: but our eyes are upon thee.

¹²Ry Andriamanitray ô, tsy hitsara azy va Hianao? Fa izahay dia tsy manan-kery hanohitra ireo olona betsaka ireo, izay avy hamely anay, koa tsy hitanay izay hataonay; fa Hianao no andrandrain'ny masonay.

¹³And all Judah stood before the LORD, with their little ones, their wives, and their children.

¹³Ary ny Joda rehetra mbamin'ny vadiny aman-janany koa dia samy nitsangana teo anatrehan'i Jehovah.

¹⁴Then upon Jahaziel the son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, a Levite of the sons of Asaph, came the Spirit of the LORD in the midst of the congregation;

¹⁴Ary Jahaziela, zanak'i Zakaria, zanak'i Benaia, zanak'i Jeiela, zanak'i Matania, Levita amin'ny taranak'i Asafa, dia voatsindrin'ny Fanahin'i Jehovah teo amin'ny fiangonana

¹⁵And he said, Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, and thou king Jehoshaphat, Thus saith the LORD unto you, Be not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God's.

¹⁵ka nanao hoe: Mihainoa ianareo, ry Joda rehetra sy ry mponina any Jerosalema, ary ianao, ry Josafata mpanjaka: Izao no lazain'i Jehovah aminareo: Aza matahotra na mivadi-po ny amin'ireo olona betsaka ireo, fa tsy anareo ny ady, fa an'Andriamanitra.

¹⁶To morrow go ye down against them: behold, they come up by the cliff of Ziz; and ye shall find them at the end of the brook, before the wilderness of Jeruel.

¹⁶Rahampitso dia midìna hiady aminy ianareo; fa, indreo, hiakatra amin'ny fiakarana Ziza izy; ary ianareo hahita azy eo amin'ny faran'ny lohasahan-driaka tandrifin'ny efitr'i Jeroela.

¹⁷Ye shall not need to fight in this battle: set yourselves, stand ye still, and see the salvation of the LORD with you, O Judah and Jerusalem: fear not, nor be dismayed; to morrow go out against them: for the LORD will be with you.

¹⁷Tsy ianareo anefa no hiady amin'ity; mijanòna tsara, fa ho hitanareo ny hamonjen'i Jehovah anareo, ry Joda sy Jerosalema. Aza matahotra na mivadi-po, fa rahampitso dia mivoaha hiady aminy; fa Jehovah no momba anareo.

¹⁸And Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground: and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell before the LORD, worshipping the LORD.

¹⁸Dia niankohoka tamin'ny tany Josafata; ary ny Joda sy ny mponina rehetra tany Jerosalema niankohoka teo anatrehan'i Jehovah koa ka nivavaka.

¹⁹And the Levites, of the children of the Kohathites, and of the children of the Korhites, stood up to praise the LORD God of Israel with a loud voice on high.

¹⁹Dia nitsangana ny Levita, taranaky ny Kehatita sy taranaky ny Koraita, mba hidera an'i Jehovah, Andriamanitry ny Isiraely, tamin'ny feo mahery indrindra.

²⁰And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem; Believe in the LORD your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper.

²⁰Ary nifoha maraina koa izy, dia niainga nankany an-efitr'i Tekoa; ary nony nivoaka izy, dia nitsangana teo Josafata ka nanao hoe: Mihainoa ahy, ry Joda, sy ianareo, ry mponina eto Jerosalema: Minoa an'i Jehovah Andriamanitrareo, dia ho tafatoetra ianareo; minoa ny mpaminaniny, dia hambinina ianareo.

²¹And when he had consulted with the people, he appointed singers unto the LORD, and that should praise the beauty of holiness, as they went out before the army, and to say, Praise the LORD; for his mercy endureth for ever.

²¹Ary rehefa niara-nihevitra tamin'ny olona izy, dia nanendry mpihira ho an'i Jehovah hidera amin'ny fihaingoana masina, raha mivoaka eo anoloan'ny olona efa voaomana hiady, ka hanao hoe: Miderà an'i Jehovah, fa mandrakizay ny famindram-pony.

²²And when they began to sing and to praise, the LORD set ambushments against the children of Ammon, Moab, and mount Seir, which were come against Judah; and they were smitten.

²²Ary raha vao nanomboka nihoby sy nidera ireo, dia nasian'i Jehovah otrika hamely ny taranak'i Amona sy Moaba sy ny avy any an-tendrombohitra Seira, izay avy hamely ny Joda, ka dia resy ireo.

²³For the children of Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of mount Seir, utterly to slay and destroy them: and when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, every one helped to destroy another.

²³Dia nitsangana ny taranak'i Amona sy Moaba namely ny avy any an-tendrombohitra Seira ka namono sy nandringana azy; ary nony voaringany ny mponina tany Seira, dia nifandringana kosa izy samy izy ihany.

²⁴And when Judah came toward the watch tower in the wilderness, they looked unto the multitude, and, behold, they were dead bodies fallen to the earth, and none escaped.

²⁴Ary nony tonga teo amin'ilay fitazanana any an-efitra ny Joda, dia nijery ireo olona betsaka ireo izy, koa, indreo, nisy faty niampatrampatra tamin'ny tany, fa tsy nisy afa-nandositra.

²⁵And when Jehoshaphat and his people came to take away the spoil of them, they found among them in abundance both riches with the dead bodies, and precious jewels, which they stripped off for themselves, more than they could carry away: and they were three days in gathering of the spoil, it was so much.

²⁵Ary avy hamabo azy Josafata sy ny vahoakany, dia nahita harena betsaka sy faty ary fanaka sarobidy teo izy, ka dia namabo mihoatra noho izay zakany ho entina; ary hateloana no nanangonany ny babo, fa be dia be ireny. [Na: fitafiana]

²⁶And on the fourth day they assembled themselves in the valley of Berachah; for there they blessed the LORD: therefore the name of the same place was called, The valley of Berachah, unto this day.

²⁶Ary tamin'ny andro fahefatra dia nivory tao amin'ny lohasaha Beraka izy, fa tany no nisaorany an'i Jehovah; koa izany no nanaovany izany tany izany hoe Lohasaha Beraka mandraka androany.[Beraka = Fisaorana]

²⁷Then they returned, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, and Jehoshaphat in the forefront of them, to go again to Jerusalem with joy; for the LORD had made them to rejoice over their enemies.

²⁷Koa dia niverina ny lehilahy rehetra amin'ny Joda sy Jerosalema, ary Josafata nitarika azy hankany Jerosalema indray tamin'ny fifaliana, fa Jehovah nampifaly azy ny amin'ny fahavalony.

²⁸And they came to Jerusalem with psalteries and harps and trumpets unto the house of the LORD.

²⁸Ary tonga tany Jerosalema izy nitondra valiha sy lokanga ary trompetra ka nankao an-tranon'i Jehovah.

²⁹And the fear of God was on all the kingdoms of those countries, when they had heard that the LORD fought against the enemies of Israel.

²⁹Ary ny fahatahorana an'Andriamanitra nahazo ny fanjakana rehetra manodidina, nony efa reny fa Jehovah no niady tamin'ny fahavalon'ny Isiraely.

³⁰So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet: for his God gave him rest round about.

³⁰Ary nandry fahizay ny fanjakan'i Josafata; fa nomen'Andriamaniny fiadanana tamin'ny manodidina izy.

³¹And Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah: he was thirty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.

³¹[Filazana fohifohy ny amin'ny nanjakan'i Josafata] Ary Josafata nanjaka tamin'ny Joda; dimy amby telo-polo taona izy, fony vao nanjaka, ary dimy amby roa-polo taona no nanjakany tany Jerosalema, Ary ny anaran-dreniny dia Azoba, zanakavavin'i Sily.

³²And he walked in the way of Asa his father, and departed not from it, doing that which was right in the sight of the LORD.

³²Ary nandeha tamin'ny lalana nalehan'i Asa rainy izy ka tsy niala tamin'izany, fa nanao izay mahitsy eo imason'i Jehovah.

³³Howbeit the high places were not taken away: for as yet the people had not prepared their hearts unto the God of their fathers.

³³Kanefa ny fitoerana avo tsy mba noravana; fa ny olona tsy mbola nampiomana ny fony hitady an'Andriamanitry ny razany.

³⁴Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of Jehu the son of Hanani, who is mentioned in the book of the kings of Israel.

³⁴Ary ny tantaran'i Josafata sisa, na ny voalohany na ny farany, indro, efa voasoratra ao amin'ny tenin'i Jeho, zanak'i Hanany, izay nakambana ao amin'ny bokin'ny mpanjakan'ny Isiraely, izany.

³⁵And after this did Jehoshaphat king of Judah join himself with Ahaziah king of Israel, who did very wickedly:

³⁵Nefa nony afaka izany, Josafata, mpanjakan'ny Joda, nikambana tamin'i Ahazia, mpanjakan'ny Isiraely, izay nanao ratsy;

³⁶And he joined himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish: and they made the ships in Eziongaber.

³⁶ary nikambana taminy hanao sambo hankany Tarsisy izy, ka tao Ezion-gebera no nanaovany azy.Ary Eliezera, zanak'i Dodavaho, avy any Maresa, naminany ny amin'i Josafata hoe: Noho ny nikambananao tamin'i Ahazia dia horavan'i Jehovah ny asanao. Ary nahavakiana ny sambo ka tsy nahazo nankany Tarsisy.

³⁷Then Eliezer the son of Dodavah of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, Because thou hast joined thyself with Ahaziah, the LORD hath broken thy works. And the ships were broken, that they were not able to go to Tarshish.

³⁷Ary Eliezera, zanak'i Dodavaho, avy any Maresa, naminany ny amin'i Josafata hoe: Noho ny nikambananao tamin'i Ahazia dia horavan'i Jehovah ny asanao. Ary nahavakiana ny sambo ka tsy nahazo nankany Tarsisy.