¹Now Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned twelve years.

¹A Jehorám, syn Achabov, začal kraľovať nad Izraelom v Samárii v osemnástom roku Jozafata, judského kráľa, a kraľoval dvanásť rokov.

²And he wrought evil in the sight of the LORD; but not like his father, and like his mother: for he put away the image of Baal that his father had made.

²A robil to, čo je zlé v očiach Hospodinových, len že nie tak ako jeho otec a jako jeho mater. Ale odstránil modlársku sochu Bálovu, ktorú spravil jeho otec.

³Nevertheless he cleaved unto the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which made Israel to sin; he departed not therefrom.

³Len že sa pridŕžal hriechov Jeroboáma, syna Nebátovho, ktorý spôsobil to, aby hrešil Izrael, neustúpil od toho.

⁴And Mesha king of Moab was a sheepmaster, and rendered unto the king of Israel an hundred thousand lambs, and an hundred thousand rams, with the wool.

⁴A Méša, moábsky kráľ, dochovával mnoho dobytka a dával poplatok izraelskému kráľovi sto tisíc oviec a sto tisíc baranov i s vlnou.

⁵But it came to pass, when Ahab was dead, that the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel.

⁵A stalo sa, keď zomrel Achab, že sa sprotivil moábsky kráľ izraelskému kráľovi.

⁶And king Jehoram went out of Samaria the same time, and numbered all Israel.

⁶Preto vyšiel kráľ Jehorám toho dňa zo Samárie a spočítal celého Izraela.

⁷And he went and sent to Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, saying, The king of Moab hath rebelled against me: wilt thou go with me against Moab to battle? And he said, I will go up: I am as thou art, my people as thy people, and my horses as thy horses.

⁷A tak išiel a poslal k Jozafatovi, judskému kráľovi, povediac: Moábsky kráľ sa mi sprotivil; či pojdeš so mnou proti Moábovi do boja? A riekol: Pojdem hore. Ja som ako ty, môj ľud ako tvoj ľud, moje kone jako tvoje kone.

⁸And he said, Which way shall we go up? And he answered, The way through the wilderness of Edom.

⁸A ešte riekol: Ktorou cestou pojdeme ta hore? A odpovedal: Cestou Edomskej púšte.

⁹So the king of Israel went, and the king of Judah, and the king of Edom: and they fetched a compass of seven days' journey: and there was no water for the host, and for the cattle that followed them.

⁹A tak išiel izraelský kráľ i judský kráľ i edomský kráľ. A keď obchádzali cestou za sedem dní, nebolo vody ani pre vojsko ani pre hovädá, ktoré mali so sebou.

¹⁰And the king of Israel said, Alas! that the LORD hath called these three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of Moab!

¹⁰Vtedy povedal izraelský kráľ: Ach, beda! Lebo Hospodin vyvolal týchto troch kráľov, aby ich vydal do ruky Moábovej!

¹¹But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the LORD, that we may enquire of the LORD by him? And one of the king of Israel's servants answered and said, Here is Elisha the son of Shaphat, which poured water on the hands of Elijah.

¹¹A Jozafat riekol: Či nie je tu niekde prorok Hospodinov, aby sme sa skrze neho opýtali Hospodina? Na to odpovedal ktorýsi zo služobníkov izraelského kráľa a riekol: Je tu Elizeus, syn Šafatov, ktorý lieval vodu na ruky Eliášove.

¹²And Jehoshaphat said, The word of the LORD is with him. So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to him.

¹²Vtedy riekol Jozafat: U toho je slovo Hospodinovo. A tak odišli k nemu dolu izraelský kráľ i Jozafat i edomský kráľ.

¹³And Elisha said unto the king of Israel, What have I to do with thee? get thee to the prophets of thy father, and to the prophets of thy mother. And the king of Israel said unto him, Nay: for the LORD hath called these three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of Moab.

¹³A Elizeus riekol izraelskému kráľovi: Čo ja mám s tebou? Idi k prorokom svojho otca a k prorokom svojej matere! Ale izraelský kráľ mu povedal: Nie, lebo Hospodin vyvolal týchto troch kráľov, aby ich vydal do ruky Moábovej.

¹⁴And Elisha said, As the LORD of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, surely, were it not that I regard the presence of Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, I would not look toward thee, nor see thee.

¹⁴Na to riekol Elizeus: Ako že žije Hospodin Zástupov, pred ktorého tvárou stojím, že keby som nehľadel na tvár Jozafata, judského kráľa, nepodíval by som sa na teba ani by som sa na teba nepozrel.

¹⁵But now bring me a minstrel. And it came to pass, when the minstrel played, that the hand of the LORD came upon him.

¹⁵A tak teraz mi doveďte harfeníka. A stalo sa, keď hral harfeník na harfu, že prišla na neho ruka Hospodinova,

¹⁶And he said, Thus saith the LORD, Make this valley full of ditches.

¹⁶a riekol: Takto hovorí Hospodin: Narobte v tejto doline plno jam!

¹⁷For thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not see wind, neither shall ye see rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water, that ye may drink, both ye, and your cattle, and your beasts.

¹⁷Lebo takto hovorí Hospodin: Neuvidíte vetra ani neuvidíte dažďa, ale tá dolina sa predsa naplní vodou, a budete piť i vy i vaše stáda i vaše hovädá.

¹⁸And this is but a light thing in the sight of the LORD: he will deliver the Moabites also into your hand.

¹⁸No, ešte i to je málo v očiach Hospodinových, ale vydá aj Moába do vašej ruky.

¹⁹And ye shall smite every fenced city, and every choice city, and shall fell every good tree, and stop all wells of water, and mar every good piece of land with stones.

¹⁹A zbijete všetky ohradené mestá i všetky výborné mestá a povalíte všetky dobré stromy a pozasýpate všetky pramene vôd ako že aj zkazíte všetky dobré polia zahádžuc ich kamením.

²⁰And it came to pass in the morning, when the meat offering was offered, that, behold, there came water by the way of Edom, and the country was filled with water.

²⁰A stalo sa ráno, keď sa obetúva obetný dar, že hľa, voda prichádzala od cesty do Edomska, a zem sa naplnila vodou.

²¹And when all the Moabites heard that the kings were come up to fight against them, they gathered all that were able to put on armor, and upward, and stood in the border.

²¹Keď počuli všetci Moábovia, že vyšli hore kráľovia bojovať proti nim, shromaždili sa krikom počnúc od všetkých, ktorí boli súci opásať opasok, i vyše, a postavili sa na hranici.

²²And they rose up early in the morning, and the sun shone upon the water, and the Moabites saw the water on the other side as red as blood:

²²A keď vstali skoro ráno, a slnce vzišlo nad vodou, videli Moábovia pred sebou vodu, červenú jako krv,

²³And they said, This is blood: the kings are surely slain, and they have smitten one another: now therefore, Moab, to the spoil.

²³a riekli: To je krv! Kráľovia sa istotne navzájom porúbali mečom a pobili druh druha. Preto teraz ku koristi, Moábe!

²⁴And when they came to the camp of Israel, the Israelites rose up and smote the Moabites, so that they fled before them: but they went forward smiting the Moabites, even in their country.

²⁴No, keď prišli k táboru Izraelovmu, vstali Izraelovia a bili Moábov, takže utekali pred nimi, a vojdúc do nej, do zeme, tam bili Moába,

²⁵And they beat down the cities, and on every good piece of land cast every man his stone, and filled it; and they stopped all the wells of water, and felled all the good trees: only in Kirharaseth left they the stones thereof; howbeit the slingers went about it, and smote it.

²⁵a mestá poborili a na každé dobré pole hodili každý svoj kameň, až ho zahádzali a pozasýpali všetky pramene vôd, aj pováľali všetky dobré stromy, až iba v Kírcharéšete ponechali jeho kamene. Ale ho obkľúčili prakovníci a zbili ho.

²⁶And when the king of Moab saw that the battle was too sore for him, he took with him seven hundred men that drew swords, to break through even unto the king of Edom: but they could not.

²⁶Keď potom videl moábsky kráľ, že mu je boj primocný, takže neodolá, pojal so sebou sedemsto mužov, ktorí boli súci tasiť mečom, aby sa prebili ku kráľovi Edoma, ale nemohli.

²⁷Then he took his eldest son that should have reigned in his stead, and offered him for a burnt offering upon the wall. And there was great indignation against Israel: and they departed from him, and returned to their own land.

²⁷Vtedy vzal moábsky kráľ jeho prvorodeného syna, ktorý mal kraľovať miesto neho, a obetoval ho zápalnou obeťou na múre. A povstal veľký hnev na Izraela, pretože mu neprišiel na pomoc, a preto odtrhli od neho a navrátili sa do svojej zeme.