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.

¹Joram pa, sin Ahabov je zakraljeval nad Izraelom v Samariji v osemnajstem letu Josafata, kralja na Judovem, in je vladal dvanajst let.

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.

²In delal je, kar je bilo hudo v očeh GOSPODOVIH, pa ne kakor oče njegov in mati njegova; kajti odpravil je Baalov steber, ki ga je bil naredil oče njegov.

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

³Vendar pa se je oklepal grehov Jeroboama, sinu Nebafovega, s katerimi je ta zapeljeval v greh Izraela, ni jih opustil.

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.

⁴Mesa pa, kralj Moabcev, je redil veliko ovac in je dajal kralju Izraelovemu volne od stotisoč jagnjet in od stotisoč ovnov.

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

⁵Ko pa je Ahab umrl, se je izneveril moabski kralj kralju Izraelovemu.

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

⁶V tem času je šel kralj Joram iz Samarije in preštel vsega 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.

⁷In pošlje k Josafatu, kralju Judovemu, in mu sporoči: Kralj Moabcev se mi je izneveril; pojdeš li z menoj bojevat se zoper Moabce? On reče: Pojdem; bodem naj kakor ti, ljudstvo moje naj bo kakor ljudstvo tvoje, konji moji kakor konji tvoji.

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

⁸In vpraša: Po katerem potu pojdemo gori? Odgovori: Po poti Edomske puščave.

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.

⁹Gredo torej kralj Izraelov, kralj Judov in kralj edomski. In ko so hodili sedem dni okrog, ni bilo vode za vojsko in živino, ki je šla za njimi.

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

¹⁰In kralj Izraelov reče: Gorje! GOSPOD je sklical te tri kralje, da jih izda Moabcem v pest!

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.

¹¹Josafat pa reče: Ni li tu proroka GOSPODOVEGA, da vprašamo po njem GOSPODA? In odgovori eden iz hlapcev kralja Izraelovega in reče: Elizej, sin Safatov, je tu, ki je vlival vodo Eliju na roke.

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.

¹²Josafat pa reče: Pri njem je beseda GOSPODOVA. Gredo torej doli k njemu kralj Izraelov in Josafat in kralj edomski.

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 Elizej veli kralju Izraelovemu: Kaj imam s teboj? Pojdi k prorokom očeta svojega in k prorokom matere svoje! Kralj Izraelov mu reče: Nikar! Ni li GOSPOD poklical teh treh kraljev, da jih izda Moabcem v pest?

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.

¹⁴Elizej reče: Kakor res živi GOSPOD, ki stojim pred njega obličjem, ako bi se ne oziral na Josafata, kralja Judovega, na tebe bi se ne ozrl, ne te pogledal!

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

¹⁵Zdaj pa mi pripeljite igralca na strune! In ko je igralec udarjal na strune, je prišla nad njega roka GOSPODOVA.

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

¹⁶In veli: Tako pravi GOSPOD: Naredite v tej dolini struge tu in tam!

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.

¹⁷Kajti tako pravi GOSPOD: Ne boste videli ne vetra, ne dežja, in vendar se ta dolina napolni z vodo, da boste pili vi in vaša drobnica in goved.

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

¹⁸To pa je še malo v očeh GOSPODOVIH; on izda tudi Moabce vam v roko,

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.

¹⁹da udarite vsako utrjeno mesto in vsako izbrano mesto in posekate vsako dobro drevo in zamašite vse studence in pokvarite vsako dobro njivo s kamenjem.

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.

²⁰In zgodilo se je zjutraj, ob času jedilne daritve, glej, voda se privali po edomski poti in se razlije po tistem kraju.

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.

²¹Ko pa slišijo vsi Moabci, da se gredo kralji bojevat zoper nje, skličejo vse, ki so mogli nositi orožje, in še druge, ter stopijo na mejo.

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:

²²In ko zgodaj zjutraj vstanejo in solnce zasije nad vodo, se zdi Moabcem, da je voda njim nasproti rdeča kakor kri;

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

²³in reko: To je kri! Kralji so se pač bojevali med seboj in ubili drug drugega. Sedaj pa, Moab, precej na plen!

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.

²⁴Ko pa pridejo k taboru Izraelovemu, se vzdignejo Izraelci in pobijajo Moabce, da zbeže pred njimi; in oni pridero v Moabsko deželo ter jih pobijajo.

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.

²⁵In razvalijo mesta in na vsako dobro njivo mečejo vsi kamenje, da so ga bile polne, in zamaše vse studence in posekajo vsa dobra drevesa – da so ostali samo v Kir-haresetu še kameni; toda pračarji so ga obdali in streljali nanj.

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.

²⁶In ko je videl moabski kralj, da je bitka prehuda zanj, vzame s seboj sedemsto mož, oboroženih z mečem, da se pririje do kralja edomskega; a niso mogli.Tedaj vzame sina svojega prvenca, ki je imel kraljevati na mestu njegovem, in ga daruje v žgalno žrtev vrh zidu. In pride velika jeza zoper Izraela; in odrinejo od njega in se povrnejo v deželo svojo.

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.

²⁷Tedaj vzame sina svojega prvenca, ki je imel kraljevati na mestu njegovem, in ga daruje v žgalno žrtev vrh zidu. In pride velika jeza zoper Izraela; in odrinejo od njega in se povrnejo v deželo svojo.