¹And Elisha the prophet called one of the children of the prophets, and said unto him, Gird up thy loins, and take this box of oil in thine hand, and go to Ramothgilead:

¹Elizej prorok pa pokliče enega izmed proroških sinov in mu veli: Opaši si ledja in vzemi to oljenico v roko in pojdi v Ramot v Gileadu.

²And when thou comest thither, look out there Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi, and go in, and make him arise up from among his brethren, and carry him to an inner chamber;

²In ko dospeš tja, poglej, kje je Jehu, sin Josafata, sina Nimsijevega, in stopi noter in véli mu vstati izmed bratov svojih in ga pelji v notranjo izbo.

³Then take the box of oil, and pour it on his head, and say, Thus saith the LORD, I have anointed thee king over Israel. Then open the door, and flee, and tarry not.

³Potem vzemi oljenico in mu jo izlij na glavo in reci: Tako pravi GOSPOD: Pomazilil sem te za kralja Izraelu. Nato odpri duri in beži, nič se ne múdi.

⁴So the young man, even the young man the prophet, went to Ramothgilead.

⁴Gre torej tisti mladenič, mlad prorok, v Ramot v Gileadu.

⁵And when he came, behold, the captains of the host were sitting; and he said, I have an errand to thee, O captain. And Jehu said, Unto which of all us? And he said, To thee, O captain.

⁵In ko pride tja, glej, vojni poglavarji so sedeli; in reče: Besedo imam do tebe, o poglavar! In Jehu vpraša: Do katerega nas vseh? Odgovori: Do tebe, o poglavar!

⁶And he arose, and went into the house; and he poured the oil on his head, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I have anointed thee king over the people of the LORD, even over Israel.

⁶Tedaj vstane in stopi v hišo; on pa mu izlije olje na glavo in mu reče: Tako pravi GOSPOD, Bog Izraelov: Pomazilil sem te za kralja ljudstvu GOSPODOVEMU Izraelu.

⁷And thou shalt smite the house of Ahab thy master, that I may avenge the blood of my servants the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of the LORD, at the hand of Jezebel.

⁷In udaril boš hišo Ahaba, gospoda svojega, da maščujem kri hlapcev svojih prorokov in kri vseh hlapcev GOSPODOVIH nad Jezabelino roko.

⁸For the whole house of Ahab shall perish: and I will cut off from Ahab him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel:

⁸Kajti vsa hiša Ahabova pogine in pogubim od Ahabovih vsakega moškega, njega, ki je vklenjen, in njega, ki je prost v Izraelu.

⁹And I will make the house of Ahab like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah:

⁹In naredim s hišo Ahabovo kakor s hišo Jeroboama, sina Nebatovega, in kakor s hišo Baasa sinu Ahijevega.

¹⁰And the dogs shall eat Jezebel in the portion of Jezreel, and there shall be none to bury her. And he opened the door, and fled.

¹⁰In psi bodo žrli Jezabelo na Jezreelski zemlji, in nikogar ne bode, ki bi jo pokopal. – Nato odpre duri in pobegne:

¹¹Then Jehu came forth to the servants of his lord: and one said unto him, Is all well? wherefore came this mad fellow to thee? And he said unto them, Ye know the man, and his communication.

¹¹Tedaj pride Jehu ven k služabnikom svojega gospoda, in eden ga vpraša: Je li mir? Zakaj je prišel ta neumnik k tebi? On pa jim reče: Saj poznate moža in govor njegov!

¹²And they said, It is false; tell us now. And he said, Thus and thus spake he to me, saying, Thus saith the LORD, I have anointed thee king over Israel.

¹²Oni reko: Lažeš; povej nam vendar! On reče: tako in tako je govoril z menoj in dejal: Tako pravi GOSPOD: Pomazilil sem te za kralja Izraelu.

¹³Then they hasted, and took every man his garment, and put it under him on the top of the stairs, and blew with trumpets, saying, Jehu is king.

¹³Nato pohité in vsak vzame oblačilo svoje in ga dene podenj vrhu stopnic, ter zatrobijo v trobento in reko: Jehu je kralj!

¹⁴So Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi conspired against Joram. (Now Joram had kept Ramothgilead, he and all Israel, because of Hazael king of Syria.

¹⁴Jehu torej, sin Josafata, sina Nimsijevega, je sklenil zaroto proti Joramu. (Joram pa je z vsem Izraelom stražil Ramot v Gileadu zaradi Hazaela, kralja sirskega.

¹⁵But king Joram was returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him, when he fought with Hazael king of Syria.) And Jehu said, If it be your minds, then let none go forth nor escape out of the city to go to tell it in Jezreel.

¹⁵A kralj Joram se je bil vrnil, da bi si zdravil v Jezreelu rane, ki so mu jih zadeli Sirci, ko se je bojeval s Hazaelom, sirskim kraljem.) Jehu pa je dejal: Ako je vaša volja, nihče naj ne ubeži in ne gre iz mesta, da bi povedal v Jezreelu!

¹⁶So Jehu rode in a chariot, and went to Jezreel; for Joram lay there. And Ahaziah king of Judah was come down to see Joram.

¹⁶In Jehu stopi na voz in se pelje v Jezreel, zakaj Joram je ležal ondi. Ahazija pa, kralj Judov, je prišel doli obiskat Jorama.

¹⁷And there stood a watchman on the tower in Jezreel, and he spied the company of Jehu as he came, and said, I see a company. And Joram said, Take an horseman, and send to meet them, and let him say, Is it peace?

¹⁷In čuvaj, ki je stal na stolpu v Jezreelu, ugleda Jehujevo krdelo, da se bliža, in reče: Vidim neko krdelo. Tedaj veli Joram: Vzemi jezdeca in ga pošlji onim naproti, naj vpraša: Je li mir?

¹⁸So there went one on horseback to meet him, and said, Thus saith the king, Is it peace? And Jehu said, What hast thou to do with peace? turn thee behind me. And the watchman told, saying, The messenger came to them, but he cometh not again.

¹⁸In jezdec jim gre naproti in reče: Tako pravi kralj: Je li mir? Jehu pa odvrne: Kaj tebi do miru? Okreni se in hodi zadaj za menoj! In čuvaj to oznani, rekoč: Sel je prišel do njih, pa se ne vrača!

¹⁹Then he sent out a second on horseback, which came to them, and said, Thus saith the king, Is it peace? And Jehu answered, What hast thou to do with peace? turn thee behind me.

¹⁹Tedaj pošlje drugega jezdeca. Ta pride k njim in reče: Tako pravi kralj: Je li mir? Jehu odgovori: Kaj tebi do miru? Okreni se in hodi zadaj za menoj!

²⁰And the watchman told, saying, He came even unto them, and cometh not again: and the driving is like the driving of Jehu the son of Nimshi; for he driveth furiously.

²⁰In čuvaj to oznani, rekoč: Prišel je prav do njih, pa se ne vrača. Vožnja pa je kakor vožnja Jehuja, sina Nimsijevega; zakaj žene voz, kakor bi besnel.

²¹And Joram said, Make ready. And his chariot was made ready. And Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah went out, each in his chariot, and they went out against Jehu, and met him in the portion of Naboth the Jezreelite.

²¹In Joram veli: Zaprezite! In zaprežejo mu voz. In Joram, kralj Izraelov, in Ahazija, kralj Judov, se peljeta ven, vsak na vozu svojem, Jehuju naproti. In ga srečata na zemljišču Nabota Jezreelčana.

²²And it came to pass, when Joram saw Jehu, that he said, Is it peace, Jehu? And he answered, What peace, so long as the whoredoms of thy mother Jezebel and her witchcrafts are so many?

²²In ko Joram zagleda Jehuja, reče: Je li mir, Jehu? On pa odgovori: Kakšen mir, dokler je toliko nečistovanja in čarodejstva matere tvoje Jezabele!

²³And Joram turned his hands, and fled, and said to Ahaziah, There is treachery, O Ahaziah.

²³Tedaj se obrne Joram, da zbeži, in reče Ahaziju: Izdajstvo je, o Ahazija!

²⁴And Jehu drew a bow with his full strength, and smote Jehoram between his arms, and the arrow went out at his heart, and he sunk down in his chariot.

²⁴A Jehu prime krepko za lok in ustreli Jorama med pleča, da mu je šla pšica ven skozi srce, in zgrudil se je na vozu svojem.

²⁵Then said Jehu to Bidkar his captain, Take up, and cast him in the portion of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite: for remember how that, when I and thou rode together after Ahab his father, the LORD laid this burden upon him;

²⁵Nato veli Jehu Bidkarju, svojemu vojvodi: Vzemi in vrzi ga na zemljišče Nabota Jezreelčana; zakaj spomni se, ko sva jaz in ti jezdila skupaj za Ahabom, očetom njegovim, da je GOSPOD izrekel to grožnjo zoper njega:

²⁶Surely I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth, and the blood of his sons, saith the LORD; and I will requite thee in this plat, saith the LORD. Now therefore take and cast him into the plat of ground, according to the word of the LORD.

²⁶Videl sem zares včeraj kri Nabotovo in kri sinov njegovih, govori GOSPOD; in poplačam ti na tem zemljišču, govori GOSPOD. Sedaj pa ga vzemi in vrzi na to zemljišče, po besedi GOSPODOVI.

²⁷But when Ahaziah the king of Judah saw this, he fled by the way of the garden house. And Jehu followed after him, and said, Smite him also in the chariot. And they did so at the going up to Gur, which is by Ibleam. And he fled to Megiddo, and died there.

²⁷Ko pa je videl to Ahazija, kralj Judov, je zbežal po poti proti vrtni hiši. A Jehu se je gnal za njim in velel: Udarite tudi njega na vozu! In udarili so ga ob strmcu v Gur, ki je pri Ibleamu. In bežal je v Megido, in ondi je umrl.

²⁸And his servants carried him in a chariot to Jerusalem, and buried him in his sepulchre with his fathers in the city of David.

²⁸In hlapci njegovi so ga pripeljali na vozu v Jeruzalem in ga pokopali v grobu njegovem z njegovimi očeti v mestu Davidovem.

²⁹And in the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab began Ahaziah to reign over Judah.

²⁹Ahazija pa je bil zakraljeval nad Judom v enajstem letu Jorama, sina Ahabovega.

³⁰And when Jehu was come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it; and she painted her face, and tired her head, and looked out at a window.

³⁰In ko pride Jehu v Jezreel in Jezabel zasliši o tem, si namaže z lepotico obličje in nališpa glavo in gleda skozi okno.

³¹And as Jehu entered in at the gate, she said, Had Zimri peace, who slew his master?

³¹In ko stopi Jehu v vrata, reče ona: Se li je dobro godilo Zimriju, morilcu gospoda svojega?

³²And he lifted up his face to the window, and said, Who is on my side? who? And there looked out to him two or three eunuchs.

³²On pa povzdigne obličje proti oknu in reče: Kdo je z menoj? kdo? In pogledajo nanj dva ali trije komorniki.

³³And he said, Throw her down. So they threw her down: and some of her blood was sprinkled on the wall, and on the horses: and he trode her under foot.

³³In on veli: Vrzite jo doli! In vrgli so jo doli, in stena je bila poškropljena ž njeno krvjo in konji; in jo je poteptal.

³⁴And when he was come in, he did eat and drink, and said, Go, see now this cursed woman, and bury her: for she is a king's daughter.

³⁴In ko je prišel noter, je jedel in pil, in je rekel: Poglejte vendar po tisti prokleti in pokopljite jo, ker kraljeva je hči.

³⁵And they went to bury her: but they found no more of her than the skull, and the feet, and the palms of her hands.

³⁵In ko so jo šli pokopat, niso našli drugega od nje nego čepinjo in noge in dlani njenih rok.

³⁶Wherefore they came again, and told him. And he said, This is the word of the LORD, which he spake by his servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying, In the portion of Jezreel shall dogs eat the flesh of Jezebel:

³⁶Zato pridejo nazaj in mu povedo. On pa reče: Beseda GOSPODOVA je, ki jo je govoril po hlapcu svojem, Eliju Tisbljanu, rekoč: Na Jezreelski zemlji bodo psi žrli Jezabelino mesoin truplo Jezabelino bode kakor gnoj na površju polja, na Jezreelski zemlji, tako da ne bodo rekli: To je Jezabela!

³⁷And the carcass of Jezebel shall be as dung upon the face of the field in the portion of Jezreel; so that they shall not say, This is Jezebel.

³⁷in truplo Jezabelino bode kakor gnoj na površju polja, na Jezreelski zemlji, tako da ne bodo rekli: To je Jezabela!