¹Depois da morte de Acabe, Moabe se rebelou contra Israel.

¹Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab.

²Ora, Acazias caiu pela grade do seu quarto alto em Samária, e adoeceu; e enviou mensageiros, dizendo-lhes: Ide, e perguntai a Baal-Zebube, deus de Ecrom, se sararei desta doença.

²Ahaziah fell down through the lattice in his upper room that was in Samaria, and was sick. So he sent messengers, and said to them, “Go, inquire of Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron, whether I will recover of this sickness.”

³O anjo do Senhor, porém, disse a Elias, o tisbita: Levanta- te, sobe para te encontrares com os mensageiros do rei de Samária, e dize-lhes: Porventura não há Deus em Israel, para irdes consultar a Baal-Zebube, deus de Ecrom?

³But the angel of Yahweh “Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations. said to Elijah the Tishbite, “Arise, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and tell them, ‘Is it because there is no God The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “Elohim.” in Israel, that you go to inquire of Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron?

⁴Agora, pois, assim diz o Senhor: Da cama a que subiste não descerás, mas certamnente morrerás. E Elias se foi.

⁴Now therefore thus says Yahweh, “You shall not come down from the bed where you have gone up, but shall surely die.”’” Elijah departed.

⁵Os mensageiros voltaram para Acazias, que lhes perguntou: Que há, que voltastes?

⁵The messengers returned to him, and he said to them, “Why is it that you have returned?”

⁶Responderam-lhe eles: Um homem subiu ao nosso encontro, e nos disse: Ide, voltai para o rei que vos mandou, e dizei-lhe: Assim diz o Senhor: Porventura não há Deus em Israel, para que mandes consultar a Baal-Zebube, deus de Ecrom? Portanto, da cama a que subiste não descerás, mas certamente morrerás.

⁶They said to him, “A man came up to meet us, and said to us, ‘Go, return to the king who sent you, and tell him, “Thus says Yahweh, ‘Is it because there is no God in Israel, that you send to inquire of Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore you shall not come down from the bed where you have gone up, but shall surely die.’”’”

⁷Pelo que ele lhes indagou: Qual era a aparência do homem que subiu ao vosso encontro e vos falou estas palavras?

⁷He said to them, “What kind of man was he who came up to meet you, and told you these words?”

⁸Responderam-lhe eles: Era um homem vestido de pelos, e com os lombos cingidos dum cinto de couro. Então disse ele: É Elias, o tisbita.

⁸They answered him, “He was a hairy man, and wearing a leather belt around his waist.” He said, “It is Elijah the Tishbite.”

⁹Então o rei lhe enviou um chefe de cinqüenta, com os seus cinqüenta. Este subiu a ter com Elias que estava sentado no cume do monte, e disse-lhe: ç homem de Deus, o rei diz: Desce.

⁹Then the king sent a captain of fifty with his fifty to him. He went up to him; and behold, he was sitting on the top of the hill. He said to him, “Man of God, the king has said, ‘Come down!’”

¹⁰Mas Elias respondeu ao chefe de cinqüenta, dizendo-lhe: Se eu, pois, sou homem de Deus, desça fogo do céu, e te consuma a ti e aos teus cinqüenta. Então desceu fogo do céu, e consumiu a ele e aos seus cinqüenta.

¹⁰Elijah answered to the captain of fifty, “If I am a man of God, let fire come down from the sky, and consume you and your fifty!” Fire came down from the sky, and consumed him and his fifty.

¹¹Tornou o rei a enviar-lhe outro chefe de cinqüenta com os seus cinqüenta. Este lhe falou, dizendo: ç homem de Deus, assim diz o rei: Desce depressa.

¹¹Again he sent to him another captain of fifty and his fifty. He answered him, “Man of God, the king has said, ‘Come down quickly!’”

¹²Também a este respondeu Elias: Se eu sou homem de Deus, desça fogo do céu, e te consuma a ti e aos teus cinqüenta. Então o fogo de Deus desceu do céu, e consumiu a ele e aos seus cinqüenta.

¹²Elijah answered them, “If I am a man of God, let fire come down from the sky, and consume you and your fifty!” The fire of God came down from the sky, and consumed him and his fifty.

¹³Ainda tornou o rei a enviar terceira vez um chefe de cinqüenta com os seus cinqüenta. E o terceiro chefe de cinqüenta, subindo, veio e pôs-se de joelhos diante de Elias e suplicou-lhe, dizendo: ç homem de Deus, peço-te que seja preciosa aos teus olhos a minha vida, e a vida destes cinqüenta teus servos.

¹³Again he sent the captain of a third fifty with his fifty. The third captain of fifty went up, and came and fell on his knees before Elijah, and begged him, and said to him, “Man of God, please let my life, and the life of these fifty your servants, be precious in your sight.

¹⁴Eis que desceu fogo do céu, e consumiu aqueles dois primeiros chefes de cinqüenta, com os seus cinqüenta; agora, porém, seja preciosa aos teus olhos a minha vida.

¹⁴Behold, fire came down from the sky, and consumed the two former captains of fifty with their fifties. But now let my life be precious in your sight.”

¹⁵Então o anjo do Senhor disse a Elias: Desce com este; não tenhas medo dele. Levantou-se, pois, e desceu com ele ao rei.

¹⁵The angel of Yahweh said to Elijah, “Go down with him. Don’t be afraid of him.” He arose, and went down with him to the king.

¹⁶E disse-lhe: Assim diz o Senhor: Por que enviaste mensageiros a consultar a Baal-Zebube, deus de Ecrom? Porventura é porque não há Deus em Israel, para consultares a sua palavra? Portanto, desta cama a que subiste não descerás, mas certamente morrerás.

¹⁶He said to him, “Thus says Yahweh, ‘Because you have sent messengers to inquire of Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron, is it because there is no God in Israel to inquire of his word? Therefore you shall not come down from the bed where you have gone up, but shall surely die.’”

¹⁷Assim, pois, morreu conforme a palavra do Senhor que Elias falara. E Jorão começou a reinar em seu lugar no ano segundo de Jeorão, filho de Jeosafá, rei de Judá; porquanto Acazias não tinha filho.

¹⁷So he died according to the word of Yahweh which Elijah had spoken. Jehoram began to reign in his place in the second year of Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah; because he had no son.

¹⁸Ora, o restante dos feitos de Acazias, porventura não está escrito no livro das crônicas dos reis de Israel?

¹⁸Now the rest of the acts of Ahaziah which he did, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?