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

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

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.

²And he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, but not like his father, and like his mother; for he put away the pillar of Baal that his father had made.

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

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

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

⁴Now Mesha king of Moab was a sheep-master; and he rendered unto the king of Israel the wool of a hundred thousand lambs, and of a hundred thousand rams.

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

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

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

⁶And king Jehoram went out of Samaria at that time, and mustered all Israel.

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.

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, my horses as thy horses.

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

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

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.

⁹So the king of Israel went, and the king of Judah, and the king of Edom; and they made a circuit of seven days' journey: and there was no water for the host, nor for the beasts that followed them.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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 Jehovah hath called these three kings together to deliver them into the hand of Moab.

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.

¹⁴And Elisha said, As Jehovah 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.

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

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

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

¹⁶And he said, Thus saith Jehovah, Make this valley full of trenches.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

²²And they rose up early in the morning, and the sun shone upon the water, and the Moabites saw the water over against them as red as blood:

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

²³and they said, This is blood; the kings are surely destroyed, and they have smitten each man his fellow: now therefore, Moab, to the spoil.

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

²⁴And when they came to the camp of Israel, the Israelites rose up and smote the Moabites, so that they fled before them; and they went forward into the land smiting the Moabites.

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.

²⁵And they beat down the cities; and on every good piece of land they cast every man his stone, and filled it; and they stopped all the fountains of water, and felled all the good trees, until in Kir-hareseth [only] they left the stones thereof; howbeit the slingers went about it, and smote it.

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.

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

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.

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 wrath against Israel: and they departed from him, and returned to their own land.