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.

²He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, 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 held to the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, with which he made Israel to sin; he didn’t depart from it.

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 breeder; and he rendered to the king of Israel the wool of one hundred thousand lambs, and of one hundred thousand rams.

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

⁵But it happened, 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.

⁶King 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.

⁷He went and sent to Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, saying, “The king of Moab has rebelled against me. Will you go with me against Moab to battle?” He said, “I will go up. I am as you are, my people as your people, my horses as your horses.”

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

⁸He said, “Which way shall we go up?” 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. There was no water for the army, nor for the animals that followed them.

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

¹⁰The king of Israel said, “Alas! For Yahweh has 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, “Isn’t there here a prophet of Yahweh, that we may inquire of Yahweh by him?” One of the king of Israel’s servants answered, “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.

¹²Jehoshaphat said, “The word of Yahweh 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.

¹³Elisha said to the king of Israel, “What have I to do with you? Go to the prophets of your father, and to the prophets of your mother.” The king of Israel said to him, “No; for Yahweh has 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.

¹⁴Elisha said, “As Yahweh of Armies lives, before whom I stand, surely, were it not that I respect the presence of Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, I would not look toward you, nor see you.

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.” It happened, when the minstrel played, that the hand of Yahweh came on him.

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

¹⁶He said, “Thus says Yahweh, ‘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 says Yahweh, ‘You will not see wind, neither will you see rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water, and you will drink, both you and your livestock and your animals.

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

¹⁸This is but a light thing in the sight of Yahweh. 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.

¹⁹You shall strike every fortified city, and every choice city, and shall fell every good tree, and stop all springs 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.

²⁰It happened in the morning, about the time of offering the offering, that behold, water came 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 had come up to fight against them, they gathered themselves together, all who 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,

²²They rose up early in the morning, and the sun shone on 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!

²³They said, “This is blood. The kings are surely destroyed, and they have struck each other. 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,

²⁴When they came to the camp of Israel, the Israelites rose up and struck 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.

²⁵They 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 springs of water, and felled all the good trees, until in Kir Hareseth only they left its stones; however the men armed with slings went about it, and struck 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.

²⁶When the king of Moab saw that the battle was too severe for him, he took with him seven hundred men who drew sword, to break through to 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 who would have reigned in his place, and offered him for a burnt offering on the wall. There was great wrath against Israel: and they departed from him, and returned to their own land.