¹In Josafat je imel obilo bogastva in časti. In sklenil je svaštvo z Ahabom.

¹And Jehoshaphat hath riches and honour in abundance, and joineth affinity to Ahab,

²In po nekoliko letih je šel doli k Ahabu v Samarijo. In Ahab je dal zaklati množino ovac in volov za njega in za ljudstvo, ki je bilo ž njim, in ga je pregovoril, naj gre ž njim v Ramot v Gileadu.

²and goeth down at the end of [certain] years unto Ahab to Samaria, and Ahab sacrificeth for him sheep and oxen in abundance, and for the people who [are] with him, and persuadeth him to go up unto Ramoth-Gilead.

³Reče namreč Ahab, kralj Izraelov, Josafatu, kralju Judovemu: Pojdeš li z menoj v Ramot v Gileadu? On mu odgovori: Hočem biti kakor ti, ljudstvo moje kakor ljudstvo tvoje, in pojdemo s teboj v boj!

³And Ahab king of Israel saith unto Jehoshaphat king of Judah, `Dost thou go with me [to] Ramoth-Gilead?' And he saith to him, `As I -- so thou, and as thy people -- my people, even with thee in battle.'

⁴In Josafat reče kralju Izraelovemu: Vprašaj, prosim, danes besedo GOSPODOVO!

⁴And Jehoshaphat saith unto the king of Israel, `Seek, I pray thee, this day, the word of Jehovah.'

⁵Tedaj skliče kralj Izraelov proroke, štiristo mož, in jim reče: Naj li gremo v boj proti Ramotu v Gileadu, ali naj to opustim? Odgovore: Pojdi gori, kajti Bog ga da v roko kraljevo!

⁵And the king of Israel gathereth the prophets, four hundred men, and saith unto them, `Do we go unto Ramoth-Gilead to battle, or do I forbear?' And they say, `Go up, and God doth give [it] into the hand of the king.'

⁶A Josafat reče: Ni li tu sicer nobenega proroka GOSPODOVEGA, da bi ga po vprašali?

⁶And Jehoshaphat saith, `Is there not here a prophet of Jehovah still, and we seek from him?'

⁷In kralj Izraelov reče Josafatu: Še en mož je, po katerem moremo vprašati GOSPODA, ali jaz ga sovražim, zakaj ne prorokuje mi nikdar dobrega, ampak vsekdar hudo; ta je Mihaj, sin Imlov. Josafat reče: Ne govóri tako, kralj!

⁷And the king of Israel saith unto Jehoshaphat, `Still -- one man to seek Jehovah from him, and I -- I have hated him, for he is not prophesying concerning me of good, but all his days of evil, he [is] Micaiah son of Imlah;' and Jehoshaphat saith, `Let not the king say so.'

⁸Tedaj pokliče kralj Izraelov dvornika in veli: Hitro pripelji sem Mihaja, sina Imlovega!

⁸And the king of Israel calleth unto a certain officer, and saith, `Hasten Micaiah son of Imlah.'

⁹Kralj Izraelov in Josafat, kralj Judov, pa sta sedela vsak na svojem prestolu, po kraljevsko oblečena. In sedela sta na trgu pri vhodu v vrata Samarije, in vsi proroki so prorokovali pred njima.

⁹And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah are sitting, each on his throne, clothed with garments, and they are sitting in a threshing-floor at the opening of the gate of Samaria, and all the prophets are prophesying before them.

¹⁰In Zedekija, sin Kenaanov, si je naredil železne rogove in je govoril: Tako pravi GOSPOD: S temi boš bodel Sirce, dokler jih docela ne zatareš!

¹⁰And Zedekiah son of Chenaanah maketh for himself horns of iron, and saith, `Thus said Jehovah,

¹¹In vsi proroki so prorokovali tako in govorili: Pojdi gori v Ramot v Gileadu in srečno hodi, kajti GOSPOD ga da kralju v roko!

¹¹With these thou dost push Aram till thou hast consumed them.' And all the prophets are prophesying so, saying, `Go up [to] Ramath-Gilead and prosper, and Jehovah hath given [it] into the hand of the king.'

¹²Sel pa, ki je šel poklicat Mihaja, mu govori in reče: Glej, besede prorokov oznanjajo soglasno kralju dobro, bodi torej beseda tvoja kakor enega iz njih in govóri dobro!

¹²And the messenger who hath gone to call for Micaiah hath spoken unto him, saying, `Lo, the words of the prophets -- one mouth -- [are] good towards the king, and let, I pray thee, thy word be like one of theirs: and thou hast spoken good.'

¹³In Mihaj reče: Kakor res živi GOSPOD, kar mi poreče Bog moj, to bom govoril.

¹³And Micaiah saith `Jehovah liveth, surely that which my God saith, it I speak.'

¹⁴In ko pride h kralju, ga vpraša kralj: Mihaj, ali naj gremo v boj proti Ramotu v Gileadu ali naj to opustim? Odgovori: Pojdite in srečno hodite! dani vam bodo v roko.

¹⁴And he cometh in unto the king, and the king saith unto him, `Micaiah, do we go unto Ramoth-Gilead to battle, or do I forbear?' And he saith, `Go ye up, and prosper, and they are given into your hand.'

¹⁵Kralj mu pa veli: Kolikokrat naj te zarotim, da mi ne govoriš ničesar nego resnico v imenu GOSPODOVEM?

¹⁵And the king saith unto him, `How many times am I adjuring thee, that thou speak unto me only truth in the name of Jehovah?'

¹⁶On reče: Videl sem vsega Izraela razkropljenega po gorah kakor ovce, ki nimajo pastirja; in GOSPOD je dejal: Ti nimajo gospodarja! Vsak naj se vrne domov v miru!

¹⁶And he saith, `I have seen all Israel scattered on the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd, and Jehovah saith, There are no masters to these, they turn back each to his house in peace.'

¹⁷Nato reče kralj Izraelov Josafatu: Ti li nisem rekel, da mi ne bo prorokoval dobrega nego hudo?

¹⁷And the king of Israel saith unto Jehoshaphat, `Did I not say unto thee, He doth not prophesy concerning me good, but rather of evil?'

¹⁸On reče: Zatorej čujte besedo GOSPODOVO! Videl sem GOSPODA sedečega na prestolu svojem in vso vojsko nebeško, da mu stoji ob desnici in ob levici.

¹⁸And he saith, `Therefore, hear ye a word of Jehovah: I have seen Jehovah sitting on His throne, and all the host of the heavens standing on His right and His left;

¹⁹In GOSPOD je vprašal: Kdo premoti Ahaba, da bi šel gori in padel pri Ramotu v Gileadu? In ta je svetoval in rekel to in drugi je rekel ono.

¹⁹and Jehovah saith, Who doth entice Ahab king of Israel, and he doth go up and fall in Ramoth-Gilead? And this speaker saith thus, and that speaker thus.

²⁰Tedaj pride duh in se postavi pred GOSPODA in reče: Jaz ga premotim! In GOSPOD ga vpraša: S čim?

²⁰And go out doth the spirit, and stand before Jehovah, and saith, I do entice him; and Jehovah saith unto him, With what?

²¹Odgovori: Pojdem tja in bodem lažniv duh v ustih vseh prorokov njegovih. In veli: Ti ga premotiš in se ti posreči. Pojdi tja in stóri tako!

²¹and he saith, I go out, and have become a spirit of falsehood in the mouth of all his prophets. And He saith, Thou dost entice, and also, thou art able; go out and do so.

²²Sedaj torej, glej, GOSPOD je dal lažnivega duha v usta vseh teh tvojih prorokov, a GOSPOD je govoril hudo zoper tebe!

²²And, now, lo, Jehovah hath put a spirit of falsehood in the mouth of these thy prophets, and Jehovah hath spoken concerning thee -- evil.'

²³Tedaj pristopi Zedekija, sin Kenaanov, in udari Mihaja v lice in reče: Kod je šel duh GOSPODOV od mene, da s teboj govori?

²³And Zedekiah son of Chenaanah cometh nigh, and smiteth Micaiah on the cheek, and saith, `Where [is] this -- the way the Spirit of Jehovah passed over from me to speak with thee?'

²⁴Mihaj odvrne: Glej, videl boš tisti dan, ko boš hodil iz hrama v hram, da se skriješ!

²⁴And Micaiah saith, `Lo, thou dost see in that day, that thou dost enter into the innermost chamber to be hidden.'

²⁵Kralj Izraelov pa veli: Vzemite Mihaja in ga peljite nazaj k Amonu, mestnemu poglavarju, in k Joasu, sinu kraljevemu,

²⁵And the king of Israel saith, `Take ye Micaiah, and turn him back unto Amon head of the city, and unto Joash son of the king,

²⁶in recite: Tako pravi kralj: Denita tega moža v ječo in živita ga s kruhom bridkosti in z vodo stiske, dokler se ne vrnem v miru!

²⁶and ye have said, Thus said the king, Put ye this [one] in the house of restraint, and cause him to eat bread of oppression, and water of oppression, till my return in peace.'

²⁷A Mihaj reče: Ako se vrneš v miru, ni govoril po meni GOSPOD! Še reče: Slišite, ljudje, vsi iz vas!

²⁷And Micaiah saith, `If thou dost certainly return in peace, Jehovah hath not spoken by me;' and he saith, `Hear ye, O peoples, all of them!'

²⁸Nato sta šla kralj Izraelov in Josafat, kralj Judov, gori proti Ramotu v Gileadu.

²⁸And the king of Israel goeth up, and Jehoshaphat king of Judah, unto Ramoth-Gilead;

²⁹In kralj Izraelov reče Josafatu: Jaz pojdem preoblečen v boj, ti pa obleci svoja oblačila! Preobleče se torej kralj Izraelov, in gresta v boj.

²⁹and the king of Israel saith unto Jehoshaphat to disguise himself, and to go into battle, `And thou, put on thy garments.' And the king of Israel disguiseth himself, and they go into battle.

³⁰Kralj sirski pa je zapovedal poveljnikom voz svojih, rekoč: Ne bojujte se zoper malega, ne zoper velikega, temuč zgolj zoper kralja Izraelovega!

³⁰And the king of Aram hath commanded the heads of the charioteers whom he hath, saying, `Ye do not fight with small or with great, except with the king of Israel by himself.'

³¹Ko torej vidijo poveljniki vozov Josafata, reko: Kralj Izraelov je! In zaženo se bojevat zoper njega; Josafat pa zavpije, in GOSPOD mu je pomogel in Bog jih je odvedel od njega.

³¹And it cometh to pass at the heads of the charioteers seeing Jehoshaphat, that they have said, `The king of Israel he is,' and they turn round against him to fight, and Jehoshaphat crieth out, and Jehovah hath helped him, and God enticeth them from him,

³²Kajti ko so videli poveljniki voz, da ni kralj Izraelov, se obrnejo od njega.

³²yea, it cometh to pass, at the heads of the charioteers seeing that it hath not been the king of Israel -- they turn back from after him.

³³Neki mož pa slučajno napne lok in ustreli kralja Izraelovega med stike v oklepu. Zato veli svojemu vozniku: Obrni voz in pelji me z bojišča, kajti hudo sem ranjen.A bitka se je razvnela tisti dan; toda kralj Izraelov je stal naslonjen na vozu Sircem nasproti do večera, in ko je solnce zahajalo, je umrl.

³³And a man hath drawn with a bow, in his simplicity, and smiteth the king of Israel between the joinings and the coat of mail, and he saith to the charioteer, `Turn thy hand, and thou hast brought me out of the camp, for I have become sick.'

³⁴A bitka se je razvnela tisti dan; toda kralj Izraelov je stal naslonjen na vozu Sircem nasproti do večera, in ko je solnce zahajalo, je umrl.

³⁴And the battle increaseth on that day, and the king of Israel hath been stayed up in the chariot over-against Aram till the evening, and he dieth at the time of the going in of the sun.