¹In zgodi se potem, da pridejo sinovi Moabovi in sinovi Amonovi in ž njimi nekateri iz Meunimov bojevat se zoper Josafata.

¹And it cometh to pass after this, the sons of Moab have come in, and the sons of Ammon, and with them of the peoples, against Jehoshaphat to battle.

²Pridejo pa in sporoče Josafatu, rekoč: Prihaja velika množica zoper tebe z one strani morja, od Sirije; in glej, že so v Hazazon-tamarju (to je Engedi).

²And they come in and declare to Jehoshaphat, saying, `Come against thee hath a great multitude from beyond the sea, from Aram, and lo, they [are] in Hazezon-Tamar -- it [is] En-Gedi.'

³In Josafat se zboji in obrne obraz, da bi iskal GOSPODA, in razglasi post po vsem Judovem.

³And Jehoshaphat feareth, and setteth his face to seek to Jehovah, and proclaimeth a fast over all Judah;

⁴In Juda se zbere, da išče pomoči od GOSPODA; prav iz vseh mest Judovih so prišli iskat GOSPODA.

⁴and Judah is gathered to inquire of Jehovah; also, from all the cities of Judah they have come in to seek Jehovah.

⁵In Josafat se postavi v zboru Judovem in Jeruzalemcev, v hiši GOSPODOVI pred novim dvoriščem,

⁵And Jehoshaphat standeth in the assembly of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of Jehovah, at the front of the new court,

⁶in reče: O GOSPOD, Bog očetov naših, nisi li Bog v nebesih? in nisi li ti vladar vsem kraljestvom narodov? in v roki tvoji je krepkost in moč, da se ti ne more nihče ustavljati.

⁶and saith, `O Jehovah, God of our fathers, art not Thou -- God in the heavens? yea, Thou art ruling over all kingdoms of the nations, and in Thy hand [is] power and might, and there is none with Thee to station himself.

⁷Nisi li ti, o Bog naš, pregnal prebivalcev te dežele pred ljudstvom svojim Izraelom ter si jo dal semenu Abrahama, prijatelja svojega, na vekomaj?

⁷`Art not Thou our God? Thou hast dispossessed the inhabitants of this land from before Thy people Israel, and dost give it to the seed of Abraham Thy friend to the age,

⁸In prebivali so v njej in zgradili ti v njej svetišče za ime tvoje in dejali:

⁸and they dwell in it, and build to Thee in it a sanctuary for Thy name, saying,

⁹Ako pride nad nas nesreča, meč, sodba, ali kuga, ali lakota, postavimo se pred to hišo in pred teboj (kajti v tej hiši je ime tvoje) in bomo vpili k tebi v stiski svoji, in ti boš slišal in pomagal.

⁹If evil doth come upon us -- sword, judgment, and pestilence, and famine -- we stand before this house, and before Thee, for Thy name [is] in this house, and cry unto Thee out of our distress, and Thou dost hear and save.

¹⁰In sedaj, glej, sinovi Amonovi in Moabovi in s Seirske gore, med katere nisi dovolil iti Izraelu, ko so šli iz dežele Egiptovske, temuč izognili so se jim ter jih niso pokončali:

¹⁰`And now, lo, sons of Ammon, and Moab, and mount Seir, whom Thou didst not grant to Israel to go in against in their coming out of the land of Egypt, for they turned aside from off them and destroyed them not,

¹¹glej, oni nam to povračajo s tem, da so prišli nas podit iz tvoje posesti, ki si jo nam dal v last.

¹¹and lo, they are recompensing to us -- to come in to drive us out of Thy possession, that Thou hast caused us to possess.

¹²O Bog naš, jih li ne boš sodil? Zakaj v nas ni moči proti temu velikemu krdelu, ki gre semkaj zoper nas; mi ne vemo, kaj storiti, temuč oči naše gledajo po tebi.

¹²`O our God, dost Thou not execute judgment upon them? for there is no power in us before this great multitude that hath come against us, and we know not what we do, but on Thee [are] our eyes.'

¹³In ves Juda je stal pred GOSPODOM z otročiči svojimi, s svojimi ženami in sinovi.

¹³And all Judah are standing before Jehovah, also their infants, their wives, and their sons.

¹⁴Tedaj pride, sredi zbora, na Jahaziela, sina Zeharija, sinu Benaja, sinu Jegiela, sinu Matanija, levita, iz sinov Asafovih, duh GOSPODOV,

¹⁴And upon Jahaziel, son of Zechariah, son of Benaiah, son of Jeiel, son of Mattaniah, the Levite, of the sons of Asaph, hath the Spirit of Jehovah been, in the midst of the assembly,

¹⁵in reče: Poslušajte mene, ves Juda in prebivalci v Jeruzalemu in ti, kralj Josafat! Tako vam pravi GOSPOD: Ne bojte se, ne plašite se spričo te velike množice, zakaj boj ni vaš, ampak Božji.

¹⁵and he saith, `Attend, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, and O king Jehoshaphat, Thus said Jehovah to you, Ye fear not, nor are afraid of the face of this great multitude, for not for you [is] the battle, but for God.

¹⁶Jutri pojdite doli proti njim; glejte, gredo sem gori po klancu Zizu, in zalotite jih ob koncu doline, pred Jeruelsko puščavo.

¹⁶To-morrow, go ye down against them, lo, they are coming up by the ascent of Ziz, and ye have found them in the end of the valley, the front of the wilderness of Jeruel.

¹⁷Vam se ni treba bojevati v tej bitki: razpostavite se in tiho stojte ter glejte rešenje GOSPODOVO pri sebi, Juda in Jeruzalem! Ne bojte se, ne plašite se; jutri pojdite ven proti njim, GOSPOD je z vami!

¹⁷Not for you to fight in this; station yourselves, stand, and see the salvation of Jehovah with you, O Judah and Jerusalem -- be not afraid nor fear ye -- to-morrow go out before them, and Jehovah [is] with you.'

¹⁸Nato se Josafat pripogne z obrazom do tal, in ves Juda in prebivalci jeruzalemski padejo pred GOSPODOM in molijo GOSPODA.

¹⁸And Jehoshaphat boweth -- face to the earth -- and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem have fallen before Jehovah, to bow themselves to Jehovah.

¹⁹Leviti pa izmed sinov Kahatovih in sinov Korahovih vstanejo hvalit GOSPODA, Boga Izraelovega, s silno velikim glasom.

¹⁹And the Levites, of the sons of the Kohathites, and of the sons of the Korhites, rise to give praise to Jehovah, God of Israel, with a loud voice on high.

²⁰In zjutraj zgodaj vstanejo in gredo ven proti Tekojski puščavi. In ko odhajajo, stoji Josafat in govori: Poslušajte me, Juda in vsi prebivalci jeruzalemski! Verujte v GOSPODA, svojega Boga, in varni bodete, verujte prorokom njegovim, in srečo boste imeli!

²⁰And they rise early in the morning, and go out to the wilderness of Tekoa, and in their going out Jehoshaphat hath stood and saith, `Hear me, O Judah, and inhabitants of Jerusalem, remain stedfast in Jehovah your God, and be stedfast; remain stedfast in His prophets, and prosper.'

²¹In ko se je posvetoval z ljudstvom, postavi pevce, da naj pojo GOSPODU in ga hvalijo v diki svetosti, gredoč pred oboroženci in govoreč: Hvalite GOSPODA, ker vekomaj traja milost njegova!

²¹And he taketh counsel with the people, and appointeth singers to Jehovah, and those giving praise to the honour of holiness, in the going out before the armed [men], and saying, `Give ye thanks to Jehovah, for to the age [is] His kindness.'

²²In ko so začeli peti in hvaliti, je GOSPOD storil, da je šla zaseda zoper sinove Amonove in Moabove in tiste s Seirske gore, ki so bili prišli proti Judi; in bili so poraženi.

²²And at the time they have begun with singing and praise, Jehovah hath put ambushments against the sons of Ammon, Moab, and mount Seir, who are coming in to Judah, and they are smitten,

²³Kajti sinovi Amonovi in Moabovi so se vzdignili zoper prebivalce na Seirski gori, da bi jih docela pokončali in zatrli. In ko so storili konec prebivalcem Seira, pomagali so drug drugemu uničiti sebe.

²³and the sons of Ammon stand up, and Moab, against the inhabitants of mount Seir, to devote and to destroy, and at their finishing with the inhabitants of Seir, they helped, a man against his neighbour, to destroy.

²⁴Ko pa pridejo Judovi k stražnemu stolpu ob puščavi, so se ozrli po množici, in glej, tu so ležala mrtva trupla po zemlji, nihče ni ubežal.

²⁴And Judah hath come in unto the watch-tower, to the wilderness, and they look unto the multitude, and lo, they [are] carcases fallen to the earth, and there is none escaped,

²⁵In ko pride Josafat in ljudstvo njegovo pobirat plen, so ga našli veliko množino pri njih, blaga in obleke in dragocenega orodja, in so toliko zase naplenili, da niso mogli nesti. In tri dni so pobirali plen, ker ga je toliko bilo.

²⁵and Jehoshaphat cometh in, and his people, to seize their spoil, and they find among them, in abundance, both goods and carcases, and desirable vessels, and they take spoil to themselves without prohibition, and they are three days seizing the spoil, for it [is] abundant.

²⁶In četrti dan so se zbrali v Dolini zahvale; ondi so namreč hvalili GOSPODA, zato so imenovali ta kraj Dolino zahvale do današnjega dne.

²⁶And on the fourth day they have been assembled at the valley of Blessing, for there they blessed Jehovah: therefore they have called the name of that place, `Valley of Blessing,' unto this day.

²⁷Potem so se obrnili, vsi možje Judovi in jeruzalemski in njim na čelu Josafat, da se vrnejo v Jeruzalem z veseljem; zakaj GOSPOD jih je razveselil nad njih sovražniki.

²⁷And they turn back, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, and Jehoshaphat at their head, to go back unto Jerusalem with joy, for Jehovah hath made them rejoice over their enemies.

²⁸In dospejo v Jeruzalem in stopijo v hišo GOSPODOVO s psalmovimi strunami in harfami in trobentami.

²⁸And they come in to Jerusalem with psalteries, and with harps, and with trumpets, unto the house of Jehovah.

²⁹In strah Božji je obšel vsa kraljestva po deželah, ko so slišali, da se je GOSPOD bojeval zoper sovražnike Izraelove.

²⁹And there is a fear of God on all kingdoms of the lands in their hearing that Jehovah hath fought with the enemies of Israel,

³⁰In kraljevina Josafatova je uživala mir, kajti Bog njegov mu je dal pokoj z vseh strani.

³⁰and the kingdom of Jehoshaphat is quiet, and his God giveth rest to him round about.

³¹Josafat je torej kraljeval nad Judo; petintrideset let je bil star, ko je zakraljeval, in vladal je petindvajset let v Jeruzalemu. In materi njegovi je bilo ime Azuba, hči Silhijeva.

³¹And Jehoshaphat reigneth over Judah, a son of thirty and five years in his reigning, and twenty and five years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother [is] Azubah daughter of Shilhi.

³²In hodil je po poti Asa, očeta svojega, ni se ganil od nje in je delal, kar je bilo prav v očeh GOSPODOVIH.

³²And he walketh in the way of his father Asa, and hath not turned aside from it, to do that which is right in the eyes of Jehovah.

³³Toda višave niso bile odpravljene, ljudstvo tudi še ni obrnilo srca svojega k Bogu očetov svojih.

³³Only, the high places have not turned aside, and still the people have not prepared their heart for the God of their fathers.

³⁴Druge zgodbe Josafatove pa, prve in poslednje, glej, zapisane so v zgodovini Jehuja, sina Hananovega, ki je sprejeta v knjigo kraljev Izraelovih.

³⁴And the rest of the matters of Jehoshaphat, the first and the last, lo, they are written among the matters of Jehu son of Hanani, who hath been mentioned on the book of the kings of Israel.

³⁵A potem se je združil Josafat, kralj Judov, z Ahazijem, kraljem Izraelovim; ta je ravnal brezbožno.

³⁵And after this hath Jehoshaphat king of Judah joined himself with Ahaziah king of Israel, (he did wickedly in [so] doing),

³⁶Združil se je pa ž njim, da napravita ladje, ki bi vozile v Tarsis; in zgradila sta ladje v Ezion-geberju.Tedaj je prorokoval Eliezer, sin Dodavahov iz Marese, zoper Josafata, govoreč: Ker si se združil z Ahazijem, je razbil GOSPOD dela tvoja. In razbile so se ladje, da se niso mogli peljati v Tarsis.

³⁶and he joineth him with himself to make ships to go to Tarshish, and they make ships in Ezion-Geber,

³⁷Tedaj je prorokoval Eliezer, sin Dodavahov iz Marese, zoper Josafata, govoreč: Ker si se združil z Ahazijem, je razbil GOSPOD dela tvoja. In razbile so se ladje, da se niso mogli peljati v Tarsis.

³⁷and prophesy doth Eliezer son of Dodavah, of Mareshah, against Jehoshaphat, saying, `For thy joining thyself with Ahaziah, Jehovah hath broken up thy works;' and the ships are broken, and have not retained [power] to go unto Tarshish.