¹In po smrti Ahabovi so se izneverili Moabci Izraelu.

¹And Moab transgresseth against Israel after the death of Ahab,

²In Ahazija je padel skozi omrežje v svoji zgornji sobi v Samariji in je zbolel. In pošlje sle ter jim veli: Pojdite, vprašajte Baalzebuba, boga v Ekronu, ali ozdravim od te bolezni svoje.

²and Ahaziah falleth through the lattice in his upper chamber that [is] in Samaria, and is sick, and sendeth messengers, and saith unto them, `Go ye, inquire of Baal-Zebub god of Ekron if I recover from this sickness.`

³Angel GOSPODOV pa reče Eliju Tisbljanu: Vstani, pojdi naproti slom kralja samarijskega in jim reci: Ni li Boga v Izraelu, da greste vpraševat Baalzebuba, boga v Ekronu?

³And a messenger of Jehovah hath spoken unto Elijah the Tishbite, `Rise, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and speak unto them, Is it because there is not a God in Israel — ye are going to inquire of Baal Zebub god of Ekron?

⁴Zatorej pravi tako GOSPOD: Ne vstaneš iz postelje, v katero si legel, temuč gotovo umrješ! In Elija je šel.

⁴and therefore, thus said Jehovah, The bed whither thou hast gone up, thou dost not come down from it, for thou dost certainly die;` and Elijah goeth on.

⁵In ko se sli vrnejo h kralju, jih vpraša: Kaj da ste se vrnili?

⁵And the messengers turn back unto him, and he saith unto them, `What [is] this — ye have turned back!`

⁶Oni mu reko: Neki mož nam je prišel naproti in nam je dejal: Pojdite, vrnite se h kralju, ki vas je poslal, in mu recite: Tako pravi GOSPOD: Ni li Boga v Izraelu, da pošiljaš vpraševat Baalzebuba, boga v Ekronu? Zato ne vstaneš iz postelje, v katero si legel, temuč gotovo umrješ!

⁶And they say unto him, `A man hath come up to meet us, and saith unto us, Go, turn back unto the king who sent you, and ye have said unto him, Thus said Jehovah, Is it because there is not a God in Israel — thou art sending to inquire of Baal-Zebub god of Ekron? therefore, the bed whither thou hast gone up, thou dost not come down from it, for thou dost certainly die.`

⁷In jih vpraša: Kakšne podobe in obleke je bil mož, ki vam je prišel naproti in vam to govoril?

⁷And he saith unto them, `What [is] the fashion of the man who hath come up to meet you, and speaketh unto you these words?`

⁸In mu odgovore: Lasat mož je bil in opasan z usnjenim pasom okoli ledij. In reče: Elija Tisbljan je.

⁸And they say unto him, `A man — hairy, and a girdle of skin girt about his loins;` and he saith, `He [is] Elijah the Tishbite.`

⁹Tedaj pošlje kralj petdesetnika in njegovih petdeset mož. Ta gre gori k njemu, in glej, on sedi na vrhu gore. In mu reče: Mož Božji, kralj je ukazal: Pojdi doli!

⁹And he sendeth unto him a head of fifty and his fifty, and he goeth up unto him (and lo, he is sitting on the top of the hill), and he speaketh unto him, `O man of God, the king hath spoken, Come down.`

¹⁰In Elija odgovori in reče petdesetniku: Ako sem mož Božji, naj švigne ogenj doli z neba in požre tebe in tvoje petdesetere. In švigne ogenj z neba in požre njega in petdesetere njegove.

¹⁰And Elijah answereth and speaketh unto the head of the fifty, `And if I [am] a man of God, fire doth come down from the heavens, and consume thee and thy fifty;` and fire cometh down from the heavens, and consumeth him and his fifty.

¹¹In zopet pošlje k njemu drugega petdesetnika ž njegovo petdeseterico. In izpregovori in mu reče: Mož Božji, tako je ukazal kralj: Hitro pojdi doli!

¹¹And he turneth and sendeth unto him another head of fifty and his fifty, and he answereth and speaketh unto him, `O man of God, thus said the king, Haste, come down.`

¹²In Elija odgovori in mu veli: Ako sem mož Božji, naj švigne ogenj doli z neba in požre tebe in tvoje petdesetere. In ogenj švigne z neba in požre njega in petdesetere njegove.

¹²And Elijah answereth and speaketh unto them, `If I [am] a man of God, fire doth come down from the heavens, and consume thee and thy fifty;` and fire of God cometh down from the heavens, and consumeth him and his fifty.

¹³In zopet pošlje tretjega petdesetnika ž njegovo petdeseterico. In ko pride gori tretji petdesetnik, pade na kolena pred Elijem in ga prosi in mu reče: Mož Božji, prosim, bodi pred teboj drago življenje moje in teh petdesetih hlapcev tvojih življenje!

¹³And he turneth and sendeth a third head of fifty and his fifty, and the third head of fifty goeth up, and cometh in, and boweth on his knees over-against Elijah, and maketh supplication unto him, and speaketh unto him, `O man of God, let be precious, I pray thee, my soul and the soul of thy servants — these fifty — in thine eyes.

¹⁴Glej, ogenj je prišel z neba in požrl prva dva petdesetnika in petdesetere, ki so bili ž njima; sedaj pa bodi drago življenje moje pred teboj!

¹⁴Lo, come down hath fire from the heavens, and consumeth the two heads of the former fifties and their fifties; and, now, let my soul be precious in thine eyes.`

¹⁵In angel GOSPODOV govori Eliju: Pojdi doli ž njim in ne boj se ga! Vstane torej in gre ž njim doli h kralju

¹⁵And a messenger of Jehovah speaketh unto Elijah, `Go down with him, be not afraid of him;` and he riseth and goeth down with him unto the king,

¹⁶in mu reče: Tako pravi GOSPOD: Ker si poslal sle vprašat Baalzebuba, boga v Ekronu, kakor da ni nobenega Boga v Izraelu, za čigar besedo bi se vprašalo, zato ne vstaneš iz postelje, v katero si legel, temuč gotovo umrješ.

¹⁶and speaketh unto him, `Thus said Jehovah, Because that thou hast sent messengers to inquire of Baal-Zebub god of Ekron — is it because there is not a God in Israel to inquire of His word? therefore, the bed whither thou hast gone up — thou dost not come down from it, for thou dost certainly die.`

¹⁷Tako je umrl po besedi GOSPODOVI, ki jo je bil govoril Elija. In Joram je zakraljeval na mestu njegovem v drugem letu Jorama, sina Josafata, kralja na Judovem; kajti ni imel sina.Druge zgodbe Ahazijeve pa, kaj je storil, ni li pisano v knjigi letopisov kraljev Izraelovih?

¹⁷And he dieth, according to the word of Jehovah that Elijah spake, and Jehoram reigneth in his stead, in the second year of Jehoram son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, for he had no son.

¹⁸Druge zgodbe Ahazijeve pa, kaj je storil, ni li pisano v knjigi letopisov kraljev Izraelovih?

¹⁸And the rest of the matters of Ahaziah that he did, are they not written on the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel?