¹Ahab pa je imel sedemdeset sinov v Samariji. In Jehu napiše liste in pošlje v Samarijo jezreelskim poglavarjem, namreč starejšinam in vzgojevalcem sinov Ahabovih, s tem besedilom:

¹And Ahab hath seventy sons in Samaria, and Jehu writeth letters, and sendeth to Samaria, unto the heads of Jezreel, the elders, and unto the supporters of Ahab, saying,

²Precej, ko prejmete ta list, ker so vašega gospoda sinovi pri vas in imate tudi vozove in konje, utrjeno mesto in orožje,

²`And now, at the coming in of this letter unto you, and with you [are] sons of your lord, and with you [are] the chariots and the horses, and a fenced city, and the armour,

³poglejte torej, kateri je najboljši in najpripravnejši izmed sinov gospoda vašega, in ga posadite na očeta njegovega prestol ter se bojujte za hišo gospoda svojega!

³and ye have seen the best and the uprightest of the sons of your lord, and have set [him] on the throne of his father, and fight ye for the house of your lord.`

⁴Oni pa se silno zboje in reko: Glejte, dva kralja nista mogla stati pred njim, kako naj mi stojimo?

⁴And they fear very greatly, and say, `Lo, the two kings have not stood before him, and how do we stand — we?`

⁵In načelnik dvorca in mestni glavar in starejšine in vzgojevalci sinov pošljejo k Jehuju in sporoče: Hlapci smo tvoji in storimo vse, kar nam ukažeš. Ne postavimo nikogar za kralja. Stóri, kar se ti zdi prav!

⁵And he who [is] over the house, and he who [is] over the city, and the elders, and the supporters, send unto Jehu, saying, `Thy servants we [are], and all that thou sayest unto us we do; we do not make any one king — that which [is] good in thine eyes do.`

⁶Tedaj jim napiše list v drugič s temi besedami: Ako ste na moji strani in hočete poslušati moj glas, vzemite glave tistih mož, sinov svojega gospoda, in pridite k meni v Jezreel jutri ob tem času! Bili so pa sinovi kraljevi, sedemdeset oseb, pri prvakih mesta, ki so jih vzgajali.

⁶And he writeth unto them a letter a second time, saying, `If ye [are] for me, and to my voice are hearkening, take the heads of the men — the sons of your lord, and come unto me about this time to-morrow, to Jezreel;` and the sons of the king [are] seventy men, with the great ones of the city those bringing them up.

⁷Ko so torej prejeli ta list, vzamejo kraljeve sinove in jih pobijejo, vseh sedemdesetero mož, in denejo njih glave v koše ter jih pošljejo k njemu v Jezreel.

⁷And it cometh to pass, at the coming in of the letter unto them, that they take the sons of the king, and slaughter seventy men, and put their heads in baskets, and send unto him to Jezreel,

⁸In pride sporočnik ter mu naznani, rekoč: Prinesli so sinov kraljevih glave. On veli: Denite jih na dva kupa ob vhodu v vrata do jutra!

⁸and the messenger cometh in, and declareth to him, saying, `They have brought in the heads of the sons of the king,` and he saith, `Make them two heaps at the opening of the gate till the morning.`

⁹Zjutraj pa, ko pride ven, se ustopi in reče vsemu ljudstvu: Pravični ste! Glejte, jaz sem napravil zaroto zoper gospodarja svojega in ga umoril. A kdo je pobil vse te?

⁹And it cometh to pass in the morning, that he goeth out, and standeth, and saith unto all the people, `Righteous are ye; lo, I have conspired against my lord, and slay him — and who smote all these?

¹⁰Vedite torej, da nič ne pade na zemljo iz besed GOSPODOVIH, ki jih je govoril GOSPOD o hiši Ahabovi; zakaj GOSPOD je storil, kar je bil napovedal po hlapcu svojemu Eliju.

¹⁰Know ye now, that nothing doth fall of the word of Jehovah to the earth that Jehovah spake against the house of Ahab, and Jehovah hath done that which He spake by the hand of His servant Elijah.`

¹¹Tako je pobil Jehu vse, ki so ostali od hiše Ahabove v Jezreelu, in vse prvake njegove in zaupnike in duhovnike njegove, da mu ni ostal ne eden.

¹¹And Jehu smiteth all those left to the house of Ahab in Jezreel, and all his great men, and his acquaintances, and his priests, till he hath not left to him a remnant.

¹²In vstane in odide in gre v Samarijo. In ko je bil pri strižnici pastirjev ob potu,

¹²And he riseth, and cometh in and goeth to Samaria; he [is] at the shepherds` shearing-house in the way,

¹³sreča Jehu brate Ahazija, kralja Judovega, ter vpraša: Kdo ste? Odgovore: Bratje smo Ahazijevi in gremo doli pozdravljat sinove kraljeve in kraljice sinove.

¹³and Jehu hath found the brethren of Ahaziah king of Judah, and saith, `Who [are] ye?` and they say, `Brethren of Ahaziah we [are], and we go down to salute the sons of the king, and the sons of the mistress.`

¹⁴In veli: Zgrabite jih žive! In zgrabili so jih žive in jih pomorili pri vodnjaku strižnice, dvainštirideset mož; ne enega od njih ni pustil.

¹⁴And he saith, `Catch them alive;` and they catch them alive, and slaughter them at the pit of the shearing-house, forty and two men, and he hath not left a man of them.

¹⁵In ko gre odtod dalje, naleti na Jonadaba, sina Rehabovega, ki mu je šel naproti, in ga pozdravi in mu reče: Je li tvoje srce pošteno, kakor je moje srce proti tvojemu? In Jonadab odgovori: Je. Ako je, veli, podaj mi roko. In poda mu roko, in on ga vzame k sebi na voz

¹⁵And he goeth thence, and findeth Jehonadab son of Rechab — to meet him, and blesseth him, and saith unto him, `Is thy heart right, as my heart [is] with thy heart?` and Jehonadab saith, `It is;` — `Then it is; give thy hand;` and he giveth his hand, and he causeth him to come up into him into the chariot,

¹⁶in reče: Pojdi z menoj in poglej gorečnost mojo za GOSPODA! In so ga peljali na vozu njegovem.

¹⁶and saith, `Come with me, and look on my zeal for Jehovah;` and they cause him to ride in his chariot.

¹⁷In ko pride Jehu v Samarijo, pobije vse, kar jih je ostalo od Ahabovih v Samariji, da ga je dočista pogubil po besedi GOSPODOVI, ki jo je bil govoril Eliju.

¹⁷And he cometh in to Samaria, and smiteth all those left to Ahab in Samaria, till his destroying him, according to the word of Jehovah that He spake unto Elisha.

¹⁸In Jehu skliče vse ljudstvo in jim reče: Ahab je malo služil Baalu, Jehu pa mu hoče bolj služiti.

¹⁸And Jehu gathereth the whole of the people, and saith unto them, `Ahab served Baal a little — Jehu doth serve him much:

¹⁹Zato mi sedaj skličite vse proroke Baalove, vse častilce in vse duhovnike njegove, da nikogar ne manjka, zakaj veliko daritev prinesem Baalu. Kogarkoli pogrešimo, ta ne bo živel. Ali Jehu je to storil zvito, da bi pokončal častilce Baalove.

¹⁹and now, all the prophets of Baal, all his servants, and all his priests, call ye unto me; let not a man be lacking, for a great sacrifice I have for Baal; every one who is lacking — he doth not live;` and Jehu hath done [it] in subtilty, in order to destroy the servants of Baal.

²⁰In Jehu veli: Posvetite praznično zborovanje za Baala! In so ga oklicali.

²⁰And Jehu saith, `Sanctify a restraint for Baal;` and they proclaim [it].

²¹Jehu pošlje tudi po vsem Izraelu, in vsi častilci Baalovi pridejo, da ni bilo moža, ki ne bi bil prišel. In šli so v hišo Baalovo, in hiša Baalova se je napolnila od konca do kraja.

²¹And Jehu sendeth into all Israel, and all the servants of Baal come in, and there hath not been left a man who hath not come in; and they come in to the house of Baal, and the house of Baal is full — mouth to mouth.

²²In veli njemu, ki je bil nad oblačilnico: Prinesi oblačila vsem častilcem Baalovim! In prinese jim ven oblačila.

²²And he saith to him who [is] over the wardrobe, `Bring out clothing to all servants of Baal;` and he bringeth out to them the clothing.

²³In Jehu stopi z Jonadabom, sinom Rehabovim, v hišo Baalovo, in reče častilcem Baalovim: Preiščite in poglejte, da ne bo nikogar med vami izmed služabnikov GOSPODOVIH, temuč da bodo Baalovi častilci sami!

²³And Jehu goeth in, and Jehonadab son of Rechab, to the house of Baal, and saith to the servants of Baal, `Search and see, lest there be here with you of the servants of Jehovah — but, the servants of Baal by themselves.`

²⁴In gredo noter darovat klalščine in žgalščine. Jehu pa si je postavil osemdeset mož zunaj; in jim reče: Ako kdo pobegne iz teh mož, ki vam jih izročam, življenje tistega, kdor ga pusti, bode za življenje njegovo.

²⁴And they come in to make sacrifices and burnt-offerings, and Jehu hath set for himself in an out-place eighty men, and saith, `The man who letteth escape [any] of the men whom I am bringing in unto your hand — his soul for his soul.`

²⁵In zgodi se, ko so končali darovanje žgalščine, da veli Jehu stražarjem in poveljnikom: Stopite noter in pobijte jih, da nihče ne uide! In jih udarijo z ostrino meča; in stražarji in poveljniki jih pomečejo ven. Nato gredo v mesto hiše Baalove

²⁵And it cometh to pass at his finishing to make the burnt-offering, that Jehu saith to the runners, and to the captains, `Go in, smite them, let none come out;` and they smite them by the mouth of the sword, and the runners and the captains cast [them] out; and they go unto the city, to the house of Baal,

²⁶in prineso ven poslikane stebre, ki so bili v hiši Baalovi, ter jih sežgo.

²⁶and bring out the standing-pillars of the house of Baal, and burn them,

²⁷In starejo steber Baalov in zrušijo hišo Baalovo ter narede iz nje stranišče do tega dne.

²⁷and break down the standing-pillar of Baal, and break down the house of Baal, and appoint it for a draught-house unto this day.

²⁸Tako je Jehu potrebil Baala iz Izraela.

²⁸And Jehu destroyeth Baal out of Israel,

²⁹Toda od grehov Jeroboama, sina Nebatovega, ki je ž njimi zapeljeval v greh Izraela, ni odstopil Jehu, da bi ne hodil za zlatima teletoma, ki sta bili v Betelu in v Danu.

²⁹only — the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, that he caused Israel to sin, Jehu hath not turned aside from after them — the calves of gold that [are] at Beth-El, and in Dan.

³⁰In GOSPOD je rekel Jehuju: Ker si dobro izvršil, kar je prav v mojih očeh, in si storil hiši Ahabovi po vsem, kar mi je bilo v srcu, bodo sedeli tvoji sinovi do četrtega roda na prestolu Izraelovem.

³⁰And Jehovah saith unto Jehu, `Because that thou hast done well, to do that which [is] right in Mine eyes — according to all that [is] in My heart thou hast done to the house of Ahab — the sons of the fourth [generation] do sit for thee on the throne of Israel.`

³¹Ali Jehu ni ohranil tega da bi bil živel po postavi GOSPODA, Boga Izraelovega, z vsem srcem svojim: ni odstopil od grehov Jeroboamovih, ki je ž njimi zapeljeval v greh Izraela.

³¹And Jehu hath not taken heed to walk in the law of Jehovah, God of Israel, with all his heart, he hath not turned aside from the sins of Jeroboam, that he caused Israel to sin.

³²V tistih dneh je začel GOSPOD prikrajševati Izraela; kajti Hazael jih je porazil po vseh mejah Izraelovih:

³²In those days hath Jehovah begun to cut off [some] in Israel, and Hazael smiteth them in all the border of Israel,

³³ob Jordanu proti vzhodu vso deželo Gileadsko, Gadske, Rubenske in Manasejce, od Aroerja, ki je pri potoku Arnonu, Gileadsko in tudi Basansko deželo.

³³from the Jordan, at the sun-rising, the whole land of Gilead, of the Gadite, and the Reubenite, and the Manassahite (from Aroer, that [is] by the brook Arnon), even Gilead and Bashan.

³⁴A druge zgodbe Jehujeve in vse, kar je storil, in vsa moč njegova, ni li pisano v knjigi letopisov kraljev Izraelovih?

³⁴And the rest of the matters of Jehu, and all that he did, and all his might, are they not written on the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel?

³⁵In Jehu je legel k očetom svojim, in pokopali so ga v Samariji. In Joahaz, sin njegov, je zakraljeval na mestu njegovem.Dni pa, kar jih je vladal Jehu Izraelu v Samariji, je bilo osemindvajset let.

³⁵And Jehu lieth with his fathers, and they bury him in Samaria, and reign doth Jehoahaz his son in his stead.

³⁶Dni pa, kar jih je vladal Jehu Izraelu v Samariji, je bilo osemindvajset let.

³⁶And the days that Jehu hath reigned over Israel [are] twenty and eight years, in Samaria.