¹Joram pa, sin Ahabov je zakraljeval nad Izraelom v Samariji v osemnajstem letu Josafata, kralja na Judovem, in je vladal dvanajst let.

¹And Jehoram son of Ahab hath reigned over Israel, in Samaria, in the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and he reigneth twelve years,

²In delal je, kar je bilo hudo v očeh GOSPODOVIH, pa ne kakor oče njegov in mati njegova; kajti odpravil je Baalov steber, ki ga je bil naredil oče njegov.

²and doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, only not like his father, and like his mother, and he turneth aside the standing-pillar of Baal that his father made;

³Vendar pa se je oklepal grehov Jeroboama, sinu Nebafovega, s katerimi je ta zapeljeval v greh Izraela, ni jih opustil.

³only to the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat that he caused Israel to sin he hath cleaved, he hath not turned aside from it.

⁴Mesa pa, kralj Moabcev, je redil veliko ovac in je dajal kralju Izraelovemu volne od stotisoč jagnjet in od stotisoč ovnov.

⁴And Mesha king of Moab was a sheep-master, and he rendered to the king of Israel a hundred thousand lambs, and a hundred thousand rams, [with] wool,

⁵Ko pa je Ahab umrl, se je izneveril moabski kralj kralju Izraelovemu.

⁵and it cometh to pass at the death of Ahab, that the king of Moab transgresseth against the king of Israel.

⁶V tem času je šel kralj Joram iz Samarije in preštel vsega Izraela.

⁶And king Jehoram goeth out in that day from Samaria, and inspecteth all Israel,

⁷In pošlje k Josafatu, kralju Judovemu, in mu sporoči: Kralj Moabcev se mi je izneveril; pojdeš li z menoj bojevat se zoper Moabce? On reče: Pojdem; bodem naj kakor ti, ljudstvo moje naj bo kakor ljudstvo tvoje, konji moji kakor konji tvoji.

⁷and goeth and sendeth unto Jehoshaphat king of Judah, saying, `The king of Moab hath transgressed against me; dost thou go with me unto Moab for battle?` and he saith, `I go up, as I, so thou; as my people, so thy people; as my horses, so thy horses.

⁸In vpraša: Po katerem potu pojdemo gori? Odgovori: Po poti Edomske puščave.

⁸And he saith, `Where [is] this — the way we go up?` and he saith, `The way of the wilderness of Edom.`

⁹Gredo torej kralj Izraelov, kralj Judov in kralj edomski. In ko so hodili sedem dni okrog, ni bilo vode za vojsko in živino, ki je šla za njimi.

⁹And the king of Israel goeth, and the king of Judah, and the king of Edom, and they turn round the way seven days, and there hath been no water for the camp, and for the cattle that [are] at their feet,

¹⁰In kralj Izraelov reče: Gorje! GOSPOD je sklical te tri kralje, da jih izda Moabcem v pest!

¹⁰and the king of Israel saith, `Alas, for Jehovah hath called for these three kings, to give them into the hand of Moab.`

¹¹Josafat pa reče: Ni li tu proroka GOSPODOVEGA, da vprašamo po njem GOSPODA? In odgovori eden iz hlapcev kralja Izraelovega in reče: Elizej, sin Safatov, je tu, ki je vlival vodo Eliju na roke.

¹¹And Jehoshaphat saith, `Is there not here a prophet of Jehovah, and we seek Jehovah by him?` And one of the servants of the king of Israel answereth and saith, `Here [is] Elisha son of Shaphat, who poured water on the hands of Elijah.`

¹²Josafat pa reče: Pri njem je beseda GOSPODOVA. Gredo torej doli k njemu kralj Izraelov in Josafat in kralj edomski.

¹²And Jehoshaphat saith, `The word of Jehovah is with him;` and go down unto him do the king of Israel, and Jehoshaphat, and the king of Edom.

¹³A Elizej veli kralju Izraelovemu: Kaj imam s teboj? Pojdi k prorokom očeta svojega in k prorokom matere svoje! Kralj Izraelov mu reče: Nikar! Ni li GOSPOD poklical teh treh kraljev, da jih izda Moabcem v pest?

¹³And Elisha saith unto the king of Israel, `What — to me and to thee? go unto the prophets of thy father, and unto the prophets of thy mother;` and the king of Israel saith to him, `Nay, for Jehovah hath called for these three kings to give them into the hand of Moab.`

¹⁴Elizej reče: Kakor res živi GOSPOD, ki stojim pred njega obličjem, ako bi se ne oziral na Josafata, kralja Judovega, na tebe bi se ne ozrl, ne te pogledal!

¹⁴And Elisha saith, `Jehovah of Hosts liveth, before whom I have stood; for unless the face of Jehoshaphat king of Judah I am lifting up, I do not look unto thee, nor see thee;

¹⁵Zdaj pa mi pripeljite igralca na strune! In ko je igralec udarjal na strune, je prišla nad njega roka GOSPODOVA.

¹⁵and now, bring to me a minstrel; and it hath been, at the playing of the minstrel, that the hand of Jehovah is on him,

¹⁶In veli: Tako pravi GOSPOD: Naredite v tej dolini struge tu in tam!

¹⁶and he saith, `Thus said Jehovah, Make this valley ditches — ditches;

¹⁷Kajti tako pravi GOSPOD: Ne boste videli ne vetra, ne dežja, in vendar se ta dolina napolni z vodo, da boste pili vi in vaša drobnica in goved.

¹⁷for thus said Jehovah, Ye do not see wind, nor do ye see rain, and that valley is full of water, and ye have drunk — ye, and your cattle, and your beasts.

¹⁸To pa je še malo v očeh GOSPODOVIH; on izda tudi Moabce vam v roko,

¹⁸`And this hath been light in the eyes of Jehovah, and he hath given Moab into your hand,

¹⁹da udarite vsako utrjeno mesto in vsako izbrano mesto in posekate vsako dobro drevo in zamašite vse studence in pokvarite vsako dobro njivo s kamenjem.

¹⁹and ye have smitten every fenced city, and every choice city, and every good tree ye cause to fall, and all fountains of waters ye stop, and every good portion ye mar with stones.`

²⁰In zgodilo se je zjutraj, ob času jedilne daritve, glej, voda se privali po edomski poti in se razlije po tistem kraju.

²⁰And it cometh to pass in the morning, at the ascending of the [morning]-present, that lo, waters are coming in from the way of Edom, and the land is filled with the waters,

²¹Ko pa slišijo vsi Moabci, da se gredo kralji bojevat zoper nje, skličejo vse, ki so mogli nositi orožje, in še druge, ter stopijo na mejo.

²¹and all Moab have heard that the kings have come up to fight against them, and they are called together, from every one girding on a girdle and upward, and they stand by the border.

²²In ko zgodaj zjutraj vstanejo in solnce zasije nad vodo, se zdi Moabcem, da je voda njim nasproti rdeča kakor kri;

²²And they rise early in the morning, and the sun hath shone on the waters, and the Moabites see, from over-against, the waters red as blood,

²³in reko: To je kri! Kralji so se pač bojevali med seboj in ubili drug drugega. Sedaj pa, Moab, precej na plen!

²³and say, `Blood this [is]; the kings have been surely destroyed, and they smite each his neighbour; and now for spoil, Moab!`

²⁴Ko pa pridejo k taboru Izraelovemu, se vzdignejo Izraelci in pobijajo Moabce, da zbeže pred njimi; in oni pridero v Moabsko deželo ter jih pobijajo.

²⁴And they come in unto the camp of Israel, and the Israelites rise, and smite the Moabites, and they flee from their face; and they enter into Moab, so as to smite Moab,

²⁵In razvalijo mesta in na vsako dobro njivo mečejo vsi kamenje, da so ga bile polne, in zamaše vse studence in posekajo vsa dobra drevesa – da so ostali samo v Kir-haresetu še kameni; toda pračarji so ga obdali in streljali nanj.

²⁵and the cities they break down, and [on] every good portion they cast each his stone, and have filled it, and every fountain of water they stop, and every good tree they cause to fall — till one had left its stones in Kir-Haraseth, and the slingers go round and smite it.

²⁶In ko je videl moabski kralj, da je bitka prehuda zanj, vzame s seboj sedemsto mož, oboroženih z mečem, da se pririje do kralja edomskega; a niso mogli.Tedaj vzame sina svojega prvenca, ki je imel kraljevati na mestu njegovem, in ga daruje v žgalno žrtev vrh zidu. In pride velika jeza zoper Izraela; in odrinejo od njega in se povrnejo v deželo svojo.

²⁶And the king of Moab seeth that the battle has been too strong for him, and he taketh with him seven hundred men, drawing sword, to cleave through unto the king of Edom, and they have not been able,

²⁷Tedaj vzame sina svojega prvenca, ki je imel kraljevati na mestu njegovem, in ga daruje v žgalno žrtev vrh zidu. In pride velika jeza zoper Izraela; in odrinejo od njega in se povrnejo v deželo svojo.

²⁷and he taketh his son, the first-born who reigneth in his stead, and causeth him to ascend — a burnt-offering on the wall, and there is great wrath against Israel, and they journey from off him, and turn back to the land.