¹Elizej prorok pa pokliče enega izmed proroških sinov in mu veli: Opaši si ledja in vzemi to oljenico v roko in pojdi v Ramot v Gileadu.

¹And Elisha the prophet hath called to one of the sons of the prophets, and saith to him, `Gird up thy loins, and take this vial of oil in thy hand, and go to Ramoth-Gilead,

²In ko dospeš tja, poglej, kje je Jehu, sin Josafata, sina Nimsijevega, in stopi noter in véli mu vstati izmed bratov svojih in ga pelji v notranjo izbo.

²and thou hast gone in there, and see thou there Jehu son of Jehoshaphat, son of Nimshi, and thou hast gone in, and caused him to rise out of the midst of his brethren, and brought him in to the inner part of an inner-chamber,

³Potem vzemi oljenico in mu jo izlij na glavo in reci: Tako pravi GOSPOD: Pomazilil sem te za kralja Izraelu. Nato odpri duri in beži, nič se ne múdi.

³and taken the vial of oil, and poured on his head, and said, Thus said Jehovah, I have anointed thee for king unto Israel; and thou hast opened the door, and fled, and dost not wait.`

⁴Gre torej tisti mladenič, mlad prorok, v Ramot v Gileadu.

⁴And the young man goeth — the young man the prophet — to Ramoth-Gilead,

⁵In ko pride tja, glej, vojni poglavarji so sedeli; in reče: Besedo imam do tebe, o poglavar! In Jehu vpraša: Do katerega nas vseh? Odgovori: Do tebe, o poglavar!

⁵and cometh in, and lo, chiefs of the force are sitting, and he saith, `I have a word unto thee, O chief!` and Jehu saith, `Unto which of all of us?` and he saith, `Unto thee, O chief.`

⁶Tedaj vstane in stopi v hišo; on pa mu izlije olje na glavo in mu reče: Tako pravi GOSPOD, Bog Izraelov: Pomazilil sem te za kralja ljudstvu GOSPODOVEMU Izraelu.

⁶And he riseth and cometh in to the house, and he poureth the oil on his head, and saith to him, `Thus said Jehovah, God of Israel, I have anointed thee for king unto the people of Jehovah, unto Israel,

⁷In udaril boš hišo Ahaba, gospoda svojega, da maščujem kri hlapcev svojih prorokov in kri vseh hlapcev GOSPODOVIH nad Jezabelino roko.

⁷and thou hast smitten the house of Ahab thy lord, and I have required the blood of My servants the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of Jehovah, from the hand of Jezebel;

⁸Kajti vsa hiša Ahabova pogine in pogubim od Ahabovih vsakega moškega, njega, ki je vklenjen, in njega, ki je prost v Izraelu.

⁸and perished hath all the house of Ahab, and I have cut off to Ahab those sitting on the wall, and restrained, and left, in Israel,

⁹In naredim s hišo Ahabovo kakor s hišo Jeroboama, sina Nebatovega, in kakor s hišo Baasa sinu Ahijevega.

⁹and I have given up the house of Ahab like the house of Jeroboam son of Nebat, and as the house of Baasha son of Ahijah,

¹⁰In psi bodo žrli Jezabelo na Jezreelski zemlji, in nikogar ne bode, ki bi jo pokopal. – Nato odpre duri in pobegne:

¹⁰and Jezebel do the dogs eat in the portion of Jezreel, and there is none burying;` and he openeth the door and fleeth.

¹¹Tedaj pride Jehu ven k služabnikom svojega gospoda, in eden ga vpraša: Je li mir? Zakaj je prišel ta neumnik k tebi? On pa jim reče: Saj poznate moža in govor njegov!

¹¹And Jehu hath gone out unto the servants of his lord, and [one] saith to him, `Is there peace? wherefore came this madman unto thee?` and he saith unto them, `Ye have known the man and his talk.`

¹²Oni reko: Lažeš; povej nam vendar! On reče: tako in tako je govoril z menoj in dejal: Tako pravi GOSPOD: Pomazilil sem te za kralja Izraelu.

¹²And they say, `False, declare, we pray thee, to us;` and he saith, `Thus and thus spake he unto me, saying, Thus said Jehovah, I have anointed thee for king unto Israel.`

¹³Nato pohité in vsak vzame oblačilo svoje in ga dene podenj vrhu stopnic, ter zatrobijo v trobento in reko: Jehu je kralj!

¹³And they haste and take each his garment, and put [it] under him at the top of the stairs, and blow with a trumpet, and say, `Reigned hath Jehu!`

¹⁴Jehu torej, sin Josafata, sina Nimsijevega, je sklenil zaroto proti Joramu. (Joram pa je z vsem Izraelom stražil Ramot v Gileadu zaradi Hazaela, kralja sirskega.

¹⁴And Jehu son of Jehoshaphat, son of Nimshi, conspireth against Joram — (and Joram was keeping in Ramoth-Gilead, he and all Israel, from the presence of Hazael king of Aram,

¹⁵A kralj Joram se je bil vrnil, da bi si zdravil v Jezreelu rane, ki so mu jih zadeli Sirci, ko se je bojeval s Hazaelom, sirskim kraljem.) Jehu pa je dejal: Ako je vaša volja, nihče naj ne ubeži in ne gre iz mesta, da bi povedal v Jezreelu!

¹⁵and king Joram turneth back to be healed in Jezreel, of the wounds with which the Aramaeans smite him, in his fighting with Hazael king of Aram) — and Jehu saith, `If it is your mind, let not an escaped one go out from the city, to go to declare [it] in Jezreel.`

¹⁶In Jehu stopi na voz in se pelje v Jezreel, zakaj Joram je ležal ondi. Ahazija pa, kralj Judov, je prišel doli obiskat Jorama.

¹⁶And Jehu rideth, and goeth to Jezreel, for Joram is lying there, and Ahaziah king of Judah hath gone down to see Joram.

¹⁷In čuvaj, ki je stal na stolpu v Jezreelu, ugleda Jehujevo krdelo, da se bliža, in reče: Vidim neko krdelo. Tedaj veli Joram: Vzemi jezdeca in ga pošlji onim naproti, naj vpraša: Je li mir?

¹⁷And the watchman is standing on the tower in Jezreel, and seeth the company of Jehu in his coming, and saith, `A company I see;` and Joram saith, `Take a rider and send to meet them, and let him say, Is there peace?`

¹⁸In jezdec jim gre naproti in reče: Tako pravi kralj: Je li mir? Jehu pa odvrne: Kaj tebi do miru? Okreni se in hodi zadaj za menoj! In čuvaj to oznani, rekoč: Sel je prišel do njih, pa se ne vrača!

¹⁸and the rider on the horse goeth to meet him, and saith, `Thus said the king, Is there peace?` and Jehu saith, `What — to thee and to peace? turn round behind me.` And the watchman declareth, saying, `The messenger came unto them, and he hath not returned.`

¹⁹Tedaj pošlje drugega jezdeca. Ta pride k njim in reče: Tako pravi kralj: Je li mir? Jehu odgovori: Kaj tebi do miru? Okreni se in hodi zadaj za menoj!

¹⁹And he sendeth a second rider on a horse, and he cometh in unto them, and saith, `Thus said the king, Is there peace?` and Jehu saith, `What — to thee and to peace? turn round behind me.`

²⁰In čuvaj to oznani, rekoč: Prišel je prav do njih, pa se ne vrača. Vožnja pa je kakor vožnja Jehuja, sina Nimsijevega; zakaj žene voz, kakor bi besnel.

²⁰And the watchman declareth, saying, `He came unto them, and he hath not returned, and the driving [is] like the driving of Jehu son of Nimshi, for with madness he driveth.`

²¹In Joram veli: Zaprezite! In zaprežejo mu voz. In Joram, kralj Izraelov, in Ahazija, kralj Judov, se peljeta ven, vsak na vozu svojem, Jehuju naproti. In ga srečata na zemljišču Nabota Jezreelčana.

²¹And Jehoram saith, `Harness;` and his chariot is harnessed, and Jehoram king of Israel goeth out, and Ahaziah king of Judah, each in his chariot, and they go out to meet Jehu, and find him in the portion of Naboth the Jezreelite.

²²In ko Joram zagleda Jehuja, reče: Je li mir, Jehu? On pa odgovori: Kakšen mir, dokler je toliko nečistovanja in čarodejstva matere tvoje Jezabele!

²²And it cometh to pass, at Jehoram`s seeing Jehu, that he saith, `Is there peace, Jehu?` and he saith, `What [is] the peace, while the whoredoms of Jezebel thy mother, and her witchcrafts, are many?`

²³Tedaj se obrne Joram, da zbeži, in reče Ahaziju: Izdajstvo je, o Ahazija!

²³And Jehoram turneth his hands, and fleeth, and saith unto Ahaziah, `Deceit, O Ahaziah!`

²⁴A Jehu prime krepko za lok in ustreli Jorama med pleča, da mu je šla pšica ven skozi srce, in zgrudil se je na vozu svojem.

²⁴And Jehu hath filled his hand with a bow, and smiteth Jehoram between his arms, and the arrow goeth out from his heart, and he boweth down in his chariot.

²⁵Nato veli Jehu Bidkarju, svojemu vojvodi: Vzemi in vrzi ga na zemljišče Nabota Jezreelčana; zakaj spomni se, ko sva jaz in ti jezdila skupaj za Ahabom, očetom njegovim, da je GOSPOD izrekel to grožnjo zoper njega:

²⁵And [Jehu] saith unto Bidkar his captain, `Lift up, cast him into the portion of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite — for, remember, I and thou were riding together after Ahab his father, and Jehovah lifted upon him this burden:

²⁶Videl sem zares včeraj kri Nabotovo in kri sinov njegovih, govori GOSPOD; in poplačam ti na tem zemljišču, govori GOSPOD. Sedaj pa ga vzemi in vrzi na to zemljišče, po besedi GOSPODOVI.

²⁶Have I not the blood of Naboth and the blood of his sons seen yesternight — the affirmation of Jehovah — yea, I have recompensed to thee in this portion — the affirmation of Jehovah; — and now, lift up, cast him into the portion, according to the word of Jehovah.`

²⁷Ko pa je videl to Ahazija, kralj Judov, je zbežal po poti proti vrtni hiši. A Jehu se je gnal za njim in velel: Udarite tudi njega na vozu! In udarili so ga ob strmcu v Gur, ki je pri Ibleamu. In bežal je v Megido, in ondi je umrl.

²⁷And Ahaziah king of Judah hath seen, and fleeth the way of the garden-house, and Jehu pursueth after him, and saith, `Smite him — also him — in the chariot,` in the going up to Gur, that [is] Ibleam, and he fleeth to Megiddo, and dieth there,

²⁸In hlapci njegovi so ga pripeljali na vozu v Jeruzalem in ga pokopali v grobu njegovem z njegovimi očeti v mestu Davidovem.

²⁸and his servants carry him in a chariot to Jerusalem, and bury him in his burying-place, with his fathers, in the city of David.

²⁹Ahazija pa je bil zakraljeval nad Judom v enajstem letu Jorama, sina Ahabovega.

²⁹And in the eleventh year of Joram son of Ahab reign did Ahaziah over Judah.

³⁰In ko pride Jehu v Jezreel in Jezabel zasliši o tem, si namaže z lepotico obličje in nališpa glavo in gleda skozi okno.

³⁰And Jehu cometh in to Jezreel, and Jezebel hath heard, and putteth her eyes in paint and maketh right her head, and looketh out through the window.

³¹In ko stopi Jehu v vrata, reče ona: Se li je dobro godilo Zimriju, morilcu gospoda svojega?

³¹And Jehu hath come into the gate, and she saith, `Was there peace [to] Zimri — slayer of his lord?`

³²On pa povzdigne obličje proti oknu in reče: Kdo je z menoj? kdo? In pogledajo nanj dva ali trije komorniki.

³²And he lifteth up his face unto the window, and saith, `Who [is] with me? — who?` and look out unto him do two [or] three eunuchs;

³³In on veli: Vrzite jo doli! In vrgli so jo doli, in stena je bila poškropljena ž njeno krvjo in konji; in jo je poteptal.

³³And he saith, `Let her go;` and they let her go, and [some] of her blood is sprinkled on the wall, and on the horses, and he treadeth her down.

³⁴In ko je prišel noter, je jedel in pil, in je rekel: Poglejte vendar po tisti prokleti in pokopljite jo, ker kraljeva je hči.

³⁴And he cometh in, and eateth, and drinketh, and saith, `Look after, I pray you, this cursed one, and bury her, for she [is] a king`s daughter.`

³⁵In ko so jo šli pokopat, niso našli drugega od nje nego čepinjo in noge in dlani njenih rok.

³⁵And they go to bury her, and have not found of her except the skull, and the feet, and the palms of the hands.

³⁶Zato pridejo nazaj in mu povedo. On pa reče: Beseda GOSPODOVA je, ki jo je govoril po hlapcu svojem, Eliju Tisbljanu, rekoč: Na Jezreelski zemlji bodo psi žrli Jezabelino mesoin truplo Jezabelino bode kakor gnoj na površju polja, na Jezreelski zemlji, tako da ne bodo rekli: To je Jezabela!

³⁶And they turn back, and declare to him, and he saith, `The word of Jehovah it [is], that He spake by the hand of this servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying, In the portion of Jezreel do the dogs eat the flesh of Jezebel,

³⁷in truplo Jezabelino bode kakor gnoj na površju polja, na Jezreelski zemlji, tako da ne bodo rekli: To je Jezabela!

³⁷and the carcase of Jezebel hath been as dung on the face of the field in the portion of Jezreel, that they say not, This [is] Jezebel.`