¹Ben Hadad the king of Syria gathered all his army together; and there were thirty-two kings with him, and horses and chariots: and he went up and besieged Samaria, and fought against it.

¹Ben-Hadad, kralj Arama, skupi svu vojsku svoju - s njim bijahu trideset i dva kralja, s konjima i bojnim kolima - i ode opsjedati Samariju i udari na nju.

²He sent messengers to Ahab king of Israel, into the city, and said to him, “Thus says Ben Hadad,

²Posla u grad glasnike izraelskom kralju Ahabu

³‘Your silver and your gold is mine. Your wives also and your children, even the best, are mine.’”

³i reče mu: "Ovako veli Ben-Hadad: 'Tvoje srebro i tvoje zlato moje je, a žene tvoje i djeca ostaju tebi.'"

⁴The king of Israel answered, “It is according to your saying, my lord, O king. I am yours, and all that I have.”

⁴Izraelski kralj ovako mu odgovori: "Na tvoju zapovijed, gospodaru kralju! Tvoj sam ja sa svime što mi pripada."

⁵The messengers came again, and said, “Ben Hadad says, ‘I sent indeed to you, saying, “You shall deliver me your silver, and your gold, and your wives, and your children;

⁵Ali se glasnici vratiše i rekoše: "Ovako kaže Ben-Hadad i poručuje ti: 'Daj mi svoje srebro i zlato, svoje žene i djecu.

⁶but I will send my servants to you tomorrow about this time, and they shall search your house, and the houses of your servants; and it shall be, that whatever is pleasant in your eyes, they shall put it in their hand, and take it away.”’”

⁶Budi siguran da ću sutra u ovo doba poslati svoje sluge i oni će pretražiti tvoju kuću i kuće tvojih sluga i stavit će svoju ruku na sve što im se svidi i to će odnijeti.'"

⁷Then the king of Israel called all the elders of the land, and said, “Please notice how this man seeks mischief; for he sent to me for my wives, and for my children, and for my silver, and for my gold; and I didn’t deny him.”

⁷Izraelski kralj sazva sve starješine zemaljske i reče: "Promislite i pogledajte! Ovaj nam sprema zlo! Traži od mene moje žene i djecu, premda mu nisam odbio svoje srebro i zlato."

⁸All the elders and all the people said to him, “Don’t listen, neither consent.”

⁸Starješine mu i sav narod odgovoriše: "Nemoj poslušati! Nemoj pristati!"

⁹Therefore he said to the messengers of Ben Hadad, “Tell my lord the king, ‘All that you sent for to your servant at the first I will do; but this thing I cannot do.’” The messengers departed, and brought him back the message.

⁹Tada on ovako odgovori Ben-Hadadovim poslanicima: "Recite gospodaru kralju: 'Sve što si prvi put tražio od svoga sluge, ja ću učiniti, ali ovo drugo ne mogu.'" I poslanici odoše i odnesoše odgovor.

¹⁰Ben Hadad sent to him, and said, “The gods do so to me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people who follow me.”

¹⁰Tada mu Ben-Hadad poruči: "Neka mi bogovi učine zlo i neka pridaju još toliko, ako bude dosta praha Samarije da svi oni koji me slijede dobiju po pregršt!"

¹¹The king of Israel answered, “Tell him, ‘Don’t let him who puts on his armor brag like he who takes it off.’”

¹¹Ali mu kralj izraelski odgovori: "Kaže se: 'Neka se ne hvali koji se opasuje kao onaj koji se raspasuje!'"

¹²It happened, when Ben Hadad heard this message, as he was drinking, he and the kings, in the pavilions, that he said to his servants, “Prepare to attack!” They prepared to attack the city.

¹²A kad je Ben-Hadad to čuo - upravo je pio s kraljevima pod šatorima - zapovjedi svojim slugama: "Na svoja mjesta!" I oni zauzeše svoje položaje protiv grada.

¹³Behold, a prophet came near to Ahab king of Israel, and said, “Thus says Yahweh, ‘Have you seen all this great multitude? Behold, I will deliver it into your hand this day; and you shall know that I am Yahweh.’”

¹³Tada potraži jedan prorok Ahaba, kralja Izraela, i reče: "Ovako veli Jahve: 'Jesi li vidio ono silno mnoštvo? Ja ću ti ga danas evo predati u ruke i ti ćeš spoznati da sam ja Jahve.'"

¹⁴Ahab said, “By whom?” He said, “Thus says Yahweh, ‘By the young men of the princes of the provinces.’” Then he said, “Who shall begin the battle?” He answered, “You.”

¹⁴Ahab reče: "Po kome?" On odgovori: "Ovako veli Jahve: po momcima pokrajinskih namjesnika." Ahab upita: "Tko će početi boj?" On odgovori: "Ti!"

¹⁵Then he mustered the young men of the princes of the provinces, and they were two hundred and thirty-two. After them, he mustered all the people, even all the children of Israel, being seven thousand.

¹⁵Ahab izvrši smotru momaka pokrajinskih upravitelja. Bijaše ih dvije stotine trideset i dva. Poslije njih izvršio je smotru sve vojske svih Izraelaca. Bijaše ih sedam tisuća.

¹⁶They went out at noon. But Ben Hadad was drinking himself drunk in the pavilions, he and the kings, the thirty-two kings who helped him.

¹⁶Oni iziđoše u podne, dok je Ben-Hadad pio u šatorima sa trideset i dva kralja koji mu bijahu saveznici.

¹⁷The young men of the princes of the provinces went out first; and Ben Hadad sent out, and they told him, saying, “Men are coming out from Samaria.”

¹⁷Momci pokrajinskih upravitelja iziđoše prvi. Obavijestiše Ben-Hadada: "Izišli su ljudi iz Samarije."

¹⁸He said, “If they have come out for peace, take them alive; or if they have come out for war, take them alive.”

¹⁸On reče: "Ako su izišli radi mira, pohvatajte ih žive; ako su izišli u boj, opet ih uhvatite žive!"

¹⁹So these went out of the city, the young men of the princes of the provinces, and the army which followed them.

¹⁹Ali kad su oni - momci pokrajinskih upravitelja - izišli iz grada, za njima je slijedila ostala vojska

²⁰They each killed his man. The Syrians fled, and Israel pursued them. Ben Hadad the king of Syria escaped on a horse with horsemen.

²⁰i svaki je udario na svog protivnika. Aramejci su bježali, a Izraelci ih progonili. Ben-Hadad, aramejski kralj, spasio se na konju zajedno s nekim konjanicima.

²¹The king of Israel went out, and struck the horses and chariots, and killed the Syrians with a great slaughter.

²¹Tada je izišao izraelski kralj; zarobio je konje i kola i nanio Aramejcima težak poraz.

²²The prophet came near to the king of Israel, and said to him, “Go, strengthen yourself, and mark, and see what you do; for at the return of the year the king of Syria will come up against you.”

²²Tada pristupi prorok izraelskom kralju i reče mu: "Hajdemo! Ohrabri se i razmisli dobro što ti je činiti, jer će dogodine aramejski kralj napasti na te."

²³The servants of the king of Syria said to him, “Their god is a god of the hills; therefore they were stronger than we. But let us fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they.

²³Sluge su savjetovale aramejskog kralja: Njihov bog je bog gora, i zato su bili jači od nas. Ali ako se pobijemo s njima u ravnici, sigurno ćemo mi biti jači od njih.

²⁴Do this thing: take the kings away, every man out of his place, and put captains in their place.

²⁴Učinimo dakle ovako: makni ove kraljeve i postavi na njihovo mjesto upravitelje.

²⁵Muster an army, like the army that you have lost, horse for horse, and chariot for chariot. We will fight against them in the plain, and surely we will be stronger than them.” He listened to their voice, and did so.

²⁵Zatim skupi sebi veliku vojsku kolika je bila ona koju si izgubio, toliko konja i toliko kola. Tada ćemo se pobiti s njima u ravnici, i sigurno ćemo ih nadvladati." On ih posluša i učini tako.

²⁶It happened at the return of the year, that Ben Hadad mustered the Syrians, and went up to Aphek, to fight against Israel.

²⁶Na početku godine Ben-Hadad podiže Aramejce i pođe na Afek da vojuje s Izraelom.

²⁷The children of Israel were mustered, and were provisioned, and went against them. The children of Israel encamped before them like two little flocks of young goats; but the Syrians filled the country.

²⁷Izraelci se podigoše i krenuše protiv njih. I utaboriše se Izraelci pred njima kao dva mala stada koza, dok su Aramejci prekrili zemlju.

²⁸A man of God came near and spoke to the king of Israel, and said, “Thus says Yahweh, ‘Because the Syrians have said, “Yahweh is a god of the hills, but he is not a god of the valleys”; therefore I will deliver all this great multitude into your hand, and you shall know that I am Yahweh.’”

²⁸Tada pristupi Božji čovjek izraelskom kralju i reče: "Ovako veli Jahve: 'Zato što Aramejci kažu za Jahvu da je Bog bregova i da nije Bog ravnica, ja ću predati u tvoje ruke ovo silno mnoštvo da spoznate da sam ja Jahve'."

²⁹They encamped one over against the other seven days. So it was, that in the seventh day the battle was joined; and the children of Israel killed one hundred thousand footmen of the Syrians in one day.

²⁹Sedam dana bijahu utaboreni jedni sučelice drugima. Sedmoga dana zametnu se boj i Izraelci poubijaše Aramejce, stotinu tisuća pješaka u jedan jedini dan.

³⁰But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; and the wall fell on twenty-seven thousand men who were left. Ben Hadad fled, and came into the city, into an inner room.

³⁰Ostatak pobježe u Afek, u grad, ali se sruši zidina na dvadeset i sedam tisuća ljudi koji su ostali. Pobjegao je i Ben-Hadad. U gradu je prelazio iz jednog skrovišta u drugo.

³¹His servants said to him, “See now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings. Please let us put sackcloth on our bodies, and ropes on our heads, and go out to the king of Israel. Maybe he will save your life.”

³¹Njegove su mu sluge rekle: "Gle! Mi smo čuli da su izraelski kraljevi milosrdni. Stavimo kostrijet oko bokova svojih i konope oko svojih glava, pa izađimo pred kralja izraelskog: možda će ti poštedjeti život."

³²So they put sackcloth on their bodies and ropes on their heads, and came to the king of Israel, and said, “Your servant Ben Hadad says, ‘Please let me live.’” He said, “Is he still alive? He is my brother.”

³²I svezaše kostrijeti oko bokova svojih i konopce oko svojih glava. Otišli su pred izraelskog kralja i rekli: "Tvoj sluga Ben-Hadad kaže: 'Ostavi me na životu!'" On odgovori: "Je li još živ? On je moj brat."

³³Now the men observed diligently, and hurried to take this phrase; and they said, “Your brother Ben Hadad.” Then he said, “Go, bring him.” Then Ben Hadad came out to him; and he caused him to come up into the chariot.

³³Ljudi su to uzeli kao dobar znak i požurili se da ga uhvate za riječ govoreći: "Ben-Hadad tvoj je brat." Ahab odgovori: "Idite! Dovedite ga!" Ben-Hadad dođe i on ga uze na kola.

³⁴Ben Hadad said to him, “The cities which my father took from your father I will restore. You shall make streets for yourself in Damascus, as my father made in Samaria.” “I,” said Ahab, “will let you go with this covenant.” So he made a covenant with him, and let him go.

³⁴Ben-Hadad reče mu tada: "Vratit ću ti gradove koje je moj otac uzeo tvome ocu; stajat će ti na raspolaganju četvrti u Damasku, kao što ih je postavio moj otac u Samariji. Pod ovim me uvjetom otpusti." Ahab sklopi s njime savez i otpusti ga.

³⁵A certain man of the sons of the prophets said to his fellow by the word of Yahweh, “Please strike me!” The man refused to strike him.

³⁵Neki od proročkih sinova reče po Jahvinoj zapovijedi svome drugu: "Udari me!" Ali čovjek ne htjede da ga tuče.

³⁶Then he said to him, “Because you have not obeyed the voice of Yahweh, behold, as soon as you are departed from me, a lion shall kill you.” As soon as he was departed from him, a lion found him, and killed him.

³⁶Tada mu onaj reče: "Budući da nisi slušao glasa Jahvina, evo, kad odeš od mene, lav će te razderati." Tek što se udaljio od njega, naiđe na lava koji ga razdera.

³⁷Then he found another man, and said, “Please strike me.” The man struck him, smiting and wounding him.

³⁷Prorok nađe drugoga čovjeka i reče: "Udari me!" Čovjek ga izudara i izrani.

³⁸So the prophet departed, and waited for the king by the way, and disguised himself with his headband over his eyes.

³⁸Prorok ode, postavi se kralju na put, a preko očiju navuče povez da ga ne prepoznaju.

³⁹As the king passed by, he cried to the king; and he said, “Your servant went out into the midst of the battle; and behold, a man turned aside, and brought a man to me, and said, ‘Guard this man! If by any means he be missing, then your life shall be for his life, or else you shall pay a talent of silver.’

³⁹Kad je kralj prolazio, on povika: "Tvoj je sluga bio izišao u boj, kadli iz bojnih redova jedan istupi i dovede mi nekog čovjeka govoreći: 'Čuvaj ovoga čovjeka! Ako nestane, tvoj će život biti za njegov život, ili ćeš platiti srebrni talenat.'

⁴⁰As your servant was busy here and there, he was gone.” The king of Israel said to him, “So your judgment shall be; you yourself have decided it.”

⁴⁰I dok je tvoj sluga radio ovdje-ondje, njega je nestalo." Tada mu reče kralj Izraela: "Eto ti presude! Sam si je izrekao!"

⁴¹He hurried, and took the headband away from his eyes; and the king of Israel recognized that he was of the prophets.

⁴¹Nato onaj odmah ukloni povez s očiju i kralj izraelski vidje da je to jedan od proroka.

⁴²He said to him, “Thus says Yahweh, ‘Because you have let go out of your hand the man whom I had devoted to destruction, therefore your life shall go for his life, and your people for his people.’”

⁴²A on reče kralju: "Ovako veli Jahve: 'Budući da si pustio da ti iz ruke utekne čovjek koga sam udario prokletstvom, tvoj će život biti za njegov život, tvoj narod za njegov narod.'"

⁴³The king of Israel went to his house sullen and angry, and came to Samaria.

⁴³I kralj izraelski ode svojoj kući, mrk i srdit, i uđe u Samariju.