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 pa, kralj sirski, je zbral vso vojsko svojo, in bilo je pri njem dvaintrideset kraljev pa konj in vozov; in pride in oblega Samarijo in se bojuje zoper njo.
2He sent messengers to Ahab king of Israel, into the city, and said to him, “Thus says Ben Hadad,
2In pošlje sporočnikov v mesto k Ahabu, kralju Izraelovemu, da mu reko: Tako pravi Ben-hadad:
3‘Your silver and your gold is mine. Your wives also and your children, even the best, are mine.’”
3Tvoje srebro in zlato je moje, in najboljše žene tvoje in otroci tvoji so tudi moji.
4The king of Israel answered, “It is according to your saying, my lord, O king. I am yours, and all that I have.”
4Kralj Izraelov pa odgovori in reče: Po besedi tvoji, gospod moj, kralj: tvoj sem in vse, kar imam.
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;
5A sporočniki pridejo zopet in reko: Tako govori Ben-hadad: Ker sem poslal k tebi, rekoč: Meni daš srebro in zlato svoje in žene in otroke svoje,
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.”’”
6zato pošljem jutri ob tem času hlapce svoje k tebi, in preiščejo hišo tvojo in služabnikov tvojih hiše, in karkoli z veseljem gledaš, vzamejo v roke in odneso.
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.”
7Tedaj skliče kralj Izraelov vse starejšine dežele in reče: Premislite, prosim, in glejte, da ima ta mož le hudo v mislih! Zakaj poslal je k meni po žene in otroke moje in po srebro in zlato moje, in mu nisem odklonil.
8All the elders and all the people said to him, “Don’t listen, neither consent.”
8In vsi starejšine in vse ljudstvo mu reče: Ne poslušaj ga in ne vdaj se mu!
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.
9Zatorej veli sporočnikom Ben-hadadovim: Povejte gospodu mojemu, kralju: Vse, kar si sporočil hlapcu svojemu najprej, sem hotel storiti, a tega ne morem. In sporočniki odidejo in mu prineso ta 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.”
10Tedaj pošlje Ben-hadad in mu sporoči: To naj mi bogovi store in to še pridenejo, ako bode dosti prahu v Samariji, da ga vzame vsak iz ljudstva mojega, ki ga vodim, le peščico!
11The king of Israel answered, “Tell him, ‘Don’t let him who puts on his armor brag like he who takes it off.’”
11Kralj Izraelov odgovori in reče: Povejte mu: Kdor se opasuje z mečem, naj se še ne hvali kakor oni, ki ga deva od sebe.
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.
12In zgodi se, ko Ben-hadad sliši to sporočilo, ko je ravno pil s kralji v šatorih, da veli hlapcem svojim: Postavite se! In postavijo se v boj proti mestu.
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.’”
13In glej, prorok pristopi k Ahabu, kralju Izraelovemu, in reče: Tako pravi GOSPOD: Si videl vso to preveliko množico? Glej, jaz ti jo danes dam v roke, da spoznaš, da sem jaz GOSPOD.
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.”
14In Ahab vpraša: Po kom? On odgovori: Tako pravi GOSPOD: Po mladeničih pokrajinskih poglavarjev. Nato vpraša: Kdo naj začne boj? 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.
15Tedaj prešteje mladeniče pokrajinskih poglavarjev, in bilo jih je dvesto in dvaintrideset; in za njimi prešteje vse ljudstvo, vse sinove Izraelove, sedem tisoč.
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.
16In gredo ven opoldne. Ben-hadad pa je pil in se opijanil v šatorih z dvaintridesetimi kralji, ki so mu bili prišli v pomoč.
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.”
17A mladeniči pokrajinskih poglavarjev so šli ven prvi. In Ben-hadad pošlje pogledat, in oznanijo mu, rekoč: Možje gredo sem 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 veli: Bodisi, da prihajajo po mir, ali da se gredo vojskovat, primite jih žive!
19So these went out of the city, the young men of the princes of the provinces, and the army which followed them.
19Oni torej gredo iz mesta, mladeniči pokrajinskih poglavarjev, druga vojska pa za njimi,
20They each killed his man. The Syrians fled, and Israel pursued them. Ben Hadad the king of Syria escaped on a horse with horsemen.
20in vsak udari moža sebi nasproti; in Sirci zbeže, in Izrael dere za njimi. Ben-hadad pa, kralj sirski, je zbežal na konju z jezdeci.
21The king of Israel went out, and struck the horses and chariots, and killed the Syrians with a great slaughter.
21In kralj Izraelov pride iz mesta in potolče konje in vozove in porazi Sirce z velikim pobojem.
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.”
22Potem pristopi prorok h kralju Izraelovemu in mu reče: Pojdi, ojači se in premisli in glej, kaj delaš; zakaj kralj Sirije pride gori zoper tebe, ko mine leto.
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.
23In služabniki sirskega kralja mu reko: Njih bogovi so bogovi gorá, zato so nas premagali. Da bi se mogli ž njimi bojevati na ravnem, gotovo jih zmagamo!
24Do this thing: take the kings away, every man out of his place, and put captains in their place.
24Zatorej stóri to: Odstrani kralje, vsakega z njegovega mesta, in postavi namestnike na njih mesta!
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.
25In oskrbi si vojsko, kakor je bila vojska, ki si jo izgubil, tudi konje in vozove, enake prejšnjim; in bojevali se bomo zoper nje na ravnem, in gotovo jih premagamo! In slušal je njih glas in je storil tako.
26It happened at the return of the year, that Ben Hadad mustered the Syrians, and went up to Aphek, to fight against Israel.
26In ko je minilo leto, prešteje Ben-hadad Sirce in gre gori proti Afeku, da se bojuje zoper Izraela.
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.
27In sinovi Izraelovi se tudi preštejejo in oskrbe z živežem ter gredo proti njim; in sinovi Izraelovi se utabore nasproti njim kakor dve majhni čredi koz. Sircev pa je bilo polno v deželi.
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.’”
28In mož Božji pristopi in reče kralju Izraelovemu: Tako pravi GOSPOD: Ker so dejali Sirci: GOSPOD je Bog gorá, a ni Bog dolin, zato dam vso to veliko množico v tvojo roko, in spoznate, da sem jaz GOSPOD.
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.
29In taborili so eni nasproti drugim sedem dni. Sedmi dan pa se vname bitka, in sinovi Izraelovi pobijejo izmed Sircev stotisoč pešcev v enem dnevi.
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.
30Preostali pa so bežali v Afek, v mesto, in zidovje je padlo na preostalih sedemindvajset tisoč mož. Ben-hadad je tudi zbežal in pritekel v mesto, iz hrama v hram bežeč.
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.”
31In hlapci njegovi mu reko: Poglej, slišali smo, da so kralji Izraelove hiše milostivi kralji; dovoli, prosimo, da si denemo raševnike okoli ledij in vrvi ob tilnike, pa pojdemo ven h kralju Izraelovemu; lahko da te ohrani v življenju.
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.”
32Opašejo si torej raševnike in denejo vrvi ob tilnike in pridejo h kralju Izraelovemu, pa reko: Hlapec tvoj Ben-hadad pravi: Prosim te, daj mi živeti! On pa reče: Živi li še? Brat je moj!
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.
33To pa so smatrali možje za dobro znamenje in so hitro povzeli to besedo od njega in dejali: Brat tvoj je Ben-hadad. Nato on veli: Pojdite, pripeljite ga! Tedaj pride Ben-hadad ven k njemu, in on mu veli stopiti na svoj voz.
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.
34In Ben-hadad reče: Mesta, ki jih je vzel moj oče tvojemu očetu, ti povrnem, in napravi si ulice v Damasku, kakor je oče moj napravil v Samariji. Jaz pa, reče Ahab, te izpustim s to zavezo. Storil je torej ž njim zavezo in ga je odpustil.
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.
35In neki mož izmed proroških sinov reče tovarišu svojemu po besedi GOSPODOVI: Udari me, prosim! A mož ga ni hotel udariti.
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.
36Tedaj mu reče: Ker nisi slušal glasu GOSPODOVEGA, glej, umori te lev, brž ko pojdeš od mene. In komaj je šel od njega, naleti nanj lev in ga umori.
37Then he found another man, and said, “Please strike me.” The man struck him, smiting and wounding him.
37Nato se nameri na drugega moža ter mu reče: Udari me, prosim! In mož ga krepko udari in rani.
38So the prophet departed, and waited for the king by the way, and disguised himself with his headband over his eyes.
38Prorok pa odide in se postavi kralju na poti in se pretvori z oglavno povezo nad očmi.
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.’
39In ko gre kralj mimo, kliče kralju in reče: Hlapec tvoj je šel med boj, in glej, nekdo stopi vstran in mi pripelje moža in veli: Varuj tega moža! Ako ga bodo pogrešili, bode življenje tvoje namesto življenja njegovega, ali pa boš moral plačati talent srebra.
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.”
40Ko pa je hlapec tvoj imel tu in tam opravilo, je mož izginil. In kralj Izraelov mu reče: Taka je sodba tvoja; sam si jo izrekel.
41He hurried, and took the headband away from his eyes; and the king of Israel recognized that he was of the prophets.
41Tedaj sname hitro povezo z oči; in kralj Izraelov ga spozna, da je izmed prorokov.
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.’”
42On pa mu reče: Tako pravi GOSPOD: Ker si pustil iz roke svoje moža, ki sem ga jaz izročil pogubi, zato bo življenje tvoje za njega življenje in ljudstvo tvoje za njegovo ljudstvo!In kralj Izraelov je šel hude volje in srdit v hišo svojo in je dospel v Samarijo.
43The king of Israel went to his house sullen and angry, and came to Samaria.
43In kralj Izraelov je šel hude volje in srdit v hišo svojo in je dospel v Samarijo.