¹Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab.

¹In po smrti Ahabovi so se izneverili Moabci Izraelu.

²Ahaziah fell down through the lattice in his upper room that was in Samaria, and was sick. So he sent messengers, and said to them, “Go, inquire of Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron, whether I will recover of this sickness.”

²In Ahazija je padel skozi omrežje v svoji zgornji sobi v Samariji in je zbolel. In pošlje sle ter jim veli: Pojdite, vprašajte Baalzebuba, boga v Ekronu, ali ozdravim od te bolezni svoje.

³But the angel of Yahweh “Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations. said to Elijah the Tishbite, “Arise, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and tell them, ‘Is it because there is no God The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “Elohim.” in Israel, that you go to inquire of Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron?

³Angel GOSPODOV pa reče Eliju Tisbljanu: Vstani, pojdi naproti slom kralja samarijskega in jim reci: Ni li Boga v Izraelu, da greste vpraševat Baalzebuba, boga v Ekronu?

⁴Now therefore thus says Yahweh, “You shall not come down from the bed where you have gone up, but shall surely die.”’” Elijah departed.

⁴Zatorej pravi tako GOSPOD: Ne vstaneš iz postelje, v katero si legel, temuč gotovo umrješ! In Elija je šel.

⁵The messengers returned to him, and he said to them, “Why is it that you have returned?”

⁵In ko se sli vrnejo h kralju, jih vpraša: Kaj da ste se vrnili?

⁶They said to him, “A man came up to meet us, and said to us, ‘Go, return to the king who sent you, and tell him, “Thus says Yahweh, ‘Is it because there is no God in Israel, that you send to inquire of Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore you shall not come down from the bed where you have gone up, but shall surely die.’”’”

⁶Oni mu reko: Neki mož nam je prišel naproti in nam je dejal: Pojdite, vrnite se h kralju, ki vas je poslal, in mu recite: Tako pravi GOSPOD: Ni li Boga v Izraelu, da pošiljaš vpraševat Baalzebuba, boga v Ekronu? Zato ne vstaneš iz postelje, v katero si legel, temuč gotovo umrješ!

⁷He said to them, “What kind of man was he who came up to meet you, and told you these words?”

⁷In jih vpraša: Kakšne podobe in obleke je bil mož, ki vam je prišel naproti in vam to govoril?

⁸They answered him, “He was a hairy man, and wearing a leather belt around his waist.” He said, “It is Elijah the Tishbite.”

⁸In mu odgovore: Lasat mož je bil in opasan z usnjenim pasom okoli ledij. In reče: Elija Tisbljan je.

⁹Then the king sent a captain of fifty with his fifty to him. He went up to him; and behold, he was sitting on the top of the hill. He said to him, “Man of God, the king has said, ‘Come down!’”

⁹Tedaj pošlje kralj petdesetnika in njegovih petdeset mož. Ta gre gori k njemu, in glej, on sedi na vrhu gore. In mu reče: Mož Božji, kralj je ukazal: Pojdi doli!

¹⁰Elijah answered to the captain of fifty, “If I am a man of God, let fire come down from the sky, and consume you and your fifty!” Fire came down from the sky, and consumed him and his fifty.

¹⁰In Elija odgovori in reče petdesetniku: Ako sem mož Božji, naj švigne ogenj doli z neba in požre tebe in tvoje petdesetere. In švigne ogenj z neba in požre njega in petdesetere njegove.

¹¹Again he sent to him another captain of fifty and his fifty. He answered him, “Man of God, the king has said, ‘Come down quickly!’”

¹¹In zopet pošlje k njemu drugega petdesetnika ž njegovo petdeseterico. In izpregovori in mu reče: Mož Božji, tako je ukazal kralj: Hitro pojdi doli!

¹²Elijah answered them, “If I am a man of God, let fire come down from the sky, and consume you and your fifty!” The fire of God came down from the sky, and consumed him and his fifty.

¹²In Elija odgovori in mu veli: Ako sem mož Božji, naj švigne ogenj doli z neba in požre tebe in tvoje petdesetere. In ogenj švigne z neba in požre njega in petdesetere njegove.

¹³Again he sent the captain of a third fifty with his fifty. The third captain of fifty went up, and came and fell on his knees before Elijah, and begged him, and said to him, “Man of God, please let my life, and the life of these fifty your servants, be precious in your sight.

¹³In zopet pošlje tretjega petdesetnika ž njegovo petdeseterico. In ko pride gori tretji petdesetnik, pade na kolena pred Elijem in ga prosi in mu reče: Mož Božji, prosim, bodi pred teboj drago življenje moje in teh petdesetih hlapcev tvojih življenje!

¹⁴Behold, fire came down from the sky, and consumed the two former captains of fifty with their fifties. But now let my life be precious in your sight.”

¹⁴Glej, ogenj je prišel z neba in požrl prva dva petdesetnika in petdesetere, ki so bili ž njima; sedaj pa bodi drago življenje moje pred teboj!

¹⁵The angel of Yahweh said to Elijah, “Go down with him. Don’t be afraid of him.” He arose, and went down with him to the king.

¹⁵In angel GOSPODOV govori Eliju: Pojdi doli ž njim in ne boj se ga! Vstane torej in gre ž njim doli h kralju

¹⁶He said to him, “Thus says Yahweh, ‘Because you have sent messengers to inquire of Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron, is it because there is no God in Israel to inquire of his word? Therefore you shall not come down from the bed where you have gone up, but shall surely die.’”

¹⁶in mu reče: Tako pravi GOSPOD: Ker si poslal sle vprašat Baalzebuba, boga v Ekronu, kakor da ni nobenega Boga v Izraelu, za čigar besedo bi se vprašalo, zato ne vstaneš iz postelje, v katero si legel, temuč gotovo umrješ.

¹⁷So he died according to the word of Yahweh which Elijah had spoken. Jehoram began to reign in his place in the second year of Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah; because he had no son.

¹⁷Tako je umrl po besedi GOSPODOVI, ki jo je bil govoril Elija. In Joram je zakraljeval na mestu njegovem v drugem letu Jorama, sina Josafata, kralja na Judovem; kajti ni imel sina.Druge zgodbe Ahazijeve pa, kaj je storil, ni li pisano v knjigi letopisov kraljev Izraelovih?

¹⁸Now the rest of the acts of Ahaziah which he did, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

¹⁸Druge zgodbe Ahazijeve pa, kaj je storil, ni li pisano v knjigi letopisov kraljev Izraelovih?