¹In the three and twentieth year of Joash the son of Ahaziah, king of Judah, Jehoahaz the son of Jehu began to reign over Israel in Samaria for seventeen years.

¹V triindvajsetem letu Joasa, sina Ahazijevega, kralja na Judovem, je zakraljeval Joahaz, sin Jehujev, nad Izraelom v Samariji in je vladal sedemnajst let.

²He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, and followed the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, with which he made Israel to sin; he didn’t depart from it.

²In delal je, kar je bilo hudo v očeh GOSPODOVIH, in hodil za grehi Jeroboama, sina Nebatovega, s katerimi je ta zavajal v greh Izraela; ni odstopil od njih.

³The anger of Yahweh was kindled against Israel, and he delivered them into the hand of Hazael king of Syria, and into the hand of Benhadad the son of Hazael, continually.

³In razvnela se jeza GOSPODOVA nad Izraelom, in dal jih je v pest Hazaelu, sirskemu kralju, in Ben-hadadu, sinu Hazaelovemu, vse dni.

⁴Jehoahaz begged Yahweh, and Yahweh listened to him; for he saw the oppression of Israel, how that the king of Syria oppressed them.

⁴Joahaz pa je prosil blagovoljnosti GOSPODA, in GOSPOD ga je uslišal; kajti videl je stisko Izraelovo, kako jih je zatiral sirski kralj.

⁵(Yahweh gave Israel a savior, so that they went out from under the hand of the Syrians; and the children of Israel lived in their tents as before.

⁵(In GOSPOD je dal Izraelu rešitelja, da so se oprostili izpod oblasti Sircev; in sinovi Izraelovi so prebivali v šatorih svojih kakor poprej.

⁶Nevertheless they didn’t depart from the sins of the house of Jeroboam, with which he made Israel to sin, but walked therein: and there remained the Asherah also in Samaria.)

⁶Vendar pa niso odstopili od grehov hiše Jeroboama, s katerimi je ta zavajal v greh Izraela, ampak hodili so v njih. In Ašera je tudi ostala v Samariji.)

⁷For he didn’t leave to Jehoahaz of the people any more than fifty horsemen, and ten chariots, and ten thousand footmen; for the king of Syria destroyed them, and made them like the dust in threshing.

⁷Zakaj ni pustil Joahazu ljudstva, nego le petdeset konjikov in deset voz in deset tisoč pešcev; kralj sirski jih je namreč pogubil in strl, da so bili kakor prah o mlatvi.

⁸Now the rest of the acts of Jehoahaz, and all that he did, and his might, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

⁸A druge zgodbe Joahazove in vse, kar je storil, in o moči njegovi, ni li pisano v knjigi letopisov kraljev Izraelovih?

⁹Jehoahaz slept with his fathers; and they buried him in Samaria: and Joash his son reigned in his place.

⁹In Joahaz je legel k očetom svojim, in pokopali so ga v Samariji, in Joas, sin njegov, je zakraljeval na mestu njegovem.

¹⁰In the thirty-seventh year of Joash king of Judah, Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz began to reign over Israel in Samaria for sixteen years.

¹⁰V sedemintridesetem letu Joasa, kralja Judovega, je zakraljeval Joas, sin Joahazov, nad Izraelom v Samariji in je vladal šestnajst let.

¹¹He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh; he didn’t depart from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, with which he made Israel to sin; but he walked therein.

¹¹In delal je, kar je bilo hudo v očeh GOSPODOVIH; ni odstopil od vseh grehov Jeroboama, sina Nebatovega, s katerimi je ta zavajal v greh Izraela, temuč živel je v njih.

¹²Now the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, and his might with which he fought against Amaziah king of Judah, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

¹²A druge zgodbe Joasove in vse, kar je storil, in o moči njegovi, s katero se je bojeval zoper Amazija, kralja Judovega, ni li pisano v knjigi letopisov kraljev Izraelovih?

¹³Joash slept with his fathers; and Jeroboam sat on his throne: and Joash was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel.

¹³In Joas je legel k očetom svojim, in Jeroboam je zasedel prestol njegov. In Joasa so pokopali v Samariji pri kraljih Izraelovih.

¹⁴Now Elisha was fallen sick of his sickness of which he died: and Joash the king of Israel came down to him, and wept over him, and said, “My father, my father, the chariots of Israel and its horsemen!”

¹⁴Elizej pa je zbolel za svojo boleznijo, za katero je tudi umrl. In Joas, kralj Izraelov, pride doli k njemu in joče nad njim ter reče: Oče moj, oče moj, vozovi Izraelovi in jezdeci njegovi!

¹⁵Elisha said to him, “Take bow and arrows”; and he took to him bow and arrows.

¹⁵In Elizej mu reče: Prinesi lok in strelice! In mu prinese lok in pšice.

¹⁶He said to the king of Israel, “Put your hand on the bow”; and he put his hand on it. Elisha laid his hands on the king’s hands.

¹⁶In Elizej veli kralju Izraelovemu: Napni lok s svojo roko! In ga napne svojeročno. Elizej pa dene roke svoje na roke kraljeve

¹⁷He said, “Open the window eastward”; and he opened it. Then Elisha said, “Shoot!” and he shot. He said, “Yahweh’s arrow of victory, even the arrow of victory over Syria; for you shall strike the Syrians in Aphek, until you have consumed them.”

¹⁷in reče: Odpri okno proti vzhodu! In ga odpre. Tedaj veli Elizej: Stréli! In izstreli. On pa reče: Pšica zmage od GOSPODA, pšica zmage nad Sirijo! zakaj udaril boš Sirce v Afeku, da jih pokončaš.

¹⁸He said, “Take the arrows”; and he took them. He said to the king of Israel, “Strike the ground”; and he struck three times, and stopped.

¹⁸Nato veli: Vzemi pšice! In jih vzame. In veli kralju Izraelovemu: Udarjaj ob zemljo! In udari trikrat in obstane.

¹⁹The man of God was angry with him, and said, “You should have struck five or six times. Then you would have struck Syria until you had consumed it, whereas now you shall strike Syria just three times.”

¹⁹Tedaj se razsrdi mož Božji nad njim in reče: Moral bi bil udariti petkrat ali šestkrat, pa bi bil udaril Sirijo, da bi jo bil pokončal. Sedaj pa boš udaril Sirijo samo trikrat.

²⁰Elisha died, and they buried him. Now the bands of the Moabites invaded the land at the coming in of the year.

²⁰In ko je Elizej umrl in so ga pokopali, so vdrle plenilne čete Moabcev v deželo ob začetku leta.

²¹It happened, as they were burying a man, that behold, they spied a band; and they cast the man into the tomb of Elisha: and as soon as the man touched the bones of Elisha, he revived, and stood up on his feet.

²¹In zgodi se, ko so pokopavali nekega moža, da iznenada zagledajo tako četo; in vržejo moža v grob Elizejev. In brž, ko se dotakne mož kosti Elizejevih, oživi in stopi na noge svoje.

²²Hazael king of Syria oppressed Israel all the days of Jehoahaz.

²²Hazael pa, kralj Sirije, je stiskal Izraela vse Joahazove dni.

²³But Yahweh was gracious to them, and had compassion on them, and had respect to them, because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and would not destroy them, neither cast he them from his presence as yet.

²³A GOSPOD jim je bil milosten in se jih je usmilil in se ozrl nanje zaradi zaveze svoje z Abrahamom, Izakom in Jakobom, in jih ni hotel pokončati, tudi jih ni zavrgel izpred svojega obličja do tega časa.

²⁴Hazael king of Syria died; and Benhadad his son reigned in his place.

²⁴In Hazael, kralj Sirije, je umrl, in sin njegov, Ben-hadad, je zakraljeval na mestu njegovem.In Joas, sin Joahazov, je dobil zopet izpod roke Ben-hadada, sinu Hazaelovega, mesta, ki jih je ta v vojni vzel iz roke Joahaza, očeta njegovega. Trikrat ga je udaril Joas in dobil nazaj mesta Izraelova.

²⁵Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz took again out of the hand of Benhadad the son of Hazael the cities which he had taken out of the hand of Jehoahaz his father by war. Joash struck him three times, and recovered the cities of Israel.

²⁵In Joas, sin Joahazov, je dobil zopet izpod roke Ben-hadada, sinu Hazaelovega, mesta, ki jih je ta v vojni vzel iz roke Joahaza, očeta njegovega. Trikrat ga je udaril Joas in dobil nazaj mesta Izraelova.