2 Kings, 3
1. Truly, Joram, the son of Ahab, reigned over Israel, in Samaria, in the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah. And he reigned for twelve years.
1. Joram, sin Ahabov, zakralji se nad Izraelom u Samariji osamnaeste godine Jošafatova kraljevanja u Judeji. I vladao je dvanaest godina.
2. And he did evil in the sight of the Lord, but not as his father and mother did. For he took away the statues of Baal, which his father had made.
2. Èinio je što je zlo u oèima Jahvinim, ali ne kao njegov otac i mati, jer je uklonio Baalov stup što ga bijaše podigao njegov otac.
3. Yet truly, he did adhere to the sins of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, who caused Israel to sin; neither did he withdraw from these.
3. Ali je prianjao uz grijeh kojim je Jeroboam, sin Nebatov, zavodio Izraela; i nije odstupao od njega.
4. Now Mesha, the king of Moab, raised many sheep. And he repaid to the king of Israel one hundred thousand lambs, and one hundred thousand rams, with their fleece.
4. Meša, kralj moapski, bio je stoèar i slao je izraelskom kralju u danak stotinu tisuæa janjaca i vunu od stotine tisuæa ovnova.
5. And when Ahab had died, he transgressed the pact that he had with the king of Israel.
5. Ali kad je umro Ahab, pobuni se kralj moapski protiv izraelskog kralja.
6. Therefore, king Joram departed on that day from Samaria, and he took a count of all of Israel.
6. U to je baš vrijeme kralj Joram izišao iz Samarije i izvršio smotru svih Izraelaca.
7. And he sent to Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah, saying: “The king of Moab was withdrawn from me. Come to battle with me against him.” And he responded: “I will go up. What is mine, is yours. My people are your people. And my horses are your horses.”
7. Zatim je poruèio judejskom kralju Jošafatu: "Moapski se kralj pobunio protiv mene. Hoæeš li sa mnom u rat protiv Moabaca?" Judejski kralj odgovori: "Hoæu! Ja kao ti, moj narod kao tvoj narod, moji konji kao i tvoji konji."
8. And he said, “Along which way shall we ascend?” So he responded, “Along the desert of Idumea.”
8. I doda: "Kojim æemo putem?" A drugi mu odgovori: "Kroz Edomsku pustinju."
9. Therefore, the king of Israel, and the king of Judah, and the king of Idumea, traveled, and they went by a circuitous path for seven days. But there was no water for the army or for the beasts of burden which were following them.
9. I tako krenu izraelski kralj s judejskim kraljem i s kraljem edomskim. Sedam su dana lutali, a nije bilo vode èetama ni stoci koja je išla za njima.
10. And the king of Israel said: “Alas, alas, alas! The Lord has gathered we three kings, so that he might deliver us into the hands of Moab.”
10. Tada povika kralj izraelski: "Jao, Jahve je pozvao ova tri kralja da ih preda u ruke Moapcima!"
11. And Jehoshaphat said, “Is there not a prophet of the Lord here, so that we may appeal to the Lord through him?” And one of the servants of the king of Israel responded, “Elisha, the son of Shaphat, is here, who poured water upon the hands of Elijah.”
11. Ali Jošafat reèe: "Nema li tu proroka Jahvina da se preko njega posavjetujemo s Jahvom?" Tada odgovori jedan izmeðu slugu izraelskoga kralja: "Ovdje je Elizej, sin Šafatov, koji je lijevao vodu na Ilijine ruke."
12. And Jehoshaphat said, “The word of the Lord is with him.” And so, the king of Israel, with Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah, and with the king of Idumea, descended to him.
12. Jošafat reèe: "U njega je rijeè Božja." I kralj izraelski, kralj judejski i kralj edomski odoše Elizeju.
13. Then Elisha said to the king of Israel: “What is there between you and me? Go to the prophets of your father and your mother.” And the king of Israel said to him, “Why has the Lord gathered these three kings, so that he might deliver them into the hands of Moab?”
13. A Elizej reèe kralju izraelskom: "Što ja imam s tobom? Potraži proroke svoga oca i proroke svoje majke!" Izraelski kralj odgovori mu: "Ne! Jer Jahve je pozvao ova tri kralja da ih preda u ruke Moapcima."
14. And Elisha said to him: “As the Lord of hosts lives, in whose sight I stand, if I was not humbled by the face of Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah, certainly I would neither have listened to you, nor have looked upon you.
14. Elizej uzvrati: "Tako mi živoga Jahve Sebaota, komu služim, kad ne bih gledao na judejskog kralja Jošafata, ne bih ti obraæao pažnje niti bih te pogledao.
15. But now, bring a musician to me.” And while the musician was playing, the hand of the Lord fell upon him, and he said:
15. Sada mi dovedite sviraèa." I dok je glazbenik svirao, siðe ruka Jahvina nada nj.
16. “Thus says the Lord: Make, in the channel of this torrent, pit after pit.
16. I on reèe: "Ovako veli Jahve: 'Iskopajte u ovoj dolini mnogo jama.
17. For thus says the Lord: You shall not see wind or rain. And yet this channel shall be filled with water. And you shall drink, you and your families, and your beasts of burden.
17. Jer ovako veli Jahve: neæete osjetiti vjetra niti æete vidjeti dažda, a ova æe se dolina napuniti vodom. I pit æete vi, vaš marva i vaša stoka.'
18. And this is small in the sight of the Lord. So, in addition, he will also deliver Moab into your hands.
18. Ali to još nije ništa u oèima Jahve: on æe predati Moab u vaše ruke.
19. And you shall strike every fortified town and every elect city. And you shall cut down every fruitful tree. And you shall obstruct all the sources of water. And you shall cover every excellent field with stones.”
19. Vi æete zauzeti sve utvrðene gradove, posjeæi sve plodno drveæe, zatrpati sve izvore i opustošiti najbolja polja: kamenjem æete ih zasijati."
20. Then it happened that, in the morning, when the sacrifices were usually to be offered, behold, water was arriving along the way of Idumea, and the land was filled with water.
20. I doista, ujutro, u vrijeme kad se prinosi žrtva, doðe voda od Edoma i preplavi svu okolinu.
21. Then all the Moabites, hearing that the kings had ascended so that they might fight against them, gathered all who had been girded with a belt around them, and they stood at the borders.
21. Kad su Moapci èuli da su kraljevi došli s njima ratovati, pozvaše sve koji bijahu sposobni za oružje i postaviše ih na granicu.
22. And rising up in early morning, and when the sun was now rising before the waters, the Moabites saw the waters opposite them, which were red like blood.
22. Kad su ujutro ustali i kad je sunce granulo nad onom vodom, Moapcima se sa strane voda uèini crvenom kao krv.
23. And they said: “It is the blood of the sword! The kings have fought among themselves, and they have slain one another. Go now, Moab, to the spoils!”
23. I rekoše: "To je krv! Zacijelo su se kraljevi meðusobno pobili i jedan drugoga pogubili. A sada: na plijen, Moapci!"
24. And they went into the camp of Israel. But Israel, rising up, struck Moab, and they fled before them. And since they had prevailed, they went and struck down Moab.
24. Ali kad su stigli do izraelskog tabora, digoše se Izraelci i potukoše Moapce, tako te ovi pobjegoše pred njima. A Izraelci pojuriše da dotuku Moapce.
25. And they destroyed the cities. And they filled up every excellent field, each one casting stones. And they obstructed all the sources of water. And they cut down all the fruitful trees, to such an extent that only brick walls remained. And the city was encircled by the slingers of stones. And a great part of it was struck down.
25. Razorili su im gradove, bacali svaki po kamen na najbolje njive da ih zaspu, zatrpali izvore i posjekli sve plodno drveæe. Konaèno, ostao je samo grad Kir Harešet; praæari su ga opkolili i tukli ga.
26. And when the king of Moab had seen this, specifically, that the enemies had prevailed, he took with him seven hundred men who draw the sword, so that he might break through to the king of Idumea. But they were unable.
26. Kada je moapski kralj vidio da neæe izdržati bitku, uze sa sobom sedam stotina ljudi naoružanih maèevima, pokuša se probiti i doæi do kralja edomskog, ali ne uspje.
27. And taking his firstborn son, who would have reigned in his place, he offered him as a holocaust upon the wall. And there was great indignation in Israel. And they promptly withdrew from him, and they turned back to their own land.
27. Tada uze svoga sina prvenca, koji ga imaše naslijediti, i prinese ga kao paljenicu na zidu. To se tako silno zgadilo Izraelcima te odoše od njih i vratiše se u svoju zemlju.
