Liber II Paralipomenon, 21

1. dormivit autem Josaphat cum patribus suis et sepultus est cum eis in civitate David regnavitque Joram filius ejus pro eo

1. And Josaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with them in the city of David: and Joram his son reigned in his stead.

2. qui habuit fratres filios Josaphat Azariam et Hiahihel et Zacchariam et Azariam et Michaël et Saphatiam omnes hii filii Josaphat regis Israël

2. And he had brethren the sons of Josaphat, Azarias, and Jahiel, and Zacharias, and Azaria, and Michael, and Saphatias, all these were the sons of Josaphat king of Juda.

3. deditque eis pater suus multa munera argenti et auri et pensitationes cum civitatibus munitissimis in Juda regnum autem tradidit Joram eo quod esset primogenitus

3. And their father gave them great gifts of silver, and of gold, and pensions, with strong cities in Juda: but the kingdom he gave to Joram, because he was the eldest.

4. surrexit ergo Joram super regnum patris sui cumque se confirmasset occidit omnes fratres suos gladio et quosdam de principibus Israël

4. So Joram rose up over the kingdom of his father: and when he had established himself, he slew all his brethren with the sword, and some of the princes of Israel.

5. triginta duo annorum erat Joram cum regnare cœpisset et octo annis regnavit in Hierusalem

5. Joram was two and thirty years old when he began to reign: and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.

6. ambulavitque in viis regum Israël sicut egerat domus Ahab filia quippe Ahab erat uxor ejus et fecit malum in conspectu Domini

6. And he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, as the house of Achab had done: for his wife was a daughter of Achab, and he did evil in the sight of the Lord.

7. noluit autem Dominus disperdere domum David propter pactum quod inierat cum eo et quia promiserat ut daret illi lucernam et filiis ejus omni tempore

7. But the Lord would not destroy the house of David: because of the covenant which he had made with him: and because he had promised to give a lamp to him, and to his sons for ever.

8. in diebus illis rebellavit Edom ne esset subditus Judæ et constituit sibi regem

8. In those days Edom revolted, from being subject to Juda, and made themselves a king.

9. cumque transisset Joram cum principibus suis et cuncto equitatu qui erat secum surrexit nocte et percussit Edom qui se circumdederat et omnes duces equitatus ejus

9. And Joram went over with his princes, and all his cavalry with him, and rose in the night, and defeated the Edomites who had surrounded him, and all the captains of his cavalry.

10. attamen rebellavit Edom ne esset sub dicione Juda usque ad hanc diem eo tempore et Lobna recessit ne esset sub manu illius dereliquerat enim Dominum Deum patrum suorum

10. However Edom revolted, from being under the dominion of Juda unto this day: at that time Lobna also revolted, from being under his hand. For he had forsaken the Lord the God of his fathers:

11. insuper et excelsa fabricatus est in urbibus Juda et fornicari fecit habitatores Hierusalem et prævaricari Judam

11. Moreover he built also high places in the cities of Juda, and he made the inhabitants of Jerusalem to commit fornication, and Juda to transgress.

12. adlatæ sunt autem ei litteræ ab Helia propheta in quibus scriptum erat hæc dicit Dominus Deus David patris tui quoniam non ambulasti in viis Josaphat patris tui et in viis Asa regis Juda

12. And there was a letter brought him from Elias the prophet, in which it was written: Thus saith the Lord the God of David thy father: Because thou hast not walked in the ways of Josaphat thy father nor in the ways of Asa king of Juda,

13. sed incessisti per iter regum Israël et fornicari fecisti Judam et habitatores Hierusalem imitatus fornicationem domus Ahab insuper et fratres tuos domum patris tui meliores te occidisti

13. But hast walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and hast made Juda and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to commit fornication, imitating the fornication of the house of Achab, moreover also thou hast killed thy brethren, the house of thy father, better men than thyself,

14. ecce Dominus percutiet te plaga magna cum populo tuo et filiis et uxoribus tuis universaque substantia tua

14. Behold the Lord will strike thee with a great plague, with all thy people, and thy children, and thy wives, and all thy substance.

15. tu autem ægrotabis pessimo languore uteri donec egrediantur vitalia tua paulatim per dies singulos

15. And thou shalt be sick of a very grievous disease of thy bowels, till thy vital parts come out by little and little every day.

16. suscitavit ergo Dominus contra Joram spiritum Philisthinorum et Arabum qui confines sunt Æthiopibus

16. And the Lord stirred up against Joram the spirit of the Philistines, and of the Arabians, who border on the Ethiopians.

17. et ascenderunt in terram Juda et vastaverunt eam diripueruntque cunctam substantiam quæ inventa est in domo regis insuper et filios ejus et uxores nec remansit ei filius nisi Joachaz qui minimus natu erat

17. And they came up into the land of Juda, and wasted it, and they carried away all the substance that was found in the king's house, his sons also, and his wives: so that there was no son left him but Joachaz, who was the youngest.

18. et super hæc omnia percussit eum Dominus alvi languore insanabili

18. And besides all this the Lord struck him with an incurable disease in his bowels.

19. cumque diei succederet dies et temporum spatia volverentur duorum annorum expletus est circulus et sic longa consumptus tabe ita ut egereret etiam viscera sua languore pariter et vita caruit mortuusque est in infirmitate pessima et non fecit ei populus secundum morem conbustionis exequias sicut fecerat majoribus ejus

19. And as day came after day, and time rolled on, two whole years passed: then after being wasted with a long consumption, so as to void his very bowels, his disease ended with his life. And he died of a most wretched illness, and the people did not make a funeral for him according to the manner of burning, as they had done for his ancestors.

20. triginta duum annorum fuit cum regnare cœpisset et octo annis regnavit in Hierusalem ambulavitque non recte et sepelierunt eum in civitate David verumtamen non in sepulchro regum

20. He was two and thirty years old when he began his reign, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem. And he walked not rightly, and they buried him in the city of David: but not in the sepulchres of the kings.