Liber I Regum, 16

1. Factus est autem sermo Domini ad Iehu filium Hanani contra Baasa dicens:

1. And the word of the LORD came to Jehu the son of Hana'ni against Ba'asha, saying,

2. “Pro eo quod exaltavi te de pulvere et posui te ducem super populum meum Israel, tu autem ambulasti in via Ieroboam et peccare fecisti populum meum Israel, ut me irritares in peccatis eorum,

2. "Since I exalted you out of the dust and made you leader over my people Israel, and you have walked in the way of Jerobo'am, and have made my people Israel to sin, provoking me to anger with their sins,

3. ecce ego demetam posteriora Baasa et posteriora domus eius et faciam domum tuam sicut domum Ieroboam filii Nabat.

3. behold, I will utterly sweep away Ba'asha and his house, and I will make your house like the house of Jerobo'am the son of Nebat.

4. Qui mortuus fuerit de Baasa in civitate, comedent eum canes; et, qui mortuus fuerit ex eo in agro, comedent eum volucres caeli”.

4. Any one belonging to Ba'asha who dies in the city the dogs shall eat; and any one of his who dies in the field the birds of the air shall eat."

5. Reliqua autem gestorum Baasa et quaecumque fecit et fortitudo eius, nonne haec scripta sunt in libro annalium regum Israel?

5. Now the rest of the acts of Ba'asha, and what he did, and his might, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?

6. Dormivit ergo Baasa cum patribus suis sepultusque est in Thersa; et regnavit Ela filius eius pro eo.

6. And Ba'asha slept with his fathers, and was buried at Tirzah; and Elah his son reigned in his stead.

7. Sed et in manu Iehu filii Hanani prophetae verbum Domini factum est ad Baasa et ad domum eius propter omne malum, quod fecerat coram Domino ad irritandum eum in operibus manuum suarum, ut fieret sicut domus Ieroboam, eo quod percussisset eam.

7. Moreover the word of the LORD came by the prophet Jehu the son of Hana'ni against Ba'asha and his house, both because of all the evil that he did in the sight of the LORD, provoking him to anger with the work of his hands, in being like the house of Jerobo'am, and also because he destroyed it.

8. Anno vicesimo sexto Asa regis Iudae regnavit Ela filius Baasa super Israel in Thersa duobus annis.

8. In the twenty-sixth year of Asa king of Judah, Elah the son of Ba'asha began to reign over Israel in Tirzah, and reigned two years.

9. Et rebellavit contra eum servus suus Zamri dux mediae partis curruum. Erat autem Ela in Thersa bibens et temulentus in domo Arsa praefecti domus in Thersa;

9. But his servant Zimri, commander of half his chariots, conspired against him. When he was at Tirzah, drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza, who was over the household in Tirzah,

10. irruens ergo Zamri percussit et occidit eum anno vicesimo septimo Asa regis Iudae et regnavit pro eo.

10. Zimri came in and struck him down and killed him, in the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned in his stead.

11. Cumque regnasset et sedisset super solium eius, percussit omnem domum Baasa et non dereliquit ex eo quidquid masculini sexus et propinquos et amicos eius.

11. When he began to reign, as soon as he had seated himself on his throne, he killed all the house of Ba'asha; he did not leave him a single male of his kinsmen or his friends.

12. Delevitque Zamri omnem domum Baasa iuxta verbum Domini, quod locutus fuerat ad Baasa in manu Iehu prophetae,

12. Thus Zimri destroyed all the house of Ba'asha, according to the word of the LORD, which he spoke against Ba'asha by Jehu the prophet,

13. propter universa peccata Baasa et peccata Ela filii eius, qui peccaverunt et peccare fecerunt Israel provocantes Dominum, Deum Israel, in vanitatibus suis.

13. for all the sins of Ba'asha and the sins of Elah his son which they sinned, and which they made Israel to sin, provoking the LORD God of Israel to anger with their idols.

14. Reliqua autem gestorum Ela et omnia, quae fecit, nonne haec scripta sunt in libro annalium regum Israel?

14. Now the rest of the acts of Elah, and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?

15. Anno vicesimo septimo Asa regis Iudae regnavit Zamri septem diebus in Thersa. Porro exercitus obsidebat Gebbethon urbem Philisthinorum.

15. In the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah, Zimri reigned seven days in Tirzah. Now the troops were encamped against Gib'bethon, which belonged to the Philistines,

16. Cumque audisset rebellasse Zamri et occidisse regem, fecit sibi regem omnis Israel Amri, qui erat princeps militiae super Israel in die illa in castris.

16. and the troops who were encamped heard it said, "Zimri has conspired, and he has killed the king"; therefore all Israel made Omri, the commander of the army, king over Israel that day in the camp.

17. Ascendit ergo Amri et omnis Israel cum eo de Gebbethon, et obsidebant Thersa;

17. So Omri went up from Gib'bethon, and all Israel with him, and they besieged Tirzah.

18. videns autem Zamri quod expugnanda esset civitas, ingressus est palatium et succendit super se domum regiam et mortuus est igne

18. And when Zimri saw that the city was taken, he went into the citadel of the king's house, and burned the king's house over him with fire, and died,

19. in peccatis suis, quae peccaverat faciens malum coram Domino et ambulans in via Ieroboam et in peccato eius, quo fecit peccare Israel.

19. because of his sins which he committed, doing evil in the sight of the LORD, walking in the way of Jerobo'am, and for his sin which he committed, making Israel to sin.

20. Reliqua autem gestorum Zamri et rebellio, quam fecit, nonne haec scripta sunt in libro annalium regum Israel?

20. Now the rest of the acts of Zimri, and the conspiracy which he made, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?

21. Tunc divisus est populus Israel in duas partes: media pars populi sequebatur Thebni filium Gineth, ut constitueret eum regem, et media pars Amri.

21. Then the people of Israel were divided into two parts; half of the people followed Tibni the son of Ginath, to make him king, and half followed Omri.

22. Praevaluit autem populus, qui erat cum Amri, populo, qui sequebatur Thebni filium Gineth; mortuusque est Thebni, et regnavit Amri.

22. But the people who followed Omri overcame the people who followed Tibni the son of Ginath; so Tibni died, and Omri became king.

23. Anno tricesimo primo Asa regis Iudae regnavit Amri super Israel duodecim annis; in Thersa regnavit sex annis.

23. In the thirty-first year of Asa king of Judah, Omri began to reign over Israel, and reigned for twelve years; six years he reigned in Tirzah.

24. Emitque montem Samariae a Somer duobus talentis argenti et aedificavit eum et vocavit nomen civitatis, quam exstruxerat, nomine Somer domini montis Samariae.

24. He bought the hill of Sama'ria from Shemer for two talents of silver; and he fortified the hill, and called the name of the city which he built, Sama'ria, after the name of Shemer, the owner of the hill.

25. Fecit autem Amri malum in conspectu Domini et operatus est nequiter super omnes, qui fuerunt ante eum;

25. Omri did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, and did more evil than all who were before him.

26. ambulavitque in omni via Ieroboam filii Nabat et in peccato eius, quo peccare fecerat Israel, ut irritaret Dominum, Deum Israel, in vanitatibus suis.

26. For he walked in all the way of Jerobo'am the son of Nebat, and in the sins which he made Israel to sin, provoking the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger by their idols.

27. Reliqua autem gestorum Amri et proelia eius, quae fortiter gessit, nonne haec scripta sunt in libro annalium regum Israel?

27. Now the rest of the acts of Omri which he did, and the might that he showed, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?

28. Et dormivit Amri cum patribus suis et sepultus est in Samaria; regnavitque Achab filius eius pro eo.

28. And Omri slept with his fathers, and was buried in Sama'ria; and Ahab his son reigned in his stead.

29. Achab vero filius Amri regnavit super Israel anno tricesimo octavo Asa regis Iudae; et regnavit Achab filius Amri super Israel in Samaria viginti et duobus annis.

29. In the thirty-eighth year of Asa king of Judah, Ahab the son of Omri began to reign over Israel, and Ahab the son of Omri reigned over Israel in Sama'ria twenty-two years.

30. Et fecit Achab filius Amri malum in conspectu Domini super omnes, qui fuerunt ante eum.

30. And Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD more than all that were before him.

31. Nec suffecit ei, ut ambularet in peccatis Ieroboam filii Nabat; insuper duxit uxorem Iezabel filiam Ethbaal regis Sidoniorum et abiit et servivit Baal et adoravit eum.

31. And as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jerobo'am the son of Nebat, he took for wife Jez'ebel the daughter of Ethba'al king of the Sido'nians, and went and served Ba'al, and worshiped him.

32. Et posuit aram Baal in templo Baal, quod aedificaverat in Samaria,

32. He erected an altar for Ba'al in the house of Ba'al, which he built in Sama'ria.

33. et fecit Achab palum. Et addidit Achab in opere suo irritans Dominum, Deum Israel, super omnes reges Israel, qui fuerant ante eum.

33. And Ahab made an Ashe'rah. Ahab did more to provoke the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger than all the kings of Israel who were before him.

34. In diebus eius aedificavit Hiel de Bethel Iericho; in Abiram primitivo suo fundavit eam et in Segub novissimo suo posuit portas eius, iuxta verbum Domini, quod locutus fuerat in manu Iosue filii Nun.

34. In his days Hi'el of Bethel built Jericho; he laid its foundation at the cost of Abi'ram his first-born, and set up its gates at the cost of his youngest son Segub, according to the word of the LORD, which he spoke by Joshua the son of Nun.