Liber I Regum, 22

1. transierunt igitur tres anni absque bello inter Syriam et Israël

1. And there passed three years without war between Syria and Israel.

2. in anno autem tertio descendit Josaphat rex Juda ad regem Israël

2. And in the third year, Josaphat king of Juda came down to the king of Israel.

3. dixitque rex Israël ad servos suos ignoratis quod nostra sit Ramoth Galaad et neglegimus tollere eam de manu regis Syriæ

3. (And the king of Israel said to his servants: Know ye not-that Ramoth Galaad is ours, and we neglect to take it out of the hand of the king of Syria?)

4. et ait ad Josaphat veniesne mecum ad prœliandum in Ramoth Galaad

4. And he said to Josaphat: Wilt thou come with me to battle to Ramoth Galaad ?

5. dixitque Josaphat ad regem Israël sicut ego sum ita et tu populus meus et populus tuus unum sunt et equites mei et equites tui dixitque Josaphat ad regem Israël quære oro te hodie sermonem Domini

5. And Josaphat said to the king of Israel: As I am, so art thou: my people and thy people are one: and my horsemen, thy horsemen. And Josaphat said to the king of Israel: Inquire, I beseech thee, this day, the word of the Lord.

6. congregavit ergo rex Israël prophetas quadringentos circiter viros et ait ad eos ire debeo in Ramoth Galaad ad bellandum an quiescere qui responderunt ascende et dabit Dominus in manu regis

6. Then the king of Israel assembled the prophets, about four hundred men, and he said to them: Shall I go to Ramoth Galaad to fight, or shall I forbear? They answered: Go up, and the Lord will deliver it into the hand of the king.

7. dixit autem Josaphat non est hic propheta Domini quispiam ut interrogemus per eum

7. And Josaphat said: Is there not here some prophet of the Lord, that we may inquire by him?

8. et ait rex Israël ad Josaphat remansit vir unus per quem possimus interrogare Dominum sed ego odi eum quia non prophetat mihi bonum sed malum Micheas filius Hiemla cui Josaphat ait ne loquaris ita rex

8. And the king of Israel said to Josaphat: There is one man left, by whom we may inquire of the Lord: Micheas the son of Jemla; but I hate him, for he doth not prophesy good to me, but evil. And Josaphat said: Speak not so, O king.

9. vocavit ergo rex Israël eunuchum quendam et dixit ei festina adducere Micheam filium Hiemla

9. Then the king of Israel called an eunuch, and said to him: Make haste, and bring hither Micheas the son of Jemla.

10. rex autem Israël et Josaphat rex Juda sedebat unusquisque in solio suo vestiti cultu regio in area juxta ostium portæ Samariæ et universi prophetæ prophetabant in conspectu eorum

10. Then the king of Israel, and Josaphat king of Juda, sat each on his throne clothed with royal robes, in a court by the entrance of the gate of Samaria, and all the prophets prophesied before them.

11. fecit quoque sibi Sedecias filius Chanaan cornua ferrea et ait hæc dicit Dominus his ventilabis Syriam donec deleas eam

11. And Sedecias the son of Chanaana made himself horns of iron, and said: Thus saith the Lord: With these shalt thou push Syria, till thou destroy it.

12. omnesque prophetæ similiter prophetabant dicentes ascende in Ramoth Galaad et vade prospere et tradet Dominus in manu regis

12. And all the prophets prophesied in like manner, saying: Go up to Ramoth Galaad, and prosper, for the Lord will deliver it into the king's hands.

13. nuntius vero qui jerat ut vocaret Micheam locutus est ad eum dicens ecce sermones prophetarum ore uno bona regi prædicant sit ergo et sermo tuus similis eorum et loquere bona

13. And the messenger, that went to call Micheas, spoke to him, saying: Behold the words of the prophets with one month declare good things to the king: let thy word therefore be like to theirs, and speak that which is good.

14. cui Micheas ait vivit Dominus quia quodcumque dixerit mihi Dominus hoc loquar

14. But Micheas said to him: As the Lord liveth, whatsoever the Lord shall say to me, that will I speak.

15. venit itaque ad regem et ait illi rex Michea ire debemus in Ramoth Galaad ad prœliandum an cessare cui ille respondit ascende et vade prospere et tradet Dominus in manu regis

15. So he came to the king, and the king said to him: Micheas, shall we go to Ramoth Galaad to battle, or shall we forbear? He answered him: Go up, and prosper, and the Lord shall deliver it into the king's hands.

16. dixit autem rex ad eum iterum atque iterum adiuro te ut non loquaris mihi nisi quod verum est in nomine Domini

16. But the king said to him: I adjure thee again and again, that thou tell me nothing but that which is true in the name of the Lord.

17. et ille ait vidi cunctum Israël dispersum in montibus quasi oves non habentes pastorem et ait Dominus non habent dominum isti revertatur unusquisque in domum suam in pace

17. And he said: I saw all Israel scattered upon the hills, like sheep that have no shepherd: and the Lord said: These have no master: let every man of them return to his house in peace.

18. dixit ergo rex Israël ad Josaphat numquid non dixi tibi quia non prophetat mihi bonum sed semper malum

18. (Then the king of Israel said to Josaphat: Did I not tell thee, that he prophesieth no good to me, but always evil ?)

19. ille vero addens ait propterea audi sermonem Domini vidi Dominum sedentem super solium suum et omnem exercitum cæli adsistentem ei a dextris et a sinistris

19. And he added and said: Hear thou therefore the word of the Lord: I saw the Lord sitting on his throne, and all the army of heaven standing by him on the right hand and on the left:

20. et ait Dominus quis decipiet Ahab regem Israël ut ascendat et cadat in Ramoth Galaad et dixit unus verba hujuscemodi et alius aliter

20. And the Lord said: Who shall deceive Achab king of Israel, that he may go up, and fall at Ramoth Galaad? And one spoke words of this manner, and another otherwise.

21. egressus est autem spiritus et stetit coram Domino et ait ego decipiam illum cui locutus est Dominus in quo

21. And there came forth a spirit, and stood before the Lord, and said: I will deceive him. And the Lord said to him: By what means?

22. et ille ait egrediar et ero spiritus mendax in ore omnium prophetarum ejus et dixit Dominus decipies et prævalebis egredere et fac ita

22. And he said: I will go forth, and be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And the Lord said: Thou shalt deceive him, and shalt prevail: a go forth, and do so.

23. nunc igitur ecce dedit Dominus spiritum mendacii in ore omnium prophetarum tuorum qui hic sunt et Dominus locutus est contra te malum

23. Now therefore behold the Lord hath given a lying spirit in the mouth of all thy prophets that are here, and the Lord hath spoken evil against thee.

24. accessit autem Sedecias filius Chanaan et percussit Micheam in maxillam et dixit mene ergo dimisit spiritus Domini et locutus est tibi

24. And Sedecias the son of Chanaana came, and struck Micheas on the cheek, and said: Hath then the spirit of the Lord left me, and spoken to thee?

25. et ait Micheas visurus es in die illa quando ingredieris cubiculum intra cubiculum ut abscondaris

25. And Micheas said: Thou shalt see in the day when thou shalt go into a chamber within a chamber to hide thyself.

26. et ait rex Israël tollite Micheam et maneat apud Amon principem civitatis et apud Joas filium Ammelech

26. And the king of Israel said: Take Micheas, and let him abide with Ammon the governor of the city, and with Joas the son of Amalech.

27. et dicite eis hæc dicit rex mittite virum istum in carcerem et sustentate eum pane tribulationis et aqua angustiæ donec revertar in pace

27. And tell them: Thus saith the king: Put this man in prison, and feed him with bread of affliction, and water of distress, till I return in peace.

28. dixitque Micheas si reversus fueris in pace non est locutus Dominus in me et ait audite populi omnes

28. And Micheas said: If thou return in peace, the Lord hath not spoken by me. And he said: Hear, all ye people.

29. ascendit itaque rex Israël et Josaphat rex Juda in Ramoth Galaad

29. So the king of Israel, and Josaphat king of Juda went up to Ramoth Galaad.

30. dixitque rex Israël ad Josaphat sume arma et ingredere prœlium et induere vestibus tuis porro rex Israël mutavit habitum et ingressus est bellum

30. And the king of Israel said to Josaphat: Take armour, and go into the battle, and put on thy own garments. But the king of Israel changed his dress, and went into the battle.

31. rex autem Syriæ præceperat principibus curruum triginta duobus dicens non pugnabitis contra minorem et majorem quempiam nisi contra regem Israël solum

31. And the king of Syria had commanded the two and thirty captains of the chariots, saying: You shall not fight against any, small or great, but against the king of Israel only.

32. cum ergo vidissent principes curruum Josaphat suspicati sunt quod ipse esset rex Israël et impetu facto pugnabant contra eum et exclamavit Josaphat

32. So when the captains of the chariots saw Josaphat, they suspected that he was the king of Israel, and making a violent assault they fought against him: and Josaphat cried out.

33. intellexeruntque principes curruum quod non esset rex Israël et cessaverunt ab eo

33. And the captains of the chariots perceived that he was not the king of and they turned away from him.

34. unus autem quidam tetendit arcum in incertum sagittam dirigens et casu percussit regem Israël inter pulmonem et stomachum at ille dixit aurigæ suo verte manum tuam et eice me de exercitu quia graviter vulneratus sum

34. And a certain man bent his bow, shooting at a venture, and chanced to strike the king of Israel between the lungs and the stomach. But he said to the driver of his chariot: Turn thy hand, and carry me out of the army, for I am grievously wounded.

35. commissum est ergo prœlium in die illa et rex Israël stabat in curru suo contra Syros et mortuus est vesperi fluebat autem sanguis plagæ in sinum currus

35. And the battle was fought that day, and the king of Israel stood in his chariot against the Syrians, and he died in the evening: and the blood ran out of the wound into the midst of the chariot.

36. et præco personuit in universo exercitu antequam sol occumberet dicens unusquisque revertatur in civitatem et in terram suam

36. And the herald proclaimed through all the army before the sun set, saying: Let every man return to his own city, and to his own country.

37. mortuus est autem rex et perlatus est Samariam sepelieruntque regem in Samaria

37. And the king died, b and was carried into Samaria: and they buried the king in Samaria.

38. et laverunt currum in piscina Samariæ et linxerunt canes sanguinem ejus et habenas laverunt juxta verbum Domini quod locutus fuerat

38. And they washed his chariot in the pool of Samaria, and the dogs licked up his blood, and they washed the reins, according to the word of the Lord which he had spoken.

39. reliqua vero sermonum Ahab et universa quæ fecit et domus eburneæ quam ædificavit cunctarumque urbium quas extruxit nonne scripta sunt hæc in libro verborum dierum regum Israël

39. But the rest of the acts of Achab, and all that he did, and the house of ivory that he made, and all the cities that he built, are they not written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of Israel?

40. dormivit ergo Ahab cum patribus suis et regnavit Ohozias filius ejus pro eo

40. So Achab slept with his fathers, and Ochozias his son reigned in his stead.

41. Josaphat filius Asa regnare cœperat super Judam anno quarto Ahab regis Israël

41. But Josaphat the son of Asa began to reign over Juda in the fourth year of Achab king of Israel.

42. triginta quinque annorum erat cum regnare cœpisset et viginti et quinque annos regnavit in Hierusalem nomen matris ejus Azuba filia Salai

42. He was five and thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned five and twenty years in Jerusalem: the name of his mother was Azuba the daughter of Salai.

43. et ambulavit in omni via Asa patris sui et non declinavit ex ea fecitque quod rectum est in conspectu Domini

43. And he walked in all the way of Asa his father, and he declined not from it: and he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord.

44. verumtamen excelsa non abstulit adhuc enim populus sacrificabat et adolebat incensum in excelsis

44. Nevertheless he took not away the high places: for as Set the people offered sacrifices and burnt incense in the high places.

45. pacemque habuit Josaphat cum rege Israël

45. And Josaphat had peace with the king of Israel.

46. reliqua autem verborum Josaphat et opera ejus quæ gessit et prœlia nonne hæc scripta sunt in libro verborum dierum regum Juda

46. But the rest of the acts of Josaphat, and his works which he did, and his bat- ties, are they not written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of Juda?

47. sed et reliquias effeminatorum qui remanserant in diebus Asa patris ejus abstulit de terra

47. And the remnant also of the effeminate, who remained in the days of Asa his father, he took out of the land.

48. nec erat tunc rex constitutus in Edom

48. And there was then no king appointed in Edom.

49. rex vero Josaphat fecerat classes in mari quæ navigarent in Ophir propter aurum et ire non potuerunt quia confractæ sunt in Asiongaber

49. But king Josaphat made navies on the sea, to sail into Ophir for gold: but they could not go, for the ships were broken in Asiongaber.

50. tunc ait Ohozias filius Ahab ad Josaphat vadant servi mei cum servis tuis in navibus et noluit Josaphat

50. Then Ochozias the ton of Achab said to Josaphat: Let my servants go with thy servants in the ships. And Josaphat would not.

51. dormivitque cum patribus suis et sepultus est cum eis in civitate David patris sui regnavitque Joram filius ejus pro eo

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

52. Ohozias autem filius Ahab regnare cœperat super Israël in Samaria anno septimodecimo Josaphat regis Juda regnavitque super Israël duobus annis

52. And Ochozias the son of Achab began to reign over Israel in Samaria, in the seventeenth gear of Josaphat king of Juda, and he reigned over Israel two years,

53. et fecit malum in conspectu Domini et ambulavit in via patris sui et matris suæ et in via Hieroboam filii Nabath qui peccare fecit Israël

53. And he did evil in the sight of the Lord, and walked in the way of his father and his mother, and in the way of Jeroboam the son of Nabat, who made Israel to sin.

54. servivit quoque Baal et adoravit eum et inritavit Dominum Deum Israël juxta omnia quæ fecerat pater ejus

54. He served also Baal, and worshipped him, and provoked the Lord the God of Israel, according to all that his father had done.