Liber I Regum, 16

1. factus est autem sermo Domini ad Hieu filium Anani contra Baasa dicens

1. Then the word of the Lord came to Jehu the son of Hanani against Baasa, saying :

2. pro eo quod exaltavi te de pulvere et posui ducem super populum meum Israël tu autem ambulasti in via Hieroboam et peccare fecisti populum meum Israël ut me inritares in peccatis eorum

2. Forasmuch as I have exalted thee out of the dust, and made thee prince over my people Israel, and thou hast walked in the way of Jeroboam, and hast made my people Israel to sin, to provoke me to anger with their sins:

3. ecce ego demetam posteriora Baasa et posteriora domus ejus et faciam domum tuam sicut domum Hieroboam filii Nabath

3. Behold, I will cut down the posterity of Baasa, and the posterity of his house, and I will make thy house as the house of Jeroboam the son of Nabat.

4. qui mortuus fuerit de Baasa in civitate comedent eum canes et qui mortuus fuerit ex eo in regione comedent eum volucres cæli

4. Him that dieth of Baasa in the city, the dogs shall eat: and him that dieth of his in the country, the fowls of the air shall devour.

5. reliqua autem sermonum Baasa et quæcumque fecit et prœlia ejus nonne hæc scripta sunt in libro verborum dierum regum Israël

5. But the rest of the acts of Baasa and all that he did, and his battles, are they not written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of Israel?

6. dormivit ergo Baasa cum patribus suis sepultusque est in Thersa et regnavit Hela filius ejus pro eo

6. So Baasa slept with his fathers, and was buried in Thersa: and Ela his son reigned in his stead.

7. cum autem in manu Hieu filii Anani prophetæ verbum Domini factum esset contra Baasa et contra domum ejus et contra omne malum quod fecerat coram Domino ad inritandum eum in operibus manuum suarum ut fieret sicut domus Hieroboam ob hanc causam occidit eum

7. And when the word of the Lord came in the hand of Jehu the son of Hanani the prophet, against Baasa, and against his house, and against all the evil that he had done before the Lord, to provoke him to anger by the works of his hands, to become as the house of Jeroboam: for this cause he slew him, that is to say, Jehu the son of Hanani, the prophet.

8. anno vicesimo sexto Asa regis Juda regnavit Hela filius Baasa super Israël in Thersa duobus annis

8. In the six and twentieth year of Asa king of Juda, Ela the son of Baasa reigned over Israel in Thersa two years.

9. et rebellavit contra eum servus suus Zamri dux mediæ partis equitum erat autem Hela in Thersa bibens et temulentus in domo Arsa præfecti Thersa

9. And his servant Zambri, who was captain of half the horsemen, rebelled against him: now Ela was drinking in Thersa, and drunk in the house of Arsa the governor of Thersa.

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

10. And Zambri rushing in, struck him and slew him in the seven and twentieth year of Asa king of Juda, and he reigned in his stead.

11. cumque regnasset et sedisset super solium ejus percussit omnem domum Baasa et non dereliquit ex eo mingentem ad parietem et propinquos et amicos ejus

11. And when he was king and sat upon his throne, he slew all the house of Baasa, and he left not one thereof to piss against a wall, and all his kinsfolks and friends.

12. delevitque Zamri omnem domum Baasa juxta verbum Domini quod locutus fuerat ad Baasa in manu Hieu prophetæ

12. And Zambri destroyed all the house of Baasa, according to the word of the Lord, that he had spoken to Baasa in the hand of Jehu the prophet,

13. propter universa peccata Baasa et peccata Hela filii ejus qui peccaverunt et peccare fecerunt Israël provocantes Dominum Deum Israël in vanitatibus suis

13. For all the sins of Baasa, and the sins of Ela his son, who sinned, and made Israel to sin, provoking the Lord the God of Israel with their vanities.

14. reliqua autem sermonum Hela et omnia quæ fecit nonne hæc scripta sunt in libro verborum dierum regum Israël

14. But the rest of the acts of Ela, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of Israel?

15. anno vicesimo et septimo Asa regis Juda regnavit Zamri septem diebus in Thersa porro exercitus obsidebat Gebbethon urbem Philisthinorum

15. In the seven and twentieth year of Asa king of Juda, Zambri reigned seven days in Thersa: now the army was besieging Gebbethon a city of the Philistines.

16. cumque audisset rebellasse Zamri et occidisse regem fecit sibi regem omnis Israël Amri qui erat princeps militiæ super Israël in die illa in castris

16. And when they heard that Zambri had rebelled, and slain the king, all Israel made Amri their king, who was general over Israel in the camp that day.

17. ascendit ergo Amri et omnis Israël cum eo de Gebbethon et obsidebant Thersa

17. And Amri went up, and all Israel with him from Gebbethon, and they besieged Thersa.

18. videns autem Zamri quod expugnanda esset civitas ingressus est palatium et succendit secum domum regiam et mortuus est

18. And Zambri seeing that the city was about to be taken, went into the palace and burnt himself with the king's house: and he died

19. in peccatis suis quæ peccaverat faciens malum coram Domino et ambulans in via Hieroboam et in peccato ejus quo fecit peccare Israël

19. In his sins, which he had sinned, doing evil before the Lord, and walking in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin, wherewith he made Israel to sin.

20. reliqua autem sermonum Zamri et insidiarum ejus et tyrannidis nonne hæc scripta sunt in libro verborum dierum regum Israël

20. But the rest of the acts of Zambri, and of his conspiracy and tyranny, are they not written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of Israel?

21. tunc divisus est populus Israël in duas partes media pars populi sequebatur Thebni filium Gineth ut constitueret eum regem et media pars Amri

21. Then were the people of Israel divided into two parts: one half of the people followed Thebni the son of Gineth, to make him king: and one half followed Amri.

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

22. But the people that were with Amri, prevailed over the people that followed Thebni the son of Gineth: and Thebni died, and Amri reigned.

23. anno tricesimo primo Asa regis Juda regnavit Amri super Israël duodecim annis in Thersa regnavit sex annis

23. In the one and thirtieth year of Asa king of Juda, Amri reigned over Israel twelve years: in Thersa he reigned six years.

24. emitque montem Samariæ a Somer duobus talentis argenti et ædificavit eam et vocavit nomen civitatis quam extruxerat nomine Somer domini montis Samariæ

24. And he bought the hill of Samaria of Semer for two talents of silver: and he built upon it, and he called the city which he built Samaria, after the name of Semer the owner of the hill.

25. fecit autem Amri malum in conspectu Domini et operatus est nequiter super omnes qui fuerant ante eum

25. And Amri did evil in the sight of the Lord, and acted wickedly above all that were before him.

26. ambulavitque in omni via Hieroboam filii Nabath et in peccatis ejus quibus peccare fecerat Israël ut inritaret Dominum Deum Israël in vanitatibus suis

26. And he walked in all the way of Jeroboam the son of Nabat, and in his sins wherewith he made Israel to sin: to provoke the Lord the God of Israel to anger with their vanities.

27. reliqua autem sermonum Amri et prœlia ejus quæ gessit nonne hæc scripta sunt in libro verborum dierum regum Israël

27. Now the rest of the acts of Amri, and the battles he fought, are they not written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of Israel?

28. et dormivit Amri cum patribus suis et sepultus est in Samaria regnavitque Ahab filius ejus pro eo

28. And d Amri slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria, and Achab his son reigned in his stead.

29. Ahab vero filius Amri regnavit super Israël anno tricesimo octavo Asa regis Juda et regnavit Ahab filius Amri super Israël in Samaria viginti et duobus annis

29. Now Achab the son of Amri reigned over Israel in the eight and thirtieth year of Asa king of Juda. And Achab the son of Amri reigned over Israel in Samaria two and twenty years.

30. et fecit Ahab filius Amri malum in conspectu Domini super omnes qui fuerunt ante eum

30. And Achab the son of Amri did evil in the sight of the Lord above all that were before him.

31. nec suffecit ei ut ambularet in peccatis Hieroboam filii Nabath insuper duxit uxorem Hiezabel filiam Ethbaal regis Sidoniorum et abiit et servivit Baal et adoravit eum

31. Nor was it enough for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nabat: but he also took to wife Jezabel daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians. And he went, and served Baal, and adored him.

32. et posuit aram Baal in templo Baal quod ædificaverat in Samaria

32. And he set up an altar for Baal in the temple of Baal, which he had built in Samaria,

33. et plantavit lucum et addidit Ahab in opere suo inritans Dominum Deum Israël super omnes reges Israël qui fuerant ante eum

33. And he planted a grove: and Achab did more to provoke the Lord the God of Israel, than all the kings of Israel that were before him.

34. in diebus ejus ædificavit Ahiel de Bethel Hiericho in Abiram primitivo suo fundavit eam et in Segub novissimo suo posuit portas ejus juxta verbum Domini quod locutus fuerat in manu Josue filii Nun

34. In his days Hiel of Bethel built Jericho: in Abiram his firstborn he laid its foundations: and in his youngest son Segub he set up the gates thereof: according to the word of the Lord, which he spoke in the hand of Josue the son of Nun.