Jezebel Has Naboth Killed
1 Naboth owned a vineyard in Jezreel near King Ahab's palace.
2 One day, Ahab said, “Naboth, your vineyard is near my palace. Give it to me so I can turn it into a vegetable garden. I'll give you a better vineyard or pay whatever you want for yours.”
3 Naboth answered, “This vineyard has always been in my family. I won't let you have it.”
4 So Ahab went home, angry and depressed because of what Naboth had told him. He lay on his bed, just staring at the wall and refusing to eat a thing.
5 Jezebel his wife came in and asked, “What's wrong? Why won't you eat?”
6 “I asked Naboth to sell me his vineyard or to let me give him a better one,” Ahab replied. “And he told me I couldn't have it.”
7 “Aren't you the king of Israel?” Jezebel asked. “Get out of bed and eat something! Don't worry, I'll get Naboth's vineyard for you.”
8-10 Jezebel wrote a letter to each of the leaders of the town where Naboth lived. In the letters she said:
Call everyone together and tell them to go without eating today. When they come together, give Naboth a seat at the front. Get two liars to sit facing him and swear that Naboth has cursed God and the king. Then take Naboth outside and stone him to death!
She signed Ahab's name to the letters and sealed them with his seal. Then she sent them to the town leaders.
11 After receiving her letters, they did exactly what she had asked. 12 They told the people that it was a day to go without eating, and when they all came together, they seated Naboth at the front. 13 The two liars came in and sat across from Naboth. Then they accused him of cursing God and the king, so the people dragged Naboth outside and stoned him to death.
14 The leaders of Jezreel sent a message back to Jezebel that said, “Naboth is dead.”
15 As soon as Jezebel got their message, she told Ahab, “Now you can have the vineyard Naboth refused to sell. He's dead.” 16 Ahab got up and went to take over the vineyard.
Elijah Condemns Ahab
17 The Lord said to Elijah the prophet, 18 “King Ahab of Israel is in Naboth's vineyard right now, taking it over. 19 Go tell him that I say, ‘Ahab, you murdered Naboth and took his property. And so, in the very spot where dogs licked up Naboth's blood, they will lick up your blood.’ ”
When Elijah found him, 20 Ahab said, “So, my enemy, you found me at last.”
Elijah answered:
Yes, I did! Ahab, you have managed to do everything the Lord hates. 21 Now you will be punished. You and every man and boy in your family will die, whether slave or free. 22 Your whole family will be wiped out, just like the families of King Jeroboam and King Baasha. You've made the Lord very angry by sinning and causing the Israelites to sin.
23 And as for Jezebel, dogs will eat her body there in Jezreel. 24 Dogs will also eat the bodies of your relatives who die in town, and vultures will eat the bodies of those who die in the country.
25-29 When Ahab heard this, he tore his clothes in sorrow and wore sackcloth day and night. He was depressed and refused to eat.
Some time later, the Lord said, “Elijah, do you see how sorry Ahab is for what he did? I won't punish his family while he is still alive. I'll wait until his son is king.”
No one was more determined than Ahab to disobey the Lord. And Jezebel encouraged him. Worst of all, he had worshiped idols, just as the Amorites had done before the Lord forced them out of the land and gave it to Israel.
Naboti di draibeǃhanab
1 Gao-aob Axab di gao-ommi Jesreels ǃnâ mâb ǀgūseb ge Nabot ti ǀon hâ khoeba draibeǃhanaba ge ūhâ i. 2 ǀGuitsēb ge Axaba Naboti ǃoa ge mî: “Sa draibeǃhanaba mā te, ti gao-ommi ǀgūseb ǁgoe xuige, î ta ǁnāpa ǃhanaǂûna ǂgā; o ta ge ǁîb amǃnâs ai ama-ai draibeǃhanaba nî mā tsi tamas ka io ta ge ǂhâbats kao mari-e nî matare tsi.”
3 Ob ge Nabota “Nē draibeǃhanaba ta ge ti aboxaga xu ge ǀumi tsîb ge ǃKhūba ǂgao tama hâ, ǁîba ta satsa nî māsa” ti ge ǃeream.
4 Ob ge Axab Naboti mîs xa ǃkhobo tsî ǁaixa hâse oms âb ǁga ge ǁaru. ǁÎb ge kharob âb ai ǂnubiǂgoab ǁga kō hâse sī ge ǁgoe tsî ǂû-i tsîna ge ǂû ǂgao tama hâ i. 5 ǁÎb taras Isabels ge ǁîb tawa sī tsî “Tare-i xats nēti ǃkhobo hâ tsî ǂû-i tsîna ǂû ǂgao tama?” ti ge dî bi.
6 Ob ge ǁîba ge ǃeream: “Naboti go mā te ǃereams ǃaromas ge. ǁÎba ta ge go ǂgan, îb ǁîb di ǃhanaba tita ai ǁamaxū tamas ka io ta ǂhâbab ka, o ǀnî ǃhanaba ǁnāb amǃnâs ai mā bi, xaweb ge ǁîba ǁnā ǃhanaba ta a hō ǁoa ti go mî.”
7 Os ge Isabelsa ge mî: “Satsa Israeli di gao-ao tamatsa? Khâima, î ǂû, îts tā ǂâiǂhansen, tita ge Naboti draibeǃhanaba nî mā tsi xuige.”
8 Tsîs ge Axab ǀons ǃnâ ǂkhanide xoa tsî ǁîb di saos ǀkha ǂganam tsî ǁîde Naboti ǃās, Jesreels di ǂamkhoegu tsî ǃkhūǁîgu tsîna ge sîba. 9 ǁÎs ge ǁnā ǂkhanidi ǃnâ nēti ge xoa hâ i: “ǂÛtama* hâs tsēsa ǂgaiǂui, î hoaraga khoena ǂgaiǀhao tsî Nabota khoen hoan nî mû bise aisǀkhāb ai ǂnû kai. 10 A kha ǀgam xūtama khoekha ǁîb ǃoa-ai ǂnû tsî gao-aob tsî Elob tsîkhab ge ǃkhāǃkhā ti ǁîb ǃoagu ǀhûǀguitimî, î ǁnās khaoǃgâ ǃāsa xu ǂoa-ū tsî ǀuiǁhomǃan bi.”
11 O gu ge ǂamkhoegu tsî ǃkhūǁîgu tsîga Isabels ge ǁîga ǂkhanidi ǃnâ mîmā khami ge dī. 12 ǁÎgu ge ǂûtama* hâs tsēsa ǂanǂan, khoena ǂgaiǀhao tsî Nabota aisǀkhāb ai ge ǂnû kai. 13 O kha ge ǀgam xūtama khoekha ǁîb ǃoa-ai ǂnû tsî ǁîba gao-aob tsî Elob tsîkhab ge ǃkhāǃkhā ti ge ǀhapimā. O gu ge ǃāsa xu ǂoa-ū tsî ge ǀuiǁhomǃan bi. 14 ǁNās khaoǃgâ gu ge Isabelsa “Naboti ge go ǃgamhe” ti ge haisiba.
15 Isabels ge nē ǂhôasas ge ǁnâuo, Axab ǃoa ge mî: “Naboti ge ǁō goba xuige ǃgû, îts ǁnā ǃhanab, sats aib ge ǁamaxū ǂgao tama hâ iba sī ū.” 16 Ob ge Axaba ǁnātimîsi ǃhanabab nî ūbasenga khâi tsî ǁnāǀî ge ǃgû.
17 Ob ge ǃKhūba kēbo-aob Eliab, Tisbets dib ǃoa ge mî: 18 “Khâi, îts Israeli di gao-aob Axab, Samarias ǃnâ hâba ǃoa ǃgû. ǁÎbats ge Naboti draibeǃhanab, ǁîb ǃoab go ūbasenni nîse ǁgôab tawa nî ǀhao-ū. 19 ǁÎba mîba ǃKhūb ge nēti ra mî: ‘Khoeba ǃgam tsîts kha noxopa ǁîb din tsîna ra ūbasen?’ Îts ǁkhāti mîba bi: ‘Naboti ǀaoban go tsā ǃkhais ǂûs ain ge arina sa ǀaob ona nî tsā.’ ”
20 Axab ge nēsab ge mîbahe, o Eliab ǃoa “ǀHao-ū tets go ti khākhoetse?” ti ge dî.
Ob ge Eliaba ge ǃeream: “Î, ǀhao-ū tsi ta go. ǃKhūb mûǁae ǂhanu tamana dīsats go māsen 21 xui-aob ge ǃKhūba ra mî: ‘Tita ge tsūǀkhāba sa ǂama nî hā-ū tsî sa surib di aoregu hoaga, kaiga xu ǂkhamgu kōse Israeli ǃnâ nî hîkākā. 22 Israelǁînats ge ǁoreb ǃnâ ǂgaeǂguiǂgā ǃkhais ǀkhats ge tita ǃkhāǃkhā amaga ta ge Nebati ôab, Jerobeammi di surib tsî Ahiab ôab, Baasab di surib ǀkha ta ge dī khami sa surib tsîn ǀkha nî dī.’ 23 Tsî Isabels xab ge ǃKhūba ge mî arin ǁîs di sorosa Jesreels ǃnâ nî ōsa. 24 Sa surib din xa ga ǃās ǃnâ ǁō-i hoa-i ge arin xa nî ōhe tsî ǃaub ǃnâ ga ǁō-i hoa-i ge kai-anidi xa nî ǂûhe.”
25 Khoe-i xare-i ge hâ tama hâ, Axab khami ge ǃKhūba i nî ǃkhāǃkhāse ǁîb mûǁae ǂhanu tamana dī-e, tsî nēn hoanab ge taras Isabels xa ǁgarihe tsî ge dī. 26 ǁÎb ge ǁgôa-elo-īga ǀgoreǀîs ǀkha kaise ui-uisa ǁoreba ge dī, Amorǁîn, ǃKhūb ge Israelǁîn aiǃâ ǃhūb âna xu ǁgariǂuin gere dī khami.
27 Axab ge nē mîdeb ge ǁnâuo saran âba ǀkhau, ǃoab sarana ana tsî ǂûtama ge hâ. ǁÎb ge ǃoab saran ǀkha gere ǁgoe tsî ǃkhobo hâse gere ǃgûma.
28 Tsîb ge ǃKhūba kēbo-aob Eliab ǃoa ge mî: 29 “Mûts go mâtikōseb go Axaba ti aiǃâ ǃgamǃgamsen ǃkhaisa? Tita aiǃâb go ǃgamǃgamsen amaga ta ge ǁnā tsūǀkhāba ǁîb di ûiǁaeb ǃnâ hā kai tide, xawe ta ge ǁîb ôab di ûiǁaeb ǃnâ ǁnā tsūǀkhāba Axab surib ǂama nî hā kai.”
