1 Now Jehoshaphat had riches and honour in abundance, and joined affinity with Ahab. 2 And after certain years he went down to Ahab to Samaria. And Ahab killed sheep and oxen for him in abundance, and for the people that he had with him, and persuaded him to go up with him to Ramoth-gilead. 3 And Ahab king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat king of Judah, Wilt thou go with me to Ramoth-gilead? And he answered him, I am as thou art , and my people as thy people; and we will be with thee in the war.
4 ¶ And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Enquire, I pray thee, at the word of the LORD to day. 5 Therefore the king of Israel gathered together of prophets four hundred men, and said unto them, Shall we go to Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for God will deliver it into the king’s hand. 6 But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the LORD besides, that we might enquire of him? 7 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, by whom we may enquire of the LORD: but I hate him; for he never prophesied good unto me, but always evil: the same is Micaiah the son of Imla. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so. 8 And the king of Israel called for one of his officers, and said, Fetch quickly Micaiah the son of Imla. 9 And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah sat either of them on his throne, clothed in their robes, and they sat in a void place at the entering in of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets prophesied before them. 10 And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah had made him horns of iron, and said, Thus saith the LORD, With these thou shalt push Syria until they be consumed. 11 And all the prophets prophesied so, saying, Go up to Ramoth-gilead, and prosper: for the LORD shall deliver it into the hand of the king. 12 And the messenger that went to call Micaiah spake to him, saying, Behold, the words of the prophets declare good to the king with one assent; let thy word therefore, I pray thee, be like one of theirs, and speak thou good. 13 And Micaiah said, As the LORD liveth, even what my God saith, that will I speak. 14 And when he was come to the king, the king said unto him, Micaiah, shall we go to Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And he said, Go ye up, and prosper, and they shall be delivered into your hand. 15 And the king said to him, How many times shall I adjure thee that thou say nothing but the truth to me in the name of the LORD? 16 Then he said, I did see all Israel scattered upon the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd: and the LORD said, These have no master; let them return therefore every man to his house in peace. 17 And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell thee that he would not prophesy good unto me, but evil? 18 Again he said, Therefore hear the word of the LORD; I saw the LORD sitting upon his throne, and all the host of heaven standing on his right hand and on his left. 19 And the LORD said, Who shall entice Ahab king of Israel, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead? And one spake saying after this manner, and another saying after that manner. 20 Then there came out a spirit, and stood before the LORD, and said, I will entice him. And the LORD said unto him, Wherewith? 21 And he said, I will go out, and be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And the Lord said, Thou shalt entice him , and thou shalt also prevail: go out, and do even so. 22 Now therefore, behold, the LORD hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of these thy prophets, and the LORD hath spoken evil against thee. 23 Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near, and smote Micaiah upon the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of the LORD from me to speak unto thee? 24 And Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt see on that day when thou shalt go into an inner chamber to hide thyself. 25 Then the king of Israel said, Take ye Micaiah, and carry him back to Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king’s son; 26 And say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I return in peace. 27 And Micaiah said, If thou certainly return in peace, then hath not the LORD spoken by me. And he said, Hearken, all ye people.
28 So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to Ramoth-gilead. 29 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, I will disguise myself, and will go to the battle; but put thou on thy robes. So the king of Israel disguised himself; and they went to the battle. 30 Now the king of Syria had commanded the captains of the chariots that were with him, saying, Fight ye not with small or great, save only with the king of Israel. 31 And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, It is the king of Israel. Therefore they compassed about him to fight: but Jehoshaphat cried out, and the LORD helped him; and God moved them to depart from him. 32 For it came to pass, that, when the captains of the chariots perceived that it was not the king of Israel, they turned back again from pursuing him. 33 And a certain man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the king of Israel between the joints of the harness: therefore he said to his chariot man, Turn thine hand, that thou mayest carry me out of the host; for I am wounded. 34 And the battle increased that day: howbeit the king of Israel stayed himself up in his chariot against the Syrians until the even: and about the time of the sun going down he died.
Kēbo-aob Mikajab ge Axaba ra ǃkhâikhom
(1 Gao-aogu 22:1-28)1 Gao-aob Josafati ge ǃkhū tsîb ge kai ǃgôasiba ǃkhōǃoao, Israeli di gao-aob Axab ǀkha, ǀaokhoen âkha di ǃgameb ǃnâ-u ge ǀuigu. 2 ǀNî kurigu khaoǃgâb ge Josafata Axaba Samarias ǃnâ sī ge sari. Ob ge Axaba Josafati tsî ǁîb ǀkha ge hâ i khoen tsîna ǂgui gūn tsî goman tsîna ge ǂāba. Tsîb ge ǁîba Josafata ge ǂgaoǀkhā, îb ǁîb ǀkha ǀhûpe Ramots Gileadi dis ǃoagu sī ǃkham. 3 Tsîb ge Israeli gao-aob Axaba Judab gao-aob Josafata ge dî: “ǃGûts nî tita ǀkha, Ramots ǃoagu sī nî ǃkhamse?”
Ob ge Josafata ge ǃeream: “Tita ge nî hui tsi; ti toroǃkhamaogu ge a sa, sige ge sats ǀkha nî ǃgû, 4 xawe aibe ǃKhūb ai dî re.”
5 Ob ge gao-aob Axaba kēbo-aogu, ǁaubexa hakakaidisi nî iga ǂgaiǀhao tsî ǁîga ge dî: “ǃKham ta sī nî Ramots ǃoagu tamas ka io ǀû ta nî?”
O gu ge ǁîga “ǃKham sī, ǃKhūb ǁîs ǂama dansa nî mā tsi xuige” ti ge ǃeream.
6 Xaweb ge Josafata “ǀNî kēbo-ao-i, ǁî-i ǃnâ-u khom ǃKhūba nî dî-e, nēpa a ǀkhai?” ti ge dî.
7 Ob ge Axaba ge ǃeream: “ǀGuib ge noxopa hâ, Imlab ôab Mikajaba, xawe ta ge ǁîba ǁkhan hâ, tita xab ǀgui, ǃgâi xū-i tsîna kēbo tama tsî tsū xūn ǀguina ra kēbo xui-ao.”
Josafati ge “Tā ǁnāti mî” ti ge ǃeream.
8 Ob ge Axaba gao-ommi di ǂamkhoeba ǂgai tsî ge mîmā, îb Mikajaba ǃhaese sī ū.
9 ǁNāti kha ge gao-aokha gaosarana ana hâse, dāǃnâǃkhais tawa, Samarias dao-ams ais ai tronra âkha ai ge ǂnôa i, tsî gu ge kēbo-aogu hoaga ǁîkha ais ai gere kēbo. 10 ǁÎgu di ǀguib Sedekiab, Kenaanab ôab ge ǂnūǀuri ǁnâkha dībasen tsî ge mî: “Nētib ge ǃKhūba ra mî: ‘Nēkha ǀkhats ge Siriaǁîn ǃoagu ǃkham tsî ǁîna hoaragase nî hîkākā.’ ” 11 Nau kēbo-aogu hoagu ge ǁnās ǁkhāsa ge mî: “Ramots Gileadi ǃnâ ǂnôas ǃoagu sī ǃkham, dants nî xuige. ǃKhūb ge dansa nî mā tsi.”
12 Mikajaba ge ǂgaiǃgû sîsabeb ge ǁîb ǃoa ge mî: “Nau kēbo-aogu hoagu ge gao-aob di ǃgâiba ǃoa go kēbo, xuige sats tsîna ǁnāti dī, î gao-aob ǃgâib ǃoa ǃhoa re.”
13 Xaweb ge Mikajaba “ǃKhūb a ûitsama ǃkhais ao ta ge ti Elob ga mîba te khami nî mî” ti ge ǃeream.
14 Tsî Mikajab ge hā, ob ge gao-aoba ǁîb ǃoa ge mî: “Mikajatse, ǃkham ge sī nî Ramots ǃoagu tamas ka io ǀû ge nî?”
“ǃKham sī, dan go nî xuige. ǃKhūb ge dansa nî mā go” tib ge Mikajaba ge ǃeream.
15 Xaweb ge gao-aoba ge mî: “Mâtikō ǃnāde ta kha nî mîba tsi, tita ǀkhats ga ǃKhūb ǀons ǃnâ ǃhoa, ots amab ǀguiba nî mîba te ǃkhaisa?”
16 Ob ge Mikajaba ge mî: “Tita ge Israeli di toroǃkhamaoga, ǃûi-ao-e ūhâ tama gūn khami gu ǃhomgu ai ǀgaruǀgaruhe hâse ge mû. Tsîb ge ǃKhūba ge mî: ‘ǁÎgu ge ǂgaeǂgui-ao-e ūhâ tama hâ, xuige ab mâb hoaba ǂkhîb ǃnâ oms âb ǁga oa.’ ”
17 Ob ge Israeli gao-aob Axaba Josafata ǃoa ge mî: “Mîba tsi tama ta go i, ǁîb tita xa ǃgâi xū-i tsîna kēbo tama tsî tsū xūn ǀguina ra kēbo ǃkhaisa.”
18 ǃAruǀîb ge Mikajaba ge mî: “ǃGâ nēsi, tare-eb ǃKhūba ra mîsa. Tita ge ǃKhūba trons âb aib ǂnôase ge mû tsî ǀhomǃgāgu ge ǁîb di hoa ǀkhākha ai ge mâ i. 19 Tsîb ge ǃKhūba ge dî: ‘Tari-e Axaba nî ǃhoaǁnâdana, îb Ramots ǃoa ǃgû tsî ǁnāpa sī ǃgamhe?’ O gu ge ǀhomǃgāga, nēba nēti tsî nauba nauti ge mî. 20 Ob ge ǀgui gagaba aisǀkhāb ǁga ǂoaxa tsî ǃKhūb ais ai hā mâ tsî ge mî: ‘Tita ge ǁîba nî ǃhoaǁnâdana.’ ‘Mâ ǀgaub ai?’ tib ge ǃKhūba a dî, 21 ob ge gagaba ge mî: ‘Tita ge Axab di kēbo-aogu hoaga sī ǂhumiba nî ǃhoa kai.’ Ob ge ǃKhūba ge mî: ‘ǃGû, î sī gāxaǃnâ bi, ǁnāsats nî hōbē xuige.’ ”
22 ǃAruǀîb ge Mikajaba ge mî: “ǃKhūb ge ge dī, sa kēbo-aogu nēgu nî ǂhumiba tsisa, xaweb ge ǃKhūba tsūǀkhāba sats ai nî hā kai.”
23 Ob ge Sedekiaba ǀgūse sī tsî Mikajaba ais ǃnâ ǁapu tsî ge dî: “Mâ ǁaeba xub ǃKhūb di gagaba, tita xu ǂoa tsî sats ǀkha ra ǃhoa?”
24 Ob ge Mikajaba “ǁNāsats ge ǂganaga hâ ǃnā-oms ǃnâts ga gaugausents nîse ǂgâ, o nî mû” ti ge ǃeream.
25 Gao-aob ge ǁîb ǂamkhoegu di ǀguiba ge mîmā: “Mikajaba ǃkhō, î ǁîba ǃās ǂgaeǂgui-aob Amonni tsî gaoǀgôab Joasi tsîkha ǁga ǃgû-ū, 26 î ǁîkha mîba, î kha ǃkhō-oms ǃnâ ǂgā bi tsî pere-i tsî ǁgam-i tsîn ǀguina mā bi, tita ǃnorasase nî oahās kōse.”
27 Ob ge Mikajaba ge mî: “ǃNorasasets nî oahās karao, ob ge ǃKhūba tita ǃnâ-u go ǃhoa tama hâ i.” Tsîb ge ǃaruǀî “Sago hoago nēsa ǁnâu re” ti ge mî.
Gao-aob Axab di ǁōb
(1 Gao-aogu 22:29-35)28 ǁNās khaoǃgâ kha ge Israeli gao-aob Axab tsî Judab gao-aob Josafati tsîkha Gileadi ǃnâ ǂnôa ǃās Ramots ǁga ge ǃgû, ǁîsa kha sī nî ǁnāǂamga. 29 Ob ge Axaba Josafata ǃoa “Toroǃkhams ǀkha khom nî tsoatsoas aiǃâ ta ge tita mûǃāhe ta tidese nî ǀkharaǀkharasen, xawe satsa sa gaosaraba ana” ti ge mî. ǁNātib ge Israeli gao-aoba ǀkharaǀkharasen hâse ǃkhams ǃnâ ge ǂgâ.
30 Siriab di gao-aob ge ǃnonadisi ǂgaeǂgui-aogu, ǁîb torokunidi diga ge mîmā, î gu tā ǀnî khoe-i xare-i ǃoagu ǃkham, î gu Israeli gao-aob ǀguiba ǁnāǂam. 31 O gu ge ǁîga gao-aob Josafata gu ge mûo, Israeli gao-aob ti ǂâi tsî ǁîba gere ǁnāǂam ǂgao. Xawe Josafati ge ǃauǂgai, ob ge ǃKhūb Eloba ǁîba hui tsî ǃkhamma ǁîba xu ge unu. 32 Torokunidi ǂgaeǂgui-aogu ge gao-aob Josafata gu ge mû, o ǁîb Israeli gao-ao tama ǃkhaisa ge ǂan tsî ǁîba sauruǃgonsa ge ǀû. 33 Xaweb ge Siriab toroǃkhamaogu di ǀguiba ǂā-eb ge ǁkhâuo, Israeli gao-aoba ǁkhaiǁkhausarab a ǂâǁaresa ǃkhaib ǃnâ-u ge ǁkhâuhō. Ob ge ǁîba torokunis âb di ǃnari-aob ǃoa “Tsuihe ta go xuige dabasen, î ǃkhamsa xu ūǂui te” ti ge mî. 34 Toroǃkhams ge kaise ge ǀgai tsîb ge Israeli gao-aoba Siriaǁîgu ǃoa-ai, torokunis âb ǀkha ge mâǀgara tsîb ge sores ra ǂgâ hîa ge ǁō.
