Omuhunganeki Mikaia ta londodha Ahab
(1 Aak. 22:1-28)1 Omukwaniilwa gwaJuda Jehosafat sho a yambapala e ta simana, okwa hokanithitha omukwazimo lye nomukwazimo gwaAhab, omukwaniilwa gwaIsrael. 2 Omimvo dhimwe sho dha piti po, Jehosafat okwa yi koshilando Samaria, a ka talele po Ahab. Ahab okwe mu longekidhile oshituthi nokwa tsele oongombe odhindji noonzi odhindji. Okwa kambadhala okuheka Jehosafat, a ye naye molugodhi, a matukile oshilando Ramot shaGilead. 3 Ahab okwa pula Jehosafat a ti: “Oto ka ya pamwe nangame, tu ka ponokele Ramot?”
Jehosafat okwa yamukula a ti: “Ondi ilongekidha nde ku fa, nosho wo aakwiita yandje. Otatu gama kungoye.” 4 Nena okwa gwedha ko a ti: “Ihe tango tu puleni Omuwa.”
5 Ahab okwi ithanene mo aahunganeki ye thike lwopomathele gane, e te ya pula ta ti: “Nandi ye ndi ka homone Ramot nenge aawe?”
Aahunganeki oya yamukula ya ti: “Shi matukila, Omuwa ote ku pe esindano.”
6 Ihe Jehosafat okwa pula a ti: “Kape na omuhunganeki gulwe ngoka tatu vulu oku mu pula omayele gOmuwa?”
7 Ahab okwa yamukula a ti: “Oku na ngaa Mikaia yaImla. Ihe onde mu tonda, oshoka iha hunganekele ndje uuwanawa; aluhe uuwinayi auke.”
Jehosafat okwa yamukula a ti: “Ino tya ngaaka.”
8 Nena Ahab okwi ithana elenga lye e te li lombwele, li ka tale Mikaia nziya.
9 Aakwaniilwa mbaka yaali oya li ya zala oonguwo dhawo dhopaukwaniilwa e taa kuutumba kiipangelapundi yawo polupale pondje yosheelo shaSamaria, naahunganeki ayehe taa hunganeke komeho gawo. 10 Gumwe gwomuyo, Sedekia yaKenaana, okwa hambula ooniga dhiiyela iiluudhe e ta ti kuAhab: “Omuwa ota ti ngeyi: ‘Oto ka kondjitha Aasiria nooniga ndhika e to ya sindi thiluthilu.’ ” 11 Aahunganeki yalwe ayehe oye shi koleke wo taa ti: “Indeni, mu ka kondjithe Ramot notamu ka sindana. Omuwa ote ke mu pa esindano.”
12 Elenga ndiyaka lya li lya ka tala Mikaia, olya ti kuye: “Aahunganeki yalwe ayehe oya hunganekela omukwaniilwa elago, nangoye wo popya oohapu oombwanawa we ya fa.”
13 Ihe Mikaia okwa yamukula a ti: “Otandi uvaneke kOmuwa omunamwenyo kutya otandi ka popya ashike shoka ta lombwele ndje.”
14 Sho e ya koshipala shomukwaniilwa Ahab, omukwaniilwa okwe mu pula a ti: “Mikaia, tse nomukwaniilwa Jehosafat natu ka homone Ramot, nenge aawe?”
Mikaia okwa yamukula a ti: “Ka homoneni! Otamu ka sindana shili. Omuwa ote mu pe esindano.”
15 Ahab okwa yamukula a ti: “Ngele oto lombwele ndje medhina lyOmuwa, popya oshili! Olungapi ano ndi na oku shi ku lombwela?”
16 Mikaia okwa yamukula: “Ondi wete etangakwiita lyaIsrael lya halakanena kiikulundundu lya fa oonzi dhaa na omusita. NOmuwa okwa ti: ‘Aantu mbaka kaa na omukwatelikomeho; ya etheni ya ye kaandjawo nombili.’ ”
17 Ahab okwa ti kuJehosafat: “Onde ku lombwele kutya iha hunganekele ndje uuwanawa; aluhe uuwinayi auke!”
18 Mikaia okwa tsikile a ti: “Ngashingeyi pulakeneni shoka Omuwa ta ti! Onda mono Omuwa a kuutumba koshipangelapundi she megulu pamwe naayengeli ye ayehe ya thikama ontega naye. 19 Omuwa okwa pula a ti: ‘Olye ta ka kotokela Ahab, opo a ka ye a ka dhipagelwe kuRamot?’ Gumwe okwa ti shontumba nomukwawo okwa popi shongandi, 20 sigo ombepo ya holoka komeho tayi hedha kOmuwa e tayi ti: ‘Otandi ke mu kotokela.’ Omuwa okwa pula a ti: ‘To mu ende ngiini?’ 21 Ombepo oya yamukula ya ti: ‘Otandi ka popitha aahunganeki yaAhab iifundja.’ Omuwa okwa ti: ‘Inda, u ke mu kotokele. Oto shi tompola.’ ”
22 Mikaia okwa hulitha a ti: “Omuwa okwa ningi aahunganeki yoye, ye ku fundje. Ihe ye mwene okwa tokola kutya oto ka adhika koshiponga!”
23 Nena omuhunganeki Sedekia okwa yi kuMikaia e te mu dhenge kolupanda ye ta pula ta ti: “Ombepo yOmuwa oya thigi ndje po uunake, yi popye nangoye?”
24 Mikaia okwa yamukula: “Oto ke shi mona, uuna to ka ya mongulu yimwe yokonima u ka holame.”
25 Nena omukwaniilwa Ahab okwa lombwele limwe lyomomalenga ge a ti: “Kwata Mikaia, u mu fale kuAmmon, omupangeli gwoshilando, nokuJoas, omuna gwokombanda. 26 Ya lombwela, ye mu tule mondjedhililo yo ye mu pe oshikwiila nomeya ageke, sigo tandi galuka nda sindana.”
27 Mikaia okwi igidha a ti: “Ngele oto galuka wa sindana, nena Omuwa ina popitha ndje!” Oye nokwa gwedha ko a ti: “Shi pulakeneni, amuhe, shoka nda popi!”
Eso lyaAhab
(1 Aak. 22:29-35)28 Nena omukwaniilwa gwaIsrael Ahab nomukwaniilwa gwaJuda Jehosafat oya yi, ya ka homone oshilando Ramot shaGilead. 29 Ahab okwa ti kuJehosafat: “Ngele tatu yi molugodhi, otandi ki idhimbika, ihe ngoye zala oonguwo dhoye dhopaukwaniilwa.” Osho ngaaka omukwaniilwa gwaIsrael a yi molugodhi i idhimbika.
30 Omukwaniilwa gwaSiria okwa li a lombwele oondjayi dhe dhomatembakwiita omilongo ndatu nayaali, yaa homone nando olye kakele komukwaniilwa gwaIsrael. 31 Sho ya mono Jehosafat, yo ayehe oyo dhiladhila kutya oye omukwaniilwa gwaIsrael, noye mu galukile, ye mu ponokele. Ihe Jehosafat okwa kugu onkugo, nOmuwa Kalunga okwe mu hupitha e ya galula kuye. 32 Oondjayi dhomatembakwiita oya mono kutya nani ke shi omukwaniilwa gwaIsrael, noye etha oku mu landula. 33 Polumwe omukwiita Omusiria oku umbu omposi oshikuti sha yaha omukwaniilwa Ahab pokati kehuuyanza nongama ye. Ahab okwi igidha omuhingi gwetembakwiita lye a ti: “Nda yahwa, galuka, tu ze mo molugodhi!” 34 Olugodhi sho lwa li lwa kwata miiti, omukwaniilwa Ahab okwa kala e egamena metemba lye lya taalela Aasiria. Peningino lyetango okwa si.
Micaiah Warns King Ahab of Israel
(1 Kings 22.1-28)1 Jehoshaphat was now very rich and famous. He signed a treaty with King Ahab of Israel by arranging the marriage of his son and Ahab's daughter.
2 One day, Jehoshaphat went to visit Ahab in his capital city of Samaria. Ahab slaughtered sheep and cattle and prepared a big feast to honor Jehoshaphat and the officials with him. Ahab talked about attacking the city of Ramoth in Gilead, 3 and finally asked, “Jehoshaphat, would you go with me to attack Ramoth?”
“Yes,” Jehoshaphat answered. “My army is at your command. 4 But first let's ask the Lord what to do.”
5 Ahab sent for 400 prophets and asked, “Should I attack the city of Ramoth?”
“Yes!” the prophets answered. “God will help you capture the city.”
6 But Jehoshaphat said, “Just to make sure, is there another of the Lord's prophets we can ask?”
7 “We could ask Micaiah son of Imlah,” Ahab said. “But I hate Micaiah. He always has bad news for me.”
“Don't say that!” Jehoshaphat replied. 8 Then Ahab sent someone to bring Micaiah as soon as possible.
9 All this time, Ahab and Jehoshaphat were dressed in their royal robes and were seated on their thrones at the threshing place near the gate of Samaria, listening to the prophets tell them what the Lord had said.
10 Zedekiah son of Chenaanah was one of the prophets. He had made some horns out of iron and shouted, “Ahab, the Lord says you will attack the Syrians like a bull with iron horns and wipe them out!”
11 All the prophets agreed that Ahab should attack the Syrians at Ramoth and promised that the Lord would help him defeat them.
12 Meanwhile, the messenger who went to get Micaiah whispered, “Micaiah, all the prophets have good news for Ahab. Now go and say the same thing.”
13 “I'll say whatever the living Lord my God tells me to say,” Micaiah replied.
14 Then Micaiah went up to Ahab, who asked, “Micaiah, should we attack Ramoth?”
“Yes!” Micaiah answered. “The Lord will help you capture the city.”
15 Ahab shouted, “Micaiah, I've told you over and over to tell me the truth! What does the Lord really say?”
16 Micaiah answered, “In a vision I saw Israelite soldiers wandering around, lost in the hills like sheep without a shepherd. The Lord said, ‘These troops have no leader. They should go home and not fight.’ ”
17 Ahab turned to Jehoshaphat and said, “I told you he would bring me bad news!”
18 Micaiah replied:
I then saw the Lord seated on his throne with every creature in heaven gathered around him. 19 The Lord asked, “Who can trick Ahab and make him go to Ramoth where he will be killed?”
They talked about it for a while, 20 then finally a spirit came forward and said to the Lord, “I can trick Ahab.”
“How?” the Lord asked.
21 “I'll make Ahab's prophets lie to him.”
“Good!” the Lord replied. “Now go and do it. You will be successful.”
22 Ahab, this is exactly what has happened. The Lord made all your prophets lie to you, and he knows you will soon be destroyed.
23 Zedekiah walked over and slapped Micaiah on the face. Then he asked, “Do you really think the Lord would speak to you and not to me?”
24 Micaiah answered, “You'll find out on the day you have to hide in the back room of some house.”
25 Ahab shouted, “Arrest Micaiah! Take him to Prince Joash and Governor Amon of Samaria. 26 Tell them to put him in prison and to give him nothing but bread and water until I come back safely.”
27 Micaiah said, “If you do come back, I was wrong about what the Lord wanted me to say.” Then he told the crowd, “Don't forget what I said!”
Ahab Dies at Ramoth
(1 Kings 22.29-35)28 Ahab and Jehoshaphat led their armies to Ramoth in Gilead. 29 Before they went into battle, Ahab said, “Jehoshaphat, I'll disguise myself, but you wear your royal robe.” Ahab disguised himself and went into battle.
30 The king of Syria had ordered his chariot commanders to attack only Ahab. 31 So when they saw Jehoshaphat in his robe, they thought he was Ahab and started to attack him. But Jehoshaphat prayed, and the Lord made the Syrian soldiers stop. 32 And when they realized he wasn't Ahab, they left him alone.
33 However, during the fighting a soldier shot an arrow without even aiming, and it hit Ahab between two pieces of his armor. He shouted to his chariot driver, “I've been hit! Get me out of here!”
34 The fighting lasted all day, with Ahab propped up in his chariot so he could see the Syrian troops. He stayed there until evening, and by sundown he was dead.
