2 Crônicas 18

Ka Whakatūpato te Poropiti Mikaia ki a Āhapa

1 Heoi, nui atu ngā taonga me te korōria o Iehohāpata; ā, i piri anō rāua ko Āhapa i te ara pākūwhā. 2 Nā, i te mutunga o ētahi tau ka haere atu ia ki a Āhapa, ki Hamaria. Ā, he tini ngā hipi me ngā kau i patua e Āhapa mā rātou ko ōna hoa. Nā, kei te kukume ia i a ia kia haere tahi rāua ki Rāmoto Kireara. 3 Ā, ka mea a Āhapa kīngi o Īharaira ki a Iehohāpata kīngi o Hūrā, "Kia haere tāua ki Rāmoto Kireara?"

Anō rā ko tērā ki a ia, "Ko ahau, ko koe, rite tonu tāua; ko tōku iwi, ko tōu iwi, rite tonu; hei hoa anō mātou mōu ki te pakanga." 4 Ā, ka mea a Iehohāpata ki te kīngi o Īharaira, "Tēnā, rapua āianei tētahi kupu i a Ihowā."

5 Nā, ka huihuia ngā poropiti e te kīngi o Īharaira, e whā rau tāngata. Nā, ka mea ia ki a rātou, "Me haere rānei mātou ki Rāmoto Kireara ki te whawhai, kauaka rānei ahau e haere?"

Anō rā ko rātou, "Haere; mā te Atua hoki e hōmai ki te ringa o te kīngi."

6 Nā, ka mea a Iehohāpata, "Kāhore rānei i konei tētahi atu, he poropiti nā Ihowā, hei rapunga atu mā tātou?"

7 Anō rā ko te kīngi o Īharaira ki a Iehohāpata, "Tēnei anō tētahi tangata, hei rapunga atu mā tātou i tā Ihowā; otiia e kino ana ahau ki a ia; nō te mea kāhore āna poropiti pai mōku; he kino kau tāna i ngā rā katoa; ko Mikaia tērā, ko te tama a Imirā."

Nā, ka mea a Iehohāpata, "Kaua e pēnā mai te kupu a te kīngi."

8 Kātahi te kīngi o Īharaira ka karanga ki tētahi o ngā rangatira, ka mea, "Kia hohoro mai a Mikaia tama a Imirā."

9 Nā, i runga te kīngi o Īharaira rāua ko Iehohāpata kīngi o Hūrā i tōna torōna, i tōna torōna e noho ana, oti rawa ō rāua kākahu te kākahu, ā, noho ana rāua i te wāhi tuwhera, i te kūwaha o te kēti o Hamaria, me te poropiti anō ngā poropiti katoa i tō rāua aroaro. 10 Nā, kua oti i a Terekia tama a Kenāna ētahi haona rino te hanga māna. Ko tāna kupu anō tēnei, "Ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā: ‘Ka tukia ngā Hīriani e koe ki ēnei ā poto noa.’ "

11 Me ngā poropiti katoa, pērā tonu tā rātou poropiti, i mea rātou, "Haere ki Rāmoto Kireara, kia taea hoki tāu; kua hōmai hoki e Ihowā ki te ringa o te kīngi."

12 Ā, i kōrero te karere i haere nei ki te tiki i a Mikaia, i mea ki a ia, "Nanā, ko ngā kupu a ngā poropiti ki te kīngi, kotahi tonu te māngai mō te pai. Nā, kia rite tāu kupu ki tā tētahi o rātou, kia pai āu kōrero."

13 Nā, ka mea a Mikaia, "E ora ana a Ihowā, inā, ko tā tōku Atua e kōrero mai ai ki ahau, ko tāku tēnā e kōrero ai."

14 Ā, nō tōna taenga ki te kīngi, ka mea te kīngi ki a ia, "E Mikaia, me haere rānei mātou ki Rāmoto Kireara ki te whawhai, kaua rānei?"

Anō rā ko tērā ki a ia, "Haere, kia taea hoki tā koutou; ka hōmai hoki rātou ki tō koutou ringa."

15 Nā, ka mea te kīngi ki a ia, "Kia hia ianei āku whakaoati i a koe kia kāti āu e kōrero mai ai ki ahau i runga i te ingoa o Ihowā, ko te mea pono anake."

16 Kātahi tērā ka kī, "I kite ahau i a Īharaira katoa e marara noa ana i runga i ngā maunga, koia anō kei ngā hipi kāhore nei ō rātou kaitiaki; ā, i mea a Ihowā, ‘Kāhore o ēnei ariki; kia hoki mārie rātou ki tōna whare, ki tōna whare.’ "

17 Nā, ka mea te kīngi o Īharaira ki a Iehohāpata, "Kāhore ianei ahau i kī atu ki a koe, E kore e pai tāna poropiti mōku; engari he kino?"

18 Nā, ka mea tērā, "Mō reira whakarongo ki te kupu a Ihowā: I kite ahau i a Ihowā e noho ana i runga i tōna torōna, i te mano katoa anō o te rangi e tū ana i tōna matau, i tōna mauī. 19 Nā, ka mea a Ihowā, ‘Ko wai hei whakapati i a Āhapa kīngi o Īharaira kia haere ai, kia hinga ai ki Rāmoto Kireara?’

"Nā, puta kē tā tēnei kupu, puta kē tā tēnei kupu. 20 Nā, ko te putanga o tētahi wairua, tū ana i te aroaro o Ihowā, ka mea, ‘Māku ia e whakapati.’

"Ā, ka mea a Ihowā ki a ia, ‘Me pēhea?’

21 "Anō rā ko tērā, ‘Me haere atu ahau, ā, hei wairua teka ahau i roto i ngā māngai o āna poropiti katoa.’

"Nā, ka mea ia, ‘Māu ia e whakapati, ka taea anō e koe. Haere, meatia tāu nā.’

22 "Nā, tēnā, kua hoatu ināianei e Ihowā he wairua teka ki te māngai o ēnei poropiti āu, kua kino anō tā Ihowā kōrero mōu."

23 Kātahi ka whakatata a Terekia tama a Kenāna, ka patu i te pāpāringa o Mikaia, ka mea, "I nā hea te haerenga atu o te Wairua o Ihowā i ahau ki a koe, kōrero ai?"

24 Anō rā ko Mikaia, "Tērā koe e kite i te rā e haere ai koe ki tētahi rūma i roto rawa piri ai."

25 Kātahi te kīngi o Īharaira ka mea, "Kawea atu a Mikaia, whakahokia ki a Amono rangatira o te pā, ki a Ioaha hoki tama a te kīngi; 26 kī atu hoki, ‘Ko te kupu tēnei a te kīngi: Hoatu tēnei ki te whare herehere, whāngaia hoki ki te taro o te tangihanga, ki te wai o te tangihanga, kia hoki mai rā anō ahau i runga i te rangimārie.’ "

27 Anō rā ko Mikaia, "Ki te tūpono koe te hoki mai i runga i te rangimārie, heoi he teka nāku i whakapuaki tā Ihowā kōrero." I mea anō ia, "Whakarongo mai, e ngā iwi katoa."

Te Matenga o Āhapa

28 Heoi, haere ana te kīngi o Īharaira rāua ko Iehohāpata, kīngi o Hūrā ki runga ki Rāmoto Kireara. 29 Nā, ka mea te kīngi o Īharaira ki a Iehohāpata, "Me whakaputa kē tōku āhua, ka haere ki te whawhai; ko koe ia kākahuria ōu kākahu." Heoi, whakaputa kē ana te kīngi o Īharaira i tōna āhua, ā, haere ana rāua ki te whawhai.

30 Kua oti anō āna rangatira hāriata te whakahau e te kīngi o Hīria; i mea ia, "Kaua e whawhai ki te iti, ki te rahi; engari ki te kīngi anake o Īharaira." 31 Nā, i te kitenga o ngā rangatira o ngā hāriata i a Iehohāpata, ka mea rātou, "Ko te kīngi o Īharaira tēnei." Nā, kua mui ki a ia ki te whawhai. Otiia ko te karangatanga o Iehohāpata, ā, ka āwhinatia ia e Ihowā; ā, nā te Atua rātou i mea kia whakarere i a ia. 32 Nā, i te kitenga o ngā rangatira o ngā hāriata ehara i te kīngi o Īharaira, hoki ana rātou i te whai i a ia.

33 Nā, ka kūmea te kōpere e tētahi tangata, he mea noa iho, tū tonu te kīngi o Īharaira i waenga pū o te hononga iho o te pukupuku. Nā reira tērā i mea ai ki te kaiarataki o tana hāriata, "Tahuri tōu ringa; kawea atu ahau i roto i te ope; kua tū hoki ahau." 34 Nā, ka rahi haere te whawhai i taua rā; ā, i whakamanawanui te kīngi o Īharaira, i tū atu ki ngā Hīriani i runga i tōna hāriata, ā ahiahi noa. Ā, i te rerenga o te rā; ka mate.

1 Now Jehoshaphat had riches and honor in abundance; and he 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 were with him, and moved 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, Inquire first, I pray thee, for the word of Jehovah. 5 Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, 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 hand of the king. 6 But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of Jehovah besides, that we may inquire of him? 7 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man by whom we may inquire of Jehovah: but I hate him; for he never prophesieth good concerning me, but always evil: the same is Micaiah the son of Imla. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so. 8 Then the king of Israel called an officer, and said, Fetch quickly Micaiah the son of Imla. 9 Now the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah sat each on his throne, arrayed in their robes, and they were sitting in an open place at the entrance of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets were prophesying before them. 10 And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made him horns of iron and said, Thus saith Jehovah, With these shalt thou push the Syrians, until they be consumed. 11 And all the prophets prophesied so, saying, Go up to Ramoth-gilead, and prosper; for Jehovah will 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 mouth: let thy word therefore, I pray thee, be like one of theirs, and speak thou good. 13 And Micaiah said, As Jehovah liveth, 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 speak unto me nothing but the truth in the name of Jehovah? 16 And he said, I saw all Israel scattered upon the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd: and Jehovah said, These have no master; let them return 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 concerning me, but evil? 18 And Micaiah said, Therefore hear ye the word of Jehovah: I saw Jehovah sitting upon his throne, and all the host of heaven standing on his right hand and on his left. 19 And Jehovah 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 And there came forth a spirit, and stood before Jehovah, and said, I will entice him. And Jehovah said unto him, Wherewith? 21 And he said, I will go forth, and will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou shalt entice him, and shalt prevail also: go forth, and do so. 22 Now therefore, behold, Jehovah hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of these thy prophets; and Jehovah hath spoken evil concerning thee.

23 Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near, and smote Micaiah upon the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of Jehovah 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 And the king of Israel said, Take ye Micaiah, and carry him back unto 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 return at all in peace, Jehovah hath not spoken by me. And he said, Hear, ye peoples, all of you.

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 go into the battle; but put thou on thy robes. So the king of Israel disguised himself; and they went into the battle. 30 Now the king of Syria had commanded the captains of his chariots, saying, Fight neither with small nor 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 turned about to fight against him: but Jehoshaphat cried out, and Jehovah helped him; and God moved them to depart from him. 32 And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw that it was not the king of Israel, that they turned back from pursuing him. 33 And a certain man drew his bow at a venture, and smote the king of Israel between the joints of the armor: wherefore he said to the driver of the chariot, Turn thy hand, and carry me out of the host; for I am sore 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 going down of the sun he died.