1 Tendo morrido Acab, Moab revoltou-se contra Israel.

2 Ocozias, que se encontrava em seu quarto alto, na Samaria, caiu da janela e feriu-se gravemente. Enviou então mensageiros, aos quais disse: Ide consultar Baal-Zebub, deus de Acaron, para saber se serei curado de meu mal.

3 Mas o anjo do Senhor falou a Elias, o tesbita: Sobe ao encontro dos mensageiros do rei de Samaria, e dize-lhes: Não há porventura um Deus em Israel, para irdes consultar Baal-Zebub, deus de Acaron?

4 Por isso eis o que diz o Senhor: Não te levantarás do leito a que subiste, mas morrerás. E Elias partiu.

5 Os mensageiros voltaram para Ocozias, e este lhes perguntou: Por que voltais?

6 Eles responderam: Um homem nos veio ao encontro e nos disse: Ide, voltai para o vosso rei e dizei-lhe: Isto diz o Senhor: Não há porventura Deus em Israel, para que mandes consultar Baal-Zebub, deus de Acaron? Por isso não te levantarás do leito a que subiste; vais morrer.

7 Ocozias disse-lhes: Como era esse homem que veio ao vosso encontro e vos falou desse modo?

8 Era um homem coberto de pelos, responderam-lhe, que trazia uma cinta de couro em volta dos rins. O rei disse: É Elias, o tesbita.

9 Imediatamente enviou-lhe o rei um chefe com seus cinqüenta homens. Este foi ter com Elias, que estava sentado no cimo dum monte, e disse-lhe: Ó homem de Deus, desce depressa, pois é ordem do rei.

10 Elias respondeu: Se sou um homem de Deus, venha fogo do céu e vos devore, a ti e aos teus cinqüenta homens. E o fogo, caindo do céu, devorou o chefe e seus cinqüenta homens.

11 O rei mandou outro chefe com os seus cinqüenta homens, o qual, chegando aonde estava Elias, lhe disse; Ó homem de Deus, esta é a ordem do rei: desce imediatamente.

12 Se sou um homem de Deus, respondeu Elias, venha fogo do céu e te devore com os teus cinqüenta homens. E o fogo, caindo do céu, devorou o chefe e seus cinqüenta homens.

13 Pela terceira vez, mandou o rei um chefe com os seus cinqüenta homens, o qual, chegando aonde estava Elias, pôs-se de joelhos e suplicou-lhe, dizendo: Peço-te, ó homem de Deus, que a minha vida tenha algum valor aos teus olhos e a destes cinqüenta homens teus servos.

14 Veio fogo do céu e devorou os dois primeiros chefes; mas, agora, que minha vida tenha algum valor aos teus olhos!

15 O anjo do Senhor disse a Elias: Desce com este homem; não temas. Elias levantou-se e desceu com ele à casa do rei.

16 Disse-lhe: Eis o que diz o Senhor: Porque enviaste mensageiros a consultar Baal-Zebub, deus de Acaron, não te levantarás mais do leito a que subiste; mas morrerás.

17 Ocozias morreu, segundo a palavra que o Senhor tinha dito pelo profeta Elias, e seu irmão Jorão sucedeu-lhe o trono, no segundo ano de Jorão, filho de Josafá, rei de Judá, porque Ocozias não tinha filhos.

18 O resto da história de Ocozias e suas ações, tudo está consignado no livro das Crônicas dos reis de Israel.

1 Then Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab. 2 And Ahaziah fell down through a lattice in his upper chamber that was in Samaria, and was sick: and he sent messengers, and said unto them, Go, enquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron whether I shall recover of this disease. 3 But the angel of the LORD said to Elijah the Tishbite, Arise, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and say unto them, Is it not because there is not a God in Israel, that ye go to enquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron? 4 Now therefore thus saith the LORD, Thou shalt not come down from that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die. And Elijah departed.

5 And when the messengers turned back unto him, he said unto them, Why are ye now turned back? 6 And they said unto him, There came a man up to meet us, and said unto us, Go, turn again unto the king that sent you, and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Is it not because there is not a God in Israel, that thou sendest to enquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron? therefore thou shalt not come down from that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die. 7 And he said unto them, What manner of man was he which came up to meet you, and told you these words? 8 And they answered him, He was an hairy man, and girt with a girdle of leather about his loins. And he said, It is Elijah the Tishbite.

9 Then the king sent unto him a captain of fifty with his fifty. And he went up to him: and, behold, he sat on the top of an hill. And he spake unto him, Thou man of God, the king hath said, Come down. 10 And Elijah answered and said to the captain of fifty, If I be a man of God, then let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And there came down fire from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty. 11 Again also he sent unto him another captain of fifty with his fifty. And he answered and said unto him, O man of God, thus hath the king said, Come down quickly. 12 And Elijah answered and said unto them, If I be a man of God, let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And the fire of God came down from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty.

13 And he sent again a captain of the third fifty with his fifty. And the third captain of fifty went up, and came and fell on his knees before Elijah, and besought him, and said unto him, O man of God, I pray thee, let my life, and the life of these fifty thy servants, be precious in thy sight. 14 Behold, there came fire down from heaven, and burnt up the two captains of the former fifties with their fifties: therefore let my life now be precious in thy sight. 15 And the angel of the LORD said unto Elijah, Go down with him: be not afraid of him. And he arose, and went down with him unto the king. 16 And he said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Forasmuch as thou hast sent messengers to enquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron, is it not because there is no God in Israel to enquire of his word? therefore thou shalt not come down off that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die.

17 So he died according to the word of the LORD which Elijah had spoken. And Jehoram reigned in his stead in the second year of Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah; because he had no son. 18 Now the rest of the acts of Ahaziah which he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?