1 After these things, Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard which was in Jezreel, next to the palace of Ahab king of Samaria. 2 Ahab spoke to Naboth, saying, "Give me your vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs, because it is near my house; and I will give you for it a better vineyard than it. Or, if it seems good to you, I will give you its worth in money."

3 Naboth said to Ahab, "May Yahweh forbid me, that I should give the inheritance of my fathers to you!"

4 Ahab came into his house sullen and angry because of the word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him, for he had said, "I will not give you the inheritance of my fathers." He laid himself down on his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no bread. 5 But Jezebel his wife came to him, and said to him, "Why is your spirit so sad that you eat no bread?"

6 He said to her, "Because I spoke to Naboth the Jezreelite, and said to him, ‘Give me your vineyard for money; or else, if it pleases you, I will give you another vineyard for it.’ He answered, ‘I will not give you my vineyard.’"

7 Jezebel his wife said to him, "Do you now govern the kingdom of Israel? Arise, and eat bread, and let your heart be merry. I will give you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite." 8 So she wrote letters in Ahab’s name and sealed them with his seal, and sent the letters to the elders and to the nobles who were in his city, who lived with Naboth. 9 She wrote in the letters, saying, "Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people. 10 Set two men, wicked fellows, before him, and let them testify against him, saying, ‘You cursed God and the king!’ Then carry him out, and stone him to death."

11 The men of his city, even the elders and the nobles who lived in his city, did as Jezebel had instructed them in the letters which she had written and sent to them. 12 They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people. 13 The two men, the wicked fellows, came in and sat before him. The wicked fellows testified against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, "Naboth cursed God and the king!" Then they carried him out of the city and stoned him to death with stones. 14 Then they sent to Jezebel, saying, "Naboth has been stoned and is dead."

15 When Jezebel heard that Naboth had been stoned and was dead, Jezebel said to Ahab, "Arise, take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, which he refused to give you for money; for Naboth is not alive, but dead."

16 When Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, Ahab rose up to go down to the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, to take possession of it.

17 Yahweh’s word came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying, 18 "Arise, go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, who dwells in Samaria. Behold, he is in the vineyard of Naboth, where he has gone down to take possession of it. 19 You shall speak to him, saying, ‘Yahweh says, "Have you killed and also taken possession?"’ You shall speak to him, saying, ‘Yahweh says, "In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth, dogs will lick your blood, even yours."’"

20 Ahab said to Elijah, "Have you found me, my enemy?"

He answered, "I have found you, because you have sold yourself to do that which is evil in Yahweh’s sight. 21 Behold, I will bring evil on you, and will utterly sweep you away and will cut off from Ahab everyone who urinates against a wall, and him who is shut up and him who is left at large in Israel. 22 I will make your house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah, for the provocation with which you have provoked me to anger, and have made Israel to sin." 23 Yahweh also spoke of Jezebel, saying, "The dogs will eat Jezebel by the rampart of Jezreel. 24 The dogs will eat he who dies of Ahab in the city; and the birds of the sky will eat he who dies in the field."

25 But there was no one like Ahab, who sold himself to do that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, whom Jezebel his wife stirred up. 26 He did very abominably in following idols, according to all that the Amorites did, whom Yahweh cast out before the children of Israel.

27 When Ahab heard those words, he tore his clothes, put sackcloth on his body, fasted, lay in sackcloth, and went about despondently.

28 Yahweh’s word came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying, 29 "See how Ahab humbles himself before me? Because he humbles himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his days; but I will bring the evil on his house in his son’s day."

1 En n hierdie dinge het d¡t gebeur: Nabot, 'n Jisreëliet, het in J¡sreël 'n wingerd gehad, wat langs die paleis van Agab, die koning van Samar¡a, was.

2 En Agab het met Nabot gespreek en gesê: Gee my jou wingerd, dat dit my groentetuin kan word, want dit is naby, langsaan my huis; dan sal ek jou in die plek daarvan 'n wingerd gee wat beter is; of as dit goed is in jou oë, sal ek jou die koopprys daarvan in silwer gee.

3 Maar Nabot het vir Agab gesê: Mag die HERE my daarvoor bewaar dat ek die erfdeel van my vaders aan u sou gee!

4 Toe kom Agab in sy huis, verbitterd en toornig oor die woord wat Nabot, die Jisreëliet, met hom gespreek het, naamlik: Ek mag nie die erfdeel van my vaders aan u gee nie. En hy het op sy bed gaan lê en sy gesig omgedraai en geen brood geëet nie.

5 Daarop kom sy vrou Is,bel by hom en sê vir hom: Waarom is jou gees dan so verbitterd dat jy geen brood eet nie?

6 En hy antwoord haar: Omdat ek met Nabot, die Jisreëliet, gespreek en aan hom gesê het: Gee my jou wingerd vir geld, of as jy wil, sal ek jou 'n wingerd in die plek daarvan gee -- maar hy het gesê: Ek mag my wingerd nie aan u gee nie.

7 Toe sê sy vrou Is,bel vir hom: Oefen jy nou die koningskap oor Israel uit? Staan op, eet brood, en laat jou hart vrolik wees: ek sal jou die wingerd van Nabot, die Jisreëliet, gee.

8 Daarop het sy briewe in die naam van Agab geskrywe en met sy seël dit verseël en die brief gestuur aan die oudstes en die edeles wat in sy stad was, wat by Nabot gewoon het.

9 En in die briewe het sy dit geskrywe: Roep 'n vasdag uit, en sit Nabot vooraan onder die volk;

10 en sit twee manne, deugniete, teenoor hom, wat teen hom getuig en sê: Jy het God en die koning gevloek! Lei hom dan uit en stenig hom, dat hy sterwe.

11 Die manne van sy stad, die oudstes en die edeles wat in sy stad gewoon het, maak toe soos Is,bel hulle laat weet het, soos geskrywe was in die briewe wat sy aan hulle gestuur het.

12 Hulle het 'n vasdag uitgeroep en Nabot vooraan onder die volk gesit.

13 Toe kom die twee manne, deugniete, en gaan sit teenoor hom; en die deugniete het teen hom, teen Nabot, voor die volk getuig en gesê: Nabot het God en die koning gevloek. Daarop lei hulle hom buitekant die stad uit en stenig hom, sodat hy gesterf het.

14 Daarna laat hulle Is,bel weet: Nabot is gestenig en is dood.

15 Net toe Is,bel hoor dat Nabot gestenig en dood was, sê Is,bel vir Agab: Staan op, neem die wingerd van Nabot, die Jisreëliet, in besit wat hy geweier het om vir geld aan jou te gee; want Nabot leef nie, maar is dood.

16 Net toe Agab hoor dat Nabot dood was, het Agab opgestaan om na die wingerd van Nabot, die Jisreëliet, af te gaan om dit in besit te neem.

17 Maar die woord van die HERE het tot El¡a, die Tisbiet, gekom en gesê:

18 Maak jou klaar, gaan af Agab, die koning van Israel, wat in Samar¡a is, tegemoet; kyk, hy is in die wingerd van Nabot, waarheen hy afgegaan het om dit in besit te neem.

19 En jy moet met hom spreek en sê: So sê die HERE: Het jy doodgeslaan en ook in besit geneem? Verder moet jy met hom spreek en sê: So spreek die HERE: Op die plek waar die honde die bloed van Nabot gelek het, sal die honde ook jou eie bloed lek.

20 Daarop sê Agab vir El¡a: Het jy my gekry, my vyand? En hy antwoord: Ek het u gekry, omdat u uself verkoop het om te doen wat verkeerd is in die oë van die HERE!

21 Kyk, Ek gaan onheil bring oor jou en jou skoon wegvee; en Ek sal van Agab uitroei al wat manlik is in Israel, sonder uitsondering.

22 En Ek sal jou huis maak soos die huis van Jerobeam, die seun van Nebat, en soos die huis van Ba,sa, die seun van Ah¡a; weens die geterg waarmee jy My geterg het, en dat jy Israel laat sondig het.

23 En ook oor Is,bel het die HERE gespreek en gesê: Die honde sal Is,bel eet by die voorskans van J¡sreël.

24 Die een wat van Agab in die stad sterwe, hom sal die honde eet, en wie in die veld sterwe, sal die voëls van die hemel eet.

25 Waarlik, daar was niemand soos Agab wat homself verkoop het om te doen wat verkeerd is in die oë van die HERE nie, omdat sy vrou Is,bel hom verlei het.

26 En hy het baie afskuwelik gehandel deur agter die drekgode aan te loop net soos die Amoriete gedoen het wat die HERE voor die kinders van Israel uit verdrywe het.

27 En toe Agab hierdie woorde hoor, het hy sy klere geskeur en 'n roukleed om sy lyf gebind en gevas; hy het ook met die roukleed geslaap en stadig rondgeloop.

28 Toe kom die woord van die HERE tot El¡a, die Tisbiet, en sê:

29 Het jy gesien dat Agab hom voor my aangesig verneder het? Omdat hy hom voor my aangesig verneder het, sal Ek die onheil in sy dae nie bring nie; in die dae van sy seun sal Ek die onheil oor sy huis bring.