1 Reis 20

1 Ben Hadad the king of Syria gathered all his army together; and there were thirty-two kings with him, with horses and chariots. He went up and besieged Samaria, and fought against it. 2 He sent messengers into the city to Ahab king of Israel and said to him, "Ben Hadad says, 3 ‘Your silver and your gold are mine. Your wives also and your children, even the best, are mine.’"

4 The king of Israel answered, "It is according to your saying, my lord, O king. I am yours, and all that I have."

5 The messengers came again and said, "Ben Hadad says, ‘I sent indeed to you, saying, "You shall deliver me your silver, your gold, your wives, and your children; 6 but I will send my servants to you tomorrow about this time, and they will search your house and the houses of your servants. Whatever is pleasant in your eyes, they will put it in their hand, and take it away."’"

7 Then the king of Israel called all the elders of the land, and said, "Please notice how this man seeks mischief; for he sent to me for my wives, and for my children, and for my silver, and for my gold; and I didn’t deny him."

8 All the elders and all the people said to him, "Don’t listen, and don’t consent."

9 Therefore he said to the messengers of Ben Hadad, "Tell my lord the king, ‘All that you sent for to your servant at the first I will do, but this thing I cannot do.’"

The messengers departed and brought him back the message. 10 Ben Hadad sent to him, and said, "The gods do so to me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria will be enough for handfuls for all the people who follow me."

11 The king of Israel answered, "Tell him, ‘Don’t let him who puts on his armor brag like he who takes it off.’"

12 When Ben Hadad heard this message as he was drinking, he and the kings in the pavilions, he said to his servants, "Prepare to attack!" So they prepared to attack the city.

13 Behold, a prophet came near to Ahab king of Israel, and said, "Yahweh says, ‘Have you seen all this great multitude? Behold, I will deliver it into your hand today. Then you will know that I am Yahweh.’"

14 Ahab said, "By whom?"

He said, "Yahweh says, ‘By the young men of the princes of the provinces.’"

Then he said, "Who shall begin the battle?"

He answered, "You."

15 Then he mustered the young men of the princes of the provinces, and they were two hundred and thirty-two. After them, he mustered all the people, even all the children of Israel, being seven thousand. 16 They went out at noon. But Ben Hadad was drinking himself drunk in the pavilions, he and the kings, the thirty-two kings who helped him. 17 The young men of the princes of the provinces went out first; and Ben Hadad sent out, and they told him, saying, "Men are coming out from Samaria."

18 He said, "If they have come out for peace, take them alive; or if they have come out for war, take them alive."

19 So these went out of the city, the young men of the princes of the provinces, and the army which followed them. 20 They each killed his man. The Syrians fled, and Israel pursued them. Ben Hadad the king of Syria escaped on a horse with horsemen. 21 The king of Israel went out and struck the horses and chariots, and killed the Syrians with a great slaughter. 22 The prophet came near to the king of Israel and said to him, "Go, strengthen yourself, and plan what you must do, for at the return of the year, the king of Syria will come up against you."

23 The servants of the king of Syria said to him, "Their god is a god of the hills; therefore they were stronger than we. But let’s fight against them in the plain, and surely we will be stronger than they. 24 Do this thing: take the kings away, every man out of his place, and put captains in their place. 25 Muster an army like the army that you have lost, horse for horse and chariot for chariot. We will fight against them in the plain, and surely we will be stronger than they are."

He listened to their voice and did so. 26 At the return of the year, Ben Hadad mustered the Syrians and went up to Aphek to fight against Israel. 27 The children of Israel were mustered and given provisions, and went against them. The children of Israel encamped before them like two little flocks of young goats, but the Syrians filled the country. 28 A man of God came near and spoke to the king of Israel, and said, "Yahweh says, ‘Because the Syrians have said, "Yahweh is a god of the hills, but he is not a god of the valleys," therefore I will deliver all this great multitude into your hand, and you shall know that I am Yahweh.’"

29 They encamped opposite each other for seven days. Then on the seventh day the battle was joined; and the children of Israel killed one hundred thousand footmen of the Syrians in one day. 30 But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; and the wall fell on twenty-seven thousand men who were left. Ben Hadad fled and came into the city, into an inner room. 31 His servants said to him, "See now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings. Please let us put sackcloth on our bodies and ropes on our heads, and go out to the king of Israel. Maybe he will save your life."

32 So they put sackcloth on their bodies and ropes on their heads, and came to the king of Israel, and said, "Your servant Ben Hadad says, ‘Please let me live.’"

He said, "Is he still alive? He is my brother."

33 Now the men observed diligently and hurried to take this phrase; and they said, "Your brother Ben Hadad."

Then he said, "Go, bring him."

Then Ben Hadad came out to him; and he caused him to come up into the chariot. 34 Ben Hadad said to him, "The cities which my father took from your father I will restore. You shall make streets for yourself in Damascus, as my father made in Samaria."

"I", said Ahab, "will let you go with this covenant." So he made a covenant with him and let him go.

35 A certain man of the sons of the prophets said to his fellow by Yahweh’s word, "Please strike me!"

The man refused to strike him. 36 Then he said to him, "Because you have not obeyed Yahweh’s voice, behold, as soon as you have departed from me, a lion will kill you." As soon as he had departed from him, a lion found him and killed him.

37 Then he found another man, and said, "Please strike me."

The man struck him and wounded him. 38 So the prophet departed and waited for the king by the way, and disguised himself with his headband over his eyes. 39 As the king passed by, he cried to the king, and he said, "Your servant went out into the middle of the battle; and behold, a man came over and brought a man to me, and said, ‘Guard this man! If by any means he is missing, then your life shall be for his life, or else you shall pay a talent*20:39 A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds of silver.’ 40 As your servant was busy here and there, he was gone."

The king of Israel said to him, "So shall your judgment be. You yourself have decided it."

41 He hurried, and took the headband away from his eyes; and the king of Israel recognized that he was one of the prophets. 42 He said to him, "Yahweh says, ‘Because you have let go out of your hand the man whom I had devoted to destruction, therefore your life will take the place of his life, and your people take the place of his people.’"

43 The king of Israel went to his house sullen and angry, and came to Samaria.

He Pakanga ki Hīria

1 Nā, ka huihuia tāna ope katoa e Pēneharara kīngi o Hīria; e toru tekau mā rua ngā kīngi ōna hoa, me ngā hōiho, me ngā hāriata; nā, haere ana ia, ā, whakapaea ana a Hamaria, tauria ana e ia. 2 Nā, ka tonoa ētahi karere e ia ki a Āhapa kīngi o Īharaira, ki te pā, ā, ka mea ki a ia, "Ko te kupu tēnei a Pēneharara: 3 ‘Ko tāu hiriwa, ko tāu kōura, nāku ēnā; me āu wāhine, me āu tamariki, ngā mea papai, nāku ēnā.’ "

4 Nā, ka whakahoki te kīngi o Īharaira, ka mea, "Rite tonu ki tāu i mea nā, e tōku ariki, e te kīngi; nāu ahau me āku mea katoa."

5 Nā, ka hoki ngā karere, ka mea, "Ko te kupu tēnei a Pēneharara, e kī ana: I tono tāngata anō ahau ki a koe hei mea atu, ‘Me hōmai e koe tāu hiriwa, tāu kōura, āu wāhine, me āu tamariki.’ 6 Nā, kia pēnei āpōpō ka tonoa atu e ahau āku tāngata ki a koe, ki te rapu i roto i tōu whare, i ngā whare anō o āu tāngata. Nā, ko ngā mea katoa e minaminatia ana e ōu kanohi, tērā e tangohia mai i ō rātou ringa, ka maua mai."

7 Kātahi te kīngi o Īharaira ka karanga ki ngā kaumātua katoa o te whenua, ā, ka mea, "Kia āta whakaaro koutou, kia kite kei te rapu tēnei tangata i te kino; i tono tāngata mai hoki ia ki ahau mō āku wāhine, mō āku tamariki, mō tāku hiriwa, ā, mō tāku kōura; ā, kīhai i kaiponuhia e ahau ki a ia."

8 Nā, ka mea ngā kaumātua katoa, rātou ko te iwi katoa ki a ia, "Kaua e whakarongo, kaua e whakaae."

9 Kātahi ia ka mea ki ngā karere a Pēneharara, "Mea atu ki tōku ariki, ki te kīngi, ‘Ko ngā mea katoa i tono mai ai koe ki tāu pononga i te tuatahi, ka meatia e ahau; ko tēnei mea ia e kore e taea e ahau te mea.’ " Nā, haere ana ngā karere ki te whakahoki i te kupu.

10 Nā, ka tono tāngata anō a Pēneharara, ka mea: "Kia meatia mai tēnei e ngā atua ki ahau, me ērā atu mea, ki te rato i te puehu o Hamaria ngā ringa o te hunga katoa e whai ana i ahau."

11 Nā, ka whakahoki te kīngi o Īharaira, ka mea, "Kī atu ki a ia: ‘Kaua te tangata e whītiki ana i tōna pukupuku, e whakamanamana, e pērā me te tangata e wewete ana.’ "

12 I te rongonga o Pēneharara i tēnei kupu, i a ia e inu ana, rātou ko ngā kīngi i roto i ngā tēneti, ka mea ia ki āna tāngata: "Whakatikaia ā koutou ngohi!" Nā, whakatikaia ana ā rātou ngohi hei whawhai ki te pā.

Ka Whakawātia e tētahi Poropiti a Āhapa

13 Nā, ka whakatata mai tētahi poropiti ki a Āhapa kīngi o Īharaira, ka mea, "Ko tā Ihowā kupu tēnei, ‘Ka kite koe i tēnei ope nui katoa? Nanā, ka hoatu rātou e ahau āianei ki tōu ringa, ā, ka mōhio koe ko Ihowā ahau.’ "

14 Ā, ka mea a Āhapa, "Mā wai?"

Anō rā ko tērā, "Ko tā Ihowā kupu tēnei: ‘Mā ngā taitama o ngā rangatira o ngā kāwanatanga.’ "

Ā, ka mea ia, "Mā wai e tīmata te whawhai?"

Ā, ka mea tērā, "Māu."

15 Nā, ka whakaemia e ia ngā taitama a ngā rangatira o ngā kāwanatanga, e rua rau e toru tekau mā rua rātou. I muri i a rātou i whakaemia anō e ia te iwi katoa, arā ngā tama katoa a Īharaira, e whitu mano.

16 Nā, puta ana rātou i te poutūmārōtanga. Ko Pēneharara ia i te inu i roto i ngā tēneti, ā, haurangi iho, a ia me ngā kīngi, arā ko ngā kīngi e toru tekau mā rua, ōna whakauru. 17 Nā, ka puta tuatahi ko ngā taitama a ngā rangatira o ngā kāwanatanga.

Nā, ka tono tāngata a Pēneharara; ā, ka kōrero rātou ki a ia, ka mea, "He tāngata ēnei kua puta mai i Hamaria."

18 Anō rā ko tērā, "Ki te mea he hohou rongo i puta mai ai rātou, hopukia oratia; ki te mea anō he whawhai i puta mai ai, hopukia oratia."

19 Heoi, puta ana ēnei ki waho o te pā, ngā taitamariki o ngā kāwanatanga, me te ope i muri i a rātou. 20 Nā, patua ana e rātou tāna tangata, tāna tangata; ā, rere ana ngā Hīriani, whāia ana e Īharaira; ko Pēneharara ia kīngi o Hīria, i mawhiti i runga i te hōiho, rātou ko ngā kaieke hōiho. 21 Nā, ka puta te kīngi o Īharaira, ā, patua iho ngā hōiho me ngā hāriata; heoi patua ana ngā Hīriani, nui atu te parekura.

22 Nā, ka haere te poropiti ki te kīngi o Īharaira, ā, ka mea ki a ia, "Haere ki te whakakaha i a koe; kia mōhio hoki, kia mahara ki tāu e mea ai; ka taka hoki te tau, ka whakaekea koe e te kīngi o Hīria."

Te Huaki Tuarua o ngā Hīriani

23 Nā, ka mea ngā tāngata a te kīngi o Hīria ki a ia, "He atua maunga ō rātou atua; koia rātou i kaha ai i a tātou; kia whawhai ia tātou ki a rātou i te mānia, ka kaha tātou i a rātou. 24 Nā, ko tēnei tāu e mea ai: whakawāteatia atu ngā kīngi, tēnei, tēnei i tōna wāhi; ā, whakaritea ētahi rangatira hei whakakapi mō rātou. 25 Nā, taua tētahi ope, kia rite ki tēnei āu kua hinga nei, he hōiho, he hōiho, he hāriata, he hāriata, ā, ka whawhai tātou ki a rātou ki te mānia; tērā tātou e kaha i a rātou." Nā, rongo tonu ia ki tō rātou reo, ā, pērātia ana e ia.

26 Nā, i te takanga o te tau, ka whakaemia e Pēneharara ngā Hīriani, ā, haere ana ki Apeke ki te whawhai ki a Īharaira. 27 Nā, ka taua anō ngā tama a Īharaira, ā, ka whai kai, ā, ka haere ki te tū i a rātou. Ā, noho ana ngā tama a Īharaira i tō rātou ritenga atu, koia anō kei ngā kāhui iti e rua o ngā kūao koati; ko ngā Hīriani ia, kapi ana te whenua i a rātou.

28 Nā, ka haere te tangata a te Atua, ā, ka kōrero ki te kīngi o Īharaira, ka mea, "Ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā: Kua mea nei ngā Hīriani, ‘He atua maunga a Ihowā, ehara ia i te atua raorao,’ nā, ka hoatu e ahau tēnei ope nui katoa ki tōu ringa, ā, ka mōhio koutou ko Ihowā ahau."

29 Nā, noho ana rātou, tētahi, tētahi, anga atu, anga mai, e whitu ngā rā; ā, i te whitu o ngā rā ka pipiri ki te whawhai. Nā, patua iho o ngā Hīriani e ngā tama a Īharaira kotahi rau mano i taua rā kotahi. 30 Ko ngā mōrehu ia i rere ki Apeke, ki roto ki te pā; ā, horo iho ana te taiepa ki runga ki ngā mano e rua tekau mā whitu o ngā mōrehu; ko Pēneharara ia i rere, ā, haere ana ki roto ki te pā ki tētahi rūma i roto rawa.

31 Nā, ka mea āna tāngata ki a ia, "Nanā, kua rongo mātou he kīngi tohu tāngata ngā kīngi o te whare o Īharaira; tēnā, kia makā iho e mātou he kākahu taratara ki ō mātou hope, me ētahi taura ki ō mātou mātenga, ā, kia haere atu ki te kīngi o Īharaira; tērā pea koe e whakaorangia e ia."

32 Heoi, whītikiria ana e rātou he kākahu taratara ki ō rātou hope, he taura hoki ki ō rātou mātenga; ā, ka haere ki te kīngi o Īharaira, ka mea: "E mea ana tāu pononga a Pēneharara: ‘Tēnā rā, kia ora ahau.’ "

Ā, ka mea tērā, "Kei te ora anō rānei ia? Ko tōku tuakana ia."

33 Nā, i āta whakarongo aua tāngata ki tāna, ā, hohoro tonu te hopu i tōna whakaaro, ā, ka mea, "Ko tōu tuakana rā, a Pēneharara."

Anō rā ko ia, "Haere koutou, tīkina atu ia." Heoi, ka puta mai a Pēneharara ki a ia, ā, ka mea tērā kia eke ia ki te hāriata.

34 Nā, ka mea a Pēneharara ki a ia, "Ko ngā pā i tangohia e tōku pāpā i tōu pāpā me whakahoki atu e ahau; ā, māu e hanga ētahi huanui māu ki Ramahiku kia rite ki a tōku pāpā i hanga ai ki Hamaria."

Anō rā ko Āhapa, "Me tuku koe e ahau i runga i tēnei kawenata." Nā, whakaritea ana he kawenata e rāua, ā, tukua ana ia.

Ka Whakawātia e tētahi Poropiti a Āhapa

35 Nā, ka mea tētahi tangata o ngā tama a ngā poropiti ki tōna hoa, he mea ki nā Ihowā, "Tēnā, patua ahau." Heoi, kīhai taua tangata i pai ki te patu i a ia.

36 Kātahi ka mea tērā ki a ia, "I te mea kīhai koe i whakarongo ki te reo o Ihowā, nā, mawehe atu ana koe i konei, ka patua koe e te raiona." Ā, nō te haerenga atu i tōna taha, ka tūtaki tētahi raiona ki a ia, patua iho.

37 Kātahi ka tūtaki ia ki tētahi atu tangata, ā, ka mea, "Tēnā, patua ahau." Nā, ka patu taua tangata i a ia, he patu i motu ai. 38 Heoi, haere ana taua poropiti, ā, tū ana i te ara, he whanga i te kīngi; i whakaahua kē hoki i a ia, ko tōna tīpare ki tōna mata. 39 Ā, i te kīngi e haere ana, ka karanga ia ki te kīngi, ka mea, "I haere tāu pononga ki waenganui o te whawhai; nā, ko te pekanga mai o tētahi tangata, kawea mai ana e ia tētahi tangata ki ahau, ka mea, ‘Tiakina tēnei tangata; ki te mea ka riro ia, ko koe ka mate hei ritenga mō tōna matenga; me utu rānei e koe kia kotahi taranata hiriwa.’ 40 Ā, i tāu pononga e mea noa ana i tēnei mea, i tērā mea, kua riro tērā."

Nā, ka mea te kīngi o Īharaira ki a ia, "Me pēnā te tikanga mōu; kua tika mai nā i a koe."

41 Nā, hohoro tonu te tango a tērā i te tīpare i ōna kanohi, ā, ka mōhio te kīngi o Īharaira ki a ia ko tētahi o ngā poropiti. 42 Nā, ka mea tērā ki a ia, "Ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā: ‘Kua tukua atu nei i roto i tōu ringa tāku tangata i tukua pūtia atu nei e ahau ki te mate; nā, ko tōu matenga hei ritenga mō tōna matenga, me tōu iwi hei utu mō tōna iwi.’ " 43 Nā, pōuri ana, riri ana, te kīngi o Īharaira, ā, haere ana ki tōna whare; tae tonu atu ki Hamaria.