2 Crônicas 18

1 Now Jehoshaphat had riches and honor in abundance; and he allied himself with Ahab. 2 After some years, he went down to Ahab to Samaria. Ahab killed sheep and cattle for him in abundance, and for the people who were with him, and moved him to go up with him to Ramoth Gilead. 3 Ahab king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat king of Judah, "Will you go with me to Ramoth Gilead?"

He answered him, "I am as you are, and my people as your people. We will be with you in the war." 4 Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, "Please inquire first for Yahweh’s word."

5 Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, four hundred men, and said to them, "Shall we go to Ramoth Gilead to battle, or shall I forbear?"

They said, "Go up, for God will deliver it into the hand of the king."

6 But Jehoshaphat said, "Isn’t there here a prophet of Yahweh besides, that we may inquire of him?"

7 The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, "There is yet one man by whom we may inquire of Yahweh; but I hate him, for he never prophesies good concerning me, but always evil. He is Micaiah the son of Imla."

Jehoshaphat said, "Don’t let the king say so."

8 Then the king of Israel called an officer, and said, "Get Micaiah the son of Imla quickly."

9 Now the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah each sat 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 Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made himself horns of iron and said, "Yahweh says, ‘With these you shall push the Syrians, until they are consumed.’"

11 All the prophets prophesied so, saying, "Go up to Ramoth Gilead, and prosper; for Yahweh will deliver it into the hand of the king."

12 The messenger who went to call Micaiah spoke to him, saying, "Behold, the words of the prophets declare good to the king with one mouth. Let your word therefore, please be like one of theirs, and speak good."

13 Micaiah said, "As Yahweh lives, I will say what my God says."

14 When he had come to the king, the king said to him, "Micaiah, shall we go to Ramoth Gilead to battle, or shall I forbear?"

He said, "Go up, and prosper. They shall be delivered into your hand."

15 The king said to him, "How many times shall I adjure you that you speak to me nothing but the truth in Yahweh’s name?"

16 He said, "I saw all Israel scattered on the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd. Yahweh said, ‘These have no master. Let them each return to his house in peace.’"

17 The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, "Didn’t I tell you that he would not prophesy good concerning me, but evil?"

18 Micaiah said, "Therefore hear Yahweh’s word: I saw Yahweh sitting on his throne, and all the army of heaven standing on his right hand and on his left. 19 Yahweh said, ‘Who will entice Ahab king of Israel, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth Gilead?’ One spoke saying in this way, and another saying in that way. 20 A spirit came out, stood before Yahweh, and said, ‘I will entice him.’

"Yahweh said to him, ‘How?’

21 "He said, ‘I will go, and will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.’

"He said, ‘You will entice him, and will prevail also. Go and do so.’

22 "Now therefore, behold, Yahweh has put a lying spirit in the mouth of these your prophets; and Yahweh has spoken evil concerning you."

23 Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near, and struck Micaiah on the cheek, and said, "Which way did Yahweh’s Spirit go from me to speak to you?"

24 Micaiah said, "Behold, you shall see on that day, when you go into an inner room to hide yourself."

25 The king of Israel said, "Take Micaiah, and carry him back to Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king’s son; 26 and say, ‘The king says, "Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I return in peace."’"

27 Micaiah said, "If you return at all in peace, Yahweh has not spoken by me." He said, "Listen, you people, all of you!"

28 So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to Ramoth Gilead. 29 The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, "I will disguise myself, and go into the battle; but you put on your 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, "Don’t fight with small nor great, except only with the king of Israel."

31 When the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, they said, "It is the king of Israel!" Therefore they turned around to fight against him. But Jehoshaphat cried out, and Yahweh helped him; and God moved them to depart from him. 32 When the captains of the chariots saw that it was not the king of Israel, they turned back from pursuing him. 33 A certain man drew his bow at random, and struck the king of Israel between the joints of the armor. Therefore he said to the driver of the chariot, "Turn around and carry me out of the battle, for I am severely wounded." 34 The battle increased that day. However, the king of Israel propped himself up in his chariot against the Syrians until the evening; and at about sunset, he died.

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.