1 O ra, Jorão, filho de Acabe, começou a reinar sobre Israel, em Samária, no décimo oitavo ano de Jeosafá, rei de Judá, e reinou doze anos.

Now Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria in the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned twelve years.

2 F ez o que era mau aos olhos do Senhor, porém não como seu pai, nem como sua mãe; pois tirou a coluna de Baal que seu pai fizera.

He did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, but not like his father, and like his mother, for he put away the pillar of Baal that his father had made.

3 C ontudo aderiu aos pecados de Jeroboão, filho de Nebate, com que este fizera Israel pecar, e deles não se apartou.

Nevertheless he held to the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, with which he made Israel to sin. He didn’t depart from them.

4 O ra, Messa, rei dos moabitas, era criador de ovelhas, e pagava de tributo ao rei de Israel cem mil cordeiros, e cem mil carneiros com a sua lã.

Now Mesha king of Moab was a sheep breeder; and he supplied the king of Israel with the wool of one hundred thousand lambs, and of one hundred thousand rams.

5 S ucedeu, porém, que, morrendo Acabe, o rei dos moabitas se rebelou contra o rei de Israel.

But when Ahab was dead, the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel.

6 P or isso, nesse mesmo tempo Jorão saiu de Samária e fez revista de todo o Israel.

King Jehoram went out of Samaria at that time, and mustered all Israel.

7 E , pondo-se em marcha, mandou dizer a Jeosafá, rei de Judá: O rei dos moabitas rebelou-se contra mim; irás tu comigo a guerra contra os moabitas? Respondeu ele: Irei; como tu és sou eu, o meu povo como o teu povo, e os meus cavalos como os teus cavalos.

He went and sent to Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, saying, “The king of Moab has rebelled against me. Will you go with me against Moab to battle?” He said, “I will go up. I am as you are, my people as your people, my horses as your horses.”

8 E perguntou: Por que caminho subiremos? Respondeu-lhe Jorão: Pelo caminho do deserto de Edom.

He said, “Which way shall we go up?” He answered, “The way of the wilderness of Edom.”

9 P artiram, pois, o rei de Israel, o rei de Judá e o rei de Edom; e andaram rodeando durante sete dias; e não havia água para o exército nem para o gado que os seguia.

So the king of Israel went with the king of Judah and the king of Edom, and they marched for seven days along a circuitous route. There was no water for the army or for the animals that followed them.

10 D isse então o rei de Israel: Ah! o Senhor chamou estes três reis para entregá-los nas mãos dos moabitas.

The king of Israel said, “Alas! For Yahweh has called these three kings together to deliver them into the hand of Moab.”

11 P erguntou, porém, Jeosafá: Não há aqui algum profeta do Senhor por quem consultemos ao Senhor? Então respondeu um dos servos do rei de Israel, e disse: Aqui está Eliseu, filho de Safate, que deitava água sobre as mãos de Elias.

But Jehoshaphat said, “Isn’t there a prophet of Yahweh here, that we may inquire of Yahweh by him?” One of the king of Israel’s servants answered, “Elisha the son of Shaphat, who poured water on the hands of Elijah, is here.”

12 D isse Jeosafá: A palavra do Senhor está com ele. Então o rei de Israel, e Jeosafá, e o rei de Edom desceram a ter com ele.

Jehoshaphat said, “Yahweh’s word is with him.” So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to him.

13 E liseu disse ao rei de Israel: Que tenho eu contigo? Vai ter com os profetas de teu pai, e com os profetas de tua mãe. O rei de Israel, porém, lhe disse: Não; porque o Senhor chamou estes três reis para entregá-los nas mãos dos moabitas.

Elisha said to the king of Israel, “What have I to do with you? Go to the prophets of your father, and to the prophets of your mother.” The king of Israel said to him, “No, for Yahweh has called these three kings together to deliver them into the hand of Moab.”

14 R espondeu Eliseu: Vive o Senhor dos exércitos, em cuja presença estou, que se eu não respeitasse a presença de Jeosafá, rei de Judá, não te contemplaria, nem te veria.

Elisha said, “As Yahweh of Armies lives, before whom I stand, surely, were it not that I respect the presence of Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, I would not look toward you, nor see you.

15 A gora, contudo, trazei-me um harpista. E sucedeu que, enquanto o harpista tocava, veio a mão do Senhor sobre Eliseu.

But now bring me a musician.” When the musician played, Yahweh’s hand came on him.

16 E ele disse: Assim diz o Senhor: Fazei neste vale muitos poços.

He said, “Yahweh says, ‘Make this valley full of trenches.’

17 P orque assim diz o Senhor: Não vereis vento, nem vereis chuva; contudo este vale se encherá de água, e bebereis vós, os vossos servos e os vossos animais.

For Yahweh says, ‘You will not see wind, neither will you see rain, yet that valley will be filled with water, and you will drink, both you and your livestock and your other animals.

18 E ainda isso é pouco aos olhos do Senhor; também entregará ele os moabitas nas vossas mãos,

This is an easy thing in Yahweh’s sight. He will also deliver the Moabites into your hand.

19 e ferireis todas as cidades fortes e todas as cidades escolhidas, cortareis todas as boas árvores, tapareis todas as fontes d'água, e cobrireis de pedras todos os bons campos.

You shall strike every fortified city, and every choice city, and shall fell every good tree, and stop all springs of water, and mar every good piece of land with stones.’”

20 E sucedeu que, pela manhã, ã hora de se oferecer o sacrifício, eis que vinham as águas pelo caminho de Edom, e a terra se encheu d'água:

In the morning, about the time of offering the sacrifice, behold, water came by the way of Edom, and the country was filled with water.

21 O uvindo, pois, todos os moabitas que os reis tinham subido para pelejarem contra eles, convocaram-se todos os que estavam em idade de pegar armas, e daí para cima, e puseram-se

Now when all the Moabites heard that the kings had come up to fight against them, they gathered themselves together, all who were able to put on armor, young and old, and stood on the border.

22 L evantaram-se os moabitas de madrugada e, resplandecendo o sol sobre as águas, viram diante de si as águas vermelhas como sangue;

They rose up early in the morning, and the sun shone on the water, and the Moabites saw the water opposite them as red as blood.

23 e disseram: Isto é sangue; certamente os reis pelejaram entre si e se mataram um ao outro! Agora, pois, ã presa, moabitas!

They said, “This is blood. The kings are surely destroyed, and they have struck each other. Now therefore, Moab, to the plunder!”

24 Q uando, porém, chegaram ao arraial de Israel, os israelitas se levantaram, e bateram os moabitas, os quais fugiram diante deles; e ainda entraram na terra, ferindo ali também os moabitas.

When they came to the camp of Israel, the Israelites rose up and struck the Moabites, so that they fled before them; and they went forward into the land attacking the Moabites.

25 E arrasaram as cidades; e cada um deles lançou pedras em todos os bons campos, entulhando-os; taparam todas as fontes d'água, e cortaram todas as boas árvores; somente a Quir-Haresete deixaram ficar as pedras; contudo os fundeiros a cercaram e a feriram.

They beat down the cities; and on every good piece of land each man cast his stone, and filled it. They also stopped all the springs of water, and felled all the good trees, until in Kir Hareseth all they left was its stones; however the men armed with slings went around it, and attacked it.

26 V endo o rei dos moabitas que a peleja prevalecia contra ele, tomou consigo setecentos homens que arrancavam da espada, para romperem contra o rei de Edom; porém não puderam.

When the king of Moab saw that the battle was too severe for him, he took with him seven hundred men who drew a sword, to break through to the king of Edom; but they could not.

27 E ntão tomou a seu filho primogênito, que havia de reinar em seu lugar, e o ofereceu em holocausto sobre o muro, pelo que houve grande indignação em Israel; por isso retiraram-se dele, e voltaram para a sua terra.

Then he took his oldest son who would have reigned in his place, and offered him for a burnt offering on the wall. There was great wrath against Israel; and they departed from him, and returned to their own land.