1At nangyari, pagkatapos nito, na ang mga anak ni Moab, at ang mga anak ni Ammon, at pati ng iba sa mga Ammonita, ay naparoon laban kay Josaphat upang makipagbaka. 2Nang magkagayo'y nagsiparoon ang iba na nagsipagsaysay kay Josaphat, na nagsasabi, May lumalabas na isang lubhang karamihan laban sa iyo na mula sa dako roon ng dagat na mula sa Siria; at, narito, sila'y nangasa Hasason-tamar (na siyang Engedi). 3At si Josaphat ay natakot, at tumalagang hanapin ang Panginoon; at siya'y nagtanyag ng ayuno sa buong Juda. 4At ang Juda'y nagpipisan, upang huminging tulong sa Panginoon: sa makatuwid baga'y mula sa lahat na bayan ng Juda ay nagsiparoon upang hanapin ang Panginoon. 5At si Josaphat ay tumayo sa kapisanan ng Juda at Jerusalem, sa bahay ng Panginoon, sa harap ng bagong looban; 6At kaniyang sinabi, Oh Panginoon, na Dios ng aming mga magulang, di ba ikaw ay Dios sa langit? at di ba ikaw ay puno sa lahat na kaharian ng mga bansa? at nasa iyong kamay ang kapangyarihan at lakas, na anopa't walang makahaharap sa iyo. 7Di mo ba pinalayas, Oh aming Dios, ang mga nananahan sa lupaing ito sa harap ng iyong bayang Israel, at iyong ibinigay sa binhi ni Abraham na iyong kaibigan magpakailan man? 8At nagsitahan sila roon at ipinagtayo ka ng santuario roon na ukol sa iyong pangalan, na sinasabi, 9Kung ang kasamaan ay dumating sa amin, ang tabak ng kahatulan, o salot, o kagutom, kami ay magsisitayo sa harap ng bahay na ito, at sa harap mo, (sapagka't ang iyong pangalan ay nasa bahay na ito,) at kami ay dadaing sa iyo sa aming pagdadalamhati, at kami ay iyong didinggin at ililigtas. 10At ngayon, narito, ang mga anak ni Ammon at ni Moab, at ng sa bundok ng Seir na hindi mo ipinalusob sa Israel, nang sila'y magsilabas sa lupain ng Egipto, kundi kanilang nilikuan sila, at hindi sila nilipol; 11Tingnan mo, kung paanong sila'y gumaganti sa amin, na nagsisiparito upang palayasin kami sa iyong pag-aari, na iyong ibinigay sa amin upang manahin. 12Oh aming Dios, hindi mo ba hahatulan sila? sapagka't wala kaming kaya laban sa malaking pulutong na ito na naparirito laban sa amin, ni hindi man nalalaman namin kung anong marapat gawin; nguni't ang aming mga mata ay nasa iyo. 13At ang buong Juda ay tumayo sa harap ng Panginoon, pati ang kanilang mga bata, ang kanilang mga asawa, at ang kanilang mga anak. 14Nang magkagayo'y dumating kay Jahaziel na anak ni Zacharias, na anak ni Benaias, na anak ni Jeiel, na anak ni Mathanias na Levita, sa mga anak ni Asaph ang Espiritu ng Panginoon sa gitna ng kapisanan; 15At kaniyang sinabi, Dinggin ninyo, buong Juda, at ninyong mga taga Jerusalem, at ikaw na haring Josaphat: ganito ang sabi ng Panginoon sa inyo, Huwag kayong mangatakot, o manglupaypay man dahil sa malaking karamihang ito; sapagka't ang pakikipagbaka ay hindi inyo, kundi sa Dios. 16Bukas ay magsilusong kayo laban sa kanila: narito, sila'y nagsiahon sa ahunan ng Sis; at inyong masusumpungan sila sa dulo ng libis, sa harap ng ilang ng Jeruel. 17Kayo'y hindi magkakailangan na makipaglaban sa pagbabakang ito: magsilagay kayo, magsitayo kayong panatag, at tingnan ninyo ang pagliligtas, ng Panginoon na kasama ninyo, Oh Juda at Jerusalem: huwag kayong mangatakot, o manganglupaypay man: bukas ay magsilabas kayo laban sa kanila; sapagka't ang Panginoon ay sumasa inyo. 18At itinungo ni Josaphat ang kaniyang ulo sa lupa: at ang buong Juda at ang mga taga Jerusalem ay nangagpatirapa sa harap ng Panginoon, na nagsisamba sa Panginoon. 19At ang mga Levita, sa mga anak ng mga Coathita at sa mga anak ng mga Coraita; ay nagsitayo upang purihin ang Panginoon, ang Dios ng Israel, ng totoong malakas na tinig. 20At sila'y nagsibangong maaga sa kinaumagahan, at nagsilabas sa ilang ng Tecoa: at habang sila'y nagsisilabas, si Josaphat ay tumayo, at nagsabi, Dinggin ninyo ako, Oh Juda, at ninyong mga taga Jerusalem; sumampalataya kayo sa Panginoon ninyong Dios, sa gayo'y matatatag kayo; sumampalataya kayo sa kaniyang mga propeta, sa gayo'y giginhawa kayo. 21At nang siya'y makakuhang payo sa bayan, kaniyang inihalal sa kanila ang magsisiawit sa Panginoon at magsisipuri sa ganda ng kabanalan habang sila'y nagsisilabas na nagpapauna sa hukbo at magsipagsabi, Mangagpasalamat kayo sa Panginoon; sapagka't ang kaniyang kaawaan ay magpakailan man. 22At nang sila'y mangagpasimulang magsiawit at magsipuri, ang Panginoon ay naglagay ng mga bakay laban sa mga anak ni Ammon, ni Moab, at ng sa bundok ng Seir, na nagsiparoon laban sa Juda; at sila'y nangasugatan. 23Sapagka't ang mga anak ni Ammon at ni Moab ay nagsitayo laban sa mga taga bundok ng Seir, upang lubos na magsipatay at lipulin sila: at nang sila'y makatapos sa mga taga bundok ng Seir, bawa't isa'y tumulong na lumipol sa iba. 24At nang ang Juda ay dumating sa bantayang moog sa ilang, sila'y nagsitingin sa karamihan; at, narito, mga bangkay na nangakabuwal sa lupa, at walang nakatanan. 25At nang si Josaphat at ang kaniyang bayan ay magsiparoon upang kunin ang samsam sa kanila, kanilang nasumpungan sa kanila na sagana ay mga kayamanan at mga bangkay, at mga mahahalagang hiyas na kanilang mga sinamsam para sa kanilang sarili, na higit kay sa kanilang madala: at sila'y nagsidoon na tatlong araw, sa pagkuha ng samsam, na totoong marami. 26At nang ikaapat na araw, sila'y nagpupulong sa libis ng Baracah; sapagka't doo'y kanilang pinuri ang Panginoon: kaya't ang pangalan ng dakong yaon ay tinawag na Libis ng Baracah, hanggang sa araw na ito. 27Nang magkagayo'y nagsibalik sila, bawa't lalake sa Juda, at sa Jerusalem, at si Josaphat ay sa unahan nila, upang bumalik sa Jerusalem na may kagalakan; sapagka't sila'y pinapagkatuwa ng Panginoon sa kanilang mga kaaway. 28At sila'y nagsiparoon sa Jerusalem na may mga salterio at mga alpa, at mga pakakak sa bahay ng Panginoon. 29At ang takot sa Dios ay napasa lahat na kaharian ng mga lupain, nang kanilang mabalitaang ang Panginoon ay nakipaglaban sa mga kaaway ng Israel. 30Sa gayo'y ang kaharian ni Josaphat ay natahimik: sapagka't binigyan siya ng kaniyang Dios ng kapahingahan sa palibot. 31At si Josaphat ay naghari sa Juda: siya'y may tatlong pu't limang taong gulang nang siya'y magpasimulang maghari; at siya'y nagharing dalawang pu't limang taon sa Jerusalem: at ang pangalan ng kaniyang ina ay Azuba na anak ni Silhi. 32At siya'y lumakad ng lakad ni Asa na kaniyang ama, at hindi siya lumiko sa paggawa ng matuwid sa harap ng mga mata ng Panginoon. 33Gayon ma'y ang mga mataas na dako ay hindi inalis; ni inilagak pa man ng bayan ang kanilang puso sa Dios ng kanilang mga magulang. 34Ang iba nga sa mga gawa ni Josaphat, na una at huli, narito, nangakasulat sa kasaysayan ni Jehu na anak ni Hanani, na nasusulat sa aklat ng mga hari sa Israel. 35At pagkatapos nito ay nakipisan si Josaphat na hari sa Juda kay Ochozias na hari sa Israel; na siyang gumawa ng totoong masama: 36At siya'y nakipisan sa kaniya upang gumawa ng mga sasakyang dagat na magsisiparoon sa Tharsis: at kanilang ginawa ang mga sasakyan sa Esion-geber. 37Nang magkagayo'y si Eliezer na anak ni Dodava sa Mareosah ay nanghula laban kay Josaphat, na kaniyang sinabi, Sapagka't ikaw ay nakipisan kay Ochozias, giniba ng Panginoon ang iyong mga gawa. At ang mga sasakyan ay nangabasag, na anopa't sila'y hindi na makaparoon sa Tharsis.
1After this, the children of Moab, and the children of Ammon, and with them some of the Ammonites, came against Jehoshaphat to battle. 2Then some came who told Jehoshaphat, saying, “A great multitude is coming against you from beyond the sea from Syria. Behold, they are in Hazazon Tamar” (that is, En Gedi). 3Jehoshaphat was alarmed, and set himself to seek to Yahweh. He proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah. 4Judah gathered themselves together, to seek help from Yahweh. They came out of all the cities of Judah to seek Yahweh. 5Jehoshaphat stood in the assembly of Judah and Jerusalem, in Yahweh’s house, before the new court; 6and he said, “Yahweh, the God of our fathers, aren’t you God in heaven? Aren’t you ruler over all the kingdoms of the nations? Power and might are in your hand, so that no one is able to withstand you. 7Didn’t you, our God, drive out the inhabitants of this land before your people Israel, and give it to the seed of Abraham your friend forever? 8They lived in it, and have built you a sanctuary in it for your name, saying, 9‘If evil comes on us—the sword, judgment, pestilence, or famine—we will stand before this house, and before you, (for your name is in this house), and cry to you in our affliction, and you will hear and save.’ 10Now, behold, the children of Ammon and Moab and Mount Seir, whom you would not let Israel invade, when they came out of the land of Egypt, but they turned aside from them, and didn’t destroy them; 11behold, how they reward us, to come to cast us out of your possession, which you have given us to inherit. 12Our God, will you not judge them? For we have no might against this great company that comes against us; neither know we what to do, but our eyes are on you.” 13All Judah stood before Yahweh, with their little ones, their wives, and their children. 14Then the Spirit of Yahweh came on Jahaziel the son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, the Levite, of the sons of Asaph, in the midst of the assembly; 15and he said, “Listen, all Judah, and you inhabitants of Jerusalem, and you king Jehoshaphat. Thus says Yahweh to you, ‘Don’t be afraid, neither be dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God’s. 16Tomorrow go down against them. Behold, they are coming up by the ascent of Ziz. You shall find them at the end of the valley, before the wilderness of Jeruel. 17You will not need to fight this battle. Set yourselves, stand still, and see the salvation of Yahweh with you, O Judah and Jerusalem. Don’t be afraid, nor be dismayed. Go out against them tomorrow, for Yahweh is with you.’” 18Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground; and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell down before Yahweh, worshiping Yahweh. 19The Levites, of the children of the Kohathites and of the children of the Korahites, stood up to praise Yahweh, the God of Israel, with an exceeding loud voice. 20They rose early in the morning, and went out into the wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went out, Jehoshaphat stood and said, “Listen to me, Judah, and you inhabitants of Jerusalem! Believe in Yahweh your God, so you shall be established! Believe his prophets, so you shall prosper.” 21When he had taken counsel with the people, he appointed those who should sing to Yahweh, and give praise in holy array, as they went out before the army, and say, Give thanks to Yahweh; for his loving kindness endures forever. 22When they began to sing and to praise, Yahweh set ambushers against the children of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir, who had come against Judah; and they were struck. 23For the children of Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of Mount Seir, utterly to kill and destroy them: and when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, everyone helped to destroy another. 24When Judah came to the place overlooking the wilderness, they looked at the multitude; and behold, they were dead bodies fallen to the earth, and there were no one who escaped. 25When Jehoshaphat and his people came to take their plunder, they found among them in abundance both riches and dead bodies, and precious jewels, which they stripped off for themselves, more than they could carry away: and they were three days in taking the plunder, it was so much. 26On the fourth day they assembled themselves in the valley of Beracah; for there they blessed Yahweh: therefore the name of that place was called The valley of Beracah to this day. 27Then they returned, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, and Jehoshaphat in their forefront, to go again to Jerusalem with joy; for Yahweh had made them to rejoice over their enemies. 28They came to Jerusalem with stringed instruments and harps and trumpets to Yahweh’s house. 29The fear of God was on all the kingdoms of the countries, when they heard that Yahweh fought against the enemies of Israel. 30So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet; for his God gave him rest all around. 31Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah: he was thirty-five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty-five years in Jerusalem: and his mother’s name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi. 32He walked in the way of Asa his father, and didn’t turn aside from it, doing that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh. 33However the high places were not taken away; neither as yet had the people set their hearts to the God of their fathers. 34Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, first and last, behold, they are written in the history of Jehu the son of Hanani, which is inserted in the book of the kings of Israel. 35After this Jehoshaphat king of Judah joined himself with Ahaziah king of Israel. The same did very wickedly: 36and he joined himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish; and they made the ships in Ezion Geber. 37Then Eliezer the son of Dodavahu of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, “Because you have joined yourself with Ahaziah, Yahweh has destroyed your works.” The ships were broken, so that they were not able to go to Tarshish.
1Het geschiedde nu na dezen, dat de kinderen Moabs, en de kinderen Ammons, en het hen anderen benevens de Ammonieten, kwamen tegen Josafat ten strijde. 2Toen kwamen er, die Josafat boodschapten, zeggende: Daar komt een grote menigte tegen u van gene zijde der zee, uit Syrie, en zie, zij zijn te Hazezon-Thamar, hetwelk is Engedi. 3Josafat nu vreesde, en stelde zijn aangezicht, om den HEERE te zoeken; en hij riep een vasten uit in gans Juda. 4En Juda werd vergaderd, om van den HEERE hulp te zoeken; ook kwamen zij uit alle steden van Juda, om den HEERE te zoeken. 5En Josafat stond in de gemeente van Juda en Jeruzalem, in het huis des HEEREN, voor het nieuwe voorhof. 6En hij zeide: O, HEERE, God onzer vaderen, zijt Gij niet de God in den hemel? Ja, Gij zijt de Heerser over alle koninkrijken der heidenen; en in Uw hand is kracht en sterkte, zodat niemand zich tegen U stellen kan. 7Hebt Gij niet, onze God, de inwoners dezes lands van voor het aangezicht van Uw volk Israel verdreven, en dat aan het zaad van Abraham, Uw liefhebber, tot in eeuwigheid gegeven? 8Zij nu hebben daarin gewoond, en zij hebben U daarin een heiligdom gebouwd voor Uw Naam, zeggende: 9Indien over ons enig kwaad komt, het zwaard des oordeels, of pestilentie, of honger, wij zullen voor dit huis, en voor Uw aangezicht staan, dewijl Uw Naam in dit huis is; en wij zullen uit onze benauwdheid tot U roepen, en Gij zult verhoren en verlossen. 10En nu, zie de kinderen Ammons, en Moab, en die van het gebergte Seir, door dewelken Gij Israel niet toeliet te trekken, als zij uit Egypteland togen, maar zij weken van hen, en verdelgden hen niet; 11Zie dan, zij vergelden het ons, komende om ons uit Uw erve, die Gij ons te erven gegeven hebt, te verdrijven. 12O, onze God, zult Gij geen recht tegen hen oefenen? want in ons is geen kracht tegen deze grote menigte, die tegen ons komt, en wij weten niet, wat wij doen zullen; maar onze ogen zijn op U. 13En gans Juda stond voor het aangezicht des HEEREN, ook hun kinderkens, hun vrouwen en hun zonen. 14Toen kwam de Geest des HEEREN in het midden der gemeente, op Jahaziel, den zoon van Zecharja, den zoon van Benaja, den zoon van Jehiel, den zoon van Matthanja, den Leviet, uit de zonen van Asaf; 15En hij zeide: Merkt op, geheel Juda, en gij, inwoners van Jeruzalem, en gij, koning Josafat! Alzo zegt de HEERE tot ulieden: Vreest gijlieden niet, en wordt niet ontzet vanwege deze grote menigte; want de strijd is niet uwe, maar Gods. 16Trekt morgen tot hen af; ziet, zij komen op bij den opgang van Ziz; en gij zult hen vinden in het einde des dals, voor aan de woestijn van Jeruel. 17Gij zult in dezen strijd niet te strijden hebben; stelt uzelven, staat en ziet het heil des HEEREN met u, o Juda en Jeruzalem! Vreest niet, en ontzet u niet, gaat morgen uit, hun tegen, want de HEERE zal met u wezen. 18Toen neigde zich Josafat met het aangezicht ter aarde; en gans Juda en de inwoners van Jeruzalem vielen neder voor het aangezicht des HEEREN, aanbiddende den HEERE. 19En de Levieten uit de kinderen der Kahathieten, en uit de kinderen der Korahieten, stonden op, om den HEERE, den God Israels, met luider stem ten hoogste te prijzen. 20En zij maakten zich des morgens vroeg op, en togen uit naar de woestijn van Thekoa; en als zij uittogen, stond Josafat en zeide: Hoort mij, o Juda, en gij, inwoners van Jeruzalem! Gelooft in den HEERE, uw God, zo zult gij bevestigd worden; gelooft aan Zijn profeten, en gij zult voorspoedig zijn. 21Hij nu beraadslaagde zich met het volk, en hij stelde den HEERE zangers, die de heilige Majesteit prijzen zouden, voor de toegerusten uitgaande en zeggende: Looft den HEERE, want Zijn goedertierenheid is tot in eeuwigheid! 22Ter tijd nu, als aanhieven met een vreugdegeroep en lofzang, stelde de HEERE achterlagen tegen de kinderen Ammons, Moab, en die van het gebergte Seir, die tegen Juda gekomen waren; en zij werden geslagen. 23Want de kinderen Ammons en Moab stonden op tegen de inwoners van het gebergte Seir, om te verbannen en te verdelgen; en als zij met de inwoners van Seir een einde gemaakt hadden, hielpen zij de een den ander ten verderve. 24Als nu Juda tot den wachttoren in de woestijn gekomen was, wendden zij zich naar de menigte; en ziet, het waren dode lichamen, liggende op de aarde, en niemand was ontkomen. 25Josafat nu en zijn volk kwamen, om hun buit te roven, en zij vonden bij hen in menigte, zowel have en dode lichamen, als kostelijk gereedschap, en namen voor zich weg, totdat zij niet meer dragen konden; en zij roofden den buit drie dagen, want dies was veel. 26En op den vierden dag vergaderden zij zich in het dal van Beracha, want daar loofden zij den HEERE; daarom noemden zij den naam dierzelver plaats het dal van Beracha, tot op dezen dag. 27Daarna keerden alle mannen van Juda en Jeruzalem weder, en Josafat in de voorspitse van hen, om wederom met blijdschap tot Jeruzalem te komen; want de HEERE had hen verblijd over hun vijanden. 28En zij kwamen te Jeruzalem, met luiten, en met harpen, en met trompetten, tot het huis des HEEREN. 29En er werd een verschrikking Gods over alle koninkrijken dier landen, als zij hoorden, dat de HEERE tegen de vijanden van Israel gestreden had. 30Alzo was het koninkrijk van Josafat stil; en zijn God gaf hem rust rondom henen. 31Zo regeerde Josafat over Juda; hij was vijf en dertig jaren oud, als hij koning werd, en hij regeerde vijf en twintig jaren te Jeruzalem; en de naam zijner moeder was Azuba, een dochter van Silhi. 32En hij wandelde in den weg van zijn vader Asa, en hij week daarvan niet af, doende dat recht was in de ogen des HEEREN. 33Evenwel werden de hoogten niet weggenomen; want het volk had nog zijn hart niet geschikt tot den God zijner vaderen. 34Het overige nu der geschiedenissen van Josafat, de eerste en de laatste, ziet, die zijn geschreven in de geschiedenissen van Jehu, den zoon van Hanani, die men hem optekenen deed in het boek der koningen van Israel. 35Doch na dezen vergezelschapte zich Josafat, de koning van Juda, met Ahazia, den koning van Israel; die handelde goddelooslijk in zijn doen. 36En hij vergezelschapte zich met hem, om schepen te maken, om naar Tharsis te gaan; en zij maakten de schepen te Ezeon-Geber. 37Maar Eliezer, de zoon van Dodava, van Maresa, profeteerde tegen Josafat, zeggende: Omdat gij u met Ahazia vergezelschapt hebt, heeft de HEERE uw werken verscheurd. Alzo werden de schepen verbroken, dat zij niet konden naar Tharsis gaan.
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