Ii Paralipomenon 20
1 Post hæc congregati sunt filii Moab, et filii Ammon, et cum eis de Ammonitis ad Iosaphat ut pugnarent contra eum.
It came to pass after this also, that the children of Moab, and the children of Ammon, and with them others besides the Ammonites, came against Jehoshaphat to battle.
2 Veneruntque nuncii, et indicaverunt Iosaphat, dicentes: Venit contra te multitudo magna de his locis, quæ trans mare sunt, et de Syria, et ecce consistunt in Asasonthamar, quæ est Engaddi.
Then there came some that told Jehoshaphat, saying, There cometh a great multitude against thee from beyond the sea on this side of Syria; and, behold, they are in Hazazontamar, which is Engedi.
3 Iosaphat autem timore perterritus, totum se contulit ad rogandum Dominum, et prædicavit ieiunium universo Iuda.
And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek the LORD, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.
4 Congregatusque est Iudas ad deprecandum Dominum: sed et omnes de urbibus suis venerunt ad obsecrandum eum.
And Judah gathered themselves together, to ask help of the LORD: even from all the cities of Judah they came to seek the LORD.
5 Cumque stetisset Iosaphat in medio cœtu Iuda, et Ierusalem, in domo Domini ante atrium novum,
And Jehoshaphat stood in the congregation of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of the LORD, before the new court,
6 ait: Domine Deus patrum nostrorum, tu es Deus in cælo, et dominaris cunctis regnis Gentium, in manu tua est fortitudo et potentia, nec quisquam tibi potest resistere.
And said, O LORD God of our fathers, art not thou God in heaven? and rulest thou not over all the kingdoms of the heathen? and in thy hand is there not power and might, so that none is able to withstand thee?
7 Nonne tu Deus noster interfecisti omnes habitatores terræ huius coram populo tuo Israel, et dedisti eam semini Abraham amici tui in sempiternum?
Art not thou our God, who didst drive out the inhabitants of this land before thy people Israel, and give it to the seed of Abraham thy friend for ever?
8 Habitaveruntque in ea, et extruxerunt in illa Sanctuarium nomini tuo, dicentes:
And they dwelt in it, and have built thee a sanctuary in it for thy name, saying,
9 Si irruerint super nos mala, gladius iudicii, pestilentia, et fames, stabimus coram domo hac in conspectu tuo, in qua invocatum est nomen tuum: et clamabimus ad te in tribulationibus nostris, et exaudies, salvosque facies.
If, when evil cometh upon us, as the sword, judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we stand before this house, and in thy presence, (for thy name is in this house, ) and cry to thee in our affliction, then thou wilt hear and help.
10 Nunc igitur ecce filii Ammon, et Moab, et mons Seir, per quos non concessisti Israel ut transirent quando egrediebantur de Ægypto, sed declinaverunt ab eis, et non interfecerunt illos:
And now, behold, the children of Ammon and Moab and mount Seir, whom thou wouldest not let Israel invade, when they came from the land of Egypt, but they turned from them, and destroyed them not;
11 econtrario agunt, et nituntur eiicere nos de possessione, quam tradidisti nobis.
Behold, I say, how they reward us, to come to cast us out of thy possession, which thou hast given us to inherit.
12 Deus noster, ergo non iudicabis eos? In nobis quidem non est tanta fortitudo, ut possimus huic multitudini resistere, quæ irruit super nos. Sed cum ignoremus quid agere debeamus, hoc solum habemus residui, ut oculos nostros dirigamus ad te.
O our God, wilt thou not judge them? for we have no might against this great company that cometh against us; neither know we what to do: but our eyes are upon thee.
13 Omnis vero Iuda stabat coram Domino cum parvulis, et uxoribus, et liberis suis.
And all Judah stood before the LORD, with their little ones, their wives, and their children.
14 Erat autem Iahaziel filius Zachariæ, filii Banaiæ, filii Iehiel, filii Mathaniæ, Levites de filiis Asaph, super quem factus est Spiritus Domini in medio turbæ,
Then upon Jahaziel the son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, a Levite of the sons of Asaph, came the Spirit of the LORD in the midst of the congregation;
15 et ait: Attendite omnis Iuda, et qui habitatis Ierusalem, et tu rex Iosaphat: Hæc dicit Dominus vobis: Nolite timere, nec paveatis hanc multitudinem: non est enim vestra pugna, sed Dei.
And he said, Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, and thou king Jehoshaphat, Thus saith the LORD to you, Be not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God’s.
16 Cras descendetis contra eos: ascensuri enim sunt per clivum nomine Sis, et invenietis illos in summitate torrentis, qui est contra solitudinem Ieruel.
To morrow go ye down against them: behold, they come up by the cliff of Ziz; and ye shall find them at the end of the brook, before the wilderness of Jeruel.
17 Non eritis vos qui dimicabitis, sed tantummodo confidenter state, et videbitis auxilium Domini super vos, o Iuda, et Ierusalem: nolite timere, nec paveatis: cras egrediemini contra eos, et Dominus erit vobiscum.
Ye shall not need to fight in this battle: set yourselves, stand ye still, and see the salvation of the LORD with you, O Judah and Jerusalem: fear not, nor be dismayed; to morrow go out against them: for the LORD will be with you.
18 Iosaphat ergo, et Iuda, et omnes habitatores Ierusalem ceciderunt proni in terram coram Domino, et adoraverunt eum.
And Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground: and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell before the LORD, worshipping the LORD.
19 Porro Levitæ de filiis Caath, et de filiis Core laudabant Dominum Deum Israel voce magna, in excelsum.
And the Levites, of the children of the Kohathites, and of the children of the Korhites, stood up to praise the LORD God of Israel with a loud voice on high.
20 Cumque mane surrexissent, egressi sunt per desertum Thecue: profectisque eis, stans Iosaphat in medio eorum, dixit: Audite me viri Iuda, et omnes habitatores Ierusalem: credite in Domino Deo vestro, et securi eritis: credite prophetis eius, et cuncta evenient prospera.
And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem; Believe in the LORD your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper.
21 Deditque consilium populo, et statuit cantores Domini, ut laudarent eum in turmis suis, et antecederent exercitum, ac voce consona dicerent: Confitemini Domino, quoniam in æternum misericordia eius.
And when he had consulted with the people, he appointed singers to the LORD, and that should praise the beauty of holiness, as they went out before the army, and to say, Praise the LORD; for his mercy endureth for ever.
22 Cumque cœpissent laudes canere, vertit Dominus insidias eorum in semetipsos, filiorum scilicet Ammon, et Moab, et montis Seir, qui egressi fuerant ut pugnarent contra Iudam, et percussi sunt.
And when they began to sing and to praise, the LORD set ambushes against the children of Ammon, Moab, and mount Seir, who were come against Judah; and they were smitten.
23 Namque filii Ammon, et Moab consurrexerunt adversum habitatores montis Seir, ut interficerent et delerent eos: cumque hoc opere perpetrassent, etiam in semetipsos versi, mutuis concidere vulneribus.
For the children of Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of mount Seir, utterly to slay and destroy them: and when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, every one helped to destroy another.
24 Porro Iuda cum venisset ad speculam, quæ respicit solitudinem, vidit procul omnem late regionem plenam cadaveribus, nec superesse quemquam, qui necem potuisset evadere.
And when Judah came toward the watch tower in the wilderness, they looked to the multitude, and, behold, they were dead bodies fallen to the earth, and none escaped.
25 Venit ergo Iosaphat, et omnis populus cum eo ad detrahenda spolia mortuorum: inveneruntque inter cadavera variam supellectilem, vestes quoque, et vasa pretiosissima, et diripuerunt ita ut omnia portare non possent, nec per tres dies spolia auferre præ prædæ magnitudine.
And when Jehoshaphat and his people came to take away the spoil of them, they found among them in abundance both riches with the dead bodies, and precious jewels, which they stripped off for themselves, more than they could carry away: and they were three days in gathering the spoil, it was so much.
26 Die autem quarto congregati sunt in Valle Benedictionis: etenim quoniam ibi benedixerant Domino, vocaverunt locum illum Vallis Benedictionis usque in præsentem diem.
And on the fourth day they assembled themselves in the valley of Berachah; for there they blessed the LORD: therefore the name of the same place hath been called, The valley of Berachah, to this day.
27 Reversusque est omnis vir Iuda, et habitatores Ierusalem, et Iosaphat ante eos in Ierusalem cum lætitia magna, eo quod dedisset eis Dominus gaudium de inimicis suis.
Then they returned, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, and Jehoshaphat in the front of them, to go again to Jerusalem with joy; for the LORD had made them to rejoice over their enemies.
28 Ingressique sunt in Ierusalem cum psalteriis, et citharis, et tubis in domum Domini.
And they came to Jerusalem with psalteries and harps and trumpets to the house of the LORD.
29 Irruit autem pavor Domini super universa regna terrarum cum audissent quod pugnasset Dominus contra inimicos Israel.
And the fear of God was on all the kingdoms of those countries, when they had heard that the LORD fought against the enemies of Israel.
30 Quievitque regnum Iosaphat, et præbuit ei Deus pacem per circuitum.
So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet: for his God gave him rest on all sides.
31 Regnavit igitur Iosaphat super Iudam, et erat triginta quinque annorum cum regnare cœpisset: viginti autem et quinque annis regnavit in Ierusalem, et nomen matris eius Azuba filia Selahi.
And Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah: he was thirty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.
32 Et ambulavit in via patris suis Asa, nec declinavit ab ea, faciens quæ placita erant coram Domino.
And he walked in the way of Asa his father, and departed not from it, doing that which was right in the sight of the LORD.
33 Verumtamen excelsa non abstulit, et adhuc populus non direxerat cor suum ad Dominum Deum patrum suorum.
But the high places were not taken away: for as yet the people had not prepared their hearts to the God of their fathers.
34 Reliqua autem gestorum Iosaphat priorum et novissimorum scripta sunt in verbis Iehu filii Hanani, quæ digessit in Libros regum Israel.
Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of Jehu the son of Hanani, who is mentioned in the book of the kings of Israel.
35 Post hæc iniit amicitias Iosaphat rex Iuda cum Ochozia rege Israel, cuius opera fuerunt impiissima.
And after this Jehoshaphat king of Judah joined himself with Ahaziah king of Israel, who did very wickedly:
36 Et particeps fuit ut facerent naves, quæ irent in Tharsis: feceruntque classem in Asiongaber.
And he joined himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish: and they made the ships in Eziongeber.
37 Prophetavit autem Eliezer filius Dodau de Maresa ad Iosaphat, dicens: Quia habuisti fœdus cum Ochozia, percussit Dominus opera tua, contritæque sunt naves, nec potuerunt ire in Tharsis.
Then Eliezer the son of Dodavah of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, Because thou hast joined thyself with Ahaziah, the LORD hath broken thy works. And the ships were broken, that they were not able to go to Tarshish.
