The Fourth Book of Kingdoms, Chapter 1ΒΑΣΙΛΕΙΩΝ Δ′ Α′

καὶ ἠθέτησεν Μωαβ ἐν Ισραηλ μετὰ τὸ ἀποθανεῖν Αχααβ

And Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab.

καὶ ἔπεσεν Οχοζιας διὰ τοῦ δικτυωτοῦ τοῦ ἐν τῷ ὑπερῴῳ αὐτοῦ τῷ ἐν Σαμαρείᾳ καὶ ἠρρώστησεν καὶ ἀπέστειλεν ἀγγέλους καὶ εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτούς δεῦτε καὶ ἐπιζητήσατε ἐν τῇ Βααλ μυῖαν θεὸν Ακκαρων εἰ ζήσομαι ἐκ τῆς ἀρρωστίας μου ταύτης καὶ ἐπορεύθησαν ἐπερωτῆσαι δι᾿ αὐτοῦ

And Ahaziah fell through the lattice that was in his upper chamber in Samaria, and he fell sick; and he sent messengers and said to them, 'Go and inquire of Baal the fly, god of Ekron, whether I shall recover from this sickness of mine.' And they went to inquire through him.

καὶ ἄγγελος κυρίου ἐλάλησεν πρὸς Ηλιου τὸν Θεσβίτην λέγων ἀναστὰς δεῦρο εἰς συνάντησιν τῶν ἀγγέλων Οχοζιου βασιλέως Σαμαρείας καὶ λαλήσεις πρὸς αὐτούς εἰ παρὰ τὸ μὴ εἶναι θεὸν ἐν Ισραηλ ὑμεῖς πορεύεσθε ἐπιζητῆσαι ἐν τῇ Βααλ μυῖαν θεὸν Ακκαρων

But an angel of the LORD spoke to Elijah the Tishbite, saying, 'Arise, go to meet the messengers of Ahaziah king of Samaria, and you shall say to them, Is it because there is no God in Israel that you go to inquire of Baal the fly, god of Ekron?'

καὶ οὐχ οὕτως ὅτι τάδε λέγει κύριος ἡ κλίνη ἐφ᾿ ἧς ἀνέβης ἐκεῖ οὐ καταβήσῃ ἀπ᾿ αὐτῆς ὅτι ἐκεῖ θανάτῳ ἀποθανῇ καὶ ἐπορεύθη Ηλιου καὶ εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτούς

'And therefore, thus says the LORD: The bed onto which you have gone up — you shall not come down from it, for there you shall surely die.' And Elijah went and spoke to them.

καὶ ἐπεστράφησαν οἱ ἄγγελοι πρὸς αὐτόν καὶ εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτούς τί ὅτι ἐπεστρέψατε

And the messengers returned to him, and he said to them, 'Why is it that you have returned?'

καὶ εἶπαν πρὸς αὐτόν ἀνὴρ ἀνέβη εἰς συνάντησιν ἡμῶν καὶ εἶπεν πρὸς ἡμᾶς δεῦτε ἐπιστράφητε πρὸς τὸν βασιλέα τὸν ἀποστείλαντα ὑμᾶς καὶ λαλήσατε πρὸς αὐτόν τάδε λέγει κύριος εἰ παρὰ τὸ μὴ εἶναι θεὸν ἐν Ισραηλ σὺ πορεύῃ ζητῆσαι ἐν τῇ Βααλ μυῖαν θεὸν Ακκαρων οὐχ οὕτως ἡ κλίνη ἐφ᾿ ἧς ἀνέβης ἐκεῖ οὐ καταβήσῃ ἀπ᾿ αὐτῆς ὅτι θανάτῳ ἀποθανῇ

And they said to him, 'A man came up to meet us and said to us, Go, return to the king who sent you, and say to him, Thus says the LORD: Is it because there is no God in Israel that you send to inquire of Baal the fly, god of Ekron? Therefore the bed onto which you have gone up — you shall not come down from it, for you shall surely die.'

καὶ ἐλάλησεν πρὸς αὐτοὺς λέγων τίς ἡ κρίσις τοῦ ἀνδρὸς τοῦ ἀναβάντος εἰς συνάντησιν ὑμῖν καὶ λαλήσαντος πρὸς ὑμᾶς τοὺς λόγους τούτους

And he spoke to them, saying, 'What was the manner of the man who came up to meet you and spoke to you these words?'

καὶ εἶπον πρὸς αὐτόν ἀνὴρ δασὺς καὶ ζώνην δερματίνην περιεζωσμένος τὴν ὀσφὺν αὐτοῦ καὶ εἶπεν Ηλιου ὁ Θεσβίτης οὗτός ἐστιν

And they said to him, 'A hairy man, and girded with a leather belt around his waist.' And he said, 'It is Elijah the Tishbite.'

καὶ ἀπέστειλεν πρὸς αὐτὸν ἡγούμενον πεντηκόνταρχον καὶ τοὺς πεντήκοντα αὐτοῦ καὶ ἀνέβη καὶ ἦλθεν πρὸς αὐτόν καὶ ἰδοὺ Ηλιου ἐκάθητο ἐπὶ τῆς κορυφῆς τοῦ ὄρους καὶ ἐλάλησεν ὁ πεντηκόνταρχος πρὸς αὐτὸν καὶ εἶπεν ἄνθρωπε τοῦ θεοῦ ὁ βασιλεὺς ἐκάλεσέν σε κατάβηθι

And he sent to him a captain of fifty with his fifty; and he went up and came to him, and behold, Elijah was sitting on the top of the mountain. And the captain of fifty spoke to him and said, 'Man of God, the king has called you: come down.'

καὶ ἀπεκρίθη Ηλιου καὶ εἶπεν πρὸς τὸν πεντηκόνταρχον καὶ εἰ ἄνθρωπος τοῦ θεοῦ ἐγώ καταβήσεται πῦρ ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ καταφάγεταί σε καὶ τοὺς πεντήκοντά σου καὶ κατέβη πῦρ ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ κατέφαγεν αὐτὸν καὶ τοὺς πεντήκοντα αὐτοῦ

And Elijah answered and said to the captain of fifty, 'And if I am a man of God, let fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty.' And fire came down from heaven and consumed him and his fifty.

καὶ προσέθετο ὁ βασιλεὺς καὶ ἀπέστειλεν πρὸς αὐτὸν ἄλλον πεντηκόνταρχον καὶ τοὺς πεντήκοντα αὐτοῦ καὶ ἀνέβη καὶ ἐλάλησεν ὁ πεντηκόνταρχος πρὸς αὐτὸν καὶ εἶπεν ἄνθρωπε τοῦ θεοῦ τάδε λέγει ὁ βασιλεύς ταχέως κατάβηθι

And the king again sent to him another captain of fifty with his fifty; and he went up and the captain of fifty spoke to him and said, 'Man of God, thus says the king: Come down quickly.'

καὶ ἀπεκρίθη Ηλιου καὶ ἐλάλησεν πρὸς αὐτὸν καὶ εἶπεν εἰ ἄνθρωπος τοῦ θεοῦ ἐγώ εἰμι καταβήσεται πῦρ ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ καταφάγεταί σε καὶ τοὺς πεντήκοντά σου καὶ κατέβη πῦρ ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ κατέφαγεν αὐτὸν καὶ τοὺς πεντήκοντα αὐτοῦ

And Elijah answered and spoke to him and said, 'If I am a man of God, let fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty.' And fire came down from heaven and consumed him and his fifty.

καὶ προσέθετο ὁ βασιλεὺς ἔτι ἀποστεῖλαι ἡγούμενον πεντηκόνταρχον τρίτον καὶ τοὺς πεντήκοντα αὐτοῦ καὶ ἦλθεν πρὸς αὐτὸν ὁ πεντηκόνταρχος ὁ τρίτος καὶ ἔκαμψεν ἐπὶ τὰ γόνατα αὐτοῦ κατέναντι Ηλιου καὶ ἐδεήθη αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐλάλησεν πρὸς αὐτὸν καὶ εἶπεν ἄνθρωπε τοῦ θεοῦ ἐντιμωθήτω δὴ ἡ ψυχή μου καὶ ἡ ψυχὴ τῶν δούλων σου τούτων τῶν πεντήκοντα ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς σου

And the king again sent a third captain of fifty with his fifty; and the third captain of fifty came to him and bowed upon his knees before Elijah and entreated him and spoke to him and said, 'Man of God, let my life and the life of these your servants, these fifty, be precious in your eyes.'

ἰδοὺ κατέβη πῦρ ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ κατέφαγεν τοὺς δύο πεντηκοντάρχους τοὺς πρώτους καὶ τοὺς πεντήκοντα αὐτῶν καὶ νῦν ἐντιμωθήτω δὴ ἡ ψυχὴ τῶν δούλων σου ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς σου

'Behold, fire came down from heaven and consumed the two former captains of fifty and their fifties; but now let the life of your servants be precious in your eyes.'

καὶ ἐλάλησεν ἄγγελος κυρίου πρὸς Ηλιου καὶ εἶπεν κατάβηθι μετ᾿ αὐτοῦ μὴ φοβηθῇς ἀπὸ προσώπου αὐτῶν καὶ ἀνέστη Ηλιου καὶ κατέβη μετ᾿ αὐτοῦ πρὸς τὸν βασιλέα

And an angel of the LORD spoke to Elijah and said, 'Go down with him; do not be afraid of them.' And Elijah arose and went down with him to the king.

καὶ ἐλάλησεν πρὸς αὐτὸν καὶ εἶπεν Ηλιου τάδε λέγει κύριος τί ὅτι ἀπέστειλας ἀγγέλους ζητῆσαι ἐν τῇ Βααλ μυῖαν θεὸν Ακκαρων οὐχ οὕτως ἡ κλίνη ἐφ᾿ ἧς ἀνέβης ἐκεῖ οὐ καταβήσῃ ἀπ᾿ αὐτῆς ὅτι θανάτῳ ἀποθανῇ

And he spoke to him, and Elijah said, 'Thus says the LORD: Why is it that you sent messengers to inquire of Baal the fly, god of Ekron? Therefore the bed onto which you have gone up — you shall not come down from it, for you shall surely die.'

καὶ ἀπέθανεν κατὰ τὸ ῥῆμα κυρίου ὃ ἐλάλησεν Ηλιου

And he died according to the word of the LORD that Elijah had spoken.

καὶ τὰ λοιπὰ τῶν λόγων Οχοζιου ὅσα ἐποίησεν οὐκ ἰδοὺ ταῦτα γεγραμμένα ἐπὶ βιβλίου λόγων τῶν ἡμερῶν τοῖς βασιλεῦσιν Ισραηλ καὶ Ιωραμ υἱὸς Αχααβ βασιλεύει ἐπὶ Ισραηλ ἐν Σαμαρείᾳ ἔτη δέκα δύο ἐν ἔτει ὀκτωκαιδεκάτῳ Ιωσαφατ βασιλέως Ιουδα καὶ ἐποίησεν τὸ πονηρὸν ἐνώπιον κυρίου πλὴν οὐχ ὡς οἱ ἀδελφοὶ αὐτοῦ οὐδὲ ὡς ἡ μήτηρ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἀπέστησεν τὰς στήλας τοῦ Βααλ ἃς ἐποίησεν ὁ πατὴρ αὐτοῦ καὶ συνέτριψεν αὐτάς πλὴν ἐν ταῖς ἁμαρτίαις οἴκου Ιεροβοαμ ὃς ἐξήμαρτεν τὸν Ισραηλ ἐκολλήθη οὐκ ἀπέστη ἀπ᾿ αὐτῶν καὶ ἐθυμώθη ὀργῇ κύριος εἰς τὸν οἶκον Αχααβ

And the rest of the acts of Ahaziah, all that he did — behold, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? And Joram son of Ahab reigned over Israel in Samaria twelve years, in the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah; and he did what was evil before the LORD, only not like his brothers nor like his mother; and he removed the pillars of Baal that his father had made and shattered them; only he clung to the sins of the house of Jeroboam, who made Israel to sin — he did not depart from them; and the LORD was kindled with anger against the house of Ahab.