ሚካያ በአክዓብ ላይ ትንቢት ተናገረ
18፥1-27 ተጓ ምብ – 1ነገ 22፥1-28
1ኢዮሣፍጥ ታላቅ ሀብትና ክብር ባገኘ ጊዜ፣ ከአክዓብ ጋር በጋብቻ ተሳሰረ። 2ከጥቂት ዓመታት በኋላም አክዓብን ሊጐበኝ ወደ ሰማርያ ወረደ። አክዓብም ለእርሱና አብሮት ለነበረው ሕዝብ ብዙ በግና በሬ ዐረደ፤ ከዚያም በሬማት ዘገለዓድ ላይ አደጋ እንዲጥል አግባባው። 3የእስራኤል ንጉሥ አክዓብም የይሁዳን ንጉሥ ኢዮሣፍጥን፣ “ሬማት ዘገለዓድን ለመውጋት አብረኸኝ ትሄዳለህን?” ሲል ጠየቀው። ኢዮሣፍጥም፣ “እኔ እንደ አንተው ነኝ፤ ሕዝቤም እንደ ሕዝብህ ነው፤ በጦርነቱ አብረናችሁ እንሰለፋለን” ሲል መለሰለት። 4ደግሞም ኢዮሣፍጥ የእስራኤልን ንጉሥ፣ “አስቀድመህ ግን የእግዚአብሔርን ፈቃድ ጠይቅ” አለው።
5ስለዚህ የእስራኤል ንጉሥ አራት መቶ ነቢያትን በአንድነት ሰብስቦ፣ “ሬማት ዘገለዓድን ለመውጋት ልሂድን ወይስ ልቅር?” ሲል ጠየቃቸው።
እነርሱም፣ “እግዚአብሔር በንጉሡ እጅ አሳልፎ ይሰጣታልና ሂድ” ብለው መለሱለት።
6ኢዮሣፍጥ ግን፣ “እንጠይቀው ዘንድ ሌላ የእግዚአብሔር ነቢይ እዚህ የለምን?” አለ።
7የእስራኤልም ንጉሥ ለኢዮሣፍጥ፣ “መኖሩንማ በእርሱ አማካይነት የእግዚአብሔርን ፈቃድ የምንጠይቅበት አንድ ሰው አሁንም አለ፤ ነገር ግን ምንጊዜም ቢሆን ስለ እኔ ክፉ እንጂ ደግ ትንቢት ስለማይናገር እጠላዋለሁ፤ እርሱም የይምላ ልጅ ሚካያ ነው” ሲል መለሰ።
ኢዮሣፍጥም፣ “ንጉሥ እንዲህ ማለት አይገባውም” አለው።
8የእስራኤልም ንጉሥ ከሹማምቱ አንዱን ጠርቶ “ሂድና የይምላን ልጅ ሚካያን በፍጥነት አምጣው” አለው።
9የእስራኤል ንጉሥና የይሁዳ ንጉሥ ኢዮሣፍጥ ልብሰ መንግሥታቸውን ለብሰው፣ በሰማርያ ቅጥር በር መግቢያ አጠገብ ባለው ዐውድማ ላይ በየዙፋናቸው ተቀምጠው፣ ነቢያቱ ሁሉ በፊታቸው ትንቢት ይናገሩ ነበር። 10የክንዓና ልጅ ሴዴቅያስም የብረት ቀንዶች ሠርቶ፣ “እግዚአብሔር እንዲህ ይላል፤ ‘ሶርያውያን እስኪጠፉ ድረስ በእነዚህ ትወጋቸዋለህ’ ” አለ።
11ሌሎቹ ነቢያት ሁሉ፣ “እግዚአብሔር በንጉሡ እጅ አሳልፎ ይሰጣታልና፣ በሬማት ገለዓድ ላይ አደጋ ጣልባት” በማለት ተመሳሳይ ትንቢት ይናገሩ ነበር።
12ሚካያን ሊጠራ ሄዶ የነበረውም መልእክተኛ፣ “እነሆ፣ ሌሎቹ ነቢያት በአንድ አፍ ሆነው፣ ንጉሡ ድል እንደሚያደርግ እየተነበዩ ነው፤ የአንተም ቃል እንደ ቃላቸው ይሁን፤ ንጉሡን ደስ የሚያሰኘውን ተናገር” አለው።
13ሚካያ ግን፣ “ሕያው እግዚአብሔርን! አምላኬ የሚለውን ብቻ እናገራለሁ” አለ።
14እዚያ በደረሰም ጊዜ ንጉሡ፣ “ሚካያ ሆይ፤ ሬማት ዘገለዓድን ለመውጋት እንሂድ ወይስ ልቅር?” ሲል ጠየቀው።
እርሱም መልሶ፣ “ሂዱና ድል አድርጉ፤ በእጃችሁ ዐልፈው ይሰጣሉና” አለው።
15ንጉሡም፣ “ከእውነት በቀር ምንም ነገር በእግዚአብሔር ስም እንዳትነግረኝ ስንት ጊዜ አምልሃለሁ?” አለው።
16ከዚያም ሚካያ፣ “እስራኤል ሁሉ እረኛ እንደሌላቸው በጎች በተራሮች ላይ ተበታትነው አየሁ፤ እግዚአብሔርም፣ ‘እነዚህ ሰዎች ጌታ የላቸውም፤ እያንዳንዱም በሰላም ወደየቤቱ ይመለስ’ ብሏል” ሲል መለሰ።
17የእስራኤልም ንጉሥ ኢዮሣፍጥን፣ “ስለ እኔ ክፉ ብቻ እንጂ፣ ደግ ትንቢት እንደማይናገር አልነገርሁህምን?” አለው። 18ሚካያም በመቀጠል እንዲህ አለ፤ “እንግዲህ የእግዚአብሔርን ቃል ስማ፤ እግዚአብሔር በዙፋኑ ላይ ተቀምጦ፣ የሰማይም ሰራዊት ሁሉ በቀኙና በግራው ቆመው አየሁ። 19እግዚአብሔርም፣ ‘የእስራኤል ንጉሥ አክዓብ በሬማት ገለዓድ ላይ ዘምቶ እዚያው እንዲሞት ማን ያሳስተው?’ አለ።
“አንዱ አንድ ሐሳብ፣ ሌላውም ሌላ ሐሳብ አቀረበ። 20በመጨረሻም አንድ መንፈስ ወደ ፊት ወጥቶ፣ በእግዚአብሔር ፊት በመቆም፣ ‘እኔ አሳስተዋለሁ’ አለ።
“እግዚአብሔርም፣ ‘እንዴት አድርገህ?’ ሲል ጠየቀው።
21“እርሱም፣ ‘እሄድና በነቢያቱ ሁሉ አፍ የሐሰት መንፈስ እሆናለሁ’ አለ።
“እግዚአብሔርም፣ ‘እንግዲያውስ ሂደህ አሳስተው፤ ይሳካልሃልም’ አለው።
22“አሁንም እነሆ፣ እግዚአብሔር በእነዚህ ነቢያትህ አፍ የሐሰት መንፈስ አኖረ፤ እግዚአብሔርም ጥፋት አዝዞብሃል”።
23ከዚያም የክንዓናም ልጅ ሴዴቅያስ ወጥቶ ሚካያን በጥፊ መታውና፣ “ለመሆኑ የእግዚአብሔር መንፈስ አንተን ያነጋገረህ፣ በየት በኩል ዐልፎኝ ነው?” አለው።
24ሚካያም፣ “ለመሸሸግ ወደ እልፍኝህ በምትሄድበት በዚያ ዕለት ታገኘዋለህ” አለው።
25ከዚያም የእስራኤል ንጉሥ እንዲህ ሲል አዘዘ፤ “ሚካያን ይዛችሁ ወደ ከተማዪቱ ገዥ ወደ አሞንና ወደ ንጉሡ ልጅ ወደ ኢዮአስ መልሳችሁ ላኩት፤ 26እነርሱንም፣ ‘ንጉሡ፣ ይህን ሰው እስር ቤት አስገቡት፤ በደኅና እስክመለስም ድረስ ከደረቅ ቂጣና ከውሃ በስተቀር ምንም አትስጡት ብሏል’ በሏቸው።”
27ሚካያም፣ “አንተ በደኅና ከተመለስክማ እግዚአብሔር በእኔ አልተናገረም ማለት ነው!” አለ፤ ቀጥሎም፣ “እናንተ ሰዎች ሁላችሁ ስሙኝ” አለ።
አክዓብ በሬማት ገለዓድ ተገደለ
18፥28-34 ተጓ ምብ – 1ነገ 22፥29-36
28ስለዚህ የእስራኤል ንጉሥና የይሁዳ ንጉሥ ኢዮሣፍጥ ወደ ሬማት ገለዓድ ወጡ። 29የእስራኤልም ንጉሥ ኢዮሣፍጥን፣ “እኔ ልብሴን ለውጬ ወደ ጦርነቱ እገባለሁ፤ አንተ ግን ልብሰ መንግሥትህን ልበስ” አለው። ስለዚህ የእስራኤል ንጉሥ ልብሱን ለውጦ ሌላ ሰው መስሎ ወደ ጦርነቱ ገባ።
30በዚህ ጊዜ የሶርያ ንጉሥ የሠረገላ አዛዦቹን፣ “ከእስራኤል ንጉሥ በቀር፣ ትንሽም ሆነ ትልቅ ከሌላ ከማንም ጋር አትዋጉ” ብሎ አዘዛቸው። 31የሠረገላው አዛዦችም ኢዮሣፍጥን ባዩ ጊዜ፣ “የእስራኤል ንጉሥ ይህ ነው” ብለው አሰቡ፤ ሊወጉትም ከበቡት፤ ኢዮሣፍጥ ግን ጮኸ፤ እግዚአብሔርም ረዳው፤ አምላክም ከእርሱ መለሳቸው፤ 32የሠረገላ አዛዦቹም የእስራኤል ንጉሥ አለመሆኑን በተረዱ ጊዜ እርሱን ከማሳደድ ተመለሱ።
33ይሁን እንጂ ቀስቱን በነሲብ ቢያስፈነጥረው፣ በጥሩሩ መጋጠሚያዎች መካከል ዐልፎ የእስራኤልን ንጉሥ ወጋው። ንጉሡም ሠረገላ ነጂውን “ተመለስና ከጦርነቱ አውጣኝ፤ ቈስያለሁና” አለው። 34ጦርነቱ ቀኑን ሙሉ እንደ ተፋፋመ ዋለ፤ የእስራኤልም ንጉሥ በሶርያውያን ፊት ለፊት በሠረገላው ላይ እስከ ምሽት ድረስ ተደግፎ ነበር፤ ፀሓይ ስትጠልቅም ሞተ።
1Now Jehoshaphat had riches and honour in abundance, and joined affinity with Ahab. 2And after certain years he went down to Ahab to Samaria. And Ahab killed sheep and oxen for him in abundance, and for the people that he had with him, and persuaded him to go up with him to Ramoth-gilead.18.2 after…: Heb. at the end of years 3And Ahab king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat king of Judah, Wilt thou go with me to Ramoth-gilead? And he answered him, I am as thou art, and my people as thy people; and we will be with thee in the war.
4¶ And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Enquire, I pray thee, at the word of the LORD to day. 5Therefore the king of Israel gathered together of prophets four hundred men, and said unto them, Shall we go to Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for God will deliver it into the king’s hand. 6But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the LORD besides, that we might enquire of him?18.6 besides: Heb. yet, or, more 7And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, by whom we may enquire of the LORD: but I hate him; for he never prophesied good unto me, but always evil: the same is Micaiah the son of Imla. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so. 8And the king of Israel called for one of his officers, and said, Fetch quickly Micaiah the son of Imla.18.8 officers: or, eunuchs18.8 Fetch…: Heb. Hasten 9And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah sat either of them on his throne, clothed in their robes, and they sat in a void place at the entering in of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets prophesied before them.18.9 void…: or, floor 10And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah had made him horns of iron, and said, Thus saith the LORD, With these thou shalt push Syria until they be consumed.18.10 they…: Heb. thou consume them 11And all the prophets prophesied so, saying, Go up to Ramoth-gilead, and prosper: for the LORD shall deliver it into the hand of the king. 12And the messenger that went to call Micaiah spake to him, saying, Behold, the words of the prophets declare good to the king with one assent; let thy word therefore, I pray thee, be like one of theirs, and speak thou good.18.12 with…: Heb. with one mouth 13And Micaiah said, As the LORD liveth, even what my God saith, that will I speak. 14And when he was come to the king, the king said unto him, Micaiah, shall we go to Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And he said, Go ye up, and prosper, and they shall be delivered into your hand. 15And the king said to him, How many times shall I adjure thee that thou say nothing but the truth to me in the name of the LORD? 16Then he said, I did see all Israel scattered upon the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd: and the LORD said, These have no master; let them return therefore every man to his house in peace. 17And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell thee that he would not prophesy good unto me, but evil?18.17 but evil: or, but for evil 18Again he said, Therefore hear the word of the LORD; I saw the LORD sitting upon his throne, and all the host of heaven standing on his right hand and on his left. 19And the LORD said, Who shall entice Ahab king of Israel, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead? And one spake saying after this manner, and another saying after that manner. 20Then there came out a spirit, and stood before the LORD, and said, I will entice him. And the LORD said unto him, Wherewith? 21And he said, I will go out, and be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And the Lord said, Thou shalt entice him, and thou shalt also prevail: go out, and do even so. 22Now therefore, behold, the LORD hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of these thy prophets, and the LORD hath spoken evil against thee. 23Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near, and smote Micaiah upon the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of the LORD from me to speak unto thee? 24And Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt see on that day when thou shalt go into an inner chamber to hide thyself.18.24 into…: or, from chamber to chamber: Heb. a chamber in a chamber 25Then the king of Israel said, Take ye Micaiah, and carry him back to Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king’s son; 26And say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I return in peace. 27And Micaiah said, If thou certainly return in peace, then hath not the LORD spoken by me. And he said, Hearken, all ye people.
28So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to Ramoth-gilead. 29And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, I will disguise myself, and will go to the battle; but put thou on thy robes. So the king of Israel disguised himself; and they went to the battle. 30Now the king of Syria had commanded the captains of the chariots that were with him, saying, Fight ye not with small or great, save only with the king of Israel. 31And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, It is the king of Israel. Therefore they compassed about him to fight: but Jehoshaphat cried out, and the LORD helped him; and God moved them to depart from him. 32For it came to pass, that, when the captains of the chariots perceived that it was not the king of Israel, they turned back again from pursuing him.18.32 from…: Heb. from after him 33And a certain man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the king of Israel between the joints of the harness: therefore he said to his chariot man, Turn thine hand, that thou mayest carry me out of the host; for I am wounded.18.33 at a venture: Heb. in his simplicity18.33 between…: Heb. between the joints and between the breastplate18.33 wounded: Heb. made sick 34And the battle increased that day: howbeit the king of Israel stayed himself up in his chariot against the Syrians until the even: and about the time of the sun going down he died.
