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Bibelen på hverdagsdansk

Nabots vingård

1 En mand, som hed Nabot, havde en vingård i Jizre’el i nærheden af et af kong Ahabs paladser. 2 En dag sagde kongen til ham: „Jeg vil have, at du sælger mig din vingård! Jeg har planer om at bruge den til køkkenhave, for den ligger jo lige ved mit palads. Jeg kan give dig en bedre vingård i bytte eller betale for den kontant, hvis du ønsker det.” 3 Men Nabot svarede: „Gud forbyde, at jeg skulle sælge min slægtsgård!” 4 Så måtte Ahab gå hjem til paladset med uforrettet sag. Han var godt sur over Nabots afslag, og han ville ikke spise, men lagde sig i sin seng og vendte ansigtet ind mod væggen. 5 „Hvad i alverden er der i vejen med dig?” spurgte hans kone, Jezabel. „Hvorfor har du mistet appetitten? Hvad er du så vred over?” 6 „Jeg snakkede med Nabot om, at jeg ville købe hans vingård eller bytte den med en anden,” forklarede Ahab. „Men han ville ikke af med den!” 7 „Ahab!” udbrød Jezabel. „Er det dig, der er konge i Israel, eller hvad? Hvis du ikke kan få fat i en sølle vingård, så skal jeg nok sørge for at få den til dig! Spis nu og hold op med at være sur.” 8 Derpå skrev Jezabel et brev i Ahabs navn, forseglede det med det kongelige segl og sendte det til de ledende mænd i byen. 9 I brevet stod der: „Udråb en fastedag og sørg for at anbringe Nabot på en fremtrædende plads i forsamlingen. 10 Sørg for at få to slyngler til at sidde over for ham og få dem til at anklage Nabot for at have forbandet Gud og kongen. Før ham derefter bort og sten ham til døde.” 11 Byens ledere fulgte Jezabels instrukser. 12 De sammenkaldte til et møde og anbragte Nabot på en fremtrædende plads. 13 Så kom de to slyngler, og efter at have sat sig over for Nabot fremførte de deres anklager, som gik ud på, at han skulle have forbandet Gud og kongen. Derefter førte man ham uden for byen, stenede ham til døde 14 og underrettede straks Jezabel om hans død. 15 Så snart Jezabel hørte, at Nabot var død, gik hun til kong Ahab og sagde: „Nu kan du godt stå op. Nabot er nemlig død, så du kan roligt gå ned og overtage den vingård, han ikke ville sælge til dig!” 16 Så gik Ahab ned til vingården for at overtage den. 17 Men Herren sagde til Elias: 18 „Opsøg kong Ahab! Du vil finde ham i færd med at overtage Nabots vingård. 19 Giv ham så følgende budskab fra mig: Er det ikke nok, at du har myrdet Nabot? Vil du gøre ondt værre ved at stjæle hans ejendom? Som straf for din synd skal hundene slikke dit blod uden for byen, ligesom de slikkede Nabots!” 20 Elias gik derfor hen til kongen. „Nå, så min gamle fjende er ude efter mig!” sagde Ahab gnavent til Elias. „Ja,” svarede Elias, „jeg er ude efter dig, fordi du har solgt din sjæl til at gøre, hvad der er ondt i Herrens øjne! 21 Herren vil ramme dig med ulykke og fjerne din slægt som affald. Han vil udrydde hver og en af dine mandlige slægtninge, uden undtagelse! 22 Herren vil udrydde din slægt, som han udryddede Jeroboams slægt og Bashas slægt, for du har gjort oprør mod ham og ført Israel ud i synd. 23 Herren har også fortalt mig, at hundene skal æde Jezabels lig ved Jizre’els bymur. 24 Dem fra din slægt, der bliver dræbt i byen, vil hundene æde, og dem, som bliver dræbt på landet, vil fuglene æde.” 25 Aldrig har der været nogen konge, der som Ahab solgte sin sjæl til at gøre, hvad der var ondt i Herrens øjne. Det var hans kone Jezabel, der forførte ham til det. 26 Hans skyld blev ikke mindre ved, at han tilbad de samme afskyelige afguder som amoritterne—det folk, som Herren engang havde jaget ud af landet for at skaffe plads for Israels folk. 27 Da Ahab hørte Elias’ profetier, rev han desperat sit tøj i stykker, tog en sæk om sig på den bare krop og fastede. Han sov endda med sækken på og gik tavs og nedtrykt omkring. 28 Da sagde Herren til Elias: 29 „Har du set, hvordan Ahab ydmyger sig for mig? Fordi han ydmyger sig, vil jeg ikke udrydde hans slægt i hans egen levetid, men vente til hans søn overtager magten.”

King James Version

1 And it came to pass after these things, that Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard, which was in Jezreel, hard by the palace of Ahab king of Samaria. 2 And Ahab spake unto Naboth, saying, Give me thy vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs, because it is near unto my house: and I will give thee for it a better vineyard than it; or , if it seem good to thee, I will give thee the worth of it in money. 3 And Naboth said to Ahab, The LORD forbid it me, that I should give the inheritance of my fathers unto thee. 4 And Ahab came into his house heavy and displeased because of the word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him: for he had said, I will not give thee the inheritance of my fathers. And he laid him down upon his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no bread. 5 But Jezebel his wife came to him, and said unto him, Why is thy spirit so sad, that thou eatest no bread? 6 And he said unto her, Because I spake unto Naboth the Jezreelite, and said unto him, Give me thy vineyard for money; or else, if it please thee, I will give thee another vineyard for it: and he answered, I will not give thee my vineyard. 7 And Jezebel his wife said unto him, Dost thou now govern the kingdom of Israel? arise, and eat bread, and let thine heart be merry: I will give thee the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite. 8 So she wrote letters in Ahab' name, and sealed them with his seal, and sent the letters unto the elders and to the nobles that were in his city, dwelling with Naboth. 9 And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people: 10 And set two men, sons of Belial, before him, to bear witness against him, saying, Thou didst blaspheme God and the king. And then carry him out, and stone him, that he may die. 11 And the men of his city, even the elders and the nobles who were the inhabitants in his city, did as Jezebel had sent unto them, and as it was written in the letters which she had sent unto them. 12 They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people. 13 And there came in two men, children of Belial, and sat before him: and the men of Belial witnessed against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth did blaspheme God and the king. Then they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him with stones, that he died. 14 Then they sent to Jezebel, saying, Naboth is stoned, and is dead. 15 And it came to pass, when Jezebel heard that Naboth was stoned, and was dead, that Jezebel said to Ahab, Arise, take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, which he refused to give thee for money: for Naboth is not alive, but dead. 16 And it came to pass, when Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, that Ahab rose up to go down to the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, to take possession of it. 17 And the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying, 18 Arise, go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, which is in Samaria: behold, he is in the vineyard of Naboth, whither he is gone down to possess it. 19 And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Hast thou killed, and also taken possession? And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the LORD, In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick thy blood, even thine. 20 And Ahab said to Elijah, Hast thou found me, O mine enemy? And he answered, I have found thee : because thou hast sold thyself to work evil in the sight of the LORD. 21 Behold, I will bring evil upon thee, and will take away thy posterity, and will cut off from Ahab him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel, 22 And will make thine house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah, for the provocation wherewith thou hast provoked me to anger, and made Israel to sin. 23 And of Jezebel also spake the LORD, saying, The dogs shall eat Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel. 24 Him that dieth of Ahab in the city the dogs shall eat; and him that dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat. 25 But there was none like unto Ahab, which did sell himself to work wickedness in the sight of the LORD, whom Jezebel his wife stirred up. 26 And he did very abominably in following idols, according to all things as did the Amorites, whom the LORD cast out before the children of Israel. 27 And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that he rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly. 28 And the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying, 29 Seest thou how Ahab humbleth himself before me? because he humbleth himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his days: but in his son' days will I bring the evil upon his house.