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for he always predicteth evil concerning me; 6 and him I hold in prison. And this he said, to wit, “there is only one,” because as many as were found had been slain by decree of Ahab, 7 so that the prophets, even as thou hast said, O Master, were fled to the mountain tops where men dwelt not.
8 ‘ “Then said Jehoshaphat: ‘Send for him here, and let us see what he saith.’
9 ‘ “Ahab therefore commanded that Micaiah be sent for thither, who came with fetters on his feet, and his face bewildered like a man that liveth between life and death.
11 ‘ “Ahab asked him, saying: ‘Speak, Micaiah, in the name of God. shall we go up against the Ammonites? Will God give their cities into our hands?’
12 ‘ “ Micaiah answered: ‘Go up, go up, for prosperously shalt thou go up, and still more prosperously come down!
13 ‘ “Then the false prophets praised Micaiah as a true prophet of God, and broke off the fetters from his feet.
14 ‘ “Jehoshaphat, who feared our God, and had never bowed his knees before the idols, asked Micaiah, saying: ‘For the love of the God of our fathers, speak the truth, as thou hast seen the issue
لأنه يتنبأ دائما بالشر عليّ 6 ولقد وضعته في السجن " – وهو إنما قال ’ يوجد واحد فقط ‘ لأن كل الذين وجدوا قتلوا بأمر أخاب 7 حتى أن الأنبياء كما قلت يا معلم هربوا إلى رؤوس الجبال حيث لا يسكن بشر – 8 حينئذ قال يهوشافاط :" إحضره إلى هنا ولنر ما يقول "9 لذلك أمر أخاب أن يحضر ميخا إلى هنا 10 فأتى بقيود في رجليه ووجهه مضطرب كشخص يعيش بين الحياة والموت 11 فسأله أخاب قائلا :" تكلم يا ميخا باسم الله أ نصعد ضد العمونيين أ يدفع الله مدنهم إلى أيدينا ؟" 12 أجاب ميخا :" اصعد اصعد لأنك ستصعد مفلحا وتنزل أشد فلاحا !" 13 حينئذ أطرى الأنبياء الكذبة ميخا قائلين :" إنه نبي صادق لله " وكسروا القيود من رجليه 14 أما يهوشافاط الذي كان يخاف إلهنا ولم يحن ركبته قط للأصنام فسأل ميخا قائلا :" قل الحق يا ميخا إكراما لإله آبائنا كما رأيت عقبى