1 Hina 22
1 Amogalu, ode aduna da gidigili, Isala: ili fi amola Silia fi ela da hahawane olofole esalu.
For almost three years there was no war between Syria and Israel.
2 Be ode osoda amoga, Yuda hina bagade Yihosiafa: de da Isala: ili hina bagade A: iha: be ba: la asi.
Then King Jehoshaphat, who ruled Judah, went to [visit] King Ahab, who ruled Israel.
3 A: iha: be da ea eagene ouligisu dunuma amane adole ba: i, “La: imode moilai bai bagade Gilia: de soge ganodini da ninia moilai, amo Silia hina bagade ea fedelai. Ninia da abuliba: le amo nini hame samogene labala?”
[While they were talking, ] Ahab said to his officials, “Do you realize that the Syrians are still occupying our city of Ramoth in [the] Gilead [region]? And we are doing nothing to retake that city!”
4 Amola A: iha: be da Yihosiafa: dema amane adole ba: i, “Di da ani asili, La: imode doagala: ma: bela: ?” Yihosiafa: de da amane sia: i, “Na da dia momagei defele momagei dagoi, amola na dadi gagui dunu amola hosi da: iya fila heda: le gegesu dunu da momagei dagoi.
Then he turned to Jehoshaphat and asked, “Will your [army] join my [army] to fight against the people of Ramoth [and retake that city]?” Jehoshaphat replied, “[Certainly] I [will do whatever] you [want], and you may command my troops. You may take my horses into battle, also.”
5 Be hidadea ani da Hina Godema adole ba: la: di.”
Then he added, “But we should ask Yahweh first, to find out what he wants us to do.”
6 Amaiba: le, A:iha: be da balofede dunu huluane, 400 gomane, ema misa: ne wele, ilima amane adole ba: i, “Na da La: imode doagala: musa: ahoa: ne? O mae ahoa: ne?” Ilia da bu adole i, “Defea! Doagala: ma! Hina Gode da dima hasalasu imunu!”
So Ahab summoned about 400 of his prophets together, and he asked them, “Should my [army] go to fight the people in Ramoth and retake that city, or not?” They answered, “Yes, go [and attack them], because God will enable your [army] to defeat them.”
7 Be Yihosiafa: de da adole ba: i, “Balofede dunu eno da Hina Godema adole ba: mu ganabela: ?”
But Jehoshaphat asked, “Is there no prophet of Yahweh here whom we can ask?”
8 A: iha: be da bu adole i, “Afae fawane esala. E da Maiga: ia (Imila egefe). Be na da e higa: i hodosa. Bai e da nama fa: no misunu hou noga: idafa hamedafa olelesa. E da wadela: i liligi amo fawane ba: la: la.” Yihosiafa: de da bu adole i, “Di da agoane hame sia: mu galu!”
The King of Israel replied, “There is one man we can talk to. We can ask him if he can find out what Yahweh wants. His name is Micaiah; he is the son of Imlah. But I hate him, because when he (prophesies/tells what God says to him) he never says [that] anything good [will happen] to me. He always predicts [that] bad things [will happen to me].” Jehoshaphat replied, “King Ahab, you should not say that!”
9 Amalalu, A:iha: be da eagene ouligisu dunuma Maiga: ia hedolowane lala masa: ne sia: i.
So the king of Israel told one of his officers to summon Micaiah immediately.
10 Hina bagade aduna da elea hina bagade abula ga: newane, ela fisu da: iya, ‘gala: ine’ dabasu sogebi, Samelia gagoi logo holei gadili, esalebe ba: i. Amola balofede dunu huluane da elea midadi, fa: no misunu hou olelelalebe ba: i.
The king of Israel and the king of Judah were wearing their (royal robes/robes that showed that they were kings). They were sitting on thrones at the place where people threshed grain, near the gate of Samaria [city]. All of Ahab’s prophets were standing in front of the kings, (prophesying/predicting what was going to happen).
11 Balofede dunu afae amo Sedegaia (Gina: iana egefe) da ouliga bulamagau ‘hono’ agoaila hamone, A:iha: bema amane sia: i, “Hina Gode da amane sia: sa, ‘Goega alia da Silia dunuma gegene, dafawanedafa ili hasalasimu.’”
One of them, whose name was Zedekiah, the son of Kenaanah, had made from iron [something that resembled] horns of a bull. Then he proclaimed [to Ahab], “This is what Yahweh says: ‘With horns like these your [army] will keep attacking the Syrians [like a bull attacks another animal] [MET], until you completely destroy them!’”
12 Balofede oda ilia huluane da amo defele sia: i. Ilia da amane sia: i, “La: imode doagala: musa: mogodigili masa! Alia da ili hasalimu. Hina Gode da ili hasalima: ne, alima hasalasu imunu.”
All the [other] prophets [of Ahab] agreed. They said, “Yes! If you go up to attack Ramoth [city] in [the] Gilead [region], you will be successful, because Yahweh will enable you to defeat them!”
13 Amogalu, eagene ouligisu dunu amo da Maiga: iama misa: ne sia: musa: asi, da ema amane sia: i, “Balofede dunu oda huluane da ba: la: lebeba: le, hina bagade da hasalasima: ne sia: sa. Di amola da amanewane sia: mu da defea.”
Meanwhile, the messenger who went to summon Micaiah said to him, “Listen to me! All the other prophets are predicting that the king’s army will defeat the Syrians. So be sure that you agree with them and say (what will be favorable/that the king’s army will be successful).”
14 Be Maiga: ia da bu adole i, “Hina Gode Esala amo Ea Dioba: le, na da amane ilegele sia: sa! E nama adomu amo fawane, na da bu alofele sia: mu.”
But Micaiah replied, “As surely as Yahweh lives, I will tell him only what Yahweh tells me to say.”
15 E da hina bagade A: iha: be ea midadi doaga: loba, hina bagade da ema amane adole ba: i, “Maiga: ia! Na amola hina bagade Yihosiafa: de ania da La: imode doagala: musa: ahoa: ne? O mae ahoa: ne?” Maiga: ia da bu adole i, “Defea! Doagala: ma! Di da dafawane hasalasimu. Hina Gode da dima hasalasu imunu.”
When Micaiah came to Ahab, Ahab asked him, “Micaiah, should we go to fight against [the people of] Ramoth, or not?” Micaiah replied, “Sure, go! Yahweh will enable your army to defeat them!”
16 Be A: iha: be da bu adole i, “Di da Hina Gode Ea Dioba: le nama sia: sea, dafawane sia: fawane sia: ma! Na da amo dima adolala helei.”
But King Ahab [realized that Micaiah was (lying/being sarcastic), so he] said to Micaiah, “I have told you [RHQ] many times that you must always tell only the truth when you say what Yahweh [has revealed to you]!”
17 Maiga: ia da bu adole i, “Na da Isala: ili dadi gagui wa: i amo sibi wa: i amo da sibi ouligisu dunu hame gala, amo defele agolo sogega afagogoi dagoi, ba: sa. Amola Hina Gode da amane sia: i, ‘Amo dunu da bisilua hame. Ilia da olofole ilia diasuga buhagima: ma!’”
So Micaiah said to him, “[The truth is that] in a vision I saw all the troops of Israel scattered on the mountains. They seemed to be like sheep that did not have a shepherd. And Yahweh said, ‘Their master has been killed. So tell them all to go home peacefully.’”
18 A: iha: be da Yihosiafa: dema amane sia: i, “Na da dima sia: i dagoi. E da nama ba: la: lusu hou olelesea, fa: no misunu hou noga: idafa hamedafa olelesa. E da gugunufinisisu fawane ba: lala.”
Ahab said to Jehoshaphat, “I told you [RHQ] that he never predicts [that] anything good [will happen to me]! He [always] predicts [that] bad things [will happen to me].”
19 Maiga: ia da eno amane sia: i, “Wali Hina Gode Ea sia: be nabima! Na da Hina Gode amo Hebene ganodini Ea Fisu da: iya esalebe ba: i. Hebene ganodini esalebe a: silibu huluane da Hina Gode ili dadafulili lelefulubi ba: i.
But Micaiah continued, saying, “Listen to what Yahweh showed to me! [In a vision] I saw Yahweh sitting on his throne, with all the armies of heaven surrounding him, on his right side and on his left side.
20 Hina Gode da amane adole ba: i, ‘Nowa da A: iha: be enoga medole legema: ne, La: imodega masa: ne, ema ogogoma: bela: ?’ Hebene esalebe a: silibu, ilia da uduli gafole sia: dalu.
And Yahweh said, ‘Who can persuade Ahab to go to fight against the people of Ramoth, in order that he may be killed there?’ Some suggested one thing, and others suggested something else.
21 Be a: silibu afae da aliaguda: le, Hina Godema gadenena asili, amane sia: i, ‘Na da ema ogogomu.’
Finally one [evil] spirit came to Yahweh and said, ‘I can do it!’
22 Hina Gode da amane adole ba: i, ‘Habodane ogogoma: bela: ?’ A: silibu da bu adole i, ‘Na da asili, A:iha: be ea balofede dunu da ema ogogoma: ne, hamomu.’ Hina Gode da amane sia: i, ‘Defea! Ema ogogomusa: masa! Di da ema dafawane ogogomu.’”
Yahweh asked him, ‘How will you do it?’ The spirit replied, ‘I will go and inspire all of Ahab’s prophets to tell lies.’ Yahweh said, ‘You will be successful; go and do it!’
23 Amo sia: dagomusa: , Maiga: ia da amane sia: i, “Amo hou da doaga: i dagoi. Hina Gode da ilima hamobeba: le, dia balofede dunu da dima ogogoi. Be Hina Gode Hisu da dima gugunufinisisu imunusa: ilegei dagoi!”
So now [I tell you that] Yahweh has caused all of your prophets to lie to you. Yahweh has decided that something terrible will happen to you.”
24 Amalalu, balofede dunu Sedegaia da Maiga: iama asili, ea odagia loboga ba: danoma: nu, ema amane adole ba: i, “Habogala Hina Gode Ea A: silibu da dima sia: musa: , na yolesibala: ?”
Then Zedekiah walked over to Micaiah and slapped him on his face. He said, “Do you think that Yahweh’s Spirit left me in order to speak to you?” [RHQ]
25 Maiga: ia da bu adole i, “Di da bagia dialebe sesei afae amo ganodini wamoaligimusa: ahoasea, amo dawa: mu.”
Micaiah replied, “You will find out for yourself [which of us Yahweh’s Spirit has truly spoken to] on the day when you go into a room of some house to hide [from the Syrian troops]!”
26 Amalalu, hina bagade A: iha: be da ea eagene ouligisu dunu afae ema amane sia: i, “Maiga: ia gagulaligili, amola moilai bai bagade ouligisu dunu A: mone, amola hina bagade mano Youa: se, elama oule masa.
King Ahab commanded [his soldiers], “Seize Micaiah and take him to Amon, the governor of this city, and to my son Joash.
27 Ela da e se iasu diasu ganodini hiougili sanasima: ne sia: ma. Amola ema agi amola hano fawane ima: ne sia: ma. Amalalu, na da hahawane bu masea, na da ema adi hamoma: bela: le ba: mu”
Tell them that I have commanded that they should put this man in prison and give him only bread and water. Do not give him anything else to eat until I return safely from the battle!”
28 Maiga: ia da ha: giwane amane sia: i, “Di da hahawane buhagisia, Hina Gode da na lafidili hame sia: i, amo dawa: ma!” Amola e eno amane sia: i, “Dilia huluane! Na sia: i amo noga: le nabima!”
Micaiah replied, “If you return safely, [it will be clear that] it was not Yahweh who told me what to say to you!” Then he said [to all those who were standing there], “Do not forget what I have said [to King Ahab]!”
29 Amalalu, Isala: ili hina bagade A: iha: be, amola Yuda hina bagade Yihosiafa: de, ela da La: imode moilai bai bagade Gilia: de soge ganodini gala, amo doagala: musa: asi.
So the King of Israel and the King of Judah [led their armies] to Ramoth, in [the] Gilead [region].
30 A: iha: be da Yihosiafa: dema amane sia: i, “Ania da gegemusa: ahoanea, na da na da: i afadenemu. Be di da dina: hina bagade abula ga: newane masa.” Amalalu, Isala: ili hina bagade da da: i afadeneiwane, gegemusa: asi.
King Ahab said to Jehoshaphat, “I will put on different clothes, [in order that no one will recognize that I am the king]. But you should wear your (royal robe/robe that shows that you are a king).” So Ahab disguised himself, and they both went into the battle.
31 Silia hina bagade da musa: ea ‘sa: liode’ ouligisu dunu32 agoane, ilia da dunu eno mae dawa: le, Isala: ili hina bagade fawane doagala: ma: ne sia: i.
The King of Syria told this to his thirty-two men who were driving the chariots: “Attack only the king of Israel!”
32 Ilia da Yuda hina bagade Yihosiafa: de ba: beba: le, ilia da e da Isala: ili hina bagadeyale ilia dawa: i galu. Amaiba: le, ilia da e doagala: musa: sinidigi. Be e da ha: giwane webeba: le,
So when the men who were driving the Syrian chariots saw Jehoshaphat [wearing (his royal robes/clothes that showed he was the king)], they pursued him. They shouted, “There is the king of Israel!” But when Jehoshaphat cried out,
33 ilia Yihosiafa: de da Isala: ili hina bagade hame, amo dawa: beba: le, ilia da ema doagala: musa: ahoanu amo yolesi.
they realized that he was not the king of Israel. So they stopped pursuing him.
34 Be Silia dadi gagui dunu afae da udigili dadiga gala: i amomane, sou da hina bagade A: iha: be ea da: igene ga: su amo dibiga ea da: i damana ludi. E da ea ‘sa: liode’ masa: ne efe gagusu dunuma amane wei, “Na da gala: i wea! Sinidigima! Gegesu yolesima!”
But one [Syrian] soldier shot an arrow at Ahab, without knowing that it was Ahab. The arrow struck Ahab between the places where the parts of his armor joined together. Ahab told the driver of his chariot, “Turn the chariot around and take me out of here! I have been severely wounded!”
35 Gegesu da gegegena ahoanobawane, hina bagade A: iha: be da ea ‘sa: liode’ da: iya, Silia dadi gagui wa: i ilima ba: le gusuliwane udidili lelebe ba: i. E gala: i amoga maga: me da a: idalobawane, ‘sa: liode’ aligisu fa: i amo dedebole, daeya galu e da bogoi.
The battle continued all the day. Ahab was sitting propped up in his chariot, facing the Syrian troops. The blood from his wound ran down to the floor of the chariot. And late in the afternoon he died.
36 Eso dabe galu, Isala: ili dadi gagui wa: i ouligisu dunu, ilia da Isala: ili dadi gagui dunu dada: lei ilima amane wele sia: i, “Dilia afafai amo dilila: sogedafa amola moilaidafa amoga bu sinididigima!”
Just as the sun was going down, someone among the Israeli troops shouted, “[The battle is ended!] Everyone should return home!”
37 Hina bagade A: iha: be da amanewane bogoi. Ilia da ea da: i hodo amo Samelia moilai bai bagadega gaguli asili, uli dogonesi.
So king Ahab died, and they took his body [in the chariot] to Samaria [city] and buried his body there.
38 Ilia da Samelia hano wayabo (amogawi hina: da: iga bidi lasu uda ili gobele dodofesu) amoga ea ‘sa: liode’ dodofei. Amogawi, Hina Gode Ea sia: i defele, wa: me da ea maga: me helowa: le mai.
They washed his chariot alongside the pool in Samaria, a pool where the prostitutes bathed. And dogs [came and] licked the king’s blood, just like Yahweh had predicted would happen.
39 Hou eno huluane hina bagade A: iha: be ea hamoi, amola ea hina bagade diasu ganodini ‘aifoli’ amoga nina: hamoi amola moilai huluane ea gaguli gagai, amo hou huluane da ‘Isala: ili hina bagade Ilia Hamonanu Meloa’ amo ganodini dedene legei.
The account/record of the other things that happened while Ahab was ruling, and about the palace decorated with much ivory [that they built for him], and the cities that were built for him, was written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Israel’.
40 E bogobeba: le, egefe A: ihasaia, da e bagia Isala: ili hina bagade hamoi.
When Ahab died, his body was buried where his ancestors were buried. Then his son Ahaziah became king.
41 Isala: ili hina bagade A: iha: be da ode biyaduyale ouligilalu, Yihosiafa: de (A: isa egefe) da Yuda hina bagade hamoi.
Before King Ahab died, when he had been ruling in Israel for four years, Asa’s son Jehoshaphat started to rule in Judah.
42 Yihosiafa: de da lalelegele, ode 35esalu, e da muni Yuda hina bagade hamoi, amola e da ode25agoanega Yelusaleme moilai bai bagadega esalu, Yuda soge fi ouligilalu. Ea: me da Asiuba (Siailihai ea idiwi)
Jehoshaphat was thirty-five years old when he started to rule, and he ruled in Jerusalem for twenty-five years. His mother was Azubah, the daughter of Shilhi.
43 Ea eda A: isa da ea bisili hamoi defele, e da Hina Gode hahawane ba: ma: ne, moloidafa hou hamoi. Be nodone sia: ne gadosu sogebi ilia da hame wadela: lesi ba: i, amola Yuda dunu ilia da mae fisili, amogawi ohe amola gabusiga: manoma gobele salalusu.
Jehoshaphat was a good king, just like his father Asa had been. He did things that pleased Yahweh. But while he was king, he did not remove all the pagan altars [that the people had built] on the hilltops. So the people continued to offer sacrifices [to idols] on those altars and burned incense there.
44 Yihosiafa: de amola Isala: ili hina bagade ela da bu mae gegene, olofole esalumusa: , ilegele sia: i.
Jehoshaphat also made [a] peace [agreement] with the king of Israel.
45 Yihosiafa: de ea hou eno huluane, ea nimi gesa: i hou amola gegesu amo ea gegei, amo huluane da ‘Yuda hina bagade ilia Hamonanu Meloa’, amo ganodini dedene legei.
All the other things that happened while Jehoshaphat was ruling, and the great things that he did and the victories his [troops] won, are written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Judah’.
46 E da hina da: iga bidi lasu dunu amola uda amo da ogogosu ‘gode’ ilia oloda (amo oloda Yihosiafa: de eda A: isa da mae mugululi dialebe ba: i) amoga nodone sia: ne gadosu, amo dunu amola uda e da huluane fadegale, soge enoga sefasi.
Jehoshaphat’s father Asa [had tried to expel] the male prostitutes that stayed at the pagan shrines, but some of them were still there. Jehoshaphat got rid of them.
47 Idome soge da hina bagade ouligisu dunu hame galu. Be Yuda hina bagade da ea afoha hawa: hamosu dunu, amo Idome soge ouligima: ne ilegei.
At that time, there was no king in Edom; a ruler who had been appointed by Jehoshaphat ruled there.
48 Hina bagade Yihosiafa: de ea hamoma: ne sia: beba: le, ilia da dusagai bagade, hano wayabo bagade da: iya foga mini, Oufe sogega gouli lamusa: , masa: ne hamoi. Be amo huluane da Isionegiba moilaiga mugului dagoiba: le, foga hamedafa mini asi.
Jehoshaphat [ordered some Israeli men to] build a fleet/group of ships to sail [south] to [the] Ophir [region] to get gold. But they were wrecked at Ezion-Geber/Elath, so the ships never sailed.
49 Amalalu, Isala: ili hina bagade A: ihasaia da ea dunu ilia da Yihosiafa: de ea dunu gilisili dusagaiga masa: ne, Yihosiafa: dema sia: i. Be Yihosiafa: de da ili mae masa: ne sia: i.
Before the ships were wrecked, Ahab’s son Ahaziah suggested to Jehoshaphat, “Allow my sailors to go with your sailors,” but Jehoshaphat refused.
50 Yihosiafa: de da bogole, hina bagade bogoi uli dogosu sogebi Da: ibidi Moilai Bai Bagadega dogonesi. Amola egefe Yihoula: me da e bagia Yuda hina bagade hamoi.
When Jehoshaphat died, his [body] was buried where his ancestors were buried in [Jerusalem, ] the city where King David [had ruled]. Then Jehoshaphat’s son Jehoram became king.
51 Yuda hina bagade Yihosiafa: de da ode 17 amoga ouligilalu, A:ihasaia (A: iha: be egefe) da Isala: ili hina bagade hamoi. E da Samelia moilai bai bagadega esala, ode aduna agoane Isala: ili ouligilalu.
Before King Jehoshaphat died, when he had been ruling in Judah for 17 years, Ahab’s son Ahaziah began to rule in Israel. Ahaziah ruled in Samaria for two years.
52 E da ea ada A: iha: be ea wadela: i hou hamosu defele, amola ea: me Yesebele amola Isala: ili hina bagade Yelouboua: me (amo da Isala: ili dunu wadela: le hamoma: ne oule asi) amo ilia hou defele, A:ihasaia da Hina Godema wadela: le hamosu.
He did many things that Yahweh considered to be evil, doing the [evil] things that his father and mother had done and the evil things that Jeroboam had done—the king who had led all the Israeli people to sin [by worshiping idols].
53 E da Ba: ilema nodone sia: ne gadoi amola Ba: ile ea hawa: hamosu. Ea ada ea bisili hamoi defele, e da Isala: ili Hina Gode ougima: ne wadela: le hamoi. Sia: ama dagoi
Ahaziah bowed in front of Baal’s idol and worshiped it. That caused Yahweh, the God who was the true God of the Israeli people, to become very angry, just as Ahaziah’s father had caused Yahweh to become angry.
