2 Dungkrhoekhaih 25
1 Amaziah siangpahrang ah oh naah, saning pumphae pangato oh boeh; anih mah Jerusalem to saning pumphae takawtto thung uk; anih ih amno loe Jerusalem kami Jehoaddan.
Amaziah was 25 years old when he became the king [of Judah], and he ruled from Jerusalem for 29 years. His mother was Jehoaddin; she was from Jerusalem.
2 Anih loe Angraeng mikhnukah katoeng hmuen to sak; toe palungthin boih hoiah sah ai.
Amaziah did many things that pleased Yahweh, but he did not do them enthusiastically.
3 A ban thungah prae to caksak pacoengah, ampa kahum a tamnanawk to anih mah hum pathok let.
As soon as he was in complete control of his kingdom, he caused to be executed the officials who had murdered his father.
4 Toe nihcae ih capanawk loe hum pae ai; a caanawk pongah ampanawk duek han om ai, ampanawk pongah doeh a caanawk duek han om ai; kami boih angmah zaehaih pongah ni duek han oh, tiah Angraeng mah thuih ih lok hoi Mosi lokpaekhaih thungah tarik ih lok baktih toengah a sak.
But he did not command their sons to be executed; he obeyed what was in the laws that Moses had written. In those laws Yahweh had commanded, “People must not be executed because of [what] their children [have done], and children must not be executed for [what] their parents [have done]. People must be executed only for the sins that they themselves have committed.”
5 Amaziah mah Judah kaminawk boih to kawk moe, Judah hoi Benjamin acaengnawk khaeah, acaeng maeto thungah, kami sangto ukkung, cumvaito ukkung, tiah a suek; tayae hoi aphaw sin thaih, saning pumphaeto ranui bang kaom kaminawk boih to a kok naah, kami sang cumvai thumto a hnuk.
Amaziah summoned the men of [the tribes of] Judah and Benjamin to come to Jerusalem, and there he put them in groups, each clan in a group by themselves. Then he appointed officers to command each group. Some officers commanded 100 men and some commanded 1,000 men. They counted the men who were at least 20 years old; altogether there were 300,000 men. They were all men who were prepared to be in the army, and able to [fight well, ] using spears and shields.
6 Anih mah sumkanglung talent cumvaito hoiah Israel misatuh kami sang cumvaito thlai bae vop.
Amaziah also hired 100,000 capable soldiers from Israel and paid almost four tons of silver for them.
7 Toe Sithaw ih kami maeto anih khaeah angzoh moe, Aw siangpahrang, Israel misatuh kaminawk loe misatuk hanah nang hoi nawnto caeh o mak ai; Angraeng loe Israelnawk khaeah om ai; Ephraim kaminawk khaeah doeh om ai.
But a prophet came to him and said, “Your majesty, you must not allow those soldiers from Israel to march with your soldiers, because Yahweh does not help the people of the tribe of Ephraim or from [anywhere else in] Israel.
8 Toe na caeh koeh nahaeloe, caeh ah; misatuk hanah tha na cak aep to mah, Angraeng mah nang to misanawk hmaa ah amtimsak tih. Sithaw loe abom thaihaih hoi amtimsak thaihaih to tawnh.
Even if your soldiers go and fight courageously in battles, God will cause your enemies to defeat you; do not forget that God has the power to help armies or to cause them to be defeated.”
9 Amaziah mah Sithaw kami khaeah lokdueng, to tiah nahaeloe Israel misatuh kaminawk thlaihaih atho ka paek ih sumkanglung talent cumvaito loe kawbangmaw ka sak han loe? tiah a naa. Sithaw kami mah, Angraeng loe hae pong kapop hmuen nang hanah ang paek thaih, tiah a naa.
Amaziah asked that prophet, “If I do that, what about the huge amount of silver that I paid to hire those soldiers from Israel?” The prophet replied, “Yahweh is able to pay you back more money than you paid [to hire those soldiers].”
10 To pacoengah Amaziah mah Ephraim prae hoiah angzo misatuh kaminawk to tapraek moe, angmacae im ah amlaemsak let; to pongah nihcae loe Judah nuiah paroeai plungphui o, palungphui hoiah im ah amlaem o.
So Amaziah told those soldiers from Israel to return home. They left to go home, but they were very angry with the king of Judah [for not allowing them to stay and fight].
11 Amaziah loe angmah hoi angmah to thacaksak moe, angmah ih kaminawk to paloi azawn ah a caeh haih; to ahmuen ah Seir kami sang hato a hum.
Then Amaziah became brave, and he led his army to the Salt Valley. There they killed 10,000 men from the Edom people-group.
12 Kalah kami sang hato loe Judah misatuh kaminawk mah kahing ah naeh o; nihcae to thlung amngoe thungah vah o, nihcae ih takpum loe angkhaeh boih.
The army of Judah also captured 10,000 others, and took them to the top of a cliff and threw them all down over the cliff, with the result that their corpses were all smashed to pieces.
13 Toe Amaziah hoi nawnto misatukhaih ahmuen ah kacaeh ai, anih mah amlaemsak let ih misatuh kaminawk loe, Samaria hoi Beth-Horon khoek to Judah vangpuinawk to tuk o moe, kami sang thumto hum o pacoengah, kapop parai hmuenmaenawk to a lomh pae o.
While that was happening, the soldiers from Israel whom Amaziah had sent home after not allowing them to fight along with his soldiers, raided cities and towns in Judea, from Samaria [city] to Beth-Horon [town]. They killed 3,000 people and took away a great amount of valuable things.
14 Edom kaminawk humhaih hoi amlaem let pacoengah, Amaziah mah, Seir kaminawk ih sithawnawk to sinh moe, angmah ih sithaw ah a suek; a hmaa ah akuep moe, bok pacoengah, hmuihoihnawk to a thlaek.
When Amaziah returned [to Jerusalem] after his army had slaughtered the soldiers from Edom, he brought the idols that were worshiped by the people of Edom. He set them up to be his own gods. Then he bowed down to [worship] them and offered sacrifices to them.
15 To naah Angraeng palungphuihaih to Amaziah nuiah phak; anih khaeah tahmaa maeto patoeh, anih mah, Angmah ih kaminawk mataeng doeh misa ban thung hoiah na pahlong thai ai to mah, tikhoe prae kalah kaminawk ih sithaw to na pakrong loe? tiah a naa.
Because of that, Yahweh was very angry with Amaziah. He sent a prophet to him, who said, “Why do you worship these foreign gods that were not even able to save their own people when your army attacked them?”
16 Anih khaeah lokthuih li naah, siangpahrang mah anih hanah, Nang loe siangpahrang poekhaih paekkung ah maw na oh? Om duem ah! Tikhoe danpaekhaih na koeh loe? tiah a naa. To pongah tahmaa loe oh duem, ka thuih ih lok na tahngai ai moe, hae baktih hmuen na sak pongah, Sithaw mah nang paro hanah khokhan boeh, tiah ka panoek, tiah a naa.
While he was still speaking, the king said to him, “We certainly did not appoint you to be one of my advisors. So stop [talking]! If you say anything more, [I will tell my soldiers to] kill you!” So the prophet said, “I know that God has determined to get rid of you, because you have [begun to] worship idols, and have not heeded my advice.” Then the prophet said nothing more.
17 Amaziah mah angmah han poekhaih paek kaminawk lokdueng pacoengah, Israel siangpahrang Jehu capa Jehoahaz, anih ih capa Joash khaeah, Angzo ah, mikhmai kangtong ah angqum hoi si, tiah kami patoeh moe, lok a pat.
Some time later Amaziah, the king of Judah, consulted his advisors. Then he sent a message to Jehoash, the king of Israel. He wrote, “Come here and let’s talk together.”
18 Toe Israel siangpahrang Joash mah Judah siangpahrang Amaziah khaeah, Lebanon ih soekhringkung mah Lebanon ih hmaica thing khaeah, Na canu to ka capa han zu ah paek ah, tiah a naa; to naah Lebanon ih hmawsaeng moi maeto angzoh moe, soekhringkung to khok hoiah cawh.
But Jehoash replied to King Amaziah, “One time a thistle growing [in the mountains] in Lebanon sent a message to a cedar tree saying, ‘Let your daughter marry my son.’ But a wild animal in Lebanon came along and trampled the thistle under its feet.
19 Nang loe khenah, Edom to ka pazawk boeh, tiah poekhaih na tawnh, na poekhaih palungthin to amoek; nangmah im ah om duem ah! Tipongah nam timh moe, nangmah hoi Judah kaminawk nawnto amro hanah na pakrong loe? tiah a naa.
[The meaning of what I am saying is that] you are saying to yourself that your army has defeated the army of Edom, so you have become very proud. But you should stay at your home. It would not be good for you to cause trouble, which would result in you and your kingdom of Judah being destroyed.”
20 Toe Amaziah mah tahngai pae ai; nihcae loe Edom sithawnawk khaeah lokdueng o pongah, a misanawk ban ah paek hanah, Sithaw mah to tiah ohsak.
But Amaziah refused to heed Jehoash’s message. That happened because God wanted Jehoash’s army to defeat them, because they were worshiping the gods of Edom.
21 Topongah Israel siangpahrang Joash loe anih tuk hanah caeh; siangpahrang hnik loe Judah prae Beth-Shemesh ah angtongh hoi.
So Jehoash’s army attacked. Their two armies faced each other at Beth-Shemesh [city] in Judah.
22 Israelnawk mah Judahanwk to pazawk, to naah Judah kaminawk loe angmacae im ah cawnh o boih.
The army of Judah was badly defeated by the army of Israel, and all the soldiers of Judah fled to their homes.
23 Israel siangpahrang Joash mah, Jehoahaz capa Joash, anih ih capa Judah siangpahrang, Amaziah to Beth-Shemesh ah naeh moe, Jerusalem ah hoih; Jerusalem sipae to Ephraim khongkha hoi kamtong im takii khongkha khoek to phraek pae king; to ahmuen loe dong cumvai palito oh.
King Jehoash’s army also captured King Amaziah there. Then he brought Amaziah to Jerusalem, and his soldiers tore down the wall [that was around the city], from the Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate. That was a section that was about 600 feet long.
24 Obed-Edom ih adung hoiah pakuem ih sui hoi phoisanawk, Sithaw ih im thungah kaom laom sabaebawk boih, siangpahrang imthung ih hmuennawk pacoengah, kaminawk doeh naeh moe, Samaria ah amlaem o.
His soldiers also carried away the gold and silver and other valuable furnishings from the temple which the descendants of Obed-Edom had previously been guarding. They also took away the valuable things in the palace, and they took to Samaria some prisoners whom they had captured.
25 Judah siangpahrang Joash capa Amaziah loe, Israel siangpahrang Jehoahaz capa Joash duek pacoengah, saning hatlaipangato hing vop.
King Jehoash of Israel died, and King Amaziah of Judah lived for 15 years after that.
26 Amtonghaih hoi boeng khoek to Amaziah ih toksakhaih kawngnawk loe Judah hoi Israel siangpahrangnawk ih cabu thungah tarik o na ai maw?
An account of all the other things that Amaziah did while he was the king [of Judah] is written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Judah and Israel’.
27 Amaziah loe Angraeng hnuk pazuihaih thung hoiah amkhraeng ving pacoengah, anih to Jerusalem ah hum hanah pacaeng o, toe anih loe Lakhish ah cawnh ving; Lakhish ah kami patoeh o moe, to ah anih to hum o.
From the time that Amaziah started to disobey Yahweh, some men in Jerusalem planned to kill him. He was able to escape to Lachish [city], but those who wanted to kill him sent another group of people to Lachish and killed him there.
28 Anih to hrang hoiah phawh o moe, Judah vangpui ah ampanawk khaeah aphum o.
They put his corpse on a horse and brought it back to Jerusalem and buried it where his ancestors [had been buried] in the part of Jerusalem called ‘The City of David’.
