1 Manghai 16
1 BOEIPA ol tah Baasha hamla Hanani capa Jehu taengla ha pawk tih,
During the time that Baasha [was king of Israel], [the prophet] Jehu, Hanani’s son, gave Baasha this message that he had received from Yahweh:
2 “Nang te laipi lamloh kan pomsang tih ka pilnam Israel soah rhaengsang la nang kang khueh. Tedae Jeroboam kah longpuei ah na pongpa tih ka pilnam Israel te na tholh sak dongah amih kah tholhnah neh kai nan veet.
“You were very insignificant/unimportant [IDM] when I caused you to become the ruler of my Israeli people. But you have caused me to become very angry by doing [IDM] the kinds of evil things that King Jeroboam did. You have also caused me to become angry by causing my people to sin.
3 Baasha hnuk neh a imkhui hnuk te ka hlawp pah coeng he. Te dongah na imkhui te Nebat capa Jeroboam imkhui bangla kang khueh ni.
So now I will get rid of you and your family [MTY]. I will do to you just like I did to Jeroboam and his family.
4 Khopuei ah Baasha kah a duek rhok te ui loh a caak vetih kohong kah a duek rhok te vaan kah vaa loh a caak ni,” a ti.
[The bodies of] those in your family who die in this city [will not be buried; they] will be eaten by dogs; and [the corpses of] those who die in the fields will be eaten by vultures.”
5 Baasha kah ol noi neh a saii te khaw, a thayung thamal khaw, Israel manghai rhoek kah khokhuen olka cabu dongah a daek moenih a?
The other things that happened during the time that Baasha ruled Israel, and the things that he did, are written [RHQ] in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Israel’.
6 Baasha te a napa rhoek taengla a khoem uh vaengah tah Tirzah ah a up. Te phoeiah a capa Elah te anih yueng la manghai.
When Baasha died, he was buried in Tirzah, [the capital city]. Then his son Elah became king.
7 BOEIPA mikhmuh ah boethae cungkuem a saii tih a kut saii neh amah a veet dongah, Jeroboam imkhui bangla khueh hamla, Hanani capa tonghma Jehu kut ah khaw Baasha ham neh a imkhui hamla BOEIPA ol ha pawk. Te dongah ni anih te a ngawn.
Yahweh gave that message about Baasha and his family to the prophet Jehu. Baasha had done many things that Yahweh considered to be evil, which caused Yahweh to become angry. Baasha did the same kind of things that King Jeroboam and his family had done previously. Yahweh was also angry with Baasha because he had killed all of Jeroboam’s family.
8 Judah manghai Asa kah a kum kul kum rhuk vaengah Baasha capa Elah he Tirzah kah Israel ah kum nit manghai.
After Asa had been the king of Judah for almost 26 years, Elah became the king of Israel. Elah ruled in Tirzah for [only] two years.
9 Anih tah amah kah sal, leng caem rhakthuem mangpa Zimri loh a taeng. Te vaengah amh te Tirzah kah Tirzah im tawt Arza im ah a ok tih rhui.
[A man named] Zimri was one of Elah’s army officers. He commanded the drivers of half of Elah’s army’s (chariots/two-wheeled vehicles pulled by horses). He made plans to kill Elah while Elah was in Tirzah, getting drunk at the house of [a man named] Arza. Arza was the man who took care of the things in the king’s palace.
10 Zimri a pawk vaengah Elah te a ngawn tih a duek sak. Judah manghai Asa kah kum kul kum rhih vaengah Elah yueng la manghai.
Zimri went into Arza’s house and killed Elah. Then Zimri became the king of Israel. That was when Asa had been the king of Judah for 27 years.
11 A manghai neh a ngolkhoel dongah a ngol vanbangla Baasha imkhui te boeih a ngawn tih pangbueng aka yun thil khaw, a tlan sa khaw, a hui khaw hlun pawh.
As soon as Zimri became king [MTY], he killed all of Baasha’s family [MTY]. That included every male [IDM] in Baasha’s family and all of Baasha’s male friends.
12 BOEIPA ol bangla Zimri loh Baasha imkhui te boeih a mitmoeng sak. Te te Baasha hamla tonghma Jehu kut ah ana thui coeng.
That was just what Yahweh told the prophet Jehu would happen.
13 Baasha kah tholhnah cungkuem neh a capa Elah kah tholhnah dongah tholh uh. Te dongah Israel te a tholh sak tih amih kah a honghi neh Israel Pathen BOEIPA te a veet.
Baasha and his son Elah had sinned and led the Israeli people to sin. They caused Yahweh, the God whom the Israeli people worshiped, to become angry, because they both urged the people [to worship] worthless idols.
14 Elah kah ol noi neh a saii boeih te Israel manghai rhoek kah khokhuen olka cabu dongah a daek uh moenih a?
Everything else that Elah did is written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Israel’.
15 Judah manghai Asa kah kum kul kum rhih, Tirzah ah Zimri hnin rhih a manghai vaengah pilnam loh Philisti kah Gibbethon a rhaeh rhil.
So Zimri became the king of Israel after Asa had been king of Judah for 27 years. But Zimri ruled in Tirzah for only seven days. The Israeli army was beseiging/surrounding Gibeah, a town which belonged to the Philistine people-group.
16 Pilnam aka rhaeh loh a yaak vaengah, “Zimri loh a taeng tih manghai te khaw a ngawn,” a ti uh. Te dongah Israel pum loh Israel sokah caempuei mangpa Omri te rhaehhmuen khuiah hnin at neh a manghai sak uh.
The men in the Israeli army camp heard that Zimri had secretly planned to kill King Elah, and then had killed him. So on that day the soldiers chose Omri, the commander of their army, to become the king of Israel.
17 Te dongah Omri neh a taengkah Israel pum tah Gibbethon lamloh thoeih uh tih Tirzah te a dum uh.
The Israeli army was camped near Gibbethon [city]. When they heard what Zimri had done, they left there and went to Tirzah, and surrounded the city.
18 Khopuei a buem pah te Zimri loh a hmuh van neh manghai im kah impuei la kun. Te phoeiah manghai im te a kaep ah hmai neh a hoeh tih amah khaw duek.
When Zimri realized that the city was [about to be] captured, he went into his palace and set it on fire. So the palace burned down, and he died [in the fire].
19 A tholhnah dongah a tholhnah bangla BOEIPA mik ah boethae a saii te tholh coeng. Israel te tholh sak ham aka saii Jeroboam kah longpuei neh a tholhnah dongah ni a pongpa.
He died because he had sinned by doing the things that Yahweh considered to be evil. Jeroboam had led the Israeli people to sin, and Zimri sinned just like Jeroboam had sinned.
20 Zimri kah ol noi, a lairhui neh a ven khaw, Israel manghai rhoek kah khokhuen olka cabu dongah a daek uh moenih a?
All the other things that Zimri did, and the record of how he rebelled [against King Elah], are written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Israel’.
21 Te vaengah Israel pilnam he rhakthuem la vik a paek. Pilnam rhakthuem te Ginath capa Tibni taengah om tih amah te a manghai sak. A rhakthuem te Omri hnuk a vai.
After Zimri died, the Israeli people were divided. One group wanted Tibni, the son of Ginath, to be their king. The other group wanted Omri [to be the king].
22 Tedae Omri hnukkah pilnam loh Ginath capa Tibni hnukah pilnam te a khuk vaengah Tibni te duek tih Omri te manghai.
Those who supported Omri (were stronger than/defeated) those who supported Tibni. So Tibni was killed, and Omri became king.
23 Judah manghai Asa kah kum sawmthum kum khat vaengah, Omri loh Israel kum hlai nit a manghai thil tih Tirzah ah kum rhuk manghai.
Omri became king when Asa had been king of Judah for almost 31 years. Omri ruled Israel for 12 years. For the first six years he ruled in Tirzah.
24 Shemer taengkah Samaria tlang te cak talent panit neh a lai. Tlang soah kho a thoong tih a thoong khopuei ming te tlang kah boei Shemer ming neh Samaria la a khue.
Then he bought a hill from [a man named] Shemer and paid him about (150 pounds/70 kg.) of silver for it. Then Omri ordered his men to build a city on that hill, and he called it Samaria, to honor Shemer, the man who owned it previously.
25 Omri loh BOEIPA mik ah boethae a saii tih amah hmai kah boeih lakah thae a huet.
But Omri did many things that Yahweh considered to be evil. He did more evil deeds than any of the kings who ruled Israel before he did.
26 Nebat capa Jeroboam kah longpuei neh anih kah tholhnah cungkuem dongah ni a pongpa. Anih kah tholhnah loh Israel te a tholh sak tih amih kah a honghi neh Israel Pathen BOEIPA te a veet.
[When] Jeroboam [was previously the king, he] had led the Israeli people to sin, and Omri committed the same kind of sins that Jeroboam did. The Israeli people caused Yahweh, the God the Israeli people had worshiped, to become very angry, because they worshiped worthless idols.
27 Omri kah ol noi a khueh te khaw, a thayung thamal neh a tueng sak te khaw, Israel manghai rhoek kah khokhuen olka cabu dongah a daek uh moenih a?
Everything that Omri did, and the record of the victories that his [army] won, are written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Israel’.
28 Omri te a napa rhoek taengla a khoem uh vaengah Samaria ah a up. Te phoeiah a capa Ahab te anih yueng la manghai.
After Omri died, he was buried in Samaria, and his son Ahab became king.
29 Judah manghai Asa kah kum sawmthum kum rhet kum vaengah Omri capa Ahab te Israel soah manghai. Omri capa Ahab loh Samaria kah Israel soah kum kul kum nit a manghai thil.
Ahab became king of Israel when Asa had ruled Judah for almost 38 years. Ahab ruled in Samaria [city] for 22 years.
30 Omri capa Ahab loh anih hmai kah boeih lakah khaw BOEIPA mikhmuh ah boethae a saii.
Ahab did many things that Yahweh considered to be evil. He did more evil things than any of the kings who ruled Israel before he did.
31 Nebat capa Jeroboam kah tholhnah dongah a pongpa te phoeng a? A yuu te Sidoni manghai Ethbaal canu Jezebel te a loh. Cet bal tih Baal taengah tho a thueng tih a taengah bakop.
He committed the same kind of sins that Jeroboam did, but he did things that were worse than the things that Jeroboam did. He married [a woman named] Jezebel, the daughter of Ethbaal, the king of Sidon [city]. Then Ahab started to worship Baal, [the god that the Canaan people-group worshiped].
32 Baal hamla hmueihtuk a suem pah tih Samaria ah Baal im a sak.
He built a temple in Samaria in order that the Israeli people could worship Baal there, and he put an altar there for [making sacrifices to] Baal.
33 Ahab loh Asherah a saii. A saii te khaw amah hmai kah aka om Israel manghai boeih lakah khaw Israel Pathen BOEIPA a veet te Ahab loh a koei.
He also made an idol that represented Asherah, [Baal’s wife]. He did many more things that caused Yahweh to become angry. He did more evil things than any of the previous kings of Israel had done.
34 Anih tue vaengah Bethel Hiel loh Jerikho te a thoh. Nun capa Joshua kut ah a thui BOEIPA ol bangla a caming Abiram neh a toong tih a canoi Segub neh thohkhaih a pai sak.
During the years that Ahab [ruled], Hiel, a man from Bethel [city], rebuilt Jericho [city]. But when he started to rebuild the city, his oldest son Abiram died. And [when the city was finished, ] while Hiel was building the city gates, his youngest son Segub died. They died just like Yahweh had told Joshua would happen [to the sons of anyone who would rebuild Jericho].
