2 Manghai 14
1 Israel manghai Jehoahaz capa Joash kah a kum bae dongah Judah manghai Joash capa Amaziah te manghai van.
After Jehoash had been ruling Israel for almost two years, Joash’s son Amaziah became the king of Judah.
2 Anih he kum kul kum nga a lo ca vaengah manghai tih Jerusalem ah kum kul kum ko manghai. A manu ming tah Jerusalem lamkah Jehoaddin ni.
He was 25 years old when he started to rule, and he ruled in Jerusalem for 29 years. His mother was Jehoaddin; she was from Jerusalem.
3 BOEIPA mik ah a thuem te a saii dae a napa David bangla om pawh. A napa Joash kah a saii te a cung la a saii.
Amaziah did many things that pleased Yahweh, but he did not do as many things that pleased Yahweh as King David had done. He did some of the good things that his father Joash had done.
4 Tedae hmuensang te a khoe pawt dongah pilnam te hmuensang ah a nawn tih a phum pueng.
But, [like his father, ] he did not tear down the places for worshipping Yahweh at pagan shrines. The people continued to burn incense [to honor Yahweh] on those hills [instead of in Jerusalem, the place that Yahweh had appointed].
5 A kut dongah ram a cak pah van nen tah a napa manghai aka ngawn pah a sal rhoek te khaw a ngawn.
As soon as he was completely in control of his kingdom, he caused to be executed the officials who had murdered his father.
6 Tedae Moses kah olkhueng cabu dongah a daek vanbangla hlang aka ngawn kah a ca rhoek te tah duek sak pawh. Te te BOEIPA loh a uen tih, “A ca kongah a napa duek boel saeh lamtah a napa kongah khaw a ca duek boel saeh. Hlang he amah tholhnah kongah tah duek rhoe duek saeh,” a ti nah.
But he did not execute their children. He obeyed what was written in the laws that God gave to Moses: “Parents must not be executed for [the crimes/sins committed by] their children, and children must not be executed for [crimes/sins committed by] their parents. People must be executed only for the sins that they themselves [have committed].”
7 Anih loh kolrhawk, kolrhawk ah Edom te thawng rha a ngawn tih caemtloek vaengah Sela te a loh. Te dongah a ming te tahae khohnin hil Joktheel la a khue.
Amaziah’s soldiers killed 10,000 soldiers of the Edom people-group in the Salt Valley [south of the Dead Sea], and they captured Sela [city] and gave it a new name, Joktheel. That is still its name.
8 Amaziah loh Israel manghai Jehu koca Jehoahaz capa Jehoash taengah puencawn rhoek te a tueih tih, “Halo lamtah maelhmai hmu uh rhoi sih,” a ti nah.
Then Amaziah sent messengers to King Jehoash of Israel, saying “Come here and let’s talk together.”
9 Tedae Israel manghai Jehoash loh Judah manghai Amaziah te. “Lebanon kah mutlo hling loh Lebanon kah lamphai te ol a tah tih, ‘Na canu te ka capa kah a yuu la m'pae,’ a ti nah hatah Lebanon ah kohong mulhing kat tih mutlo hling te a taelh.
But King Jehoash replied to King Amaziah: “Once a thornbush growing [in the mountains] in Lebanon sent a message to a cedar tree, saying, ‘Give your daughter to my son in order that he may marry her.’ But a wild animal in Lebanon passed by the thornbush and trampled it.
10 Edom te na ngawn na ngawn tih na phuel uh. Na lungbuei na thangpom akhaw namah im ah khosa saw. Balae tih boethae te na huek mai, namah neh na taengkah Judah te cungku sak ne,” a ti nah.
[The meaning of what I am saying is that] your army has defeated the army of Edom, so now you have become very proud. But you should be content with defeating the people of Edom, and allow your soldiers to stay at home. If you cause trouble [by fighting against] us, you will surely [RHQ] cause a disaster to happen to you and to your people.”
11 Tedae Amaziah loh hnatun pawt tih Israel manghai Jehoash te a paan. Te dongah Judah kah Bethshemesh ah tah Judah manghai Amaziah te a maelhmai hmu uh rhoi.
But Amaziah refused to heed Jehoash’s message. So he marched with his army to fight against the Israeli army at Beth-Shemesh [city] in Judah.
12 Tedae Judah te Israel mikhmuh ah yawk. Te dongah hlang he amah, amah kah dap la rhaelrham uh.
The Israeli army defeated the army of Judah, and all the soldiers of Judah fled and ran back home.
13 Israel manghai Jehoash loh Ahaziah koca, Jehoash capa, Judah manghai Amaziah te Bethshemesh ah a tuuk. Te phoeiah cet tih Jerusalem la pawk. Te dongah Jerusalem vongtung, Ephraim vongka lamloh bangkil vongka hil dong ya li te a thuk pah.
Jehoash’s army also captured King Amaziah there, and they also marched to Jerusalem and tore down the wall that was around the city, from the Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate. That was a section that was about (200 yards/180 meters) long.
14 Te dongah sui neh cak boeih khaw, BOEIPA im neh manghai im thakvoh kah a hmuh hnopai boeih te khaw, hlangtlan ca rhoek te khaw a loh tih Samaria la mael.
Jehoash’s soldiers seized all the gold and silver that they found, and all the utensils that were in the temple, and all the valuable things that were in the palace, and took them to Samaria. They also took to Samaria some prisoners whom they had captured.
15 Jehoash kah ol noi khaw, bi a saii neh a thayung thamal te khaw, Judah manghai Amaziah a vathoh thil te khaw, Israel manghai rhoek kah khokhuen olka cabu dongah a daek uh moenih a?
[If you want to know about] all the other things that Jehoash did when he was king, including when he [and his army] fought against [the army of] King Amaziah of Judah, they are written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Israel’.
16 Jehoash te a napa rhoek taengla a khoem uh vaengah Samaria kah Israel manghai rhoek neh a up. Te phoeiah a capa Jeroboam te anih yueng la manghai.
Jehoash died [EUP], and he was buried in Samaria, where the other kings of Israel had been buried. Then his son Jeroboam became the king.
17 Judah manghai Joash capa Amaziah te Israel manghai Jehoahaz capa Jehoash a dueknah hnukah kum hlai nga hing pueng.
Amaziah, the king of Judah, lived for 15 more years after Jehoash, the king of Israel, died.
18 Amaziah ol noi te Judah manghai rhoek kah khokhuen olka cabu dongah a daek uh moenih a?
[If you want to know more about] everything else that Amaziah did, it is written [RHQ] in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Judah’.
19 Anih te Jerusalem ah lairhui neh a ven uh dongah Lakhish la rhaelrham. Tedae anih hnukah Lakhish la a tueih uh tih anih te pahoi a duek sak uh.
Some people in Jerusalem plotted against Amaziah, so he fled to Lachish [city]. But they followed him there and killed him.
20 Te phoeiah anih te marhang dongah a phueih uh tih Jerusalem kah David khopuei ah tah a napa rhoek taengah a up.
They took his corpse back to Jerusalem and buried it where his ancestors had been buried, in [the part of Jerusalem called] ‘The City of David’.
21 Te phoeiah Judah pilnam pum loh Azariah te a loh uh. Te vaengah kum hlai rhuk lo ca coeng tih anih te a napa Amaziah yueng la a manghai sak uh.
Then all the people of Judah appointed Amaziah’s son Uzziah, when he was 16 years old, to be their king
22 Anih loh Elath te a sak tih a napa rhoek taengla manghai a khoem uh hnukah tah Judah la a mael sak.
After his father died, Uzziah’s workers captured Elath [city], and it came under the control of Judah again.
23 Judah manghai Joash capa Amaziah kah a kum hlai nga kum dongah Israel manghai Joash capa Jeroboam te Samaria ah kum sawmli kum khat manghai.
When Amaziah had been ruling Judah for almost 15 years, Jeroboam became the king of Israel. He ruled in Samaria [city] for 41 years.
24 BOEIPA mikhmuh ah boethae a saii tih Nebat capa Jeroboam kah tholhnah cungkuem lamloh a nong pawt dongah Israel te a tholh sak.
He did many things that Yahweh considered to be evil. He did not stop committing the same kind of sins that Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, committed, sins which led the Israeli people to sin also.
25 Anih loh Israel Pathen BOEIPA ol bangla Israel khorhi te Lebokhamath lamloh Arabah tuipuei duela a rhawt. Te te Gathhepher lamkah a sal, tonghma Amittai capa Jonah kut ah a thui coeng.
His soldiers conquered again some of the territory that had previously belonged to Israel, from Hamath [city] in the north to the Dead Sea in the south. That is what Yahweh, the God whom the Israelis worshiped, promised the prophet Jonah, the son of Amittai, from Gath-Hepher [town], would happen.
26 Israel kah phacipphabaem loh mat a koek te BOEIPA loh a hmuh. Lungli lungla la a khaih tih lungli lungla la a hnoo akhaw Israel te bom uh pawh.
That happened because Yahweh saw that [the Israelis’ enemies were causing] the Israelis [to] suffer very much. And there was absolutely no one [IDM] who would help them.
27 Vaan hmui lamloh Israel ming khoe ham te BOEIPA loh a thui moenih. Te dongah amih te Joash capa Jeroboam kut neh a khang.
But Yahweh said that he would not destroy Israel completely, so he enabled King Jeroboam to rescue them.
28 Jeroboam kah ol noi neh a cungkuem a saii te khaw. a thayung thamal neh a vathoh tih Israel ham Damasku neh Judah kah Khamath a lat te khaw, Israel manghai rhoek kah khokhuen olka cabu dongah a daek uh moenih a?
[If you want to know more about] everything else that Jeroboam did, [about] his fighting courageously in battles, and [about] his [enabling the Israelis to] capture again Damascus and Hamath [cities], they are written [RHQ] in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Israel’.
29 Jeroboam te a napa rhoek taeng neh Israel manghai rhoek taengla a khoem uh phoeiah tah a capa Zekhariah te anih yueng la manghai.
Jeroboam died [EUP], [and was buried] where the other kings of Israel [were buried], and his son Zechariah became the king.
