2 Manghai 8
1 Elisha loh a capa aka hing huta te a voek tih, “Thoo lamtah namah neh na imkhui te cet uh laeh. Na bakuep nah noek ah bakuep mai. BOEIPA loh khokha ham a khue dongah khohmuen ah he kum rhih khuiah pai pueng ni,” a ti nah.
After Elisha caused the son of the woman from Shunem [town] to become alive again, he told her that she should leave with her family and live somewhere else for a while, because Yahweh was going to (send a famine/cause food to become very scarce) in the land. He said that the famine would last for seven years.
2 Te dongah huta te thoo tih Pathen hlang kah ol bangla a saii. Amah neh a imkhui te a caeh puei tih Philisti khohmuen ah kum rhih bakuep.
So the woman did what Elisha told her to do. She and her family went to live in [the] Philistia [region] for seven years.
3 Kum rhih kah a bawtnah a pha vaengah tah huta te Philisti khohmuen lamloh mael. Te vaengah cet tih amah imkhui ham neh a khohmuen ham te manghai taengah pang.
After the seven years were ended, they returned to their home. The woman went to the king to request that her house and her land be given back to her.
4 Manghai loh Pathen hlang kah tueihyoeih Gehazi te a voek tih, “Elisha loh hno len cungkuem a saii te kai taengah tae laeh,” a ti nah.
When she arrived, the king was talking with Gehazi, Elisha’s servant. The king was saying to him, “Tell me all the great things that Elisha has done.”
5 Te dongah aka duek tangtae a hing sak tih a capa koep aka hing huta loh a imkhui ham neh a khohmuen ham manghai taengah a pang te khaw manghai taengah a tae pah. Te phoeiah Gehazi loh, “Ka boei manghai aw, he huta he ni a capa Elisha loh a hing sak pah,” a ti nah.
While Gehazi was telling the king that Elisha had caused the son of a woman [from Shunem] to become alive again, that woman came in and requested the king to enable her to get her house and land back again. Gehazi exclaimed, “Your Majesty, this is the woman whose son Elisha caused to become alive again!”
6 Manghai loh huta te a dawt tih a taengah a tae pah vaengah tah manghai loh anih ham te imkhoem pakhat a khueh pah tih, “Khohmuen a hnoong khohnin lamloh tahae hil khohmuen kah a vueithaih cungkuem te anih taengah boeih mael laeh,” a ti nah.
When the king asked her about it, she told him [that what Gehazi had said was true]. The king summoned one of his officials and said to him, “[I want] everything that this woman possessed previously, including the value of all the crops that have been harvested during these last seven years while she was away from her land, [to] be given back to her.” [So the official did that].
7 Elisha te Damasku la a caeh vaengah Aram manghai Benhadad te ana tlo. Te dongah a taengla a puen pah tih, “Pathen kah hlang he la ha pawk,” a ti nah.
Elisha went to Damascus, [the capital of Syria], when Ben-Hadad, the king of Syria, was [very] sick. When someone told the king that Elisha was in Damascus,
8 Manghai loh Hazael te, “Na kut dongah khocang khuen lamtah Pathen kah hlang doe hamla cet laeh. Anih lamloh BOEIPA te dawt lah, he tloh lamloh ka hing venim? dawt lah,” a ti nah.
the king told [one of his officials named] Hazael, “Go and talk to that prophet and take a present/gift with you to give to him. Request him to ask Yahweh if I will recover from my illness.”
9 Te dongah anih doe hamla Hazael te cet tih a kut dongah khocang neh Damasku kah thennah cungkuem te kalauk sawmli phueih la a khuen. Cet tih a mikhmuh ah a pai vaengah tah, “Na capa Aram manghai Benhadad loh kai he nang taengla n'tueih, ‘He tloh lamloh ka hing aya?’ a ti,” a ti nah.
So Hazael went to talk with Elisha. He took with him forty camels that were carrying many kinds of goods that were produced in Damascus. When Hazael met him, he said to him, “Your friend Ben-Hadad, the king of Syria, sent me to ask you whether [you think] he will recover from his illness.”
10 Elisha loh anih te, “Cet lamtah amah taengah, ‘Na hing rhoe na hing ni,’ ti nah. Tedae BOEIPA loh kai n'tueng coeng dongah duek rhoe duek ni,” a ti nah.
Elisha said to Hazael, “Go and say to him, ‘Yes, you will certainly not die from this illness,’ but Yahweh has shown me that he will certainly die [before he recovers].”
11 Te phoeiah tah a maelhmai te a khueh, a khueh tih a yah hil Pathen kah hlang te a rhah pah.
Then Elisha stared at him and had a terrified look on his face. That caused Hazael to feel uneasy/embarrassed. Then [suddenly] Elisha started to cry.
12 Te vaengah Hazael loh, “Ka boeipa balae tih na rhah,” a ti nah hatah, “Israel ca rhoek taengah boethae na saii ham khaw, amih kah hmuencak te hmai neh na hlae ham khaw, amih kah tongpang rhoek te cunghang neh na ngawn ham khaw, amih kah camoe rhoek te na til ham khaw, aka vawn te na boe ham khaw ka ming dongah,” a ti nah.
Hazael said, “Sir, why are you crying?” Elisha replied, “Because [Yahweh has enabled] me [to] know the terrible things that you will do to the people of Israel: You will burn their cities with walls around them, you will kill their fine young men with a sword, you will bash the heads of their children, and you will rip open the bellies of their pregnant women [with a sword].”
13 Tedae Hazael loh, “Na sal ui loh metlam hno len a saii eh?” a ti nah. Elisha loh, “Aram soah na manghai ham te BOEIPA loh kai n'tueng coeng,” a ti nah.
Hazael replied, “I am [as insignificant as] [MET] a dog; (how could I do such things?/I would never do such terrible things!)” [RHQ] Elisha replied, “Yahweh has also revealed to me that you will become the king of Syria.”
14 Elisha taeng lamloh nong tih a boei taengla a pawk vaengah anih te, “Elisha loh nang taengah balae a thui,” a ti nah. Te vaengah, “Kai taengah tah, ‘Na hing rhoe na hing ni,’ a ti,” a ti nah.
Then Hazael left and returned to his master/boss [the king], who asked him, “What did Elisha say?” He replied, “He told me that you would certainly recover.”
15 Tedae a vuen pha vaengah himbai thah a loh tih tui khuila a nuem phoeiah manghai kah maelhmai te a dah pah. Te vaengah manghai te duek tih Hazael te anih yueng la manghai.
But the next day, [while the king was sleeping, ] Hazael took a blanket and soaked it in water. Then he spread it on the king’s face [in order that he could not breathe], and he died. Then Hazael became the king of Syria instead of Ben-Hadad.
16 Israel manghai Ahab capa Joram kah a kum nga dongkah, Judah manghai Jehoshaphat phoeiah tah, Judah manghai Jehoshaphat capa Jehoram te manghai.
After King Joram, the son of Ahab, had been ruling in Israel for almost five years, Jehoshaphat’s son Jehoram became the king of Judah.
17 Kum sawmthum kum nit a lo ca vaengah anih te manghai tih Jerusalem ah kum, kum rhet manghai.
He was thirty-two years old when he became the king, and he ruled in Jerusalem for eight years.
18 Anih khaw Israel manghai rhoek kah longpuei ah pongpa. Ahab canu te anih yuu la a om dongah Ahab imkhui kah a saii bangla BOEIPA mikhmuh ah boethae a saii.
His wife was the daughter of King Ahab. And like everyone in Ahab’s family, he continually did the evil things that the previous kings of Israel had done. He did things that Yahweh considered to be evil.
19 A sal David amah taengah a thui bangla anih ham neh a ca rhoek ham hnin takuem hmaithoi a khueh pah ham dongah ni BOEIPA loh Judah te phae a ngaih pawh.
But Yahweh did not want to get rid of the people of Judah, because of what he had promised David, who served him [very well]. He had promised David that his descendants [MET] would always rule Judah.
20 Anih tue vaengah ni Edom loh Judah kut hmui lamkah boe a koek tih amamih ham manghai a manghai sak.
During the time that Jehoram ruled, [the king of] Edom rebelled against Judah, and they appointed their own king.
21 Joram te amah taengkah leng boeih neh Zair te a paan. Khoyin ah thoo tih Edom te a tloek. A kaepvai te amah neh leng mangpa rhoek loh a dum vaengah pilnam tah amah dap la rhaelrham coeng.
So Jehoram went with his army and all their chariots to Zair [city near the border of Edom]. There the army of Edom surrounded them. But during the night, Jehoram and the commanders in their chariots were able to get through the enemy lines and escaped. And all his soldiers also fled to their homes.
22 Edom tah tahae khohnin duela Judah kut hmui lamloh boe a koek. Libnah khaw te vaeng tue ah boe a koek coeng.
So after that, Edom was no longer controlled by Judah, and it is still like that. During that same time, the people of Libnah [city] also freed themselves from being controlled by Judah.
23 Joram kah ol noi neh a saii boeih te khaw Judah manghai rhoek kah khokhuen olka cabu dongah a daek uh moenih a?
[If you want to read about] the other things that Jehoram did, they are written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Judah’.
24 Joram te a napa rhoek taengla a khoem uh vaengah David khopuei ah a napa rhoek taengah a up. Te phoeiah a capa Ahaziah te anih yueng la manghai.
Jehoram died [EUP] and was buried where the other kings of Judah had been buried in [the part of Jerusalem called] ‘The City of David’. Then Jehoram’s son Ahaziah became the king.
25 Israel manghai Ahab capa Joram kah kum hlai nit kum vaengah Judah manghai Jehoram capa Ahaziah te manghai van.
After Ahab’s son Joram has been ruling in Israel for almost twelve years, Jehoram’s son Ahaziah became the king of Judah.
26 Ahaziah he kum kul kum nit a lo ca vaengah manghai tih Jerusalem ah kum khat manghai. A manu ming tah Israel manghai Omri canu Athaliah ni.
Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he started to rule. He ruled in Jerusalem for [only] one year. His mother’s name was Athaliah, [the daughter of King Ahab and] the granddaughter of King Omri of Israel.
27 Anih he Ahab imkhui loh a cava nah dongah Ahab imkhui kah longpuei ah pongpa tih BOEIPA mikhmuh ah Ahab imkhui bangla boethae a saii.
King Ahab conducted his life just like the members of Ahab’s family had done. He did things that Yahweh considered to be very evil.
28 Ahab capa Joram neh Ramothgilead kah Aram manghai Hazael te caem la a paan vaengah Arammi loh Joram te a ngawn.
Ahaziah’s army joined the army of King Joram of Israel to fight against the army of King Hazael of Syria. Their armies started fighting at Ramoth [city] in [the] Gilead [region], and the soldiers of Syria wounded Joram.
29 Te dongah manghai Joram khaw Aram manghai Hazael a vathoh thil vaengkah Ramah ah Arammi loh a ngawn. Te hmasoe te hoeih sak ham Jezreel la mael. Tedae anih te a nue coeng dongah Judah manghai Jehoram capa Ahaziah khaw Ahab capa Joram te sawt hamla Jezreel la suntla.
King Joram returned to Jezreel [city] to recover from his wounds. King Ahaziah went to visit him there.
