2 Siangpahrang 1
1 Ahab a due hnukkhu, Moab ram teh Isarel siangpahrang ni a tuk.
After King Ahab died, [the country of] Moab rebelled against Israel.
2 Ahaziah siangpahrang teh, Samaria kho amae imvan hoi a bo teh, a hmâ a ca. Patounenaw a patoun teh, ahni koevah cet awh haw. Ekron cathut Baalzebub koe hete hmâ ka ca e dawk hoi kahawi thai nahanelah pacei awh haw telah atipouh.
One day, Ahaziah, [the new king of Israel, ] fell through the wooden slats/boards around the edge of the flat roof [of his palace] in Samaria. He was badly injured, so he summoned some messengers and told them, “Go to Ekron [city in Philistia], and ask their god Baalzebub whether I will (recover/become well).”
3 Hateiteh BAWIPA kalvantami niyah, Tishbit tami Elijah koevah, thaw nateh Samaria kho e siangpahrang ni a patounenaw kâhmo hanelah cet haw, ahnimouh koevah, Isarel ram Cathut ao hoeh dawk maw, Ekron cathut Baalzebub koevah, pouknae pacei hanelah na cei awh vaw.
But an angel from Yahweh said to Elijah, the prophet from Tishbe [town], “The king of Samaria [is sending] some messengers [to Ekron]. Go and meet them and say to them, ‘Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are going to Ekron to ask Baalzebub, the god of those people, [whether you will recover]?
4 BAWIPA ni hettelah a dei pouh. Ikhun dawk na luen hoi na kum mahoeh toe. Na due roeroe han telah a dei, telah atipouh teh, Elijah teh a cei.
Yahweh says [that you should tell King Ahaziah] that he will not recover from his being injured; he will surely die.’”
5 A patounenaw bout a ban awh teh, bangkongmaw na ban telah atipouh.
[So Elijah went to meet] the messengers [and told that to them, and they] returned to the king [instead of going to Ekron]. The king asked them, “Why did you return [so soon]?”
6 Ahnimouh ni ahni koevah tami buet touh kaimouh kâhmo hanlah a tho teh, kaimouh koehoi cet leih, na kapatounkung siangpahrang koevah ban leih, ahni koe BAWIPA ni hettelah a dei. Isarel ram vah Cathut ao hoeh dawk maw, Ekron cathut Baalzebub pacei hanlah na patoun. Ikhun dawk na luen teh na kum mahoeh toe na due roeroe han.
They replied, “A man came to meet us, and said to us, ‘Return to the king who sent you and tell him that Yahweh says, “(Is it because there no God in Israel that you are sending [messengers] to Ekron to consult Baalzebub, their god?/You seem to think there is no God in Israel, with the result that you are sending [messengers] to Ekron to ask Baalzebub, their god, [whether you will recover].) [RHQ] [Go tell the king that] he will not recover from being injured; instead, he will surely die.”’”
7 Hettelah dei pouh awh telah na ti pouh han, ati. Siangpahrang ni nangmanaw dawn hanlah ka tho e het patetlah ka dei e hah apimaw, atipouh.
The king said to them, “The man who came to meet you and told that to you, what did he look like?”
8 Ahnimouh ni phaivuen kâkhu ni teh a keng dawk phaivuen taisawm kâyeng e doeh atipouh. Ahni teh Tishbit tami Elijah doeh atipouh.
They replied, “He was a hairy man and he had a [wide] leather belt around his waist.” The king exclaimed, “That was Elijah!”
9 Hahoi teh Siangpahrang ni ransa 50 touh kaukkung hoi a uk e taminaw a patoun teh, ahnimouh koe a takhang. Khenhaw! ama teh mon vah a tahung. Ahnimanaw ni nang Cathut e tami siangpahrang ni nang ca thuk loe ati atipouh awh.
Then the king sent an officer with 50 soldiers to seize Elijah. They found Elijah sitting on the top of a hill. The officer called out to him, “Prophet, the king commands that you come down here!”
10 Elijah ni a pato e teh, ransa 50 touh ka uk e koevah, Cathut e tami ka tho katang boipawiteh, kalvan hoi hmai bawt naseh, nang hoi na uk e tami 50 touh hah be kang naseh atipouh. Hahoi kalvan hoi hmai a bo teh ama hoi a tami 50 touh hmai koung a kak awh.
But Elijah replied, “I am a prophet; so, I command that fire come down from the sky and burn up you and your 50 soldiers!” Immediately, fire came down from the sky and completely burned up the officer and his 50 [soldiers].
11 Hahoi ahni koe alouke ransa 50 touh kaukkung hoi a uk e naw bout a patoun. Nang Cathut e tami siangpahrang ni karanglah ca thuk naseh ati telah atipouh awh.
[When the king found out about that, ] he sent another officer with 50 more soldiers. They went [to where Elijah was], and the officer called out to him, “Prophet, the king commands that you come down immediately!”
12 Elijah ni ahnimouh koe, Cathut e tami lah kaawm katang pawiteh, kalvan hoi hmai bawt naseh, nang hoi na taminaw 50 touh hah be kang naseh atipouh. Hahoi kalvan hoi hmai bout a bo teh ama hoi a taminaw 50 touh hmai koung a kak awh.
But Elijah replied, “I am a prophet; [to prove that, ] I command that fire come down from the sky and kill you and your soldiers!” Then a fire from God came down from the sky and killed the officer and his soldiers.
13 Hahoi alouke ransa 50 touh kaukkung hoi a uk e naw bout a patoun, ransa 50 touh kaukkung teh ahni koe a ceitakhang teh, Elijah hmalah khokpakhu a cuengkhuem teh, a hmalah oe Cathut e tami ka hringnae hoi na sannaw tami 50 touh e hringnae heh, na mithmu vah sungren naseh.
[When the king heard about that] he sent another officer with 50 more soldiers. [They went to where Elijah was], and the officer prostrated himself in front of Elijah, and said to him, “Prophet, I plead with you, be kind to me and my 50 soldiers, and (do not kill us/allow us to remain alive)!
14 Khenhaw! kalvan hoi hmai a bo teh, ransa 50 touh kaukkung kahni touh hoi a uk e 100 touh hoi koung a kak nakunghai kai ka hringnae teh na mithmu vah na hlung pouh loe telah a kâhei.
[We know that] two times fire came down from the sky and killed officers and the 50 soldiers who were with them. So now, please be kind to me!”
15 Hahoi BAWIPA kalvantami ni Elijah koevah cet nateh taket hanh, atipouh. Hahoi a thaw teh siangpahrang koevah a cei.
Then the angel from Yahweh said to Elijah, “Go down [and go] with him. Do not be afraid of him.” So Elijah went with them to the king.
16 BAWIPA Cathut ni a dei e teh Ekron cathut Baalzebub koe pouknae na hei hane patounenaw na patoun e hah Isarel ram pouknae hei hanelah Cathut ao hoeh dawk maw. Hatdawkvah ikhun dawk na luennae koehoi na kum mahoeh toe na due roeroe han atipouh.
[When Elijah arrived, ] he said to the king, “This is what Yahweh says: ‘You sent messengers to go to Ekron to ask Baalzebub, their god, [whether you would recover]. You acted as though [RHQ] there is no God in Israel to consult. So you will not recover from being injured; instead, you are going to die!’”
17 Elijah ni patuen a dei e BAWIPA e lawk patetlah ahni teh a due. Ca tongpa a tawn hoeh dawkvah, Judah siangpahrang Jehoshaphat capa Jehoram a bawinae kum navah, Joram teh a yueng lah siangpahrang a tawk.
So Ahaziah died, which is what Yahweh told Elijah would happen. Ahaziah’s [younger] brother Joram became the new king, when Jehoram, the son of Jehoshaphat, had been ruling Judah for almost two years. Ahaziah’s brother became the king because Ahaziah had no son [to become the king].
18 Ahaziah ni a tawksaknae thung dawkvah ka cawi rae hoi a sak tangcoung e naw teh Isarel siangpahrangnaw setouknae cauk dawkvah thut lah ao nahoehmaw.
[If you want to know about] all the other things that Ahaziah did, they are [RHQ] written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Israel’.
