1 Ruodhi 15
1 E higa mar apar gaboro mar loch Jeroboam wuod Nebat, Abija nobedo ruodh Juda,
After Jeroboam had been the king of Israel for almost 18 years, Abijah became the king of Judah.
2 kendo norito piny kuom higni adek kodak Jerusalem. Min mare ne nyinge Maaka nyar Abishalom.
He ruled for three years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Maacah, the granddaughter of [David’s son] Absalom.
3 Notimo richo duto mane wuon otimo kendo chunye ne ok ochiwore chuth ni Jehova Nyasaye ma Nyasache, kaka chuny Daudi kwargi ne en.
Abijah committed the same kind of sins that his father had committed. He was not fully dedicated/committed to Yahweh his God, as his grandfather David had been.
4 To kata kamano nikech Daudi, Jehova Nyasaye ma Nyasache nomiye taya Jerusalem koyiero wuode mondo okaw lochne kendo oket Jerusalem obed motegno.
But, because of [what Yahweh his God had promised to] David, Yahweh gave Abijah a son [MET] to rule in Jerusalem after him, and in order to protect Jerusalem [from their enemies].
5 Nikech Daudi notimo gima kare e nyim Jehova Nyasaye kendo ne ok oweyo ma ok omako chik Jehova Nyasaye moro amora e ndalo ngimane duto makmana e wach Uria ja-Hiti.
Yahweh did that because David had always done what pleased Yahweh and because David had always obeyed Yahweh. The only time when he disobeyed Yahweh was when he caused Uriah [to be killed].
6 Lweny ne nitie e kind Rehoboam gi Jeroboam e kinde duto mar ngima Abija.
There were wars between [the armies of] Rehoboam and Jeroboam all during the time that Abijah ruled.
7 To timbe mamoko mag loch Abija kaachiel gi gik moko duto mane otimo, donge ondikgi e kitepe mag weche mag ndalo mar ruodhi mag Juda? Ne nitie lweny e kind Abija kod Jeroboam.
Everything else that Abijah did is written [RHQ] in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Judah’.
8 Kendo Abija notho kaka kwerene kendo noyike e Dala Maduongʼ mar Daudi. Asa wuode nobedo ruoth kare.
Abijah died [EUP] and was buried in [the part of Jerusalem called] ‘The City of David’, and his son Asa became king.
9 E higa mar piero ariyo mar loch Jeroboam ruodh Israel, Asa nobedo ruodh Juda,
After Jeroboam had been the king of Israel for almost 20 years, Asa started to rule Judah.
10 kendo nobedo ruoth Jerusalem kuom higni piero angʼwen gachiel. Dagi niluongo ni Maaka nyar Abishalom.
He ruled in Jerusalem for 41 years. His grandmother was Maacah, the granddaughter of Absalom.
11 Asa notimo gima kare e nyim Jehova Nyasaye mana kaka Daudi wuon mare notimo.
Asa did what was pleasing to Yahweh, as his ancestor David had done.
12 Noriembo chwo ma jochode mag kuonde lemo modarogi e pinye kendo noketho nyiseche manono mane kweregi oloso.
He got rid of the male prostitutes that were at the places where the people worshiped idols, and he also got rid of all the idols that his ancestors had made.
13 Bende nogolo dagi ma Maaka e kome mane entie kaka min ruoth nikech noloso sirni milamo mar Ashera. Asa nongʼado yien-no mowangʼe e holo mar Kidron.
He also removed his grandmother Maacah so that she no longer had influence in the government [because of] being the mother of a previous king. He did that because she had made a disgusting [wooden] statue of the goddess Asherah. Asa [told his workers to] cut down the statue and burned it in the Kidron Valley.
14 Kata obedo ni Asa ne ok oketho kuonde motingʼore malo mag lemo, chunye nochiwore chutho ni Jehova Nyasaye ndalo duto mag ngimane.
He was not able to destroy all the places where the people worshiped [idols] on the high hills, but he continued to be dedicated/committed to Yahweh his entIre life.
15 Nokelo gige dhahabu gi fedha kod mula e hekalu mar Jehova Nyasaye ma en owuon gi wuon mare nosepwodho.
He [told his workers to] place in the temple all the items that his father had dedicated to God, and all the gold and silver things that he had dedicated to God.
16 Ne nitie lweny e kind Asa kod Baasha ruodh Israel ndalo duto mag lochgi.
There were wars between [the armies of] Asa and Baasha, the king of Israel, all during the time that they ruled.
17 Baasha ruodh Israel nodhi kedo kod Juda kendo nochielo Rama motegno mondo ogengʼ ni ngʼato angʼata kik wuogi kata donji e piny Asa ruodh Juda.
Baasha’s army invaded Judah. They captured Ramah [town north of Jerusalem]. Then they started to build a wall around it in order to prevent people from entering or leaving the area in Judah that was ruled by King Asa.
18 Eka Asa nokawo fedha gi dhahabu duto mane odongʼ e ute keno mag hekalu mar Jehova Nyasaye gi mago mag ode. Nomiyogi jodonge mi oorogi ir Ben-Hadad wuod Tabrimon ma wuod Hezion ruodh Aram manodak Damaski.
So Asa [told] his workers [to] take all the silver and gold that was still in the storerooms in the temple and in the palace. He told them to take it to Damascus and give it to King Ben-Hadad who ruled Syria. Ben-Hadad was the son of Tabrimmon and grandson of Hezion. He told the workers to say this to Ben-Hadad:
19 Nowachone niya, “Winjruok mondo obedie kindi koda, mana kaka nobedo e kind wuonwa gi wuonu. Aoroni mich mag fedha gi dhahabu, koro keth winjruok mantie e kindi gi Baasha ruodh Israel mondo mi owe kedo koda.”
“I want there to be a peace treaty between you and me, like there was between your father and my father. For that reason, I am giving you this silver and gold. So now please cancel the treaty that you made with Baasha, the king of Israel, in order that he will take his soldiers away from attacking mine, [because he will be afraid of your army].”
20 Ben-Hadad noyie gi ruoth Asa kendo nooro jotende mag lweny mondo omonj mier matindo mag Israel. Noloyo Ijon gi Dan gi Abel Beth Maaka kod Kinereth duto kaachiel gi Naftali.
[So the workers went and gave the message to] Ben-Hadad, [and he] did what Asa suggested. He sent his army commanders [and their soldiers] to attack some of the towns in Israel. They captured Ijon, Dan, Abel-Beth-Maacah, the area near Galilee Lake, and all the land of [the tribe of] Naphtali.
21 Kane Baasha owinjo mano, nochungo gero Rama modok Tirza.
When Baasha heard about that, he [told his soldiers to] stop working at Ramah. He [and his soldiers returned to] Tirzah [and] stayed there.
22 Eka ruoth Asa nochiwo chik ni Juda duto maonge ngʼato angʼata mane owe oko, negikawo kite duto kod yiende mane Baasha osebedo katiyogo Rama kendo notiyo kodgi kanyo. Asa notiyo kodgi kuom gero Geba e piny Benjamin kod Mizpa bende.
Then King Asa sent a message to all the [people in the] towns in Judah, stating that they all were required to go to Ramah and carry away the stones and timber that Baasha’s soldiers had been using to build a wall around the city. With those stones and timber they fortified Mizpah [city north of Jerusalem], and Geba, [a town] in the territory of the tribe of Benjamin.
23 Weche mamoko duto mag loch Asa, gi lochne, gi gigo duto mane otimo gi mier duto mane ogero donge ondikgi e kitepe mag ruodhi mag Juda? Kata kamano ka hike noseniangʼ tiende nobedo gituo.
Everything else that Asa did, the armies that his soldiers defeated, and the names of the cities that he caused to be fortified, are [RHQ] written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Judah’. But when Asa became old, he got a disease in his feet.
24 Eka Asa noyweyo gi kwerene kendo noyike kodgi e dala Daudi wuon mare. Kendo Jehoshafat wuode nobedo ruoth kare.
He died [EUP] and was buried where his ancestors were buried in [the part of Jerusalem called] ‘The City of David’. Then his son Jehoshaphat became king.
25 Nadab wuod Jeroboam nobedo ruoth mar Israel e higa mar ariyo mar loch Asa ruodh Juda, kendo nobedo ruodh Israel kuom higni ariyo.
After Asa had been the king of Judah for almost two years, King Jeroboam’s son Nadab started to rule Israel. He ruled for two years.
26 Notimo richo e nyim Jehova Nyasaye, kowuotho e yor wuon mare kod richone mane omiyo Israel otimo.
He did things that Yahweh considered to be evil. His behavior was sinful like his father’s behavior had been, and what he did led the people of Israel to sin.
27 Baasha wuod Ahija ja-dhood Isakar nomonje mi nogoye monege e Gibethon e dala jo-Filistia ka Nadab kod jo-Israel duto ne dwaro monjo dalano.
[A man named] Baasha, from the tribe of Issachar, planned to harm him. He killed Nadab when Nadab and his army had surrounded Gibbethon [city] in the Philistia area.
28 Baasha nonego Nadab e higa mar adek mar loch Asa ruodh Juda, kendo nokaw lochne kaka ruoth.
That [DOU] was when Asa had been [the king ruling] Judah for almost three years. Then Baasha became the king of Israel.
29 Mapiyo piyo kochako locho, nonego jood Jeroboam duto. Ne ok oweyo ni Jeroboam kata ngʼato achiel mayweyo to notiekogi kaluwore gi wach Jehova Nyasaye mane omiyo jatichne Ahija ja-Shilo;
As soon as Baasha became king, [he commanded his soldiers to] kill all of Jeroboam’s family. Doing what Yahweh had told the prophet Ahijah from Shiloh would happen, they killed all of Jeroboam’s family. None of them (was left/remained alive).
30 nikech richo mane Jeroboam otimo kendo mane omiyo Israel otimo, kendo nikech nomiyo Jehova Nyasaye Nyasach Israel obedo gi mirima.
That happened because Yahweh had become very angry with Jeroboam because of all the sins that Jeroboam had committed, and because of the sins that he had persuaded the people of Israel to commit.
31 To kuom mamoko mag loch Nadab kaachiel gi timbene duto donge ondiki e kitepe mag ruodhi mag Israel?
Everything else that Nadab did is written [RHQ] in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Israel’.
32 Ne nitie lweny e kind Asa kod Baasha ruodh Israel ndalo duto mag lochgi.
There were wars between [the armies of] King Asa and King Baasha all the time that they ruled.
33 E higa mar adek mar loch Asa ruodh Juda, Baasha wuod Ahija nodoko ruoth kuom Israel duto e Tirza kendo nobedo ruoth kuom higni piero ariyo gangʼwen.
After Asa had been the king of Judah for almost three years, Baasha, the son of Ahijah, started to rule Israel at Tirzah [city]. He ruled for 24 years.
34 Notimo richo e nyim Jehova Nyasaye, kowuotho e yore mag Jeroboam kod richone mane omiyo Israel otimo.
He did things that Yahweh considered to be evil, and his behavior was sinful like his father’s had been, and he led the people of Israel to sin.
