2 Ruodhi 13
1 E higa mar piero ariyo gadek mar loch Joash wuod Ahazia ruodh Juda, Jehoahaz wuod Jehu nobedo ruodh Israel ka en Samaria kendo nobedo e ruoth kuom higni apar gabiriyo.
After Joash had been ruling Judah for almost 23 years, Jehu’s son Jehoahaz became the king of Israel. He ruled in Samaria [city] for 17 years.
2 Notimo gik mamono e nyim wangʼ Jehova Nyasaye, kane oluwo timbe maricho mag Jeroboam wuod Nebat, mane omiyo jo-Israel odonje kendo ne ok olokore weyo gigo.
He did many things that Yahweh considered to be evil and committed the same kind of sins that Jeroboam had committed, sins which led the people of Israel to sin. He did not stop committing those sins.
3 Kuom mano Jehova Nyasaye nokecho gi jo-Israel kendo kuom ndalo mangʼeny noweyogi e bwo loch Hazael ruodh Aram kod Ben-Hadad wuode.
So Yahweh became very angry with the Israeli people, and he allowed the army of King Hazael of Syria and his son Ben-Hadad to defeat the Israelis many times.
4 Eka Jehoahaz nokwayo Jehova Nyasaye kendo Jehova Nyasaye nowinje, nimar noneno kaka ruodh Aram ne sando jo-Israel malit.
Then Jehoahaz prayed to Yahweh [for help], and Yahweh heeded him, because he saw that the army of the king of Syria was oppressing the Israelis.
5 Jehova Nyasaye nochiwo ne jo-Israel jares, mi gitony gia e loch jo-Aram. Eka jo-Israel nochako odok modak e miechgi mana kaka ne gisebetie mokwongo.
Yahweh sent a leader to Israel, who enabled them to be freed from being controlled by Syria. After that, the Israeli people lived peacefully as they had done previously.
6 To kata kamano ne ok gilokore giweyo richo mane ni e od Jeroboam, mane omiyo jo-Israel otimo, to negidhi nyime mana gi timbegi. Kendo siro mar nyasaye madhako miluongo ni Ashera nosiko kochungʼ Samaria.
But they still continued to commit the same kind of sins that Jeroboam and his family had committed and which led the Israelis to [also] sin. And the statue of the goddess Asherah remained in Samaria.
7 Jolweny mag Jehoahaz notieki makmana joidh farese piero abich, geche mag lweny apar kod jolweny mawuotho gi tiendgi alufu apar ema ne odongʼ, nikech ruodh Aram nosetieko mamoko duto kendo nomiyo gichalo mihudhwe.
Jehoahaz had only 50 men who rode on horses and ten chariots and 10,000 other soldiers, because the army of Syria had killed all the rest, trampling them like people walk on dirt.
8 To kuom gik mamoko duto mane ondiki e ndalo loch Jehoahaz gi gik moko duto mane otimo, donge ondikgi e kitepe mag weche ruodhi mag Israel?
[If you want to read about] [RHQ] everything else that Jehoahaz did, you can read about it in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Israel’.
9 Jehoahaz nonindo moyweyo gi kwerene mi noyike Samaria kendo wuode ma Jehoash nobedo ruoth kare.
Jehoahaz died [EUP] and was buried in Samaria. Then his son Jehoash became the king.
10 E higa mar piero adek gabiriyo mar loch Joash ruodh Juda, Jehoash wuod Jehoahaz nobedo ruodh Israel ka en piny Samaria kendo nobedo ruoth kuom higni apar gauchiel.
Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz, started to rule in Israel after King Joash had been ruling in Judah for 23 years. Jehoash ruled in Samaria for 17 years.
11 Notimo timbe mamono e wangʼ Jehova Nyasaye kendo ne ok oweyo timbe mag richo mar Jeroboam wuod Nebat, mane omiyo jo-Israel otimo; nodhi nyime kotimogi.
He did many things that Yahweh considered to be evil. He refused to turn away from worshiping idols, which was the sin that [many years earlier King] Jeroboam had told the Israeli people to commit.
12 To kuom weche duto mane ondiki e ndalo loch Jehoash; gi gik moko duto mane otimo, kod teko mane okedogo gi Amazia ruodh Juda, donge ondikgi e kitepe mag weche ruodhi mag Israel?
The other things that happened while Jehoash was king and all the things that he did are written in the book called ‘The Account of What the Kings of Israel Did’. In that account they wrote about Jehoash’s [army’s] victories, and their war with [the army of] King Amaziah of Judah.
13 Jehoash nonindo moyweyo gi kwerene kendo Jeroboam nobedo ruoth kare. Jehoash noiki e piny Samaria gi ruodhi mag Israel.
When Jehoash died, he was buried in Samaria where the [other] kings of Israel were buried. Then his son Jeroboam became king.
14 Kane Elisha tuo gi tuo mane biro nege, Jehoash ruodh Israel nodhi nene moywage niya, “Wuora! Wuora isebedonwa kaka geche lweny kod joidh farese mag Israel!”
Elisha became very ill. Just before he died, King Jehoash went to Elisha and cried in front of him. [Saying the same words that Elisha had said when Elijah was taken to heaven], he said, “My father/master! My father/master! The chariots of us Israeli people and their drivers [are taking my master away]!”
15 Eka Elisha nowachone niya, “Kaw atungʼ kod aserni moko,” kendo notimo kamano.
Elisha said to him, “Bring to me a bow and some arrows!” So the king did that.
16 Eka nowachone ruodh Israel niya, “Kaw atungʼ e lweti.” Kane osekawo atungʼno, Elisha noketo lwetene kuom lwete ruoth.
Then Elisha told the king to put his hands on the bow [and prepare to shoot some arrows]. And then Elisha put his own hands on the king’s hands.
17 Elisha nokone niya, “Yaw dirisa mochomo yo wuok chiengʼ,” minoyawe. Bangʼ mano nokone niya, “Dir asere.” Kane osediro asere, Elisha nokone niya, “Mano asech loch Jehova Nyasaye kendo onyiso adier ni ibiro loyo jo-Aram modak Afek.”
Then Elisha told him, “[Have someone] open that window toward the east.” So they opened it. Then Elisha said, “Shoot!” So the king did. Then Elisha said, “That is the arrow that [indicates that your army] will defeat the Syrian army. Your army will completely defeat their [army] at Aphek [town].”
18 Eka nowachone niya, “Kaw aserni kendo ruoth nokawo asernigo.” Elisha nokone niya, “Chwo asernigo piny, mine otimo kamano nyadidek bangʼe oweyo.”
Then Elisha said, “Pick up the other arrows and strike the ground with them!” So the king picked up the arrows and struck the ground three times.
19 Elisha ngʼat Nyasaye nokecho kode mowacho niya, “Nonego ichwogi piny nyadibich kata nyadiuchiel; eka dine iloyo jo-Aram mitiekogi chuth, to sani to ibiro loyogi mana nyadidek kende.”
But Elisha was angry with him. He exclaimed, “You should have struck the ground five or six times! If you had done that, your army would have defeated the Syrian [army] until they were completely wiped out! But now, [because you struck the ground only three times, ] your army will defeat them only three times!”
20 Elisha notho moike. E ndalogo jolwenj Moab nohero monjo pinyno e ndalo mag chwiri.
Then Elisha died and was buried. Groups of raiders from Moab came to Israel each year during (spring/the time when the cold season was ending).
21 Chiengʼ moro kane jo-Israel yiko ngʼato, negipo ka gineno wasigu kabiro, mi negibolo ringre ngʼatno e bur mane oike Elisha. Kane ringre ngʼatno olwar e choke Elisha, nopo ka chunye odwogo mochungʼ gi tiendene.
One year, when some Israeli people were burying a man’s body, they saw a group of those raiders. [They were afraid, ] so quickly they threw that man’s body into the tomb where Elisha [had been buried, and they ran away]. But as soon as the man’s body touched Elisha’s bones, the dead man became alive again and jumped up!
22 Hazael ruodh Aram ne osando jo-Israel ndalo duto mag loch Jehoahaz.
King Hazael of Syria [sent soldiers to] oppress the Israeli people all during the years that Jehoahaz [ruled Judah].
23 To Jehova Nyasaye notimonegi ngʼwono, kech kod miwafu koparo singruok mane otimo gi Ibrahim, Isaka kod Jakobo. To nyaka chil kawuono Jehova Nyasaye pok obedo gi paro mar tiekogi kata riembogi e wangʼe.
But Yahweh was very kind [DOU] to the Israeli people. He helped them because of the agreement that he had made with [their ancestors] Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. He did not get rid of the Israelis, and he still has not rejected them.
24 Hazael ruodh Aram notho kendo Ben-Hadad wuode nobedo ruoth kare.
When Hazael the king of Syria died, his son Ben-Hadad became the king.
25 Eka Jehoash wuod Jehoahaz noduogo mier mane oyudo Ben-Hadad wuod Hazael nosemayo Jehoahaz wuon mare e lweny. Jehoash noloyo Ben-Hadad nyadidek e lweny mine odwoko miergo duto e lwet jo-Israel.
[The army of] King Jehoash of Israel defeated [the army of] King Ben-Hadad three times, and recaptured the cities that Ben-Hadad’s army had captured during the time that Jehoash’s father Jehoahaz was ruling Israel.
