2 Ruodhi 14
1 E higa mar ariyo mar loch Jehoash wuod Jehoahaz ruodh Israel, Amazia wuod Joash ruodh Juda nobedo ruoth.
After Jehoash had been ruling Israel for almost two years, Joash’s son Amaziah became the king of Judah.
2 Ne en ja-higni piero ariyo gabich kane obedo ruoth kendo norito Jerusalem kuom higni piero ariyo gochiko. Min mare ne nyinge Jehoadin, nyar Jerusalem.
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 Notimo gima kare e nyim Jehova Nyasaye, to ok kaka Daudi kwar mare notimo. Noluwo tim wuon mare Joash e gik moko duto.
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 Kata kamano kuonde motingʼore gi malo mag wangʼo misengini ne ok omuki, kendo ji nodhi nyime mana gi chiwo misengini kod wangʼo ubani mangʼwe ngʼar kanyo.
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 Bangʼ ka pinyruodhe nosegurore maber, nonego jotelo mane onego wuon mare mane ruoth.
As soon as he was completely in control of his kingdom, he caused to be executed the officials who had murdered his father.
6 Kata kamano ne ok onego yawuot jonekgo koluwo gima ondikie Kitap Chik mar Musa mane Jehova Nyasaye oketo mawacho niya, “Wuone ok nonegi nikech ketho mag nyithindgi, bende nyithindo kik negi nikech ketho mag wuonegi; to ngʼato ka ngʼato nonegi nikech richone owuon.”
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 Amazia ema ne oloyo jolweny jo-Edom alufu apar e holo mar Chumbi kendo nomako Sela e lweny, moloko nyinge ni Jokthel, kendo pod iluonge kamano nyaka chil kawuono.
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 Bangʼ mano Amazia nooro joote ir Jehoash wuod Jehoahaz, ma wuod Jehu ruodh Israel, kosieme niya, “Bi warom wangʼ gi wangʼ.”
Then Amaziah sent messengers to King Jehoash of Israel, saying “Come here and let’s talk together.”
9 To Jehoash ruodh Israel nodwoko Amazia ruodh Juda gi ngero niya, “Kuth alii man Lebanon nooro wach ne yiend sida man Lebanon ni, ‘Yie ichiw nyari ne wuoda mondo okendi.’ To le moro mar bungu mowuok Lebanon nokadho kanyo monyono kuth aliino gi tiende.
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 En adier ni iseloyo jo-Edom kendo koro iwuoyo marach. Bed mamor kuom lochnino, to kik iwuogi e dala! Angʼo momiyo imanyo lweny mabiro tieki kaachiel gi jo-Juda duto?”
[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 Kata kamano Amazia ne ok odewo, omiyo Jehoash ruodh Israel nomonje. Jehoash kod Amazia ruodh Juda ne joromo e lweny e dala mar Beth Shemesh man Juda.
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 Jo-Israel noloyo jo-Juda kendo ngʼato ka ngʼato noringo kochomo dalane.
The Israeli army defeated the army of Judah, and all the soldiers of Judah fled and ran back home.
13 Jehoash ruodh Israel nomako Amazia ruodh Juda, ma wuod Joash, ma wuod Ahazia e Beth Shemesh. Bangʼe Jehoash nodhi Jerusalem kendo nomuko ohinga mar Jerusalem chakre e dhoranga Efraim nyaka kama ohinga ogomogo; bor kama ne omuko ne romo fut mia abich gi piero ochiko gachiel.
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 Nokawo dhahabu gi fedha duto kod gik moko duto mane oyudo e hekalu mar Jehova Nyasaye kod mwandu duto mane ni e od ruoth, bende nokawo. Ji moko mano mako e lweny, bangʼe nodok e piny Samaria.
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 To kuom gik mamoko duto mane otimore e ndalo loch Jehoash, gi gik moko duto mane otimo kod teko mane okedogi Amazia ruodh Juda, donge ondikgi e kitepe mag weche ruodhi mag Israel?
[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 notho moyweyo gi kwerene kendo noyike Samaria gi ruodhi Israel kendo Jeroboam wuode nobedo ruoth kare.
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 Amazia wuod Joash ruodh Juda nodak higni apar gabich bangʼ tho Jehoash wuod Jehoahaz ruodh Israel.
Amaziah, the king of Judah, lived for 15 more years after Jehoash, the king of Israel, died.
18 To weche mamoko mag loch Amazia, donge ondikgi e kitap weche ruodhi mag Juda?
[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 Negichikone obadho e Jerusalem mi oringo odhi Lakish, to negioro ji bangʼe Lakish ma onege kuno.
Some people in Jerusalem plotted against Amaziah, so he fled to Lachish [city]. But they followed him there and killed him.
20 Noduog ringre kotingʼ gi faras kendo noyike Jerusalem but kwerene e Dala Maduongʼ mar Daudi.
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 Eka jo-Juda duto nokawo Azaria mane hike apar gi auchiel mokete ruoth kar wuon mare Amazia.
Then all the people of Judah appointed Amaziah’s son Uzziah, when he was 16 years old, to be their king
22 En ema ne ogero kuonde mane omukore mag Elath, mi odwoke ne Juda bangʼ ka ruoth Amazia nosetho moike gi kwerene.
After his father died, Uzziah’s workers captured Elath [city], and it came under the control of Judah again.
23 E higa mar apar gabich mar Amazia wuod Joash ruodh Juda, Jeroboam wuod Jehoash ruodh Israel nobedo ruodh Samaria kendo nobedo ruoth kuom higni piero angʼwen gachiel.
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 Timbene ne richo e nyim Jehova Nyasaye kendo ne ok olokore weyo yore mag richo mar Jeroboam wuod Nebat, mane omiyo jo-Israel otimo.
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 En ema ne odwoko tongʼ mag Israel chakre Lebo Hamath nyaka chop Nam mar Araba, kaluwore gi wach Jehova Nyasaye, ma Nyasach Israel, mane owacho koa e dho jatichne Jona wuod Amitai, mane janabi moa Gath Hefer.
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 Jehova Nyasaye noneno kaka joma ni Israel ne sandore malit, bedni ne gin wasumbini kata ok gin wasumbini; maonge ngʼama ne nyalo resogi.
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 To nikech Jehova Nyasaye ne pok owacho ni obiro golo nying jo-Israel e piny, nomiyo Jeroboam wuod Jehoash oresogi.
But Yahweh said that he would not destroy Israel completely, so he enabled King Jeroboam to rescue them.
28 To kuom gik mamoko duto mane otimore e ndalo loch Jeroboam kod lochne e lwenje duto, kaachiel gi kaka noduogo Damaski kod Hamath mane ni e lwet Juda ne Israel; donge ondikgi e kitepe mag weche ruodhi mag Israel.
[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 notho moyweyo gi kwerene, mane ruodhi mag Israel kendo Zekaria wuode nobedo ruoth kare.
Jeroboam died [EUP], [and was buried] where the other kings of Israel [were buried], and his son Zechariah became the king.
