2 Kings 10
1 There were seventy descendants of King Ahab who were living there in Samaria. Jehu wrote a letter [and made copies of it] and sent them to the rulers of the city, to the elders, and to those who raised and tutored Ahab’s children.
Oasr tulik itngoul ke fwilin tulik natul Tokosra Ahab su muta in siti Samaria. Jehu el simusla leta se ac supwalik nu sin kais sie mwet leum lun siti uh, nu sin un mwet matu, ac nu sin mwet ma karingin fwilin tulig natul Ahab. Pa inge koanon leta sac:
2 [This is what he wrote]: “You are the ones who are [taking care of] the king’s descendants. You have chariots and horses and weapons, and you live in cities that have walls around them. So as soon as you receive this letter,
“Kowos pa mwet liyaung fwilin tulik natul tokosra, ke ma inge chariot, horse, mwe mweun, ac siti ma potyak, oan inpouwos. Ouinge, pacl se na ma kowos riti leta se inge,
3 choose one of the king’s sons, the one who is the best qualified, and appoint him to be your king. Then [prepare to] fight to defend him.”
kowos sulela mwet se ma fal emeet sin wen nukewa natul tokosra, ac kowos in akleumyal, na kowos in mweun in loangella.”
4 But [when they got those letters from Jehu and read them], they became very afraid. They said, “King Joram and King Ahaziah could not resist him; (how can we resist him?/we cannot possibly resist him!)” [RHQ]
Mwet leum lun Samaria elos arulana sangeng. Elos fahk, “Kut ac lainul Jehu fuka, ke Tokosra Joram ac Tokosra Ahaziah tuh tia ku in lainul?”
5 So the officer who was in charge of the palace and the mayor of the city sent a message to Jehu saying, “We want to serve you, and we are ready to do whatever you tell us to do. We will not appoint anyone to become our king. You do whatever you think is best.”
Ouinge mwet kol se su liyaung inkul sin tokosra, ac mwet kol se su liyaung siti uh, weang pac mwet matu, ac mwet karingin sou lal Ahab, elos supwala kas inge nu sel Jehu: “Kut mwet kulansap lom, ac kut akola in oru kutena ma kom fahk an. Tusruktu kut tia ku in srukak kutena mwet in tokosra. Oru na ma kom nunku mu ac wo sum an.”
6 So Jehu sent a second letter to them, writing this: “If you (are on my side/want to help me), and if you are ready to obey me, [kill] King Ahab’s descendants [and cut off their heads and] bring their heads to me here in Jezreel at this time tomorrow.” The seventy descendants of King Ahab were being brought up and supervised by the leaders of [Samaria] city.
Jehu el sifilpa simusla sie leta nu selos su fahk: “Kowos fin wiyu lac, ac akola in oru ma nga sapkin, kowos use sifen mwet nukewa in sou lal Tokosra Ahab nu yuruk in acn Jezreel ke pacl se pacna inge lutu.” Tulik itngoul ke fwilin tulik natul Tokosra Ahab elos muta yurin mwet matu Samaria, su tufahlosla.
7 When they received the letter from Jehu, they killed all seventy of Ahab’s descendants and [cut off their heads]. They put their heads in baskets and sent them to Jehu at Jezreel.
Ke pacl se mwet matu inge eis leta lal Jehu, na elos twacla kwawen tulik itngoul in sou lal Ahab ah nufon, sang sifalos nu in fotoh, ac supwala nu sel Jehu in acn Jezreel!
8 A messenger came to Jehu and told him, “They have brought the heads of Ahab’s descendants.” So Jehu commanded that the heads should be put in two piles at the city gate and that the heads should stay there until the next morning.
Ke fwackyang nu sel Jehu lah sifen tulik natul Ahab nukewa utuku, el sap elos in yolsani nu ke yol luo ke mutunpot nu in siti uh, ac filiya in oanna we nu ke lotu tok ah.
9 The next morning he went out [to the city gate] and said to all the people, “I am the one who plotted against King Joram and killed him. You are not guilty of doing that. But [it was Yahweh, not I] [RHQ] who [commanded that] all these [descendants of Ahab should be] killed.
In lotu tok ah, el som nu ke mutunpot sac, ac fahk nu sin mwet su muta we, “Nga pa mwet se ma orek tunyuna ac unilya Tokosra Joram. Wangin mwatuwos kac. A su uniya nufon mwet inge uh?
10 So you need to know that everything that Yahweh said would happen has happened. He has caused to happen what he told the prophet Elijah would happen.”
Ma inge akpwayei lah ma nukewa ma LEUM GOD El fahk mu ac sikyak nu sin fwilin tulik natul Ahab uh ac pwayena. LEUM GOD El oru oana ma El wulela kac in kas lal Elijah, mwet palu lal.”
11 Then Jehu executed all the other relatives of Ahab in Jezreel, and all Ahab’s officers, and close friends, and his priests. He did not allow any of them to remain alive.
Na Jehu el onela nufon mwet lula in sou lal Ahab su muta in Jezreel, ac leum nukewa lun mwet mweun, ac mwet kawuk na pwaye lal, ac mwet tol kewa — wangin sie selos tia anwuki.
12 Then Jehu left [Jezreel] and went toward Samaria. While he was going there, at a place called ‘Shepherds’ Camp’,
Jehu el som liki acn Jezreel nu Samaria. Ke el sun acn se pangpang “Nien Aktuktuk lun Mwet Liyaung Sheep”
13 he met some relatives of King Ahaziah of Judah. He asked them, “Who are you?” They replied, “We are relatives of King Ahaziah. We are going to Jezreel to visit the children of Queen Jezebel and the other members of King [Joram’s] family.”
el sun kutu mwet in sou lal Tokosra Ahaziah lun Judah, ac siyuk selos, “Su kowos an?” Elos topuk, “Kut sou lal Ahaziah. Kut fahsr nu Jezreel in oru akfulat lasr nu sin tulik natul Kasra Jezebel ac nu sin oaleum saya.”
14 Jehu said to his men, “Seize them!” So they seized them and killed all of them at the pit named Beth-Eked. There were 42 people whom they killed; they did not allow any of them to remain alive.
Jehu el sap nu sin mwet lal, “Sapmoulelosi!” Elos sruokolosi ac el onelosla ke acn se apkuran nu ke luf se we. Elos mwet angngaul luo nufon, ac wangin sie selos moul.
15 Then Jehu [continued to travel toward Samaria]. Along the road, he was met by Jonadab, a leader of the Rechab clan. Jehu greeted him and said to him, “Are you as devoted to me [IDM] as I am devoted to you?” Jonadab replied, “Yes, I am.” Jehu said, “If you are, shake hands with me.” So Jonadab shook hands with him, and Jehu helped him to get into his chariot.
Jehu el sifilpa mukuiyak in som inkanek lal, na el sonol Jonadab, wen natul Rechab, su fahsr in osun nu sel. Jehu el paingul ac fahk, “Nunak luk kom uh oana sie. Kom lungse wiyu kasreyu?” Jonadab el topuk, “Nga lungse.” Ac Jehu el fahk, “Fin pwaye, kom se poum.” Eltal asruokpola, na Jehu el kasrelak nu fin chariot natul ah,
16 Jehu said to him, “Come with me, and you will see that I am very devoted to Yahweh.” So they rode together to Samaria.
ac fahk, “Fahsru wiyu, ac sifacna liye lupan inse pwaye luk nu sin LEUM GOD.” Ac eltal tukeni kasrusr nwe Samaria.
17 When they arrived in Samaria, Jehu killed all of Ahab’s relatives who were still alive. He did not (spare any of them/allow any of them to remain alive). That was what Yahweh told Elijah would happen.
Ke eltal sun acn we, Jehu el uniya nufon sou lal Ahab, ac tia likiya siefanna. Pa inge ma LEUM GOD El tuh fahk nu sel Elijah mu ac sikyak.
18 Then Jehu summoned all the people [of Samaria], and said to them, “King Ahab was devoted to [your god] Baal a little bit, but I will serve him much more.
Jehu el pangoneni mwet Samaria ac fahk nu selos, “Tokosra Ahab el tuh kulansupu god Baal kutu srisrik, a nga ac kulansupal arulana yohk lukel.
19 So now summon all the prophets of Baal, all of Baal’s priests, and all the others who worship Baal. I am going to make a great sacrifice to Baal. I want all of them to be there. Any of them who is not there will be executed.” But Jehu was planning to trick them; he was planning to kill all those who worshiped Baal.
Pangoneni mwet palu lal Baal nukewa, mwet alu nu sel nukewa, ac mwet tol lal nukewa. Ac fah wangin mwet tia wi tukeni se inge. Nga ac oru sie kisa na yohk nu sel Baal, ac mwet se fin tia tuku, ac fah anwuki.” (Ma se inge kikiap se lal Jehu, mweyen el oru elan uniya mwet nukewa ma alu nu sel Baal.)
20 Then Jehu commanded, “Announce that we are going to set aside a day to honor Baal.” So they did that.
Na Jehu el sapkin ac fahk, “Oakiya ac sulkakinelik sie len in alu in akfulatyal Baal!” Oakwuk sac orekla ac solyak,
21 Jehu [decided what day they would gather and] sent messages throughout Israel [telling everyone what day to gather on], and on that day, everyone who worshiped Baal came. No one stayed at home. They all went into the huge temple of Baal and filled it from one end to the other.
ac Jehu el supwalik kas nu in acn nukewa Israel. Mwet nukewa su alu nu sel Baal elos tuku, ac wangin sie selos tia tuku. Elos nukewa utyak nu in tempul lal Baal, ac nwakla in lohm sac nufon.
22 Jehu told the priest who took care of the sacred robes to bring them out and give them to the people who worshiped Baal. So the priest did that.
Na Jehu el sap mwet tol se ma liyaung nuknuk mutal, elan use nuknuk uh sang nu sin mwet ac alu uh.
23 Then Jehu went into the temple of Baal with Jonadab, and he said to the people who were there to worship Baal, “Be sure that only those who worship Baal are here. Be sure that no one who worships Yahweh has come in.”
Tukun ma inge Jehu ac Jonadab wen natul Rechab, eltal som nu in tempul sac, ac Jehu el fahk nu sin mwet su muta we, “Liyaung na tuh in mwet na ma alu nu sin Baal mukena pa utyak, ac wangin mwet alu nu sin LEUM GOD in wi utyak.”
24 Then he and Jonadab prepared to offer sacrifices and other offerings to Baal that would be completely burned [on the altar that was there in Samaria]. But Jehu had stationed eighty of his men outside the temple, and had said to them, “I want you to kill all the people [who are in the temple]. Anyone who allows one of them to escape will be executed!”
Ouinge Jehu ac Jonadab utyak in kisakin mwe kisa ac mwe kisa firir nu sel Baal. Jehu el tuh oakiya mwet oalngoul likinuma ac fahk nu selos, “Onela nufon mwet inge! Mwet se fin fuhlela sie sin mwet inge in kaingla ac tia anwuki, na ac fah anwuki el!”
25 As soon as Jehu [and Jonadab] had finished killing the animals that would be completely burned to be an offering to Baal, they [went outside and] said to the guards and officers, “Go in and kill all of them! Do not allow any of them to escape!” So the guards and officers went in and killed them all with their swords. Then they dragged their corpses outside the temple. Then they went into the inner room of the temple,
Tukunna Jehu el orala kisa inge, na el sap nu sin mwet mweun ac mwet kol lalos, “Tal utyak ac onela nufon mwet inge! Nimet lela siefanna in kaingla!” Elos faisak cutlass natulos, utyak ac onelosla nufon, ac amakunla manolos nu likinuma. Na elos sifil utyak nu infukil se oan oe luin tempul sac,
26 and they carried out the sacred pillar of Baal that was there, and they burned it.
ac usya sru oal soko ma oan we ac esukak.
27 So they destroyed that pillar that honored Baal, and then they burned down the temple, and made it a public toilet. And it is still a toilet!
Na elos kunausla sru oal soko, ac tempul sac, ac ekulla tempul sac nu ke lohm fahsr se, su oanna nwe misenge.
28 That is how Jehu got rid of the worship of Baal in Israel.
Pa inge ma Jehu el oru in kunausla alu nu sel Baal in acn Israel nufon.
29 But Jehu did not quit committing the kinds of sins that Jeroboam had committed, sins that led the people of Israel to sin by worshiping the gold [statues of] calves in Bethel and Dan [cities].
Tusruktu el etai ma koluk lal Tokosra Jeroboam, su tuh kolla mwet Israel in oru ma koluk ke elos alu nu ke ma sruloala gold in luman cow mukul srisrik, su el oakiya in acn Bethel ac Dan.
30 Then Yahweh said to Jehu, “You have done what pleased me by getting rid of all of Ahab’s descendants. So I promise you that your son and grandson and great-grandson and great-great-grandson will all be kings of Israel.”
LEUM GOD El fahk nu sel Jehu, “Ma nukewa ma nga lungse kom in oru nu sin fwilin tulik natul Ahab, kom orala nufon. Ouinge nga wulela nu sum lah wen nutum ac fah tokosra lun Israel nwe ke fwil se akakosr.”
31 But Jehu did not obey all the laws of Yahweh, the God of the Israeli people. He did not stop committing the sins that Jeroboam had committed, sins that led the Israeli people to sin.
Tusruktu Jehu el tia akos ma sap lun LEUM GOD lun Israel ke insial nufon, a el fahsrna tukun srikasrak koluk lal Jeroboam, su kolla mwet Israel in oru ma koluk.
32 At that time, Yahweh began to cause the territory controlled by Israel to become smaller. [The army of] King Hazael [of Syria] conquered much of the Israeli territory.
In pacl sac LEUM GOD El mutawauk in aksrikyela lupan acn lun Israel. Tokosra Hazael lun Syria el sruokya acn nukewa lun Israel
33 He conquered the parts east of the Jordan [River], as far south as Aroer [town] on the Arnon [River]. That included [the] Gilead and Bashan [regions], where the tribes of Gad, Reuben, and half of the tribe of Manasseh lived.
ma oan kutulap in Infacl Jordan, fahla nu layen eir nwe ke siti srisrik Aroer ke Infacl Arnon — acn inge weang pac acn lun Gilead ac Bashan, yen ma sruf lal Gad, Reuben, ac Manasseh Kutulap muta we.
34 [If you want to read more] about all the other things that Jehu did [RHQ], they are written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Israel’.
Ma nukewa saya ma Jehu el orala, weang pac orekma pulaik lal, simla oasr in [Sramsram Matu Ke Tokosra Lun Israel.]
35 Jehu died [EUP], and was buried in Samaria. His son Jehoahaz became the king in place of his father.
El misa ac pukpuki in Samaria, ac Jehoahaz wen natul, el aolul in tokosra.
36 Jehu had ruled in Samaria as the king of Israel for twenty-eight years.
Jehu el tokosra lun Israel, ac leum in Samaria ke yac longoul oalkosr.
