2 Chronicles 25

1 Forsothe Amasie, `his sone, regnede for hym; Amasie was of fyue and twenti yeer, whanne he bigan to regne, and he regnyde nyne and twenti yeer in Jerusalem; the name of his modir was Joiaden, of Jerusalem.

son: aged twenty and five year to reign Amaziah and twenty and nine year to reign in/on/with Jerusalem and name mother his Jehoaddan from Jerusalem

2 And he dide good in the siyt of the Lord, netheles not in perfit herte.

and to make: do [the] upright in/on/with eye: appearance LORD except not in/on/with heart complete

3 And whanne he siy the empire strengthid to hym silf, he stranglide the seruauntis, that killiden the kyng, his fadir;

and to be like/as as which to strengthen: hold [the] kingdom upon him and to kill [obj] servant/slave his [the] to smite [obj] [the] king father his

4 but he killide not the sones of hem; as it is writun in the book of the lawe of Moises, where the Lord comaundide, seiynge, Fadris schulen not be slayn for the sones, nether the sones for her fadris; but ech man schal die in his owne synne.

and [obj] son: child their not to die for like/as to write in/on/with instruction in/on/with scroll: book Moses which to command LORD to/for to say not to die father upon son: child and son: child not to die upon father for man: anyone in/on/with sin his to die

5 Therfor Amasie gaderide togidere Juda, and ordeynede hem bi meynees and tribunes and centuriouns, in al Juda and Beniamyn; and he noumbride fro twenti yeer and aboue, and he foonde thritti thousynde of yonge men, that yeden out to batel, and helden spere and scheeld.

and to gather Amaziah [obj] Judah and to stand: stand them to/for house: household father to/for ruler [the] thousand and to/for ruler [the] hundred to/for all Judah and Benjamin and to reckon: list them to/for from son: aged twenty year and above [to] and to find them three hundred thousand to choose to come out: regular army: war to grasp spear and shield

6 Also for mede he hiride of Israel an hundrid thousynde of stronge men, for an hundrid talentis of siluer, that thei schulden fiyte ayens the sones of Edom.

and to hire from Israel hundred thousand mighty man strength in/on/with hundred talent silver: money

7 Forsothe a man of God cam to hym, and seide, A! kyng, the oost of Israel go not out with thee, for the Lord is not with Israel and with alle the sones of Effraym;

and man [the] God to come (in): come to(wards) him to/for to say [the] king not to come (in): come with you army Israel for nothing LORD with Israel all son: descendant/people Ephraim

8 for if thou gessist that batels stonden in the myyt of oost, the Lord schal make thee to be ouercomun of enemyes, for it is of God for to helpe, and to turne in to fliyt.

that if: except if: except to come (in): come you(m. s.) to make: do to strengthen: strengthen to/for battle to stumble you [the] God to/for face: before enemy for there strength in/on/with God to/for to help and to/for to stumble

9 And Amasie seide to the man of God, What therfor schal be doon of the hundrid talentis, which Y yaf to the knyytis of Israel? And the man of God answeride to hym, The Lord hath, wherof he may yelde to thee myche mo thingis than these.

and to say Amaziah to/for man [the] God and what? to/for to make: do to/for hundred [the] talent which to give: give to/for band Israel and to say man [the] God there to/for LORD to/for to give: give to/for you to multiply from this

10 Therfor Amasie departide the oost that cam to hym fro Effraym, that it schulde turne ayen in to his place; and thei weren wrooth greetli ayens Juda, and turneden ayen in to her cuntrei.

and to separate them Amaziah to/for [the] band which to come (in): come to(wards) him from Ephraim to/for to go: went to/for place their and to be incensed face: anger their much in/on/with Judah and to return: return to/for place their in/on/with burning face: anger

11 Forsothe Amasie ledde out tristili his puple, and yede in to the valei of makyngis of salt, and he killide of the sones of Seir ten thousynde.

and Amaziah to strengthen: strengthen and to lead [obj] people his and to go: went (Salt) Valley [the] (Valley of) Salt and to smite [obj] son: descendant/people Seir ten thousand

12 And the sones of Juda token othere ten thousynde of men, and brouyten to the hiy scarre of summe stoon; and castiden hem doun fro the hiyeste in to the pit; whiche alle braken.

and ten thousand alive to take captive son: descendant/people Judah and to come (in): bring them to/for head: top [the] rock and to throw them from head: top [the] rock and all their to break up/open

13 And thilke oost whom Amasie hadde sent ayen, that it schulde not go with him to batel, was spred abrood in the citees of Juda fro Samarie `til to Betheron; and aftir `that it hadde slayn thre thousynde, it took awey a greet preie.

and son: descendant/people [the] band which to return: return Amaziah from to go: went with him to/for battle and to strip in/on/with city Judah from Samaria and till Beth-horon Beth-horon and to smite from them three thousand and to plunder plunder many

14 And Amasie, after the sleyng of Idumeis, and after that he hadde brouyt the goddis of the sones of Seir, ordeynede hem `in to goddis to hym silf, and worschipide hem, and brente encense to hem.

and to be after to come (in): come Amaziah from to smite [obj] Edomite and to come (in): bring [obj] God son: descendant/people Seir and to stand: stand them to/for him to/for God and to/for face: before their to bow and to/for them to offer: offer

15 Wherfor the Lord was wrooth ayens Amasie, and sente to hym a profete, that seide to hym, Whi worschipist thou goddis that `delyueriden not her puple fro thin hond?

and to be incensed face: anger LORD in/on/with Amaziah and to send: depart to(wards) him prophet and to say to/for him to/for what? to seek [obj] God [the] people which not to rescue [obj] people their from hand: power your

16 Whanne the profete spak these thingis, Amasie answeride to hym, Whether thou art a counselour of the king? ceesse thou, lest perauenture Y sle thee. Therfor the profete yede awei, and seide, Y woot, that the Lord thouyte to sle thee; for thou didist this yuel, and ferthermore thou assentidist not to my counsel.

and to be in/on/with to speak: speak he to(wards) him and to say to/for him to/for to advise to/for king to give: make you to cease to/for you to/for what? to smite you and to cease [the] prophet and to say to know for to advise God to/for to ruin you for to make: do this and not to hear: hear to/for counsel my

17 Therfor Amasie, the king of Juda, whanne he hadde take a ful yuel counsel, sente to the kyng of Israel Joas, the sone of Joachaz, the sone of Hieu, and seide, Come thou, se we vs togidere.

and to advise Amaziah king Judah and to send: depart to(wards) Joash son: child Jehoahaz son: child Jehu king Israel to/for to say (to go: come! [emph?] *Q(K)*) to see: see face

18 And he sente ayen messangeris, and seide, A `cardue, ether a tasil, which is in the Liban sente to the cedre of the Liban, and seide, Yyue thi douyter a wijf to my sone; and lo! beestis that weren in the wode of the Liban yeden and defouliden the cardue.

and to send: depart Joash king Israel to(wards) Amaziah king Judah to/for to say [the] thistle which in/on/with Lebanon to send: depart to(wards) [the] cedar which in/on/with Lebanon to/for to say to give: give(marriage) [emph?] [obj] daughter your to/for son: child my to/for woman: wife and to pass living thing [the] land: wildlife which in/on/with Lebanon and to trample [obj] [the] thistle

19 Thou seidist, Y haue smyte Edom, and therfor thin herte is reysid in to pride; sitte thou in thin hows; whi stirist thou yuel ayens thee, that thou falle, and Juda with thee?

to say behold to smite [obj] Edom and to lift: enthuse you heart your to/for to honor: honour now to dwell [emph?] in/on/with house: home your to/for what? to stir up in/on/with distress: harm and to fall: kill you(m. s.) and Judah with you

20 Amasie nolde here, for it was the wille of the Lord, that he schulde be bitakun in to the hondis of enemyes, for the goddis of Edom.

and not to hear: hear Amaziah for from [the] God he/she/it because to give: give them in/on/with hand: power for to seek [obj] God Edom

21 Therfor Joas, kyng of Israel, stiede, and thei siyen hem silf togidere. Sotheli Amasie, the kyng of Juda, was in Bethsames of Juda;

and to ascend: rise Joash king Israel and to see: approach face: kindness he/she/it and Amaziah king Judah in/on/with Beth-shemesh Beth-shemesh which to/for Judah

22 and Juda felde doun bifor Israel, and fledde in to his tabernaclis.

and to strike Judah to/for face: before Israel and to flee man: anyone to/for tent: home his

23 Certis the kyng of Israel took in Bethsames Amasie, the kyng of Juda, the sone of Joas, sone of Joachaz, and brouyte in to Jerusalem; and he destriede the wallis therof fro the yate of Effraym `til to the yate of the corner, bi foure hundrid cubitis.

and [obj] Amaziah king Judah son: child Joash son: child Ahaziah to capture Joash king Israel in/on/with Beth-shemesh Beth-shemesh and to come (in): bring him Jerusalem and to break through in/on/with wall Jerusalem from gate Ephraim (Gate) till gate [the] Corner (Gate) four hundred cubit

24 And be ledde ayen in to Samarie al the gold and siluer, and alle vessels whiche he foond in the hows of the Lord, and at Obededom, in the tresouris also of the kyngis hows, also and the sones of ostagis.

and all [the] gold and [the] silver: money and [obj] all [the] article/utensil [the] to find in/on/with house: temple [the] God with Obed-edom Obed-edom and [obj] treasure house: palace [the] king and [obj] son: type of [the] security and to return: return Samaria

25 Forsothe Amasie, kyng of Juda, the sone of Joas, lyuede fiftene yeer aftir that Joas, kyng of Israel, the sone of Joachaz, was deed.

and to live Amaziah son: child Joash king Judah after death Joash son: child Jehoahaz king Israel five ten year

26 Sotheli the residue of the formere and the laste wordis of Amasie ben writun in the book of kyngis of Juda and of Israel.

and remainder word: deed Amaziah [the] first and [the] last not look! they to write upon scroll: book king Judah and Israel

27 And aftir that he yede awei fro the Lord, thei settiden to hym tresouns in Jerusalem; and whanne he hadde fledde to Lachis, thei senten and killiden hym there;

and from time which to turn aside: turn aside Amaziah from after LORD and to conspire upon him conspiracy in/on/with Jerusalem and to flee Lachish [to] and to send: depart after him Lachish [to] and to die him there

28 and thei brouyten ayen on horsis, and birieden hym with his fadris in the citee of Dauid.

and to lift: bear him upon [the] horse and to bury [obj] him with father his in/on/with city Judah