Fiawo 2 13
1 Le Yuda fia, Yoas, Ahazia ƒe vi ƒe fiaɖuɖu ƒe ƒe blaeve-vɔ-etɔ̃lia me la, Yehoahaz, Yehu ƒe vi zu Israel fia le Samaria eye wòɖu fia ƒe wuiadre.
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 Enye fia vɔ̃ɖi aɖe eye wòto Fia Yeroboam, ame si he Israel de nu vɔ̃ me la ƒe mɔ vɔ̃wo dzi.
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 Ale Yehowa do dɔmedzoe ɖe Israel ŋu eye wòɖe mɔ be Siria fia, Hazael kple via Ben Hadad naɖu wo dzi enuenu.
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 Ke Yehoahaz do gbe ɖa, bia Yehowa ƒe kpekpeɖeŋu. Yehowa se eƒe gbedodoɖa elabena Yehowa kpɔ ale si Siria fia la nɔ Israelviwo tem ɖe toe.
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 Ale Yehowa na kplɔlawo do tso Israel me be woaɖe wo tso Siriatɔwo ƒe fuwɔame me, ale Israel gakpɔ gbɔdzɔe kple dedinɔnɔ abe tsã ene.
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 Ke wogayi nu vɔ̃ wɔwɔ dzi kokoko, wodze Yeroboam ƒe nu vɔ̃ mɔwo dzi eye wosubɔa aƒeli le 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 Mlɔeba la, Yehowa na sɔdola blaatɔ̃ kple tasiaɖam ewo kple aʋawɔla akpe ewo ko susɔ ɖe Fia Yeroboam ƒe aʋakɔ me elabena Siria fia tsrɔ̃ ame bubuawo abe ʋuʋudedi wonye le eƒe afɔ te ene.
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 Woŋlɔ Yehoahaz ƒe ŋutinya mamlɛawo, nu siwo katã wòwɔ kple eƒe kalẽwɔwɔwo ɖe Israel fiawo ƒe ŋutinyagbalẽ me.
[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 Yehoahaz ku, woɖii ɖe Samaria eye via, Yehoas ɖu fia ɖe eteƒe.
Jehoahaz died [EUP] and was buried in Samaria. Then his son Jehoash became the king.
10 Yehoas zu fia le Yuda fia Yoas ƒe fiaɖuɖu ƒe ƒe blaetɔ̃-vɔ-adrelia me, eye wònɔ zi dzi ƒe wuiade le Samaria.
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 Enye fia vɔ̃ɖi aɖe le Yehowa ŋkume abe Yeroboam, Nebat ƒe vi ene; ena Israelviwo subɔ legbawo eye wòkplɔ wo de nu vɔ̃ me.
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 Woŋlɔ Yehoas ƒe fiaɖuɖu, aʋa siwo wòwɔ kple Yuda fia Amazia la ƒe ŋutinyawo ɖe Israel fiawo ƒe ŋutinyagbalẽ me.
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 Yehoas ku, woɖii ɖe Samaria ɖe Israel fia bubuwo gbɔ eye Yeroboam Evelia zu fia ɖe eteƒe.
When Jehoash died, he was buried in Samaria where the [other] kings of Israel were buried. Then his son Jeroboam became king.
14 Esime Elisa nɔ kudɔ ƒom la, Yehoas, Israel fia, yi ɖakpɔe ɖa eye wòfa avi le egbɔ hegblɔ be, “Fofonye! Fofonye! Wòe nye Israel ƒe tasiaɖamwo kple sɔdolawo!”
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 Elisa gblɔ be, “Yi nàdi da kple dati aɖewo vɛ.” Yehoas yi eye wòdi wo vɛ.
Elisha said to him, “Bring to me a bow and some arrows!” So the king did that.
16 Egblɔ na Israel fia be, “Lé dati la ɖe asi.” Esi wòlé dati la ɖe asi la, Elisa da eƒe asiwo ɖe fia la tɔwo dzi.
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 Elisa gblɔ be “Ʋu fesre si le ɣedzeƒe lɔƒo.” Fia la ʋui. Elisa gblɔ be, “Dae” Eye fia la dae. Elisa gblɔ be “Esiae nye Yehowa ƒe dziɖuɖu ƒe aŋutrɔ si miatsɔ aɖu Siria dzi. Àtsrɔ̃ Syriatɔwo gbidigbidi le 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 Elisa gblɔ be, “Tsɔ datiawo.” Eye fia la tsɔ wo. Elisa gblɔ nɛ be, “Tsɔ datiawo te anyigba.” Fia la te anyigba zi etɔ̃ eye wòdzudzɔ.
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 Ke Nyagblɔɖila la do dɔmedzoe ɖe eŋu eye wògblɔ nɛ be, “Ɖe nàtsɔ aŋutrɔawo ate anyigba zi atɔ̃ alo ade hafi. Anye ne àɖu Siriatɔwo dzi woatsrɔ̃ keŋkeŋ hafi. Fifia la, àɖu wo dzi zi etɔ̃ ko!”
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 Elisa ku eye woɖii. Le ŋkeke mawo me la, adzohawo tsoa Moabnyigba dzi gena ɖe dukɔ la me ƒe sia ƒe ƒe adame hedaa adzo.
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 Gbe ɖeka la, esime Israelvi aɖewo nɔ ame kuku aɖe ɖim la, wokpɔ adzoha aɖe; ale wotsɔ ame kuku la ƒu gbe ɖe Elisa ƒe yɔdo me. Esime ame kuku la ka Elisa ƒe ƒuwo ŋu ko la, ame kuku la gbɔ agbe eye wòtsi tsitre.
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 Siria fia Hazael te Israel ɖe to, le Fia Yehoas ƒe fiaɖuɣi blibo la me.
King Hazael of Syria [sent soldiers to] oppress the Israeli people all during the years that Jehoahaz [ruled Judah].
23 Ke Yehowa ve Israelviwo nu eye wometsrɔ̃ wo keŋkeŋ o. Eva eme alea elabena Yehowa kpɔ nublanui na wo. Hekpe ɖe esia ŋu la, enɔ nubabla si wòwɔ kple Abraham, Isak kple Yakob la dzi wɔm kokoko.
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 Siria fia Hazael ku eye via Ben Hadad ɖu fia ɖe eteƒe.
When Hazael the king of Syria died, his son Ben-Hadad became the king.
25 Israel fia Yehoas, Yehoahaz ƒe vi wɔ aʋa ɖu dzi zi etɔ̃ eye wògbugbɔ Israel du siwo Fia Ben Hadad xɔ le fofoa si to edziɖuɖu me le aʋa me la xɔ.
[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.
