Fiawo 2 15

1 Le Yeroboam Evelia, Israel fia ƒe fiaɖuɖu ƒe ƒe blaeve-vɔ-adrelia me la, Azaria, Yuda fia Amazia ƒe viŋutsu dze fiaɖuɖu gɔme.

In the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam, the king of Israel: Azariah, the son of Amaziah, reigned as king of Judah.

2 Exɔ ƒe wuiade esi wòzu fia eye wòɖu dzi le Yerusalem ƒe blaatɔ̃ vɔ eve. Dadaa ŋkɔe nye Yekolia tso Yerusalem.

He was sixteen years old when he had begun to reign, and he reigned for fifty-two years in Jerusalem. The name of his mother was Jecoliah of Jerusalem.

3 Azaria nye fia nyui aɖe eye Yehowa kpɔ ŋudzedze le eŋu abe ale si wòkpɔe le fofoa, Amazia, ŋu ene

And he did what was pleasing before the Lord, in accord with all that his father, Amaziah, did.

4 gake, Megbã nuxeƒewo le toawo dzi o, ale ameawo gasaa vɔ eye wogadoa dzudzɔ ʋeʋĩ le afi ma kokoko.

Yet truly, he did not demolish the high places. And still the people were sacrificing, and burning incense, in the high places.

5 Le esia ta la, Yehowa na wòdze kpodɔ va se ɖe eƒe kugbe. Woɖe kpɔ eya ɖeka da ɖe aƒe aɖe me ale via Yotam wɔ dɔ ɖe eteƒe abe fiateƒenɔla ene.

Now the Lord struck the king, and he became a leper, even until the day of his death. And he was living in a separate house by himself. And truly, Jotham, the son of the king, governed the palace, and he judged the people of the land.

6 Woŋlɔ Fia Azaria ƒe ŋutinya mamlɛa kple nu siwo katã wòwɔ la ɖe Yuda fiawo ƒe ŋutinyagbalẽ me.

Now the rest of the words of Azariah, and all that he did, have these not been written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of Judah?

7 Esi Azaria ku la, woɖii ɖe tɔgbuiawo gbɔ le David ƒe du la me eye via Yotam ɖu fia ɖe eteƒe.

And Azariah slept with his fathers, and they buried him with his ancestors in the city of David. And Jotham, his son, reigned in his place.

8 Israel fia yeye lae nye Zekaria, fofoae nye Yeroboam Evelia. Eɖu fia ɣleti ade ko. Edze fiaɖuɖu gɔme le Yuda fia Azaria ƒe fiaɖuɖu ƒe ƒe blaetɔ̃-vɔ-enyilia me.

In the thirty-eighth year of Azariah, the king of Judah: Zechariah, the son of Jeroboam, reigned over Israel, in Samaria, for six months.

9 Ke Zekaria nye fia vɔ̃ɖi aɖe le Yehowa ŋkume, abe fofoawo ene. Ena Israel wɔ nu vɔ̃ to legbawo subɔsubɔ me abe Yeroboam Gbãtɔ, Nebat ƒe vi ene.

And he did what is evil before the Lord, just as his fathers had done. He did not withdraw from the sins of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, who caused Israel to sin.

10 Salum, Yabes ƒe vi ɖo nugbe ɖe eŋu hewui le lbleam eye wòzu fia ɖe eteƒe.

Then Shallum, the son of Jabesh, conspired against him. And he struck him openly, and killed him. And he reigned in his place.

11 Woŋlɔ Zekaria ƒe ŋutinya mamlɛa ɖe Israel fiawo ƒe ŋutinyagbalẽ me.

Now the rest of the words of Zechariah, have these not been written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of Israel?

12 Ale nya si Yehowa gblɔ na Yehu be, “Wò dzidzimeviwo aɖu fia va se ɖe dzidzime enelia dzi” la va eme.

This was the word of the Lord, which he spoke to Jehu, saying: “Your sons, even to the fourth generation, shall sit upon the throne of Israel.” And so it happened.

13 Israel fia yeye lae nye Salum. Fofoae nye Yabes. Eɖu fia ɣleti ɖeka pɛ ko. Yuda fia Azaria, ame si wogayɔna be Uzia la nɔ eƒe fiaɖuɖu ƒe ƒe blaetɔ̃-vɔ-asiekɛlia me.

Shallum, the son of Jabesh, reigned in the thirty-ninth year of Azariah, the king of Judah. And he reigned for one month, in Samaria.

14 Le Salum ƒe fiaɖuɖu ɣleti ɖeka megbe la, Menahem, Gadi ƒe vi tso Tirza va Samaria eye wòwui. Ale Menahem zu fia ɖe eteƒe.

And Menahem, the son of Gadi, ascended from Tirzah. And he went into Samaria, and he struck Shallum, the son of Jabesh, in Samaria. And he killed him, and reigned in his place.

15 Woŋlɔ nya bubuwo tso Fia Salum kple eƒe nugbeɖoɖowo ŋu ɖe Israel fiawo ƒe ŋutinyagbalẽ me.

Now the rest of the words of Shallum, and his conspiracy, by which he carried out treachery, have these not been written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of Israel?

16 Fia Menahem gbã Tapua du kple kɔƒe siwo ƒo xlãe elabena ameawo gbe be yewomaxɔe abe woƒe fia ene o. Ewu ameawo katã eye wòdze ƒodo le funɔwo nu.

Then Menahem struck Tirzah, and all who were in it, and its borders around Tirzah. For they were not willing to open to him. And he killed all of its pregnant women, and he tore them open.

17 Israel fia yeye lae nye Menahem, Gadi ƒe vi. Eɖu fia ƒe ewo le Samaria. Edze fiaɖuɖu gɔme le Yuda fia, Azaria ƒe fiaɖuɖu ƒe ƒe blaetɔ̃-vɔ-asiekɛlia me.

In the thirty-ninth year of Azariah, the king of Judah: Menahem, son of Gadi, reigned over Israel for ten years, in Samaria.

18 Menahem nye fia vɔ̃ɖi aɖe le Yehowa ŋkume. Esubɔ legbawo abe ale si Yeroboam Gbãtɔ wɔ xoxoxo la ene eye wòhe Israel de nu vɔ̃ me.

And he did what was evil before the Lord. He did not withdraw from the sins of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, who caused Israel to sin, during all his days.

19 Pul, Asiria fia ho aʋa ɖe Israel ŋu eye Menahem tsɔ klosaloga kilogram akpe blaetɔ̃ vɔ ade nɛ be wòakpe ɖe ye ŋu fiaɖuƒe la nanɔ ye si.

Then Pul, the king of the Assyrians, came into the land. And Menahem gave Pul one thousand talents of silver, so that he would be a help to him, and so that he might strengthen his kingdom.

20 Menahem xɔ ga sia le Israelviwo si sesẽtɔe. Ele na hotsuitɔ ɖe sia ɖe be wòana klosaloga kilogram afã be woatsɔ ana Asiria fia. Ale Asiria fia dzudzɔ aʋa la hoho ɖe eŋu eye wòdzo le anyigba la dzi.

And Menahem proclaimed a tax upon Israel, on all who were powerful and wealthy, so that each one would give to the king of the Assyrians fifty shekels of silver. Then the king of the Assyrians turned back, and he did not remain in the land.

21 Woŋlɔ Fia Menahem ƒe ŋutinya mamlɛa ɖe Israel fiawo ƒe ŋutinyagbalẽ me.

Now the rest of the words of Menahem, and all that he did, have these not been written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of Israel?

22 Esi wòku la, via Pekahia zu fia ɖe eteƒe.

And Menahem slept with his fathers. And Pekahiah, his son, reigned in his place.

23 Israel fia yeye lae nye Pekahia, fofoae nye Menahem. Eɖu fia ƒe eve le Samaria. Esime Yuda fia Azaria ɖu fia ƒe blaatɔ̃ la, Pekahia dze fiaɖuɖu gɔme.

In the fiftieth year of Azariah, the king of Judah: Pekahiah, the son of Menahem, reigned over Israel, in Samaria, for two years.

24 Pekahia nye fia vɔ̃di aɖe le Yehowa ŋkume. Eyi legbasubɔsubɔ si gɔme Fia Yeroboam Gbãtɔ, Nebat ƒe vi, dze la dzi eye wòkplɔ Israel to nu vɔ̃ mɔ ma dzi.

And he did what was evil before the Lord. He did not withdraw from the sins of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, who caused Israel to sin.

25 Peka, Remalia ƒe vi, aʋafiawo dometɔ ɖeka wɔ babla kple Gileadtɔ blaatɔ̃ ɖe eŋu eye wowui le fiasã la me le Samaria. Wowu Argɔb kple Arieh kpe ɖe eŋu. Ale Peka zu fia yeye la.

Then Pekah, the son of Remaliah, his commander, conspired against him. And he struck him in Samaria, in the tower of the king’s house, near Argob and Arieh, and with him fifty men from the sons of the Gileadites. And he killed him, and reigned in his place.

26 Woŋlɔ Fia Pekahia ƒe ŋutinya mamlɛa ɖe Israel fiawo ƒe ŋutinyagbalẽ me.

Now the rest of the words of Pekahiah, and all that he did, have these not been written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of Israel?

27 Israel fia yeye lae nye Peka, Remalia ƒe vi. Eɖu fia ƒe blaeve le Samaria le esime Fia Azaria ɖu fia ƒe blaatɔ̃ vɔ eve xoxo le Yuda.

In the fifty-second year of Azariah, the king of Judah: Pekah, the son of Remaliah, reigned over Israel, in Samaria, for twenty years.

28 Peka hã nye fia vɔ̃ɖi aɖe le Yehowa ŋkume; eya hã wɔ nu vɔ̃ si Yeroboam Gbãtɔ, Nebat ƒe vi, ame si kplɔ Israel blibo la de legbasubɔsubɔ me la wɔ.

And he did what was evil before the Lord. He did not withdraw from the sins of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, who caused Israel to sin.

29 Eƒe fiaɖuɣi mee Asiria fia, Tiglat Pilser, ame si wogayɔna be Pul la ho aʋa ɖe Israel ŋu. Du siwo dzi wòɖu la woe nye Iyɔn, Abel Bet Maka, Yanoa, Kedes kple Hazor. Exɔ Gilead kple Galilea hã hekpe ɖe Naftalinyigba blibo la ŋu. Eɖe aboyo amewo yi Asiria.

In the days of Pekah, the king of Israel, Tiglath-pileser, the king of Assyria, arrived and captured Ijon, and Abel Bethmaacah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, and the entire land of Naphtali. And he took them away into Assyria.

30 Hosea, Ela ƒe vi ɖo nugbe ɖe Peka ŋu eye wòwui, ale Hosea zu fia yeye la. Israel fia yeye lae nye Hosea. Eɖu fia le Israel le esime Yotam, Uzia ƒe vi ɖu fia ƒe blaeve le Yuda.

Then Hoshea, the son of Elah, conspired and carried out treachery against Pekah, the son of Remaliah. And he struck him, and killed him. And he reigned in his place, in the twentieth year of Jotham, the son of Uzziah.

31 Woŋlɔ Peka ƒe ŋutinya mamlɛa ɖe Israel fiawo ƒe ŋutinyagbalẽ me.

Now the rest of the words of Pekah, and all that he did, have these not been written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of Israel?

32 Le Peka, Remalia ƒe viŋutsu ƒe fiaɖuɖu ƒe ƒe evelia le Israel me la, Yotam, Uzia ƒe vi, dze fiaɖuɖu gɔme le Yuda.

In the second year of Pekah, the son of Remaliah, the king of Israel: Jotham, son of Uzziah, reigned as king of Judah.

33 Exɔ ƒe blaeve vɔ atɔ̃ esi wòɖu fia eye wòɖu fia ƒe wuiade le Yerusalem. Dadae ŋkɔe nye Yerusa, Zadok ƒe vinyɔnu.

He was twenty-five years old when he had begun to reign, and he reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem. The name of his mother was Jerusha, the daughter of Zadok.

34 Ewɔ nu dzɔdzɔe le Yehowa ŋkume, abe ale si fofoa, Uzia, wɔ ene.

And he did what was pleasing before the Lord. In accord with all that his father, Uzziah, had done, so he did.

35 Megbã nuxeƒewo le toawo dzi o, ale ameawo gasaa vɔ eye wogadoa dzudzɔ ʋeʋĩ le afi ma kokoko. Yotam gbugbɔ Yehowa ƒe gbedoxɔ ƒe Dzigbegbo la tu.

Yet truly, he did not take away the high places. And still the people were immolating, and burning incense, in the high places. But he edified the gate of the house of the Lord to be very sublime.

36 Woŋlɔ Yotam ƒe ŋutinya mamlɛa ɖe Yuda fiawo ƒe ŋutinyagbalẽ me.

Now the rest of the words of Jotham, and all that he did, have these not been written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of Judah?

37 Le ŋkeke mawo me la, Yehowa na Siria fia Rezin kple Israel fia Peka ho aʋa ɖe Yuda ŋuti.

In those days, the Lord began to send, into Judah, Rezin, the king of Syria, and Pekah, the son of Remaliah.

38 Esi Yotam ku la, woɖii ɖe tɔgbuiawo dome le fofoa de si nye David ƒe du la me. Yotam ƒe vi Ahaz zu fia yeye la.

And Jotham slept with his fathers, and he was buried with them in the city of David, his father. And Ahaz, his son, reigned in his place.