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1 Nyagblɔɖila Elisa yɔ nyagblɔɖilawo ƒe nusrɔ̃lawo dometɔ ɖeka eye wògblɔ nɛ be, “Tsɔ alidziblaka bla wò awu ʋlaya dzi, tsɔ amigoe sia ɖe asi eye nàyi Ramot Gilead.
And Elisha the prophet has called to one of the sons of the prophets and says to him, “Gird up your loins, and take this vial of oil in your hand, and go to Ramoth-Gilead,
2 Ne èɖo afi ma la, di Yehu, Yehosafat ƒe vi, Nimsi ƒe vi, yi ɖe egbɔ nàkplɔe dzoe le nɔviawo dome eye nàkplɔe age ɖe xɔ gã mee.
and you have gone in there, and see Jehu son of Jehoshaphat, son of Nimshi, there, and you have gone in, and caused him to rise out of the midst of his brothers, and brought him into the inner part of an inner-chamber,
3 Ekema tsɔ amigoe la eye nàkɔ ami la ɖe eƒe tame agblɔ be, ‘Ale Yehowa gblɔe nye esi: mesi ami na wò, ɖo wò fiae ɖe Israel dzi.’ Ekema nàʋu ʋɔa eye nàlé du atsɔ, mègatɔ o!”
and taken the vial of oil, and poured [it] on his head, and said, Thus said YHWH: I have anointed you for king to Israel; and you have opened the door, and fled, and do not wait.”
4 Nyagblɔɖilawo ƒe nusrɔ̃la la wɔ nu si wògblɔ nɛ. Esi wòva ɖo Ramot Gilead la,
And the young man goes—the young man the prophet—to Ramoth-Gilead,
5 ekpɔ Yehu wònɔ anyi ɖe ehati asrafomegãwo dome. Egblɔ nɛ be, “Nya aɖe le asinye na wò.” Yehu biae be, “Na mía dometɔ ka?” Nusrɔ̃la la ɖo eŋu be, “Na wò, Yehu.”
and comes in, and behold, chiefs of the force are sitting, and he says, “I have a word for you, O chief!” And Jehu says, “To which of all of us?” And he says, “To you, O chief.”
6 Ale Yehu dzo le ehatiwo dome heyi aƒea me. Nusrɔ̃la la kɔ ami la ɖe tame nɛ eye wògblɔ nɛ be, “Yehowa, Israel ƒe Mawu la gblɔ be, ‘Mesi ami na wò eye meɖo wò fiae ɖe Yehowa ƒe dukɔ, Israel nu.
And he rises and comes into the house, and he pours the oil on his head, and says to him, “Thus said YHWH, God of Israel: I have anointed you for king to the people of YHWH, to Israel,
7 Ele be nàtsrɔ̃ Ahab ƒe ƒometɔwo eye nàbia nye nyagblɔɖilawo kple ame siwo Yezebel wu la ƒe hlɔ̃.
and you have struck the house of your lord Ahab, and I have required the blood of My servants the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of YHWH, from the hand of Jezebel;
8 Ele be nàtsrɔ̃ Ahab ƒe ƒometɔwo katã; àtsrɔ̃ ŋutsu ɖe sia ɖe le Israel, ame ka kee wònye hã ele be nàtsrɔ̃e.’
and all the house of Ahab has perished, and I have cut off from Ahab those sitting on the wall, and restrained, and left, in Israel,
9 Matsrɔ̃ Ahab ƒe ƒome la abe ale si metsrɔ̃ Yeroboam, Nebat ƒe vi kple Baasa, Ahiya ƒe vi ƒe ƒomewo ene.
and I have given up the house of Ahab like the house of Jeroboam son of Nebat, and as the house of Baasha son of Ahijah,
10 Avuwo aɖu Ahab srɔ̃, Yezebel le Yezreel eye ame aɖeke maɖii o!” Esia megbe la, nusrɔ̃la la ʋu ʋɔa eye wòsi dzo.
and dogs eat Jezebel in the portion of Jezreel, and there is none burying”; and he opens the door and flees.
11 Yehu trɔ yi xɔlɔ̃awo gbɔ eye wo dometɔ ɖeka biae be, “Nu ka dim aɖaʋatɔ ma le? Nya kae dzɔ?” Yehu ɖo eŋu be, “Mienya ame si wònye kple nu si dim wòle la nyuie.”
And Jehu has gone out to the servants of his lord, and [one] says to him, “Is there peace? Why did this madman come to you?” And he says to them, “You have known the man and his talk.”
12 Woɖo eŋu be, “Ao, míenya o, gblɔe na mí.” “Egblɔ nya si nusrɔ̃la la gblɔ nɛ la na wo eye wòna wonya be woɖo ye fiae ɖe Israel nu!”
And they say, “False! Declare to us now”; and he says, “He spoke thus and thus to me, saying, Thus said YHWH: I have anointed you for king to Israel.”
13 Enumake wotsɔ woƒe awuwo ɖo ɖe atrakpuiawo dzi, woku kpẽ eye wodo ɣli be, “Yehu zu fia!”
And they hurry—each [one]—and take his garment, and put [it] under him at the top of the stairs, and blow with a horn, and say, “Jehu has reigned!”
14 Aleae Yehu, Yehosafat ƒe vi kple Nimsi ƒe tɔgbuiyɔvi dze aglãe ɖe fia Yoram ŋu. (Ke Yoram kple Israel blibo la nɔ ŋudzɔ na Aram fia Hazael le Ramot Gilead.
And Jehu son of Jehoshaphat, son of Nimshi, conspires against Joram. And Joram was keeping in Ramoth-Gilead, he and all Israel, from the presence of Hazael king of Aram,
15 Emegbe Fia Yoram trɔ va Yezreel be woada gbe le abi si Arameatɔwo de eŋu le aʋa la wɔwɔ me kple Aram fia Hazael la nɛ.) Yehu gblɔ na ame siwo nɔ egbɔ la be, “Esi miedi be maɖu fia la, migana ame aɖeke nasi ayi Yezreel aɖagblɔ nu si míewɔ la o.”
and King Joram turns back to be healed in Jezreel, of the wounds with which the Arameans strike him in his fighting with Hazael king of Aram. And Jehu says, “If it is your mind, do not let an escaped one go out from the city, to go to declare [it] in Jezreel.”
16 Yehu ge ɖe tasiaɖam me enumake eye eya ŋutɔ yi Yezreel be yeaɖadi Fia Yoram, ame si xɔ abi eye wòmlɔ afi ma. Yuda fia Ahazia hã va afi ma be yeakpɔ Fia Yoram ɖa.
And Jehu rides, and goes to Jezreel, for Joram is lying there, and Ahaziah king of Judah has gone down to see Joram.
17 Dzɔla si nɔ Fia Yehoram ƒe gbetakpɔxɔ dzi la kpɔ Yehu kple eƒe amewo gbɔna ɖa eye wòdo ɣli be, “Ame aɖe gbɔna!” Fia Yehoram ɖe gbe be, “Dɔ sɔdola aɖe ɖa wòakpɔe ɖa be xɔlɔ̃e loo alo futɔe hã.”
And the watchman is standing on the tower in Jezreel, and sees the company of Jehu in his coming, and says, “I see a company”; and Joram says, “Take a rider and send [him] to meet them, and let him say, Is there peace?”
18 Ale asrafo aɖe do sɔ yi ɖakpe Yehu hegblɔ nɛ be, “Fia la di be yeanya nenye xɔlɔ̃e nènye loo alo futɔe nènye. Ŋutifafa mee nèva lea?” Yehu ɖo eŋu be, “Nu ka nènya tso ŋutifafa ŋu? Dze yonyeme.” Dzɔla la do ɣli gblɔ na fia la be ame dɔdɔ la yi ɖakpee gake mele gbɔgbɔm o.
And the rider on the horse goes to meet him and says, “Thus said the king: Is there peace?” And Jehu says, “And what is peace to you? Turn around behind me.” And the watchman declares, saying, “The messenger came to them, and he has not returned.”
19 Ale fia la gaɖo sɔdola bubu ɖa. Eyi ɖatu wo eye wògblɔ na wo be, “Ale fia la gblɔe nye esi, ‘Ŋutifafa dzie mielea?’” Yehu ɖo eŋu be, “Ŋutifafanya kae tsɔ gbɔwò? Va, dze yonyeme!”
And he sends a second rider on a horse, and he comes to them and says, “Thus said the king: Is there peace?” And Jehu says, “And what is peace to you? Turn around behind me.”
20 Dzɔla la gado ɣli be, “Eya hã mele gbɔgbɔm o! Yehu kokoko wòanye elabena eƒe tasiaɖam le du ƒum sesĩe.”
And the watchman declares, saying, “He came to them, and he has not returned, and the driving [is] like the driving of Jehu son of Nimshi, for he drives with madness.”
21 Fia Yoram ɖe gbe be, “Netsɔ, midzra nye tasiaɖam ɖo nam!” Ale eya kple Yuda fia, Ahazia woyi ɖado go Yehu le Nabɔt ƒe agble me.
And Jehoram says, “Harness”; and his chariot is harnessed, and Jehoram king of Israel goes out, and Ahaziah king of Judah, each in his chariot, and they go out to meet Jehu, and find him in the portion of Naboth the Jezreelite.
22 Fia Yehoram biae be, “Yehu, ŋutifafa dzie nèlea?” Yehu ɖo eŋu be, “Zi ale si dawò Yezebel ƒe trɔ̃subɔsubɔ kple adzewɔwɔ gale mía dome kokoko la, aleke ŋutifafa ate ŋu anɔ anyi?”
And it comes to pass, at Jehoram’s seeing Jehu, that he says, “Is there peace, Jehu?” And he says, “What [is] the peace, while the whoredoms of your mother Jezebel, and her witchcrafts, are many?”
23 Fia Yoram trɔ eƒe tasiaɖam la kaba eye wòsi dzo yina. Edo ɣli gblɔ na Fia Ahazia be, “Ahazia, nugbeɖoɖoe!”
And Jehoram turns his hands and flees, and says to Ahaziah, “Deceit, O Ahaziah!”
24 Tete Yehu he eƒe da me kple eƒe ŋusẽ katã eye wòte Yehoram ƒe megbe kpam. Aŋutrɔ la ŋɔe yi ɖatɔ eƒe dzi eye wòmu dze tasiaɖam la me heku.
And Jehu has filled his hand with a bow, and strikes Jehoram between his arms, and the arrow goes out from his heart, and he bows down in his chariot.
25 Yehu gblɔ na Bidkar, ame si nye eƒe tasiaɖamkula gã be, “Kɔe eye nàtsɔe aƒu gbe ɖe Yezreeltɔ Nabɔt ƒe agble me. Ɖo ŋku ale si nye kpli wò míenɔ tasiaɖamwo me nɔ fofoa Ahab megbe esi Yehowa ƒe nyagblɔɖi sia va ku ɖe eŋuti be,
And [Jehu] says to his captain Bidkar, “Lift up, cast him into the portion of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite—for remember, you and I were riding together after his father Ahab, and YHWH lifted this burden on him:
26 ‘Etsɔ si va yi la mekpɔ Nabɔt ƒe ʋu kple viawo ƒe ʋu. Yehowae gblɔe eye makpɔ egbɔ be, exɔ tohehe ɖe nu sia ta le anyigba sia dzi. Yehowae gblɔe.’ Eya ta azɔ la kɔe ƒu gbe ɖe anyigba ma dzi le Yehowa ƒe nya la nu.”
Have I not seen the blood of Naboth and the blood of his sons last night—a declaration of YHWH—indeed, I have repaid to you in this portion—a declaration of YHWH—and now, lift up, cast him into the portion, according to the word of YHWH.”
27 Esi Yuda fia Ahazia kpɔ nu si va dzɔ la, esi dze Bet Hagan mɔ dzi. Yehu kplɔe ɖo nɔ ɣli dom be, “Miwu eya hã!” Ale wode abi eŋu le eƒe tasiaɖam la me le Gur si te ɖe Ibleam ŋuti la ƒe mɔ dzi, ke ete ŋu si dzo yi Megido afi si wòyi ɖaku ɖo.
And Ahaziah king of Judah has seen, and flees the way of the garden-house, and Jehu pursues after him, and says, “Strike him—also him—in the chariot,” in the going up to Gur, that [is] Ibleam, and he flees to Megiddo, and dies there,
28 Eƒe dɔlawo kɔe de tasiaɖam me yi Yerusalem eye woɖii ɖe fofoawo gbɔ ɖe eƒe yɔdo me le David ƒe du la me.
and his servants carry him to Jerusalem in a chariot, and bury him in his burying-place with his fathers in the City of David.
29 Ahazia ƒe fiaɖuɖu ɖe Yuda dzi dze egɔme le Ahab ƒe vi Yoram ƒe fiaɖuɖu ɖe Israel dzi ƒe ƒe wuiɖekɛlia me.
And in the eleventh year of Joram son of Ahab, Ahaziah reigned over Judah.
30 Esi Yezebel se be Yehu va Yezreel la, ede ama eƒe aɖaba, dzra eƒe taɖa ɖo nyuie eye wòtsi tsitre ɖe fiasã la ƒe fesre ɖeka to hele mɔtata la dzi kpɔm.
And Jehu comes to Jezreel, and Jezebel has heard, and puts her eyes in paint and beautifies her head, and looks out through the window.
31 Esi Yehu ge ɖe fiasã la me la, Yezebel do ɣli ɖe eta gblɔ be, “Wò, Zimri, wò amewula, nu ka dim nèle le afi sia?”
And Jehu has come into the gate, and she says, “Was there peace [for] Zimri—slayer of his lord?”
32 Yehu fɔ kɔ dzi, kpɔ Yezebel le fesre la nu eye wòdo ɣli bia be, “Ame kawoe le dzinye?” Ŋutsu tata eve alo etɔ̃ do mo ɖe fesre la nu kpɔe ɖo ɖa.
And he lifts up his face to the window and says, “Who [is] with me? Who?” And two [or] three eunuchs look out to him;
33 Yehu gblɔ na wo be, “Midae ɖo ɖe anyigba!” Ale woda Yezebel to fesre la to wòge va dze anyigba. Eƒe ʋu hlẽ ɖe gli la kple sɔwo ŋu, Yehu do eƒe tasiaɖam kple sɔwo, zɔ eƒe ŋutilã kukua dzi.
and he says, “Let her go”; and they let her go, and [some] of her blood is sprinkled on the wall, and on the horses, and he treads her down.
34 Ege ɖe fiasã la me heɖu nu eye wòno nu le afi ma. Le esia megbe la, egblɔ be, “Ame aɖe nayi aɖaɖi nyɔnu fiƒodeme sia elabena fia vinyɔnue.”
And he comes in, and eats, and drinks, and says, “Now look after this cursed one and bury her, for she [is] a king’s daughter.”
35 Esi woyi be yewoaɖii la, eƒe taƒu kple eƒe afɔwo kple eƒe asiwo ko wokpɔ.
And they go to bury her, and have not found [anything] of her except the skull, and the feet, and the palms of the hands.
36 Esi wotrɔ gbɔ va gblɔ nu siwo wokpɔ na Yehu la, egblɔ be, “Nu si tututu Yehowa gblɔ lae va eme! Egblɔ na Nyagblɔɖila Eliya be avuwo aɖu Yezebel ƒe kukua le Yezreel
And they turn back, and declare [it] to him, and he says, “It [is] the word of YHWH that He spoke by the hand of this servant, Elijah the Tishbite, saying, In the portion of Jezreel the dogs eat the flesh of Jezebel,
37 eye eƒe ŋutilã akaka ɖe anyigba abe ale si wokakaa aɖu ɖe agble me ene, ale be ame aɖeke mate ŋu agblɔ be Yezebel ƒe ŋutilãe nye esia o.”
and the carcass of Jezebel has been as dung on the face of the field in the portion of Jezreel, that they do not say, This [is] Jezebel.”
