2 Maũndũ 17
1 Nake Jehoshafatu mũrũ wa Asa agĩtuĩka mũthamaki ithenya rĩake, na akĩĩkĩra hinya ndakahũũrwo nĩ Isiraeli.
And Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead, —and strengthened himself against Israel;
2 Akĩiga ikundi cia thigari matũũra-inĩ manene mothe marĩa mairigĩtwo na thingo cia hinya ma Juda, na agĩaka kambĩ cia thigari kũu Juda na matũũra-inĩ ma Efiraimu marĩa ithe Asa aatunyanĩte.
and put forces in all the fortified cities of Judah, —and set garrisons in the land of Judah, and in the cities of Ephraim, which Asa his father had captured.
3 Jehova aarĩ hamwe na Jehoshafatu tondũ hĩndĩ ya wĩthĩ wake nĩathiiaga na mĩthiĩre ĩrĩa ithe Daudi aathiiaga nayo. We ndaigana kũhooya kĩrĩra kuuma kũrĩ Baali,
And it came to pass, that, Yahweh, was with Jehoshaphat, —because he walked in the first ways of David his father, and sought not unto the Baalim;
4 no nĩarongooragia Ngai wa ithe na akarũmagĩrĩra mawatho make, na ndaarũmĩrĩire mĩtugo ya Isiraeli.
for, unto the God of his father, he sought, and, in his commandments, he walked, —and not according to the doing of Israel.
5 Jehova akĩhaanda ũthamaki ũcio wega moko-inĩ make, nao andũ a Juda othe makĩrehera Jehoshafatu iheo; nĩ ũndũ ũcio akĩgĩa na indo nyingĩ na agĩtĩĩka mũno.
Therefore did Yahweh establish the kingdom in his hand, and all Judah gave a present unto Jehoshaphat, —and he came to have riches and honour, in abundance.
6 Nĩerutĩire na ngoro yake kũrũmĩrĩra mĩthiĩre ya Jehova; na makĩria ma ũguo, agĩtharia kũndũ kũrĩa gũtũũgĩru o na itugĩ cia Ashera, agĩcieheria Juda.
And his heart was encouraged, in the ways of Yahweh, —and he, yet further, took away the high places and the Sacred Stems, out of Judah.
7 Mwaka wa gatatũ wa wathani wake nĩatũmire anene ake, na nĩo Beni-Haili, na Obadia, na Zekaria, na Nethaneli, na Mikaia makarutane matũũra-inĩ ma Juda.
And, in the third year of his reign, he sent to his rulers, even to Ben-hail and to Obadiah and to Zechariah, and to Nethanel, and to Micaiah, —that they were to teach throughout the cities of Judah;
8 Hamwe nao kwarĩ na Alawii nao nĩ, Shemaia, na Nethania, na Zebadia, na Asaheli, na Shemiramothu, na Jehonathani, na Adonija, na Tobija, na Tobu-Adonija, na athĩnjĩri-Ngai Elishama na Jehoramu.
and, with them, Levites, Shemaiah and Nethaniah and Zebadiah and Asahel and Shemiramoth and Jehonathan, and Adonijah and Tobijah and Tob-adonijah, Levites, —and, with them, Elishama and Jehoram, priests;
9 Nao makĩrutana Juda guothe, magathiiaga na Ibuku rĩa Watho wa Jehova; magĩthiũrũrũka matũũra-inĩ mothe ma Juda makĩrutaga andũ watho.
and they taught throughout Judah, and, with them, was the book of the law of Yahweh, —so they went round throughout all the cities of Judah, and taught the people.
10 Ũhoro wa gwĩtigĩra Jehova ũkĩiyũra mothamaki-inĩ mothe marĩa maathiũrũrũkĩirie Juda, nĩ ũndũ ũcio matiigana kũrũa na Jehoshafatu.
And it came to pass, that, the dread of Yahweh, was upon all the kingdoms of the countries, that were round about Judah, —and they warred not against Jehoshaphat.
11 Nao Afilisti amwe makĩrehera Jehoshafatu iheo, na makĩrehe betha arĩ igooti, nao Arabu makĩmũrehere ndũũru cia mbũri: ndũrũme 7,700 na mbũri 7,700.
And, from among the Philistines, were they bringing in unto Jehoshaphat a present, and silver as tribute, —even the Arabians, were bringing in unto him flocks, seven thousand seven hundred rams, and seven thousand seven hundred he-goats.
12 Jehoshafatu agĩkĩrĩrĩria kũgĩa na hinya mũno; agĩaka matũũra manene magitĩre na matũũra ma makũmbĩ kũu Juda,
And so it came to pass that, Jehoshaphat, went on waxing surpassingly great, —and he built, throughout Judah, fortresses and cities for store;
13 na nĩarĩ na indo nyingĩ matũũra-inĩ macio ma Juda. Agĩcooka akĩiga thigari iria ciooĩ wega ũhoro wa mbaara kũu Jerusalemu.
and, much business, had he, throughout the cities of Judah, —but, the men of war, the heroes of valour, were in Jerusalem.
14 Rĩandĩkithia rĩao, kũringana na nyũmba ciao, rĩatariĩ ta ũũ: Kuuma Juda, anene a ikundi cia 1,000: Adina nĩwe warĩ mũnene wao, aarĩ na andũ 300,000 a kũrũa;
And, these, are the numbers of them, by their ancestral house, —To Judah, pertained rulers of thousands, Adnah the chief, and, with him, mighty men of valour, three hundred thousand;
15 ũrĩa wamũrũmĩrĩire nĩ Jehohanani, na aarĩ na thigari 280,000;
and, under his direction, was Jehohanan the chief, —and, with him, two hundred and eighty thousand;
16 wa gatatũ aarĩ Amasia mũrũ wa Zikiri, ũrĩa werutĩire gũtungata Jehova, na aarĩ na thigari 200,000.
and, under his direction, Amasiah son of Zichri, who willingly offered himself unto Yahweh, —and, with him, two hundred thousand heroes of valour.
17 Kuuma Benjamini nĩ: Eliada, mũthigari njamba, na aarĩ na andũ 200,000 arĩa maarĩ na mota na ngo;
And, out of Benjamin, a hero of valour, Eliada, —and, with him, armed with bow and buckler, two hundred thousand;
18 ũrĩa wamũrũmĩrĩire nĩ Jehozabadu, na aarĩ na andũ 180,000 arĩa maarĩ na indo cia mbaara.
and, under his direction, Jehozabad, —and, with him, a hundred and eighty thousand, equipped for war.
19 Acio nĩo andũ arĩa maatungatagĩra mũthamaki, o hamwe na arĩa angĩ aigĩte matũũra-inĩ manene marĩa mairigĩirwo na thingo cia hinya kũu Juda guothe.
These, were they who were waiting upon the king, —besides those whom the king placed in the fortified cities, throughout all Judah.
