2 Maũndũ 22
1 Nao andũ a Jerusalemu magĩtua Ahazia mũriũ wa Jehoramu ũrĩa warĩ mũnini mũno mũthamaki ithenya rĩake, nĩgũkorwo atharĩkĩri ao arĩa mookire kambĩ-inĩ hamwe na Arabu, nĩmooragĩte ariũ arĩa akũrũ othe. Nĩ ũndũ ũcio Ahazia mũriũ wa Jehoramu mũthamaki wa Juda akĩambĩrĩria gũthamaka.
The people of Jerusalem appointed Jehoram’s youngest son Ahaziah as their king, because the men [from Philistia] who had invaded Judah with some Arabs had killed all of Jehoram’s other sons. So Ahaziah started to rule Judah.
2 Ahazia aarĩ wa mĩaka mĩrongo ĩĩrĩ na ĩĩrĩ rĩrĩa aatuĩkire mũthamaki, na agĩthamaka arĩ Jerusalemu mwaka ũmwe. Nyina eetagwo Athalia mwarĩ wa mwana wa Omuri.
Ahaziah was 22 years old when he became king. He ruled in Jerusalem for one year. His mother’s name was Athaliah, a granddaughter of [King] Omri [of Israel].
3 O nake agĩthiĩ na mĩthiĩre ya nyũmba ya Ahabu, nĩgũkorwo nyina nĩamũringagĩrĩria gwĩka maũndũ mooru.
King Ahaziah conducted his life just like the members of Ahab’s family had done, because his mother encouraged him to do things that are evil.
4 Nĩekire maũndũ mooru maitho-inĩ ma Jehova, o ta ũrĩa nyũmba ya Ahabu yekĩte, nĩgũkorwo thuutha wa gĩkuũ gĩa ithe, nĩo maatuĩkire amũtaari na makĩmũhĩtithia.
He did things that Yahweh considers to be evil, like the descendants of Ahab had done, because after Ahaziah’s father died, they became his advisors. And Ahaziah died as a result of heeding their bad advice.
5 Ningĩ nĩarũmĩrĩire mataaro mao rĩrĩa aathiire mbaara-inĩ na Joramu mũrũ wa Ahabu mũthamaki wa Isiraeli makahũũre Hazaeli mũthamaki wa Suriata kũu Ramothu-Gileadi. Asuriata acio makĩguraria Joramu;
He also did what they advised when he went with Joram, the son of King Ahab of Israel, to fight against the army of Hazael, the king of Syria, at Ramoth-Gilead.
6 nĩ ũndũ ũcio akĩhũndũka, agĩthiĩ Jezireeli nĩguo akahonie nguraro iria aagurarĩirio Ramothu makĩrũa na Hazaeli mũthamaki wa Suriata. Hĩndĩ ĩyo Ahazia mũrũ wa Jehoramu mũthamaki wa Juda agĩikũrũka agĩthiĩ Jezireeli akarore Joramu mũrũ wa Ahabu tondũ nĩagurarĩtio.
Then King Ahaziah went down to Jezreel [city] to see Joram, the son of [King] Ahab, because he had been wounded.
7 Nĩ ũndũ wa Ahazia gũthiĩ gũceerera Joramu, Ngai nĩarehire kũniinwo kwa Ahazia. Rĩrĩa Ahazia aakinyire-rĩ, makiumagara na Joramu magacemanie na Jehu mũrũ wa Nimushi, ũrĩa Jehova aaitĩrĩirie maguta aniine nyũmba ya Ahabu.
It was during that visit that God caused Ahaziah to die. When Ahaziah arrived, he went with Joram to meet Jehu, the son of Nimshi, whom Yahweh had appointed to kill all the descendants of Ahab.
8 O hĩndĩ ĩrĩa Jehu aahingagia itua rĩa ciira wa nyũmba ya Ahabu-rĩ, nĩakorereire ariũ a nyũmba ya ũthamaki wa Juda o na ariũ a andũ a nyũmba ya Ahazia, arĩa maatungataga Ahazia, nake akĩmooraga.
While Jehu [and the men who were with him] were killing the descendants of Ahab, they found the leaders of Judah and the sons of Ahaziah’s relatives who had been working for Ahaziah, and they killed all of them.
9 Ningĩ akiuma agacarie Ahazia, nao andũ a Jehu makĩnyiita Ahazia rĩrĩa eehithĩte Samaria. Akĩrehwo kũrĩ Jehu na akĩũragwo. Nao makĩmũthika nĩgũkorwo moigire atĩrĩ, “Aarĩ ũmwe wa ariũ a Jehoshafatu, ũrĩa warongoragia Jehova na ngoro yake yothe.” Nĩ ũndũ ũcio gũkĩaga mũndũ thĩinĩ wa nyũmba ya Ahazia warĩ na ũhoti mũiganu wa kũrũgamĩrĩra ũthamaki ũcio.
Then Jehu went to find Ahaziah, and his soldiers found Ahaziah while he was hiding in Samaria [city]. They brought him to Jehu and executed him. Then they buried his corpse, because they said, “[He deserves to be buried, because] he was a descendant of Jehoshaphat, who tried hard to please Yahweh.” There were no descendants of Ahaziah who were powerful enough to become the kings of Judah.
10 Rĩrĩa Athalia nyina wa Ahazia onire atĩ mũriũ nĩakuĩte-rĩ, akĩambĩrĩria kũniina nyũmba yothe ya ũthamaki wa Juda.
When Athaliah, the mother of Ahaziah, saw that her son had been killed, she commanded that all the members of Ahaziah’s family [who might become king] must be executed.
11 No rĩrĩ, Jehosheba, mwarĩ wa Mũthamaki Jehoramu, akĩoya Joashu mũrũ wa Ahazia akĩmũruta na hitho kuuma kũrĩ ariũ a mũthamaki arĩa maakirie kũũragwo, na akĩmũhitha nyũmba ya toro hamwe na mũreri wake. Tondũ Jehosheba, mwarĩ wa Mũthamaki Jehoramu na ningĩ mũtumia wa Jehoiada ũrĩa mũthĩnjĩri-Ngai, aarĩ mwarĩ wa nyina na Ahazia, nĩahithire mwana ũcio ndakonwo nĩ Athalia nĩguo ndakooragwo.
But Jehosheba, the daughter of King Jehoram, took Joash, Ahaziah’s very young son, away from the other sons of the king who were about to be murdered, and she hid him and his nursemaid in a bedroom in the temple. Because Jehosheba, who was the daughter of King Jehoram and the wife of the Supreme Priest Jehoiada, was Ahaziah’s sister, she hid the child, with the result that Athaliah could not kill him.
12 Nake agĩtũũra nao arĩ mũhithe hekarũ-inĩ ya Ngai mĩaka ĩtandatũ, hĩndĩ ĩrĩa Athalia aathaga bũrũri ũcio.
He remained hidden there for six years while Athaliah ruled [Judah].
