2 Athamaki 9
1 Na rĩrĩ, mũnabii Elisha agĩĩta mũndũ ũmwe wa thiritũ ya anabii, akĩmwĩra atĩrĩ, “Thinĩkĩra nguo yaku ya igũrũ mũcibi-inĩ, na ũkuue mbũthũ ĩno ya maguta, ũthiĩ nginya Ramothu-Gileadi.
And Elisaie the prophet called one of the sons of the prophets, and said to him, Gird up your loins, and take this cruse of oil in your hand, and go to Remmoth Galaad.
2 Wakinya kũu, ũcarie Jehu mũrũ wa Jehoshafatu, mũrũ wa Nimushi. Ũthiĩ kũrĩ we, ũmũtigithanie na andũ a thiritũ yake, ũmũingĩrie kanyũmba ga thĩinĩ.
And you shall enter there, and shall see there Ju the son of Josaphat son of Namessi, and shall go in and make him rise up from amongst his brethren, and shall bring him into a secret chamber.
3 Ũcooke woe mbũthũ ya maguta ũmũitĩrĩrie mũtwe na uuge atĩrĩ, ‘Jehova ekuuga ũũ: Ndagũitĩrĩria maguta ũtuĩke mũthamaki wa Isiraeli.’ Ũcooke ũhingũre mũrango ũre; ndũgaikare!”
And you shall take the cruse of oil, and pour [it] on his head, and say you, Thus says the Lord, I have anointed you king over Israel: and you shall open the door, and flee, and not wait.
4 Nĩ ũndũ ũcio mwanake ũcio mũnabii agĩthiĩ nginya Ramothu-Gileadi.
And the young man the prophet went to Remmoth Galaad.
5 Rĩrĩa aakinyire kuo, agĩkora anene a mbũtũ cia ita maikarĩte hamwe. Akĩĩra mũnene wao atĩrĩ, “Mũnene, ndĩ na ndũmĩrĩri yaku.” Nake Jehu akĩũria atĩrĩ, “Ithuothe-rĩ, nĩ ũrĩkũ ũrĩ na ndũmĩrĩri yake?” Nake akĩmũcookeria atĩrĩ, “Nĩwe mũnene, ndũmĩrĩri nĩ yaku.”
And he went in, and, behold, the captains of the host were sitting; and he said, I have a message to you, O captain. And Ju said, To which of all us? And he said, To you, O captain.
6 Jehu agĩũkĩra, akĩingĩra nyũmba. Nake mũnabii agĩitĩrĩria Jehu maguta mũtwe, akiuga atĩrĩ, “Jehova Ngai wa Isiraeli ekuuga ũũ: ‘Ndagũitĩrĩria maguta ũtuĩke mũthamaki wa andũ a Jehova a Isiraeli.
And he arose, and went into the house: and he poured the oil upon his head, and said to him, Thus says the Lord God of Israel, I have anointed you to be king over the people of the Lord, even over Israel.
7 Wee-rĩ, nĩũkaniina nyũmba ya Ahabu mwathi waku nĩgeetha ndĩĩrĩhĩrie thakame ya anabii ndungata ciakwa, na thakame ya ndungata cia Jehova ciothe ĩrĩa yaitirwo nĩ Jezebeli.
And you shall utterly destroy the house of Achaab your master from before me, and shall avenge the blood of my servants the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of the Lord, at the hand of Jezabel,
8 Nyũmba yothe ya Ahabu nĩĩgathira biũ. Nĩnganiina nyũmba yothe ya Ahabu na ndĩmũniinĩre arũme othe, arĩa ngombo na arĩa matarĩ ngombo thĩinĩ wa Isiraeli.
and at the hand of the whole house of Achaab: and you shall utterly cut off from the house of Achaab every male, and him that is shut up and left in Israel.
9 Nyũmba ya Ahabu ngaamĩtua o ta nyũmba ya Jeroboamu mũrũ wa Nebati, na ta ya Baasha mũrũ wa Ahija.
And I will make the house of Achaab like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nabat, and as the house of Baasa the son of Achia.
10 Ha ũhoro wa Jezebeli-rĩ, agaatambuurangwo nĩ ngui arĩ mũgũnda-inĩ wa Jezireeli, na gũtirĩ mũndũ ũkaamũthika.’” Nake akĩhingũra mũrango akĩũra.
And the dogs shall eat Jezabel in the portion of Jezreel, and there shall be none to bury her. And he opened the door, and fled.
11 Hĩndĩ ĩrĩa Jehu ooimire nja kũrĩ anene a thiritũ yake, mũndũ ũmwe wao akĩmũũria atĩrĩ, “Maũndũ mothe nĩ mega? Mũgũrũki ũcio egũũkĩte kũrĩ we nĩkĩ?” Nake Jehu agĩcookia atĩrĩ, “Wee nĩũũĩ mũndũ ũcio o na maũndũ marĩa aaragia.”
And Ju went forth to the servants of his lord, and they said to him, [Is] all well? Why came this mad fellow in to you? And he said to them, You know the man, and his communication.
12 Nao makiuga atĩrĩ, “Tiga gũtũheenia, twĩre ma.” Jehu akiuga atĩrĩ, “Anjĩĩra ũũ: ‘Jehova ekuuga atĩrĩ: Ndagũitĩrĩria maguta ũtuĩke mũthamaki wa Isiraeli.’”
And they said, [It is] wrong: tell us now. And Ju said to them, Thus and thus spoke he to me, saying, —and he said, Thus says the Lord, I have anointed you to be king over Israel.
13 Nao makĩhiũha kuoya nguo ciao cia igũrũ, magĩciara ngathĩ-inĩ cia nyũmba arũgame ho, magĩcooka makĩhuha karumbeta na makĩanĩrĩra atĩrĩ, “Jehu nĩwe mũthamaki!”
And when they heard it, they hasted, and took every man his garment, and put it under him on the top of the stairs, and blew with the trumpet, and said, Ju is king.
14 Nĩ ũndũ ũcio, Jehu mũrũ wa Jehoshafatu, mũrũ wa Nimushi, agĩciirĩra gũũkĩrĩra Joramu. (Hĩndĩ ĩyo Joramu na Isiraeli yothe maagitagĩra Ramothu-Gileadi, kuuma kũrĩ Hazaeli mũthamaki wa Suriata.
So Ju the son of Josaphat the son of Namessi conspired against Joram, and Joram was defending Remmoth Galaad, he and all Israel, because of Azael king of Syria.
15 No Mũthamaki Joramu nĩacookete Jezireeli akahonie ironda iria aagurarĩtio nĩ Asuriata, rĩrĩa maarũaga na Hazaeli mũthamaki wa Suriata.) Nake Jehu akiuga atĩrĩ, “Angĩkorwo nĩmwetĩkĩra ũguo, mũtikareke mũndũ o na ũmwe oime itũũra-inĩ athiĩ akaheane ũhoro ũcio Jezireeli.”
And king Joram had returned to be healed in Jezrael of the wounds which the Syrians had given him, in his war with Azael king of Syria. And Ju said, If your heart is with me, let there not go forth out of the city one fugitive to go and report to Jezrael.
16 Ningĩ Jehu akĩhaica ngaari yake ya ita, agĩthiĩ Jezireeli, tondũ nĩkuo Joramu aahurũkĩte, na Ahazia mũthamaki wa Juda nĩaikũrũkĩte agathiĩ kũmũrora.
And Ju rode and advanced, and came down to Jezrael; for Joram king of Israel was getting healed in Jezrael of the arrow-wounds wherewith the Syrians [had] wounded him in Rammath in the war with Azael king of Syria; for he [was] strong and a mighty man: and Ochozias king of Juda was come down to see Joram.
17 Hĩndĩ ĩrĩa mũrori wa itũũra aarũgamĩte mũthiringo-inĩ mũraihu na igũrũ kũu Jezireeli, akĩona mbũtũ cia ita cia Jehu igĩũka, agĩĩtana, akiuga atĩrĩ, “Nĩndĩrona mbũtũ cia ita igĩũka.” Nake Joramu agĩathana, akiuga atĩrĩ, “Ethaai mũndũ wa mbarathi, ũmũtũme athiĩ acitũnge, aciũrie atĩrĩ, ‘Mũũkĩte na thayũ’?”
And there went up a watchman upon the tower of Jezrael, and saw the dust [made by] Ju as he approached; and he said, I see dust. And Joram said, Take a horseman, and send to meet them, and let him say, Peace.
18 Nake mũndũ ũcio akĩhaica mbarathi, agĩthiĩ gũtũnga Jehu, akĩmwĩra atĩrĩ, “Ũũ nĩguo mũthamaki ekũũria: ‘Wee-rĩ, ũũkĩte na thayũ’?” Nake Jehu akĩmũcookeria atĩrĩ, “Ũrĩ na ũhoro ũrĩkũ na thayũ? Nyuma thuutha.” Nake mũrori wa itũũra agĩcookia ũhoro, akiuga atĩrĩ, “Mũndũ ũrĩa twatũma nĩakinya harĩo, na ndaracooka na gũkũ.”
And there went a horseman to meet them, and said, Thus says the king, Peace. And Ju said, What have you to do with peace? turn behind me. And the watchman reported, saying, The messenger came up to them, and has not returned.
19 Nĩ ũndũ ũcio mũthamaki agĩtũma mũndũ wa keerĩ wa mbarathi. Aakinya kũrĩ o akĩmeera atĩrĩ, “Ũũ nĩguo mũthamaki eekũũria: ‘Mũũkĩte na thayũ?’” Nake Jehu agĩcookia atĩrĩ, “Ũrĩ na ũhoro ũrĩkũ na thayũ? Nyuma thuutha.”
And he sent another horseman, and he came to him, and said, Thus says the king, Peace. And Ju said, What have you to do with peace? turn behind me.
20 Nake mũrori wa itũũra agĩcookia ũhoro, akiuga atĩrĩ, “Nĩakinya harĩo, no-o nake ndaracooka na gũkũ. Mũtwarĩre wa ngaari ya ita nĩ ta mũtwarĩre wa Jehu mũrũ wa Nimushi; atwarithagia ta mũgũrũki.”
And the watchman reported, saying, He came up to them, and has not returned: and the driver drives Ju the son of Namessi, for it is with furious [haste].
21 Nake Joramu agĩathana, akiuga atĩrĩ, “Ohererai mbarathi ngaari-inĩ yakwa ya ita.” Na ciohererwo, Joramu mũthamaki wa Isiraeli na Ahazia mũthamaki wa Juda makiumagara, o mũndũ arĩ ngaari-inĩ yake ya ita, magatũnge Jehu. Magĩcemania nake kamũgũnda-inĩ karĩa kaarĩ ka Nabothu ũrĩa Mũjezireeli.
And Joram said, Make ready. And one made ready the chariot: and Joram the king of Israel went forth, and Ochozias king of Juda, each in his chariot, and they went to meet Ju, and found him in the portion of Nabuthai the Jezraelite.
22 Rĩrĩa Joramu onire Jehu, akĩmũũria atĩrĩ, “Jehu, ũũkĩte na thayũ?” Nake Jehu agĩcookia atĩrĩ, “Kũngĩgĩa na thayũ atĩa, ũhooi wa mĩhianano wothe na ũrogi wa nyũkwa, Jezebeli, ũingĩhĩte ũũ?”
And it came to pass when Joram saw Ju, that he said, [Is it] peace, Ju? And Ju said, How [can it be] peace? as yet [there are] the whoredoms of your mother Jezabel, and her abundant witchcrafts.
23 Joramu akĩgarũrũka akĩũra, akiugaga atĩrĩ, “Ahazia, kũrĩ na njikanĩrĩrio!”
And Joram turned his hands, and fled, and said to Ochozias, Treachery, Ochozias.
24 Hĩndĩ ĩyo Jehu akĩruta ũta wake, akĩratha Joramu gatagatĩ ga ciande. Naguo mũguĩ ũgĩtheeca ngoro yake, agĩtungumana ngaari-inĩ yake.
And Ju bent his bow with his full strength, and struck Joram between his arms, and his arrow went out at his heart, and he bowed upon his knees.
25 Nake Jehu akĩĩra Bidikari mũnene wa ngaari yake ya ita atĩrĩ, “Muoe ũmũikie mũgũnda-inĩ ũrĩa warĩ wa Nabothu ũrĩa Mũjezireeli. Ririkana rĩrĩa niĩ nawe twatwaraga ngaari cia ita tũrĩ thuutha wa ithe Ahabu, rĩrĩa Jehova aaririe ũrathi ũyũ ũmũkoniĩ, akiuga ũũ:
And [Ju] said to Badecar his chief officer, Cast him into the portion of ground of Nabuthai the Jezraelite, for I and you remember, riding [as we were] on chariots after Achaab his father, that the Lord took up this burden against him, [saying],
26 ‘Mũthenya wa ira nĩndĩronire thakame ya Nabothu na thakame ya ariũ ake, nĩguo Jehova ekuuga, na ti-itherũ nĩngatũma ũmĩrĩhĩre mũgũnda-inĩ o ũyũ, nĩguo Jehova ekuuga.’ Rĩu kĩmuoe, ũmũikie mũgũnda-inĩ ũcio, kũringana na kiugo kĩa Jehova.”
Surely, I have seen yesterday the blood of Nabuthai, and the blood of his sons, says the Lord; and I will recompense him in this portion, says the Lord. Now then, I pray you, take him up and cast him into the portion, according to the word of the Lord.
27 Hĩndĩ ĩrĩa Ahazia mũthamaki wa Juda onire ũrĩa kwahaana, akĩũra na njĩra ya Bethi-Hagani. Nake Jehu akĩmũhanyũkia, akĩanagĩrĩra atĩrĩ, “Mũũragei o nake!” Nao makĩmũgurarĩria arĩ ngaari-inĩ yake ya ita erekeire Guri hakuhĩ na Ibileamu, no akĩũrĩra Megido, agĩkuĩra kuo.
And Ochozias king of Juda saw [it], and fled by the way of Baethgan. And Ju pursued after him, and said, [Slay] him also. And one struck him in the chariot at the going up of Gai, which is Jeblaam: and he fled to Mageddo, and died there.
28 Nacio ndungata ciake ikĩmũkuua na ngaari ya ita, ikĩmũtwara Jerusalemu, na makĩmũthika hamwe na maithe make mbĩrĩra-inĩ yake, itũũra-inĩ rĩa Daudi.
And his servants put him on a chariot, and brought him to Jerusalem, and they buried him in his sepulchre in the city of David.
29 (Ahazia aatuĩkĩte mũthamaki wa Juda mwaka-inĩ wa ikũmi na ũmwe wa wathani wa Joramu mũrũ wa Ahabu).
And in the eleventh year of Joram king of Israel, Ochozias began to reign over Juda.
30 Ningĩ Jehu agĩthiĩ Jezireeli. Na rĩrĩa Jezebeli aaiguire ũguo-rĩ, akĩhaka maitho make rangi na akĩgemia njuĩrĩ yake, agĩcũthĩrĩria nja arĩ ndirica-inĩ.
And Ju came to Jezrael; and Jezabel heard [of it], and coloured her eyes, and adorned her head, and looked through the window.
31 Rĩrĩa Jehu aatoonyaga kĩhingo-inĩ, Jezebeli akĩmũũria atĩrĩ, “Ũũkĩte na thayũ, Zimuri, wee mũũragi wa mwathi waku?”
And Ju entered into the city; and she said, Had Zambri, the murderer of his master, peace?
32 Nake Jehu akĩrora na igũrũ ndirica-inĩ, agĩĩtana akĩũria atĩrĩ, “Nũũ ũrĩ mwena wakwa? Nũũ?” Nao andũ eerĩ kana atatũ maarĩ ahakũre makĩmũrora arĩ thĩ.
And he lifted up his face towards the window, and saw her, and said, Who are you? Come down with me. And two eunuchs looked down towards him.
33 Nake Jehu akiuga atĩrĩ, “Mũikiei thĩ!” Nĩ ũndũ ũcio makĩmũikia akĩgũa thĩ, nayo thakame ĩmwe yake ĩkĩminjũkĩra rũthingo o hamwe na mbarathi iria ciamũrangagĩrĩria thĩ na magũrũ ma cio.
And he said, Throw her [down]. And they threw her [down]; and some of her blood was sprinkled on the wall, and on the horses: and they trampled on her.
34 Jehu agĩtoonya nyũmba ya ũthamaki thĩinĩ akĩrĩa na akĩnyua. Nake akiuga atĩrĩ, “Menyererai mũndũ-wa-nja ũcio mũrume, na mũmũthike tondũ araarĩ mwarĩ wa mũthamaki.”
And [Ju] went in and ate and drank, and said, Look now, after this cursed woman, and bury her, for she is a king's daughter.
35 No rĩrĩa maathiire nja makamũthike, matiakorire kĩndũ o na kĩmwe kĩa mwĩrĩ wake, tiga o ihĩndĩ rĩa mũtwe wake, na magũrũ, na moko make.
And they went to bury her; but they found nothing of her but the skull, and the feet, and the palms of her hands.
36 Nao makĩhũndũka, makĩĩra Jehu ũhoro ũcio, nake akiuga atĩrĩ, “Gĩkĩ nĩ kiugo kĩa Jehova kĩrĩa aaririe na kanua ka ndungata yake Elija ũrĩa Mũtishibi, akiuga atĩrĩ: Ngui nĩikaarĩa mwĩrĩ wa Jezebeli kamũgũnda-inĩ ka Jezireeli.
And they returned and told him. And he said, [It is] the word of the Lord, which he spoke by the hand of Eliu the Thesbite, saying, In the portion of Jezrael shall the dogs eat the flesh of Jezabel.
37 Nakĩo kĩimba kĩa Jezebeli gĩgaatuĩka o ta rũrua kĩrĩ thĩ kamũgũnda-inĩ ka Jezireeli, nĩgeetha gũtikagĩe mũndũ ũkaahota kuuga atĩrĩ, ‘Ũyũ nĩ Jezebeli.’”
And the carcass of Jezabel shall be as dung on the face of the field in the portion of Jezrael, so that they shall not say, [This is] Jezabel.
