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.
Elisha the prophet called one of the sons of the prophets and told him, “Put your cloak into your belt, take this flask of olive oil, and go to Ramoth-gilead.
2 Wakinya kũu, ũcarie Jehu mũrũ wa Jehoshafatu, mũrũ wa Nimushi. Ũthiĩ kũrĩ we, ũmũtigithanie na andũ a thiritũ yake, ũmũingĩrie kanyũmba ga thĩinĩ.
Once you get there, look for Jehu, son of Jehoshaphat, son of Nimshi. Go in, get him away from his companions, and take him to an inner room. Get him to leave his friends, lead him to a private room,
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!”
take the flask of olive oil, and pour it on his head. Tell him, ‘This is what the Lord says: I anoint you king of Israel.’ Then open the door and run away! Don't wait around!”
4 Nĩ ũndũ ũcio mwanake ũcio mũnabii agĩthiĩ nginya Ramothu-Gileadi.
So the young prophet went to Ramoth-gilead.
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.”
When he arrived, he saw the army commanders sitting around. “I've got a message for you, commander,” he said. “For which one of us?” Jehu asked. “For you, commander,” he replied.
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.
Jehu got up and went inside, where the young prophet poured the olive oil on his head and announced to him, “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: ‘I anoint you king over the Lord's people 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.
You are going to destroy the family of Ahab, your master. You will avenge the blood my prophets and the blood of all the Lord's servants killed by Jezebel.
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.
The whole house of Ahab will be eradicated—I will destroy all the males of Ahab's family in Israel, both slave and free.
9 Nyũmba ya Ahabu ngaamĩtua o ta nyũmba ya Jeroboamu mũrũ wa Nebati, na ta ya Baasha mũrũ wa Ahija.
I will make the house of Ahab like the house of Jeroboam, son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha, son of Ahijah.
10 Ha ũhoro wa Jezebeli-rĩ, agaatambuurangwo nĩ ngui arĩ mũgũnda-inĩ wa Jezireeli, na gũtirĩ mũndũ ũkaamũthika.’” Nake akĩhingũra mũrango akĩũra.
Dogs will eat Jezebel, Ahab's wife, at the plot of ground in Jezreel, and no one will bury her.” Then the young prophet opened the door and ran away.
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.”
When Jehu went back out to the other officers of his master, they asked him, “Is everything fine? Why did this crazy man come to you?” “You know what he's like, and how he goes on and on,” he replied.
12 Nao makiuga atĩrĩ, “Tiga gũtũheenia, twĩre ma.” Jehu akiuga atĩrĩ, “Anjĩĩra ũũ: ‘Jehova ekuuga atĩrĩ: Ndagũitĩrĩria maguta ũtuĩke mũthamaki wa Isiraeli.’”
“Liar!” they said. “Please tell us what's going on.” “Well, he talked to me about this and that, and he told me, ‘This is what the Lord says: I anoint you 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!”
They quickly grabbed their cloaks and spread them on the bare steps. They blew the trumpet and shouted, “Jehu 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 Jehu, son of Jehoshaphat, son of Nimshi, plotted rebellion against Joram. Joram and the whole Israelite army had been defending Ramoth-Gilead against Hazael, king of Aram.
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.”
But Joram had returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds he'd received fighting against Hazael, king of Aram. So Jehu said, “If you commanders want to make me king, don't let anyone leave town and go and announce it in Jezreel.”
16 Ningĩ Jehu akĩhaica ngaari yake ya ita, agĩthiĩ Jezireeli, tondũ nĩkuo Joramu aahurũkĩte, na Ahazia mũthamaki wa Juda nĩaikũrũkĩte agathiĩ kũmũrora.
Jehu got on his chariot and went to Jezreel, for Joram was recuperating there. Ahaziah, king of Judah, was there too because he had come to visit 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’?”
The watchman on the tower in Jezreel saw Jehu's soldiers approaching, and he shouted out, “I see a soldiers coming!” “Choose a horseman,” Joram ordered. “Send him out to meet them and ask, ‘Do you come in 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.”
So a horseman rode off to meet Jehu, and said, “This is what the king asks: ‘Do you come in peace?’” “What has peace got to do with you?” Jehu replied. “Turn around and follow me.” The watchman reported, “The messenger has reached them, but he's not returning.”
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.”
The king sent out a second horseman. He went up to them and said, “This is what the king asks: ‘Do you come in peace?’” “What has peace got to do with you?” Jehu replied. “Turn around and follow 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.”
The watchman reported, “The messenger has reached them, but he's not returning. The driving looks like the driving of Jehu, son of Nimshi—he's a crazy driver!”
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.
“Prepare my chariot!” Joram shouted, and they had his chariot ready. Then Joram, king of Israel, and Ahaziah, king of Judah, set off in their separate chariots, and met Jehu on the plot of ground that was previously owned by Naboth from Jezreel.
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?”
When Joram saw Jehu, he asked him, “Do you come in peace, Jehu?” “What peace can there be with so much prostitution and witchcraft caused by your mother Jezebel?” Jehu replied.
23 Joramu akĩgarũrũka akĩũra, akiugaga atĩrĩ, “Ahazia, kũrĩ na njikanĩrĩrio!”
Joram turned around and raced away, shouting out to Ahaziah, “It's treason, Ahaziah!”
24 Hĩndĩ ĩyo Jehu akĩruta ũta wake, akĩratha Joramu gatagatĩ ga ciande. Naguo mũguĩ ũgĩtheeca ngoro yake, agĩtungumana ngaari-inĩ yake.
Jehu picked up his bow and shot Joram between the shoulders. The arrow went through his heart and he collapsed dead in his chariot.
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:
Jehu said to Bidkar his officer, “Pick him up and throw him into the field of Naboth from Jezreel. Remember when you and I were riding together behind his father Ahab how the Lord made this prophecy against him:
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.”
‘In the same way as I saw the blood of Naboth and the blood of his sons yesterday, says the Lord, so I will certainly repay you on this same plot of ground, says the Lord.’ Now then, following what the Lord has said, pick him up and throw him on the plot of ground.”
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.
When Ahaziah, king of Judah, saw what happened, he raced up the road toward Beth-haggan. But Jehu chased after him, shouting, “Shoot him too!” So they shot Ahaziah in his chariot on the way up to Gur, near Ibleam. He managed to escape to Megiddo but he 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.
His servants took him by chariot to Jerusalem and buried him with his forefathers in his tomb in the City of David.
29 (Ahazia aatuĩkĩte mũthamaki wa Juda mwaka-inĩ wa ikũmi na ũmwe wa wathani wa Joramu mũrũ wa Ahabu).
Ahaziah became king of Judah in the eleventh year of the reign of Joram, son of Ahab.
30 Ningĩ Jehu agĩthiĩ Jezireeli. Na rĩrĩa Jezebeli aaiguire ũguo-rĩ, akĩhaka maitho make rangi na akĩgemia njuĩrĩ yake, agĩcũthĩrĩria nja arĩ ndirica-inĩ.
When Jezebel heard that Jehu had arrived in Jezreel, she put on her black eye-shadow, placed jewelry in her hair, and watched from a window.
31 Rĩrĩa Jehu aatoonyaga kĩhingo-inĩ, Jezebeli akĩmũũria atĩrĩ, “Ũũkĩte na thayũ, Zimuri, wee mũũragi wa mwathi waku?”
As Jehu came in through the gate, she shouted down, “Do you come in peace? Or are you like Zimri, a murderer of your master?”
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.
Jehu looked up at the window and shouted out, “Who is on my side? Anyone?” Two or three eunuchs looked down at 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.
“Throw her down!” he shouted. And they threw her down. Her blood spattered on the wall and on the horses which then trampled 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.”
Jehu went inside and ate and drank. Then he said, “Please deal with that cursed woman and bury her, for she was 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.
They went out to bury her but all they found were her skull, her feet, and 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.
They went back and told Jehu, who said, “This is what the Lord said through his servant Elijah the Tishbite: ‘Dogs will eat Jezebel's flesh on the plot of ground at Jezreel.
37 Nakĩo kĩimba kĩa Jezebeli gĩgaatuĩka o ta rũrua kĩrĩ thĩ kamũgũnda-inĩ ka Jezireeli, nĩgeetha gũtikagĩe mũndũ ũkaahota kuuga atĩrĩ, ‘Ũyũ nĩ Jezebeli.’”
Jezebel's body will lie like manure in the field on the plot of ground at Jezreel, so that no one can say: This is where Jezebel is buried.’”
