Παραλειπομένων Βʹ 25
1 Εικοσιπέντε ετών ηλικίας εβασίλευσεν ο Αμασίας, και εβασίλευσεν εικοσιεννέα έτη εν Ιερουσαλήμ· το δε όνομα της μητρός αυτού ήτο Ιωαδάν, εξ Ιερουσαλήμ.
Amaziah was 25 years old when he became the king [of Judah], and he ruled from Jerusalem for 29 years. His mother was Jehoaddin; she was from Jerusalem.
2 Και έπραξε το ευθές ενώπιον Κυρίου, πλην ουχί εν καρδία τελεία.
Amaziah did many things that pleased Yahweh, but he did not do them enthusiastically.
3 Ως δε η βασιλεία εκραταιώθη εις αυτόν, εθανάτωσε τους δούλους αυτού τους φονεύσαντας τον βασιλέα τον πατέρα αυτού·
As soon as he was in complete control of his kingdom, he caused to be executed the officials who had murdered his father.
4 τα τέκνα όμως αυτών δεν εθανάτωσεν, ως είναι γεγραμμένον εν τω νόμω, εν τω βιβλίω του Μωϋσέως, όπου ο Κύριος προσέταξε, λέγων, οι πατέρες δεν θέλουσι θανατόνεσθαι διά τα τέκνα, ουδέ τα τέκνα θέλουσι θανατόνεσθαι διά τους πατέρας· αλλ' έκαστος θέλει θανατόνεσθαι διά το εαυτού αμάρτημα.
But he did not command their sons to be executed; he obeyed what was in the laws that Moses had written. In those laws Yahweh had commanded, “People must not be executed because of [what] their children [have done], and children must not be executed for [what] their parents [have done]. People must be executed only for the sins that they themselves have committed.”
5 Και συνήγαγεν ο Αμασίας τον Ιούδαν, και κατέστησεν εξ αυτών χιλιάρχους και εκατοντάρχους, κατ' οίκους πατριών, διά παντός του Ιούδα και Βενιαμίν· και ηρίθμησεν αυτούς από είκοσι ετών και επάνω, και εύρηκεν αυτούς τριακοσίας χιλιάδας, εκλεκτούς, εξερχομένους εις πόλεμον, κρατούντας λόγχην και ασπίδα.
Amaziah summoned the men of [the tribes of] Judah and Benjamin to come to Jerusalem, and there he put them in groups, each clan in a group by themselves. Then he appointed officers to command each group. Some officers commanded 100 men and some commanded 1,000 men. They counted the men who were at least 20 years old; altogether there were 300,000 men. They were all men who were prepared to be in the army, and able to [fight well, ] using spears and shields.
6 Εμίσθωσεν έτι εκ του Ισραήλ εκατόν χιλιάδας δυνατών εν ισχύϊ, δι' εκατόν τάλαντα αργυρίου.
Amaziah also hired 100,000 capable soldiers from Israel and paid almost four tons of silver for them.
7 Ήλθε δε προς αυτόν άνθρωπος του Θεού, λέγων, Βασιλεύ, ας μη έλθη μετά σου το στράτευμα του Ισραήλ· διότι ο Κύριος δεν είναι μετά του Ισραήλ, μετά πάντων των υιών Εφραΐμ·
But a prophet came to him and said, “Your majesty, you must not allow those soldiers from Israel to march with your soldiers, because Yahweh does not help the people of the tribe of Ephraim or from [anywhere else in] Israel.
8 αλλ' εάν θέλης να υπάγης, κάμε τούτο· ενδυναμώθητι διά τον πόλεμον· ο Θεός όμως θέλει σε κατατροπώσει έμπροσθεν του εχθρού· διότι ο Θεός έχει δύναμιν να βοηθήση και να κατατροπώση.
Even if your soldiers go and fight courageously in battles, God will cause your enemies to defeat you; do not forget that God has the power to help armies or to cause them to be defeated.”
9 Ο δε Αμασίας είπε προς τον άνθρωπον του Θεού, Αλλά τι θέλομεν κάμει διά τα εκατόν τάλαντα, τα οποία έδωκα εις το στράτευμα του Ισραήλ; Και ο άνθρωπος του Θεού απεκρίθη, Ο Κύριος είναι δυνατός να δώση εις σε πλειότερα τούτων.
Amaziah asked that prophet, “If I do that, what about the huge amount of silver that I paid to hire those soldiers from Israel?” The prophet replied, “Yahweh is able to pay you back more money than you paid [to hire those soldiers].”
10 Τότε διεχώρισεν αυτούς ο Αμασίας, το στράτευμα το ελθόν προς αυτόν εκ του Εφραΐμ, διά να επιστρέψωσιν εις τον τόπον αυτών· και εξήφθη σφόδρα ο θυμός αυτών κατά του Ιούδα, και επέστρεψαν εις τον τόπον αυτών με έξαψιν θυμού.
So Amaziah told those soldiers from Israel to return home. They left to go home, but they were very angry with the king of Judah [for not allowing them to stay and fight].
11 Ενεδυναμώθη δε ο Αμασίας και εξήγαγε τον λαόν αυτού και υπήγεν εις την κοιλάδα του άλατος και επάταξε τους υιούς Σηείρ δέκα χιλιάδας.
Then Amaziah became brave, and he led his army to the Salt Valley. There they killed 10,000 men from the Edom people-group.
12 Και δέκα χιλιάδας ζώντας ηχμαλώτισαν οι υιοί Ιούδα, και έφεραν αυτούς εις το άκρον του κρημνού και κατεκρήμνιζον αυτούς από του άκρου του κρημνού, ώστε πάντες διερράγησαν.
The army of Judah also captured 10,000 others, and took them to the top of a cliff and threw them all down over the cliff, with the result that their corpses were all smashed to pieces.
13 Οι άνδρες όμως του στρατεύματος, το οποίον απέπεμψεν ο Αμασίας, διά να μη υπάγωσι μετ' αυτού εις πόλεμον, επέπεσον επί τας πόλεις του Ιούδα, από Σαμαρείας έως Βαιθ-ωρών, και επάταξαν τρεις χιλιάδας εξ αυτών και έλαβον λάφυρα πολλά.
While that was happening, the soldiers from Israel whom Amaziah had sent home after not allowing them to fight along with his soldiers, raided cities and towns in Judea, from Samaria [city] to Beth-Horon [town]. They killed 3,000 people and took away a great amount of valuable things.
14 Αφού δε ο Αμασίας επέστρεψεν από της σφαγής των Ιδουμαίων, έφερε τους θεούς των υιών Σηείρ και έστησεν αυτούς εις εαυτόν θεούς και προσεκύνησεν έμπροσθεν αυτών και εθυμίασεν εις αυτούς.
When Amaziah returned [to Jerusalem] after his army had slaughtered the soldiers from Edom, he brought the idols that were worshiped by the people of Edom. He set them up to be his own gods. Then he bowed down to [worship] them and offered sacrifices to them.
15 Διά τούτο εξήφθη η οργή του Κυρίου κατά του Αμασίου· και απέστειλε προς αυτόν προφήτην και είπε προς αυτόν, Διά τι εξεζήτησας τους θεούς του λαού, οίτινες δεν ηδυνήθησαν να ελευθερώσωσι τον λαόν αυτών εκ της χειρός σου;
Because of that, Yahweh was very angry with Amaziah. He sent a prophet to him, who said, “Why do you worship these foreign gods that were not even able to save their own people when your army attacked them?”
16 Και ενώ ελάλει προς αυτόν, ο βασιλεύς είπε προς αυτόν, Σύμβουλον σε έκαμον του βασιλέως; παύσον· διά τι να θανατωθής; Και έπαυσεν ο προφήτης, ειπών, Εξεύρω ότι ο Θεός εβουλεύθη να σε εξολοθρεύση, επειδή έκαμες τούτο και δεν υπήκουσας εις την συμβουλήν μου.
While he was still speaking, the king said to him, “We certainly did not appoint you to be one of my advisors. So stop [talking]! If you say anything more, [I will tell my soldiers to] kill you!” So the prophet said, “I know that God has determined to get rid of you, because you have [begun to] worship idols, and have not heeded my advice.” Then the prophet said nothing more.
17 Τότε συνεβουλεύθη Αμασίας ο βασιλεύς του Ιούδα και απέστειλε προς τον Ιωάς υιόν του Ιωάχαζ, υιού του Ιηού, τον βασιλέα του Ισραήλ, λέγων, Ελθέ, να ίδωμεν αλλήλους προσωπικώς.
Some time later Amaziah, the king of Judah, consulted his advisors. Then he sent a message to Jehoash, the king of Israel. He wrote, “Come here and let’s talk together.”
18 Και απέστειλεν Ιωάς ο βασιλεύς του Ισραήλ προς τον Αμασίαν βασιλέα του Ιούδα, λέγων, Η άκανθα η εν τω Λιβάνω απέστειλε προς την κέδρον την εν τω Λιβάνω, λέγουσα, Δος την θυγατέρα σου εις τον υιόν μου διά γυναίκα· πλην διέβη θηρίον του αγρού το εν τω Λιβάνω, και κατεπάτησε την άκανθαν.
But Jehoash replied to King Amaziah, “One time a thistle growing [in the mountains] in Lebanon sent a message to a cedar tree saying, ‘Let your daughter marry my son.’ But a wild animal in Lebanon came along and trampled the thistle under its feet.
19 Συ λέγεις, ιδού, επάταξας τον Εδώμ· και η καρδία σου επήρθη εις καύχησιν· κάθου τώρα εν τω οίκω σου· διά τι εμπλέκεσαι εις κακόν, διά το οποίον ήθελες πέσει, συ και ο Ιούδας μετά σου;
[The meaning of what I am saying is that] you are saying to yourself that your army has defeated the army of Edom, so you have become very proud. But you should stay at your home. It would not be good for you to cause trouble, which would result in you and your kingdom of Judah being destroyed.”
20 Αλλ' ο Αμασίας δεν υπήκουσε· διότι εκ Θεού ήτο τούτο, διά να παραδώση αυτούς εις την χείρα των εχθρών, επειδή εξεζήτησαν τους θεούς του Εδώμ.
But Amaziah refused to heed Jehoash’s message. That happened because God wanted Jehoash’s army to defeat them, because they were worshiping the gods of Edom.
21 Ανέβη λοιπόν Ιωάς ο βασιλεύς του Ισραήλ· και είδον αλλήλους προσωπικώς, αυτός και Αμασίας ο βασιλεύς του Ιούδα, εν Βαιθ-σεμές, ήτις είναι του Ιούδα.
So Jehoash’s army attacked. Their two armies faced each other at Beth-Shemesh [city] in Judah.
22 Και εκτυπήθη ο Ιούδας έμπροσθεν του Ισραήλ, και έφυγον έκαστος εις τας σκηνάς αυτού.
The army of Judah was badly defeated by the army of Israel, and all the soldiers of Judah fled to their homes.
23 Και συνέλαβεν Ιωάς ο βασιλεύς του Ισραήλ Αμασίαν τον βασιλέα του Ιούδα, υιόν του Ιωάς υιού του Ιωάχαζ, εν Βαιθ-σεμές, και έφερεν αυτόν εις Ιερουσαλήμ και κατεδάφισε το τείχος της Ιερουσαλήμ από της πύλης Εφραΐμ έως της πύλης της γωνίας, τετρακοσίας πήχας.
King Jehoash’s army also captured King Amaziah there. Then he brought Amaziah to Jerusalem, and his soldiers tore down the wall [that was around the city], from the Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate. That was a section that was about 600 feet long.
24 Και λαβών παν το χρυσίον και το αργύριον και πάντα τα σκεύη τα ευρεθέντα εν τω οίκω του Θεού μετά του Ωβήδ-εδώμ, και τους θησαυρούς του οίκου του βασιλέως, και ανθρώπους ενέχυρα, επέστρεψεν εις Σαμάρειαν.
His soldiers also carried away the gold and silver and other valuable furnishings from the temple which the descendants of Obed-Edom had previously been guarding. They also took away the valuable things in the palace, and they took to Samaria some prisoners whom they had captured.
25 Έζησε δε Αμασίας ο υιός του Ιωάς ο βασιλεύς του Ιούδα, μετά τον θάνατον του Ιωάς υιού του Ιωάχαζ βασιλέως του Ισραήλ, δεκαπέντε έτη.
King Jehoash of Israel died, and King Amaziah of Judah lived for 15 years after that.
26 Αι δε λοιπαί πράξεις του Αμασίου, αι πρώται και αι έσχαται, ιδού, δεν είναι γεγραμμέναι εν τω βιβλίω των βασιλέων του Ιούδα και του Ισραήλ;
An account of all the other things that Amaziah did while he was the king [of Judah] is written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Judah and Israel’.
27 Και ύστερον αφού εστράφη ο Αμασίας από όπισθεν του Κυρίου, έκαμον συνωμοσίαν κατ' αυτού εν Ιερουσαλήμ· και έφυγεν εις Λαχείς· απέστειλαν όμως κατόπιν αυτού εις Λαχείς και εθανάτωσαν αυτόν εκεί.
From the time that Amaziah started to disobey Yahweh, some men in Jerusalem planned to kill him. He was able to escape to Lachish [city], but those who wanted to kill him sent another group of people to Lachish and killed him there.
28 Και έφεραν αυτόν επί ίππων, και έθαψαν αυτόν μετά των πατέρων αυτού εν πόλει Ιούδα.
They put his corpse on a horse and brought it back to Jerusalem and buried it where his ancestors [had been buried] in the part of Jerusalem called ‘The City of David’.
