2 Wa 11

1 Lè Atali, manman Okozyas, vin konnen yo te touye pitit li a, li bay lòd pou yo touye tout rès fanmi wa a.

And Athalia the mother of Ochozias seeing that her son was dead, arose, and slew all the royal seed.

2 Men lè yo t'ap touye pitit wa yo, Jocheba, pitit fi wa Joram, sè menm papa ak Okozyas la, te pran Joas, yonn nan pitit gason Okozyas yo, li kache l' ansanm ak moun ki te sèvi l' nouris la nan yon chanm kote moun dòmi nan tanp lan. Yo pa kite Atali wè Joas. Se konsa Joas pa mouri.

But Josaba the daughter of king Joram, sister of Ochozias, took Joas the son of Ochozias, and stole him from among the king’s sons that were slain, out of the bedchamber with his nurse: and hid him from the face of Athalia, so that he was not slain.

3 Joas rete kache nan tanp lan ansanm ak moun ki te sèvi l' nouris la pandan sizan. Atali menm t'ap gouvènen peyi a.

And he was with her six years hid in the house of the Lord. And Athalia reigned over the land.

4 Sou setyèm lanne a, Jeojada, prèt la, fè chache tout kaptenn gadkò wa a ak tout chèf gad palè yo, li fè yo vin jwenn li nan tanp lan. La, li pran dizon ak yo, li fè yo fè sèman epi li moutre yo Joas, pitit wa a.

And in the seventh year Joiada seat, and taking the centurions and the soldiers, brought them in to him into the temple of the Lord, and made a covenant with them: and taking an oath of them in the house of the Lord, shewed them the king’s son:

5 Apre sa, li ba yo lòd sa a: —Men sa nou pral fè! N'ap separe moun k'ap vin pran pòs jou repo a an twa gwoup menm fòs, yon gwoup va fè pòs nan palè wa a,

And he commanded them, saying: This is the thing that you must do:

6 yon lòt gwoup va kanpe bò pòtay Sou a, dènye gwoup la va rete bò pòtay ki dèyè lòt gad yo. Y'a moute lagad nan palè wa a yonn apre lòt.

Let a third part of you go in on the sabbath, and keep the watch of the king’s house. And let a third part be at the gate of Sur: and let a third part be at the gate behind the dwelling of the shieldbearers: and you shall keep the watch of the house of Messa.

7 De gwoup gad k'ap leve pòs jou repo a va moute gad nan tanp Seyè a pou pwoteje wa a.

But let two parts of you, all that go forth on the sabbath, keep the watch of the house of the Lord about the king.

8 N'a fè yon gwo wonn ak wa a nan mitan. N'a kenbe zam nou nan men nou. Si yon moun ta vle pase nan mitan nou se pou nou touye l'. Kote wa a va fè, n'a fè avè l'.

And you shall compass him round about, having weapons in your hands: and if any man shall enter the precinct of the temple, let him be slain: and you shall be with the king coming in and going out.

9 Kaptenn yo fè tou sa Jeojada, prèt la, te ba yo lòd fè a. Yo pran tout gad yo, ni sa ki t'ap pran pòs jou repo a, ni sa ki t'ap leve pòs jou sa a tou, y' al jwenn Jeojada, prèt la.

And the centurions did according to all things that Joiada the priest had commanded them: and taking every one their men, that went in on the sabbath, with them that went out on the sabbath, came to Joiada the priest.

10 Jeojada pran frenn ak plak pwotèj wa David yo ki te nan Tanp Seyè a, li bay kaptenn gad yo kenbe.

And he gave them the spears, and the arms of king David, which were in the house of the Lord.

11 Gad yo menm, yo chak ak zam yo nan men yo, li ranje yo tout devan Tanp lan depi sou bò dwat rive sou bò gòch, yo fè wonn lotèl la pou pwoteje wa a.

And they stood having every one their weapons in their hands, from the right side of the temple, unto the left side of the altar, and of the temple, about the king.

12 Lè sa a, Jeojada fè pitit wa a soti. Li mete kouwòn lan sou tèt li, li renmèt li kontra Bondye a. Li vide lwil sou tèt li epi li deklare Joas wa. Tout moun bat bravo, yo pran rele: Viv wa a!

And he brought forth the king’s son, and put the diadem upon him, and the testimony: and they made him king, and anointed him: and clapping their hands. they said, God save the king.

13 Lè Atali tande tout bri gad yo ak pèp la t'ap fè, li kouri al nan tanp lan kote moun yo te ye a.

And Athalia heard the noise of the people running: and going in to the people into the temple of the Lord,

14 Li wè wa a kanpe bò gwo poto a, jan sa te toujou fèt la. Tout chèf yo ak tout mizisyen yo te bò kote wa a, tout pèp la te kontan, yo t'ap kònen twonpèt. Lè Atali wè sa, kè l' kase. Li chire rad sou li, li rele: —Men yo moute yon konplo sou do m!

She saw the king standing upon a tribunal, as the manner was, and the singers, and the trumpets near him, and all the people of the land rejoicing, and sounding the trumpets: and she rent her garments, and cried: A conspiracy, a conspiracy.

15 Lamenm Jeojada, prèt la, bay kaptenn ki t'ap kòmande lame a lòd sa a: —Pase nan mitan de ran sòlda yo avè l', mennen l' deyò. Touye nenpòt moun nou wè k'ap swiv li. Prèt la pa t' vle pou yo touye l' nan Tanp Seyè a.

But Joiada commended the centurions that were over the army, and said to them: Have her forth without the precinct of the temple, and whosoever shall follow her, let him be slain with the sword. For the priest had said: Let her not be slain in the temple of the Lord.

16 Yo pran Atali, yo mennen l' nan palè wa a bò Pòtay Chwal yo. Se la yo touye l'.

And they laid hands on her: and thrust her out by the way by which the horses go in, by the palace, and she was slain there.

17 Apre sa, Jeojada, prèt la, pase yon kontra ant Seyè a ak wa a ansanm ak pèp la. Dapre kontra a, yo rekonèt se pèp Seyè a yo ye. Li pase yon kontra tou ant wa a ak pèp la.

And Joiada made a covenant between the Lord, and the king, and the people, that they should be the people of the Lord, and between the king and the people.

18 Lèfini, tout pèp la al nan tanp Baal la, yo demoli l'. Yo kraze tout lotèl yo ak tout estati yo byen kraze. Yo touye Matan, prèt Baal la, devan lotèl yo. Jeojada mete gad veye Tanp Seyè a.

And all the people of the land went into the temple of Baal, and broke down his altars, and his images they broke in pieces thoroughly: they slew also Mathan the priest of Baal before the altar. And the priest set guards in the house of the Lord.

19 Apre sa, li menm, kaptenn yo, gad wa yo, gad palè yo ak tout pèp la, yo soti nan Tanp lan ansanm ak wa a, y' ale nan palè wa a. Yo pase antre nan pòt gad yo. Joas al chita sou fotèy wa a.

And he took the centurions, and the bands of the Cerethi and the Phelethi, and all the people of the land, and they brought the king from the house of the Lord: and they came by the way of the gate of the shieldbearers into the palace. and he sat on the throne of the kings.

20 Tout pèp la te kontan anpil. Yo te touye Atali ak kout nepe nan palè wa a. Apre sa, pa t' gen yon ti bri nan tout lavil la.

And all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was quiet: but Athalia was slain with the sword in the king’s house.

21 Joas te gen sètan lè l' moute wa.

Now Joas was seven years old, when he began to reign.