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.

Now, when, Athaliah, mother of Ahaziah, saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal.

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 Jehosheba daughter of King Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took Joash son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king’s sons that were being slain—him and his nurse, into the bedchamber, —so she hid him from the face of Athaliah, 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, in the house of Yahweh, hiding himself, six years, —while, Athaliah, was reigning 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.

But, in the seventh year, Jehoiada sent and took the captains over hundreds, of the Carian body-guard, and of the runners, and brought them unto him, in the house of Yahweh, —and, when he had solemnised a Covenant with them, and put them on oath, in the house of Yahweh, then shewed he 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 commanded them, saying—This, is the thing which ye must do, —A third part of you, will be coming in on the sabbath, and keeping the watch of the house of the king;

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.

and, a third, in the side-gate; and, a third, in the gate behind the runners, —so shall ye keep the watch of the house, by turns.

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

And, two parts of you, are all that are going out on the sabbath, —so shall ye keep the watch of the house of Yahweh, as touching 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'.

Thus shall ye encompass the king round about, every man with his weapons in his hand, and, he that cometh within the ranks, let him be slain, —so be ye with the king, when he cometh out and when he goeth in.

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 captains of hundreds did according to all that Jehoiada the priest commanded, and they took every man his men who were coming in on the sabbath, with them who were going out on the sabbath, —and came unto Jehoiada 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 the priest gave unto the captains of hundreds the spears and the shields which belonged to King David, —which were in the house of Yahweh.

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 the runners stood, every man with his weapons in his hand, from the right corner of the house, as far as the left corner of the house, by the altar and the house, —near the king, round about.

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!

Then brought he forth the king’s son, and set upon him the crown, and the testimony, and they made him king, and anointed him, —and clapped their hands, and said—May the king live!

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, when Athaliah heard the noise of the runners, the people, then came she in unto the people, in the house of Yahweh,

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!

and looked, and lo! the king, standing by the pillar, as the custom was, and the captains and the trumpeters, by the king, and, all the people of the land, rejoicing, and blowing with trumpets, —so Athaliah rent her garments, and cried out—Conspiracy! 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.

And Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains of hundreds—officers of the force, and said unto them—Take her forth into the inside of the ranks, and, he that cometh in after her, [ye are] to slay with the sword. For the priest said, Let her not be slain, in the house of Yahweh.

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

So they made way for her, and she entered the road by which the horses approached the house of the king, and 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 Jehoiada solemnised a covenant between Yahweh, and the king, and the people, that they should become a people unto Yahweh, —also 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 entered the house of Baal, and brake it down, his altars and his images, brake they in pieces, utterly, and, Mattan the priest of Baal, they slew before the altars, —and the priest appointed officers over the house of Yahweh.

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 captains of hundreds and the Carian bodyguard, and the runners, and all the people of the land, and they brought down the king out of the house of Yahweh, and they came, by way of the gate of the runners, into the house of the king, —and he took his seat 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, had rest, —when they had put, Athaliah, to death with the sword, in the house of the king.

21 Joas te gen sètan lè l' moute wa.

Seven years old, was Jehoash, when he began to reign.