2 Wa 13
1 Joas, pitit wa Okozyas, t'ap mache sou venntwazan depi li t'ap gouvènen peyi Jida a lè Joakaz, pitit Jeou, moute wa nan peyi Izrayèl. Li gouvènen pandan disetan nan lavil Samari.
After Joash had been ruling Judah for almost 23 years, Jehu’s son Jehoahaz became the king of Israel. He ruled in Samaria [city] for 17 years.
2 Men, li te fè sa ki mal nan je Seyè a, li te lage kò l' nan fè menm peche ak Jewoboram, pitit Nebat la, li lakòz pèp Izrayèl la peche tou. Li pa t' soti pou l' te kite vye chemen sa a.
He did many things that Yahweh considered to be evil and committed the same kind of sins that Jeroboam had committed, sins which led the people of Israel to sin. He did not stop committing those sins.
3 Se konsa li fè Seyè a fache sou moun peyi Izrayèl yo. Se sa ki fè Seyè a te lage yo nan men Azayèl, wa peyi Siri a, ak nan men Bennadad, pitit li, anpil fwa.
So Yahweh became very angry with the Israeli people, and he allowed the army of King Hazael of Syria and his son Ben-Hadad to defeat the Israelis many times.
4 Lè sa a, Joakaz lapriyè nan pye Seyè a. Seyè a reponn li paske li te wè jan wa peyi Siri a t'ap toupizi moun peyi Izrayèl yo.
Then Jehoahaz prayed to Yahweh [for help], and Yahweh heeded him, because he saw that the army of the king of Syria was oppressing the Israelis.
5 Seyè a voye yon moun pou sove pèp la. Se konsa, moun peyi Izrayèl yo soti anba men pèp Siri a. Yo tanmen viv ankò ak kè poze tankou anvan.
Yahweh sent a leader to Israel, who enabled them to be freed from being controlled by Syria. After that, the Israeli people lived peacefully as they had done previously.
6 Atousa, yo pa t' sispann fè peche fanmi Jewoboram yo te lakòz pèp la te fè. Yo lage kò yo nan fè menm peche yo tou. Estati Astate a te toujou kanpe lavil Samari.
But they still continued to commit the same kind of sins that Jeroboam and his family had committed and which led the Israelis to [also] sin. And the statue of the goddess Asherah remained in Samaria.
7 Lame Joakaz te rete avèk sèlman senkant kavalye, dis cha lagè ak dimil (10.000) sòlda apye, paske wa peyi Siri a te touye tout lòt yo, li te pilonnen yo anba pye l' tankou pousyè.
Jehoahaz had only 50 men who rode on horses and ten chariots and 10,000 other soldiers, because the army of Syria had killed all the rest, trampling them like people walk on dirt.
8 Rès istwa Joakaz la ansanm ak tou sa li te fè, n'a jwenn yo ekri nan liv Istwa Wa peyi Izrayèl yo.
[If you want to read about] [RHQ] everything else that Jehoahaz did, you can read about it in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Israel’.
9 Lè Joakaz mouri, yo antere l' lavil Samari. Se Joas, pitit gason l' lan, ki moute wa nan plas li.
Jehoahaz died [EUP] and was buried in Samaria. Then his son Jehoash became the king.
10 Wa Joas t'ap mache sou trannsetan depi li t'ap gouvènen peyi Jida lè Joas, pitit Joakaz la, moute wa peyi Izrayèl. Li gouvènen peyi a pandan sèzan nan lavil Samari.
Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz, started to rule in Israel after King Joash had been ruling in Judah for 23 years. Jehoash ruled in Samaria for 17 years.
11 Men, li te fè sa ki mal nan je Seyè a, li te lage kò l' nan fè menm peche ak Jewoboram, pitit Nebat la, li lakòz pèp Izrayèl la peche tou. Li lage kò l' pi rèd ladan l'.
He did many things that Yahweh considered to be evil. He refused to turn away from worshiping idols, which was the sin that [many years earlier King] Jeroboam had told the Israeli people to commit.
12 Tout rès istwa Joas la, tout sa li te fè, jan li te vanyan sòlda lè li t'ap fè lagè ak Amasya, wa peyi Jida a, tou sa te ekri nan liv Istwa Wa peyi Izrayèl yo.
The other things that happened while Jehoash was king and all the things that he did are written in the book called ‘The Account of What the Kings of Israel Did’. In that account they wrote about Jehoash’s [army’s] victories, and their war with [the army of] King Amaziah of Judah.
13 Lè li mouri, yo antere l' menm kote ak lòt wa peyi Izrayèl yo lavil Samari. Se Jewoboram ki moute wa nan plas li.
When Jehoash died, he was buried in Samaria where the [other] kings of Israel were buried. Then his son Jeroboam became king.
14 Elize tonbe malad. Se maladi sa a ki te pou pote l' ale. Joas, wa peyi Izrayèl la, al wè l'. Wa a kriye, li lage kò l' sou figi Elize, li di konsa: —Papa mwen! Papa mwen! Ou menm ki te tankou yon gwo lame pou pran defans peyi Izrayèl la, w'ap mouri vre!
Elisha became very ill. Just before he died, King Jehoash went to Elisha and cried in front of him. [Saying the same words that Elisha had said when Elijah was taken to heaven], he said, “My father/master! My father/master! The chariots of us Israeli people and their drivers [are taking my master away]!”
15 Elize di li: —Pran yon banza ak kèk flèch. Wa a pran yon banza ak kèk flèch.
Elisha said to him, “Bring to me a bow and some arrows!” So the king did that.
16 Lè sa a, Elize di l' konsa: —Pare ou pou ou tire yon flèch. Wa a pare. Elize mete men pa l' sou men wa a.
Then Elisha told the king to put his hands on the bow [and prepare to shoot some arrows]. And then Elisha put his own hands on the king’s hands.
17 Li di l': —Louvri fennèt ki bay sou solèy leve a. Wa a louvri fennèt la. Elize di li: —Koulye a tire! Wa a tire flèch la, lè sa a Elize pale byen fò li di: —Men flèch Seyè a voye pou bay delivrans lan, flèch ki pral kraze peyi Siri a! Ou pral bat moun Siri yo lavil Afèk jouk ou a fini ak yo.
Then Elisha told him, “[Have someone] open that window toward the east.” So they opened it. Then Elisha said, “Shoot!” So the king did. Then Elisha said, “That is the arrow that [indicates that your army] will defeat the Syrian army. Your army will completely defeat their [army] at Aphek [town].”
18 Apre sa, Elize di wa a: —Pran lòt flèch yo! Wa a pran flèch yo. Elize di li: —Frape yo atè. Wa a frape yo atè an twa fwa epi li rete.
Then Elisha said, “Pick up the other arrows and strike the ground with them!” So the king picked up the arrows and struck the ground three times.
19 Lè sa a, pwofèt la fache sou li, li di l' konsa: —Se pou ou te frape atè a senk fwa osinon sis fwa. Konsa, ou ta bat moun peyi Siri yo jouk ou ta fini nèt nèt ak yo. Koulye a, ou pral bat yo twa fwa ase.
But Elisha was angry with him. He exclaimed, “You should have struck the ground five or six times! If you had done that, your army would have defeated the Syrian [army] until they were completely wiped out! But now, [because you struck the ground only three times, ] your army will defeat them only three times!”
20 Elize mouri, yo antere l'. Chak lanne moun Moab yo te konn fè bann pou vin fè piyay nan peyi Izrayèl la.
Then Elisha died and was buried. Groups of raiders from Moab came to Israel each year during (spring/the time when the cold season was ending).
21 Yon lè moun peyi Izrayèl yo tapral antere yon moun mouri, yo wè yonn nan bann moun Moab yo, yo prese lage kadav la nan tonm Elize a epi yo met deyò. Kadav la al tonbe sou zosman Elize yo. Lamenm, mò a leve vivan, li kanpe sou de pye l'.
One year, when some Israeli people were burying a man’s body, they saw a group of those raiders. [They were afraid, ] so quickly they threw that man’s body into the tomb where Elisha [had been buried, and they ran away]. But as soon as the man’s body touched Elisha’s bones, the dead man became alive again and jumped up!
22 Azayèl, wa peyi Siri a, te maltrete pèp peyi Izrayèl la pandan tout reny Joakaz.
King Hazael of Syria [sent soldiers to] oppress the Israeli people all during the years that Jehoahaz [ruled Judah].
23 Men, Seyè a te aji byen ak moun peyi Izrayèl yo, li te gen pitye pou yo. Li pa t' kite moun fini ak yo, li te ede yo poutèt kontra li te pase ak Abraram, Izarak ak Jakòb. Li pa janm bliye pèp li a, jouk lè sa a.
But Yahweh was very kind [DOU] to the Israeli people. He helped them because of the agreement that he had made with [their ancestors] Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. He did not get rid of the Israelis, and he still has not rejected them.
24 Lè Azayèl, wa peyi Siri a, mouri, se Bennadad, pitit li, ki moute wa nan plas li.
When Hazael the king of Syria died, his son Ben-Hadad became the king.
25 Wa Joas, pitit gason Joakaz, repran nan men Bennadad tout lavil Azayèl te pran yo lè li t'ap fè lagè ak Joakaz la, papa l'. Joas bat Bennadad an twa fwa, li reprann tout lavil peyi Izrayèl yo nan men l'.
[The army of] King Jehoash of Israel defeated [the army of] King Ben-Hadad three times, and recaptured the cities that Ben-Hadad’s army had captured during the time that Jehoash’s father Jehoahaz was ruling Israel.
