2 Wa 9
1 Pwofèt Elize rele yonn nan jenn pwofèt yo, li di l' konsa: —Pare pou ale lavil Ramòt nan peyi Galarad. Pran ti poban lwil oliv sa a avè ou.
Now Elisha the prophet summoned one of the sons of the prophets and said to him, “Tuck your cloak under your belt, take this flask of oil, and go to Ramoth-gilead.
2 Lè w'a rive, w'a chache kote Jeou, pitit gason Jozafa a, pitit pitit Nimchi a, ye. W'a antre kote l' ye a, w'a fè l' leve kite kanmarad li yo, w'a mennen l' nan yon pyès apa.
When you arrive, look for Jehu son of Jehoshaphat, the son of Nimshi. Go in, get him away from his companions, and take him to an inner room.
3 W'a pran ti poban lwil la, w'a vide l' sou tèt li. W'a di l': Men sa Seyè a di: Mwen chwazi ou pou ou wa nan peyi Izrayèl. Lèfini, pa rete. Louvri pòt la, prese al fè wout ou.
Then take the flask of oil, pour it on his head, and declare, ‘This is what the LORD says: I anoint you king over Israel.’ Then open the door and run. Do not delay!”
4 Se konsa jenn pwofèt la ale lavil Ramòt nan peyi Galarad.
So the young prophet went to Ramoth-gilead,
5 Li jwenn tout chèf lame yo te reyini ap pale ansanm. Li di konsa: —Chèf, mwen gen yon mesaj pou ou. Jeou mande l': —Pou kilès nan nou? Pwofèt la reponn: —Pou ou wi, chèf.
and when he arrived, the army commanders were sitting there. “I have a message for you, commander,” he said. “For which of us?” asked Jehu. “For you, commander,” he replied.
6 Jeou leve, li antre nan kay la. Lamenm jenn pwofèt la vide lwil oliv la sou tèt Jeou, li di l' konsa: —Seyè a, Bondye pèp Izrayèl la, di: Mwen chwazi ou pou ou wa sou pèp Izrayèl, pèp mwen an.
So Jehu got up and went into the house, where the young prophet poured the oil on his head and declared, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘I anoint you king over the LORD’s people Israel.
7 Ou pral touye tout fanmi Akab, mèt ou a. Se konsa mwen pral peni Jezabèl pou touye li te touye pwofèt mwen yo ak tout lòt sèvitè m' yo.
And you are to strike down the house of your master Ahab, so that I may avenge the blood of My servants the prophets and the blood of all the servants of the LORD shed by the hand of Jezebel.
8 Tout rès fanmi Akab la fèt pou disparèt. M'ap touye dènye gason ki gen nan fanmi an, jenn moun kou granmoun.
The whole house of Ahab will perish, and I will cut off from Ahab every male, both slave and free, in Israel.
9 Menm sa m' te fè fanmi Jewoboram, pitit Nebat, wa peyi Izrayèl la, menm sa m' te fè fanmi Bacha, pitit Akija, wa peyi Izrayèl la tou, se sa m'ap fè fanmi pa l' la tou.
I will make the house of Ahab like the houses of Jeroboam son of Nebat and Baasha son of Ahijah.
10 Pou Jezabèl menm, se chen ki pral manje kadav li nan jaden Jizreyèl la. P'ap gen pesonn pou antere l'. Lè li fin di sa, li louvri pòt la, li kouri ale.
And on the plot of ground at Jezreel the dogs will devour Jezebel, and there will be no one to bury her.’” Then the young prophet opened the door and ran.
11 Jeou tounen al jwenn lòt chèf parèy li yo. Yo mande l': —Sa ki genyen? Sa nèg fou sa a te bezwen ou fè? Jeou reponn yo: —Anyen. Nou konnen ki moun pwofèt sa yo ye. Nou konnen sa y'ap mache di!
When Jehu went out to the servants of his master, they asked, “Is everything all right? Why did this madman come to you?” “You know his kind and their babble,” he replied.
12 Mesye yo reponn: —Manti w'ap ban nou la a! Annou wè non, monchè. Rakonte nou sa l' di ou. Lè sa a, Jeou di yo: —Li di m' Seyè a voye di m' li chwazi m' pou wa peyi Izrayèl la.
“That is a lie!” they said. “Tell us now!” So Jehu answered, “He talked to me about this and that, and he said, ‘This is what the LORD says: I anoint you king over Israel.’”
13 Lamenm chèf lame yo wete manto yo, yo louvri yo sou tèt macheskalye a, yo fè Jeou moute chita. Yo kònen klewon, yo di: —Viv Jeou, wa peyi Izrayèl!
Quickly, each man took his garment and put it under Jehu on the bare steps. Then they blew the ram’s horn and proclaimed, “Jehu is king!”
14 Jeou, pitit Jozafa, pitit pitit Nimchi, moute yon konplo kont Joram. Joram te moute lavil Ramòt nan peyi Galarad ak tout moun peyi Izrayèl yo al goumen ak Azayèl, wa peyi Siri.
Thus Jehu son of Jehoshaphat, the son of Nimshi, conspired against Joram. (Now Joram and all Israel had been defending Ramoth-gilead against Hazael king of Aram,
15 Men, li te tounen lavil Jizreyèl fè mete renmèd sou kote sòlda peyi Siri yo te blese l' lè li t'ap goumen ak Azayèl, wa peyi Siri a. Lè sa a Jeou di moun ki te avè l' yo: —Si nou avè m' vre, pa kite pesonn soti lavil Ramòt al bay nouvèl la lavil Jizreyèl.
but King Joram had returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds he had suffered at the hands of the Arameans in the battle against Hazael their king.) So Jehu said, “If you commanders wish to make me king, then do not let anyone escape from the city to go and tell it in Jezreel.”
16 Apre sa, li moute sou cha lagè li, li pati pou lavil Jizreyèl. Joram te kouche malad toujou. Akazya, wa peyi Jida a, te desann vin wè l'.
Then Jehu got into his chariot and went to Jezreel, because Joram was laid up there and Ahaziah king of Judah had gone down to see him.
17 Yon faksyonnè ki te nan fò won Jizreyèl la wè Jeou ansanm ak yon bann moun ki t'ap pwoche. Li rele: —Mwen wè yon bann moun k'ap vini wi! Joram bay lòd sa a: —Voye yon kavalye al kontre yo pou l' mande yo si y'ap vin an zanmi!
Now the watchman standing on the tower in Jezreel saw Jehu’s troops approaching, and he called out, “I see a company of troops!” “Choose a rider,” Joram commanded. “Send him out to meet them and ask, ‘Have you come in peace?’”
18 Kavalye a pati al kontre Jeou, li di l': —Wa a bezwen konnen si se an zanmi w'ap vini! Jeou reponn li: —Sa pa gade ou! Pase dèyè do m'. Faksyonnè a bay nouvèl la konsa: —Mesaje a rive bò kote yo, men li pa tounen.
So a horseman rode off to meet Jehu and said, “This is what the king asks: ‘Have you come in peace?’” “What do you know about peace?” Jehu replied. “Fall in behind me.” And the watchman reported, “The messenger reached them, but he is not coming back.”
19 Yo voye yon dezyèm kavalye. Lè li rive bò kote yo, li di: —Wa a mande ou si se an zanmi w'ap vini. Jeou reponn li: —Sa pa gade ou! Pase dèyè do m'.
So the king sent out a second horseman, who went to them and said, “This is what the king asks: ‘Have you come in peace?’” “What do you know about peace?” Jehu replied. “Fall in behind me.”
20 Faksyonnè a bay nouvèl la ankò: —Mesaje a rive bò kote yo, men li pa tounen. Lèfini, moun ki sou premye cha a gen lè se Jeou, pitit pitit Nimchi a. L'ap kouri cha lagè a tankou moun fou.
Again the watchman reported, “He reached them, but he is not coming back. And the charioteer is driving like Jehu son of Nimshi —he is driving like a madman!”
21 Lè sa a Joram di: —Pare cha lagè a pou mwen! Yo mennen chwal yo, yo pare cha lagè wa a. Joram, wa peyi Izrayèl la, ak Okozyas, wa peyi Jida a, pati, chak moun sou cha yo. y' al kontre Jeou. Yo kontre avè l' nan jaden ki te pou Nabòt, moun lavil Jizreyèl la.
“Harness!” Joram shouted, and they harnessed his chariot. Then Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah set out, each in his own chariot, and met Jehu on the property of Naboth the Jezreelite.
22 Joram mande l': —Eske ou vin an zanmi? Jeou reponn: —Ki zanmi w'ap pale la a lè manman ou, Jezabèl, ap donnen pi rèd nan fè maji ak nan sèvi zidòl?
When Joram saw Jehu, he asked, “Have you come in peace, Jehu?” “How can there be peace,” he replied, “as long as the idolatry and witchcraft of your mother Jezebel abound?”
23 Joram kase tèt tounen, li kouri met deyò, li di Okozyas konsa: —Yo trayi nou, Okozyas!
Joram turned around and fled, calling out to Ahaziah, “Treachery, Ahaziah!”
24 Jeou pran banza li, li voye yon flèch ak tout fòs li. Flèch la pran Joram nan mitan de zepòl li yo, li pèse kè l'. Joram tonbe nan cha lagè li a.
Then Jehu drew his bow and shot Joram between the shoulders. The arrow pierced his heart, and he slumped down in his chariot.
25 Jeou rele Bidka, òdonans li an, li ba li lòd sa a: —Pran kadav la, jete l' nan jaden Nabòt, moun Jizreyèl la. Ou chonje lè ou menm avè m' nou te sou chwal nou dèyè Akab, papa l'? Seyè a te pale kont Joram, li te di:
And Jehu said to Bidkar his officer, “Pick him up and throw him into the field of Naboth the Jezreelite. For remember that when you and I were riding together behind his father Ahab, the LORD lifted up this burden against him:
26 Menm jan ayè, mwen te wè jan nou te touye Nabòt ak pitit gason l' yo, se konsa m'a ba ou sa ou merite a nan menm jaden an. Se mwen menm, Seyè a, ki di sa. Koulye a, pran kadav li, jete l' nan jaden Nabòt la, jan Seyè a te di l' la.
‘As surely as I saw the blood of Naboth and the blood of his sons yesterday, declares the LORD, so will I repay you on this plot of ground, declares the LORD.’ Now then, according to the word of the LORD, pick him up and throw him on the plot of ground.”
27 Lè Okozyas, wa peyi Jida a, wè sa ki te rive, li kouri nan cha lagè li a nan direksyon lavil Betagan. Men, Jeou pati dèyè l'. Li di: —Touye l' tou. Yo blese l' sou cha a nan ti moute ki mennen lavil Gour, toupre lavil Jibleyam. Men, Okozyas kenbe jouk li rive lavil Megido. Se la li mouri.
When King Ahaziah of Judah saw this, he fled up the road toward Beth-haggan. And Jehu pursued him, shouting, “Shoot him too!” So they shot Ahaziah in his chariot on the Ascent of Gur, near Ibleam, and he fled to Megiddo and died there.
28 Apre sa, chèf li yo mete kadav la sou cha a, yo mennen l' lavil Jerizalèm. Yo antere l' nan kavo fanmi li nan lavil David la.
Then his servants carried him by chariot to Jerusalem and buried him with his fathers in his tomb in the City of David.
29 Joram, pitit Akab la, t'ap mache sou onzan depi li te wa peyi Izrayèl lè Okozyas te moute wa nan peyi Jida.
(In the eleventh year of Joram son of Ahab, Ahaziah had become king over Judah.)
30 Jeou rive lavil Jizreyèl. Lè Jezabèl vin konn sa, li pase fa bò je li, li ranje tèt li, l' al kanpe bò yon fennèt ap gade.
Now when Jehu arrived in Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it. So she painted her eyes, adorned her head, and looked down from a window.
31 Lè Jeou antre nan pòtay lavil la, Jezabèl di l' konsa: —Ban m' nouvèl ou non, Zimri, ansasen mèt ou!
And as Jehu entered the gate, she asked, “Have you come in peace, O Zimri, murderer of your master?”
32 Jeou leve je l' gade bò fennèt la, li di: —Ki moun ki avè m'? De twa gad palè a parèt tèt yo nan yon fennèt.
He looked up at the window and called out, “Who is on my side? Who?” And two or three eunuchs looked down at him.
33 Jeou di yo: —Voye Jezabèl jete anba! Yo voye Jezabèl jete anba. San li gaye sou tout miray la ak sou chwal yo. Jeou fè chwal li yo ak cha lagè li a pase sou kadav la.
“Throw her down!” yelled Jehu. So they threw her down, and her blood splattered on the wall and on the horses as they trampled her underfoot.
34 Li antre nan palè a, li manje, li bwè. Apre sa li di: —Al okipe fanm madichon an! Antere l'. Tout jan, se pitit fi yon wa li ye.
Then Jehu went in and ate and drank. “Take care of this cursed woman,” he said, “and bury her, for she was the daughter of a king.”
35 Men, lè mesye yo ale pou antere l' yo pa jwenn anyen pase zo bwa tèt li, de pye l' ak de pla men l' yo.
But when they went out to bury her, they found nothing but her skull, her feet, and the palms of her hands.
36 Yo tounen al fè rapò yo bay Jeou. Jeou di konsa: —Se sa menm Seyè a te di ki pou te rive l' lè li te bay Eli, moun Tichbe a mesaj sa a pou li: Chen va manje Jezabèl nan peyi Jizreyèl.
So they went back and told Jehu, who replied, “This is the word of the LORD, which He spoke through His servant Elijah the Tishbite: ‘On the plot of ground at Jezreel the dogs will devour the flesh of Jezebel.
37 Kadav li pral tounen fimye gaye nan tout jaden zòn Jizreyèl la. Konsa pesonn p'ap ka rekonèt li.
And Jezebel’s body will lie like dung in the field on the plot of ground at Jezreel, so that no one can say: This is Jezebel.’”
