2 Re 10

1 OR [vi erano] in Samaria settanta figliuoli di Achab. E Iehu scrisse una lettera, e [la] mandò in Samaria, agli Anziani principali d'Izreel, ed a' balii de' figliuoli di Achab, di tal tenore:

There were seventy descendants of King Ahab who were living there in Samaria. Jehu wrote a letter [and made copies of it] and sent them to the rulers of the city, to the elders, and to those who raised and tutored Ahab’s children.

2 Ora, come prima questa lettera sarà pervenuta a voi, che avete in man vostra i figliuoli del vostro signore, e i suoi carri, e cavalli, e città forte, ed armi,

[This is what he wrote]: “You are the ones who are [taking care of] the king’s descendants. You have chariots and horses and weapons, and you live in cities that have walls around them. So as soon as you receive this letter,

3 considerate, d'infra i figliuoli del vostro signore, quello che più vi aggraderà, e mettetelo sopra il trono di suo padre, e guerreggiate per la casa del vostro signore.

choose one of the king’s sons, the one who is the best qualified, and appoint him to be your king. Then [prepare to] fight to defend him.”

4 Ma essi ebbero grandissima paura, e dissero: Ecco, due re non hanno potuto contrastargli, e come potremo contrastargli noi?

But [when they got those letters from Jehu and read them], they became very afraid. They said, “King Joram and King Ahaziah could not resist him; (how can we resist him?/we cannot possibly resist him!)” [RHQ]

5 Laonde il mastro del palazzo, e il governatore della città, e gli Anziani, e i balii, mandarono a dire a Iehu: Noi [siamo] tuoi servitori, e faremo tutto quello che tu ci dirai; noi non faremo re alcuno; fa' tu ciò che ti piace.

So the officer who was in charge of the palace and the mayor of the city sent a message to Jehu saying, “We want to serve you, and we are ready to do whatever you tell us to do. We will not appoint anyone to become our king. You do whatever you think is best.”

6 Ed egli scrisse loro la seconda volta lettere di tal tenore: Se voi [siete de]'miei, e volete ubbidire a' miei comandamenti, togliete le teste a' figliuoli del vostro signore, e venite domani a quest'ora a me, in Izreel. (Or i figliuoli del re [erano] settanta, ed [erano] appresso i principali della città, che li allevavano.)

So Jehu sent a second letter to them, writing this: “If you (are on my side/want to help me), and if you are ready to obey me, [kill] King Ahab’s descendants [and cut off their heads and] bring their heads to me here in Jezreel at this time tomorrow.” The seventy descendants of King Ahab were being brought up and supervised by the leaders of [Samaria] city.

7 E quando vennero loro quelle lettere, presero i figliuoli del re, [ch'erano] settant'uomini, e li ammazzarono; e, poste le lor teste in ceste, le mandarono a Iehu, in Izreel.

When they received the letter from Jehu, they killed all seventy of Ahab’s descendants and [cut off their heads]. They put their heads in baskets and sent them to Jehu at Jezreel.

8 Ed un messo venne, che gli rapportò il fatto, dicendo: Coloro hanno portate le teste de' figliuoli del re. Ed egli disse: Mettetele in due mucchi all'entrata della porta, infino a domattina.

A messenger came to Jehu and told him, “They have brought the heads of Ahab’s descendants.” So Jehu commanded that the heads should be put in two piles at the city gate and that the heads should stay there until the next morning.

9 E la mattina [seguente], essendo uscito fuori, egli si fermò, e disse a tutto il popolo: Voi [siete] giusti; ecco, io ho congiurato contro al mio signore, e l'ho ucciso; ma chi ha uccisi tutti costoro?

The next morning he went out [to the city gate] and said to all the people, “I am the one who plotted against King Joram and killed him. You are not guilty of doing that. But [it was Yahweh, not I] [RHQ] who [commanded that] all these [descendants of Ahab should be] killed.

10 Or sappiate che nulla della parola del Signore, che egli ha pronunziata contro alla casa di Achab, è caduto a terra; e ch'egli ha fatto ciò che egli avea parlato per Elia, suo servitore.

So you need to know that everything that Yahweh said would happen has happened. He has caused to happen what he told the prophet Elijah would happen.”

11 Iehu percosse ancora tutti quelli ch'erano rimasti della casa di Achab, in Izreel, e tutti i suoi grandi, e i suoi amici, e i suoi principali ufficiali, fino a non lasciarne alcuno di resto.

Then Jehu executed all the other relatives of Ahab in Jezreel, and all Ahab’s officers, and close friends, and his priests. He did not allow any of them to remain alive.

12 Poi si levò, e si partì, e andò in Samaria. E per cammino, [essendo presso] ad una mandria di pastori, trovò i fratelli di Achazia,

Then Jehu left [Jezreel] and went toward Samaria. While he was going there, at a place called ‘Shepherds’ Camp’,

13 re di Giuda, e disse: Chi [siete] voi? Ed essi dissero: Noi [siamo] i fratelli di Achazia, re di Giuda; e siamo discesi per salutare i figliuoli del re, ed i figliuoli della regina.

he met some relatives of King Ahaziah of Judah. He asked them, “Who are you?” They replied, “We are relatives of King Ahaziah. We are going to Jezreel to visit the children of Queen Jezebel and the other members of King [Joram’s] family.”

14 Allora [Iehu] disse [a' suoi]: Pigliateli vivi. Ed essi li presero vivi e li ammazzarono presso alla cisterna della mandria. [Ed erano] quarantadue uomini; e [Iehu] non ne lasciò scampare alcuno.

Jehu said to his men, “Seize them!” So they seized them and killed all of them at the pit named Beth-Eked. There were 42 people whom they killed; they did not allow any of them to remain alive.

15 Poi partitosi di là, trovò Ionadab, figliuolo di Recab, [che] gli [veniva] incontro. Ed egli lo salutò, e gli disse: È il cuor tuo diritto, come il cuor mio è diritto inverso il tuo? E Ionadab rispose: Sì, lo è. [Se così è, disse Iehu], dammi la mano. Ed egli gli diede la mano. E [Iehu] lo fece salire appresso di sè sopra il carro.

Then Jehu [continued to travel toward Samaria]. Along the road, he was met by Jonadab, a leader of the Rechab clan. Jehu greeted him and said to him, “Are you as devoted to me [IDM] as I am devoted to you?” Jonadab replied, “Yes, I am.” Jehu said, “If you are, shake hands with me.” So Jonadab shook hands with him, and Jehu helped him to get into his chariot.

16 Poi gli disse: Vieni meco, e tu vedrai il mio zelo per lo Signore. Egli adunque fu fatto salire in sul carro di esso.

Jehu said to him, “Come with me, and you will see that I am very devoted to Yahweh.” So they rode together to Samaria.

17 E [quando Iehu] fu giunto in Samaria, percosse tutti quelli ch'erano rimasti in Samaria [della casa] di Achab, finchè l'ebbe distrutta; secondo la parola del Signore ch'egli avea detta ad Elia.

When they arrived in Samaria, Jehu killed all of Ahab’s relatives who were still alive. He did not (spare any of them/allow any of them to remain alive). That was what Yahweh told Elijah would happen.

18 Poi Iehu adunò tutto il popolo, e disse loro: Achab ha poco servito a Baal; Iehu gli servirà molto [più].

Then Jehu summoned all the people [of Samaria], and said to them, “King Ahab was devoted to [your god] Baal a little bit, but I will serve him much more.

19 Ora dunque, chiamate a me tutti i profeti di Baal, tutti i suoi ministri, e tutti suoi sacerdoti; non manchine pur uno; perciocchè io ho [da fare] un gran sacrificio a Baal; chiunque vi mancherà non viverà. Or Iehu facea [questo] con astuzia, per distruggere i ministri di Baal.

So now summon all the prophets of Baal, all of Baal’s priests, and all the others who worship Baal. I am going to make a great sacrifice to Baal. I want all of them to be there. Any of them who is not there will be executed.” But Jehu was planning to trick them; he was planning to kill all those who worshiped Baal.

20 E Iehu disse: Santificate una festa solenne a Baal. Ed essi la bandirono.

Then Jehu commanded, “Announce that we are going to set aside a day to honor Baal.” So they did that.

21 E Iehu mandò per tutto Israele, che tutti i ministri di Baal venissero. Ed essi vennero tutti, e non ne restò pur uno che non venisse. Poi entrarono nel tempio di Baal; e quello fu ripieno da un capo all'altro.

Jehu [decided what day they would gather and] sent messages throughout Israel [telling everyone what day to gather on], and on that day, everyone who worshiped Baal came. No one stayed at home. They all went into the huge temple of Baal and filled it from one end to the other.

22 Allora [Iehu] disse al sagrestano: Trai fuori vesti per tutti i ministri di Baal. Ed egli trasse loro fuori le vesti.

Jehu told the priest who took care of the sacred robes to bring them out and give them to the people who worshiped Baal. So the priest did that.

23 E Iehu, e Ionadab, figliuolo di Recab, entrarono dentro al tempio di Baal. E [Iehu] disse a' ministri di Baal: Ricercate bene, e guardate che talora non vi sia qui fra voi [alcuno] dei servitori del Signore, ma solo i ministri di Baal.

Then Jehu went into the temple of Baal with Jonadab, and he said to the people who were there to worship Baal, “Be sure that only those who worship Baal are here. Be sure that no one who worships Yahweh has come in.”

24 Essi adunque entrarono per far sacrificii e olocausti. Or Iehu avea posti ottant'uomini di fuori; a' quali disse: Se alcun di costoro, che io vi metto nelle mani, scampa, la vita di colui [che l'avrà lasciato scampare, sarà] per la vita di esso.

Then he and Jonadab prepared to offer sacrifices and other offerings to Baal that would be completely burned [on the altar that was there in Samaria]. But Jehu had stationed eighty of his men outside the temple, and had said to them, “I want you to kill all the people [who are in the temple]. Anyone who allows one of them to escape will be executed!”

25 E quando quelli ebber finito di far l'olocausto, Iehu disse a' sergenti, ed a' capitani: Entrate, percoteteli, non iscampine pur uno. Essi adunque li percossero a fil di spada; e li gittarono via, e andarono nella città del tempio di Baal.

As soon as Jehu [and Jonadab] had finished killing the animals that would be completely burned to be an offering to Baal, they [went outside and] said to the guards and officers, “Go in and kill all of them! Do not allow any of them to escape!” So the guards and officers went in and killed them all with their swords. Then they dragged their corpses outside the temple. Then they went into the inner room of the temple,

26 E trassero fuori le statue del tempio di Baal, e le bruciarono;

and they carried out the sacred pillar of Baal that was there, and they burned it.

27 e ruppero la statua di Baal, e disfecero il tempio di esso e lo ridussero in laterine[e così è restato] fino al dì d'oggi.

So they destroyed that pillar that honored Baal, and then they burned down the temple, and made it a public toilet. And it is still a toilet!

28 COSÌ Iehu sterminò Baal da Israele.

That is how Jehu got rid of the worship of Baal in Israel.

29 Ma pure Iehu non si rivolse da' peccati di Geroboamo, figliuolo di Nebat, co' quali egli avea fatto peccare Israele, [cioè], da' vitelli d'oro, ch'[erano] in Betel, e in Dan.

But Jehu did not quit committing the kinds of sins that Jeroboam had committed, sins that led the people of Israel to sin by worshiping the gold [statues of] calves in Bethel and Dan [cities].

30 E il Signore disse a Iehu: Perciocchè tu hai bene eseguito ciò che mi piaceva, ed hai fatto alla casa di Achab, secondo tutto quello che io avea nel cuore, i tuoi figliuoli sederanno sopra il trono d'Israele fino alla quarta generazione.

Then Yahweh said to Jehu, “You have done what pleased me by getting rid of all of Ahab’s descendants. So I promise you that your son and grandson and great-grandson and great-great-grandson will all be kings of Israel.”

31 Ma Iehu non osservò di camminare con tutto il suo cuore nella Legge del Signore Iddio d'Israele; egli non si rivolse da' peccati di Geroboamo, co' quali egli avea fatto peccare Israele.

But Jehu did not obey all the laws of Yahweh, the God of the Israeli people. He did not stop committing the sins that Jeroboam had committed, sins that led the Israeli people to sin.

32 In quel tempo il Signore cominciò a mozzar [parte] d'Israele. Ed Hazael percosse gl'Israeliti in tutte le lor frontiere;

At that time, Yahweh began to cause the territory controlled by Israel to become smaller. [The army of] King Hazael [of Syria] conquered much of the Israeli territory.

33 verso il Giordano, dall'Oriente, tutto il paese di Galaad, e quel de' Gaditi, e de' Rubeniti, e de' Manassiti; da Aroer, che [è] sul torrente di Arnon, e Galaad, e Basan.

He conquered the parts east of the Jordan [River], as far south as Aroer [town] on the Arnon [River]. That included [the] Gilead and Bashan [regions], where the tribes of Gad, Reuben, and half of the tribe of Manasseh lived.

34 Ora, quant'è al rimanente de' fatti di Iehu, e tutto quello ch'egli fece, e tutte le sue prodezze; queste cose non [sono] esse scritte nel libro delle Croniche dei re d'Israele?

[If you want to read more] about all the other things that Jehu did [RHQ], they are written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Israel’.

35 E Iehu giacque coi suoi padri, e fu seppellito in Samaria; e Ioachaz, suo figliuolo, regnò in luogo suo.

Jehu died [EUP], and was buried in Samaria. His son Jehoahaz became the king in place of his father.

36 E il tempo che Iehu regnò sopra Israele in Samaria, [fu] di ventotto anni.

Jehu had ruled in Samaria as the king of Israel for twenty-eight years.