ಪೂರ್ವಕಾಲವೃತ್ತಾಂತ ದ್ವಿತೀಯ ಭಾಗ 17
Asa’s son Jehoshaphat became the king [of Judah], and he enabled his army to become very strong, with the result that they could resist attacks from [the army of] Israel.
2 ೨ ಅವನು ಯೆಹೂದದ ಕೋಟೆಕೊತ್ತಲುಗಳುಳ್ಳ ಎಲ್ಲಾ ಪಟ್ಟಣಗಳಲ್ಲೂ ಸೈನ್ಯವನ್ನಿರಿಸಿದನು. ಯೆಹೂದ ದೇಶದಲ್ಲಿಯೂ ತನ್ನ ತಂದೆಯಾದ ಆಸನು ವಶಪಡಿಸಿಕೊಂಡಿದ್ದ ಎಫ್ರಾಯೀಮ್ ರ ಪಟ್ಟಣಗಳಲ್ಲಿಯೂ ಅಧಿಕಾರಿಗಳನ್ನು ನೇಮಿಸಿದನು.
He put soldiers in all the cities in Judah around which they had built walls, and he put soldiers in other places in Judah and in the towns in the area belonging to the tribe of Ephraim that [soldiers of] his father Asa had captured.
3 ೩ ಇವನು ಬಾಳ್ ದೇವರುಗಳನ್ನು ಅವಲಂಬಿಸದೆ, ತನ್ನ ಪೂರ್ವಿಕನಾದ ದಾವೀದನ ಮೊದಲಿನ ನಡತೆಯ ಪ್ರಕಾರ ನಡೆಯುತ್ತಿದ್ದದರಿಂದ ಯೆಹೋವನು ಯೆಹೋಷಾಫಾಟನ ಸಂಗಡ ಇದ್ದನು.
Yahweh helped Jehoshaphat because when he started [to rule Judah], he did the things that pleased Yahweh like his ancestor [King] David had done. He did not worship the idols of Baal.
Instead, he sought advice from the God whom his father [had worshiped], and he obeyed God’s commands, and did not do the [evil things that the kings of] Israel continually did.
5 ೫ ಆದುದರಿಂದ ಯೆಹೋವನು ಇವನ ರಾಜ್ಯಾಧಿಕಾರವನ್ನು ಸ್ಥಿರಪಡಿಸಿದನು; ಯೆಹೂದ್ಯರೆಲ್ಲರೂ ಯೆಹೋಷಾಫಾಟನಿಗೆ ಕಾಣಿಕೆ ಕೊಡುತ್ತಿದ್ದುದರಿಂದ ಇವನ ಧನ ಘನತೆಗಳು ಹೆಚ್ಚಾದವು.
Yahweh enabled him to completely control his kingdom. All [the people of] Judah brought gifts to him, with the result that he became very rich and was greatly honored.
6 ೬ ಇವನು ಯೆಹೋವನ ಮಾರ್ಗದಲ್ಲಿ ನಡೆದು ಧೈರ್ಯಗೊಂಡನು; ಇದಲ್ಲದೆ ಯೆಹೂದ ದೇಶದಲ್ಲಿದ್ದ ಪೂಜಾಸ್ಥಳಗಳನ್ನೂ, ಅಶೇರ ವಿಗ್ರಹ ಸ್ತಂಭಗಳನ್ನೂ ತೆಗೆದು ಹಾಕಿಸಿದನು.
He was completely devoted to doing what pleased Yahweh. His workers got rid of the shrines on the hilltops and the poles for [worshiping the goddess] Asherah throughout Judah.
7 ೭ ಇವನು ತನ್ನ ಆಳ್ವಿಕೆಯ ಮೂರನೆಯ ವರ್ಷದಲ್ಲಿ ತನ್ನ ಅಧಿಕಾರಿಗಳಾದ ಬೆನ್ಹೈಲ್, ಓಬದ್ಯ, ಜೆಕರ್ಯ ನೆತನೇಲ್, ಮಿಕಾಯ ಎಂಬ ಯಾಜಕರನ್ನೂ ಧರ್ಮೋಪದೇಶ ಮಾಡುವುದಕ್ಕೋಸ್ಕರ ಯೆಹೂದ ದೇಶದ ಪಟ್ಟಣಗಳಿಗೆ ಕಳುಹಿಸಿದನು.
When he had been ruling [Judah] for almost three years, he sent some of his officials—Ben-Hail, Obadiah, Zechariah, Nethanel, and Micaiah—to teach the people in various towns in Judah.
8 ೮ ಇವರ ಜೊತೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಶೆಮಾಯ, ನೆತನ್ಯ, ಜೆಬದ್ಯ, ಅಸಾಹೇಲ್, ಶೆಮೀರಾಮೋತ್, ಯೆಹೋನಾತಾನ್, ಅದೋನೀಯ, ಟೋಬೀಯ, ಟೋಬದೋನೀಯ ಎಂಬ ಲೇವಿಯರು ಇದ್ದರು. ಎಲೀಷಾಮಾ, ಯೆಹೋರಾಮ್,
With them he sent several descendants of Levi—Shemaiah, Nethaniah, Zebadiah, Asahel, Shemiramoth, Jehonathan, Adonijah, Tobijah, and Tob-Adonijah—and two priests, Elishama and Jehoram.
They took with them a scroll on which were written the laws of Yahweh and taught them to the people in all the towns throughout Judah,
The people in all the kingdoms surrounding Judah became very afraid of [what Yahweh might do to punish them if they fought against Judah], so they did not start wars with Jehoshaphat’s army.
11 ೧೧ ಫಿಲಿಷ್ಟಿಯರಲ್ಲಿ ಕೆಲವರು ಯೆಹೋಷಾಫಾಟನಿಗೆ ಕಾಣಿಕೆಯನ್ನೂ, ಕಪ್ಪವನ್ನಾಗಿ ಬೆಳ್ಳಿಯನ್ನೂ ತಂದುಕೊಡುತ್ತಿದ್ದರು. ಅರಬಿಯರು ತಮ್ಮ ಪಶುಪ್ರಾಣಿಗಳ ಹಿಂಡುಗಳಿಂದ ಏಳು ಸಾವಿರದ ಏಳು ನೂರು ಟಗರುಗಳನ್ನೂ, ಏಳು ಸಾವಿರದ ಏಳು ನೂರು ಆಡುಗಳನ್ನೂ ಕೊಡುತ್ತಿದ್ದರು.
Some people from Philistia brought gifts to Jehoshaphat, and they also brought to him the silver that he demanded that they pay to him. Some Arabs brought to him 7,700 rams and 7,700 goats.
12 ೧೨ ಹೀಗೆ ಯೆಹೋಷಾಫಾಟನು ಅತ್ಯಧಿಕವಾಗಿ ಅಭಿವೃದ್ಧಿಹೊಂದಿ ಯೆಹೂದ ದೇಶದಲ್ಲಿ ಕೋಟೆಗಳನ್ನೂ ಮತ್ತು ಉಗ್ರಾಣದ ಪಟ್ಟಣಗಳನ್ನೂ ಕಟ್ಟಿಸಿದನು.
Jehoshaphat continued to become more powerful/influential. His workers built forts and places to store supplies in various towns in Judah.
Then they put large amounts of supplies in those storehouses. Jehoshaphat also placed in Jerusalem soldiers who were experienced.
14 ೧೪ ಪೂರ್ವಿಕರ ಗೋತ್ರಗಳ ಪ್ರಕಾರ ಲೆಕ್ಕಿಸಲ್ಪಟ್ಟ ಗೋತ್ರ ಪ್ರಧಾನರು ಯಾರೆಂದರೆ: ಯೆಹೂದ್ಯರಲ್ಲಿ ಮೂರು ಲಕ್ಷ ಮಂದಿ ಯುದ್ಧವೀರರ ಅಧಿಪತಿಯಾದ ಅದ್ನ;
The leaders and numbers from each tribe were as follows: From the tribe of Judah, Adnah was the leader of the soldiers, and he commanded 300,000 soldiers.
His assistant was Jehohanan, who commanded 280,000 soldiers.
16 ೧೬ ತರುವಾಯ ಎರಡು ಲಕ್ಷ ಮಂದಿ ಯುದ್ಧವೀರರೊಡನೆ ಸ್ವಇಚ್ಛೆಯಿಂದ ತನ್ನನ್ನೇ ಯೆಹೋವನಿಗೆ ಪ್ರತಿಷ್ಠಿಸಿಕೊಂಡ ಜಿಕ್ರಿಯನ ಮಗನಾದ ಅಮಸ್ಯ;
Next was Zicri’s son Amasiah, who volunteered to serve Yahweh in this way; he commanded 200,000 soldiers.
From the tribe of Benjamin, Eliada, who was a brave soldier, was the leader of the soldiers; he commanded 200,000 men who had bows [and arrows] and shields.
Next was Jehozabad, who commanded 180,000 men who had weapons for fighting battles.
19 ೧೯ ಅರಸನಿಗೆ ತನ್ನ ಸನ್ನಿಧಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಸೇವೆ ಮಾಡುತ್ತಿದ್ದ ಈ ಯೋಧರಲ್ಲದೆ, ಕೋಟೆ ಕೊತ್ತಲಗಳುಳ್ಳ ಯೆಹೂದ ಪಟ್ಟಣಗಳಲ್ಲಿಯೂ ಸೈನಿಕರಿದ್ದರು.
Those were the soldiers who served the king [in Jerusalem], in addition to the men whom the king had placed in the other cities in Judah that had walls around them.
