Luo Tokosra 9
1 In pacl se inge mwet palu Elisha el pangonma sie sin mwet palu fusr, ac fahk nu sel, “Akola kom in som nu Ramoth in Gilead. Us sufa in oil in olive soko inge wi kom,
Meanwhile, the prophet Elisha summoned one of the other prophets. He said to him, “Get ready [IDM] and go to Ramoth [city] in [the] Gilead [region]. Take this jar of [olive] oil with you.
2 ac kom fin sun acn we kom sokolak Jehu, wen natul Jehoshaphat ac nutin natul Nimshi. Usalak nu in sie fukil ma oan loes liki acn mwet ma welul an muta we,
When you arrive there, search for a man named Jehu, the son of Jehoshaphat and grandson of Nimshi. Go with him into a room away from his companions,
3 okoaung oil in olive se inge nu fin sifal ac fahk, ‘LEUM GOD El akkalemye lah El mosrwekomla in tokosra lun Israel.’ Na kom sulaklak som liki acn we.”
and pour [some of] this oil on his head. Then say to him, ‘Yahweh declares that he is appointing you to be the king of Israel.’ Then open the door and run away as quickly as you can.”
4 Ouinge mwet palu fusr sac som nu Ramoth,
So the young prophet went to Ramoth.
5 ac sun lah mwet kol lun mwet mweun elos oru meeting se we. Ac el fahk, “Leum fulat, oasr sap soko nga us nu sum.” Jehu el siyuk, “Su kac sesr kom kaskas nu se uh?” El topuk, “Nu sum, leum fulat.”
When he arrived, he saw that the commanders of the army were having a conference. He [looked at Jehu and] said, “Sir, I have a message for [one of] you.” Jehu replied, “Which one of us is the message for?” The young prophet replied, “It is for you, commander/sir.”
6 Na eltal utyak nu in lohm ah, na mwet palu fusr sac okoaung oil in olive sac nu fin sifal Jehu, ac fahk nu sel, “LEUM GOD lun Israel El fahk ouinge: ‘Nga mosrwekomla in tokosra lun mwet luk, mwet Israel.
So Jehu got up and went with the young prophet into a house. There the young prophet poured some [olive] oil on Jehu’s head and said to him, “Yahweh, the God whom we Israelis [worship], declares this: ‘I am appointing you to be the king of my Israeli people.
7 Kom in tuh uniya tokosra, leum lom, wen natul Ahab, tuh nga in ku in folokin nu sel Jezebel ke akmas lal nu sin mwet palu luk oayapa mwet kulansap luk saya.
You must kill your master [King Joram], the son of Ahab, because I want to punish [Ahab’s wife] Jezebel for murdering [MTY] many of my prophets and other people who served me.
8 Sou lal Ahab ac fwil natul nukewa enenu na in misa. Nga ac fah onela nufon mukul in sou lal, mwet matu nwe ke tulik.
You must kill [not only Joram but] all of Ahab’s family. I want to get rid of every male in the family, including young ones and old ones.
9 Nga fah oru nu sin sou lal oana ma nga tuh oru nu sin sou lal Tokosra Jeroboam lun Israel, ac oayapa nu sin sou lal Tokosra Baasha lun Israel.
I will get rid of Ahab’s family, like I got rid of the families of two other kings of Israel, Jeroboam and Baasha.
10 Jezebel el ac fah tia pukpuki, a manol ac fah mongola sin kosro ngalngul in acn lun Jezreel.’” Tukun mwet palu fusr sac fahkla ma inge, na el illa liki fukil sac ac kaingla.
And [when] Jezebel [dies], her corpse will not be buried. Dogs will eat her corpse there in Jezreel [city].’” After the young prophet said this, he left the room and ran.
11 Jehu el folokla nu yurin mwet leum wial, su siyuk sel, “Mea, oasr ma fohs? Mea mwet wel sac lungse sum an?” Jehu el topuk, “Kowos etu pacna ma el lungse uh.”
When Jehu came out of the room to where his other commanders were, they said to him, “Is everything all right? Why did that mad fellow come to you?” He replied, “You know what kinds of things young prophets like him say.”
12 Elos fahk, “Mo, kut tia etu! Fahk nu sesr lah mea el fahk ah!” “El fahk nu sik mu LEUM GOD El fahk ouinge: ‘Nga mosrwekomla tokosra lun Israel.’”
They said, “You are lying! Tell us what he said!” He replied, “He told me that Yahweh said, ‘I am appointing [MTY] you to be the king of Israel.’”
13 In pacl sacna, mwet leum wial Jehu elos laknelik nuknuk lalos ac filiya fin step se elucng ke nien fan ah Jehu elan tu fac, ac elos ukya mwe ukuk ac sala fahk, “Jehu el tokosra!”
Then they all spread their cloaks on the steps of the building [for Jehu to walk out on], and they blew trumpets and shouted, “Jehu is now the king!”
14 Ouinge Jehu, wen natul Jehoshaphat su wen natul Nimshi, el orek pwapa lukma in lainul Tokosra Joram. Joram ac mwet mweun Israel nufon elos akola na muta Ramoth Gilead in lainul Tokosra Hazael lun Syria.
King Joram and his army had been defending Ramoth against the attacks by the army of the king of Syria. King Joram had returned to Jezreel [city], to recover from being wounded in the battle against the army of Hazael, the king of Syria. And Jehu made plans to kill Joram. He said to his other commanders, “If helping me is truly what you want, make sure that no one leaves this city to go to warn the people of Jezreel [about what I am planning to do].”
15 Tusruktu Tokosra Joram el tuh folokla nu Jezreel in unwela kinet kacl su mwet Syria kanteya ke el mweun lainul Tokosra Hazael. Ouinge Jehu el fahk nu sin mwet leum wial ah, “Fin pa inge kena lowos an, kowos taran na tuh in wangin mwet illa liki siti uh ac som fahkak pweng se inge in acn Jezreel.”
16 Na Jehu el sroang nu fin chariot natul, ac mukuiyak in som nu Jezreel. Joram el soenna kwela ke kinet kacl, ac Tokosra Ahaziah lun Judah el som in mutwata yorol.
Then Jehu and his officers got into their chariots and rode to Jezreel, where Joram was still recovering. And King Ahaziah of Judah was there, visiting Joram.
17 Sie mwet topang su tu ke tower in soan in acn Jezreel el liyalak Jehu ac mwet lal ke elos kasrusr nu we. El wola ac fahk, “Mwet pa nga liye yume uh!” Joram el fahk, “Supwala sie mwet kasrusr fin horse an in liye lah mwet ingan tuku ke misla.”
A guard was standing in the watchtower in Jezreel. He saw Jehu and his men approaching. He called out, “I see a lot of men [who are approaching]!” King Joram [heard what the watchman said, so he] said to his soldiers, “Send someone on a horse to go and find out if they are coming to be friendly to us or to attack us.”
18 Mwet se ma supweyuk ah yula fin horse natul nu yorol Jehu ac fahk nu sel, “Tokosra el ke etu lah kom tuku in misla?” Jehu el topuk, “Wangin sripom nu kac! Yume tukuk.” Mwet topang se ma muta ke tower in soan ah el fahk lah mwet se ma supweyukla ah sun tari un mwet sac, tuh el tiana foloko.
So a man rode out to meet Jehu and said to him, “The king wants to know [if you are coming to be] friendly to us.” Jehu replied, “This is not the time for you [RHQ] to be concerned about acting friendly! Turn around and come behind me!” So the guard in the watchtower reported that the messenger had reached the group [that was approaching], but that he was not returning [alone].
19 Sifilpa supweyukla sie mwet ah in siyuk sel Jehu kusen siyuk sac pacna. Ac Jehu el sifilpa topuk, “Wangin sripom nu kac! Yume tukuk.”
So King Joram sent another messenger, who asked Jehu the same question. Again Jehu replied, “This is not the time [RHQ] for you to be concerned about acting friendly! Turn around and follow me!”
20 Mwet topang sac sifilpa fahk lah mwet se ma supweyuk tok ah sun pac tari un mwet sac, tuh el tia pacna foloko. Na el tafwela ac fahk, “Mwet se ma kol u sac pa us chariot natul ac yume arulana mui, oana wel se. Atal na Jehu!”
Then the watchman reported again, “That messenger also reached them, but he is not coming back [alone]. And [the leader of the group must be] Jehu, the son of Nimshi, because he is driving [his chariot] furiously, [like Jehu does]!”
21 Tokosra Joram el sap, “Akoela chariot nutik an.” Na ke akoeyukla, el ac Tokosra Ahaziah tukeni yula in sonol Jehu, kais sie sifacna kasrusr ke chariot natul. Eltal sonol Jehu ke ima lal Naboth.
Joram said [to his soldiers], “Get [my chariot] ready!” So they did that. Then King Joram and King Ahaziah both rode toward Jehu, each one in his own chariot. And [it happened that] they met Jehu at the field that had previously belonged to Naboth!
22 Joram el siyuk, “Ya kom tuku in misla?” Jehu el topuk, “Misla fuka se, ke inutnut ac alu nu ke ma sruloala, ma Jezebel nina kiom ah tuh oakiya, pa srakna orek inge?”
When Joram met Jehu, he said to him, “Are you coming on a peaceful visit?” Jehu replied, “(How can there be peace while you and your people are prostrating themselves to worship idols and practicing very much (witchcraft/sorcery) like your mother Jezebel did?/There certainly cannot be peace while you and your people are prostrating themselves to worship idols and practicing (witchcraft/sorcery) like your mother Jezebel has been doing!)” [RHQ]
23 Joram el wola ac fahk, “Tunyuna se pa inge, Ahaziah!” ac el furokla chariot natul ac kaing.
Joram cried out, “Ahaziah, they have deceived us! [They want to kill us]!” So Joram turned his chariot around and tried to flee.
24 Jehu el olalik pisr natul ke kuiyal nufon, ac pusrukla osra in pisr natul twe fakisya fintokol Joram ac sasla iniwal. Na Joram el putatla misa fin chariot natul ah.
But Jehu drew his bow mightily and shot [an arrow that pierced] Joram between his shoulder blades. The arrow [went through his body and] pierced his heart, and he slumped down dead in his chariot.
25 Ac Jehu el fahk nu sel Bidkar, mwet kasru se lal ah, “Fahsrot srukak manol ac sisla nu inima se lal Naboth ah. Esam lah ke nga kom tukeni kasrusr tokol Ahab papa tumal Tokosra Joram, LEUM GOD El tuh fahk kas inge lainul Ahab:
Then Jehu said to his assistant Bidkar, “Take his corpse and throw it here into the field that belonged to Naboth. [I am sure that] you remember that when you and I were riding together [in chariots] behind King Joram’s father Ahab, that Yahweh said this about Ahab:
26 ‘Nga liye ke akmuseyuki Naboth ac wen natul ekea, ac nga tuh wulela mu nga ac fah folokin nu sum ke ma kom oru ingan inima se pacna inge.’ Ke ma inge, us manol Joram ac sisla inima se lal Naboth, in akpwayeye ma LEUM GOD El wulela kac.”
‘Yesterday I saw Ahab murder [MTY] Naboth and his sons here. And I solemnly promise that I will punish him right here in this same field!’ So take Joram’s corpse and throw it into that field! That will fulfill what Yahweh said would happen.”
27 Tokosra Ahaziah el liye ma sikyak, ouinge el kaing fin chariot natul ac som nu ke siti srisrik Beth Haggan. Ac Jehu el ukwal ac fahk nu sin mwet lal, “Unilya pac!” Ac elos faksilya ke el kasrusr fin chariot natul ke inkanek utyak nu Gur, apkuran nu ke siti srisrik Ibleam. Tusruktu el kwafel nwe ke na el sun siti Megiddo, na el fah misa we.
When King Ahaziah saw what happened, he fled [in his chariot] toward Beth-Haggan [town]. But Jehu pursued him and said [to his other commanders], “Shoot him, also!” So they shot him [with arrows] while he was riding in his chariot on the road up to Gur, near Ibleam [town]. He continued going in his chariot until he reached Megiddo [city], where he died.
28 Ac mwet mweun lal elos folokunla manol nu Jerusalem fin chariot soko, ac piknilya inkulyuk lun tokosra in Siti sel David.
His officials took his corpse back to Jerusalem and buried it in the tombs in the [part of Jerusalem called] ‘The City of David’, where his ancestors had been buried.
29 Ahaziah el tokosrala lun Judah ke yac aksingoul sie ma Joram, wen natul Ahab, el tokosra in acn Israel.
Ahaziah had become the king of Judah when Joram had been ruling Israel for almost eleven years.
30 Jehu el sun acn Jezreel. Jezebel el lohng ma sikyak, na el tuhnala mutal ac nawela aunsifal, ac tu ke sie winto in lohm sin tokosra ac ngeti nu ke inkanek ah.
Then Jehu went to Jezreel. When [Ahab’s widow] Jezebel heard what had happened, she put paint/makeup on her eyelids, and combed her hair to make it beautiful, and looked out the window [of the palace toward the street below].
31 Ke Jehu el yuyak ke mutunpot ah, Jezebel el wola ac fahk, “Kom Zimri! Kom mwet akmas! Mea kom tuku oru an?”
While Jehu was entering the city gate, she called out to him, “You [are like] Zimri! You are a murderer! [I think] you are certainly not [RHQ] coming on a peaceful visit!”
32 Jehu el ngetak, wola ac fahk, “Su ac wiyu lac?” Luo ku tolu sin mwet liyaung inkul sin tokosra ngeta ke winto se liyal,
Jehu looked up toward the window, and then he said, “Who is (on my side/wants to help me)? Anyone?” Two or three palace officials looked down at him [from a window and pointed to themselves].
33 ac Jehu el fahk nu selos, “tolulla Jezebel!” Elos sisella Jezebel nu ten twe srah kacl ah pisrelik osrela pot ah ac horse ah. Jehu el yula facl ke horse ac chariot natul,
Jehu said to them, “Throw her down here!” So they threw her down, and [when she hit the ground and died], some of her blood splattered on the city wall and on the horses [that were pulling the chariots].
34 na el ilyak nu in lohm sin tokosra ac mongoi we. Tukun el mongoi el tufah fahk, “Eis monin mutan selngawiyuki se ingan ac piknilya, mweyen na el ma nutin tokosra.”
Then Jehu went into the palace and ate and drank. Then he said [to some of his men], “Take the corpse of that women whom Yahweh has cursed and bury it, because she is a king’s daughter [and therefore should be buried properly].”
35 Tusruktu mwet ma som in piknilya elos suk manol tuh na sri in ahlunsifal ac sri ke paol ac nial mukena pa elos konauk ah.
But when they went to get her corpse to bury it, all that was left was only her skull and [the bones of] her feet and her hands. Everything else was gone.
36 Ke elos fahkang ma inge nu sel Jehu, na el fahk, “Pa inge ma LEUM GOD El tuh fahk nu sel Elijah, mwet kulansap lal, mu ac sikyak: ‘Kosro ngalngul ac fah kangla manol Jezebel in acn Jezreel.
When they reported this to Jehu, he said, “That is what Yahweh said would happen! He told his servant/prophet Elijah, ‘In [the city of] Jezreel, dogs will eat the flesh of Jezebel’s corpse.
37 Manol ac fah osralik acn uh oana fohkon kosro, ac wangin mwet ac ku in akilen lah su.’”
Her bones will be scattered there in Jezreel like dung, with the result that no one will be able to [recognize them and] say, “These are Jezebel’s bones.”’”
