1 Bakonzi 16
1 Yawe alobaki na Jewu, mwana mobali ya Anani, na tina na Baesha:
During the time that Baasha [was king of Israel], [the prophet] Jehu, Hanani’s son, gave Baasha this message that he had received from Yahweh:
2 « Mpo ete nazwaki yo kati na putulu mpe nakomisi yo mokambi ya bato na Ngai, Isalaele, kasi otambolaki na banzela ya Jeroboami mpe okweyisi bato na Ngai, Isalaele, na masumu oyo epelisi kanda na Ngai,
“You were very insignificant/unimportant [IDM] when I caused you to become the ruler of my Israeli people. But you have caused me to become very angry by doing [IDM] the kinds of evil things that King Jeroboam did. You have also caused me to become angry by causing my people to sin.
3 nakokombola Baesha mpe libota na ye nyonso, mpe nakokomisa ndako na ye lokola ndako ya Jeroboami, mwana mobali ya Nebati.
So now I will get rid of you and your family [MTY]. I will do to you just like I did to Jeroboam and his family.
4 Bambwa ekolia bato ya Baesha oyo bakokufa kati na engumba mpe bandeke ya likolo ekolia bato oyo bakokufa na bilanga. »
[The bodies of] those in your family who die in this city [will not be buried; they] will be eaten by dogs; and [the corpses of] those who die in the fields will be eaten by vultures.”
5 Makambo mosusu oyo etali mokonzi Baesha mpe misala minene oyo asalaki, ekomama kati na buku ya masolo ya bakonzi ya Isalaele.
The other things that happened during the time that Baasha ruled Israel, and the things that he did, are written [RHQ] in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Israel’.
6 Baesha akendeki kokutana na bakoko na ye, mpe bakundaki ye na Tiritsa; mpe Ela, mwana na ye ya mobali, akitanaki na ye na bokonzi.
When Baasha died, he was buried in Tirzah, [the capital city]. Then his son Elah became king.
7 Yawe alobaki lisusu na nzela ya mosakoli Jewu, mwana mobali ya Anani, na tina na Baesha mpe ndako na ye, mpo na makambo mibale oyo: ya liboso, mpo na mabe nyonso oyo asalaki na miso ya Yawe, na kopelisa kanda ya Yawe na nzela ya misala na ye kino kokoma ndenge moko na libota ya Jeroboami; ya mibale, mpo ete asilisaki koboma bato nyonso ya libota ya Jeroboami.
Yahweh gave that message about Baasha and his family to the prophet Jehu. Baasha had done many things that Yahweh considered to be evil, which caused Yahweh to become angry. Baasha did the same kind of things that King Jeroboam and his family had done previously. Yahweh was also angry with Baasha because he had killed all of Jeroboam’s family.
8 Tango Asa, mokonzi ya Yuda, asalaki mibu tuku mibale na motoba na bokonzi; Ela, mwana mobali ya Baesha, akomaki mokonzi ya Isalaele mpe akonzaki Isalaele mibu mibale na Tiritsa.
After Asa had been the king of Judah for almost 26 years, Elah became the king of Israel. Elah ruled in Tirzah for [only] two years.
9 Zimiri, mokonzi ya mampinga oyo azalaki kokamba ndambo ya bashar na ye, asalelaki ye likita. Na tango wana, mokonzi Ela azalaki na Tiritsa komela mpe kolangwa masanga na ndako ya Aritsa, mobateli biloko ya ndako ya mokonzi, kuna na Tiritsa.
[A man named] Zimri was one of Elah’s army officers. He commanded the drivers of half of Elah’s army’s (chariots/two-wheeled vehicles pulled by horses). He made plans to kill Elah while Elah was in Tirzah, getting drunk at the house of [a man named] Arza. Arza was the man who took care of the things in the king’s palace.
10 Zimiri akotaki, abetaki mpe abomaki ye na tango Asa, mokonzi ya Yuda, akokisaki mibu tuku mibale na sambo na bokonzi. Boye, Zimiri akitanaki na Ela na bokonzi.
Zimri went into Arza’s house and killed Elah. Then Zimri became the king of Israel. That was when Asa had been the king of Judah for 27 years.
11 Na tango kaka azwaki bokonzi mpe avandaki na kiti ya bokonzi, asilisaki koboma libota mobimba ya Baesha; atikaki ata mobali moko te na bomoi, ezala ndeko to molingami na ye.
As soon as Zimri became king [MTY], he killed all of Baasha’s family [MTY]. That included every male [IDM] in Baasha’s family and all of Baasha’s male friends.
12 Boye, Zimiri asilisaki koboma libota nyonso ya Baesha kolanda Liloba na Yawe, oyo elobamaki mpo na kotelemela Baesha na nzela ya mosakoli Jewu;
That was just what Yahweh told the prophet Jehu would happen.
13 likolo ya masumu nyonso oyo Baesha elongo na mwana na ye ya mobali Ela basalaki mpe oyo ememaki Isalaele mobimba na libebi; masumu oyo epelisaki kanda ya Yawe, Nzambe ya Isalaele, na nzela ya banzambe na bango ya bikeko oyo ezanga tina.
Baasha and his son Elah had sinned and led the Israeli people to sin. They caused Yahweh, the God whom the Israeli people worshiped, to become angry, because they both urged the people [to worship] worthless idols.
14 Makambo mosusu oyo etali bokonzi ya Ela, misala na ye, ekomama kati na buku ya masolo ya bakonzi ya Isalaele.
Everything else that Elah did is written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Israel’.
15 Tango Asa, mokonzi ya Yuda, akokisaki mibu tuku mibale na sambo na bokonzi; Zimiri akonzaki na Tiritsa, mikolo sambo. Mampinga ya basoda ya Isalaele batongaki molako na bango pembeni ya Gibetoni, engumba ya bato ya Filisitia, mpo na kobundisa yango.
So Zimri became the king of Israel after Asa had been king of Judah for 27 years. But Zimri ruled in Tirzah for only seven days. The Israeli army was beseiging/surrounding Gibeah, a town which belonged to the Philistine people-group.
16 Tango bato ya Isalaele oyo bazalaki kati na molako bayokaki ete Zimiri asali likita mpo na kotelemela mokonzi Asa mpe abomaki ye, bakomisaki kaka na mokolo wana Omiri oyo azalaki mokonzi ya mampinga, mokonzi ya Isalaele kati na molako.
The men in the Israeli army camp heard that Zimri had secretly planned to kill King Elah, and then had killed him. So on that day the soldiers chose Omri, the commander of their army, to become the king of Israel.
17 Bongo Omiri elongo na bato nyonso ya Isalaele balongwaki na Gibetoni mpe bakendeki kozingela Tiritsa.
The Israeli army was camped near Gibbethon [city]. When they heard what Zimri had done, they left there and went to Tirzah, and surrounded the city.
18 Tango Zimiri amonaki ete mampinga ya Isalaele esili kobotola engumba, akotaki na ndako ya bokonzi, amitumbaki na ndako mpe akufaki na moto.
When Zimri realized that the city was [about to be] captured, he went into his palace and set it on fire. So the palace burned down, and he died [in the fire].
19 Akufaki likolo ya masumu oyo asalaki, na kosala mabe na miso ya Yawe mpe na kotambola na banzela ya Jeroboami oyo asalaki masumu oyo ememaki Isalaele na libebi.
He died because he had sinned by doing the things that Yahweh considered to be evil. Jeroboam had led the Israeli people to sin, and Zimri sinned just like Jeroboam had sinned.
20 Makambo mosusu oyo etali bokonzi ya Zimiri mpe botomboki na ye, ekomama kati na buku ya masolo ya bakonzi ya Isalaele.
All the other things that Zimri did, and the record of how he rebelled [against King Elah], are written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Israel’.
21 Sima na kufa ya Zimiri, bana ya Isalaele bakabwanaki na bandambo mibale: ndambo moko elandaki Tibini, mwana mobali ya Ginati lokola mokonzi; mpe ndambo mosusu elandaki Omiri.
After Zimri died, the Israeli people were divided. One group wanted Tibni, the son of Ginath, to be their king. The other group wanted Omri [to be the king].
22 Kasi bato oyo bazalaki kolanda Omiri bamonanaki makasi koleka bato oyo bazalaki kolanda Tibini, mwana mobali ya Ginati. Boye, Tibini akufaki mpe Omiri akitanaki na ye na bokonzi.
Those who supported Omri (were stronger than/defeated) those who supported Tibni. So Tibni was killed, and Omri became king.
23 Tango Asa, mokonzi ya Yuda, akokisaki mibu tuku misato na moko, Omiri akomaki mokonzi ya Isalaele. Asalaki mibu zomi na mibale na bokonzi, mpe kati na mibu zomi na mibale wana, akonzaki mpe engumba Tiritsa mibu motoba.
Omri became king when Asa had been king of Judah for almost 31 years. Omri ruled Israel for 12 years. For the first six years he ruled in Tirzah.
24 Asombaki ngomba Samari epai ya Shemeri na motuya ya palata nkoto motoba mpe atongaki engumba likolo na yango. Abengaki engumba yango Samari kolanda kombo ya Shemeri, mokolo na yango ya liboso.
Then he bought a hill from [a man named] Shemer and paid him about (150 pounds/70 kg.) of silver for it. Then Omri ordered his men to build a city on that hill, and he called it Samaria, to honor Shemer, the man who owned it previously.
25 Kasi Omiri asalaki makambo mabe na miso ya Yawe mpe asalaki masumu koleka bakonzi nyonso oyo bakonzaki liboso na ye.
But Omri did many things that Yahweh considered to be evil. He did more evil deeds than any of the kings who ruled Israel before he did.
26 Atambolaki na banzela nyonso ya Jeroboami, mwana mobali ya Nebati, oyo asalaki masumu oyo epelisaki kanda ya Yawe, Nzambe ya Isalaele, na nzela ya banzambe na bango ya bikeko oyo ezanga tina.
[When] Jeroboam [was previously the king, he] had led the Israeli people to sin, and Omri committed the same kind of sins that Jeroboam did. The Israeli people caused Yahweh, the God the Israeli people had worshiped, to become very angry, because they worshiped worthless idols.
27 Makambo mosusu oyo etali bokonzi ya Omiri: misala oyo asalaki mpe nguya oyo alakisaki, ekomama kati na buku ya masolo ya bakonzi ya Isalaele.
Everything that Omri did, and the record of the victories that his [army] won, are written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Israel’.
28 Omiri, akendeki kokutana na bakoko na ye, mpe bakundaki ye na Samari. Akabi, mwana na ye ya mobali, akitanaki na ye na bokonzi.
After Omri died, he was buried in Samaria, and his son Ahab became king.
29 Tango Asa, mokonzi ya Yuda, akokisaki mibu tuku misato na mwambe na bokonzi, Akabi, mwana mobali ya Omiri, akomaki mokonzi ya Isalaele. Akonzaki Isalaele na engumba Samari mibu tuku mibale na mibale.
Ahab became king of Israel when Asa had ruled Judah for almost 38 years. Ahab ruled in Samaria [city] for 22 years.
30 Akabi, mwana mobali ya Omiri, asalaki makambo mabe mingi na miso ya Yawe koleka bakonzi nyonso oyo bakonzaki liboso na ye.
Ahab did many things that Yahweh considered to be evil. He did more evil things than any of the kings who ruled Israel before he did.
31 Lokola amonaki ete kolanda masumu ya Jeroboami, mwana mobali ya Nebati, ekokaki te, abalaki Jezabeli, mwana mwasi ya Etibala, mokonzi ya Sidoni, mpe akomaki kosalela nzambe Bala mpe kogumbamela yango.
He committed the same kind of sins that Jeroboam did, but he did things that were worse than the things that Jeroboam did. He married [a woman named] Jezebel, the daughter of Ethbaal, the king of Sidon [city]. Then Ahab started to worship Baal, [the god that the Canaan people-group worshiped].
32 Akabi atongaki etumbelo mpo na nzambe Bala kati na ndako oyo atongaki mpo na yango, na Samari.
He built a temple in Samaria in order that the Israeli people could worship Baal there, and he put an altar there for [making sacrifices to] Baal.
33 Akabi atongaki lisusu likonzi ya bule ya nzambe mwasi Ashera; asalaki makambo mabe koleka bakonzi nyonso ya Isalaele oyo bakonzaki liboso na ye, makambo oyo epelisaki kanda ya Yawe, Nzambe ya Isalaele.
He also made an idol that represented Asherah, [Baal’s wife]. He did many more things that caused Yahweh to become angry. He did more evil things than any of the previous kings of Israel had done.
34 Na tango Akabi azalaki mokonzi, Iyeli, moto ya Beteli, atongaki lisusu engumba Jeriko. Tango atongaki miboko na yango, Abirami, mwana na ye ya liboso ya mobali, akufaki; mpe tango batiaki bikuke na yango, Segubi, mwana na ye ya mobali ya suka, akufaki. Yango esalemaki kolanda liloba oyo Yawe alobaki na nzela na Jozue, mwana mobali ya Nuni.
During the years that Ahab [ruled], Hiel, a man from Bethel [city], rebuilt Jericho [city]. But when he started to rebuild the city, his oldest son Abiram died. And [when the city was finished, ] while Hiel was building the city gates, his youngest son Segub died. They died just like Yahweh had told Joshua would happen [to the sons of anyone who would rebuild Jericho].
