2 Masolo ya Kala 22
1 Bato ya Yelusalemi bakomisaki Akazia, mwana mobali ya suka ya Yorami, mokonzi mpo na kokitana na ye, pamba te bato ya mobulu oyo bakotaki na molako elongo na bato ya Arabi babomaki bana mibali nyonso. Ezali boye nde Akazia, mwana mobali ya Yorami, mokonzi ya Yuda, akomaki mokonzi.
The people of Jerusalem appointed Jehoram’s youngest son Ahaziah as their king, because the men [from Philistia] who had invaded Judah with some Arabs had killed all of Jehoram’s other sons. So Ahaziah started to rule Judah.
2 Akazia azalaki na mibu tuku mibale na mibale ya mbotama tango akomaki mokonzi, mpe akonzaki mobu moko na Yelusalemi. Kombo ya mama na ye ezalaki « Atali. » Atali azalaki koko ya Omiri.
Ahaziah was 22 years old when he became king. He ruled in Jerusalem for one year. His mother’s name was Athaliah, a granddaughter of [King] Omri [of Israel].
3 Ye mpe alandaki banzela oyo libota ya Akabi etambolaki na yango, pamba te mama na ye, na nzela ya batoli na ye, azalaki kotindika ye na kosala mabe.
King Ahaziah conducted his life just like the members of Ahab’s family had done, because his mother encouraged him to do things that are evil.
4 Akazia asalaki makambo mabe na miso ya Yawe ndenge libota ya Akabi esalaki; pamba te, sima na kufa ya tata na ye, bato ya libota ya Akabi bakomaki bapesi toli na ye mpo na libebi na ye.
He did things that Yahweh considers to be evil, like the descendants of Ahab had done, because after Ahaziah’s father died, they became his advisors. And Ahaziah died as a result of heeding their bad advice.
5 Alandaki mpe batoli na bango tango akendeki na bitumba elongo na Yorami, mwana mobali ya Akabi, mokonzi ya Isalaele, mpo na kobundisa Azaeli, mokonzi ya Siri, na Ramoti ya Galadi. Kasi bato ya Arami bazokisaki Yorami.
He also did what they advised when he went with Joram, the son of King Ahab of Israel, to fight against the army of Hazael, the king of Syria, at Ramoth-Gilead.
6 Bongo, Yorami azongaki na Jizireyeli mpo na kokawusa bapota oyo bazokisaki ye na Rama, na bitumba oyo babundaki na Azaeli, mokonzi ya Siri. Azaria, mwana mobali ya Yorami, mokonzi ya Yuda, akendeki na Jizireyeli kotala Yorami, mwana mobali ya Akabi, pamba te bazokisaki ye.
Then King Ahaziah went down to Jezreel [city] to see Joram, the son of [King] Ahab, because he had been wounded.
7 Nzambe asalaki ete kobebisama ya Akazia esalema tango akendeki kotala Yorami. Tango kaka Akazia akomaki, abimaki nzela moko na Yorami mpo na kokende epai ya Jewu, mwana mobali ya Nimishi, oyo Yawe apakolaki mafuta mpo na kobebisa ndako ya Akabi.
It was during that visit that God caused Ahaziah to die. When Ahaziah arrived, he went with Joram to meet Jehu, the son of Nimshi, whom Yahweh had appointed to kill all the descendants of Ahab.
8 Tango Jewu azalaki kokokisa etumbu kati na libota ya Akabi, akutaki bakambi ya Yuda mpe bana mibali ya bandeko mibali ya Akazia, oyo bazalaki kosalela tata leki na bango Akazia, mpe abomaki bango.
While Jehu [and the men who were with him] were killing the descendants of Ahab, they found the leaders of Judah and the sons of Ahaziah’s relatives who had been working for Ahaziah, and they killed all of them.
9 Bongo, akendeki koluka Akazia, mpe bato na ye bakangaki Akazia kati na Samari epai wapi abombamaki. Bamemaki ye epai ya Jewu mpe babomaki ye. Bakundaki ye, pamba te bamilobelaki: « Azalaki mwana mobali ya Jozafati oyo azalaki koluka Yawe na motema na ye mobimba. » Ezalaki lisusu na moto ya nguya ata moko te kati na libota ya Akazia mpo na kobatela bokonzi.
Then Jehu went to find Ahaziah, and his soldiers found Ahaziah while he was hiding in Samaria [city]. They brought him to Jehu and executed him. Then they buried his corpse, because they said, “[He deserves to be buried, because] he was a descendant of Jehoshaphat, who tried hard to please Yahweh.” There were no descendants of Ahaziah who were powerful enough to become the kings of Judah.
10 Tango Atali, mama ya Akazia, amonaki ete mwana na ye ya mobali akufi, abomisaki libota mobimba ya bokonzi ya ndako ya Yuda.
When Athaliah, the mother of Ahaziah, saw that her son had been killed, she commanded that all the members of Ahaziah’s family [who might become king] must be executed.
11 Kasi Yeoshabeati, mwana mwasi ya mokonzi Yorami, azwaki Joasi, mwana mobali ya Akazia, alongolaki ye na mayele kati na bana mibali ya mokonzi, oyo basengeli koboma, mpe atiaki ye mpe ndesi na ye kati na shambre epai wapi batiaka bambeto. Lokola Yeoshabeati, mwana mwasi ya mokonzi Yorami mpe mwasi ya Nganga-Nzambe Yeoyada, azalaki ndeko mwasi ya Akazia, abombaki Joasi mosika ya miso ya Atali; mpe Atali abomaki Joasi te.
But Jehosheba, the daughter of King Jehoram, took Joash, Ahaziah’s very young son, away from the other sons of the king who were about to be murdered, and she hid him and his nursemaid in a bedroom in the temple. Because Jehosheba, who was the daughter of King Jehoram and the wife of the Supreme Priest Jehoiada, was Ahaziah’s sister, she hid the child, with the result that Athaliah could not kill him.
12 Joasi abombamaki elongo na bango mibu motoba kati na Tempelo ya Nzambe, wana Atali azalaki kokonza mokili.
He remained hidden there for six years while Athaliah ruled [Judah].
