2 Bakonzi 3
1 Tango Jozafati, mokonzi ya Yuda, akokisaki mibu zomi na mwambe na bokonzi, Yorami, mwana mobali ya Akabi, akomaki mokonzi ya Isalaele na Samari. Asalaki mibu zomi na mibale na bokonzi.
Now Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria in the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned twelve years.
2 Asalaki mabe na miso ya Yawe, kasi ndenge moko te na tata mpe mama na ye. Abukaki ekeko ya Bala oyo tata na ye atelemisaki,
He did that which was evil in the LORD’s sight, but not like his father and like his mother, for he put away the pillar of Baal that his father had made.
3 kasi akangamaki kaka na lisumu ya Jeroboami, mwana mobali ya Nebati, oyo amemaki Isalaele na kosala masumu; atikalaki kobongwana na yango te.
Nevertheless he held to the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, with which he made Israel to sin. He didn’t depart from them.
4 Mesha, mokonzi ya Moabi, azalaki kobokola bameme. Mibu nyonso, azalaki kofuta mpako epai ya mokonzi ya Isalaele, oyo ezalaki na motuya ya bampate nkoto nkama moko mpe ya bameme ya mibali nkoto nkama moko elongo na bapwale na yango.
Now Mesha king of Moab was a sheep breeder; and he supplied the king of Israel with one hundred thousand lambs and the wool of one hundred thousand rams.
5 Tango Akabi akufaki, mokonzi ya Moabi atombokelaki mokonzi ya Isalaele.
But when Ahab was dead, the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel.
6 Na tango wana, mokonzi Yorami abimaki na Samari mpe asangisaki Isalaele mobimba.
King Jehoram went out of Samaria at that time, and mustered all Israel.
7 Atindaki lisusu sango oyo epai ya Jozafati, mokonzi ya Yuda: — Mokonzi ya Moabi atombokeli ngai. Okoki solo kokende elongo na ngai mpo na kobundisa bato ya Moabi? Mokonzi Jozafati azongisaki: — Nakokende na yo elongo. Ngai na yo tozali kaka moto moko; bato na ngai bazali kaka bato na yo, bongo bampunda na ngai ezali mpe bampunda na yo.
He went and sent to Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, saying, “The king of Moab has rebelled against me. Will you go with me against Moab to battle?” He said, “I will go up. I am as you are, my people as your people, my horses as your horses.”
8 Jozafati atunaki: — Tokokende na nzela nini? Yorami azongisaki: — Na nzela ya esobe ya Edomi.
Then he said, “Which way shall we go up?” Jehoram answered, “The way of the wilderness of Edom.”
9 Mokonzi ya Isalaele abimaki elongo na mokonzi ya Yuda mpe mokonzi ya Edomi. Batambolaki mikolo sambo, kasi mayi ya komela ezalaki lisusu te mpo na mampinga mpe banyama oyo ezalaki kotambola elongo na bango.
So the king of Israel went with the king of Judah and the king of Edom, and they marched for seven days along a circuitous route. There was no water for the army or for the animals that followed them.
10 Mokonzi ya Isalaele akamwaki: — Ndenge nini boye! Yawe asangisi biso awa, biso bakonzi misato, kaka mpo na kokaba biso na maboko ya bato ya Moabi?
The king of Israel said, “Alas! For the LORD has called these three kings together to deliver them into the hand of Moab.”
11 Kasi Jozafati atunaki: — Awa, ezali te na mosakoli ya Yawe mpo ete totuna toli ya Yawe na nzela na ye? Mokonzi moko ya mampinga ya mokonzi ya Isalaele azongisaki: — Elize, mwana mobali ya Shafati, azali awa. Azalaki kosopa mayi na maboko ya Eliya.
But Jehoshaphat said, “Isn’t there a prophet of the LORD here, that we may inquire of the LORD by him?” One of the king of Israel’s servants answered, “Elisha the son of Shaphat, who poured water on the hands of Elijah, is here.”
12 Jozafati alobaki: — Solo, Liloba na Yawe ezali elongo na ye. Boye mokonzi ya Isalaele elongo na Jozafati mpe mokonzi ya Edomi bakendeki epai ya Elize.
Jehoshaphat said, “The LORD’s word is with him.” So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to him.
13 Elize alobaki na mokonzi ya Isalaele: — Ngai na yo likambo nini? Kende koluka mosakoli ya tata na yo to ya mama na yo. Mokonzi ya Isalaele azongisaki: — Te! Yawe asangisi biso te, biso bakonzi oyo misato, mpo na kokaba biso na maboko ya bato ya Moabi!
Elisha said to the king of Israel, “What have I to do with you? Go to the prophets of your father, and to the prophets of your mother.” The king of Israel said to him, “No, for the LORD has called these three kings together to deliver them into the hand of Moab.”
14 Elize azongisaki: — Na Kombo na Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga, oyo ngai nasalelaka; soki ezalaki te mpo na kotosa Jozafati, mokonzi ya Yuda, nalingaki kutu ata moke te kotala yo to kolanda yo na bokebi.
Elisha said, “As the LORD of Hosts lives, before whom I stand, surely, were it not that I respect the presence of Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, I would not look toward you, nor see you.
15 Kasi sik’oyo, memela ngai mobeti moko ya lindanda! Wana mobeti lindanda azalaki kobeta, loboko ya Yawe ekitelaki Elize,
But now bring me a musician.” When the musician played, the LORD’s hand came on him.
16 mpe Elize alobaki: « Tala liloba oyo Yawe alobi: Botimola mabulu ebele na lubwaku oyo!
He said, “The LORD says, ‘Make this valley full of trenches.’
17 Pamba te, tala liloba oyo Yawe alobi: Bokotikala te komona mopepe to mvula, kasi lubwaku oyo ekotonda na mayi, mpe bino elongo na bibwele na bino bokomela yango.
For the LORD says, ‘You will not see wind, neither will you see rain, yet that valley will be filled with water, and you will drink, both you and your livestock and your other animals.
18 Ezali likambo moke na miso ya Yawe. Akokaba lisusu bato ya Moabi na maboko na bino.
This is an easy thing in the LORD’s sight. He will also deliver the Moabites into your hand.
19 Bokobuka bingumba na bango nyonso oyo batonga makasi mpe bingumba nyonso ya minene, bokokata banzete na bango nyonso ya kitoko, bokokanga bitima nyonso ya mayi mpe bokobebisa bilanga nyonso na mabanga. »
You shall strike every fortified city and every choice city, and shall fell every good tree, and stop all springs of water, and mar every good piece of land with stones.’”
20 Na tongo ya mokolo oyo elandaki, na tango oyo batumbaka mbeka, mayi ebandaki kotiola na nzela ya Edomi, mpe mabele etondaki na mayi.
In the morning, about the time of offering the sacrifice, behold, water came by the way of Edom, and the country was filled with water.
21 Nzokande, sima na bato nyonso ya Moabi koyoka sango ete bakonzi bayei kobundisa bango, babengaki bato nyonso, bilenge mpe mikolo oyo bakoki komema bibundeli, mpe batelemisaki bango na mondelo ya mboka.
Now when all the Moabites heard that the kings had come up to fight against them, they gathered themselves together, all who were able to put on armor, young and old, and stood on the border.
22 Tango balamukaki na tongo-tongo, moyi ezalaki kongala na mayi; mpe bato ya Moabi bamonaki liboso na bango mayi motane lokola makila.
They rose up early in the morning, and the sun shone on the water, and the Moabites saw the water opposite them as red as blood.
23 Bagangaki: « Ezali makila! Bakonzi babundi bango na bango. Sik’oyo, bato na Moabi, tokende kobotola biloko na bango! »
They said, “This is blood. The kings are surely destroyed, and they have struck each other. Now therefore, Moab, to the plunder!”
24 Kasi tango bato ya Moabi bakomaki na molako ya bana ya Isalaele, bana ya Isalaele batelemaki, babundisaki bango kino bato ya Moabi bakimaki. Bato ya Isalaele bakotaki na mboka Moabi mpe babetaki yango.
When they came to the camp of Israel, the Israelites rose up and struck the Moabites, so that they fled before them; and they went forward into the land attacking the Moabites.
25 Babebisaki bingumba, mpe moto nyonso abwakaki libanga moko na bilanga nyonso ya kitoko kino etondaki na mabanga, bakangaki bitima nyonso ya mayi, mpe bakataki nzete nyonso ya kitoko. Kaka engumba ya Kiri-Aresheti nde etikalaki na mabanga na yango; kasi babwaki ya mabanga bazingelaki yango mpe babundisaki yango lokola.
They beat down the cities; and on every good piece of land each man cast his stone, and filled it. They also stopped all the springs of water and cut down all the good trees, until in Kir Hareseth all they left was its stones; however the men armed with slings went around it and attacked it.
26 Tango mokonzi ya Moabi amonaki ete bitumba ebalukeli ye, akamataki basoda nkama sambo oyo babundaka na mipanga, mpo na kofungola nzela kino epai ya mokonzi ya Edomi, kasi balongaki te.
When the king of Moab saw that the battle was too severe for him, he took with him seven hundred men who drew a sword, to break through to the king of Edom; but they could not.
27 Boye azwaki mwana na ye ya liboso ya mobali oyo alingaki kokitana na ye na bokonzi, abonzaki ye lokola mbeka ya kotumba, na likolo ya mir ya engumba. Tango bamonaki bongo, bana ya Isalaele bayokaki mawa, balongwaki mpe bazongaki na mboka na bango.
Then he took his oldest son who would have reigned in his place, and offered him for a burnt offering on the wall. There was great wrath against Israel; and they departed from him, and returned to their own land.
