2 Bakonzi 8
1 Elize alobaki na mama ya mwana mobali oyo asekwisaki: « Kende elongo na libota na yo na esika oyo bokoki kovanda, pamba te Yawe abengi nzala makasi kati na mokili oyo; ekowumela mibu sambo. »
After Elisha caused the son of the woman from Shunem [town] to become alive again, he told her that she should leave with her family and live somewhere else for a while, because Yahweh was going to (send a famine/cause food to become very scarce) in the land. He said that the famine would last for seven years.
2 Mwasi asalaki ndenge moto na Nzambe alobaki. Ye elongo na libota na ye bakendeki mpe bavandaki mibu sambo na mokili ya Filisitia.
So the woman did what Elisha told her to do. She and her family went to live in [the] Philistia [region] for seven years.
3 Tango mibu yango sambo ekokaki, mwasi azongaki na mboka na ye wuta na mokili ya Filisitia; akendeki epai ya mokonzi mpo ete bazongisela ye ndako mpe mabele na ye.
After the seven years were ended, they returned to their home. The woman went to the king to request that her house and her land be given back to her.
4 Mokonzi azalaki kosolola na Geazi, mosali ya moto na Nzambe, mpe alobaki: « Yebisa ngai makambo minene nyonso oyo moto na Nzambe, Elize, asalaki. »
When she arrived, the king was talking with Gehazi, Elisha’s servant. The king was saying to him, “Tell me all the great things that Elisha has done.”
5 Wana Geazi azalaki koyebisa mokonzi ndenge nini Elize asekwisaki ebembe ya mwana oyo akufaki, mama ya mwana yango ayaki kobondela mokonzi ete azongisa ndako mpe mabele na ye. Geazi alobaki: « Mokonzi, nkolo na ngai, tala mwasi oyo mpe mwana na ye ya mobali oyo Elize asekwisaki. »
While Gehazi was telling the king that Elisha had caused the son of a woman [from Shunem] to become alive again, that woman came in and requested the king to enable her to get her house and land back again. Gehazi exclaimed, “Your Majesty, this is the woman whose son Elisha caused to become alive again!”
6 Mokonzi atunaki na mwasi yango mpe ayebisaki ye makambo nyonso. Na sima, mokonzi aponaki moko kati na bakalaka na ye ya lokumu mpe apesaki ye mitindo: « Zongisela ye biloko na ye nyonso mpe bambuma nyonso ya bilanga oyo mabele na ye ebotaki wuta mokolo oyo alongwaki na mboka na biso kino lelo. »
When the king asked her about it, she told him [that what Gehazi had said was true]. The king summoned one of his officials and said to him, “[I want] everything that this woman possessed previously, including the value of all the crops that have been harvested during these last seven years while she was away from her land, [to] be given back to her.” [So the official did that].
7 Elize akendeki na Damasi, wana Beni-Adadi, mokonzi ya Siri, azalaki kobela. Tango bayebisaki mokonzi ete moto na Nzambe akomi kati na engumba,
Elisha went to Damascus, [the capital of Syria], when Ben-Hadad, the king of Syria, was [very] sick. When someone told the king that Elisha was in Damascus,
8 mokonzi alobaki na Azaeli: « Kamata likabo mpe kende kokutana na moto na Nzambe. Tuna Yawe na nzela ya moto na Nzambe: ‹ Boni, nakobika solo na bokono oyo? › »
the king told [one of his officials named] Hazael, “Go and talk to that prophet and take a present/gift with you to give to him. Request him to ask Yahweh if I will recover from my illness.”
9 Azaeli akendeki kokutana na Elize, amemaki elongo na ye likabo ya biloko nyonso ya Damasi; bamemaki yango na likolo ya bashamo tuku minei. Azaeli akitaki, atelemaki liboso ya Elize mpe alobaki: — Mwana na yo ya mobali Beni-Adadi, mokonzi ya Siri, atindi ngai; atuni: « Boni, nakobika solo na bokono oyo? »
So Hazael went to talk with Elisha. He took with him forty camels that were carrying many kinds of goods that were produced in Damascus. When Hazael met him, he said to him, “Your friend Ben-Hadad, the king of Syria, sent me to ask you whether [you think] he will recover from his illness.”
10 Elize azongisaki: — Loba na ye: « Solo, okobika na bokono oyo. » Nzokande, Yawe amonisi ngai ete akokufa.
Elisha said to Hazael, “Go and say to him, ‘Yes, you will certainly not die from this illness,’ but Yahweh has shown me that he will certainly die [before he recovers].”
11 Elize atalaki ye malamu-malamu, mpe Azaeli ayokaki soni. Mpe moto na Nzambe alelaki.
Then Elisha stared at him and had a terrified look on his face. That caused Hazael to feel uneasy/embarrassed. Then [suddenly] Elisha started to cry.
12 Azaeli atunaki: — Mpo na nini nkolo na ngai azali kolela? Elize azongisaki: — Mpo ete nayebi mabe oyo okosala bana ya Isalaele. Okozikisa bingumba na bango, oyo etongama makasi, okokata bilenge mibali na bango bakingo na mopanga, okoboma bana na bango ya mike, mpe okopasola mabumu ya basi na bango ya zemi.
Hazael said, “Sir, why are you crying?” Elisha replied, “Because [Yahweh has enabled] me [to] know the terrible things that you will do to the people of Israel: You will burn their cities with walls around them, you will kill their fine young men with a sword, you will bash the heads of their children, and you will rip open the bellies of their pregnant women [with a sword].”
13 Azaeli akamwaki mpe azongisaki: — Mpo na nini okosala makambo ya boye na mosali na yo? Ata kutu mbwa eleki ngai na tina! Elize alobaki lisusu: — Yawe amonisi ngai ete okokoma mokonzi ya Siri.
Hazael replied, “I am [as insignificant as] [MET] a dog; (how could I do such things?/I would never do such terrible things!)” [RHQ] Elisha replied, “Yahweh has also revealed to me that you will become the king of Syria.”
14 Azaeli atikaki Elize mpe azongaki epai ya mokonzi na ye. Bongo mokonzi na ye atunaki ye: — Elize alobi na yo nini? Azongisaki: — Alobi na ngai: « Solo, okobika na bokono oyo. »
Then Hazael left and returned to his master/boss [the king], who asked him, “What did Elisha say?” He replied, “He told me that you would certainly recover.”
15 Mokolo oyo elandaki, Azaeli azwaki bulangeti, azindisaki yango na mayi, mpe afinikaki na yango elongi ya mokonzi mpo na kokanga ye pema; mpe mokonzi akufaki. Azaeli akitanaki na ye na bokonzi.
But the next day, [while the king was sleeping, ] Hazael took a blanket and soaked it in water. Then he spread it on the king’s face [in order that he could not breathe], and he died. Then Hazael became the king of Syria instead of Ben-Hadad.
16 Tango Yorami, mwana mobali ya Akabi, mokonzi ya Isalaele, akokisaki mibu mitano na bokonzi —Jozafati azalaki mokonzi ya Yuda— Yorami, mwana mobali ya Jozafati, mokonzi ya Yuda, akomaki mokonzi.
After King Joram, the son of Ahab, had been ruling in Israel for almost five years, Jehoshaphat’s son Jehoram became the king of Judah.
17 Azalaki na mibu tuku misato na mibale ya mbotama tango akomaki mokonzi, mpe akonzaki mibu mwambe na Yelusalemi.
He was thirty-two years old when he became the king, and he ruled in Jerusalem for eight years.
18 Alandaki nzela oyo bakonzi ya Isalaele batambolaki na yango mpe asalaki mabe na miso ya Yawe ndenge libota ya Akabi esalaki, pamba te abalaki mwana na ye ya mwasi.
His wife was the daughter of King Ahab. And like everyone in Ahab’s family, he continually did the evil things that the previous kings of Israel had done. He did things that Yahweh considered to be evil.
19 Kasi Yawe alingaki te kobebisa Yuda mpo na Davidi, mowumbu na Ye, pamba te alakaki kopesa bokonzi epai ya Davidi mpe epai ya bana na ye mpo na libela.
But Yahweh did not want to get rid of the people of Judah, because of what he had promised David, who served him [very well]. He had promised David that his descendants [MET] would always rule Judah.
20 Na tango ya Yorami, bato ya Edomi batombokelaki Yuda mpe bamipesaki mokonzi.
During the time that Jehoram ruled, [the king of] Edom rebelled against Judah, and they appointed their own king.
21 Boye Yorami akendeki na Tsayiri elongo na bashar na ye nyonso. Na butu, atelemaki mpe abetaki bato ya Edomi oyo bazingelaki ye elongo na bakonzi ya basoda oyo babundaka na bashar; kasi basoda ya Yuda bakimaki na bandako na bango ya kapo.
So Jehoram went with his army and all their chariots to Zair [city near the border of Edom]. There the army of Edom surrounded them. But during the night, Jehoram and the commanders in their chariots were able to get through the enemy lines and escaped. And all his soldiers also fled to their homes.
22 Wuta mokolo wana kino lelo, Edomi etombokelaka kaka Yuda. Na tango wana, Libina mpe etombokaki.
So after that, Edom was no longer controlled by Judah, and it is still like that. During that same time, the people of Libnah [city] also freed themselves from being controlled by Judah.
23 Makambo mosusu oyo etali bokonzi ya Yorami mpe misala na ye nyonso ekomami na buku ya masolo ya bakonzi ya Yuda.
[If you want to read about] the other things that Jehoram did, they are written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Judah’.
24 Yorami akendeki kokutana na bakoko na ye, mpe bakundaki ye esika moko na bakoko na ye kati na engumba ya Davidi. Akazia, mwana na ye ya mobali, akitanaki na ye na bokonzi.
Jehoram died [EUP] and was buried where the other kings of Judah had been buried in [the part of Jerusalem called] ‘The City of David’. Then Jehoram’s son Ahaziah became the king.
25 Tango Yorami, mwana mobali ya Akabi, mokonzi ya Isalaele, akokisaki mibu zomi na mibale na bokonzi, Akazia, mwana mobali ya Yorami, akomaki mokonzi ya Yuda.
After Ahab’s son Joram has been ruling in Israel for almost twelve years, Jehoram’s son Ahaziah became the king of Judah.
26 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, mokonzi ya Isalaele.
Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he started to rule. He ruled in Jerusalem for [only] one year. His mother’s name was Athaliah, [the daughter of King Ahab and] the granddaughter of King Omri of Israel.
27 Alandaki nzela oyo libota ya Akabi etambolaki na yango mpe asalaki mabe na miso ya Yawe ndenge libota ya Akabi esalaki, pamba te abalaki na libota ya Akabi.
King Ahab conducted his life just like the members of Ahab’s family had done. He did things that Yahweh considered to be very evil.
28 Akazia akendeki elongo na Yorami, mwana mobali ya Akabi, mpo na kobundisa Azaeli, mokonzi ya Siri, na Ramoti ya Galadi. Bato ya Arami bazokisaki Yorami.
Ahaziah’s army joined the army of King Joram of Israel to fight against the army of King Hazael of Syria. Their armies started fighting at Ramoth [city] in [the] Gilead [region], and the soldiers of Syria wounded Joram.
29 Boye, mokonzi Yorami azongaki na Jizireyeli mpo na kokawusa bapota oyo bato ya Arami bazokisaki ye na Rama, na bitumba oyo babundaki na Azaeli, mokonzi ya Siri. Akazia, mwana mobali ya Yorami, mokonzi ya Yuda, akendeki na Jizireyeli mpo na kotala Yorami, mwana mobali ya Akabi, pamba te bazokisaki ye.
King Joram returned to Jezreel [city] to recover from his wounds. King Ahaziah went to visit him there.
