2 Bakonzi 9
1 Elize abengisaki moko kati na bayekoli ya basakoli mpe alobaki na ye: « Kanga mokaba na yo, zwa molangi oyo ya mafuta mpe kende na Ramoti ya Galadi.
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 Tango okokoma kuna, luka Jewu, mwana mobali ya Jozafati mpe koko ya Nimishi. Kende epai na ye, benda ye pembeni, mosika ya baninga na ye, mpe mema ye na shambre ya kati.
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 Bongo okozwa molangi, okosopa mafuta na moto na ye mpe okoloba: ‹ Tala liloba oyo Yawe alobi: Napakoli yo mafuta oyo mpo ete okoma mokonzi ya Isalaele. › Sima, okofungola ekuke mpe okokima; kozela te! »
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 Boye elenge mobali, mosakoli, akendeki na Ramoti ya Galadi.
So the young prophet went to Ramoth.
5 Tango akomaki, akutaki bakonzi ya mampinga bavandi kati na lisanga. Alobaki: — Nazali na sango mpo na yo mokonzi. Jewu atunaki: — Mpo na nani kati na biso? Mosakoli azongisaki: — Mpo na yo mokonzi.
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 Jewu atelemaki mpe akotaki na ndako. Bongo mosakoli apakolaki mafuta na moto ya Jewu mpe alobaki: « Tala makambo oyo Yawe, Nzambe ya Isalaele, alobi: ‹ Napakoli yo mafuta oyo mpo ete okoma mokonzi ya Isalaele, bato ya Yawe. ›
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 Osengeli koboma libota ya Akabi, mokonzi na yo, mpe nakozongisa mabe na mabe mpo na makila ya bawumbu na ngai, basakoli, mpe ya bawumbu nyonso ya Yawe, oyo Jezabeli asopaki makila na bango.
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 Solo, libota nyonso ya Akabi esengeli kokufa. Nakosilisa mibali nyonso kati na Isalaele, ezala mowumbu to monsomi.
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 Nakosala libota ya Akabi ndenge nasalaki libota ya Jeroboami, mwana mobali ya Nebati, mpe libota ya Baesha, mwana mobali ya Ayiya.
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 Nzokande mpo na Jezabeli, bambwa ekolia ye kati na bilanga ya Jizireyeli, mpe moto moko te akokunda ye. » Boye mosakoli afungolaki ekuke mpe akimaki.
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 Tango Jewu abimaki mpe azongaki epai ya baninga na ye, bakonzi ya basoda, moko kati na bango atunaki ye: — Boni, makambo nyonso ezali malamu? Mpo na nini moto ya liboma oyo ayaki epai na yo? Jewu azongisaki: — Boyebi malamu moto yango mpe lolenge ya makambo oyo alobaka.
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 Bakonzi ya basoda balobaki: — Ezali ya solo te, ozali kokosa biso! Yebisa biso makambo yango. Jewu alobaki: — Boyoka ndenge alobi na ngai: « Tala liloba oyo Yawe alobi: ‹ Napakoli yo mafuta mpo ete okoma mokonzi ya Isalaele. › »
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 Tango kaka bayokaki bongo, bakonzi ya basoda bakamataki na lombangu bakazaka na bango mpe batandaki yango liboso ya Jewu, na binyatelo ya ematelo. Bongo babetaki kelelo mpe bagangaki: « Jewu azali mokonzi! »
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 Jewu, mwana mobali ya Jozafati, koko ya Nimishi, asalelaki Yorami likita. Nzokande Yorami mpe Isalaele mobimba bazalaki kobundela Ramoti ya Galadi liboso ya Azaeli, mokonzi ya Siri.
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 Kasi mokonzi Yorami azongaki na Jizireyeli mpo na kokawusa bapota oyo bato ya Arami bazokisaki ye na bitumba na Azaeli, mokonzi ya Siri. Jewu alobaki: « Soki yango ezali makanisi na bino, tika ete moto moko te akima mpe abima na engumba mpo na kokende kopesa sango na Jizireyeli. »
16 Boye Jewu amataki na shar na ye mpe akendeki na Jizireyeli mpo ete Yorami azalaki kopema kuna; mpe Akazia, mokonzi ya Yuda, akendeki kotala ye.
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 Tango mokengeli oyo azalaki na likolo ya ndako molayi ya Jizireyeli amonaki mampinga ya Jewu kopusana, agangaki: « Nazali komona mampinga, bazali koya! » Yorami apesaki mitindo: — Bopona soda moko oyo abundaka likolo ya mpunda mpe botinda ye mpo ete akende kokutana na bango mpe atuna bango: « Boni, boyei mpo na kimia? »
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 Soda oyo abundaka likolo ya mpunda akendeki mpe atunaki: — Tala makambo oyo mokonzi alobi: « Boni, boyei mpo na kimia? » Jewu azongisaki: — Okokende na kimia wapi? Baluka mpe kota na molongo na ngai. Mokengeli alobaki: — Motindami akomi epai na bango, kasi azali kozonga te.
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 Boye mokonzi atindaki soda mosusu oyo abundaka likolo ya mpunda. Tango akomaki epai na bango, alobaki: — Boni, boyei mpo na kimia? Jewu azongisaki: — Okokende na kimia wapi? Baluka mpe kota na molongo na ngai.
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 Mokengeli alobaki: — Motindami akomi penza epai na bango, kasi ye mpe azali kozonga te. Nzokande, lolenge oyo ya kotambolisa ezali lokola ya Jewu, mwana mobali ya Nimishi, oyo atambolisaka lokola moto ya liboma.
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 Yorami apesaki mitindo: « Bongisa shar na ngai. » Tango babongisaki shar, Yorami, mokonzi ya Isalaele, mpe Akazia, mokonzi ya Yuda, babimaki, moto na moto likolo ya shar na ye, mpo na kokende kokutana na Jewu. Bakutanaki na ye kati na bilanga ya Naboti, moto ya Jizireyeli.
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 Tango kaka Yorami amonaki Jewu, atunaki ye: — Boni Jewu, oyei mpo na kimia? Jewu azongisaki: — Ndenge nini kimia ekoki kozala na tango losambo ya banzambe ya bikeko mpe kindoki ya mama na yo, Jezabeli, ezali kokoba?
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 Yorami abalukaki mpe akimaki; abelelaki Akazia: « Akazia, bateki biso! »
Joram cried out, “Ahaziah, they have deceived us! [They want to kill us]!” So Joram turned his chariot around and tried to flee.
24 Boye Jewu abendaki tolotolo mpe abetaki Yorami na kati-kati ya mapeka. Tolotolo etobolaki motema na ye, mpe akweyaki wuta na shar na ye.
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 Jewu alobaki na Bidikari, soda oyo amemelaka ye bibundeli: « Kamata ye mpe bwaka ye na bilanga ya Naboti, moto ya Jizireyeli. Kanisa ndenge nini ngai na yo tozalaki kokumba bashar elongo, na sima ya tata na ye, Akabi, tango Yawe apesaki lisakoli oyo na tina na ye:
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 ‹ Lobi, namonaki makila ya Naboti mpe ya bana na ye ya mibali, › elobi Yawe, mpe solo, nakofutisa yo yango na bilanga oyo, » elobi Yawe. Sik’oyo, kamata ye mpe bwaka ye na bilanga wana, kolanda Liloba na Yawe.
‘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 Tango Akazia, mokonzi ya Yuda, amonaki makambo oyo esalemaki, akimaki na nzela ya Beti-Agani. Jewu alandaki ye mpe agangaki: « Boma ye mpe lokola! » Bazokisaki ye kati na shar na ye na nzela ya Guri, pembeni ya Yibileayimi, kasi akimaki na Megido mpe akufaki kuna.
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 Basali na ye bamemaki ye na shar kino na Yelusalemi mpe bakundaki ye esika moko na bakoko na ye kati na kunda na ye kati na engumba ya Davidi.
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 Akazia akomaki mokonzi ya Yuda na mobu ya zomi na moko ya bokonzi ya Yorami, mwana mobali ya Akabi.
Ahaziah had become the king of Judah when Joram had been ruling Israel for almost eleven years.
30 Jewu akendeki na Jizireyeli. Tango Jezabeli ayokaki bongo, atiaki monzele na elongi na ye, abongisaki suki na ye mpe apusanaki pene ya lininisa mpo na kotala libanda.
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 Tango Jewu akotaki na ekuke ya engumba, Jezabeli atunaki na koganga: — Zimiri, mobomi ya nkolo na yo, boni, oyei mpo na kimia?
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 Jewu atombolaki miso na ngambo ya lininisa mpe agangaki: — Nani kati na bino azali na ngambo na ngai, nani? Bakengeli mibale to misato ya mokonzi, oyo baboma bango mokongo, batalaki Jewu wuta na lininisa.
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 Jewu apesaki bango mitindo: — Bobwaka ye na se. Bongo babwakaki Jezabeli na se; mpe makila na ye epanzanaki na mir mpe na bampunda tango ezalaki konyata ye.
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 Jewu akotaki, aliaki, amelaki mpe alobaki: « Bobongisa mwasi oyo alakelama mabe. Bokunda ye, pamba te azali mwana mwasi ya mokonzi. »
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 Kasi tango babimaki mpo na kokunda ye, bakutaki kaka mokuwa ya moto na ye, makolo mpe matandu ya maboko na ye.
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 Bazongaki mpe bayebisaki Jewu: « Tala liloba oyo Yawe alobaki na nzela ya mosali na Ye, Eliya, moto ya mboka Tishibe: ‹ Bambwa ekolia nzoto ya Jezabeli kati na elanga ya Jizireyeli.
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 Ebembe ya Jezabeli ekozala lokola nyei kati na bilanga ya Jizireyeli mpo ete moto moko te akoka lisusu koloba: Tala Jezabeli! › »
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.”’”
