2 Bassekabaka 3
1 Mu mwaka ogw’ekkumi n’omunaana ogw’obwakabaka bwa Yekosafaati kabaka wa Yuda, Yekolaamu mutabani wa Akabu n’alya obwakabaka bwa Isirayiri e Samaliya, era n’afugira emyaka kkumi n’ebiri.
And Jehoram son of Ahab hath reigned over Israel, in Samaria, in the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and he reigneth twelve years,
2 Yakola ebibi mu maaso ga Mukama, newaakubadde nga teyatuuka ku bibi bya kitaawe ne nnyina. Yazikiriza n’empagi eya Baali kitaawe gye yali asimbye.
and doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, only not like his father, and like his mother, and he turneth aside the standing-pillar of Baal that his father made;
3 Newaakubadde ng’ekyo yakikola, teyalekayo kukola ebibi ng’ebyo Yerobowaamu mutabani wa Nebati bye yakola, n’ayonoonyesa Isirayiri.
only to the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat that he caused Israel to sin he hath cleaved, he hath not turned aside from it.
4 Mesa Kabaka wa Mowaabu yalundanga endiga, era yalina omutemwa ogw’okuwangayo abaana b’endiga emitwalo kkumi, n’ebyoya by’endiga ennume emitwalo kkumi eri Akabu.
And Mesha king of Moab was a sheep-master, and he rendered to the king of Israel a hundred thousand lambs, and a hundred thousand rams, [with] wool,
5 Naye Akabu olwafa, kabaka wa Mowaabu n’atandika okujeemera kabaka wa Isirayiri.
and it cometh to pass at the death of Ahab, that the king of Moab transgresseth against the king of Israel.
6 Awo mu biro ebyo kabaka Yekolaamu n’asitula okuva e Samaliya, n’akunga Isirayiri yenna okugenda naye.
And king Jehoram goeth out in that day from Samaria, and inspecteth all Israel,
7 N’atumira ne Yekosafaati kabaka wa Yuda nti, “Kabaka wa Mowaabu anjeemedde, onooyinza okumbeera tumulwanyise?” Yekosafaati n’amuddamu nti, “Nnaagenda naawe, kubanga nze ndi nga bw’oli, era abantu bange be bantu bo, n’embalaasi zange ze zizo.”
and goeth and sendeth unto Jehoshaphat king of Judah, saying, 'The king of Moab hath transgressed against me; dost thou go with me unto Moab for battle?' and he saith, 'I go up, as I, so thou; as my people, so thy people; as my horses, so thy horses.
8 Yekosafaati n’amubuuza nti, “Ye, tunaalumba kuva ku luuyi ki?” Yekolaamu n’amuddamu nti, “Tunaayita mu ddungu erya Edomu.”
And he saith, 'Where [is] this — the way we go up?' and he saith, 'The way of the wilderness of Edom.'
9 Awo kabaka wa Isirayiri, n’asitukira wamu ne kabaka wa Yuda ne kabaka wa Edomu ne bagenda mu lutalo. Ne batambula olugendo lwa nnaku musanvu, n’oluvannyuma ne beesanga ng’eggye amazzi galiweddeko, nga n’ebisolo byabwe tebirina wadde ettondo.
And the king of Israel goeth, and the king of Judah, and the king of Edom, and they turn round the way seven days, and there hath been no water for the camp, and for the cattle that [are] at their feet,
10 Kabaka wa Isirayiri ne yeekanga nnyo. N’ayogera nti, “Zitusanze! Ffenna abasatu, Mukama atuwaddeyo mu mukono gwa Mowaabu?”
and the king of Israel saith, 'Alas, for Jehovah hath called for these three kings, to give them into the hand of Moab.'
11 Kyokka Yekosafaati n’abuuza nti, “Tewali wano nnabbi wa Mukama tumwebuuzeeko?” Awo omu ku bakungu ba kabaka wa Isirayiri n’amuddamu nti, “Wano waliwo Erisa mutabani wa Safati. Ye yali omuweereza wa Eriya ow’oku mwanjo.”
And Jehoshaphat saith, 'Is there not here a prophet of Jehovah, and we seek Jehovah by him?' And one of the servants of the king of Israel answereth and saith, 'Here [is] Elisha son of Shaphat, who poured water on the hands of Elijah.'
12 Yekosafaati n’ayogera nti, “Alina ekigambo okuva eri Mukama.” Awo Yekosafaati kabaka wa Yuda, awamu ne kabaka wa Isirayiri, ne kabaka wa Edomu ne baserengeta gy’ali.
And Jehoshaphat saith, 'The word of Jehovah is with him;' and go down unto him do the king of Israel, and Jehoshaphat, and the king of Edom.
13 Awo Erisa n’agamba kabaka wa Isirayiri nti, “Onnanga ki? Genda eri bannabbi ba kitaawo n’aba maama wo.” Kabaka wa Isirayiri n’amuddamu nti, “Nedda sijja kugendayo; kubanga kirabika nga Mukama atukuŋŋaanyiza ffensatule, okutuwaayo mu mukono gwa Mowaabu.”
And Elisha saith unto the king of Israel, 'What — to me and to thee? go unto the prophets of thy father, and unto the prophets of thy mother;' and the king of Israel saith to him, 'Nay, for Jehovah hath called for these three kings to give them into the hand of Moab.'
14 Erisa n’ayogera nti, “Nga Mukama Katonda Ayinzabyonna gwe mpeereza bw’ali omulamu, singa nnali siwa Yekosafaati kabaka wa Yuda kitiibwa, sandikukubyeko munye ya liiso wadde okukusaako omwoyo.
And Elisha saith, 'Jehovah of Hosts liveth, before whom I have stood; for unless the face of Jehoshaphat king of Judah I am lifting up, I do not look unto thee, nor see thee;
15 Naye kaakano, mundeetere omukubi w’ennanga.” Omukubi w’ennanga bwe yali ng’akyakuba ennanga, amaanyi ga Mukama ne gakka ku Erisa,
and now, bring to me a minstrel; and it hath been, at the playing of the minstrel, that the hand of Jehovah is on him,
16 n’ayogera nti, “Bw’ati bw’ayogera Mukama nti, ‘Musime ensalosalo mu kiwonvu kino.’
and he saith, 'Thus said Jehovah, Make this valley ditches — ditches;
17 Mukama agamba nti, ‘Temuulabe mbuyaga wadde enkuba, naye ekiwonvu kino kijja kujjula amazzi, era mmwe munaanywa, n’ente zammwe zinaanywa, n’ebisolo byammwe ebirala nabyo binywe.
for thus said Jehovah, Ye do not see wind, nor do ye see rain, and that valley is full of water, and ye have drunk — ye, and your cattle, and your beasts.
18 Eyo nsonga nnyangu mu maaso ga Mukama, era n’Abamowaabu mujja kubawangula.
'And this hath been light in the eyes of Jehovah, and he hath given Moab into your hand,
19 Mulizikiriza buli kibuga ekyetooloddwa bbugwe na buli kibuga ekikulu, era mulitema buli muti omulungi, ne muziyiza n’enzizi okuleeta amazzi, era ne mwonoona buli nnimiro nga mugijjuza amayinja.’”
and ye have smitten every fenced city, and every choice city, and every good tree ye cause to fall, and all fountains of waters ye stop, and every good portion ye mar with stones.'
20 Awo obudde bwe bwakya, mu kiseera eky’okuweerayo ssaddaaka, amazzi ne gakulukuta nga gava ku luuyi olwa Edomu, ensi n’ejjula amazzi.
And it cometh to pass in the morning, at the ascending of the [morning] -present, that lo, waters are coming in from the way of Edom, and the land is filled with the waters,
21 Abamowaabu bonna bwe baawulira nga bakabaka babalumbye okulwana nabo, buli musajja, omuto n’omukulu abaali basobola okwambala ebyokulwanyisa, ne bayitibwa okugenda okutabaala.
and all Moab have heard that the kings have come up to fight against them, and they are called together, from every one girding on a girdle and upward, and they stand by the border.
22 Enkeera enjuba bwe yayaka ku mazzi, Abamowaabu ne balowooza nti amazzi mamyufu kubanga gaabalabikira ng’omusaayi.
And they rise early in the morning, and the sun hath shone on the waters, and the Moabites see, from over-against, the waters red as blood,
23 Ne bagamba nti, “Guno musaayi! Kirabika nga bakabaka baalwanye bokka ne bokka, ne battiŋŋana, kale Mowaabu mugwe ku munyago.”
and say, 'Blood this [is]; the kings have been surely destroyed, and they smite each his neighbour; and now for spoil, Moab!'
24 Naye Abamowaabu bwe baali nga baakayingira mu nkambi y’Abayisirayiri, amangwago Abayisirayiri ne batandika okulwana nabo, okutuusa Abamowaabu lwe badduka.
And they come in unto the camp of Israel, and the Israelites rise, and smite the Moabites, and they flee from their face; and they enter into Moab, so as to smite Moab,
25 Ne bamenyaamenya ebibuga by’Abamowaabu, ne bakanyuga amayinja ku buli kibanja ekirungi okutuusa lwe gaakolangako entuumo; ne baziba enzizi zonna ez’amazzi, ne batema na buli muti omulungi. Kirukalesesi kye kifo kyokka ekyali kitalumbiddwa, naye oluvannyuma abasajja ab’envuumuulo ne bakirumba.
and the cities they break down, and [on] every good portion they cast each his stone, and have filled it, and every fountain of water they stop, and every good tree they cause to fall — till one had left its stones in Kir-Haraseth, and the slingers go round and smite it.
26 Awo kabaka wa Mowaabu bwe yalaba ng’olutalo lumugendedde bubi, n’atwala abasajja ab’ebitala lusanvu, ne bagenda naye okulumba kabaka wa Edomu, kyokka ne balemelerwa.
And the king of Moab seeth that the battle has been too strong for him, and he taketh with him seven hundred men, drawing sword, to cleave through unto the king of Edom, and they have not been able,
27 N’addira mutabani we omuggulanda, eyali ateekwa okumusikira, n’amuweerayo ku bbugwe w’ekibuga ng’ekiweebwayo ekyokebwa. Abayisirayiri ne beesisiwala nnyo ne beetamwa, era ne baddayo mu nsi yaabwe.
and he taketh his son, the first-born who reigneth in his stead, and causeth him to ascend — a burnt-offering on the wall, and there is great wrath against Israel, and they journey from off him, and turn back to the land.
