2 Tantara 22
1 Ary ny mponina tany Jerosalema nampanjaka an’ i Ahazia, faralahin’ i Jehorama, handimby azy; fa ny zokiny rehetra efa matin’ ny mpitoha ady izay nanaraka ny Arabo hatrany an-toby avokoa. Koa Ahazia, zanak’ i Jehorama, mpanjakan’ ny Joda, no nanjaka.
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 Roa amby efa-polo taona Ahazia, fony izy vao nanjaka, ary herintaona no nanjakany tany Jerosalema. Ary ny anaran-dreniny dia Atalia, zanak’ i Omry.
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 Nandeha tamin’ ny lalan’ ny taranak’ i Ahaba koa izy; fa ny reniny no nanome saina azy hanao ratsy.
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 Ka dia nanao izay ratsy eo imason’ i Jehovah toy ny taranak’ i Ahaba izy; fa ireny no nanome saina azy taorian’ ny nahafatesan’ ny rainy ka nampidi-doza taminy.
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 Ary ny saina nomen’ ireo azy no narahiny, ka niara-nandeha tamin’ i Jorama, zanak’ i Ahaba, mpanjakan’ ny Isiraely, izy hiady tamin’ i Hazaela, mpanjakan’ i Syria, teo Ramota-gileada; ary ny Syriana nahavoa an’ i Jorama.
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 Dia niverina mba hotsaboina tao Jezirela izy amin’ ny feriny tamin’ ny nahavoazana azy tao Rama, fony izy niady tamin’ i Hazaela, mpanjakan’ i Syria. Ary Azaria, zanak’ i Jehorama, mpanjakan’ ny Joda, nidina mba hamangy an’ i Jorama, zanak’ i Ahaba, tao Jezirela, satria marary izy.
Then King Ahaziah went down to Jezreel [city] to see Joram, the son of [King] Ahab, because he had been wounded.
7 Ary avy tamin’ Andriamanitra ny loza nanjo an’ i Ahazia tamin’ ny nankanesany tany amin’ i Jorama, fa nony tonga izy, dia niara-nivoaka tamin’ i Jorama mba hitsena an’ i Jeho, zanak’ i Nimsy, izay nohosoran’ i Jehovah handringana ny taranak’ i Ahaba.
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 Ary tamin’ ny namalian’ i Jeho ny taranak’ i Ahaba dia hitany ireo mpanapaka ny Joda sy ny zana-drahalahin’ i Ahazia, izay nanompo an’ i Ahazia, ka novonoiny.
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 Ary nitady an’ i Ahazia koa izy; koa nisy nahita azy, raha mbola niery tany Samaria izy, dia nitondra azy ho any amin’ i Jeho, ary namono azy ny olona ka nandevina azy; fa hoy ireo: Zanak’ i Josafata, ilay nitady an’ i Jehovah tamin’ ny fony rehetra, ity. Ka dia tsy nahatana ny fanjakana ny terak’ i Ahazia.
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 Ary nony hitan’ i Atalia, renin’ i Ahazia, fa maty ny zanany, dia nitsangana izy ka nandringana ny zanak’ andriana rehetra tamin’ ny taranak’ i Joda.
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 Fa Joseba, zanakavavin’ ny mpanjaka, dia naka an’ i Joasy, zanak’ i Ahazia, ka namonjy azy avy teo amin’ ny zanaky ny mpanjaka izay novonoina, dia nampiditra azy sy ny mpitaiza azy ho ao an-trano fitehirizam-pandriana. Ary nafenin’ i Joseba, zanakavavin’ i Jehorama mpanjaka, vadin’ i Joiada mpisorona, izy (fa anabavin’ i Ahazia ravehivavy) mba tsy ho hitan’ i Atalia, ka dia tsy mba voavonony izy.
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 Ary niery enin-taona tao aminy tao an-tranon’ Andriamanitra izy. Ary Atalia no nanjaka tamin’ ny tany
He remained hidden there for six years while Athaliah ruled [Judah].
