1 Mpanjaka 15
1 Ie amy taom-paha-folo-valo’ ambi’ Iarovame mpanjaka, ana’ i Nebatey, le niorotse nifehe Iehoda t’i Abiiame
After Jeroboam had been the king of Israel for almost 18 years, Abijah became the king of Judah.
2 nifeleke telo taoñe e Ierosalaime ao. I Maakà, anak’ ampela’ i Abisalome, ty tahinan-drene’e.
He ruled for three years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Maacah, the granddaughter of [David’s son] Absalom.
3 Fonga nañaveloe’e o hakeo nanoen-drae’e taolo’eo; tsy nivantañe amy Iehovà Andrianañahare’e manahake ty arofon-drae’e Davide, ty arofo’e.
Abijah committed the same kind of sins that his father had committed. He was not fully dedicated/committed to Yahweh his God, as his grandfather David had been.
4 Fe nanolora’ Iehovà Andrianañahare failo e Ierosalaime ao t’i Davide hampitroara’e ty ana’e hanonjohy aze, hampijadoña’e t’Ierosalaime;
But, because of [what Yahweh his God had promised to] David, Yahweh gave Abijah a son [MET] to rule in Jerusalem after him, and in order to protect Jerusalem [from their enemies].
5 amy te nanao ty hiti’e am-pihaino’ Iehovà t’i Davide vaho tsy nivìke ndra ami’ ty inoñ’ inoñe linili’e ama’e amo hene andron-kavelo’eo naho tsy ty amy Orià nte-Kitey.
Yahweh did that because David had always done what pleased Yahweh and because David had always obeyed Yahweh. The only time when he disobeyed Yahweh was when he caused Uriah [to be killed].
6 Nitolom-pialy avao t’i Rekhavame naho Iarovame amo hene andron-kavelo’eo.
There were wars between [the armies of] Rehoboam and Jeroboam all during the time that Abijah ruled.
7 Aa naho o fitoloña’ i Abiiame ila’eo, o tolon-draha’e iabio—tsy fa sinokitse amy bokem-pamoliliañe o mpanjaka’ Iehodaoy hao? Le hotakotak’ avao ty tañivo’ i Abiiame naho Iarovame.
Everything else that Abijah did is written [RHQ] in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Judah’.
8 Aa le nitrao-piròtse aman-droae’e t’i Abiime vaho nalente’ iereo an-drova’ i Davide ao; nandimbe aze nifehe t’i Asa ana’e.
Abijah died [EUP] and was buried in [the part of Jerusalem called] ‘The City of David’, and his son Asa became king.
9 Ie amy taom-paha-roapolo’ Iarovame mpanjaka’ Israeley le niorotse nifeleke Iehodà t’i Asa;
After Jeroboam had been the king of Israel for almost 20 years, Asa started to rule Judah.
10 nifehe efa-polo taoñe raik’ amby e Ierosalaime ao re, i Maakà, anak’ ampela’ i Abisalome, ty tahinan-drene’e.
He ruled in Jerusalem for 41 years. His grandmother was Maacah, the granddaughter of Absalom.
11 Nanao havantañe am-pihaino’ Iehovà t’i Asa, manahak’ an-drae’e Davide.
Asa did what was pleasing to Yahweh, as his ancestor David had done.
12 Naitoa’e amy taney ze lahilahy mpandeo-batañe an-dahilahy vaho nafaha’e o fonga raham-pahasive namboaren-droae’eo.
He got rid of the male prostitutes that were at the places where the people worshiped idols, and he also got rid of all the idols that his ancestors had made.
13 Naitoa’e amy naha mpanjaka ampela azey ka t’i Maakà rene’e, ty amy hazomanga nanoe’e añ’ala-vondroy; rinotsa’ i Asa i hazomanga’ey vaho niforototoe’e amy torahañe Kidroney.
He also removed his grandmother Maacah so that she no longer had influence in the government [because of] being the mother of a previous king. He did that because she had made a disgusting [wooden] statue of the goddess Asherah. Asa [told his workers to] cut down the statue and burned it in the Kidron Valley.
14 O toets’ aboo avao ty tsy naveve’e fe ni-lifotse Iehovà ty arofo’ i Asa amo hene andro’eo.
He was not able to destroy all the places where the people worshiped [idols] on the high hills, but he continued to be dedicated/committed to Yahweh his entIre life.
15 Le nampizilihe’e añ’anjomba’ Iehovà ao o raha nengaen-drae’eo naho o nengae’eo; ty fanake naho ty volafoty vaho ty volamena.
He [told his workers to] place in the temple all the items that his father had dedicated to God, and all the gold and silver things that he had dedicated to God.
16 Nitolom-pialy t’i Asa naho i Baasa mpanjaka’ Israele amo hene andro’ iareoo.
There were wars between [the armies of] Asa and Baasha, the king of Israel, all during the time that they ruled.
17 Nionjoñe haname Iehodà mb’eo t’i Baasa mpanjaka’ Israele, vaho namboare’e ty Ramà, hikalañe ty fiavotañe naho ty fimoahañe mb’amy Asa mpanjaka Iehodà mb’eo.
Baasha’s army invaded Judah. They captured Ramah [town north of Jerusalem]. Then they started to build a wall around it in order to prevent people from entering or leaving the area in Judah that was ruled by King Asa.
18 Rinambe’ i Asa amy zao ty vola-foty naho volamena sisa amy fañajam-baran’ anjomba’ Iehovày naho amy fañajam-baran’ anjomba’ i mpanjakaiy naho natolo’e am-pità’ o mpitoro’eo; le nampihitrife’ i Asa amy Benehadade, ana’ i Tabrimone, ana’ i Kezione, mpanjaka’ i Arame, nimoneñe e Damesèkey, ami’ty hoe:
So Asa [told] his workers [to] take all the silver and gold that was still in the storerooms in the temple and in the palace. He told them to take it to Damascus and give it to King Ben-Hadad who ruled Syria. Ben-Hadad was the son of Tabrimmon and grandson of Hezion. He told the workers to say this to Ben-Hadad:
19 Ao ty fañina añivo’o naho izaho, añivon-draeko naho ty rae’o; ingo nañitrifako ravoravo, volafoty naho volamena; akia, apitsoho ty fañina’o amy Baasa mpanjaka’ Israele, hisitaha’e amako.
“I want there to be a peace treaty between you and me, like there was between your father and my father. For that reason, I am giving you this silver and gold. So now please cancel the treaty that you made with Baasha, the king of Israel, in order that he will take his soldiers away from attacking mine, [because he will be afraid of your army].”
20 Hinao’ i Benehadade t’i Asa mpanjaka, le nirahe’e haname o rova’ Israeleo o roandria’ i valobohòkeio le linafa’e t’Iione, naho i Dane, naho i Abel’bet’maakà vaho i Kinerote iaby, reketse ty tane’ i Naftalý iaby.
[So the workers went and gave the message to] Ben-Hadad, [and he] did what Asa suggested. He sent his army commanders [and their soldiers] to attack some of the towns in Israel. They captured Ijon, Dan, Abel-Beth-Maacah, the area near Galilee Lake, and all the land of [the tribe of] Naphtali.
21 Ie jinanji’ i Baasa zao le napo’e ty fandranjiañe i Ramà vaho nimoneñe e Tirtsà.
When Baasha heard about that, he [told his soldiers to] stop working at Ramah. He [and his soldiers returned to] Tirzah [and] stayed there.
22 Nitsitsihe’ i Asa mpanjaka koike t’Iehoda, tsy nilefereñe; nakare’ iereo o vato’ i Ramà iabio naho o boda fañamboara’ i Baasao; le namboare’ i Asa mpanjaka ty Geba e Beniamine ao naho i Mitspà.
Then King Asa sent a message to all the [people in the] towns in Judah, stating that they all were required to go to Ramah and carry away the stones and timber that Baasha’s soldiers had been using to build a wall around the city. With those stones and timber they fortified Mizpah [city north of Jerusalem], and Geba, [a town] in the territory of the tribe of Benjamin.
23 Aa naho o fitoloña’ i Asa ila’eo, i haozara’e iabiy naho ze hene tolon-draha’e naho o rova namboare’eo; tsy fa sinokitse amy bokem-pamoliliañe o mpanjaka’ Iehodaoy hao? Ie nigain-kantetse le narare am-pandia’e.
Everything else that Asa did, the armies that his soldiers defeated, and the names of the cities that he caused to be fortified, are [RHQ] written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Judah’. But when Asa became old, he got a disease in his feet.
24 Nitrao-piròtse aman-droae’e t’i Asa vaho nalentek’ aman-droae’e an-drova’ i Davide rae’e ao; Iehosafate ana’e ty nandimbe aze nifehe.
He died [EUP] and was buried where his ancestors were buried in [the part of Jerusalem called] ‘The City of David’. Then his son Jehoshaphat became king.
25 Niorotse nifehe Israele t’i Nadabe ana’ Iarovame amy taom-paha-roe’ i Asa mpanjaka’ Iehoday, le nifeleke Israele roe taoñe,
After Asa had been the king of Judah for almost two years, King Jeroboam’s son Nadab started to rule Israel. He ruled for two years.
26 nanao ze hatsivokarañe am-pihaino Iehovà naho nañavelo an-tsatan-drae’e vaho amy hakeo’e nampanaña’e tahiñe Israeley.
He did things that Yahweh considered to be evil. His behavior was sinful like his father’s behavior had been, and what he did led the people of Israel to sin.
27 Kinilili’ i Baasà, ana’ i Ahiià, añ’ anjomba’ Isakare, vaho zinevo’ i Baasà re e Gibetonen-te-Pelistio; ie fa narikatohe’ i Nadabe naho Israele iaby ty Gibetone.
[A man named] Baasha, from the tribe of Issachar, planned to harm him. He killed Nadab when Nadab and his army had surrounded Gibbethon [city] in the Philistia area.
28 Amy taom-paha-telo’ i Asa mpanjaka’ Iehoday ty nanjevoña’ i Baasa aze vaho nandimbe aze nifehe.
That [DOU] was when Asa had been [the king ruling] Judah for almost three years. Then Baasha became the king of Israel.
29 Ie vata’e nimpanjaka le fonga zinama’e ty anjomba’ Iarovame; leo raike tsy napo’e hikofòke amy Iarovame ampara’ te fonga vinono’e ty amy tsara’ Iehovà nitsaraeñe am-pità’ i Ahiià nte-Silò mpitoro’ey;
As soon as Baasha became king, [he commanded his soldiers to] kill all of Jeroboam’s family. Doing what Yahweh had told the prophet Ahijah from Shiloh would happen, they killed all of Jeroboam’s family. None of them (was left/remained alive).
30 ty amo tahiñe nanoe’ Iarovameo naho nampanaña’e hakeo Israele amy sigihy nisigihe’e Iehovà, Andrianañahare’ Israeley, hiviñera’e.
That happened because Yahweh had become very angry with Jeroboam because of all the sins that Jeroboam had committed, and because of the sins that he had persuaded the people of Israel to commit.
31 Aa le o fitoloña’ i Nadabeo naho o hene tolon-draha’eo, tsy fa sinokitse amy bokem-pamoliliañe o mpanjaka’ Israeleoy hao?
Everything else that Nadab did is written [RHQ] in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Israel’.
32 Nitolom-pialy avao t’i Asa naho i Baasa mpanjaka’ Israele amo hene andro’ iareoo.
There were wars between [the armies of] King Asa and King Baasha all the time that they ruled.
33 Amy taom-paha-telo’ i Asa mpanjaka’ Iehoday, le niorotse nifehe’ Israele iaby e Tirtsà ao t’i Baasa ana’ i Ahiià, vaho nifeleke taoñe roapolo-efats’ amby.
After Asa had been the king of Judah for almost three years, Baasha, the son of Ahijah, started to rule Israel at Tirzah [city]. He ruled for 24 years.
34 Nanao ze raty am-pivazohoa’ Iehovà re naho nañavelo ami’ty sata’ Iarovame naho amy tahiñe nampanaña’e hakeo Israeley.
He did things that Yahweh considered to be evil, and his behavior was sinful like his father’s had been, and he led the people of Israel to sin.
