2 Mpanjaka 8
1 Ie amy zao nisaontsy ty hoe amy rakemba amañ-anadahy nampisotrafe’e t’i Elisà: Miavota, le mañaveloa rekets’ o añ’anjomba’oo le mitaveaña amy ze mete itaveaña’o, fa nikaike san-kerè t’Iehovà; vaho hivotrak’ an-tane atoy fito taoñe izay.
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 Aa le niongake i rakembay ty amy saontsi’ indatin’ Añahareiy vaho nienga rekets’ o añanjomba’eo nitaveañe fito taoñe an-tane’ o nte-Pelistio.
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 Ie nimodo i fito taoñey le nimpoly boak’ an-tane’ o nte-Pelistio i rakembay; naho nimb’eo hitoreo i anjomba naho tane’ey amy mpanjakay.
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 Ie amy zao, nisaontsy amy Gekazý mpitoro’ indatin’ Añaharey i mpanjakay, ami’ty hoe: Ehe, atalilio amako, ze he’e ra’elahy nanoe’ i Elisà.
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 Natalili’e amy mpanjakay amy zao ty nampihereña’e ho veloñe i nivetrakey, vaho ingo i rakemba nampisotrafeñe i ana-dahi’eiy, hitoreo i anjomba’e naho i tane’ey amy mpanjakay. Le hoe t’i Gekazý: O ry talèko mpanjaka, intoy i rakembay, ingo i ana-dahi’e nampihereñe’ i Elisà ho veloñey.
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 Aa ie nañontane i rakembay i mpanjakay, le nitalilia’e. Aa le tinendre’ i mpanjakay ty mpifehe, ami’ty hoe: Hene ampolio ama’e o niazeo, naho ty voka’ i tete’ey sikal’ amy andro nienga’e i taney am-para henane.
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 Nivotrake e Damesèke t’i Elisà, ie nisiloke t’i Benehadade mpanjaka’ i Arame, le natalily ama’e ty hoe: Fa pok’ eo indatin’Añaharey.
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 Le hoe i mpanjakay amy Kazaele; endeso ravoravo am-pità’o le akia mifañaoña amy ‘ndatin’Añaharey, vaho ampañontaneo aze t’Iehovà, ty hoe: Hibodañe ami’ ty areteko toy hao iraho?
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 Aa le nimb’eo t’i Kazaele hifañaoña’e reketse ravoravo am-pita’e naho ze hene raha soa’ i Damesèke, kilankan-drameva efapolo, vaho nimb’eo re nijohañe añatrefa’e, nanao ty hoe: Nañirak’ ahy i ana’o Benehadade mpanjaka’ i Aramey hanao ty hoe: Ho jangañe hao iraho amo aretekoo?
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 Le hoe t’i Elisà tama’e, Akia, isaontsio: Toe hibodan-drehe; fe nitoroa’ Iehovà t’ie toe hihomake.
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 Le nampifahara’e fiatreke aze ty lahara’e am-para’ t’ie nisalatse; vaho nirovetse indatin’ Añaharey.
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 Le hoe t’i Kazaele: Ino o iroveta’oo ry talèko? le hoe ty natoi’e: Amy te apotako ty hankàñe hanoe’o amo ana’ Israeleo; ho forototoe’o o rova’ iareoo, ho lafae’o am-pibara o ajalahi’eo, hadasi’o ho demoke o keleia’eo vaho ho riate’o o rakemba mivesatseo.
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 Fa hoe t’i Kazaele: Ino ty mpitoro’o? amboa hao t’ie hanao o halosorañe zao? le hoe t’i Elisà: Fa natoro’ Iehovà amako te ihe ty ho mpanjaka’ i Arame.
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 Aa le nienga i Elisà re, niheo amy talè’ey mb’eo vaho hoe re ama’e: Ino ty asa’ i Elisà tama’o? Le hoe ty natoi’e: Tinaro’e amako t’ie toe hibodañe.
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 Ie te loak’ andro, nandrambe lamba mateveñe, le nalo’e an-drano ao, naho nalama’e an-tarehe’e nametrek’ aze vaho nifehe nandimbe aze t’i Kazaele.
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 Ie tan-taom-paha-lime’ Iorame ana’ i Akabe mpanjaka’ Israele, le niorotse nifehe t’Iehorame ana’ Iehosafate mpanjaka’ Iehodà.
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 Ie niajalahy telopolo taoñe roe amby te niorotse nifehe; le nifehe valo taoñe e Ierosalaime ao.
He was thirty-two years old when he became the king, and he ruled in Jerusalem for eight years.
18 Nañavelo an-tsata’ o mpanjaka’ Israeleo re, manahake ty nanoe’ i anjomba’ i Akabey; amy te nitañanjomba’e ty anak’ ampela’ i Akabe vaho nanao haloloañe am-pivazohoa’ Iehovà.
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 Fe tsy narotsa’ Iehovà t’Iehodà, ty amy mpitoro’e Davidey, fa nafè’e ama’e te hitoroa’e failo hirehetse nainai’e amo tarira’eo.
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 Niola ambanem-pità’ Iehodà tañ’ andro’e t’i Edome vaho nañorem-panjaka hifehe iareo.
During the time that Jehoram ruled, [the king of] Edom rebelled against Judah, and they appointed their own king.
21 Aa le nitsake mb’e Tsaire mb’eo t’Iorame rekets’ o sarete’e iabio; le nitroatse haleñe naho zinevo’e o nte-Edome niarikoboñe azeo naho o mpifehe sareteo vaho nitriban-day mb’ an-kiboho’e mb’eo ondatio.
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 Fe mbe niola ambanem-pità’ Iehoda pak’ androany t’i Edome. Niola ka t’i Libnà henane zay.
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 Aa naho o fitoloña’ Iorameo naho o raha nanoe’e iabio; tsy fa sinokitse am-bokem-pamoliliañe o mpanjaka’ Iehodao hao?
[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 Nitrao-piròtse aman-droae’e t’Iorame, le nalentek’ aman-droae’e an-drova’ i Davide ao; vaho nandimbe aze ho mpifehe t’i Ahkazià ana’e.
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 Tamy taom-paha-folo-ro’ ambi’ Iorame ana’ i Akabe mpanjaka’ Israeley le niorotse nifehe t’i Ahkazià ana’ Iehorame mpanjaka’ Iehodà.
After Ahab’s son Joram has been ruling in Israel for almost twelve years, Jehoram’s son Ahaziah became the king of Judah.
26 Roapolo-ro’amby taoñe t’i Ahkazià te namototse nifehe; le nifehe rai-taoñe e Ierosalaime ao; Atalià, anak’ ampela’ i Omrý mpanjaka’ Israele, ty tahinan-drene’e.
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 Nañavelo an-tsatan’ anjomba’ i Akabe re, nanao haloloañe am-pivazohoa’ Iehovà, manahake ty nanoe’ i anjomba’ i Akabey, amy t’ie vinanton’ anjomba’ i Akabe.
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 Ie nindre am’ Iorame ana’ i Akabe hialy amy Kazaele mpanjaka’ i Arame e Ramote-gilade añe; le nahafere Iorame o nte-Arameo.
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 Nimpoly mb’e Iezreele ao t’Iorame mpanjaka, himelaña’e amo fere natolo’ o nte-Arameo aze e Ramà añeo, ie nialy amy Kazaele mpanjaka’ i Arame. Le nizotso mb’eo hitilike Iehorame ana’ i Akabe e Iezreele ao amy hasilo’ey t’i Ahkazià ana’ Iehorame mpanjaka’ Iehodà.
King Joram returned to Jezreel [city] to recover from his wounds. King Ahaziah went to visit him there.
