2 Seenaa 21
1 Ergasii Yehooshaafaax abbootii isaa wajjin boqotee isaanuma biratti magaalaa abbaa isaa magaalaa Daawit keessatti awwaalame. Yehooraam ilmi isaas iddoo isaa buʼee mootii taʼe.
Then Jehoshaphat died, and was buried where his ancestors were buried in [the part of Jerusalem called] ‘The City of David’. Then his son Jehoram became the king [of Judah].
2 Obboloonni Yehooraam ilmaan Yehooshaafaax Azaariyaa, Yehiiʼeel, Zakkaariyaas, Ezaariyaas, Miikaaʼelii fi Shefaaxiyaa jedhaman ture. Isaan kunneen hundi ilmaan Yehooshaafaax mooticha Israaʼel sanaa turan.
His [younger] brothers were Azariah, Jehiel, Zechariah, Azariah, Michael, and Shephatiah.
3 Abbaan isaaniis kennaa meetii, kan warqeetii fi miʼoota gatii guddaa baasanii akkasumas magaalaawwan Yihuudaa keessaa kanneen dallaa jabaa qaban isaanii kenne; garuu sababii inni hangafa taʼeef mootummaa isaa Yehooraamiif kenne.
Before Jehoshaphat died, he gave them gifts of silver and gold and other valuable things. He also appointed them to rule various cities in Judah that had walls around them. But he appointed Jehoram to be the king of Judah, because Jehoram was his oldest son.
4 Yehooraam erga mootummaa abbaa isaa irratti jabaatee dhaabatee booddee obboloota isaa hundaa fi qondaaltota Israaʼel tokko tokko goraadeedhaan ni fixe.
After Jehoram was completely in control of his father’s kingdom, he had all of his [younger] brothers executed, along with some of the leaders of the nation.
5 Yehooraam yeroo mootii taʼetti umuriin isaa waggaa soddomii lama ture; innis Yerusaalem keessa taaʼee waggaa saddeet ni bulche.
Jehoram was 32 years old when he became the king, and he ruled in Jerusalem for eight years.
6 Innis akkuma manni Ahaab godhee ture sana karaa mootota Israaʼel duukaa buʼe; intala Ahaab fuudhee tureetii. Fuula Waaqayyoo durattis waan hamaa hojjete.
But he did many of the [evil] things that the kings of Israel had done. He did many things that Yahweh considers to be evil, things that the family of Ahab had done, because he married one of Ahab’s daughters.
7 Taʼus Waaqayyo sababii Daawit wajjin kakuu galeef mana Daawit balleessuun fedhii Waaqayyoo hin turre. Inni isaa fi sanyii isaatiif ibsaa bara baraa dhaabuuf kakuu galee ture.
However, because of the agreement that Yahweh had made with King David, Yahweh did not want to get rid of the descendants of David. He had promised that David’s descendants would always be the ones who ruled Judah.
8 Bara Yehooraam keessa Edoom Yihuudaatti fincilee mootii ofii isaa moosifate.
While Jehoram was ruling, the people of [the] Edom [region] rebelled against [the king of] Judah and appointed their own king.
9 Kanaafuu Yehooraam qondaaltota isaatii fi gaariiwwan isaa hunda wajjin achi dhaqe. Warri Edoomis isaa fi ajajjoota gaariiwwan isaa marsan; inni garuu halkaniin kaʼee isaan ni dhaʼe.
So Jehoram and his officers and his men in chariots went to Edom. There, the army of Edom surrounded them. Jehoram escaped during the night.
10 Edoom hamma harʼaatti illee akkuma Yihuudaatti finciletti jira. Libnaanis sababii Yehooraam Waaqayyo Waaqa abbootii isaa dhiiseef yeruma sanatti fincile.
But the king of Judah was never able to regain control of Edom, and Edom is still not controlled by Judah. [The people in] Libnah [city between Judah and Philistia] also rebelled against Judah. Those things happened because Jehoram turned away from [obeying] Yahweh, the God whom his ancestors [belonged to].
11 Tulluuwwan Yihuudaa irrattis iddoowwan sagadaa ijaaree akka namoonni Yerusaalem sagaagalan gochuudhaan Yihuudaa karaa irraa jalʼise.
On the hilltops in Judah he had also built shrines [to worship idols], and had caused the people of Judah to stray away from Yahweh by worshiping foreign gods.
12 Yehooraamis xalayaa Eeliyaas raajicha biraa ergame tokko ni argate; xalayaan sunis akkana jedha: “Waaqayyo Waaqni abbaa kee Daawit akkana jedha: ‘Ati karaa abbaa kee Yehooshaafaax irra yookaan karaa Aasaa mooticha Yihuudaatti hin adeemne.
One day, Jehoram received a letter from the prophet Elijah. Elijah had written this in the letter: “This is what Yahweh, the God whom your ancestor [King] David [worshiped], says: 'You have not done things that please me like your father Jehoshaphat did or what King Asa did.
13 Ati garuu karaa mootota Israaʼel irra deemuudhaan akkuma manni Ahaab godhe sana Yihuudaa fi saba Yerusaalem sagaagalchiifte. Obboloota kee miseensota mana abbaa keetii kanneen sirra wayyan sana illee ni fixxe.
Instead, you have continually done the [evil things] that the kings of Israel have done. You have encouraged the people in Jerusalem and other places in Judah to stop worshiping Yahweh, like the descendants of Ahab did. You have also murdered your own brothers, who were more righteous men than you are.
14 Kanaafuu Waaqayyo amma saba kee, ilmaan kee, niitota kee fi waan ati qabdu hunda dhaʼicha hamaadhaan dhaʼuuf jira.
So now Yahweh is about to very severely punish the people in your kingdom and even your own children and your wives and everything that you own.
15 Ati mataan kee iyyuu dhukkuba marʼumaanii kan guyyaa guyyaadhaan hammaachaa deemuun qabamta; dhuma irrattis dhukkubichi marʼumaan kee alatti yaasa.’”
And you yourself will have an intestinal disease that will continue to become worse, and you will suffer from it until you die.'”
16 Waaqayyos Filisxeemotaa fi Araboota saba Itoophiyaatti dhiʼoo jiraatan Yehooraamitti ni kaase.
Then Yahweh caused some men from the Philistia people-group and some Arabs who lived near the coast [of the Mediterranean Sea], where people from Ethiopia had settled, to become angry with Jehoram.
17 Isaanis Yihuudaa dhaʼanii qabatan; miʼa masaraa mootii keessatti argamu hunda, ilmaanii fi niitota isaa wajjin boojiʼanii ni fudhatan. Ilma isaa Ahaaziyaa isa quxisuu sana malee ilmi tokko iyyuu hin hafneef.
Their army invaded Judah and took away [from Jerusalem] all the valuable things that they found in the king’s palace, and even his sons and wives. His youngest son, Ahaziah, was the only one of his sons whom they did not take away.
18 Waan kana hundaa booddee Waaqayyo dhukkuba marʼumaanii kan hin fayyineen Yehooraamin ni dhaʼe.
After that happened, Yahweh caused Jehoram to be afflicted with an intestinal disease that no one could cure.
19 Innis oolee bulee dhuma waggaa lammaffaatti sababii dhukkuba hamaa sanaatiif marʼumaan isaa keessaa ni kufe; akka malees dhiphatee ni duʼe. Namoonni isaa akka abbootii isaatiif godhan sana ulfina isaatiif jedhanii ibidda hin bobeessine.
About two years later, while he was in great pain, he died because of that disease. The people of Judah had made bonfires to honor his ancestors when they died, but they did not make a bonfire for Jehoram.
20 Yehooraam yeroo mootii taʼetti nama waggaa soddomii lamaa ture. Innis Yerusaalem keessa taaʼee waggaa saddeet ni bulche. Yeroo inni duʼetti namni tokko iyyuu isaaf hin gaddine; innis Magaalaa Daawit keessatti awwaalame malee lafa mootonni itti awwaalamanitti hin awwaalamne.
Jehoram was 32 years old when he became the king, and he ruled in Jerusalem for eight years. No one was sorry when he died. His corpse was buried in [the part of Jerusalem called] ‘The City of David’, but he was not buried where the other kings [of Judah] had been buried.
