2 Seenaa 23

1 Yehooyaadaan waggaa torbaffaatti jabina ofii isaa ni argisiise. Innis ajajjuuwwan dhibbaa jechuunis Azaariyaa ilma Yirooham, Ishmaaʼeel ilma Yehohaanaan, Azaariyaa ilma Oobeed, Maʼaseyaa ilma Adaayaa fi Eliishaafaax ilma Zikrii wajjin kakuu seene.

And, in the seventh year, Jehoiada strengthened himself, and took the rulers of hundreds—even Azariah son of Jeroham, and Ishmael son of Jehohanan, and Azariah son of Obed, and Maaseiah son of Adaiah and Elishaphat son of Zichri—unto himself, in covenant.

2 Isaanis guutummaa Yihuudaa keessa deemanii magaalaawwan hunda keessaa Lewwotaa fi hangafoota maatiiwwan Israaʼel walitti ni qaban. Yommuu isaan Yerusaalem gaʼanittis,

And they went round throughout Judah, and gathered together the Levites out of all the cities of Judah, and the ancestral chiefs of Israel, —and they came into Jerusalem.

3 waldaan guutuun mana qulqullummaa Waaqaa keessatti mooticha wajjin kakuu seene. Yehooyaadaanis akkana isaaniin jedhe; “Akkuma Waaqayyo waaʼee sanyii Daawit waadaa gale sanatti, ilmi mootichaa mootii ni taʼa.

And all the convocation solemnised a covenant in the house of God, with the king, —and he said to them, Lo! the king’s son must reign, as spake Yahweh concerning the sons of David.

4 Wanni isin gochuu qabdan isa kana: Isin lubootaa fi Lewwota guyyaa Sanbataa hojiitti ramadamtan keessaa harka sadii keessaa harki tokko karra,

This, is the thing that ye shall do, —A third of you entering on the sabbath, both of the priests and of the Levites, as doorkeepers of the porch;

5 harka sadii keessaa harki tokko masaraa mootummaa, harka sadii keessaa harki tokko immoo karra ‘Karra Hundee’ jedhamu sana eegaa; namoonni kaan hundi immoo oobdii mana qulqullummaa Waaqayyoo keessatti argamuu qabu.

and a third, being in the house of the king, and a third, at the foundation gate, —and all the people, being in the courts of the house of Yahweh,

6 Lubootaa fi Lewwota hojii irra jiran malee namni tokko iyyuu mana qulqullummaa Waaqayyoo hin seenin; isaan sababii qulqullaaʼaniif seenuu ni dandaʼu; warri kaan hundi garuu waan Waaqayyo isaan ajaje eeguu qabu.

then let no one enter the house of Yahweh, save only the priests, and they who are in attendance of the Levites, they, may enter, for, holy, they are, -but, all the people, shall keep the watch of Yahweh.

7 Lewwonni tokkoon tokkoon isaanii miʼa lolaa harkatti qabatanii mootichatti naannaʼanii dhadhaabachuu qabu. Namni mana qulqullummaa seenu kan biraa kam iyyuu haa ajjeefamu. Lafa inni dhaqu hundatti mootichatti dhiʼoo jiraadhaa.”

So shall the Levites encompass the king round about, every man with his weapons in his hand, and, he that entereth into the house, shall be put to death. Thus be ye with the king, when he cometh in and when he goeth out.

8 Lewwonnii fi namoonni Yihuudaa hundinuu akkuma Yehooyaadaan lubichi ajaje sana ni godhan. Sababii Yehooyaadaan lubichi gareewwan eegumsaa keessaa tokko illee gad hin dhiisiniif tokkoon tokkoon isaaniis namoota isaanii warra guyyaa Sanbataatiin hojiitti bobbaʼanii fi warra hojii irraa boqotan ni fudhatan.

So the Levites and all Judah did according to all that Jehoiada the priest commanded, and they took every man his men, who were coming in on the sabbath, with them who were going out on the sabbath, —for Jehoiada the priest dismissed not the courses.

9 Innis eeboowwan, gaachanawwan gurguddaa fi xixinnaa Daawit Mootichaa kanneen mana qulqullummaa Waaqaa keessa turan ajajjuuwwan dhibbaatiif ni kenne.

And Jehoiada the priest gave unto the captains of hundreds, the spears and the bucklers and the shields, which belonged to King David, —which were in the house of God.

10 Akka namoonni hundi miʼa lolaa harkatti qabatanii karaa kibba mana qulqullummaatii hamma karaa kaaba mana qulqullummaatti iddoo aarsaatii fi mana qulqullummaa biratti mootichatti naannaʼanii dhaabatan ni godhe.

And be caused all the people to stand, even every man with his weapon in his hand, from the right corner of the house as far as the left corner of the house, by the altar and the house, —near the king round about.

11 Yehooyaadaa fi ilmaan isaa ilma mootichaa fidanii mataa isaa irra gonfoo kaaʼan; isaanis garagalcha kakuu itti kennanii akka inni mootii taʼe ni labsan. Isa dibaniis, “Mootichi bara baraan haa jiraatu!” jedhanii ni iyyan.

Then brought they forth the king’s son, and set upon him the crown and the testimony, and made him king, —and Jehoiada and his sons anointed him, and said, May the king live!

12 Ataaliyaan yommuu waca namoota fiiganii mooticha leellisanii dhageessetti, isaan bira gara mana qulqullummaa Waaqayyoo dhaqxe.

Now, when Athaliah heard the noise of the people who were running, and those who were praising the king, —then came she unto the people in the house of Yahweh;

13 Yeroo isheen ilaaltetti mootichi balbala irra utubaa isaa bira dhaabatuu ni argite. Qondaaltonnii fi warri malakata afuufan mooticha bira turan; namoonni biyya sanaa hundinuus gammadanii malakata afuufaa turan; faarfattoonni immoo meeshaa muuziiqaatiin faarfannaa qajeelchaa turan. Kana irratti Ataaliyaan uffata ishee tarsaaftee, “Kun maltummaa dha! Kun maltummaa dha!” jettee iyyite.

and looked, and lo! the king, standing by his pillar at the entrance, and the captains and the trumpets by the king, and all the people of the land rejoicing, and blowing with trumpets, and the singers, with instruments of song, and such as led the offering of praise, then Athaliah rent her garments, and said, Conspiracy! conspiracy!

14 Yehooyaadaan lubichis, “Hiriira gidduudhaa baasaatii ishee fidaa; nama ishee irra dhufu kam iyyuu goraadeedhaan ajjeesaa” jedhee ajajjuuwwan dhibbaa kanneen kutaawwan loltootaa sana irratti ramadaman erge. Lubichi, “Mana qulqullummaa Waaqayyoo keessatti ishee hin ajjeesinaa” jedhee tureetii.

Then Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains of hundreds, officers of the force, and said unto them, Take her forth within the ranks, and he that cometh in after her let him be slain with the sword, —for, said the priest, Ye must not slay her in the house of Yahweh!

15 Kanaafuu isaan akkuma isheen karra “Karra Fardaa” jedhamu kan masaraa mootii duraa geesseen qabanii achumatti ishee ni ajjeesan.

So they made way for her, and she came into the entrance of the horse-gate of the house of the king, —and they slew her there.

16 Yehooyaadaan akka inni, sabnii fi mootichis saba Waaqayyoo taʼaniif kakuu ni dhaabe.

And Jehoiada solemnised a covenant, between himself and all the people, and the king, —that they should become a people unto Yahweh.

17 Sabni hundinuu gara galma Baʼaal dhaqee diige. Isaanis iddoowwan aarsaatii fi waaqota tolfamoo caccabsanii Mataan lubicha Baʼaal sana illee iddoowwan aarsaa duratti ni ajjeesan.

Then all the people entered into the house of Baal and brake it down, and, his altars and his images, brake they in pieces, —and, Mattan the priest of Baal, they slew, before the altars.

18 Ergasii Yehooyaadaan luboota Lewwota turan kanneen Daawit mana qulqullummaa Waaqayyoo keessatti ramadee ture sanatti itti gaafatamummaa mana qulqullummaa ni kenne; isaan akkuma Seera Musee keessatti barreeffame sanatti aarsaa gubamu Waaqayyoof dhiʼeessuu qabu; Daawit akka isaan gammachuu fi faarfannaadhaan aarsaa kana dhiʼeessan ajajee tureetii.

And Jehoiada put the oversight of the house of Yahweh into the hand of the priests and the Levites, whom David set by courses over the house of Yahweh, that they might offer up the ascending-sacrifices of Yahweh, as it is written in the law of Moses, with rejoicing and with song, —under the direction of David.

19 Akkasumas inni akka namni karaa kamiin iyyuu xuraaʼe tokko iyyuu ol hin seenneef balbala mana qulqullummaa Waaqayyoo dura eegdota ni dhaabe.

And he caused gatekeepers to stand, at the gates of the house of Yahweh, —that no one who was unclean should, on any account, enter.

20 Innis ajajjuuwwan dhibbaa, namoota bebeekamoo, bulchitoota sabaa fi namoota biyyattii hunda fudhatee dhaqee mana qulqullummaa Waaqayyootii mooticha gad baasee fide. Isaanis karaa, “Karra Ol aanu” jedhamuutiin masaraa mootummaa seenanii mooticha teessoo mootummaa irra teessisan.

Then took he the captains of hundreds—and the nobles—and the rulers over the people—and all the people of the land, and brought down the king out of the house of Yahweh, and they entered, through the midst of the upper gate, into the house of the king, —and they seated the king, upon the throne of the kingdom.

21 Saboonni biyyattii hundi ni ililchan; sababii Ataaliyaan goraadeedhaan ajjeefamteef magaalaan sun nagaa argatte.

And all the people of the land rejoiced, and, the city, was quiet, —when, Athaliah, they had slain with the sword.