2 Dnevnika 25
1 Bijaše Amasiji dvadeset i pet godina kad poèe carovati, i carova dvadeset i devet godina u Jerusalimu. Materi mu bješe ime Joadana iz Jerusalima.
Amaziah was 25 years old when he became the king [of Judah], and he ruled from Jerusalem for 29 years. His mother was Jehoaddin; she was from Jerusalem.
2 On èinjaše što je pravo pred Gospodom, ali ne cijelijem srcem.
Amaziah did many things that pleased Yahweh, but he did not do them enthusiastically.
3 I kad se utvrdi u carstvu, pobi sluge svoje koji ubiše cara oca njegova.
As soon as he was in complete control of his kingdom, he caused to be executed the officials who had murdered his father.
4 Ali sinova njihovijeh ne pogubi, nego uèini kako piše u zakonu, u knjizi Mojsijevoj, gdje je zapovjedio Gospod govoreæi: ocevi da ne ginu za sinove, ni sinovi za oceve, nego svaki za svoj grijeh neka gine.
But he did not command their sons to be executed; he obeyed what was in the laws that Moses had written. In those laws Yahweh had commanded, “People must not be executed because of [what] their children [have done], and children must not be executed for [what] their parents [have done]. People must be executed only for the sins that they themselves have committed.”
5 Iza toga skupi Amasija narod Judin, i postavi po domovima otaèkim tisuænike i stotinike po svoj zemlji Judinoj i Venijaminovoj, i izbroji ih od dvadeset godina i više, i naðe ih trista tisuæa vojnika izabranijeh, koji nošahu koplje i štit.
Amaziah summoned the men of [the tribes of] Judah and Benjamin to come to Jerusalem, and there he put them in groups, each clan in a group by themselves. Then he appointed officers to command each group. Some officers commanded 100 men and some commanded 1,000 men. They counted the men who were at least 20 years old; altogether there were 300,000 men. They were all men who were prepared to be in the army, and able to [fight well, ] using spears and shields.
6 I jošte najmi izmeðu Izrailjaca sto tisuæa hrabrijeh ljudi za sto talanata srebra.
Amaziah also hired 100,000 capable soldiers from Israel and paid almost four tons of silver for them.
7 Ali doðe mu èovjek Božji i reèe: care, da ne ide s tobom vojska Izrailjska, jer Gospod nije s Izrailjcima niti sa sinovima Jefremovijem.
But a prophet came to him and said, “Your majesty, you must not allow those soldiers from Israel to march with your soldiers, because Yahweh does not help the people of the tribe of Ephraim or from [anywhere else in] Israel.
8 Nego idi ti, i budi hrabar u boju; inaèe æe te oboriti Bog pred neprijateljem, jer Bog može i pomoæi i oboriti.
Even if your soldiers go and fight courageously in battles, God will cause your enemies to defeat you; do not forget that God has the power to help armies or to cause them to be defeated.”
9 Tada reèe Amasija èovjeku Božijemu: a šta æe biti od sto talanata što sam dao vojsci Izrailjevoj? A èovjek Božji reèe: ima Gospod da ti da više od toga.
Amaziah asked that prophet, “If I do that, what about the huge amount of silver that I paid to hire those soldiers from Israel?” The prophet replied, “Yahweh is able to pay you back more money than you paid [to hire those soldiers].”
10 I tako odvoji Amasija vojsku što mu bješe došla od Jefrema da otidu u svoje mjesto; a oni se vrlo rasrdiše na Judu, i vratiše se u svoje mjesto s velikim gnjevom.
So Amaziah told those soldiers from Israel to return home. They left to go home, but they were very angry with the king of Judah [for not allowing them to stay and fight].
11 A Amasija oslobodivši se povede narod svoj i otide u slanu dolinu, i pobi deset tisuæa sinova Sirovijeh;
Then Amaziah became brave, and he led his army to the Salt Valley. There they killed 10,000 men from the Edom people-group.
12 I deset tisuæa živijeh zarobiše Judejci, i odvedoše na vrh stijene, i pobacaše ih sa vrh stijene da se svi raspadoše.
The army of Judah also captured 10,000 others, and took them to the top of a cliff and threw them all down over the cliff, with the result that their corpses were all smashed to pieces.
13 A vojnici koje Amasija posla natrag da ne idu s njim u boj, navališe na gradove Judine od Samarije do Vet-Orona, i pobiše po njima tri tisuæe, i zaplijeniše velik plijen.
While that was happening, the soldiers from Israel whom Amaziah had sent home after not allowing them to fight along with his soldiers, raided cities and towns in Judea, from Samaria [city] to Beth-Horon [town]. They killed 3,000 people and took away a great amount of valuable things.
14 A kad se vrati Amasija razbivši Idumeje, donese bogove sinova Sirovijeh, i postavi ih sebi za bogove, i klanjaše im se i kaðaše im.
When Amaziah returned [to Jerusalem] after his army had slaughtered the soldiers from Edom, he brought the idols that were worshiped by the people of Edom. He set them up to be his own gods. Then he bowed down to [worship] them and offered sacrifices to them.
15 Tada se razgnjevi Gospod na Amasiju, i posla k njemu proroka, koji mu reèe: zašto tražiš bogove toga naroda, koji ne izbaviše svojega naroda iz tvoje ruke?
Because of that, Yahweh was very angry with Amaziah. He sent a prophet to him, who said, “Why do you worship these foreign gods that were not even able to save their own people when your army attacked them?”
16 I kad govoraše caru, on mu reèe: jesi li postavljen caru za savjetnika? prestani; zašto da pogineš? I tako presta prorok, ali reèe: znam da te je Bog naumio istrijebiti kad to radiš a ne slušaš svjeta mojega.
While he was still speaking, the king said to him, “We certainly did not appoint you to be one of my advisors. So stop [talking]! If you say anything more, [I will tell my soldiers to] kill you!” So the prophet said, “I know that God has determined to get rid of you, because you have [begun to] worship idols, and have not heeded my advice.” Then the prophet said nothing more.
17 Tada smisli Amasija car Judin, i posla k Joasu sinu Joahaza sina Jujeva, caru Izrailjevu, i poruèi: hodi da se ogledamo.
Some time later Amaziah, the king of Judah, consulted his advisors. Then he sent a message to Jehoash, the king of Israel. He wrote, “Come here and let’s talk together.”
18 A Joas car Izrailjev posla k Amasiji caru Judinu i poruèi mu: trn na Livanu posla ka kedru na Livanu, i poruèi: daj svoju kæer sinu mojemu za ženu. Ali naiðe zvijerje Livansko i izgazi trn.
But Jehoash replied to King Amaziah, “One time a thistle growing [in the mountains] in Lebanon sent a message to a cedar tree saying, ‘Let your daughter marry my son.’ But a wild animal in Lebanon came along and trampled the thistle under its feet.
19 Veliš, pobio si Edomce, pa se ponese srce tvoje, i tražiš slave; sjedi kod kuæe svoje; zašto bi se zapletao u zlo da padneš i ti i Juda s tobom?
[The meaning of what I am saying is that] you are saying to yourself that your army has defeated the army of Edom, so you have become very proud. But you should stay at your home. It would not be good for you to cause trouble, which would result in you and your kingdom of Judah being destroyed.”
20 Ali ne posluša Amasija, jer od Gospoda to bi da ih da u ruke neprijatelju, što tražiše bogove Edomske.
But Amaziah refused to heed Jehoash’s message. That happened because God wanted Jehoash’s army to defeat them, because they were worshiping the gods of Edom.
21 I otide Joas car Izrailjev, i ogledaše se, on i Amasija car Judin, u Vet-Semesu Judinu.
So Jehoash’s army attacked. Their two armies faced each other at Beth-Shemesh [city] in Judah.
22 Ali Judu razbi Izrailj, te pobjegoše svaki ka svojemu šatoru.
The army of Judah was badly defeated by the army of Israel, and all the soldiers of Judah fled to their homes.
23 A Amasiju cara Judina sina Joasa sina Joahazova uhvati Joas car Izrailjev u Vet-Semesu, i odvede ga u Jerusalim; i obori zid Jerusalimski od vrata Jefremovijeh do vrata na uglu, èetiri stotine lakata.
King Jehoash’s army also captured King Amaziah there. Then he brought Amaziah to Jerusalem, and his soldiers tore down the wall [that was around the city], from the Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate. That was a section that was about 600 feet long.
24 I uze sve zlato i srebro i sve posuðe što se naðe u domu Božijem u Ovid-Edoma i u riznici doma carskoga, i taoce, pa se vrati u Samariju.
His soldiers also carried away the gold and silver and other valuable furnishings from the temple which the descendants of Obed-Edom had previously been guarding. They also took away the valuable things in the palace, and they took to Samaria some prisoners whom they had captured.
25 I poživje Amasija sin Joasov car Judin po smrti Joasa sina Joahaza cara Izrailjeva petnaest godina.
King Jehoash of Israel died, and King Amaziah of Judah lived for 15 years after that.
26 A ostala djela Amasijina prva i pošljednja, eto nijesu li zapisana u knjizi o carevima Judinijem i Izrailjevijem?
An account of all the other things that Amaziah did while he was the king [of Judah] is written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Judah and Israel’.
27 I pošto Amasija otstupi od Gospoda, digoše bunu na nj u Jerusalimu, a on pobježe u Lahis. Ali poslaše za njim u Lahis, i ubiše ga ondje.
From the time that Amaziah started to disobey Yahweh, some men in Jerusalem planned to kill him. He was able to escape to Lachish [city], but those who wanted to kill him sent another group of people to Lachish and killed him there.
28 I donesoše ga na konjma i pogreboše ga kod otaca njegovijeh u gradu Judinu.
They put his corpse on a horse and brought it back to Jerusalem and buried it where his ancestors [had been buried] in the part of Jerusalem called ‘The City of David’.
