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1 Sa ikalawang taon ng paghahari ni Jehoas anak ni Jehoahas, hari ng Israel, si Amasias anak ni Joas, hari ng Juda ay nagsimulang maghari.
After Jehoash had been ruling Israel for almost two years, Joash’s son Amaziah became the king of Judah.
2 Dalawampu't limang taong gulang siya nang magsimula siyang maghari; naghari siya sa Jerusalem sa loob ng dalawampu't siyam na taon. Ang pangalan ng kaniyang ina ay Jehoadan, taga-Jerusalem.
He was 25 years old when he started to rule, and he ruled in Jerusalem for 29 years. His mother was Jehoaddin; she was from Jerusalem.
3 Ginawa niya kung ano ang matuwid sa mga mata ni Yahweh, pero hindi katulad ng kaniyang ninunong si David. Ginawa niya ang lahat ng ginawa ni Joas na kaniyang ama.
Amaziah did many things that pleased Yahweh, but he did not do as many things that pleased Yahweh as King David had done. He did some of the good things that his father Joash had done.
4 Pero ang mga dambana ay hindi winasak. Ang mga tao ay patuloy na nag-aalay at nagsusunog ng insenso sa mga dambana.
But, [like his father, ] he did not tear down the places for worshipping Yahweh at pagan shrines. The people continued to burn incense [to honor Yahweh] on those hills [instead of in Jerusalem, the place that Yahweh had appointed].
5 Dumating ang pagkakataon nang tumatag na ang kaniyang paghahari, pinatay niya ang mga lingkod na pumatay sa kaniyang ama, ang hari.
As soon as he was completely in control of his kingdom, he caused to be executed the officials who had murdered his father.
6 Pero hindi niya ipinapatay ang mga anak ng mga mamamatay-tao; sa halip, kumilos siya ayon sa sinasabi ng Kasulatan, sa Aklat ni Moises, gaya ng iniutos ni Yahweh, na nagsasabing, “Ang mga ama ay hindi dapat patayin dahil sa kaniyang mga anak, ni ang mga anak dahil sa kanilang mga magulang. Sa halip, bawat tao ay dapat patayin dahil sa sarili niyang kasalanan.”
But he did not execute their children. He obeyed what was written in the laws that God gave to Moses: “Parents must not be executed for [the crimes/sins committed by] their children, and children must not be executed for [crimes/sins committed by] their parents. People must be executed only for the sins that they themselves [have committed].”
7 Pinatay niya ang sampung libong sundalo sa Edom sa lambak ng Asin; sinakop niya rin ang Sela sa digmaan at tinawag itong Jokteel, kung saan ito pa rin ang tawag hanggang sa araw na ito.
Amaziah’s soldiers killed 10,000 soldiers of the Edom people-group in the Salt Valley [south of the Dead Sea], and they captured Sela [city] and gave it a new name, Joktheel. That is still its name.
8 Pagkatapos nagpadala si Amasias ng mga tagapagbalita para kay Jehoas anak ni Jehoahas anak ni Jehu hari ng Israel, na nagsasabing, “Halikayo, magkita-kita tayo ng harapan sa digmaan.”
Then Amaziah sent messengers to King Jehoash of Israel, saying “Come here and let’s talk together.”
9 Pero nagpadala ng tagapagbalita si Jehoas hari ng Israel pabalik kay Amasias hari ng Juda, na sinasabing, “Ang matinik na halaman na nasa Lebanon ay nagpadala ng mensahe sa sedar sa Lebanon, nagsasabing, “Ibigay mo ang iyong anak na babae sa anak kong lalaki para maging asawa,' pero isang mabangis na hayop sa Lebanon ang dumaan at inapakan ang matinik na halaman.
But King Jehoash replied to King Amaziah: “Once a thornbush growing [in the mountains] in Lebanon sent a message to a cedar tree, saying, ‘Give your daughter to my son in order that he may marry her.’ But a wild animal in Lebanon passed by the thornbush and trampled it.
10 Tunay nga na nilusob mo ang Edom, at itinaas ka ng iyong puso. Ipagmalaki mo ang iyong katagumpayan, pero manatili ka sa iyong tahanan, dahil bakit mo pa ilalagay sa kaguluhan at ibabagsak ang iyong sarili, ikaw pati na ang Juda?
[The meaning of what I am saying is that] your army has defeated the army of Edom, so now you have become very proud. But you should be content with defeating the people of Edom, and allow your soldiers to stay at home. If you cause trouble [by fighting against] us, you will surely [RHQ] cause a disaster to happen to you and to your people.”
11 Pero si Amasias ay hindi nakinig. Kaya lumusob si Jehoas, hari ng Israel; siya at si Amasias hari ng Juda ay nagkita ng harap-harapan sa Beth-semes, na pag-aari ng Juda.
But Amaziah refused to heed Jehoash’s message. So he marched with his army to fight against the Israeli army at Beth-Shemesh [city] in Judah.
12 Natalo ang Juda ng Israel, at ang bawat isa ay tumakas pauwi.
The Israeli army defeated the army of Judah, and all the soldiers of Judah fled and ran back home.
13 Nabihag ni Jehoas hari ng Israel, si Amasias hari ng Juda na anak ni Jehoas na anak ni Ahasias, sa Beth-semes. Pumunta siya sa Jerusalem at ibinagsak niya ang pader ng Jerusalem mula sa Tarangkahan ng Efraim hanggang Tarangkahan ng Sulok, apat na raang kubit ang layo.
Jehoash’s army also captured King Amaziah there, and they also marched to Jerusalem and tore down the wall that was around the city, from the Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate. That was a section that was about (200 yards/180 meters) long.
14 Kinuha niya lahat ng ginto at pilak, lahat ng mga kagamitan na nakita sa tahanan ni Yahweh, at ang mga mahahalagang bagay sa palasyo ng hari, na may kasama ring bihag, at bumalik na sa Samaria.
Jehoash’s soldiers seized all the gold and silver that they found, and all the utensils that were in the temple, and all the valuable things that were in the palace, and took them to Samaria. They also took to Samaria some prisoners whom they had captured.
15 Tungkol sa iba pang bagay kay Jehoas, lahat ng kaniyang ginawa, ang kaniyang kapangyarihan, at kung paano niya nilabanan si Amasias hari ng Juda, hindi ba nasusulat sa Aklat ng mga Kaganapan sa Buhay ng mga Hari ng Israel?
[If you want to know about] all the other things that Jehoash did when he was king, including when he [and his army] fought against [the army of] King Amaziah of Judah, they are written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Israel’.
16 Pagkatapos nahimlay si Jehoas kasama ng kaniyang mga ninuno at inilibing sa Samaria kasama ng mga hari ng Israel, at si Jeroboam, ang kaniyang anak, ang naging hari ng Israel.
Jehoash died [EUP], and he was buried in Samaria, where the other kings of Israel had been buried. Then his son Jeroboam became the king.
17 Si Amasias na anak ni Joas, hari ng Juda, ay nabuhay ng labinlimang taon pagkatapos ng kamatayan ni Jehoas anak ni Jeoahas, hari ng Israel.
Amaziah, the king of Judah, lived for 15 more years after Jehoash, the king of Israel, died.
18 Tungkol sa iba pang mga bagay kay Amasias, hindi ba nasusulat ang mga ito sa Aklat ng mga Kaganapan sa Buhay ng mga Hari ng Juda?
[If you want to know more about] everything else that Amaziah did, it is written [RHQ] in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Judah’.
19 Nagsabwatan sila laban kay Amasias sa Jerusalem, at tumakas siya papuntang Laquis. Tumakas siya sa Laquis, pero nagpadala sila ng mga tauhan sa Laquis at pinatay siya roon.
Some people in Jerusalem plotted against Amaziah, so he fled to Lachish [city]. But they followed him there and killed him.
20 Dinala nila siya pabalik sakay ng kabayo, at siya ay ibinurol kasama ng kaniyang mga ninuno sa lungsod ni David.
They took his corpse back to Jerusalem and buried it where his ancestors had been buried, in [the part of Jerusalem called] ‘The City of David’.
21 Kinuha ng mga tao si Uzias, na labing-anim na taong gulang, at ginawa siyang hari kapalit ng kaniyang amang si Amasias.
Then all the people of Judah appointed Amaziah’s son Uzziah, when he was 16 years old, to be their king
22 Si Uzias ang muling nagpatayo ng Elat at ibinalik ito sa Juda nang hinimlay si Amasias kasama ng kaniyang mga ninuno.
After his father died, Uzziah’s workers captured Elath [city], and it came under the control of Judah again.
23 Nang ikalabinlimang taon ng paghahari ni Amasias anak ni Joas hari ng Juda, si Jeroboam anak ni Jehoas hari ng Israel, ay nagsimulang maghari sa Samaria; naghari siya ng apatnapu't isang taon.
When Amaziah had been ruling Judah for almost 15 years, Jeroboam became the king of Israel. He ruled in Samaria [city] for 41 years.
24 Ginawa niya kung ano ang masama sa paningin ni Yahweh. Hindi siya tumalikod sa anumang kasalanan ni Jeroboam anak ni Nebat, na nagdulot para magkasala ang Israel.
He did many things that Yahweh considered to be evil. He did not stop committing the same kind of sins that Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, committed, sins which led the Israeli people to sin also.
25 Ibinalik niya ang hangganan ng Israel mula sa Lebo Hamat hanggang dagat ng Araba, bilang katuparan sa salita ni Yahweh, ang Diyos ng Israel, na kaniyang sinabi sa pamamagitan ng kaniyang lingkod na si Jonas anak ni Amitai, ang propeta, na nagmula sa Gat-hefer.
His soldiers conquered again some of the territory that had previously belonged to Israel, from Hamath [city] in the north to the Dead Sea in the south. That is what Yahweh, the God whom the Israelis worshiped, promised the prophet Jonah, the son of Amittai, from Gath-Hepher [town], would happen.
26 Dahil nakita ni Yahweh ang paghihirap ng Israel, na napakapait para sa lahat, alipin man o malaya, at walang magliligtas sa Israel.
That happened because Yahweh saw that [the Israelis’ enemies were causing] the Israelis [to] suffer very much. And there was absolutely no one [IDM] who would help them.
27 Kaya sinabi ni Yahweh na hindi niya buburahin ang pangalan ng Israel sa ilalim ng kalangitan; sa halip, niligtas niya sila sa pamamagitan ng kamay ni Jeroboam anak ni Jehoas.
But Yahweh said that he would not destroy Israel completely, so he enabled King Jeroboam to rescue them.
28 Tungkol sa iba pang mga bagay kay Jeroboam, lahat ng kaniyang ginawa, kaniyang kapangyarihan, paano siya nakipagdigma at nabawi ang Damasco at Hamat, na pag-aari noon ng Juda, para sa Israel, hindi ba nasusulat ang mga ito sa Aklat ng mga Kaganapan sa Buhay ng mga Hari ng Israel?
[If you want to know more about] everything else that Jeroboam did, [about] his fighting courageously in battles, and [about] his [enabling the Israelis to] capture again Damascus and Hamath [cities], they are written [RHQ] in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Israel’.
29 Nahimlay si Jeroboam kasama ng kaniyang mga ninuno, kasama ang mga hari ng Israel, at si Zecarias ang kaniyang anak ang naging hari kapalit niya.
Jeroboam died [EUP], [and was buried] where the other kings of Israel [were buried], and his son Zechariah became the king.

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