1 Kings 16
1 Ó sì ṣe, ọ̀rọ̀ Olúwa sì tọ Jehu ọmọ Hanani wá sí Baaṣa pé,
During the time that Baasha [was king of Israel], [the prophet] Jehu, Hanani’s son, gave Baasha this message that he had received from Yahweh:
2 “Èmi ti gbé ọ ga láti inú erùpẹ̀ wá, mo sì fi ọ́ ṣe olórí Israẹli ènìyàn mi, ṣùgbọ́n ìwọ sì rìn ní ọ̀nà Jeroboamu, ó sì mú kí Israẹli ènìyàn mi dẹ́ṣẹ̀, láti mú mi bínú nípa ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ wọn.
“You were very insignificant/unimportant [IDM] when I caused you to become the ruler of my Israeli people. But you have caused me to become very angry by doing [IDM] the kinds of evil things that King Jeroboam did. You have also caused me to become angry by causing my people to sin.
3 Nítorí náà, èmi yóò mú Baaṣa àti ilé rẹ̀ kúrò, èmi yóò sì ṣe ilé rẹ̀ bí ilé Jeroboamu ọmọ Nebati.
So now I will get rid of you and your family [MTY]. I will do to you just like I did to Jeroboam and his family.
4 Àwọn ajá yóò jẹ ẹni Baaṣa tí ó bá kú ní ìlú, ẹyẹ ojú ọ̀run yóò sì jẹ àwọn tí ó kú ní oko.”
[The bodies of] those in your family who die in this city [will not be buried; they] will be eaten by dogs; and [the corpses of] those who die in the fields will be eaten by vultures.”
5 Àti ìyókù ìṣe Baaṣa, ohun tí ó ṣe àti agbára rẹ̀, a kò ha kọ wọ́n sínú ìwé ọ̀rọ̀ ọjọ́ àwọn ọba Israẹli?
The other things that happened during the time that Baasha ruled Israel, and the things that he did, are written [RHQ] in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Israel’.
6 Baaṣa sì sùn pẹ̀lú àwọn baba rẹ̀, a sì sin ín ní Tirsa. Ela ọmọ rẹ̀ sì jẹ ọba ní ipò rẹ̀.
When Baasha died, he was buried in Tirzah, [the capital city]. Then his son Elah became king.
7 Ọ̀rọ̀ Olúwa sì wá nípa ọwọ́ Jehu wòlíì ọmọ Hanani pẹ̀lú sí Baaṣa àti ilé rẹ̀, nítorí gbogbo búburú tí ó ti ṣe níwájú Olúwa, ní mímú un bínú nípa ohun tó ti ṣe àti wíwà bí ilé Jeroboamu, àti nítorí tí ó pa á run pẹ̀lú.
Yahweh gave that message about Baasha and his family to the prophet Jehu. Baasha had done many things that Yahweh considered to be evil, which caused Yahweh to become angry. Baasha did the same kind of things that King Jeroboam and his family had done previously. Yahweh was also angry with Baasha because he had killed all of Jeroboam’s family.
8 Ní ọdún kẹrìndínlọ́gbọ̀n Asa ọba Juda, Ela ọmọ Baaṣa bẹ̀rẹ̀ sí ní jẹ ọba ní Israẹli, ó sì jẹ ọba ní Tirsa ní ọdún méjì.
After Asa had been the king of Judah for almost 26 years, Elah became the king of Israel. Elah ruled in Tirzah for [only] two years.
9 Simri, ọ̀kan nínú àwọn ìránṣẹ́ rẹ̀, olórí ìdajì kẹ̀kẹ́ rẹ̀, dìtẹ̀ sí i. Ela sì wà ní Tirsa nígbà náà, ó sì mu àmupara ní ilé Arsa, ìríjú ilé rẹ̀ ni Tirsa.
[A man named] Zimri was one of Elah’s army officers. He commanded the drivers of half of Elah’s army’s (chariots/two-wheeled vehicles pulled by horses). He made plans to kill Elah while Elah was in Tirzah, getting drunk at the house of [a man named] Arza. Arza was the man who took care of the things in the king’s palace.
10 Simri sì wọlé, ó sì kọlù ú, ó sì pa á ní ọdún kẹtàdínlọ́gbọ̀n Asa, ọba Juda, ó sì jẹ ọba ní ipò rẹ̀.
Zimri went into Arza’s house and killed Elah. Then Zimri became the king of Israel. That was when Asa had been the king of Judah for 27 years.
11 Bí ó sì ti bẹ̀rẹ̀ sí ní jẹ ọba, bí ó sì ti jókòó lórí ìtẹ́, ó lu gbogbo ilé Baaṣa pa, kò ku ọkùnrin kan sílẹ̀, bóyá ìbátan tàbí ọ̀rẹ́.
As soon as Zimri became king [MTY], he killed all of Baasha’s family [MTY]. That included every male [IDM] in Baasha’s family and all of Baasha’s male friends.
12 Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni Simri pa gbogbo ilé Baaṣa run, gẹ́gẹ́ bí ọ̀rọ̀ Olúwa tí ó sọ sí Baaṣa nípa ọwọ́ Jehu wòlíì:
That was just what Yahweh told the prophet Jehu would happen.
13 nítorí gbogbo ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ tí Baaṣa àti Ela ọmọ rẹ̀ ti ṣẹ̀ àti tí wọ́n ti mú Israẹli ṣẹ̀, tí wọ́n fi mú Olúwa Ọlọ́run Israẹli bínú, wọ́n mú u bínú nípa òrìṣà asán wọn.
Baasha and his son Elah had sinned and led the Israeli people to sin. They caused Yahweh, the God whom the Israeli people worshiped, to become angry, because they both urged the people [to worship] worthless idols.
14 Ìyókù ìṣe Ela àti gbogbo ohun tí ó ṣe, a kò ha kọ wọ́n sínú ìwé ọ̀rọ̀ ọjọ́ àwọn ọba Israẹli?
Everything else that Elah did is written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Israel’.
15 Ní ọdún kẹtàdínlọ́gbọ̀n Asa ọba Juda, ni Simri jẹ ọba ọjọ́ méje ní Tirsa. Àwọn ọmọ-ogun sì dó ti Gibetoni, ìlú àwọn ará Filistini.
So Zimri became the king of Israel after Asa had been king of Judah for 27 years. But Zimri ruled in Tirzah for only seven days. The Israeli army was beseiging/surrounding Gibeah, a town which belonged to the Philistine people-group.
16 Nígbà tí àwọn ọmọ Israẹli tí ó dó tì gbọ́ wí pé Simri ti dìtẹ̀ sí ọba, ó sì ti pa á, wọ́n kéde Omri, olórí ogun, bí ọba lórí Israẹli ní ọjọ́ náà ní ibùdó.
The men in the Israeli army camp heard that Zimri had secretly planned to kill King Elah, and then had killed him. So on that day the soldiers chose Omri, the commander of their army, to become the king of Israel.
17 Nígbà náà ni Omri àti gbogbo Israẹli pẹ̀lú rẹ̀ kúrò ní Gibetoni, wọ́n sì dó ti Tirsa.
The Israeli army was camped near Gibbethon [city]. When they heard what Zimri had done, they left there and went to Tirzah, and surrounded the city.
18 Nígbà tí Simri sì ri pé a ti gba ìlú, ó sì wọ inú ààfin ilé ọba lọ, ó sì tẹ iná bọ ilé ọba lórí ara rẹ̀, ó sì kú,
When Zimri realized that the city was [about to be] captured, he went into his palace and set it on fire. So the palace burned down, and he died [in the fire].
19 nítorí àwọn ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ rẹ̀ tí ó ti ṣẹ̀, ní ṣíṣe búburú níwájú Olúwa àti ní rírìn ní ọ̀nà Jeroboamu àti nínú ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ rẹ̀ tí ó ti ṣe àti tí ó ti mú Israẹli ṣẹ̀.
He died because he had sinned by doing the things that Yahweh considered to be evil. Jeroboam had led the Israeli people to sin, and Zimri sinned just like Jeroboam had sinned.
20 Ní ti ìyókù ìṣe Simri, àti ọ̀tẹ̀ rẹ̀ tí ó dì, a kò ha kọ wọ́n sínú ìwé ọ̀rọ̀ ọjọ́ àwọn ọba Israẹli?
All the other things that Zimri did, and the record of how he rebelled [against King Elah], are written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Israel’.
21 Nígbà náà ní àwọn ènìyàn Israẹli dá sí méjì; apá kan wọn ń tọ Tibni ọmọ Ginati lẹ́yìn, láti fi í jẹ ọba, apá kan tókù sì ń tọ Omri lẹ́yìn.
After Zimri died, the Israeli people were divided. One group wanted Tibni, the son of Ginath, to be their king. The other group wanted Omri [to be the king].
22 Ṣùgbọ́n àwọn ènìyàn tí ń tọ Omri lẹ́yìn borí àwọn tí ń tọ Tibni ọmọ Ginati lẹ́yìn. Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni Tibni kú, Omri sì jẹ ọba.
Those who supported Omri (were stronger than/defeated) those who supported Tibni. So Tibni was killed, and Omri became king.
23 Ní ọdún kọkànlélọ́gbọ̀n Asa ọba Juda, Omri bẹ̀rẹ̀ sí ń jẹ ọba lórí Israẹli, ó sì jẹ ọba ní ọdún méjìlá, ọdún mẹ́fà ní Tirsa.
Omri became king when Asa had been king of Judah for almost 31 years. Omri ruled Israel for 12 years. For the first six years he ruled in Tirzah.
24 Ó sì ra òkè Samaria lọ́wọ́ Ṣemeri ní tálẹ́ǹtì méjì fàdákà, ó sì kọ́ ìlú sórí rẹ̀, ó sì pe ìlú náà ní Samaria, nípa orúkọ Ṣemeri, orúkọ ẹni tí ó kọ́kọ́ ni òkè náà.
Then he bought a hill from [a man named] Shemer and paid him about (150 pounds/70 kg.) of silver for it. Then Omri ordered his men to build a city on that hill, and he called it Samaria, to honor Shemer, the man who owned it previously.
25 Ṣùgbọ́n Omri sì ṣe búburú níwájú Olúwa, Ó sì ṣe búburú ju gbogbo àwọn tí ó wà ṣáájú rẹ̀ lọ.
But Omri did many things that Yahweh considered to be evil. He did more evil deeds than any of the kings who ruled Israel before he did.
26 Ó rìn ní gbogbo ọ̀nà Jeroboamu ọmọ Nebati àti nínú ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ rẹ̀, èyí tí ó ti mú Israẹli ṣẹ̀, láti fi ohun asán wọn mú Olúwa, Ọlọ́run Israẹli bínú.
[When] Jeroboam [was previously the king, he] had led the Israeli people to sin, and Omri committed the same kind of sins that Jeroboam did. The Israeli people caused Yahweh, the God the Israeli people had worshiped, to become very angry, because they worshiped worthless idols.
27 Ìyókù ìṣe àti ohun tí Omri ṣe, àti agbára rẹ tí ó fihàn, a kò ha kọ, wọ́n sínú ìwé ọ̀rọ̀ ọjọ́ àwọn ọba Israẹli?
Everything that Omri did, and the record of the victories that his [army] won, are written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Israel’.
28 Omri sì sùn pẹ̀lú àwọn baba rẹ̀ a sì sin ín ní Samaria. Ahabu ọmọ rẹ̀ sì jẹ ọba ní ipò rẹ̀.
After Omri died, he was buried in Samaria, and his son Ahab became king.
29 Ní ọdún kejìdínlógójì Asa ọba Juda, Ahabu ọmọ Omri jẹ ọba ní Israẹli, o si jẹ ọba lórí Israẹli ní Samaria ní ọdún méjìlélógún.
Ahab became king of Israel when Asa had ruled Judah for almost 38 years. Ahab ruled in Samaria [city] for 22 years.
30 Ahabu ọmọ Omri sì ṣe búburú ní ojú Olúwa ju gbogbo àwọn tí ó wà ṣáájú rẹ̀ lọ.
Ahab did many things that Yahweh considered to be evil. He did more evil things than any of the kings who ruled Israel before he did.
31 Ó sì ṣe bí ẹni pé ó ṣe ohun kékeré fún un láti máa rìn nínú ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ Jeroboamu ọmọ Nebati, ó sì mú Jesebeli, ọmọbìnrin Etibaali, ọba àwọn ará Sidoni ní aya, ó sì bẹ̀rẹ̀ sí ń sin Baali, ó sì bọ ọ́.
He committed the same kind of sins that Jeroboam did, but he did things that were worse than the things that Jeroboam did. He married [a woman named] Jezebel, the daughter of Ethbaal, the king of Sidon [city]. Then Ahab started to worship Baal, [the god that the Canaan people-group worshiped].
32 Ó sì tẹ́ pẹpẹ kan fún Baali nínú ilé Baali tí ó kọ́ sí Samaria.
He built a temple in Samaria in order that the Israeli people could worship Baal there, and he put an altar there for [making sacrifices to] Baal.
33 Ahabu sì túnṣe ère òrìṣà Aṣerah, ó sì ṣe púpọ̀ láti mú Olúwa Ọlọ́run Israẹli bínú ju èyí tí gbogbo ọba Israẹli tí ó ti wà ṣáájú rẹ̀ ti ṣe lọ.
He also made an idol that represented Asherah, [Baal’s wife]. He did many more things that caused Yahweh to become angry. He did more evil things than any of the previous kings of Israel had done.
34 Ní ìgbà ayé Ahabu, Hieli ará Beteli kọ́ Jeriko. Ó fi ìpìlẹ̀ rẹ̀ lé ilẹ̀ ní Abiramu, àkọ́bí rẹ, ó sì gbé àwọn ìlẹ̀kùn ibodè rẹ̀ kọ́ ní Segubu àbíkẹ́yìn rẹ̀, gẹ́gẹ́ bí ọ̀rọ̀ Olúwa tí ó ti ipa Joṣua ọmọ Nuni sọ.
During the years that Ahab [ruled], Hiel, a man from Bethel [city], rebuilt Jericho [city]. But when he started to rebuild the city, his oldest son Abiram died. And [when the city was finished, ] while Hiel was building the city gates, his youngest son Segub died. They died just like Yahweh had told Joshua would happen [to the sons of anyone who would rebuild Jericho].
