1ከዚያም የእግዚአብሔር ቃል በባኦስ ላይ እንዲህ ሲል ወደ አናኒ ልጅ ወደ ኢዩ መጣ፤ 2“ከትቢያ አንሥቼ፣ የሕዝቤ የእስራኤል መሪ አደረግሁህ፤ አንተ ግን በኢዮርብዓም መንገድ ሄድህ፤ ሕዝቤ እስራኤል ኀጢአት እንዲሠራ፣ በኀጢአቱም ለቍጣ እንዲያነሣሣኝ አሳሳትኸው። 3ስለዚህ ባኦስንና ቤቱን ፈጽሜ አጠፋለሁ፤ ቤትህንም እንደ ናባጥ ልጅ እንደ ኢዮርብዓም ቤት አደርገዋለሁ። 4በከተማዪቱ ውስጥ የሚሞቱትን የባኦስን ወገኖች ሁሉ ውሾች ይበሏቸዋል፤ በገጠር የሚሞቱትንም ሁሉ የሰማይ አሞሮች ይቀራመቷቸዋል።”
5በባኦስ ዘመነ መንግሥት የተከናወነው፣ ሌላው ያደረገው ሥራው በሙሉ በእስራኤል ነገሥታት ታሪክ ተጽፎ የሚገኝ አይደለምን? 6ባኦስ፣ ከአባቶቹ ጋር አንቀላፋ፤ በቴርሳም ተቀበረ። ልጁም ኤላ በእግሩ ተተክቶ ነገሠ።
7ከዚህም በቀር የእግዚአብሔር ቃል በነቢዩ ኢዩ አማካይነት በባኦስና በቤቱ ላይ የመጣበት ምክንያት፣ በእጁ ሥራ ያስቈጣው ዘንድ እንደ ኢዮርብዓም ቤት ሁሉ በእግዚአብሔር ፊት ክፉ ሥራን ሁሉ በማድረጉና ኢዮርብዓምን በማጥፋቱም ጭምር ነው።
የእስራኤል ንጉሥ ኤላ
8የይሁዳ ንጉሥ አሳ በነገሠ በሃያ ስድስተኛው ዓመት የባኦስ ልጅ ኤላ በእስራኤል ላይ ነገሠ፤ በቴርሳ ተቀምጦም ሁለት ዓመት ገዛ።
9ከሹማምቱ አንዱና የግማሽ ሠረገሎቹ አዛዥ የሆነው ዘምሪ ዐምፆ ተነሣበት፤ በዚያን ጊዜ ኤላ በቴርሳ ከተማ የቤተ መንግሥቱ ኀላፊ በሆነው በአርጻ ቤት ጠጥቶ ሰክሮ ነበር፤ 10ዘምሪም ገብቶ ኤላን ገደለው፤ እርሱም በኤላ እግር ተተክቶ፣ የይሁዳ ንጉሥ አሳ በነገሠ በሃያ ሰባተኛው ዓመት ነገሠ።
11ዘምሪ ወዲያው እንደ ነገሠና በዙፋን እንደ ተቀመጠ፣ የባኦስን ቤተ ሰብ በሙሉ ገደለ፤ የሥጋ ዘመድም ሆነ ወዳጅ አንድም ወንድ አላስቀረም። 12በዚህ ሁኔታም በነቢዩ በኢዩ አማካይነት በባኦስ ላይ በተነገረው በእግዚአብሔር ቃል መሠረት፣ የባኦስን ቤተ ሰብ ሁሉ ፈጀ።
13ይህም የሆነው ባኦስና ልጁ ኤላ፣ በማይረቡ ጣዖቶቻቸው ምክንያት የእስራኤልን አምላክ እግዚአብሔርን ያስቈጡት ዘንድ በሠሩት ኀጢአት ሁሉና፣ እስራኤልም እንዲሠሩ በማድረጉ ነበር።
14ሌላው ኤላ በዘመኑ የፈጸመውና ያደረገው ሁሉ በእስራኤል ነገሥታት ታሪክ ተጽፎ የሚገኝ አይደለምን?
የእስራኤል ንጉሥ ዘምሪ
15የይሁዳ ንጉሥ አሳ በነገሠ በሃያ ሰባተኛው ዓመት ዘምሪ በቴርሳ ሆኖ ሰባት ቀን ብቻ ገዛ። በዚህ ጊዜ ሰራዊቱ የፍልስጥኤማውያን ከተማ የሆነችውን ገባቶንን ከብቦ ሰፍሮ ነበር። 16በዚያም ሰፈር የነበሩ እስራኤላውያን ዘምሪ ዐምፆ ንጉሡን መግደሉን እንደ ሰሙ፣ የሰራዊቱን አዛዥ ዖምሪን በዚያኑ ዕለት እዚያው ሰፈር ውስጥ በእስራኤል ላይ ማንገሣቸውን ዐወጁ። 17ከዚያም ዖምሪና አብረውት ያሉት እስራኤላውያን ሁሉ ከገባቶን ወደ ላይ ወጥተው ቴርሳን ከበቡ። 18ዘምሪ ከተማዪቱ መያዟን ሲያይ፣ ቤተ መንግሥቱ ውስጥ ወዳለው ግንብ ገብቶ በቤተ መንግሥቱ ላይ እሳት ለቀቀበትና በዚሁ ሞተ። 19ይህ የሆነውም በእግዚአብሔር ፊት የተጠላ ክፉ ሥራ በመሥራትና በኢዮርብዓም መንገድ በመሄድ፣ እንዲሁም ራሱ በሠራው ኀጢአትና እስራኤልም እንዲሠሩ ባደረገው ኀጢአት ምክንያት ነው።
20ሌላው ዘምሪ በዘመኑ የፈጸመው ድርጊትና ያካሄደውም ዐመፅ በእስራኤል ነገሥታት ታሪክ ተጽፎ የሚገኝ አይደለምን?
የእስራኤል ነጉሥ ዖምሪ
21ከዚያም የእስራኤል ሕዝብ ከሁለት ተከፈለ፣ ይህም ግማሹ የጎናትን ልጅ ታምኒን ለማንገሥ ሲሆን፣ የቀረው ደግሞ ዖምሪን በመደገፍ ነበር። 22ሆኖም የዖምሪ ተከታዮች ከጎናት ልጅ ከታምኒ ተከታዮች ይልቅ በረቱ፤ ስለዚህ ታምኒ ሞተ፤ ዖምሪም ነገሠ።
23የይሁዳ ንጉሥ አሳ በነገሠ በሠላሳ አንደኛው ዓመት፣ ዖምሪ በእስራኤል ላይ ነገሠ፤ ዐሥራ ሁለት ዓመትም ገዛ፤ ከዚህም ውስጥ ስድስቱን ዓመት የገዛው በቴርሳ ሆኖ ነው። 24እርሱም የሰማርያን ኰረብታ በሁለት መክሊት16፥24 70 ኪሎ ግራም ያህል ነው። ጥሬ ብር ከሳምር ላይ ገዝቶ ከተማ ሠራባት፤ ስሟንም በቀድሞው የተራራዋ ባለቤት በሳምር ስም ሰማርያ ብሎ ጠራት።
25ይሁን እንጂ ዖምሪ በእግዚአብሔር ፊት ክፉ ድርጊት ፈጸመ፤ ከእርሱ አስቀድሞ ከነበሩትም ይልቅ የበለጠ ኀጢአት ሠራ። 26እርሱም እስራኤል በማይረቡ ጣዖቶቻቸው፣ የእስራኤልን አምላክ እግዚአብሔርን ለቍጣ እንዲያነሣሡት ባደረገው በናባጥ ልጅ በኢዮርብዓም መንገድ ሁሉና እርሱም ኀጢአት ሠርቶ እስራኤልም እንዲሠሩ ባደረገው ኀጢአት ተመላለሰ።
27ሌላው ዖምሪ በዘመኑ የፈጸመው፣ ያደረገውና ያከናወነው ሁሉ በእስራኤል የነገሥታት ታሪክ ተጽፎ የሚገኝ አይደለምን? 28ዖምሪ ከአባቶቹ ጋር አንቀላፋ፤ በሰማርያም ተቀበረ፤ ልጁም አክዓብ በእግሩ ተተክቶ ነገሠ።
አክዓብ የእስራኤል ንጉሥ ሆነ
29የይሁዳ ንጉሥ አሳ በነገሠ በሠላሳ ስምንተኛው ዓመት፣ የዖምሪ ልጅ አክዓብ በእስራኤል ላይ ነገሠ፣ በሰማርያም ሆኖ እስራኤልን ሃያ ሁለት ዓመት ገዛ። 30የዖምሪ ልጅ አክዓብ ከእርሱ አስቀድሞ ከነበሩት ሁሉ ይልቅ፣ በእግዚአብሔር ፊት ክፉ ነገር አደረገ። 31የናባጥን ልጅ የኢዮርብዓምን ኀጢአት እንደ ቀላል ነገር ከመቍጠሩም በላይ የሲዶናውያንን ንጉሥ የኤትበኣልን ልጅ ኤልዛቤልን አገባ፤ ሄዶም በኣልን አመለከ፤ ሰገደለትም። 32ሰማርያ ላይ በሠራውም የበኣል ቤተ ጣዖት ለበኣል መሠዊያ አቆመለት። 33ደግሞም አክዓብ የአሼራን ምስል ዐምድ በማቆም ከእርሱ በፊት ከነበሩት የእስራኤል ነገሥታት ይልቅ የእስራኤልን አምላክ እግዚአብሔርን ለቍጣ የሚያነሣሣ ድርጊት ፈጸመ።
34የቤቴል ሰው አኪኤል፣ በአክዓብ ዘመን ኢያሪኮን መልሶ ሠራት። እግዚአብሔር በነዌ ልጅ በኢያሱ አማካይነት የተናገረው ቃል ይፈጸም ዘንድ መሠረቷን ሲያኖር በኵር ልጁ አቢሮን ሞተ፤ የቅጽር በሮቿንም በሚሠራበት ጊዜ የመጨረሻው ልጁ ሠጉብ ሞተ።
1Then the word of the LORD came to Jehu the son of Hanani against Baasha, saying, 2Forasmuch as I exalted thee out of the dust, and made thee prince over my people Israel; and thou hast walked in the way of Jeroboam, and hast made my people Israel to sin, to provoke me to anger with their sins; 3Behold, I will take away the posterity of Baasha, and the posterity of his house; and will make thy house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat. 4Him that dieth of Baasha in the city shall the dogs eat; and him that dieth of his in the fields shall the fowls of the air eat. 5Now the rest of the acts of Baasha, and what he did, and his might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? 6So Baasha slept with his fathers, and was buried in Tirzah: and Elah his son reigned in his stead. 7And also by the hand of the prophet Jehu the son of Hanani came the word of the LORD against Baasha, and against his house, even for all the evil that he did in the sight of the LORD, in provoking him to anger with the work of his hands, in being like the house of Jeroboam; and because he killed him.
8¶ In the twenty and sixth year of Asa king of Judah began Elah the son of Baasha to reign over Israel in Tirzah, two years. 9And his servant Zimri, captain of half his chariots, conspired against him, as he was in Tirzah, drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza steward of his house in Tirzah.16.9 steward…: Heb. which was over 10And Zimri went in and smote him, and killed him, in the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned in his stead.
11¶ And it came to pass, when he began to reign, as soon as he sat on his throne, that he slew all the house of Baasha: he left him not one that pisseth against a wall, neither of his kinsfolks, nor of his friends.16.11 neither…: or, both his kinsmen and his friends 12Thus did Zimri destroy all the house of Baasha, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake against Baasha by Jehu the prophet,16.12 by: Heb. by the hand of 13For all the sins of Baasha, and the sins of Elah his son, by which they sinned, and by which they made Israel to sin, in provoking the LORD God of Israel to anger with their vanities. 14Now the rest of the acts of Elah, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
15¶ In the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of Judah did Zimri reign seven days in Tirzah. And the people were encamped against Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines. 16And the people that were encamped heard say, Zimri hath conspired, and hath also slain the king: wherefore all Israel made Omri, the captain of the host, king over Israel that day in the camp. 17And Omri went up from Gibbethon, and all Israel with him, and they besieged Tirzah. 18And it came to pass, when Zimri saw that the city was taken, that he went into the palace of the king’s house, and burnt the king’s house over him with fire, and died, 19For his sins which he sinned in doing evil in the sight of the LORD, in walking in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin which he did, to make Israel to sin. 20Now the rest of the acts of Zimri, and his treason that he wrought, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
21¶ Then were the people of Israel divided into two parts: half of the people followed Tibni the son of Ginath, to make him king; and half followed Omri. 22But the people that followed Omri prevailed against the people that followed Tibni the son of Ginath: so Tibni died, and Omri reigned.
23¶ In the thirty and first year of Asa king of Judah began Omri to reign over Israel, twelve years: six years reigned he in Tirzah. 24And he bought the hill Samaria of Shemer for two talents of silver, and built on the hill, and called the name of the city which he built, after the name of Shemer, owner of the hill, Samaria.16.24 Samaria: Heb. Shomeron
25¶ But Omri wrought evil in the eyes of the LORD, and did worse than all that were before him. 26For he walked in all the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin, to provoke the LORD God of Israel to anger with their vanities. 27Now the rest of the acts of Omri which he did, and his might that he shewed, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? 28So Omri slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria: and Ahab his son reigned in his stead.
29¶ And in the thirty and eighth year of Asa king of Judah began Ahab the son of Omri to reign over Israel: and Ahab the son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty and two years. 30And Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD above all that were before him. 31And it came to pass, as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took to wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Zidonians, and went and served Baal, and worshipped him.16.31 as if…: Heb. was it a light thing, etc 32And he reared up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he had built in Samaria. 33And Ahab made a grove; and Ahab did more to provoke the LORD God of Israel to anger than all the kings of Israel that were before him.
34¶ In his days did Hiel the Beth-elite build Jericho: he laid the foundation thereof in Abiram his firstborn, and set up the gates thereof in his youngest son Segub, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by Joshua the son of Nun.
