የይሁዳ ንጉሥ አሜስያስ
14፥1-7 ተጓ ምብ – 2ዜና 25፥1-4፡11-12
14፥8-22 ተጓ ምብ – 2ዜና 25፥17–26፥2
1የእስራኤል ንጉሥ የኢዮአካዝ ልጅ ዮአስ በነገሠ በሁለተኛው ዓመት፣ የይሁዳ ንጉሥ የኢዮአስ ልጅ አሜስያስ ነገሠ። 2በነገሠም ጊዜ ዕድሜው ሃያ አምስት ዓመት ነበር፤ በኢየሩሳሌም ተቀምጦም ሃያ ዘጠኝ ዓመት ገዛ። እናቱም ዮዓዳን የተባለች የኢየሩሳሌም ሴት ነበረች። 3እርሱም በእግዚአብሔር ፊት መልካም ነገር አደረገ፤ ነገር ግን አባቱ ዳዊት እንደ አደረገው ዐይነት አልነበረም፤ በማናቸውም ረገድ የአባቱን የኢዮአስን ፈለግ ተከተለ። 4በየኰረብታው ላይ ያሉት ማምለኪያዎች አልተወገዱም፤ ሕዝቡም በየኰረብታው ላይ መሥዋዕት ማቅረቡንና ዕጣን ማጤሱን እንደ ቀጠለ ነበር።
5አሜስያስ መንግሥቱን አጽንቶ ከያዘ በኋላ፣ ንጉሡን አባቱን የገደሉትን ሹማምት ገደላቸው፤ 6ይሁን እንጂ በሙሴ የሕግ መጽሐፍ እግዚአብሔር፣ “እያንዳንዱ በራሱ ኀጢአት ይገደል እንጂ አባቶች በልጆቻቸው፣ ልጆችም በአባቶቻቸው ኀጢአት አይገደሉ”14፥6 ዘዳ 2፥16 ይመ። ሲል ያዘዘ በመሆኑ፣ የነፍሰ ገዳዩን ልጆች አልገደላቸውም።
7የጨው ሸለቆ በተባለው ቦታ ዐሥር ሺሕ ኤዶማውያንን ድል ያደረገ፣ ሴላን በጦርነት የያዘና እስከ ዛሬም ድረስ ዮቅትኤል ተብላ የምትጠራበትን ስም ያወጣላት አሜስያስ ነው።
8ከዚያም አሜስያስ የኢዩ የልጅ ልጅ፣ የኢዮአካዝ ልጅ ወደ ሆነው ወደ እስራኤል ንጉሥ ወደ ዮአስ፣ “ናና ፊት ለፊት ይዋጣልን” ሲል መልእክተኞች ላከበት።
9የእስራኤል ንጉሥ ዮአስ ግን ለይሁዳ ንጉሥ ለአሜስያስ እንዲህ ሲል ላከበት፤ “አንድ የሊባኖስ ኵርንችት፣ ለአንድ የሊባኖስ ዝግባ፣ ‘ሴት ልጅህን ለልጄ በሚስትነት ስጠው’ አለው፤ ከዚያም አንድ የሊባኖስ ዱር አውሬ መጥቶ ኵርንችቱን በእግሩ ረገጠው። 10በርግጥ ኤዶምን ድል አድርገሃል፤ ልብህ አለመጠን አይኵራራ። ድል በማድረግህ አትንጠራራ፤ ዐርፈህ ተቀመጥ! ጠብ በመጫር የራስህን፣ የይሁዳንስ ውድቀት ለምን ትሻለህ?”
11አሜስያስ ግን አልሰማም፤ ስለዚህ የእስራኤል ንጉሥ ዮአስ ወጣ፤ እርሱና የይሁዳ ንጉሥ አሜስያስም በይሁዳ ምድር በቤትሳሚስ ፊት ለፊት ጦርነት ገጠሙ።
12ይሁዳ በእስራኤል ድል ሆነ፤ እያንዳንዱም ወደ ድንኳኑ ሸሸ። 13የእስራኤል ንጉሥ ዮአስም የአካዝያስን የልጅ ልጅ፣ የኢዮአስን ልጅ የይሁዳን ንጉሥ አሜስያስን ቤትሳሚስ ላይ ማረከው። ከዚያም ዮአስ ወደ ኢየሩሳሌም ሄደ፤ ከኤፍሬም ቅጥር በር አንሥቶ የማእዘን ቅጥር በር እስከ ተባለው ድረስ ርዝመቱ አራት መቶ ክንድ14፥13 ዕብራይስጡ 180 ሜትር ይላል። የሆነውን ቅጥር አፈረሰ። 14በእግዚአብሔር ቤተ መቅደስና በቤተ መንግሥቱ ግምጃ ቤቶች ያለውን ወርቅና ብር በሙሉ፣ በዚያም የተገኘውን ዕቃ ሁሉ በመውሰድ ምርኮኞችንም ይዞ ወደ ሰማርያ ተመለሰ። 15በዮአስ ዘመነ መንግሥት የተከናወነው ሌላው ነገር፣ ያደረገውና የፈጸመው ሁሉ በይሁዳ ንጉሥ በአሜስያስ ላይ ያደረገው ጦርነት ጭምር በእስራኤል ነገሥታት ታሪክ ተጽፎ የሚገኝ አይደለምን? 16ዮአስ ከአባቶቹ ጋር አንቀላፋ፤ በሰማርያም ከእስራኤል ነገሥታት ጋር ተቀበረ፤ ልጁ ኢዮርብዓምም በእግሩ ተተክቶ ነገሠ። 17የኢዮአስ ልጅ የይሁዳ ንጉሥ አሜስያስም የእስራኤል ንጉሥ የኢዮአካዝ ልጅ ዮአስ ከሞተ በኋላ ዐሥራ አምስት ዓመት ኖረ። 18በአሜስያስ ዘመነ መንግሥት የተከናወነው ሌላው ነገር በይሁዳ ነገሥታት ታሪክ ተጽፎ የሚገኝ አይደለምን?
19አሜስያስ በኢየሩሳሌም ሤራ ስለ ጠነሰሱበት ሸሽቶ ወደ ላኪሶ ሄደ፤ እነርሱ ግን የሚከታተሉት ሰዎች ወደዚያው ልከው አስገደሉት፤ 20ሬሳውም በፈረስ ተጭኖ መጥቶ በዳዊት ከተማ ከአባቶቹ ጋር በኢየሩሳሌም ተቀበረ።
21ከዚያም የይሁዳ ሕዝብ በሙሉ ዕድሜው ዐሥራ ስድስት ዓመት የሆነውን ዓዛርያስን ወስደው በአባቱ በአሜስያስ ፈንታ አነገሡት። 22አሜስያስ ከአባቶቹ ጋር ካንቀላፋ በኋላ ኤላትን እንደ ገና ሠርቶ ወደ ይሁዳ የመለሳት ይኸው ዓዛርያስ14፥22 ኢዩስያስ ነበር።
የእስራኤል ንጉሥ ዳግማዊ ኢዮርብዓም
23የኢዮስያስ ልጅ አሜስያስ በይሁዳ በነገሠ በዐሥራ አምስተኛው ዓመት፣ የእስራኤል ንጉሥ የዮአስ ልጅ ኢዮርብዓም በሰማርያ ነገሠ፤ አርባ አንድ ዓመትም ገዛ። 24በእግዚአብሔርም ፊት ክፉ ነገር አደረገ፤ የናባጥ ልጅ ኢዮርብዓም እስራኤልን ካሳተበት ኀጢአት አልተመለሰም። 25የእስራኤል አምላክ እግዚአብሔር በጋትሔፌር ነቢይ፣ በአማቴ ልጅ በባሪያው በዮናስ አማካይነት እንደ ተናገረው፣ ከሐማት መተላለፊያ14፥25 ሊቦ አንሥቶ እስከ ሙት ባሕር14፥25 የዓረባ ባሕር ድረስ የነበረውን የእስራኤልን ድንበር ያስመለሰ ኢዮርብዓም ነው።
26ባሪያም ይሁን ነጻ ዜጋ፣ በእስራኤል የሚኖር ሁሉ እንዴት እጅግ ይሠቃይ እንደ ነበር እግዚአብሔር አየ፤ የሚረዳቸውም አልነበረም። 27ይሁን እንጂ እግዚአብሔር የእስራኤልን ስም ከምድረ ገጽ እንደሚያጠፋ ስላልተናገረ፣ በዮአስ ልጅ በኢዮርብዓም አማካይነት ታደጋቸው።
28በኢዮርብዓም ዘመነ መንግሥት የተከናወነው ሌላው ነገር፣ የፈጸመው ሁሉና ያደረጋቸው ጦርነቶች እንዲሁም የይሁዳ ግዛት የነበሩትን ደማስቆንና ሐማትን እንዴት ለእስራኤል እንዳስመለሰ በእስራኤል ነገሥታት ታሪክ ተጽፎ የሚገኝ አይደለምን? 29ኢዮርብዓም ከአባቶቹ ከእስራኤል ነገሥታት ጋር አንቀላፋ፤ ልጁ ዘካርያስም በእግሩ ተተክቶ ነገሠ።
1In the second year of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel reigned Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah. 2He was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem. 3And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, yet not like David his father: he did according to all things as Joash his father did. 4Howbeit the high places were not taken away: as yet the people did sacrifice and burnt incense on the high places.
5¶ And it came to pass, as soon as the kingdom was confirmed in his hand, that he slew his servants which had slain the king his father. 6But the children of the murderers he slew not: according unto that which is written in the book of the law of Moses, wherein the LORD commanded, saying, The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, nor the children be put to death for the fathers; but every man shall be put to death for his own sin. 7He slew of Edom in the valley of salt ten thousand, and took Selah by war, and called the name of it Joktheel unto this day.14.7 Selah: or, the rock
8¶ Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us look one another in the face. 9And Jehoash the king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by a wild beast that was in Lebanon, and trode down the thistle. 10Thou hast indeed smitten Edom, and thine heart hath lifted thee up: glory of this, and tarry at home: for why shouldest thou meddle to thy hurt, that thou shouldest fall, even thou, and Judah with thee?14.10 at home: Heb. at thy house 11But Amaziah would not hear. Therefore Jehoash king of Israel went up; and he and Amaziah king of Judah looked one another in the face at Beth-shemesh, which belongeth to Judah. 12And Judah was put to the worse before Israel; and they fled every man to their tents.14.12 put…: Heb. smitten 13And Jehoash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Jehoash the son of Ahaziah, at Beth-shemesh, and came to Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim unto the corner gate, four hundred cubits. 14And he took all the gold and silver, and all the vessels that were found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasures of the king’s house, and hostages, and returned to Samaria.
15¶ Now the rest of the acts of Jehoash which he did, and his might, and how he fought with Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? 16And Jehoash slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel; and Jeroboam his son reigned in his stead.
17¶ And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years. 18And the rest of the acts of Amaziah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? 19Now they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem: and he fled to Lachish; but they sent after him to Lachish, and slew him there. 20And they brought him on horses: and he was buried at Jerusalem with his fathers in the city of David.
21¶ And all the people of Judah took Azariah, which was sixteen years old, and made him king instead of his father Amaziah.14.21 Azariah: also called, Uzziah 22He built Elath, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers.
23¶ In the fifteenth year of Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel began to reign in Samaria, and reigned forty and one years. 24And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin. 25He restored the coast of Israel from the entering of Hamath unto the sea of the plain, according to the word of the LORD God of Israel, which he spake by the hand of his servant Jonah, the son of Amittai, the prophet, which was of Gath-hepher. 26For the LORD saw the affliction of Israel, that it was very bitter: for there was not any shut up, nor any left, nor any helper for Israel. 27And the LORD said not that he would blot out the name of Israel from under heaven: but he saved them by the hand of Jeroboam the son of Joash.
28¶ Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, and all that he did, and his might, how he warred, and how he recovered Damascus, and Hamath, which belonged to Judah, for Israel, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? 29And Jeroboam slept with his fathers, even with the kings of Israel; and Zachariah his son reigned in his stead.
