2 ዜና መዋዕል 21 – NASV & NIRV

New Amharic Standard Version

2 ዜና መዋዕል 21:1-20

1ኢዮሣፍጥ እንደ አባቶቹ ሁሉ አንቀላፋ፤ እነርሱ በተቀበሩበትም በዳዊት ከተማ ተቀበረ። ልጁ ኢዮሆራምም በእርሱ ፈንታ ነገሠ። 2የኢዮሆራም ወንድሞች የሆኑት የኢዮሣፍጥ ልጆችም ዓዛርያስ፣ ይሒኤል፣ ዘካርያስ፣ ዔዛርያስ፣ ሚካኤልና ሰፋጥያስ ይባላሉ። እነዚህ ሁሉ የእስራኤል21፥2 በሁለተኛው የዜና መዋዕል መጽሐፍ ተደጋግሞ እንደ ተጠቀሰው ይህ ይሁዳ ነው። ንጉሥ የኢዮሣፍጥ ልጆች ነበሩ። 3አባታቸውም ብዙ የብርና የወርቅ፣ የውድ ዕቃዎችም ስጦታ እንዲሁም በይሁዳ ያሉትን የተመሸጉ ከተሞች ሰጣቸው፤ ነገር ግን መንግሥቱን ለኢዮሆራም ሰጠ፤ የበኵር ልጁ ነበርና።

የይሁዳ ንጉሥ ኢዮሆራም

21፥5-1020 ተጓ ምብ – 2ነገ 8፥16-24

4ኢዮሆራም በአባቱ መንግሥት ላይ ተደላድሎ ከተቀመጠ በኋላ፣ ወንድሞቹን በሙሉ ከጥቂት የእስራኤል አለቆች ጋር በሰይፍ ገደለ።

5ኢዮሆራም በነገሠ ጊዜ፣ ዕድሜው ሰላሳ ሁለት ዓመት ነበር፤ በኢየሩሳሌም ተቀምጦም ስምንት ዓመት ገዛ። 6እርሱም የአክዓብን ልጅ አግብቶ ስለ ነበር፣ የአክዓብ ቤት እንደ አደረገው ሁሉ፣ የእስራኤል ነገሥታት የሄዱበትን መንገድ ተከተለ፤ በእግዚአብሔርም ፊት ክፉ ድርጊት ፈጸመ። 7ይሁን እንጂ እግዚአብሔር ከዳዊት ጋር ካደረገው ኪዳን የተነሣ፣ የዳዊትን ቤት ማጥፋት አልፈለገም፤ ለዳዊትና ለዘሩ ለዘላለም የሚጸና መብራት እንዲኖር ለማድረግ ተስፋ ሰጥቶ ነበርና።

8በኢዮሆራም ዘመነ መንግሥት ኤዶም በይሁዳ ላይ ዐምፆ፣ የራሱን ንጉሥ አነገሠ። 9ስለዚህ ኢዮሆራም የጦር ሹማምቱና ሠረገላዎቹን ሁሉ ይዞ ወደዚያው ሄደ። ኤዶማውያንም እርሱንና የሠረገላ አዛዦቹን ሁሉ ከበቡ፤ እርሱ ግን በሌሊት ተነሥቶ የከበቧቸውን መታ። 10ኤዶምም እስከ ዛሬ ድረስ በይሁዳ ላይ እንደ ዐመፀ ነው።

ኢዮሆራም የአባቶቹን አምላክ እግዚአብሔርን ስለ ተወ፣ የልብና ከተማ በዚያኑ ጊዜ ዐመፀችበት።

11ከዚህም በላይ በይሁዳ ኰረብቶች ላይ መስገጃ ስፍራዎች ሠርቶ የኢየሩሳሌም ሕዝብ በዚያ እንዲያመነዝር አደረገ፤ ይሁዳንም አሳተ።

12ከነቢዩ ከኤልያስ እንዲህ የሚል ደብዳቤ ለኢዮራም መጣ፤

“የአባትህ የዳዊት አምላክ እግዚአብሔር እንዲህ ይላል፤ ‘አንተ በአባትህ በኢዮሣፍጥ ወይም በይሁዳ ንጉሥ በአሳ መንገድ አልሄድህም፤ 13ነገር ግን በእስራኤል ነገሥታት መንገድ ሄደሃል፤ የአክዓብ ቤት የእስራኤልን ሕዝብ እንዲያመነዝር እንዳደረገ ሁሉ፣ አንተም ይሁዳና የኢየሩሳሌም ሕዝብ እንዲያመነዝሩ አሳሳትሃቸው፤ እንዲሁም ካንተ የሚሻሉትን፣ የገዛ ወንድሞችህንና የአባትህን ቤተ ሰብ አባላት ገደልሃቸው፤ 14ስለዚህ እነሆ፤ እግዚአብሔር ሕዝብህን፣ ልጆችህን፣ ሚስቶችህንና ያለህን ሁሉ በታላቅ መቅሠፍት ይመታል። 15አንተም ራስህ በየዕለቱ እየባሰ በሚሄድ የአንጀት በሽታ ክፉኛ ትታመማለህ፤ በመጨረሻም ሕመሙ አንጀትህን ወደ ውጭ ያወጣዋል።’ ”

16እግዚአብሔርም ፍልስጥኤማውያንንና በኢትዮጵያውያን አጠገብ የሚኖሩ ዐረቦችን በኢዮሆራም ላይ በጠላትነት እንዲነሡ አደረገ። 17እነርሱም በይሁዳ ላይ ወጡ፤ ወረሯትም። በንጉሡ ቤተ መንግሥት የሚገኘውን ዕቃ ሁሉ፣ ከወንዶች ልጆቹና ከሚስቶቹ ጋር ወሰዱ፤ ከመጨረሻ ልጁ ከአካዝያስ21፥17 በዕብራይስጥ አካዝ እና ኢዮአስ አንድ ናቸው። በስተቀር አንድም ልጅ አልቀረለትም።

18ከዚህ ሁሉ በኋላ እግዚአብሔር ሊድን በማይችል የአንጀት በሽታ ኢዮሆራምን ቀሠፈው። 19ሕመሙም ሲያሠቃየው ከቈየ በኋላ፣ በሁለተኛው ዓመት መጨረሻ ላይ በዚሁ ሳቢያ አንጀቱ ወጥቶ በከባድ ሥቃይ ሞተ። ሕዝቡም ለአባቶቹ ክብር እሳት ያነድዱ ነበር፤ ለእርሱ ግን አላነደዱለትም።

20ኢዮሆራም ሲነግሥ ዕድሜው ሠላሳ ሁለት ዓመት ነበር፤ በኢየሩሳሌም ተቀምጦም ስምንት ዓመት ገዛ። በሞተ ጊዜም ማንም አላዘነለትም፤ በዳዊትም ከተማ እንጂ በነገሥታቱ መቃብር አልቀበሩትም።

New International Reader’s Version

2 Chronicles 21:1-20

1Jehoshaphat joined the members of his family who had already died. He was buried in the family tomb in the City of David. Jehoshaphat’s son Jehoram became the next king after him. 2Jehoram’s brothers, the sons of Jehoshaphat, were Azariah, Jehiel, Zechariah, Azariahu, Michael and Shephatiah. All of them were sons of Jehoshaphat, the king of Israel. 3Their father had given them many gifts. He had given them silver, gold and other things of value. He had also given them cities in Judah that had high walls around them. But he had made Jehoram king. That’s because Jehoram was his oldest son.

Jehoram King of Judah

4Jehoram made his position secure over his father’s kingdom. Then he killed all his brothers with his sword. He also killed some of the officials of Israel. 5Jehoram was 32 years old when he became king. He ruled in Jerusalem for eight years. 6He followed the ways of the kings of Israel, just as the royal family of Ahab had done. In fact, he married a daughter of Ahab. Jehoram did what was evil in the eyes of the Lord. 7But the Lord didn’t want to destroy the royal family of David. That’s because the Lord had made a covenant with him. The Lord had promised to keep the lamp of David’s kingdom burning brightly. The Lord had promised that for David and his children after him forever.

8When Jehoram was king over Judah, Edom refused to remain under Judah’s control. They set up their own king. 9So Jehoram went to Edom. He took his officers and all his chariots with him. The men of Edom surrounded him and his chariot commanders. But he got up at night and fought his way out. 10To this day Edom has refused to remain under Judah’s control.

At that same time, Libnah also refused to remain under the control of Judah. That’s because Jehoram had deserted the Lord, the God of his people. 11Jehoram had also built high places on the hills of Judah. He had caused the people of Jerusalem to worship other gods. They weren’t faithful to the Lord. Jehoram had led Judah down the wrong path.

12Jehoram received a letter from Elijah the prophet. In it, Elijah said,

“The Lord is the God of your father David. The Lord says, ‘You have not followed the ways of your own father Jehoshaphat or of Asa, the king of Judah. 13Instead, you have followed the ways of the kings of Israel. You have led Judah and the people of Jerusalem to worship other gods, just as the royal family of Ahab did. Also, you have murdered your own brothers. They were members of your own family. They were better men than you are. 14So now the Lord is about to strike down your people with a heavy blow. He will strike down your sons, your wives and everything that belongs to you. 15And you yourself will be very sick for a long time. The sickness will finally cause your insides to come out.’ ”

16The Lord stirred up the anger of the Philistines against Jehoram. He also stirred up the anger of the Arabs. They lived near the people of Cush. 17The Philistines and Arabs attacked Judah. They went in and carried off all the goods they found in the king’s palace. They also took his sons and wives. The only son he had left was Ahaziah. He was the youngest son.

18After all of that, the Lord made Jehoram very sick. He couldn’t be healed. 19After he had been sick for two years, the sickness caused his insides to come out. He died in great pain. His people didn’t make a funeral fire to honor him. They had made funeral fires to honor the kings who ruled before him.

20Jehoram was 32 years old when he became king. He ruled in Jerusalem for eight years. No one was sorry when he passed away. He was buried in the City of David. But he wasn’t placed in the tombs of the kings.