የይሁዳ ንጉሥ አካዝያስ
22፥1-6 ተጓ ምብ – 2ነገ 8፥25-29
22፥7-9 ተጓ ምብ – 2ነገ 9፥21-29
1ከዐረቦች ጋር ወደ ሰፈር የመጡት ወራሪዎች፣ ታላላቅ ወንድሞቹን ሁሉ ገድለዋቸው ስለ ነበር፣ የኢየሩሳሌም ሕዝብ የኢዮሆራምን የመጨረሻ ልጅ አካዝያስን በአባቱ ምትክ አነገሡት። ስለዚህ የይሁዳ ንጉሥ የኢዮሆራም ልጅ አካዝያስ መግዛት ጀመረ። 2አካዝያስ በነገሠ ጊዜ ዕድሜው ሃያ ሁለት22፥2 አንዳንድ የሰብዓ ሊቃናትና የሱርስቱ ቅጆች (እንዲሁም 2ነገ 8፥26 ይመ) ከዚህ ጋር ይስማማሉ፤ ዕብራይስጡ ግን አርባ አራት ይላል። ዓመት ነበር፤ በኢየሩሳሌም ተቀምጦም አንድ ዓመት ገዛ። እናቱም ጎቶልያ የተባለች የዘንበሪ የልጅ ልጅ ነበረች።
3እናቱ ክፋትን እንዲያደርግ ትመክረው ስለ ነበር፣ እርሱም በአክዓብ ቤት መንገድ ሄደ። 4ከአባቱ ሞት በኋላ የአክዓብ ቤት አማካሪዎቹ በመሆን ወደ ጥፋት ስለ መሩት፣ የአክዓብ ቤት እንዳደረገው ሁሉ እርሱም በእግዚአብሔር ፊት ክፉ ነገር አደረገ። 5እንዲሁም የእስራኤል ንጉሥ የአክዓብ ልጅ ኢዮራም የሶርያን ንጉሥ አዛሄልን ለመውጋት ወደ ሬማት ገለዓድ በሄደ ጊዜ፣ የእነዚህኑ ሰዎች ምክር ተከትሎ ከኢዮራም ጋር አብሮት ሄደ፣ ሶርያውያንም ኢዮራምን አቈሰሉት።
6ስለዚህ ከሶርያ ንጉሥ ከአዛሄል ጋር ባደረገው ጦርነት ሬማት22፥6 ጥቂት የዕብራይስጥ ቅጆች የሰብዓ ሊቃናት፣ የቩልጌትና የሱርስቱ ትርጕም (2ነገ 8፥29) ከዚህ ጋር ይስማማሉ አብዛኞቹ የዕብራይስጥ ቅጆች ግን፣ አዛርያ ይላሉ። ላይ ከደረሰበት ቍስል ለመዳን ወደ ኢይዝራኤል ተመለሰ።
የአክዓብ ልጅ ኢዮራም በመቍሰሉም የይሁዳ ንጉሥ የኢዮሆራም ልጅ አካዝያስ ሊጠይቀው ወደ ኢይዝራኤል ወረደ።
7አካዝያስ ኢዮራምን ለመጠየቅ መሄዱን፣ እግዚአብሔር ለአካዝያስ መውደቅ ምክንያት አደረገው፤ አካዝያስ እንደ ደረሰም የናሜሲን ልጅ ኢዩን ለመቀበል ከኢዮራም ጋር ወጣ፤ ኢዩም የአክዓብን ቤት እንዲያጠፋ እግዚአብሔር የቀባው ሰው ነበር። 8ኢዩ በአክዓብ ቤት ላይ ፍርድ በሚፈጽምበት ጊዜ፣ አካዝያስን ያጅቡ የነበሩትን የይሁዳን መሳፍንትና የዘመዶቹን ወንዶች ልጆች አግኝቶ ገደላቸው። 9ከዚያም አካዝያስን ለመፈለግ ሄደ፤ የእርሱም ሰዎች አካዝያስን በሰማርያ ከተደበቀበት አግኝተው ያዙት፤ ወደ ኢዩም አምጥተው ገደሉት። “እግዚአብሔርን በፍጹም ልቡ የፈለገው የኢዮሣፍጥ ልጅ ነው” በማለት ቀበሩት። ስለዚህ ከአካዝያስ ቤት የመንግሥቱን ሥልጣን ይይዝ ዘንድ የሚችል ሰው አልነበረም።
ጎቶልያና ኢዮአስ
22፥10–23፥21 ተጓ ምብ – 2ነገ 11፥1-21
10የአካዝያስ እናት ጎቶልያ ልጇ መሞቱን ባየች ጊዜ፣ የይሁዳን ንጉሣውያን ቤተ ሰብ በሙሉ አጠፋች፤ 11የንጉሥ ኢዮሆራም ልጅ ዮሳቤት ግን፣ ከሚገደሉት መሳፍንት መካከል ኢዮአስን ደብቃ ወሰደችው፣ ከሞግዚቱም ጋር በእልፍኝ ሸሸገችው። የኢዮሆራም ልጅ የካህኑ የዮዳሄ ሚስት ዮሳቤት፣ የአካዝያስ እኅት በመሆኗ፣ ሕፃኑን የደበቀችው ጎቶልያ እንዳትገድለው ነበር። 12እርሱም ጎቶልያ ምድሪቱን በገዛችበት ጊዜ ሁሉ፣ በእግዚአብሔር ቤተ መቅደስ ተደብቆ ስድስት ዓመት አብሯቸው ኖረ።
Ahaziah King of Judah
1The people of Jerusalem made Ahaziah, Jehoram’s youngest son, king in his place, since the raiders, who came with the Arabs into the camp, had killed all the older sons. So Ahaziah son of Jehoram king of Judah began to reign.
2Ahaziah was twenty-two22:2 Some Septuagint manuscripts and Syriac (see also 2 Kings 8:26); Hebrew forty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem one year. His mother’s name was Athaliah, a granddaughter of Omri.
3He too followed the ways of the house of Ahab, for his mother encouraged him to act wickedly. 4He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, as the house of Ahab had done, for after his father’s death they became his advisers, to his undoing. 5He also followed their counsel when he went with Joram22:5 Hebrew Jehoram, a variant of Joram; also in verses 6 and 7 son of Ahab king of Israel to wage war against Hazael king of Aram at Ramoth Gilead. The Arameans wounded Joram; 6so he returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds they had inflicted on him at Ramoth22:6 Hebrew Ramah, a variant of Ramoth in his battle with Hazael king of Aram.
Then Ahaziah22:6 Some Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint, Vulgate and Syriac (see also 2 Kings 8:29); most Hebrew manuscripts Azariah son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to Jezreel to see Joram son of Ahab because he had been wounded.
7Through Ahaziah’s visit to Joram, God brought about Ahaziah’s downfall. When Ahaziah arrived, he went out with Joram to meet Jehu son of Nimshi, whom the Lord had anointed to destroy the house of Ahab. 8While Jehu was executing judgment on the house of Ahab, he found the officials of Judah and the sons of Ahaziah’s relatives, who had been attending Ahaziah, and he killed them. 9He then went in search of Ahaziah, and his men captured him while he was hiding in Samaria. He was brought to Jehu and put to death. They buried him, for they said, “He was a son of Jehoshaphat, who sought the Lord with all his heart.” So there was no one in the house of Ahaziah powerful enough to retain the kingdom.
Athaliah and Joash
10When Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she proceeded to destroy the whole royal family of the house of Judah. 11But Jehosheba,22:11 Hebrew Jehoshabeath, a variant of Jehosheba the daughter of King Jehoram, took Joash son of Ahaziah and stole him away from among the royal princes who were about to be murdered and put him and his nurse in a bedroom. Because Jehosheba,22:11 Hebrew Jehoshabeath, a variant of Jehosheba the daughter of King Jehoram and wife of the priest Jehoiada, was Ahaziah’s sister, she hid the child from Athaliah so she could not kill him. 12He remained hidden with them at the temple of God for six years while Athaliah ruled the land.
