Azariah King of Judah
1In the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Azariah15:1 Also called Uzziah; also in verses 6, 7, 8, 17, 23 and 27 son of Amaziah king of Judah began to reign. 2He was sixteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem fifty-two years. His mother’s name was Jekoliah; she was from Jerusalem. 3He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, just as his father Amaziah had done. 4The high places, however, were not removed; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense there.
5The Lord afflicted the king with leprosy15:5 The Hebrew for leprosy was used for various diseases affecting the skin. until the day he died, and he lived in a separate house.15:5 Or in a house where he was relieved of responsibilities Jotham the king’s son had charge of the palace and governed the people of the land.
6As for the other events of Azariah’s reign, and all he did, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Judah? 7Azariah rested with his ancestors and was buried near them in the City of David. And Jotham his son succeeded him as king.
Zechariah King of Israel
8In the thirty-eighth year of Azariah king of Judah, Zechariah son of Jeroboam became king of Israel in Samaria, and he reigned six months. 9He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, as his predecessors had done. He did not turn away from the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, which he had caused Israel to commit.
10Shallum son of Jabesh conspired against Zechariah. He attacked him in front of the people,15:10 Hebrew; some Septuagint manuscripts in Ibleam assassinated him and succeeded him as king. 11The other events of Zechariah’s reign are written in the book of the annals of the kings of Israel. 12So the word of the Lord spoken to Jehu was fulfilled: “Your descendants will sit on the throne of Israel to the fourth generation.”15:12 2 Kings 10:30
Shallum King of Israel
13Shallum son of Jabesh became king in the thirty-ninth year of Uzziah king of Judah, and he reigned in Samaria one month. 14Then Menahem son of Gadi went from Tirzah up to Samaria. He attacked Shallum son of Jabesh in Samaria, assassinated him and succeeded him as king.
15The other events of Shallum’s reign, and the conspiracy he led, are written in the book of the annals of the kings of Israel.
16At that time Menahem, starting out from Tirzah, attacked Tiphsah and everyone in the city and its vicinity, because they refused to open their gates. He sacked Tiphsah and ripped open all the pregnant women.
Menahem King of Israel
17In the thirty-ninth year of Azariah king of Judah, Menahem son of Gadi became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria ten years. 18He did evil in the eyes of the Lord. During his entire reign he did not turn away from the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, which he had caused Israel to commit.
19Then Pul15:19 Also called Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria invaded the land, and Menahem gave him a thousand talents15:19 That is, about 38 tons or about 34 metric tons of silver to gain his support and strengthen his own hold on the kingdom. 20Menahem exacted this money from Israel. Every wealthy person had to contribute fifty shekels15:20 That is, about 1 1/4 pounds or about 575 grams of silver to be given to the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria withdrew and stayed in the land no longer.
21As for the other events of Menahem’s reign, and all he did, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Israel? 22Menahem rested with his ancestors. And Pekahiah his son succeeded him as king.
Pekahiah King of Israel
23In the fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah, Pekahiah son of Menahem became king of Israel in Samaria, and he reigned two years. 24Pekahiah did evil in the eyes of the Lord. He did not turn away from the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, which he had caused Israel to commit. 25One of his chief officers, Pekah son of Remaliah, conspired against him. Taking fifty men of Gilead with him, he assassinated Pekahiah, along with Argob and Arieh, in the citadel of the royal palace at Samaria. So Pekah killed Pekahiah and succeeded him as king.
26The other events of Pekahiah’s reign, and all he did, are written in the book of the annals of the kings of Israel.
Pekah King of Israel
27In the fifty-second year of Azariah king of Judah, Pekah son of Remaliah became king of Israel in Samaria, and he reigned twenty years. 28He did evil in the eyes of the Lord. He did not turn away from the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, which he had caused Israel to commit.
29In the time of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria came and took Ijon, Abel Beth Maakah, Janoah, Kedesh and Hazor. He took Gilead and Galilee, including all the land of Naphtali, and deported the people to Assyria. 30Then Hoshea son of Elah conspired against Pekah son of Remaliah. He attacked and assassinated him, and then succeeded him as king in the twentieth year of Jotham son of Uzziah.
31As for the other events of Pekah’s reign, and all he did, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Israel?
Jotham King of Judah
32In the second year of Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel, Jotham son of Uzziah king of Judah began to reign. 33He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years. His mother’s name was Jerusha daughter of Zadok. 34He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, just as his father Uzziah had done. 35The high places, however, were not removed; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense there. Jotham rebuilt the Upper Gate of the temple of the Lord.
36As for the other events of Jotham’s reign, and what he did, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Judah? 37(In those days the Lord began to send Rezin king of Aram and Pekah son of Remaliah against Judah.) 38Jotham rested with his ancestors and was buried with them in the City of David, the city of his father. And Ahaz his son succeeded him as king.
የይሁዳ ንጉሥ ዓዛርያስ
1፥1-7 ተጓ ምብ – 2ዜና 26፥3-4፡21-23
1የእስራኤል ንጉሥ ኢዮርብዓም በነገሠ በሃያ ሰባተኛው፣ ዓመት የይሁዳ ንጉሥ የአሜስያስ ልጅ ዓዛርያስ ነገሠ። 2ሲነግሥም ዕድሜው ዐሥራ ስድስት ዓመት ነበር፤ በኢየሩሳሌም ተቀምጦ አምሳ ሁለት ዓመት ገዛ። እናቱም ይኮልያ የተባለች የኢየሩሳሌም ሴት ነበረች። 3አባቱ አሜስያስ እንዳደረገው ሁሉ ዓዛርያስም በእግዚአብሔር ፊት መልካም ነገር አደረገ። 4ይሁን እንጂ በየኰረብታው ላይ ያሉት የማምለኪያ ስፍራዎች አልተወገዱም፤ ሕዝቡም በዚያ መሥዋዕት ማቅረቡንና ዕጣን ማጤሱን እንደ ቀጠለ ነበር።
5እግዚአብሔርም ንጉሡን እስከሚሞትበት ቀን ድረስ በለምጽ15፥5 የዕብራይስጡ ቃል፣ ቈዳን የሚያጠቁትን ማንኛውንም ዐይነት በሽታዎች ያመለክታል። መታው፤ በተለየ ቤትም ይኖር ነበር። በዚያን ጊዜ ቤተ መንግሥቱን በኀላፊነት የሚመራውና የአገሩንም ሕዝብ የሚያስተዳድረው የንጉሡ ልጅ ኢዮአታም ነበር።
6በዓዛርያስ ዘመነ መንግሥት የተከናወነው ሌላው ሥራ፣ የፈጸመውም ሁሉ በይሁዳ ነገሥታት ታሪክ ተጽፎ የሚገኝ አይደለምን? 7ዓዛርያስ ከአባቶቹ ጋር አንቀላፋ፤ በዳዊትም ከተማ በአባቶቹ መቃብር አጠገብ ቀበሩት። ልጁ ኢዮአታምም በእግሩ ተተክቶ ነገሠ።
የእስራኤል ንጉሥ ዘካርያስ
8የይሁዳ ንጉሥ ዓዛርያስ በነገሠ በሠላሳ ስምንተኛው ዓመት፣ የኢዮርብዓም ልጅ ዘካርያስ በሰማርያ ከተማ በእስራኤል ላይ ነገሠ፤ ስድስት ወርም ገዛ። 9አባቱ እንዳደረገው ሁሉ፣ እርሱም በእግዚአብሔር ፊት ክፉ አደረገ፤ የናባጥ ልጅ ኢዮርብዓም እስራኤልን ካሳተበት ኀጢአት አልተመለሰም።
10የያቤስ ልጅ ሰሎም በዘካርያስ ላይ አሤረበት፤ በሕዝቡ15፥10 ዕብራይስጡ ከዚህ ጋር ይስማምል። አንዳንድ የሰብዓ ሊቃናት ትርጕሞች ግን፣ በኢብላም ይላሉ። ፊት አደጋ ጥሎ ገደለው፤ በእግሩም ተተክቶ ነገሠ። 11በዘካርያስ ዘመነ መንግሥት የተከናወነው ሌላው ሥራ በእስራኤል ነገሥታት ታሪክ ተመዝግቧል። 12በዚህም እግዚአብሔር ለኢዩ፣ “ልጆችህ እስከ አራት ትውልድ ድረስ በእስራኤል ዙፋን ላይ ይቀመጣሉ”15፥12 2ነገ 10፥30 ይመ። ሲል የተናገረው ቃል ተፈጸመ።
የእስራኤል ንጉሥ ሰሎም
13የይሁዳ ንጉሥ ዖዝያን በነገሠ በሠላሳ ዘጠነኛው ዓመት የኢያቤስ ልጅ ሰሎም በእስራኤል ላይ ነገሠ። በሰማርያ ተቀምጦ አንድ ወር ገዛ። 14የጋዲ ልጅ ምናሔም ከቴርሳ ወጥቶ ወደ ሰማርያ በመሄድ አደጋ ጥሎ የኢያቤስን ልጅ ሰሎምን ገደለው፤ ከዚያም በእግሩ ተተክቶ ነገሠ።
15በሰሎም ዘመነ መንግሥት የተከናወነው ሌላው ሥራና የጠነሰሰውም ሤራ በእስራኤል ነገሥታት ታሪክ ተጽፏል።
16በዚያን ጊዜም ምናሔም ከቴርሳ ወጥቶ በቲፍሳና በከተማዪቱ ነዋሪዎች ላይ ሁሉ፣ በአካባቢዋም ጭምር አደጋ ጣለ፤ ይህን ያደረገውም የከተማዪቱን በሮች ለመክፈት ፈቃደኞች ባለመሆናቸው ነበር፤ ቲፍሳን መታት፤ የነፍሰጡሮችንም ሆድ ሁሉ ቀደደ።
የእስራኤል ንጉሥ ምናሔም
17የይሁዳ ንጉሥ ዓዛርያስ በነገሠ በሠላሳ ዘጠነኛው ዓመት፣ የጋዲ ልጅ ምናሔም በእስራኤል ላይ ነገሠ፤ በሰማርያ ተቀምጦም ዐሥር ዓመት ገዛ። 18በእግዚአብሔር ፊት ክፉ ነገር አደረገ፤ በዘመኑም ሁሉ የናባጥ ልጅ ኢዮርብዓም እስራኤልን ካሳተበት ኀጢአት አልተመለሰም።
19ከዚያም የአሦር ንጉሥ ፎሓ15፥19 ቴልጌልቴልፌልሶርም ይባላል። ምድሪቱን ወረረ፤ ምናሔም ርዳታውን ለማግኘትና በመንግሥቱ ላይ ያለውን ይዞታ ለማጽናት ሲል፣ አንድ ሺሕ መክሊት15፥19 34 ሜትሪክ ቶን ያህል ነው። ብር ሰጠው። 20ምናሔም ገንዘቡ እንዲዋጣ ያደረገው ከእስራኤል ሲሆን፣ ይህንም ያደረገው ለአሦር ንጉሥ ይሰጥ ዘንድ እያንዳንዱ ሀብታም አምሳ፣ አምሳ ሰቅል15፥20 0.6 ኪሎ ግራም ያህል ነው። ብር እንዲያዋጣ በማስገደድ ነበር። ስለዚህ የአሦር ንጉሥ በዚያች አገር አልቈየም፤ ተመልሶ ሄደ።
21በምናሔም ዘመነ መንግሥት የተከናወነው ሌላው ሥራ፣ የፈጸመውም ሁሉ በእስራኤል ነገሥታት ታሪክ ተጽፎ የሚገኝ አይደለምን? 22ምናሔም ከአባቶቹ ጋር አንቀላፋ፤ ልጁ ፋቂስያስም በእግሩ ተተክቶ ነገሠ።
የእስራኤል ንጉሥ ፋቂስያስ
23የይሁዳ ንጉሥ ዓዛርያስ በነገሠ በአምሳኛው ዓመት፣ የምናሔም ልጅ ፋቂስያስ በሰማርያ ከተማ የእስራኤል ንጉሥ ሆነ፤ ሁለት ዓመትም ገዛ። 24ፋቂስያስ በእግዚአብሔር ፊት ክፉ ነገር አደረገ፤ የናባጥ ልጅ ኢዮርብዓም፣ እስራኤልን ካሳተበት ኀጢአት አልተመለሰም። 25ከጦር አለቆቹ አንዱ የሆነው የሮሜልዩ ልጅ ፋቁሔ አሤረበት፤ አምሳ የገለዓድ ሰዎች ይዞ በመሄድ፣ ሰማርያ ቤተ መንግሥት ባለው ምሽግ ፋቂስያስን ከአርጎብና ከአርያ ጋር ገደለው፤ በእግሩም ተተክቶ ነገሠ።
26በፋቂስያስ ዘመነ መንግሥት የተከናወነው ሌላው ሥራ የፈጸመውም ሁሉ በእስራኤል ነገሥታት ታሪክ ተጽፏል።
የእስራኤል ንጉሥ ፋቁሔ
27የይሁዳ ንጉሥ ዓዛርያስ በነገሠ በአምሳ ሁለተኛው ዓመት የሮሜልዩ ልጅ ፋቁሔ በሰማርያ ከተማ፣ በእስራኤል ላይ ነገሠ፤ ሃያ ዓመትም ገዛ። 28እርሱም በእግዚአብሔር ፊት ክፉ ነገር አደረገ፤ የናባጥ ልጅ ኢዮርብዓም እስራኤልን ካሳተበት ኀጢአት አልተመለሰም።
29በእስራኤል ንጉሥ በፋቁሔ ዘመን፣ የአሦር ንጉሥ ቴልጌልቴልፌልሶር መጥቶ ዒዮን፣ አቤልቤትመዓካን፣ ያኖዋን፣ ቃዴስንና ሐጾርን፣ ገለዓድንና ገሊላን፣ የንፍታሌምንም ምድር ጭምር ያዘ፤ ሕዝቡንም ማርኮ ወደ አሦር ወሰደው። 30ከዚያም የኤላ ልጅ ሆሴዕ በሮሜልዩ ልጅ በፋቁሔ ላይ አሤረበት፤ አደጋ ጥሎም ገደለው፤ የዖዝያን ልጅ ኢዮአታም በነገሠ በሃያኛው ዓመትም ሆሴዕ በፋቁሔ እግር ተተክቶ ነገሠ። 31በፋቁሔ ዘመነ መንግሥት የተከናወነው ሌላው ሥራ የፈጸማቸውም ሁሉ በእስራኤል ነገሥታት ታሪክ ተጽፎ የሚገኝ አይደለምን?
የይሁዳ ንጉሥ ኢዮአታም
15፥33-38 ተጓ ምብ – 2ዜና 2፥1-4፡7-9
32የእስራኤል ንጉሥ የሮሜልዩ ልጅ ፋቁሔ በነገሠ በሁለተኛው ዓመት፣ የይሁዳ ንጉሥ የዖዝያን ልጅ ኢዮአታም ነገሠ። 33ሲነግሥም ዕድሜው ሃያ አምስት ዓመት ነበር፤ ኢየሩሳሌም ተቀምጦም ዐሥራ ስድስት ዓመት ገዛ፤ እናቱም የሳዶቅ ልጅ ስትሆን፣ ኢየሩሳ ትባል ነበር። 34አባቱ ዖዝያን እንዳደረገው ሁሉ እርሱም በእግዚአብሔር ፊት መልካም ነገር አደረገ። 35ይሁን እንጂ በየኰረብታው ላይ ያሉት የማምለኪያ ስፍራዎች አልተወገዱም፤ ሕዝቡም በዚያ መሥዋዕት ማቅረቡንና ዕጣን ማጤሱን እንደ ቀጠለ ነበር። ኢዮአታም የእግዚአብሔርን ቤተ መቅደስ የላይኛውን በር መልሶ ሠራ።
36በኢዮአታም ዘመነ መንግሥት የተከናወነው ሌላው ሥራ፣ የፈጸመውም ሁሉ በይሁዳ ነገሥታት ታሪክ ተጽፎ የሚገኝ አይደለምን? 37በዚያን ጊዜ እግዚአብሔር የሶርያ ንጉሥ ረአሶንና የሮሜልዩ ልጅ ፋቁሔን ይሁዳን እንዲወጉ አደረገ። 38ኢዮአታምም ከአባቶቹ ጋር አንቀላፋ፤ አባቶቹ በተቀበሩበትም በአባቱ በዳዊት ከተማ ተቀበረ። ልጁ አካዝም በእግሩ ተተክቶ ነገሠ።
