2 Kings 1 – NIV & NASV

New International Version

2 Kings 1:1-18

The Lord’s Judgment on Ahaziah

1After Ahab’s death, Moab rebelled against Israel. 2Now Ahaziah had fallen through the lattice of his upper room in Samaria and injured himself. So he sent messengers, saying to them, “Go and consult Baal-Zebub, the god of Ekron, to see if I will recover from this injury.”

3But the angel of the Lord said to Elijah the Tishbite, “Go up and meet the messengers of the king of Samaria and ask them, ‘Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are going off to consult Baal-Zebub, the god of Ekron?’ 4Therefore this is what the Lord says: ‘You will not leave the bed you are lying on. You will certainly die!’ ” So Elijah went.

5When the messengers returned to the king, he asked them, “Why have you come back?”

6“A man came to meet us,” they replied. “And he said to us, ‘Go back to the king who sent you and tell him, “This is what the Lord says: Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are sending messengers to consult Baal-Zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore you will not leave the bed you are lying on. You will certainly die!” ’ ”

7The king asked them, “What kind of man was it who came to meet you and told you this?”

8They replied, “He had a garment of hair1:8 Or He was a hairy man and had a leather belt around his waist.”

The king said, “That was Elijah the Tishbite.”

9Then he sent to Elijah a captain with his company of fifty men. The captain went up to Elijah, who was sitting on the top of a hill, and said to him, “Man of God, the king says, ‘Come down!’ ”

10Elijah answered the captain, “If I am a man of God, may fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty men!” Then fire fell from heaven and consumed the captain and his men.

11At this the king sent to Elijah another captain with his fifty men. The captain said to him, “Man of God, this is what the king says, ‘Come down at once!’ ”

12“If I am a man of God,” Elijah replied, “may fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty men!” Then the fire of God fell from heaven and consumed him and his fifty men.

13So the king sent a third captain with his fifty men. This third captain went up and fell on his knees before Elijah. “Man of God,” he begged, “please have respect for my life and the lives of these fifty men, your servants! 14See, fire has fallen from heaven and consumed the first two captains and all their men. But now have respect for my life!”

15The angel of the Lord said to Elijah, “Go down with him; do not be afraid of him.” So Elijah got up and went down with him to the king.

16He told the king, “This is what the Lord says: Is it because there is no God in Israel for you to consult that you have sent messengers to consult Baal-Zebub, the god of Ekron? Because you have done this, you will never leave the bed you are lying on. You will certainly die!” 17So he died, according to the word of the Lord that Elijah had spoken.

Because Ahaziah had no son, Joram1:17 Hebrew Jehoram, a variant of Joram succeeded him as king in the second year of Jehoram son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah. 18As for all the other events of Ahaziah’s reign, and what he did, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Israel?

New Amharic Standard Version

2 ነገሥት 1:1-18

የእግዚአብሔር ፍርድ በአካዝያስ ላይ

1አክዓብ ከሞተ በኋላ ሞዓብ በእስራኤል ላይ ዐመፀ። 2በዚህ ጊዜ አካዝያስ በሰማርያ ካለው እልፍኝ ሰገነቱ ላይ ሳለ፣ ከዐይነ ርግቡ ሾልኮ ወድቆ ነበርና ታመመ፤ ስለዚህ፣ “ሄዳችሁ ከዚህ ሕመም እድን እንደ ሆነ የአቃሮንን አምላክ ብዔልዜቡልን ጠይቁ” ሲል መልእክተኞች ላከ።

3የእግዚአብሔር መልአክ ግን ቴስብያዊውን ኤልያስን እንዲህ አለው፤ “ተነሥተህ የሰማርያን ንጉሥ መልእክተኞች ለመገናኘት ውጣና፣ ‘የአቃሮንን አምላክ ብዔልዜቡልን ለመጠየቅ የምትሄዱ በእስራኤል አምላክ ስለሌለ ነውን?’ ብለህ ጠይቃቸው። 4ስለዚህ እግዚአብሔር እንዲህ ይላል፤ ‘ከተኛህበት ዐልጋ አትነሣም፤ በርግጥ ትሞታለህ።’ ” ከዚያም ኤልያስ ሄደ።

5መልእክተኞቹ ወደ ንጉሡ ሲመለሱ እርሱም፣ “ለምን ተመልሳችሁ መጣችሁ?” ሲል ጠየቃቸው።

6እነርሱም እንዲህ ሲሉ መለሱለት፤ “አንድ ሰው ሊገናኘን መጥቶ፣ ‘ወደ ላካችሁ ንጉሥ ተመልሳችሁ ሂዱና፣ “እግዚአብሔር እንዲህ ይላል፤ የአቃሮንን አምላክ ብዔልዜቡልን ለመጠየቅ ሰዎች የምትልከው በእስራኤል አምላክ ስለሌለ ነውን? ስለዚህ ከተኛህበት ዐልጋ አትነሣም፤ በርግጥ ትሞታለህ።” ’ ”

7ንጉሡም፣ “ለመሆኑ ሊገናኛችሁ መጥቶ እንዲህ ያላችሁ ሰው እንዴት ያለ ነው?” ሲል ጠየቃቸው።

8እነርሱም “ሰውየው ጠጕራም ልብስ የለበሰ ነው፤ በወገቡም ላይ ጠፍር ታጥቋል” አሉት።

ንጉሡም፣ “ዐወቅሁት፤ ቴስብያዊው ኤልያስ ነው” አላቸው።

9ከዚያም ንጉሡ አንድ የአምሳ አለቃ ከአምሳ ወታደሮቹ ጋር ወደ ኤልያስ ላከ። የአምሳ አለቃውም ኤልያስ ወደ ተቀመጠበት ኰረብታ ጫፍ ወጥቶ፣ “አንተ የእግዚአብሔር ሰው፤ ንጉሡ፣ ‘ና ውረድ’ ይልሃል” አለው።

10ኤልያስም መልሶ የአምሳ አለቃውን፣ “እኔ የእግዚአብሔር ሰው ከሆንሁ፣ እሳት ከሰማይ ወርዳ፣ አንተንና አምሳውን ሰዎችህን ትብላ!” አለው። ከዚያም እሳት ከሰማይ ወርዳ የአምሳ አለቃውንና ሰዎቹን ፈጽማ በላች።

11እንደ ገናም ንጉሡ ሌላ የአምሳ አለቃ ከአምሳ ሰዎቹ ጋር ላከ፤ የአምሳ አለቃውም፣ “አንተ የእግዚአብሔር ሰው፤ ንጉሡ፣ ‘አሁኑኑ ና ውረድ’ ይልሃል” አለው።

12ኤልያስም መልሶ፣ “እኔ የእግዚአብሔር ሰው ከሆንሁ እሳት ከሰማይ ወርዳ አንተንና ሃምሳውን ሰዎችህን ትብላ!” አለው፤ ከዚያም እሳት ከሰማይ ወርዳ እርሱንና ሰዎቹን ፈጽማ በላች።

13ስለዚህም ንጉሡ ሦስተኛውን የአምሳ አለቃ ከአምሳ ሰዎቹ ጋር ላከ። ይህም ሦስተኛው የአምሳ አለቃ ወጥቶ፣ በኤልያስ ፊት በጕልበቱ ተንበርክኮ እንዲህ ሲል ለመነ፤ “አንተ የእግዚአብሔር ሰው፤ እባክህ የእኔና የእነዚህ የአምሳዎቹ አገልጋዮችህ ነፍስ በፊትህ የከበረች ትሁን። 14እነሆ፤ እሳት ከሰማይ ወርዳ፣ የፊተኞቹን ሁለት አምሳ አለቆችና ሰዎቻቸውን ሁሉ በላች፤ አሁን ግን ሕይወቴ በፊትህ የከበረች ትሁን።”

15የእግዚአብሔርም መልአክ ኤልያስን፣ “አብረኸው ውረድ፤ ደግሞም አትፍራው” አለው። ስለዚህ ኤልያስ ተነሣ፤ አብሮትም ወደ ንጉሡ ወረደ።

16ንጉሡንም፣ “እግዚአብሔር እንዲህ ይላል፤ ‘ለመሆኑ የአቃሮንን አምላክ ብዔልዜቡልን ስለ ራስህ ለመጠየቅ መልእክተኞች የላክኸው በእስራኤል አምላክ ስለሌለ ነውን? ይህን በማድረግህም ከተኛህበት ዐልጋ ፈጽሞ አትነሣም፤ በርግጥ ትሞታለህ’ ” ብሎ ነገረው። 17ስለዚህ አካዝያስ ኤልያስ እንደ ተናገረው እንደ እግዚአብሔር ቃል ሞተ።

አካዝያስ ወንድ ልጅ ስላልነበረው፣ የኢዮሣፍጥ ልጅ ኢዮራም በይሁዳ በነገሠ በሁለተኛው ዓመት ወንድሙ ኢዮራም በእግሩ ተተክቶ ነገሠ። 18ሌላው አካዝያስ በዘመኑ ያከናወናቸውና የፈጸማቸው ሥራዎች ሁሉ በእስራኤል ነገሥታት ታሪክ የተጻፉ አይደለምን?