2 Reis 9

Ka Whakawahia a Iehu hei Kīngi mō Īharaira

1 Nā, ka karanga a Eriha poropiti ki tētahi o ngā tama a ngā poropiti, ā, ka mea ki a ia, "Whītikiria tōu hope, ka mau i tēnei pounamu hinu i tōu ringa, ka haere ki Rāmoto Kireara. 2 E tae koe ki reira, tirohia atu i reira a Iehu tama a Iehohāpata tama a Nimihi, ka haere koe, ka mea i a ia: Kia whakatika i roto i ōna tuākana, ā, ka mau i a ia ki tētahi rūma i roto. 3 Kātahi ka mau ki te pounamu hinu, ka riringi ki runga ki tōna mātenga, ka mea, ‘Ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā: Ka oti koe te whakawahi e ahau hei kīngi mō Īharaira.’ Ko reira koe uaki ai i te tatau, ka rere, ā, kaua e whakaroa."

4 Heoi, haere ana taua taitama, arā te taitama, te poropiti, ki Rāmoto Kireara. 5 Ā, nō tōna taenga atu, nā, ko ngā rangatira o te ope e noho ana; ā, ka mea ia, "He kupu tāku ki a koe, e te rangatira."

Anō rā ko Iehu, "Ki a wai koia o mātou katoa?"

Anō rā ko tērā, "Ki a koe, e te rangatira."

6 Nā, whakatika ana ia, ā, haere ana ki roto ki te whare; nā, ringihia ana e tērā te hinu ki tōna mātenga, ā, ka mea ki a ia, "Ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā, a te Atua o Īharaira: ‘Ka oti koe te whakawahi e ahau hei kīngi mō tā Ihowā iwi, mō Īharaira. 7 Ā, māu e patu te whare o Āhapa, o tōu ariki, kia whai utu ai ahau mō ngā toto o āku pononga, o ngā poropiti, mō ngā toto hoki o ngā pononga katoa a Ihowā, i te ringa o Ietēpere. 8 Ka ngaro hoki te whare katoa o Āhapa; ā, ka hautopea atu e ahau i a Āhapa ngā tamariki tāne katoa, me ngā mea i tūtakina atu, i mahue rānei i roto i a Īharaira. 9 Ā, ka meinga e ahau te whare o Āhapa kia rite ki te whare o Ieropoama tama a Nēpata, ki te whare hoki o Paaha tama a Āhia. 10 Nā, mā ngā kurī e kai a Ietēpere ki te wāhi o Ietereere, ā, kāhore he tangata hei tanu i a ia.’ " Nā, uakina ana e ia te tatau, ā, rere ana.

11 Kātahi a Iehu ka puta mai ki waho, ki ngā pononga a tōna ariki; ā, ka mea tētahi ki a ia, "Kei te pai rānei? He aha tēnei pōauau i haere mai ai ki a koe?"

Anō rā ko ia ki a rātou, "E mōhio ana koutou ki te tangata rā, ki āna kōrero hoki."

12 Anō rā ko rātou, "He teka; kōrerotia mai ki a mātou ināianei."

Nā, ka mea ia, "Koia anō tēnei āna kōrero ki ahau: ‘Ko tā Ihowā kupu tēnei: Ka oti koe te whakawahi e ahau hei kīngi mō Īharaira.’ "

13 Nā, hohoro tonu rātou, ka mau ki tōna kākahu, ki tōna kākahu, whārikitia iho ki raro i a ia, i runga i te arawhata, ā, whakatangihia ana te tētere, me te kī anō, "Ko Iehu te kīngi."

Ka Whakamatea a Kīngi Iorama o Īharaira

14 Heoi, whakatupuria ana e Iehu tama a Iehohāpata tama a Nimihi he hē mō Iorama. Nā, i puritia e Iorama, e rātou ko Īharaira katoa, a Rāmoto Kireara, he whakaaro ki a Hataere kīngi o Hīria; 15 ko Kīngi Iehorama ia kua hoki ki Ietereere kia rongoātia ōna tūnga i tū ai ia i ngā Hīriani i tāna whawhai ki a Hataere kīngi o Hīria. Nā, ka mea a Iehu, "Mehemea ko tō koutou whakaaro tēnei, nā, kei tukua tētahi ki waho, kei puta atu i te pā, ka haere ka kōrero ki Ietereere." 16 Heoi, eke ana a Iehu ki te hāriata, ā, haere ana ki Ietereere; i reira hoki a Iorama e takoto ana. Ā, ko Ahatia kīngi o Hūrā kua riro ki raro, kia kite i a Iorama.

17 Nā, ko te kaitūtei i runga i te pourewa i Ietereere e tū ana, ā, ka kitea e ia te rōpū a Iehu i a ia e haere mai ana, nā, ka mea, "Kei te kite atu ahau i te ope tāngata."

Nā, ka mea a Iehorama, "Tīkina he tangata eke hōiho, ka ungā ki te whakatūtaki i a rātou, ā, māna e mea atu, ‘He pai rānei?’ "

18 Heoi, haere ana tētahi i runga i te hōiho ki te whakatau i a ia, ā, ka mea: "Ko te kupu tēnei a te kīngi, ‘He pai rānei?’ "

Anō rā ko Iehu, "Hei aha māu te pai? Haere ake ki muri i ahau."

Ā, ka kōrero te kaitūtei, ka mea: "I tae te karere ki a rātou, otiia kāhore anō kia hoki mai."

19 Kātahi ka ungā anō e ia tētahi atu kaieke hōiho, ā, ka tae tērā ki a rātou, ka mea, "Ko te kupu tēnei a te kīngi, ‘He pai rānei?’ "

Anō rā ko Iehu, "Hei aha māu te pai? Huri ake koe ki muri i ahau."

20 Nā, ka kōrero te kaitūtei, ka mea, "I tae ia ki a rātou, heoi kāhore anō kia hoki mai; ā, ko te whiu o te hāriata, rite tonu ki te whiu a Iehu tama a Nimihi; he pōrangi rawa hoki tāna whiu."

21 Nā, ka mea a Iehorama, "Whakanohoia." Nā, whakanohoia ana e rātou tōna hāriata. Ā, ka puta a Iehorama kīngi o Īharaira rāua ko Ahatia kīngi o Hūrā i runga i tōna hāriata, i tōna hāriata, ā, haere ana ki te whakatūtaki i a Iehu, ā, tūtaki ana ki a ia ki te wāhi o Napoto Ietereeri. 22 Nā, i te kitenga o Iehorama i a Iehu, ka mea ia, "He pai rānei, e Iehu?"

Anō rā ko ia, "He pai aha, i te hanga e hua tonu ana ngā moepuku me ngā mahi mākutu a tōu whaea, a Ietēpere?"

23 Nā, ka huri ngā ringa o Iehorama, ā, rere ana, me te karanga anō ki a Ahatia, "He kōpeka, e Ahatia!"

24 Nā, kūmea ana e Iehu tāna kōpere ki tōna kaha katoa, ā, perea ana a Iehorama ki waenga pū o ōna ringa, ā, puta atu ana te pere i tōna ngākau, ā, hinga iho ana ia i roto i tōna hāriata. 25 Kātahi ka mea a Iehu ki a Pirikara, ki tāna rangatira, "Hikitia ake, makā atu ia ki te wāhi o te māra a Napoto Ietereeri; kia mahara hoki, i tō tāua haerenga i runga hōiho i muri i a Āhapa, i tōna pāpā, ka whakapīkaua e Ihowā tēnei pīkaunga ki runga ki a ia: 26 ‘I kitea pūtia e ahau inanahi ngā toto o Napoto, me ngā toto o āna tama, e ai tā Ihowā; ā, ka utua koe e ahau ki tēnei wāhi, e ai tā Ihowā.’ Nā reira, tīkina, makā ia ki taua wāhi whenua, kia rite ki te kupu a Ihowā."

Ka Whakamatea Kīngi Ahatia o Hūrā

27 Otiia, i te kitenga o Ahatia kīngi o Hūrā i tēnei, rere ana ia nā te ara o te whare kāri. Nā, whāia ana ia e Iehu, ā, i mea tērā, "Patua anō hoki ia i runga i te hāriata." Nā, patua ana ia e rātou i te pikitanga ki Kuru, ki tērā i te taha o Ipereama. Nā, rere ana ia ki Mekiro, ā, mate iho ki reira. 28 Nā, kawea ana ia e āna tāngata i runga i te hāriata ki Hiruhārama, ā, tanumia ana ki tōna urupā, ki ōna mātua i te pā o Rāwiri.

29 Nō te tekau mā tahi o ngā tau o Iorama, tama a Āhapa i kīngi ai a Ahatia ki Hūrā.

Te Matenga Taikaha o Kuīni Ietēpere

30 Nā, i te haerenga o Iehu ki Ietereere, ka rongo a Ietēpere. Nā, ka pania e ia ōna kanohi, ā, ka tino whakapaipaitia tōna māhunga, ā, ka titiro atu ia i te matapihi. 31 Nā, i a Iehu e tomo mai ana i te kūwaha, ka mea tērā, "He rongo mau rānei, e koe, e te Tīmiri, e te kaikōhuru i tōu ariki?"

32 Nā, ka maranga ake tōna mata ki te matapihi, ka mea, "Ko wai tōku? Ko wai rā?" Nā, ka titiro iho ētahi unaka, tokorua, tokotoru, ki a ia. 33 Nā, ka mea ia, "Makā iho ia ki raro." Heoi, makā iho ana e rātou; ā, paratī ana ētahi o ōna toto ki te pakitara, ā, ki runga hoki ki ngā hōiho; ā, takahia ana ia e ia ki raro ki ōna waewae.

34 Nā, haere ana ia ki roto, kei te kai, kei te inu; ā, ka mea ia, "Tēnā tirohia te wahine kua kangā nei, ā, tanumia ia; he tamāhine kīngi hoki ia."

35 Nā, haere ana rātou ki te tanu i a ia; otiia kāhore he wāhi ōna i kitea e rātou, ko te angaanga anake, ko ngā waewae, ko ngā kapu o ōna ringa. 36 Nō reira hoki ana rātou, ā, ka kōrero ki a ia. Ā, ka mea ia, "Ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā, i kōrerotia rā e tāna pononga, e Irāia Tihipi, i mea rā ia: Hei te wāhi o Ietereere kainga ai e ngā kurī ngā kikokiko o Ietēpere; 37 ā, ka waiho te tinana o Ietēpere hei para hamuti ki runga ki te mate o te pārae i te wāhi o Ietereere; ā, kāhore e kīia, ‘Ko Ietēpere tēnei.’ "

1 And Elisha the prophet called one of the sons of the prophets, and said unto him, Gird up thy loins, and take this vial of oil in thy hand, and go to Ramoth-gilead. 2 And when thou comest thither, look out there Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi, and go in, and make him arise up from among his brethren, and carry him to an inner chamber. 3 Then take the vial of oil, and pour it on his head, and say, Thus saith Jehovah, I have anointed thee king over Israel. Then open the door, and flee, and tarry not. 4 So the young man, even the young man the prophet, went to Ramoth-gilead. 5 And when he came, behold, the captains of the host were sitting; and he said, I have an errand to thee, O captain. And Jehu said, Unto which of us all? And he said, To thee, O captain. 6 And he arose, and went into the house; and he poured the oil on his head, and said unto him, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, I have anointed thee king over the people of Jehovah, even over Israel. 7 And thou shalt smite the house of Ahab thy master, that I may avenge the blood of my servants the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of Jehovah, at the hand of Jezebel. 8 For the whole house of Ahab shall perish; and I will cut off from Ahab every man-child, and him that is shut up and him that is left at large in Israel. 9 And I will make the house of Ahab like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah. 10 And the dogs shall eat Jezebel in the portion of Jezreel, and there shall be none to bury her. And he opened the door, and fled.

11 Then Jehu came forth to the servants of his lord: and one said unto him, Is all well? wherefore came this mad fellow to thee? And he said unto them, Ye know the man and what his talk was. 12 And they said, It is false; tell us now. And he said, Thus and thus spake he to me, saying, Thus saith Jehovah, I have anointed thee king over Israel. 13 Then they hasted, and took every man his garment, and put it under him on the top of the stairs, and blew the trumpet, saying, Jehu is king.

14 So Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi conspired against Joram. (Now Joram was keeping Ramoth-gilead, he and all Israel, because of Hazael king of Syria; 15 but king Joram was returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him, when he fought with Hazael king of Syria.) And Jehu said, If this be your mind, then let none escape and go forth out of the city, to go to tell it in Jezreel. 16 So Jehu rode in a chariot, and went to Jezreel; for Joram lay there. And Ahaziah king of Judah was come down to see Joram.

17 Now the watchman was standing on the tower in Jezreel, and he spied the company of Jehu as he came, and said, I see a company. And Joram said, Take a horseman, and send to meet them, and let him say, Is it peace? 18 So there went one on horseback to meet him, and said, Thus saith the king, Is it peace? And Jehu said, What hast thou to do with peace? turn thee behind me. And the watchman told, saying, The messenger came to them, but he cometh not back. 19 Then he sent out a second on horseback, who came to them, and said, Thus saith the king, Is it peace? And Jehu answered, What hast thou to do with peace? turn thee behind me. 20 And the watchman told, saying, He came even unto them, and cometh not back: and the driving is like the driving of Jehu the son of Nimshi; for he driveth furiously.

21 And Joram said, Make ready. And they made ready his chariot. And Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah went out, each in his chariot, and they went out to meet Jehu, and found him in the portion of Naboth the Jezreelite. 22 And it came to pass, when Joram saw Jehu, that he said, Is it peace, Jehu? And he answered, What peace, so long as the whoredoms of thy mother Jezebel and her witchcrafts are so many? 23 And Joram turned his hands, and fled, and said to Ahaziah, There is treachery, O Ahaziah. 24 And Jehu drew his bow with his full strength, and smote Joram between his arms; and the arrow went out at his heart, and he sunk down in his chariot. 25 Then said Jehu to Bidkar his captain, Take up, and cast him in the portion of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite; for remember how that, when I and thou rode together after Ahab his father, Jehovah laid this burden upon him: 26 Surely I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth, and the blood of his sons, saith Jehovah; and I will requite thee in this plat, saith Jehovah. Now therefore take and cast him into the plat of ground, according to the word of Jehovah.

27 But when Ahaziah the king of Judah saw this, he fled by the way of the garden-house. And Jehu followed after him, and said, Smite him also in the chariot: and they smote him at the ascent of Gur, which is by Ibleam. And he fled to Megiddo, and died there. 28 And his servants carried him in a chariot to Jerusalem, and buried him in his sepulchre with his fathers in the city of David.

29 And in the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab began Ahaziah to reign over Judah.

30 And when Jehu was come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it; and she painted her eyes, and attired her head, and looked out at the window. 31 And as Jehu entered in at the gate, she said, Is it peace, thou Zimri, thy master’s murderer? 32 And he lifted up his face to the window, and said, Who is on my side? who? And there looked out to him two or three eunuchs. 33 And he said, Throw her down. So they threw her down; and some of her blood was sprinkled on the wall, and on the horses: and he trod her under foot. 34 And when he was come in, he did eat and drink; and he said, See now to this cursed woman, and bury her; for she is a king’s daughter. 35 And they went to bury her; but they found no more of her than the skull, and the feet, and the palms of her hands. 36 Wherefore they came back, and told him. And he said, This is the word of Jehovah, which he spake by his servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying, In the portion of Jezreel shall the dogs eat the flesh of Jezebel; 37 and the body of Jezebel shall be as dung upon the face of the field in the portion of Jezreel, so that they shall not say, This is Jezebel.