2 Crônicas 25

1 Amaziah was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jehoaddan, of Jerusalem. 2 He did that which was right in Yahweh’s eyes, but not with a perfect heart. 3 Now when the kingdom was established to him, he killed his servants who had killed his father the king. 4 But he didn’t put their children to death, but did according to that which is written in the law in the book of Moses, as Yahweh commanded, saying, "The fathers shall not die for the children, neither shall the children die for the fathers; but every man shall die for his own sin."

5 Moreover Amaziah gathered Judah together and ordered them according to their fathers’ houses, under captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, even all Judah and Benjamin. He counted them from twenty years old and upward, and found that there were three hundred thousand chosen men, able to go out to war, who could handle spear and shield. 6 He also hired one hundred thousand mighty men of valor out of Israel for one hundred talents*25:6 A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds of silver. 7 A man of God came to him, saying, "O king, don’t let the army of Israel go with you, for Yahweh is not with Israel, with all the children of Ephraim. 8 But if you will go, take action, and be strong for the battle. God will overthrow you before the enemy; for God has power to help, and to overthrow."

9 Amaziah said to the man of God, "But what shall we do for the hundred talents*25:9 A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds which I have given to the army of Israel?"

The man of God answered, "Yahweh is able to give you much more than this."

10 Then Amaziah separated them, the army that had come to him out of Ephraim, to go home again. Therefore their anger was greatly kindled against Judah, and they returned home in fierce anger.

11 Amaziah took courage, and led his people out and went to the Valley of Salt, and struck ten thousand of the children of Seir. 12 The children of Judah carried away ten thousand alive, and brought them to the top of the rock, and threw them down from the top of the rock, so that they all were broken in pieces. 13 But the men of the army whom Amaziah sent back, that they should not go with him to battle, fell on the cities of Judah from Samaria even to Beth Horon, and struck of them three thousand, and took much plunder.

14 Now after Amaziah had come from the slaughter of the Edomites, he brought the gods of the children of Seir, and set them up to be his gods, and bowed down himself before them and burned incense to them. 15 Therefore Yahweh’s anger burned against Amaziah, and he sent to him a prophet who said to him, "Why have you sought after the gods of the people, which have not delivered their own people out of your hand?"

16 As he talked with him, the king said to him, "Have we made you one of the king’s counselors? Stop! Why should you be struck down?"

Then the prophet stopped, and said, "I know that God has determined to destroy you, because you have done this and have not listened to my counsel."

17 Then Amaziah king of Judah consulted his advisers, and sent to Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, "Come! Let’s look one another in the face."

18 Joash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, "The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, ‘Give your daughter to my son as his wife. Then a wild animal that was in Lebanon passed by and trampled down the thistle. 19 You say to yourself that you have struck Edom; and your heart lifts you up to boast. Now stay at home. Why should you meddle with trouble, that you should fall, even you and Judah with you?’"

20 But Amaziah would not listen; for it was of God, that he might deliver them into the hand of their enemies, because they had sought after the gods of Edom. 21 So Joash king of Israel went up, and he and Amaziah king of Judah looked one another in the face at Beth Shemesh, which belongs to Judah. 22 Judah was defeated by Israel; so every man fled to his tent.

23 Joash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash the son of Jehoahaz, at Beth Shemesh and brought him to Jerusalem, and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim to the corner gate, four hundred cubits.*25:23 A cubit is the length from the tip of the middle finger to the elbow on a man’s arm, or about 18 inches or 46 centimeters, so 400 cubits is about 200 yards or 184 meters. 24 He took all the gold and silver, and all the vessels that were found in God’s house with Obed-Edom, and the treasures of the king’s house, and the hostages, and returned to Samaria.

25 Amaziah the son of Joash, king of Judah, lived for fifteen years after the death of Joash, son of Jehoahaz, king of Israel. 26 Now the rest of the acts of Amaziah, first and last, behold, aren’t they written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel? 27 Now from the time that Amaziah turned away from following Yahweh, they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem. He fled to Lachish, but they sent after him to Lachish and killed him there. 28 They brought him on horses and buried him with his fathers in the City of Judah.

Ko Kīngi Amatia o Hūrā

1 E rua tekau mā rima ngā tau o Amatia i tōna kīngitanga, ā, e rua tekau mā iwa ngā tau i kīngi ai ia ki Hiruhārama, ā, ko te ingoa hoki o tōna whaea, ko Iehoarana, nō Hiruhārama. 2 Nā, he tika tāna mahi ki te titiro a Ihowā, engari kīhai i tapatahi te ngākau. 3 Ā, ka pūmau tōna kīngitanga, kātahi ka whakamatea e ia āna tāngata, nāna nei i patu tōna pāpā, te kīngi. 4 Ko ā rāua tama ia kīhai i whakamatea; engari i rite tāna ki te mea i tuhituhia i te ture i te Pukapuka a Mohi, ki tā Ihowā i whakahau rā, "Kaua ngā mātua e mate mō tō ngā tamariki; kaua hoki ngā tamariki e mate mō tō ngā mātua; engari me mate tēnei mō tōna hara, tēnei mō tōna hara."

He Pakanga ki a Ēroma

5 Nā, i huihuia hoki e Amatia a Hūrā, ā, whakaritea ana he rangatira mano, he rangatira rau mō ngā whare o ō rātou mātua, puta noa i a Hūrā katoa rāua ko Pineamine. Ā, taua ana rātou e ia te hunga e rua tekau, he maha ake hoki, ngā tau, ā, ka kitea e toru rau mano, whiriwhiri rawa, he hunga haere ki te whawhai, he hunga hāpai i te tao, i te whakangungu rākau. 6 I utua anō hoki e ia ētahi o Īharaira, kotahi rau mano, he mārohirohi, he māia, kotahi rau taranata hiriwa.

7 Nā, ko te taenga mai o tētahi tangata a te Atua ki a ia, ka mea, "E te kīngi, kaua te taua a Īharaira e haere tahi koutou, nō te mea kāhore a Ihowā i a Īharaira, arā, i ngā tama katoa a Ēparaima. 8 Otiia ki te haere koe, kia toa, kia kaha ki te whawhai; mā Ihowā anō koe e turaki i te aroaro o te hoariri; he kaha hoki tō te Atua ki te āwhina, ki te turaki."

9 Nā, ka mea atu a Amatia ki te tangata a te Atua, "Ha, me pēhea ngā taranata kotahi rau i hoatu e ahau ki te taua a Īharaira?"

Anō rā ko te tangata a te Atua, "E āhei ana i te Atua te hōmai ki a koe kia rahi noa ake i tēnei."

10 Kātahi rātou ka wehea atu e Amatia, arā te taua i haere mai ki a ia i Ēparaima, kia hoki ki tō rātou nā wāhi. Nā, mura rawa tō rātou riri ki a Hūrā, ā, hoki ana ki tō rātou wāhi, mura tonu te riri.

11 Nā, ka whakapakari a Amatia i a ia, ā, ārahina ana e ia tōna iwi, haere ana ki Raorao Tote, patua iho e ia ngā tama a Heira, kotahi tekau mano. 12 Nā, ko ērā atu mano, kotahi tekau, ora nei, whakaraua ana e ngā tama a Hūrā, kawea ana ki te tihi o te kāmaka, makā atu ana i te tihi o te kāmaka ā mongamonga noa rātou katoa.

13 Otiia, ko ngā tāngata o te taua i whakahokia nei e Amatia, kei haere tahi rātou ki te whawhai, whakaekea ana e rātou ngā pā o Hūrā, o Hamaria mai anō ā tae noa ki Petehorono, patua iho ētahi o rātou, e toru mano, nui atu hoki te taonga i pāhuatia e rātou.

14 Ā, i muri i te taenga mai o Amatia i te patunga i ngā Ēromi, ka mauria mai e ia ngā atua o ngā tama a Heira, nā, ka whakatūria e ia hei atua mōna, koropiko ana ia ki mua i a rātou, tahuna ana e ia he whakakakara ki a rātou. 15 Nā reira ka mura te riri o Ihowā ki a Amatia, ā, ungā ana mai e ia he poropiti ki a ia, hei kōrero ki a ia, "He aha koe i rapu ai i tā ngā atua o te iwi nā? Kīhai nā hoki tō rātou iwi i whakaorangia e rātou i tōu ringa."

16 Nā, i a ia e kōrero ana ki a ia, ka mea te kīngi ki a ia, "Kua waiho rānei koe hei kaiwhakatakoto whakaaro mō te kīngi? Kāti tāu; mō te aha koe kia patua?"

Nā, mutu ake tā te poropiti; otiia i kī anō ia, "E mōhio ana anō ahau kua takoto tō te Atua whakaaro mōu kia ngaro, mō tāu meatanga i tēnei, mōu hoki kīhai i rongo ki tōku whakaaro."

He Pakanga ki a Īharaira

17 Kātahi a Amatia kīngi o Hūrā ka whakatakoto whakaaro, ā, unga tāngata ana ki a Ioaha tama a Iehoahata tama a Iehu kīngi o Īharaira, hei kī atu, "Tēnā, tāua ka titiro tētahi ki te kanohi o tētahi."

18 Nā, ka unga tāngata a Ioaha kīngi o Īharaira ki a Amatia kīngi o Hūrā, hei kī atu: "I tono karere te tātarāmoa i Repanōna ki te hīta i Repanōna, hei kī atu, ‘Hōmai tāu tamāhine hei wahine mā tāku tama.’ Nā, ko te haerenga atu o tētahi kīrehe i Repanōna, takahia iho e ia taua tātarāmoa. 19 E kī ana koe, ‘Nā, kua patua e koe Ēroma,’ ā, kua whakanekehia ake koe e tōu ngākau kia whakapehapeha. E noho rā ki tōu whare; he aha koe ka whakapātaritari ai, e kino ai koe, e hinga ai koe, a koe nā, koutou tahi ko Hūrā?"

20 Otiia kīhai a Amatia i rongo; nā te Atua hoki tēnā, kia hoatu ai rātou e ia ki te ringa o ō rātou hoariri, mō rātou i rapu tikanga i ngā atua o Ēroma. 21 Heoi, haere ana a Ioaha kīngi o Īharaira, ā, ka titiro rāua ko Amatia kīngi o Hūrā, tētahi ki te kanohi o tētahi, ki Petehemehe o Hūrā. 22 Nā, kua patua a Hūrā i te aroaro o Īharaira, ā, rere ana rātou, tēnā ki tōna tēneti, tēnā ki tōna tēneti. 23 I mau anō a Amatia kīngi o Hūrā tama a Ioaha tama a Iehoahata i a Ioaha kīngi o Īharaira ki Petehemehe, ā, kawea ana ia ki Hiruhārama, wāwāhia ana e ia te taiepa o Hiruhārama, i te Kūwaha mai anō o Ēparaima taea noatia te Kūwaha o te koki, e whā rau whatīanga. 24 Nā, ko te kōura katoa, ko te hiriwa, me ngā oko katoa i kitea ki te whare o te Atua, ki a Opere-Eroma, me ngā taonga o te whare o te kīngi, me ētahi tāngata hei taumau, tangohia ake e ia, ā, hoki ana ki Hamaria.

Te Matenga o Amatia

25 Ā, tekau mā rima ngā tau i ora ai a Amatia tama a Ioaha kīngi o Hūrā i muri i te matenga o Ioaha tama a Iehoahata kīngi o Īharaira. 26 Nā, ko ērā atu meatanga a Amatia, ō mua, me ō muri, nanā, kāhore ianei i tuhituhia ki te pukapuka o ngā kīngi o Hūrā, o Īharaira? 27 Nā, nō muri i te wā i mahue ai i a Amatia te whai i a Ihowā, ka whakatupuria he hē mōna ki Hiruhārama, ā, rere ana ia ki Rakihi. Otiia ka unga tāngata rātou ki te whai i a ia ki Rakihi, ā, whakamatea iho ia ki reira. 28 Ā, mauria ana mai i runga hōiho, tanumia ana ki te taha o ōna mātua, ki te pā o Hūrā.