2 Reis 11

1 Now when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the royal offspring. 2 But Jehosheba, the daughter of King Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him away from among the king’s sons who were slain, even him and his nurse, and put them in the bedroom; and they hid him from Athaliah, so that he was not slain. 3 He was with her hidden in Yahweh’s house six years while Athaliah reigned over the land.

4 In the seventh year Jehoiada sent and fetched the captains over hundreds of the Carites and of the guard, and brought them to him into Yahweh’s house; and he made a covenant with them, and made a covenant with them in Yahweh’s house, and showed them the king’s son. 5 He commanded them, saying, "This is what you must do: a third of you, who come in on the Sabbath, shall be keepers of the watch of the king’s house; 6 a third of you shall be at the gate Sur; and a third of you at the gate behind the guard. So you shall keep the watch of the house, and be a barrier. 7 The two companies of you, even all who go out on the Sabbath, shall keep the watch of Yahweh’s house around the king. 8 You shall surround the king, every man with his weapons in his hand; and he who comes within the ranks, let him be slain. Be with the king when he goes out, and when he comes in."

9 The captains over hundreds did according to all that Jehoiada the priest commanded; and they each took his men, those who were to come in on the Sabbath with those who were to go out on the Sabbath, and came to Jehoiada the priest. 10 The priest delivered to the captains over hundreds the spears and shields that had been King David’s, which were in Yahweh’s house. 11 The guard stood, every man with his weapons in his hand, from the right side of the house to the left side of the house, along by the altar and the house, around the king. 12 Then he brought out the king’s son, and put the crown on him, and gave him the covenant; and they made him king and anointed him; and they clapped their hands, and said, "Long live the king!"

13 When Athaliah heard the noise of the guard and of the people, she came to the people into Yahweh’s house; 14 and she looked, and behold, the king stood by the pillar, as the tradition was, with the captains and the trumpets by the king; and all the people of the land rejoiced, and blew trumpets. Then Athaliah tore her clothes and cried, "Treason! Treason!"

15 Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains of hundreds who were set over the army, and said to them, "Bring her out between the ranks. Kill anyone who follows her with the sword." For the priest said, "Don’t let her be slain in Yahweh’s house." 16 So they seized her; and she went by the way of the horses’ entry to the king’s house, and she was slain there.

17 Jehoiada made a covenant between Yahweh and the king and the people, that they should be Yahweh’s people; also between the king and the people. 18 All the people of the land went to the house of Baal, and broke it down. They broke his altars and his images in pieces thoroughly, and killed Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. The priest appointed officers over Yahweh’s house. 19 He took the captains over hundreds, and the Carites, and the guard, and all the people of the land; and they brought down the king from Yahweh’s house, and came by the way of the gate of the guard to the king’s house. He sat on the throne of the kings. 20 So all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was quiet. They had slain Athaliah with the sword at the king’s house.

21 Jehoash was seven years old when he began to reign.

Kuīni Atāria o Hūrā

1 Nā, i te kitenga o Atāria whaea o Ahatia kua mate tāna tama, whakatika ana ia, whakamōtītia iho ngā uri kīngi katoa. 2 Otiia i mau a Iehōhepa, tamāhine a Kīngi Iorama, tuahine o Ahatia ki a Ioaha tama a Ahatia, kāhakina atu ana e ia i roto i ngā tama a te kīngi i whakamatea rā, rāua ko tōna kaihiki, ā, kawea ana ki te whare moenga; ā, hunā ana ia e rātou i a Atāria, i kore ai ia e whakamatea. 3 Nā, i taua wahine ia i roto i te whare o Ihowā e piri ana, e ono ngā tau; ā, ko Atāria te kuīni o te whenua.

Ka Whakawahia e Iehoiara te Tama Iehoaha

4 Nā, i te whitu o ngā tau ka unga tāngata a Iehoiara ki te tiki i ngā rangatira rau, o ngā Kāriti, o ngā kaitiaki kīngi, ā, mauria ana mai rātou ki a ia ki roto ki te whare o Ihowā. Nā, ka whakarite kawenata ia ki a rātou, ka whakaoati i a rātou i roto i te whare o Ihowā, ā, whakakitea ana e ia te tama a te kīngi ki a rātou. 5 Nā, ka whakahau ia i a rātou, ka mea, "Ko tēnei tā koutou mea e mea ai: Ko te toru o ngā wehenga o koutou, o te hunga e haere ki roto i te hāpati, hei tiaki i te whare o te kīngi 6 (ko tētahi o ngā wehenga e toru hei te Kūwaha o Huru; ā, ko tētahi o ngā wehenga hei te kūwaha i muri i ngā kaitiaki kīngi), mā tēnā koutou e tiaki ai i te whare, hei ārai atu. 7 Nā, kia rua ngā matua o koutou, ko te hunga e haere ana ki waho i te hāpati, hei tiaki i te whare o Ihowā i waho ake o te kīngi. 8 Nā, me karapoti e koutou te kīngi ā tawhio noa, ko ngā patu a tēnā, a tēnā ki tōna ringa; ā, ko te tangata e haere mai ki roto i ngā rārangi, me whakamate. Ā, hei te taha tonu koutou o te kīngi i tōna haerenga atu, i tōna haerenga mai."

9 Nā, ka meatia e ngā rangatira rau ngā mea katoa i whakahaua e Iehoiara tohunga; ā, ka mau rātou ki āna tāngata, ki āna tāngata, ki ngā mea e haere ana ki roto i te hāpati, ki te hunga hoki e haere ana ki waho i te hāpati, ā, haere ana ki a Iehoiara tohunga. 10 Ā, i hoatu e te tohunga ki ngā rangatira rau ngā tao me ngā whakapuru tao a Kīngi Rāwiri; i roto hoki aua mea i te whare o Ihowā. 11 Nā, tū ana ngā kaitiaki kīngi, me ā rātou patu i te ringa o tēnei, o tēnei i te koki ki matau o te whare, tae noa ki te koki ki mauī o te whare, i ngā taha o te āta, o te whare, ā, karapoti noa i te kīngi.

12 Kātahi ka whakaputaina mai e ia te tama a te kīngi, pōtaea iho te karauna ki a ia, ā, hoatu ana ki a ia te whakaaturanga; nā, whakakīngitia ana ia e rātou, whakawahia ana; nā, kei te pakipaki i ō rātou ringa, me te karanga anō, "Kia ora te kīngi!"

Te Matenga o Atāria

13 Ā, i te rongonga o Atāria i te reo o ngā kaitiaki rātou ko te iwi, ka haere ia ki te iwi ki te whare o Ihowā. 14 Heoi, ka titiro ia, nā, ko te kīngi e tū ana i te taha o te pou, ko te tikanga hoki tērā, me ngā rangatira rātou ko ngā kaiwhakatangi tētere i te taha o te kīngi; ā, ko te iwi katoa o te whenua e koa ana, e whakatangi ana i ngā tētere. Kātahi a Atāria ka haehae i ōna kākahu, ka karanga, "He hē! He hē, te whakatakotoria nei!"

15 Nā, ka whakahau a Iehoiara tohunga ki ngā rangatira rau, ki ngā kaitohutohu i te ope, ka mea ki a rātou: "Kawea mai ia ki waenga i ngā rārangi; ko te tangata hoki e haere ana i muri i a ia me patu ki te hoari." I kī hoki te tohunga, "Kaua ia e whakamatea i roto i te whare o Ihowā." 16 Heoi, whakawāteatia ana e rātou he ara mōna; ā, haere ana ia i te huarahi e haere ai ngā hōiho ki te whare o te kīngi; ā, whakamatea iho ki reira.

Ngā Hanganga Hou a Iehoiara

17 Nā, ka whakaritea e Iehoiara he kawenata, he mea nā Ihowā, ki te kīngi rātou ko te iwi, kia meinga rātou hei iwi mā Ihowā; he mea hoki nā te kīngi ki te iwi. 18 Nā, haere ana te iwi katoa o taua whenua ki te whare o Paara, wāhia iho e rātou; ko āna āta, ko ōna āhua i wāhia e rātou, mongamonga noa, patua iho hoki e rātou a Matana tohunga o Paara ki te ritenga atu o ngā āta.

I whakaritea hoki e te tohunga he kaitirotiro mō te whare o Ihowā. 19 I mauria hoki e ia ngā rangatira rau, rātou ko ngā Kāriti, ko ngā kaitiaki kīngi, me te iwi katoa o te whenua; nā, kawea iho ana e rātou te kīngi ki raro i te whare o Ihowā, ā, haere ana nā te huarahi ki te kūwaha o ngā kaitiaki ki te whare o te kīngi. Nā, noho ana ia i runga i te torōna o ngā kīngi. 20 Heoi, koa katoa ana te iwi o te whenua, ā, mārie noa iho te pā; ā, whakamatea ana e rātou a Atāria ki te hoari i te whare o te kīngi.

21 E whitu ngā tau o Iehoaha i a ia ka kīngi nei.