2 Reis 14

1 In the second year of Joash, son of Joahaz, king of Israel, Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah began to reign. 2 He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jehoaddin of Jerusalem. 3 He did that which was right in Yahweh’s eyes, yet not like David his father. He did according to all that Joash his father had done. 4 However the high places were not taken away. The people still sacrificed and burned incense in the high places. 5 As soon as the kingdom was established in his hand, he killed his servants who had slain the king his father, 6 but the children of the murderers he didn’t put to death, according to that which is written in the book of the law of Moses, as Yahweh commanded, saying, "The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, nor the children be put to death for the fathers; but every man shall die for his own sin."

7 He killed ten thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt, and took Sela by war, and called its name Joktheel, to this day. 8 Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, "Come, let’s look one another in the face."

9 Jehoash the 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 wife.’ Then a wild animal that was in Lebanon passed by, and trampled down the thistle. 10 You have indeed struck Edom, and your heart has lifted you up. Enjoy the glory of it, and stay at home; for why should you meddle to your harm, that you fall, even you, and Judah with you?"

11 But Amaziah would not listen. So Jehoash 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. 12 Judah was defeated by Israel; and each man fled to his tent. 13 Jehoash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Jehoash the son of Ahaziah, at Beth Shemesh and came to Jerusalem, then broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim to the corner gate, four hundred cubits.*14:13 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. 14 He took all the gold and silver and all the vessels that were found in Yahweh’s house and in the treasures of the king’s house, the hostages also, and returned to Samaria.

15 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoash which he did, and his might, and how he fought with Amaziah king of Judah, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? 16 Jehoash slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel; and Jeroboam his son reigned in his place.

17 Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz, king of Israel, fifteen years. 18 Now the rest of the acts of Amaziah, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? 19 They made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish; but they sent after him to Lachish and killed him there. 20 They brought him on horses, and he was buried at Jerusalem with his fathers in David’s city.

21 All the people of Judah took Azariah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in the place of his father Amaziah. 22 He built Elath and restored it to Judah. After that the king slept with his fathers.

23 In the fifteenth year of Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah, Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel began to reign in Samaria for forty-one years. 24 He did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight. He didn’t depart from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, with which he made Israel to sin. 25 He restored the border of Israel from the entrance of Hamath to the sea of the Arabah, according to Yahweh, the God of Israel’s word, which he spoke by his servant Jonah the son of Amittai, the prophet, who was from Gath Hepher. 26 For Yahweh saw the affliction of Israel, that it was very bitter for all, slave and free; and there was no helper for Israel. 27 Yahweh didn’t say that he would blot out the name of Israel from under the sky; but he saved them by the hand of Jeroboam the son of Joash. 28 Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, and all that he did, and his might, how he fought, and how he recovered Damascus, and Hamath, which had belonged to Judah, for Israel, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? 29 Jeroboam slept with his fathers, even with the kings of Israel; and Zechariah his son reigned in his place.

Ko Kīngi Amatia o Hūrā

1 Nō te rua o ngā tau o Ioaha tama a Iehoahata kīngi o Īharaira i kīngi ai a Amatia tama a Ioaha kīngi o Hūrā. 2 E rua tekau mā rima ōna tau i a ia ka kīngi nei, ā, e rua tekau mā iwa ngā tau i kīngi ai ia ki Hiruhārama. Ko te ingoa hoki o tōna whaea ko Iehoarana, nō Hiruhārama. 3 Ā, he tika tāna mahi ki te titiro a Ihowā, otiia kīhai i rite ki tā tōna tupuna, ki tā Rāwiri. Rite tonu tāna mahi ki ngā mea katoa i mea ai tōna pāpā a Ioaha. 4 Ko ngā wāhi tiketike ia kāhore i whakakāhoretia; i patu whakahere tonu anō te iwi, i tahu whakakakara ki ngā wāhi tiketike.

5 Ā, nō te ūnga o te kīngitanga ki tōna ringa, ka patua e ia āna tāngata, nāna rā i patu te kīngi, tōna pāpā. 6 Ko ngā tamariki ia a ngā kaikōhuru kīhai i whakamatea e ia, kia rite ai ki te mea i tuhituhia ki te Pukapuka o te Ture a Mohi, ki tā Ihowā hoki i whakahau ai, i kī ai, "Kaua e whakamatea ngā mātua mō tā ngā tamariki, kaua anō hoki e whakamatea ngā tamariki mō tā ngā mātua; engari mate iho tēnei, tēnei, mō tōna hara ake."

7 I patua e ia o ngā Ēromi ki te Raorao Tote tekau ngā mano, ā, riro ana i a ia a Hera i te whawhai, ā, huaina iho e ia te ingoa ko Iokoteere, e mau nei ā taea noatia tēnei rā.

8 Kātahi a Amatia ka unga tāngata ki a Iehoaha tama a Iehoahata tama a Iehu kīngi o Īharaira, ka mea, "Haere mai, tāua ka titiro ki a tāua."

9 Nā, ka unga tāngata a Iehoaha kīngi o Īharaira ki a Amatia kīngi o Hūrā, hei mea: "I unga tāngata te tātarāmoa i Repanōna ki te hīta i Repanōna, i mea, ‘Hōmai tāu tamāhine hei wahine mā tāku tama.’ Nā, ko te haerenga atu o tētahi kararehe o te pārae i Repanōna, takahia iho e ia taua tātarāmoa. 10 He tika i patua e koe a Ēroma, ā, hikitia ana koe e tōu ngākau; ko tēnā hei whakapehapeha māu, ka noho i tōu whare. He aha koe ka whakapātaritari ai, hei kino anō mōu, e hinga ai koe, a koe me Hūrā?"

11 Otiia kīhai a Amatia i rongo. Nā, haere ana a Iehoaha kīngi o Īharaira, ā, titiro ana rāua ko Amatia kīngi o Hūrā ki a rāua ki Petehemehe o Hūrā. 12 Nā, ka patua a Hūrā i te aroaro o Īharaira, ā, rere ana ki tōna tēneti, ki tōna tēneti. 13 Nā, ka hopukia a Amatia kīngi o Hūrā tama a Iehoaha, tama a Ahatia, e Iehoaha kīngi o Īharaira ki Petehemehe.

Nā, ka haere tērā ki Hiruhārama, wāhia ana e ia te taiepa o Hiruhārama i te Kūwaha o Ēparaima tae noa ki te Kūwaha o te Koki, e whā rau ngā whatīanga. 14 Tangohia ake hoki e ia te kōura katoa me te hiriwa, me ngā oko katoa i kitea ki te whare o Ihowā, ki ngā taonga o te whare o te kīngi, me ētahi tāngata hei taumau i te āta noho, ā, hoki ana ki Hamaria.

15 Nā, ko ērā atu meatanga i mea ai a Iehoaha me āna mahi toa, me tāna whawhai ki a Amatia kīngi o Hūrā, kāhore ianei i tuhituhia ki te Pukapuka o ngā meatanga o Ngā Rā o Ngā Kīngi o Īharaira? 16 Nā, ka moe a Iehoaha ki ōna mātua, ā, tanumia ana ki Hamaria ki ngā kīngi o Īharaira; ā, ko tāna tama, ko Ieropoama te kīngi i muri i a ia.

Te Matenga o Kīngi Amatia

17 Ā, kotahi tekau mā rima ngā tau i ora ai a Amatia tama a Ioaha kīngi o Hūrā i muri i te matenga o Iehoaha tama a Iehoahata kīngi o Īharaira. 18 Nā, ko ērā atu meatanga a Amatia, kāhore ianei i tuhituhia ki te Pukapuka o ngā meatanga o Ngā Rā o Ngā Kīngi o Hūrā?

19 Nā, ka whakatupu rātou i te hē mōna ki Hiruhārama; ā, rere ana ia ki Rakihi. Otiia, i tonoa e rātou he tāngata ki te whai i a ia ki Rakihi, ā, patua iho ia ki reira. 20 Nā, mauria ana ia i runga hōiho, ā, tanumia ana ki Hiruhārama ki ōna mātua ki te pā o Rāwiri.

21 Nā, ka mau te iwi katoa o Hūrā ki a Atāria, tekau mā ono ōna tau, ā, meinga ana ia e rātou hei kīngi i muri i tōna pāpā, i a Amatia. 22 Nāna Erata i hanga, i whakahoki anō ki a Hūrā, i muri iho ka moe te kīngi ki ōna mātua.

Ko Kīngi Ieropoama te Tuarua o Īharaira

23 Nō te tekau mā rima o ngā tau o Amatia tama a Ioaha kīngi o Hūrā i kīngi ai a Ieropoama tama a Ioaha kīngi o Īharaira ki Hamaria, e whā tekau mā tahi ngā tau i kīngi ai ia. 24 Ā, he kino tāna mahi ki te titiro a Ihowā; kīhai i mahue i a ia tētahi hara o Ieropoama tama a Nēpata i hara ai a Īharaira 25 Nāna i whakahoki te rohe o Īharaira, i te haerenga atu ki Hāmata ā tae noa ki te moana o te Arapaha; i rite ai te kupu a Ihowā, a te Atua o Īharaira, arā tā tāna pononga, tā Hona poropiti tama a Amitai o Katahewhere i kōrero ai.

26 I kite hoki a Ihowā i te tūkinotanga o Īharaira, he kino rawa; kīhai tētahi i tūtakina ki roto, i mahue noa atu rānei, kāhore hoki he kaiwhakaora mō Īharaira. 27 Kīhai hoki a Ihowā i kī kia horoia atu te ingoa o Īharaira i raro i te rangi; engari i meinga e ia kia whakaorangia rātou e te ringa o Ieropoama tama a Ioaha.

28 Nā, ko ērā atu meatanga a Ieropoama me āna mahi katoa, me āna mahi toa, āna whawhai, tāna whakahokinga i Ramahiku, i Hāmata, nō Hūrā rā i mua, ki a Īharaira, kīhai ianei i tuhituhia ki te Pukapuka o ngā meatanga o Ngā Rā o Ngā Kīngi o Īharaira? 29 Nā, ka moe a Ieropoama ki ōna mātua, ki ngā kīngi o Īharaira; ā, ko tāna tama, ko Hakaraia, te kīngi i muri i a ia.