2 Reis 9

1 Elisha the prophet called one of the sons of the prophets, and said to him, "Put your belt on your waist, take this vial of oil in your hand, and go to Ramoth Gilead. 2 When you come there, find Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi, and go in and make him rise up from among his brothers, and take him to an inner room. 3 Then take the vial of oil, and pour it on his head, and say, ‘Yahweh says, "I have anointed you king over Israel."’ Then open the door, flee, and don’t wait."

4 So the young man, the young prophet, went to Ramoth Gilead. 5 When he came, behold, the captains of the army were sitting. Then he said, "I have a message for you, captain."

Jehu said, "To which one of us?"

He said, "To you, O captain." 6 He arose, and went into the house. Then he poured the oil on his head, and said to him, "Yahweh, the God of Israel, says, ‘I have anointed you king over the people of Yahweh, even over Israel. 7 You must strike your master Ahab’s house, that I may avenge the blood of my servants the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of Yahweh, at the hand of Jezebel. 8 For the whole house of Ahab will perish. I will cut off from Ahab everyone who urinates against a wall,*9:8 or, male both him who is shut up and him who is left at large in Israel. 9 I will make Ahab’s house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah. 10 The dogs will eat Jezebel on the plot of ground of Jezreel, and there shall be no one to bury her.’" Then he opened the door and fled.

11 When Jehu came out to the servants of his lord and one said to him, "Is all well? Why did this madman come to you?"

He said to them, "You know the man and how he talks."

12 They said, "That is a lie. Tell us now."

He said, "He said to me, ‘Yahweh says, I have anointed you king over Israel.’"

13 Then they hurried, and each man took his cloak, 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 defending Ramoth Gilead, he and all Israel, because of Hazael king of Syria; 15 but King Joram had returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him when he fought with Hazael king of Syria.) Jehu said, "If this is your thinking, then let no one escape and go 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. Ahaziah king of Judah had 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."

Joram said, "Take a horseman, and send to meet them, and let him say, ‘Is it peace?’"

18 So one went on horseback to meet him, and said, "the king says, ‘Is it peace?’"

Jehu said, "What do you have to do with peace? Fall in behind me!"

The watchman said, "The messenger came to them, but he isn’t coming back."

19 Then he sent out a second on horseback, who came to them and said, "The king says, ‘Is it peace?’"

Jehu answered, "What do you have to do with peace? Fall in behind me!"

20 The watchman said, "He came to them, and isn’t coming back. The driving is like the driving of Jehu the son of Nimshi, for he drives furiously."

21 Joram said, "Get ready!"

They got his chariot ready. Then 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 on Naboth the Jezreelite’s land. 22 When Joram saw Jehu, he said, "Is it peace, Jehu?"

He answered, "What peace, so long as the prostitution of your mother Jezebel and her witchcraft abound?"

23 Joram turned his hands and fled, and said to Ahaziah, "This is treason, Ahaziah!"

24 Jehu drew his bow with his full strength, and struck Joram between his arms; and the arrow went out at his heart, and he sunk down in his chariot. 25 Then Jehu said to Bidkar his captain, "Pick him up, and throw him in the plot of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite; for remember how, when you and I rode together after Ahab his father, Yahweh laid this burden on him: 26 ‘Surely I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth, and the blood of his sons,’ says Yahweh; ‘and I will repay you in this plot of ground,’ says Yahweh. Now therefore take and cast him onto the plot of ground, according to Yahweh’s word."

27 But when Ahaziah the king of Judah saw this, he fled by the way of the garden house. Jehu followed after him, and said, "Strike him also in the chariot!" They struck him at the ascent of Gur, which is by Ibleam. He fled to Megiddo, and died there. 28 His servants carried him in a chariot to Jerusalem, and buried him in his tomb with his fathers in David’s city. 29 In the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab, Ahaziah began to reign over Judah.

30 When Jehu had come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it; and she painted her eyes, and adorned her head, and looked out at the window. 31 As Jehu entered in at the gate, she said, "Do you come in peace, Zimri, you murderer of your master?"

32 He lifted up his face to the window, and said, "Who is on my side? Who?"

Two or three eunuchs looked out at him.

33 He said, "Throw her down!"

So they threw her down; and some of her blood was sprinkled on the wall, and on the horses. Then he trampled her under foot. 34 When he had come in, he ate and drank. Then he said, "See now to this cursed woman, and bury her; for she is a king’s daughter."

35 They went to bury her, but they found no more of her than the skull, the feet, and the palms of her hands. 36 Therefore they came back, and told him.

He said, "This is Yahweh’s word, which he spoke by his servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying, ‘The dogs will eat the flesh of Jezebel on the plot of Jezreel, 37 and the body of Jezebel will be as dung on the surface of the field on Jezreel’s land, so that they won’t say, "This is Jezebel."’"

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.’ "