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Amasyaah, Boqorkii Yahuudah

25 Oo Amasyaah markuu boqor noqday wuxuu jiray shan iyo labaatan sannadood, oo Yeruusaalem ayuu boqor ku ahaa sagaal iyo labaatan sannadood, oo hooyadiis magaceedana waxaa la odhan jiray Yehoocaddaan tii reer Yeruusaalem. Oo wuxuu sameeyey wax Rabbiga hortiisa ku qumman, laakiinse qalbi daacad ah kuma uu samayn. Oo markii boqortooyadii u xoogaysatay ayuu laayay addoommadiisii dilay boqorkii aabbihiis ahaa. Laakiinse carruurtoodii ma uu dilin, wuxuuse yeelay sida ku qoran sharcigii kitaabkii Muuse ku yiil, sidii Rabbigu amray isagoo leh, Aabbayaashu yaanay u dhiman carruurtooda, carruurtuna yaanay u dhiman aabbayaashood, laakiinse nin waluba dembigiisa ha u dhinto. Oo weliba Amasyaah wuxuu soo wada ururiyey dadkii Yahuudah oo dhan, oo wuxuu u kala hagaajiyey siday reerahoodu kala ahaayeen, oo reer Yahuudah iyo reer Benyaamiin oo dhanna wuxuu taladoodii u dhiibay saraakiil kun kun u taliya iyo kuwa boqor boqol u taliya, oo weliba wuxuu tiriyey intoodii labaatan sannadood jirtay ama ka sii weynayd, waxayna ahaayeen saddex boqol oo kun oo ah rag la doortay, oo dagaalka u bixi kara, oo wada qaadan kara waran iyo gaashaan. Oo weliba boqol kun oo nin oo ah rag xoog badan ayuu dalkii Israa'iil kaga soo kiraystay boqol talanti oo lacag ah. Laakiinse nin Ilaah baa isagii u yimid, oo wuxuu ku yidhi, Boqorow, ciidanka Israa'iil yaanay ku raacin, maxaa yeelay, Rabbigu dadka Israa'iil oo reer Efrayim ah oo dhanba lama uu jiro. Laakiinse haddaad doonayso inaad tagto, yeel, oo dagaalka ku adkow, Ilaahse wuxuu kugu tuuri doonaa cadowgaaga hortiisa, maxaa yeelay, Ilaah baa leh xoog uu wax ku caawiyo iyo mid uu wax ku tuuraba. Markaasaa Amasyaah wuxuu ku yidhi ninkii Ilaah, Haddaba sidee baannu ka yeelaynaa boqolkii talanti oo aan siiyey ciidanka Israa'iil? Kolkaasaa ninkii Ilaah u jawaabay oo ku yidhi, Rabbigu wuu awoodaa inuu ku siiyo wax intaas ka sii badan. 10 Kolkaasaa Amasyaah soocay ciidankii isaga dalka reer Efrayim uga yimid, si ay dalkoodii ugu noqdaan; sidaas daraaddeed aad bay dadkii Yahuudah ugu cadhoodeen, oo waxay dib ugu noqdeen dalkoodii iyagoo aad u xanaaqsan. 11 Markaasaa Amasyaah isdhiirrigeliyey, oo wuxuu hor kacay dadkiisii, oo tegey xagga Dooxadii Cusbada, oo reer Seciir ayuu ka laayay toban kun oo qof. 12 Oo dadkii Yahuudah toban kun oo kale oo noolnool ayay soo kaxaysteen oo keeneen Selac dusheedii, markaasay Selac dusheeda hoos uga tuureen, oo dhammaantoodna way burbureen. 13 Laakiinse raggii ciidankii ee Amasyaah dib u diray oo u diiday inay isaga dagaalka u raacaan, waxay weerar ku dhufteen magaalooyinkii dalka Yahuudah, tan iyo Samaariya iyo ilaa Beytxooroon, oo waxay ka laayeen saddex kun oo qof, oo maal badanna way ka dhaceen.

14 Haddaba markii Amasyaah ka soo noqday layntii reer Edom dabadeed ayuu keensaday ilaahyadii reer Seciir, oo wuxuu u qotonsaday inay isaga ilaahyo u ahaadaan, oo iyagii buu u sujuuday oo foox u shiday. 15 Oo sidaas daraaddeed ayaa Rabbiga cadhadiisii Amasyaah aad ugu kululaatay, markaasuu nebi u soo diray, kaasoo ku yidhi, War maxaad u doonatay dadyowga ilaahyadooda, kuwaasoo aan dadkoodii gacantaada ka samatabbixin? 16 Oo intuu isaga la hadlayay, ayaa boqorkii ku yidhi, War ma annagaa boqorka lataliyihiisii kaa dhignay? Bes, bal maxaadse u doonaysaa in lagu garaaco? Markaasaa nebigii iska daayay oo wuxuu yidhi, Waxaan ogahay in Ilaah ku talo jiro inuu ku halligo, maxaa yeelay, waxan baad samaysay, oo taladaydiina ma aadan maqlin.

17 Markaasaa Amasyaah oo ahaa boqorkii dalka Yahuudah tashaday, oo wuxuu u cid diray Yoo'aash oo ahaa ina Yehoo'aaxaas ina Yeehuu oo ahaa boqorkii dalka Israa'iil, oo wuxuu ku yidhi, Car kaalay aynu iska hor nimaadnee. 18 Kolkaasaa Yoo'aash oo ahaa boqorkii dalka Israa'iil u cid diray Amasyaah oo ahaa boqorkii dalka Yahuudah, oo wuxuu ku yidhi, Yamaaruggii Lubnaan ku yiil wuxuu u cid diray geedkii kedarka ah oo Lubnaan ku yiil, oo wuxuu ku yidhi, Gabadhaada sii wiilkaygu ha guursadee, oo waxaa halkaas soo maray bahal Lubnaan joogay, markaasuu yamaaruggii ku joogsaday. 19 Waxaad leedahay, Bal eeg, waxaan laayay reer Edom, oo sidaas daraaddeed waad isla weynaatay, waadna faanaysaa, haddaba gurigaaga iska joog. Bal maxaad belaayo isugu soo jiidaysaa oo aad adiga iyo dadka Yahuudahba u wada dhacaysaan? 20 Laakiinse Amasyaah taas wuu maqli waayay, maxaa yeelay, waxay ka timid xagga Ilaah inuu iyaga cadowgooda gacanta u geliyo, waayo, iyagu waxay doonteen ilaahyadii reer Edom. 21 Markaasuu Yoo'aash oo ahaa boqorkii dalka Israa'iil soo kacay, oo isagii iyo Amasyaah oo ahaa boqorkii dalka Yahuudah waxay iskaga hor yimaadeen Beytshemesh oo uu dadka Yahuudah leeyahay. 22 Oo dadka Israa'iil way ka adkaadeen dadka Yahuudah, oo nin waluba wuxuu u cararay teendhadiisii. 23 Oo Yoo'aash oo ahaa boqorkii dalka Israa'iil ayaa Amasyaah oo ahaa boqorkii dalka Yahuudah, kaasoo ahaa ina Yoo'aash ina Yehoo'aaxaas, ku qabtay Beytshemesh, oo intuu Yeruusaalem u soo kaxeeyey ayuu dumiyey derbigii Yeruusaalem tan iyo iriddii Efrayim iyo ilaa iriddii geeska ahayd, intaasoo ahayd afar boqol oo dhudhun. 24 Oo wuxuu qaatay dahabkii iyo lacagtii oo dhan, iyo weelashii guriga Ilaah laga helay oo Cobeed Edoom la yiil oo dhan, iyo khasnadiihii guriga boqorka, oo dadna cudhaadh ahaan buu u kaxaystay, markaasuu Samaariya ku noqday.

25 Oo Amasyaah ina Yoo'aash oo ahaa boqorkii dalka Yahuudah wuxuu noolaa shan iyo toban sannadood oo ka dambaysay dhimashadii Yoo'aash ina Yehoo'aaxaas oo ahaa boqorkii dalka Israa'iil. 26 Haddaba Amasyaah falimihiisii kale, kuwii hore iyo kuwii dambeba, sow kuma qorna kitaabkii boqorradii dalka Yahuudah iyo dalka Israa'iil? 27 Haddaba Amasyaah markuu gees uga leexday Rabbiga lasocodkiisii dabadeed shirqool bay Yeruusaalem ugu sameeyeen, markaasuu Laakiish u cararay, laakiinse Laakiish bay cid uga daba direen, oo halkaasay ku dileen. 28 Markaasay isagii fardo ku keeneen, oo awowayaashiis ayaa lagula aasay magaaladii dalka Yahuudah.

Amaziah King of Judah(A)(B)(C)

25 Amaziah was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-nine years. His mother’s name was Jehoaddan; she was from Jerusalem. He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, but not wholeheartedly.(D) After the kingdom was firmly in his control, he executed the officials who had murdered his father the king. Yet he did not put their children to death, but acted in accordance with what is written in the Law, in the Book of Moses,(E) where the Lord commanded: “Parents shall not be put to death for their children, nor children be put to death for their parents; each will die for their own sin.”[a](F)

Amaziah called the people of Judah together and assigned them according to their families to commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds for all Judah and Benjamin. He then mustered(G) those twenty years old(H) or more and found that there were three hundred thousand men fit for military service,(I) able to handle the spear and shield. He also hired a hundred thousand fighting men from Israel for a hundred talents[b] of silver.

But a man of God came to him and said, “Your Majesty, these troops from Israel(J) must not march with you, for the Lord is not with Israel—not with any of the people of Ephraim. Even if you go and fight courageously in battle, God will overthrow you before the enemy, for God has the power to help or to overthrow.”(K)

Amaziah asked the man of God, “But what about the hundred talents I paid for these Israelite troops?”

The man of God replied, “The Lord can give you much more than that.”(L)

10 So Amaziah dismissed the troops who had come to him from Ephraim and sent them home. They were furious with Judah and left for home in a great rage.(M)

11 Amaziah then marshaled his strength and led his army to the Valley of Salt, where he killed ten thousand men of Seir. 12 The army of Judah also captured ten thousand men alive, took them to the top of a cliff and threw them down so that all were dashed to pieces.(N)

13 Meanwhile the troops that Amaziah had sent back and had not allowed to take part in the war raided towns belonging to Judah from Samaria to Beth Horon. They killed three thousand people and carried off great quantities of plunder.

14 When Amaziah returned from slaughtering the Edomites, he brought back the gods of the people of Seir. He set them up as his own gods,(O) bowed down to them and burned sacrifices to them. 15 The anger of the Lord burned against Amaziah, and he sent a prophet to him, who said, “Why do you consult this people’s gods, which could not save(P) their own people from your hand?”

16 While he was still speaking, the king said to him, “Have we appointed you an adviser to the king? Stop! Why be struck down?”

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

17 After Amaziah king of Judah consulted his advisers, he sent this challenge to Jehoash[c] son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu, king of Israel: “Come, let us face each other in battle.”

18 But Jehoash king of Israel replied to Amaziah king of Judah: “A thistle(Q) in Lebanon sent a message to a cedar in Lebanon, ‘Give your daughter to my son in marriage.’ Then a wild beast in Lebanon came along and trampled the thistle underfoot. 19 You say to yourself that you have defeated Edom, and now you are arrogant and proud. But stay at home! Why ask for trouble and cause your own downfall and that of Judah also?”

20 Amaziah, however, would not listen, for God so worked that he might deliver them into the hands of Jehoash, because they sought the gods of Edom.(R) 21 So Jehoash king of Israel attacked. He and Amaziah king of Judah faced each other at Beth Shemesh in Judah. 22 Judah was routed by Israel, and every man fled to his home. 23 Jehoash king of Israel captured Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Ahaziah,[d] at Beth Shemesh. Then Jehoash brought him to Jerusalem and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the Ephraim Gate(S) to the Corner Gate(T)—a section about four hundred cubits[e] long. 24 He took all the gold and silver and all the articles found in the temple of God that had been in the care of Obed-Edom,(U) together with the palace treasures and the hostages, and returned to Samaria.

25 Amaziah son of Joash king of Judah lived for fifteen years after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel. 26 As for the other events of Amaziah’s reign, from beginning to end, are they not written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel? 27 From the time that Amaziah turned away from following the Lord, they conspired against him in Jerusalem and he fled to Lachish(V), but they sent men after him to Lachish and killed him there. 28 He was brought back by horse and was buried with his ancestors in the City of Judah.[f]

Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 25:4 Deut. 24:16
  2. 2 Chronicles 25:6 That is, about 3 3/4 tons or about 3.4 metric tons; also in verse 9
  3. 2 Chronicles 25:17 Hebrew Joash, a variant of Jehoash; also in verses 18, 21, 23 and 25
  4. 2 Chronicles 25:23 Hebrew Jehoahaz, a variant of Ahaziah
  5. 2 Chronicles 25:23 That is, about 600 feet or about 180 meters
  6. 2 Chronicles 25:28 Most Hebrew manuscripts; some Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint, Vulgate and Syriac (see also 2 Kings 14:20) David