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Jehoramu ọba Juda

21 (A)Nígbà náà Jehoṣafati sùn pẹ̀lú àwọn baba a rẹ̀, a sì sin ín pẹ̀lú wọn ní ìlú ńlá Dafidi. Jehoramu ọmọ rẹ̀ sì rọ́pò rẹ̀ gẹ́gẹ́ bí ọba. Àwọn arákùnrin Jehoramu ọmọ Jehoṣafati jẹ́ Asariah, Jehieli, Sekariah. Asariahu, Mikaeli àti Ṣefatia. Gbogbo àwọn wọ̀nyí ni àwọn ọmọ Jehoṣafati ọba Israẹli. Baba wọn ti fún wọn ní ẹ̀bùn púpọ̀ ti fàdákà àti wúrà àti àwọn ohun èlò iyebíye pẹ̀lú àwọn ìlú ààbò ní Juda, Ṣùgbọ́n, ó ti gbé ìjọba fún Jehoramu nítorí òun ni àkọ́bí ọmọkùnrin.

Jehoramu Ọba Juda

Nígbà tí Jehoramu fi ẹsẹ̀ rẹ̀ múlẹ̀ gidigidi lórí ìjọba baba a rẹ̀, ó sì fi idà pa gbogbo àwọn arákùnrin rẹ̀ pẹ̀lú àwọn ọmọbìnrin ọba Israẹli. (B)Jehoramu jẹ́ ẹni ọdún méjìlélọ́gbọ̀n nígbà tí ó di ọba, ó sì jẹ ọba ní Jerusalẹmu fún ọdún mẹ́jọ. Ó rìn ní ọ̀nà àwọn ọba Israẹli gẹ́gẹ́ bí ìdílé Ahabu ti ṣe, nítorí ó fẹ́ ọmọbìnrin Ahabu. Ó ṣe búburú lójú Olúwa. Bí ó tilẹ̀ rí bẹ́ẹ̀, nítorí tí májẹ̀mú tí Olúwa ti dá fún Dafidi kì í ṣe ìfẹ́ Olúwa láti pa ìdílé Dafidi run ó ti ṣe ìlérí láti tọ́jú fìtílà kan fún un àti àwọn àtẹ̀lé rẹ̀ títí láé.

Ní àkókò Jehoramu, Edomu ṣọ̀tẹ̀ sí Juda, wọ́n sì gbé ọba tiwọn kalẹ̀. Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni, Jehoramu lọ síbẹ̀ pẹ̀lú àwọn ìjòyè rẹ̀ àti gbogbo àwọn kẹ̀kẹ́. Àwọn ará Edomu yí i ká àti àwọn alákòóso àwọn kẹ̀kẹ́ rẹ̀. Ṣùgbọ́n ó dìde ní òru ó sì ṣẹ́gun wọn ní òru. 10 Títí di ọjọ́ òní ni Edomu ti wà ní ìṣọ̀tẹ̀ sí Juda.

Libina ṣọ̀tẹ̀ ní àkọ́kọ́ náà, nítorí tí Jehoramu ti kọ Olúwa sílẹ̀, Ọlọ́run àwọn baba a rẹ̀. 11 Òun pẹ̀lú ti kọ́ àwọn ibi gíga lórí àwọn òkè Juda. Ó sì ti fà á kí àwọn ènìyàn Jerusalẹmu ó ṣe àgbèrè pẹ̀lú ara wọn. Ó sì ti jẹ́ kí wọn ó ṣáko lọ.

12 Jehoramu gba ìwé láti ọwọ́ Elijah wòlíì, tí ó wí pé:

“Èyí ní ohun tí Olúwa, Ọlọ́run baba à rẹ Dafidi wí: ‘Ìwọ kò tí ì rìn ní ọ̀nà àwọn baba à rẹ Jehoṣafati tàbí Asa ọba Juda. 13 Ṣùgbọ́n ìwọ ti rìn ní ọ̀nà àwọn ọba Israẹli, ìwọ sì ti tọ́ Juda àti àwọn ènìyàn Jerusalẹmu láti ṣe àgbèrè sí ara wọn, gẹ́gẹ́ bí ilé Ahabu ti ṣe. Ìwọ sì ti pa àwọn arákùnrin rẹ, ẹ̀yà ara ilé baba à rẹ, àwọn ọkùnrin tí ó dára jù ọ́ lọ. 14 Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni nísinsin yìí, Ọlọ́run ti fẹ́rẹ lu àwọn ènìyàn rẹ, àwọn ọmọ rẹ, àwọn ìyàwó rẹ àti gbogbo ohun tí ó jẹ́ tìrẹ, pẹ̀lú àjàkálẹ̀-ààrùn ńlá. 15 Ìwọ tìkára yóò ṣe àárẹ̀ pẹ̀lú àìsàn lílọ́ra ti ìfun, títí tí àìsàn náà yóò fi jẹ́ kí àwọn ìfun rẹ jáde sí ìta.’ ”

16 Olúwa ru ìbínú àwọn ará Filistini àti àwọn Arabia tí wọ́n ń gbé ní ẹ̀bá àwọn ará Kuṣi sí Jehoramu. 17 Wọ́n dojú ìjà kọ Juda, wọ́n gbà á, wọ́n sì kó gbogbo ọrọ̀ tí a rí ní ilé ọba pẹ̀lú, àwọn ọmọkùnrin rẹ̀ àti àwọn ọmọkùnrin kankan kò kù sílẹ̀ fún un bí kò ṣe Ahasiah, àbíkẹ́yìn nínú àwọn ọmọ rẹ̀.

18 Lẹ́yìn gbogbo èyí, Olúwa jẹ Jehoramu ní yà pẹ̀lú ààrùn tí kò ṣe é wòsàn nínú ìfun. 19 Ní àkókò kan ní ìparí ọdún kejì, àwọn ìfun rẹ̀ jáde nítorí ààrùn náà ó sì kú nínú ìrora ńlá. Àwọn ènìyàn rẹ̀ kò dá iná láti fi bu ọlá fún un, gẹ́gẹ́ bí wọ́n ti ṣe fún àwọn baba a rẹ̀.

20 (C)Jehoramu jẹ́ ẹni ọdún méjìlélọ́gbọ̀n ní ìgbà tí ó di ọba, Ó sì jẹ ọba ní Jerusalẹmu fún ọdún mẹ́jọ. Ó kọjá lọ, kò sí ẹni tí ó kábámọ̀. A sì sin ín si ìlú ńlá ti Dafidi. Ṣùgbọ́n kì í ṣe nínú ibojì àwọn ọba.

21 Then Jehoshaphat rested with his ancestors and was buried with them in the City of David. And Jehoram(A) his son succeeded him as king. Jehoram’s brothers, the sons of Jehoshaphat, were Azariah, Jehiel, Zechariah, Azariahu, Michael and Shephatiah. All these were sons of Jehoshaphat king of Israel.[a] Their father had given them many gifts(B) of silver and gold and articles of value, as well as fortified cities(C) in Judah, but he had given the kingdom to Jehoram because he was his firstborn son.

Jehoram King of Judah(D)

When Jehoram established(E) himself firmly over his father’s kingdom, he put all his brothers(F) to the sword along with some of the officials of Israel. Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years. He followed the ways of the kings of Israel,(G) as the house of Ahab had done, for he married a daughter of Ahab.(H) He did evil in the eyes of the Lord. Nevertheless, because of the covenant the Lord had made with David,(I) the Lord was not willing to destroy the house of David.(J) He had promised to maintain a lamp(K) for him and his descendants forever.

In the time of Jehoram, Edom(L) rebelled against Judah and set up its own king. So Jehoram went there with his officers and all his chariots. The Edomites surrounded him and his chariot commanders, but he rose up and broke through by night. 10 To this day Edom has been in rebellion against Judah.

Libnah(M) revolted at the same time, because Jehoram had forsaken the Lord, the God of his ancestors. 11 He had also built high places on the hills of Judah and had caused the people of Jerusalem to prostitute themselves and had led Judah astray.

12 Jehoram received a letter from Elijah(N) the prophet, which said:

“This is what the Lord, the God of your father(O) David, says: ‘You have not followed the ways of your father Jehoshaphat or of Asa(P) king of Judah. 13 But you have followed the ways of the kings of Israel, and you have led Judah and the people of Jerusalem to prostitute themselves, just as the house of Ahab did.(Q) You have also murdered your own brothers, members of your own family, men who were better(R) than you. 14 So now the Lord is about to strike your people, your sons, your wives and everything that is yours, with a heavy blow. 15 You yourself will be very ill with a lingering disease(S) of the bowels, until the disease causes your bowels to come out.’”

16 The Lord aroused against Jehoram the hostility of the Philistines and of the Arabs(T) who lived near the Cushites. 17 They attacked Judah, invaded it and carried off all the goods found in the king’s palace, together with his sons and wives. Not a son was left to him except Ahaziah,[b] the youngest.(U)

18 After all this, the Lord afflicted Jehoram with an incurable disease of the bowels. 19 In the course of time, at the end of the second year, his bowels came out because of the disease, and he died in great pain. His people made no funeral fire in his honor,(V) as they had for his predecessors.

20 Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years. He passed away, to no one’s regret, and was buried(W) in the City of David, but not in the tombs of the kings.

Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 21:2 That is, Judah, as frequently in 2 Chronicles
  2. 2 Chronicles 21:17 Hebrew Jehoahaz, a variant of Ahaziah