King Amaziah of Judah
(2 Kings 14.2-6)1 Amaziah became king at the age of twenty-five, and he ruled in Jerusalem for twenty-nine years. His mother was Jehoaddin from Jerusalem. 2 He did what was pleasing to the Lord, but did it reluctantly. 3 As soon as he was firmly in power, he executed the officials who had murdered his father. 4 He did not, however, execute their children, but followed what the Lord had commanded in the Law of Moses: “Parents are not to be put to death for crimes committed by their children, and children are not to be put to death for crimes committed by their parents; people are to be put to death only for crimes they themselves have committed.”
War against Edom
(2 Kings 14.7)5 King Amaziah organized all the men of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin into army units, according to the clans they belonged to, and placed officers in command of units of a thousand and units of a hundred. This included all men twenty years of age or older, 300,000 in all. They were picked troops, ready for battle, skilled in using spears and shields. 6 In addition, he hired 100,000 soldiers from Israel at a cost of about four tons of silver. 7 But a prophet went to the king and said to him, “Don't take these Israelite soldiers with you. The Lord is not with these people from the Northern Kingdom. 8 You may think that they will make you stronger in battle, but it is God who has the power to give victory or defeat, and he will let your enemies defeat you.”
9 Amaziah asked the prophet, “But what about all that silver I have already paid for them?”
The prophet replied, “The Lord can give you back more than that!” 10 So Amaziah sent the hired troops away and told them to go home. At this they went home, bitterly angry with the people of Judah.
11 Amaziah summoned up his courage and led his army to Salt Valley. There they fought and killed ten thousand Edomite soldiers 12 and captured another ten thousand. They took the prisoners to the top of the cliff at the city of Sela and threw them off, so that they were killed on the rocks below.
13 Meanwhile the Israelite soldiers that Amaziah had not allowed to go into battle with him attacked the Judean cities between Samaria and Beth Horon, killed three thousand men, and captured quantities of loot.
14 When Amaziah returned from defeating the Edomites, he brought their idols back with him, set them up, worshiped them, and burned incense to them. 15 This made the Lord angry, so he sent a prophet to Amaziah. The prophet demanded, “Why have you worshiped foreign gods that could not even save their own people from your power?”
16 “Since when,” Amaziah interrupted, “have we made you adviser to the king? Stop talking, or I'll have you killed!”
The prophet stopped, but not before saying, “Now I know that God has decided to destroy you because you have done all this and have ignored my advice.”
War against Israel
(2 Kings 14.8-20)17 King Amaziah of Judah and his advisers plotted against Israel. He then sent a message to King Jehoash of Israel, who was the son of Jehoahaz and grandson of Jehu, challenging him to fight. 18 Jehoash sent this answer to Amaziah: “Once a thorn bush in the Lebanon Mountains sent a message to a cedar: ‘Give your daughter in marriage to my son.’ A wild animal passed by and trampled the bush down. 19 Now Amaziah, you boast that you have defeated the Edomites, but I advise you to stay at home. Why stir up trouble that will only bring disaster on you and your people?”
20 But Amaziah refused to listen. It was God's will for Amaziah to be defeated, because he had worshiped the Edomite idols. 21 So King Jehoash of Israel went into battle against King Amaziah of Judah. They met at Beth Shemesh in Judah, 22 the Judean army was defeated, and the soldiers fled to their homes. 23 Jehoash captured Amaziah and took him to Jerusalem. There he tore down the city wall from Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate, a distance of two hundred yards. 24 He took back to Samaria as loot all the gold and silver in the Temple, the Temple equipment guarded by the descendants of Obed Edom, and the palace treasures. He also took hostages with him.
25 King Amaziah of Judah outlived King Jehoash of Israel by fifteen years. 26 All the other things that Amaziah did from the beginning to the end of his reign are recorded in The History of the Kings of Judah and Israel. 27 Ever since the time when he rebelled against the Lord, there had been a plot against him in Jerusalem. Finally he fled to the city of Lachish, but his enemies followed him there and killed him. 28 His body was carried to Jerusalem on a horse, and he was buried in the royal tombs in David's City.
Mambo Amaziya we Juda
(2 Bomambo 14:2-6)1 Amaziya wakatangisa kubusa ana makole ali makumi mabili ana mashanu (25), wakabusa makole ali makumi mabili ana ali zhanalume (29) mu Jerusalema. Zina la mmeyabe lakabe liyi Jehodani bedwa ku Jerusalema. 2 Ngono Amaziya wakashinga bubuya mbeli kwa Yahwe koga asingashinge nge moyo uwe wose. 3 Ngono wakati koga atjisima mu bushe kabulaya makombgwa akabe abulaya mambo ibo tate babe. 4 Koga aazobulaya bana babo koga sekwa kwakakwagwa mu nlayo wa Mushe pa Yahwe pabakalaula beti, “Botate abatobulayigwa milandu ye bana babo ne bana abatobulayigwa milandu ya botate babo. Koga nthu mmwe ne mmwe unofila tjibi tjitje.”
Ngwa ne Baedomu
(2 Bomambo 14:7)5 Amaziya wakakubunganya balume be Juda ngono kababiga nge misha ya botate babo bali pasi kwe balauli be bali tjiwulu (1 000) ne bebali zana (100) be Bajuda bose ne be Bhenjamini. Ngono kabala ibabo bakabe bana makole ali makumi mabili ne kuyenda pezhugwi ngono kawana ili kuti bakabe bali zwiwulu zwili mazana matatu (300 000) e balume bakabe bakalizanila ngwa, betubula bhata thumo ne dati. 6 Pezhugwi kwa ibabo katapa babhayani bamwe bali zwiwulu zwili zana ling'ompela (100 000) bedwa mu Iziraela bakahiriwa nge talenta dze siliva dzili zana (100). 7 Koga nlume we Ndzimu kazha kuna mambo kaswika eti, “Mambo, babhayani be Baiziraela basitongo yenda namwi ku ngwa, ngobe Yahwe abatebalimile ne Baiziraela nanga ibo Baifureimi. 8 Nenguba mungayenda munogwa makasima ku ngwa, Ndzimu unowomukunda mbeli kwe zwita zwenyu. Ndzimu ndiwo unopa kukunda ne kukundiwa.”
9 Amaziya kabhuzwa nlume we Ndzimu eti, “Ndithame tjini ngono nge talenta dze siliva dzili zana dzandapa babhayani be Baiziraela kene?”
Nlume we Ndzimu kashandula eti, “Yahwe banotubula kukupa kupinda ikoku.” 10 Ndizo Amaziya kadwa babhayani bakabe batapiwa kuti babgwilile ku mizi yabo. Ngono bakabgwilila ku mizi yabo bali zhele bushongola kwazo nge kwe balume be Bajuta.
11 Amaziya kasimisa moyo ngono katungamila bathu babe ngono bakayenda ku Nkuku we Mwenyu ngono bakabulaya balume be babhayani be Seiri bali zwiwulu zwili gumi (10 000), 12 bakatapa bamwe bali zwiwulu zwili gumi (10 000) betjila ngono bakabatola bakabatathisa shongwe bakati babe pezhugwi kwe shongwe bakabasundila pasi bakanowila pasi bakasala bali zwitibhutibhu.
13 Kwakati kutjakajalo balume be babhayani bakashandusiwa ndi Amaziya kuti basitongo yenda naye ku ngwa bakanonginilila mizi mikulu ye Juda kudwa mu Samariya kunoti ku Bhetihoroni ngono bakabulaya bathu bali zwiwulu zwili zwitatu (3 000) ngono bakatapa thundu isishoma.
14 Ngono Amaziya wakati ebuya kugwa ne Baedomu kazha akasenga midzimu ye bathu be Seiri kaibiga kube midzimu iye ngono kaithigamila kaidusila zwibhayilo. 15 Ngono ikoku kwakathama kuti Yahwe bazhale bushongola ngono bakatuma nlebesambeli kuna Amaziya ngono kaswika kan'dwa kati, “Ini uthigamila midzimu ya kong'wa ne tjidza bathu bayo mu simba lilo kene?”
16 Koga wakati atjalebeleka Amaziya kangina mu nlomo kandwa kati, “Gala takakubiga lini kuti ube nkumbuludzi wedu? Uti tuu, ausingashake lufu gugo!”
Ndizo nlebesambeli kanyalala koga kansiya ne dama linoti, “Ndoziba kuti Ndzimu wakazwimisila kukubulaya ngobe wakathama kose ikoku kakale walamba gumbuludzo langu.”
Ngwa ye Baiziraela
(2 Bomambo 14:8-20)17 Ipapo kukati limwe zhuba Amaziya awana gumbuludzo katumila dama kuna Joashi nkololo wa Jehoahazi, Jehoahazi ali nkololo wa Jehu, mambo we Iziraela kati, “Buya tilingisane.” 18 Joashi mambo we Iziraela kashandula Amaziya mambo we Juda eti, “Kwakati tjimwe tjibaka denjana le mihwa ku Lebanoni likatumila dama ku nsida we Lebanoni liti, ‘Lobodza nkololo wangu nkololokadzi uwo, kukati kutjakajalo kukapinda tjibandana tjikatshamba denjana le mihwa. 19 Ngwenu wakakunda Edomu dumbu, ndizo wali uzwikudza. Gala ku ng'umba iyo, ngobe kobhatshani kuzwidanila mbatsha iwe ne bathu babo kene.’ ”
20 Koga Amaziya kasiteedze, ngobe kwakabe kuli kuda kwe Ndzimu kuti Amaziya alongwe mu maboko e zwita zwizwe ngoti wakabe wonamata midzimu ye Baedomu. 21 Ndizo Joashi mambo we Iziraela kamilika kayenda kunolingisana na Amaziya mambo we Juda mu ngwa ku Bhetishemeshi mu Juda. 22 Ngono Juda kakundiwa ne Iziraela, kwakati balume bose bakatizhila ku mizi yabo. 23 Joashi mambo we Iziraela wakatapa Amaziya mambo we Juda, nkololo wa Joashi, nkololo wa Ahaziya ku Bhetishemeshi ngono kan'yisa ku Jerusalema, ngono kaswika kaliga guma le Jerusalema kazhula nkoba ungabe thambo dzili mazana mabili (200), kudwa pa nkoba we Ifureimi kunoti ku nkoba uku ndzibo. 24 Katola golide ne siliva yose ne zwija zose zwaakawana mu Ng'umba ye Ndzimu ne fumwa yaakawana mu ng'umba ya mambo yakabe yakalindiwa ne zwizekugwana zwa Obediedomu, katapa kose ne bathu ngono kabgwilila ku Samariya.
25 Mambo Amaziya nkololo wa Joashi mambo we Juda wakatjila makole ali gumi lina mashanu (15) shule kwe lufu gwa Joashi nkololo wa Jehoahazi wakabe ali mambo we Iziraela. 26 Mishingo yose ya Amaziya kudwa mu kutangisa kunoti ku bupelo gwe mbuso uwe yakakwagwa mu Thawu dza Bomambo be Juda ne Iziraela. 27 Kudwa tjose tjibaka tjaakapandukila Yahwe bakanlukila gwanga mu Jerusalema. Kwakati kubupelo katizhila ku nzi nkulu we Lakhishi koga zwita zwizwe zwikantobela ngono zwikambulaila ko. 28 Itumbu tjitje tjakasengegwa ku Jerusalema nge mbizi ngono kanobiganyiwa ku zwikumbu zwa bomambo ku nzi nkulu wa Dafite.