1 Jehoshafati kafa katobela botate babe kabiganyiwa pakabiganyiwa bobatategulu babe mu nzi nkulu wa Dafite ngono Jehoramu nkololo uwe kabe iye inobusa.
Mambo Jehoramu we Jeda
(2 Bomambo 8:17-24)2 Jehoramu wakabe ana banung'una, bali bakololo ba Jehoshafati ibo bakabe bali bo Azariya na Jehiele na Zakhariya na Azariya na Mikaele na Shefatiya, bose ibaba bali bakololo ba Jehoshafati mambo we Juda. 3 Tate babo bakabapa zwipo zwili zwinjinji kwazo zwe golide ne siliva ne zwimwe zwe ntengo upezhugwi kushangana ne matizhilo e mizi mikulu ye Juda koga kapa Jehoramu bushe ngoti wakabe ali iye mbano. 4 Ngono Jehoramu kati asinotola itulo muna tate babe atjisima mutjili kabulaya banung'una babe bose nge thumo ne mamwe makombgwa e Iziraela.
5 Jehoramu wakatangisa busa ana makole ali makumi matatu ana mabili (32), ngono wakabusa mu Jerusalema makole ali zhanakadzi. 6 Jehoramu wakatshambabo pakatshamba bomambo be Iziraela be nsha wa Ahabu, ngoti wakabe akalobola nkololokadzi wa Ahabu. Jehoramu kathama mbipo mbeli kwa Yahwe. 7 Nenguba kwakajalo Yahwe bakabe basingade kulobesa ludzi gwa Dafite, ngekwe tjidumano tjabakathama na Dafite, se bakabe ban'gadzabgwe kuti zwizekugwana zwizwe zowodwilila zwibusa nge kusingapele kose. 8 Mu misi ye mbuso wa Jehoramu, Baedomu bakapandukila Juda, bakazwibigila mambo wabo. 9 Ipapo Jehoramu kapinda ne balauli babe ne koloyi dzidze dzose dze ngwa bakamuka busiku bakanginilila Baedomu bakabe bakomba Jehoramu ne balauli babe be koloyi dze ngwa bakababulaya. 10 Ndizo tjinga kudwa ipapo Baedomu bakapandukila mbuso we Juda kuswikila nasi. Mu misi iyeyo zwayo Libina na iyobo ikapanduka ngobe wakabe afupatila Yahwe Ndzimu wa bobatategulu babe. 11 Pezhugwi kwa ipapo wakabaka magalo anothigamigwa midzimu mu shango ye matombo ye Juda ngono katungamilila bathu be Jerusalema mukusagalikabgwe ngono kathama kuti Juda ilashike.
12 Ngono kukazha lukwalo kuna Jehoramu gudwa kuna Elija nlebesambeli guti, “Koleba Yahwe Ndzimu wa Dafite tate babo bakati, ‘Ngobe auzotobela zila dza Jehoshafati tate babo kene dza Asa mambo we Juda. 13 Koga wakatobela zila dza bomambo be Iziraela kakale wakatungamilila bathu be Juda ne be Jerusalema mu kusagalikabgwe koga se ng'umba ya Ahabu yakatungamilila Iziraela mu kusagalikabgwe kakale wakabulaya banung'una babo, bana be nsha wa tate babo ibo bakabe beyita mukuli. 14 Ndizo ngwenu Yahwe babe pejo ne kukuloba bathu babo ne bana babo ne bakadzi babo ne thundu iyo yose, 15 ngono iwe unowogwala kwakabangalala ugwadziwa nge bugwele gwe mabula kudza bugwele igogu guthama kuti mabula awo abhudile kuzhe kuko, bugwele gugo gowokula zhuba ne zhuba.’ ”
16 Ngono Yahwe bakathama saikoku bakashongodza Jehoramu mu Bafilisitiya ne Baarabu bakabe begala pejo ne Baitopiya, 17 ngono bakamukila Juda bakanoinginilila bakatola thundu dzabo dzose dzabakawana dze ng'umba ya mambo bakatapa bakadzi ba mambo ne bakololo ba mambo. Akuna ndodwa ne nkololo ng'ompela wa mambo wakasala kuzhe kwa Jehoahazi wakabe ali kologwe.
18 Ngono shule kwe zwithu izwezwi zose Yahwe bakaloba Jehoramu ngono kagwala bugwele gusingalapike gwe mabula. 19 Ngono kwakati mazhuba eyenda kwe makole mabili asinopinda mabula awe katangisa kubhudila kuzhe eyikhwa ne bugwele ngono kafa ali muzogwadza zwikulu. Ngono bathu babe bakasipise bhuba le moto mu kunteta sekwa bakathamila botate babe.
20 Jehoramu wakabe ali makole ali makumi matatu ana mabili (32) aegala tjigalo tje bomambo ngono wakabusa makole ali zhanakadzi mu Jerusalema kafa kukabe kusina unon'hwila zogwadza. Bakanombiganyila ku nzi nkulu wa Dafite koga kusi ku zwikumbu zwa bomambo.
1 Jehoshaphat died and was buried beside his ancestors in Jerusalem, and his son Jehoram became king.
King Jehoram of Judah
(2 Kings 8.16-24)2 King Jehoshaphat had seven sons: Jehoram, Azariah, Jehiel, Zechariah, Azariah, Michael, and Shephatiah. 3 Jehoshaphat gave each of them silver and gold, as well as other valuable gifts. He also put them in charge of the fortified cities in Judah, but he had chosen his oldest son Jehoram to succeed him as king.
4 After Jehoram had taken control of Judah, he had his brothers killed, as well as some of the nation's leaders. 5 He was 32 years old when he became king, and he ruled eight years from Jerusalem.
6 Jehoram married Ahab's daughter and followed the sinful example of Ahab's family and the other kings of Israel. He disobeyed the Lord by doing wrong, 7 but because the Lord had made a solemn promise to King David that someone from his family would always rule in Judah, he refused to wipe out David's descendants.
8 While Jehoram was king, the people of Edom rebelled and chose their own king. 9 Jehoram, his officers, and his cavalry marched to Edom, where the Edomite army surrounded them. He escaped during the night, 10 but Judah was never able to regain control of Edom. Even the town of Libnah rebelled at that time.
Those things happened because Jehoram had turned away from the Lord, the God his ancestors had worshiped. 11 Jehoram even built local shrines in the hills of Judah and let the people sin against the Lord by worshiping foreign gods.
12 One day, Jehoram received a letter from Elijah the prophet that said:
I have a message for you from the Lord God your ancestor David worshiped. He knows that you have not followed the example of Jehoshaphat your father or Asa your grandfather. 13 Instead you have acted like those sinful kings of Israel and have encouraged the people of Judah to stop worshiping the Lord, just as Ahab and his descendants did. You even murdered your own brothers, who were better men than you.
14 Because you have done these terrible things, the Lord will severely punish the people in your kingdom, including your own family, and he will destroy everything you own. 15 You will be struck with a painful stomach disease and suffer until you die.
16 The Lord later caused the Philistines and the Arabs who lived near the Ethiopians to become angry with Jehoram. 17 They invaded Judah and stole the royal property from the palace, and they led Jehoram's wives and sons away as prisoners. The only one left behind was Ahaziah, his youngest son.
18 After this happened, the Lord struck Jehoram with an incurable stomach disease. 19 About two years later, Jehoram died in terrible pain. No bonfire was built to honor him, even though the people had done this for his ancestors.
20 Jehoram was 32 years old when he became king, and he ruled 8 years from Jerusalem. He died, and no one even felt sad. He was buried in Jerusalem, but not in the royal tombs.