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.
King Amaziah of Judah
(2 Kings 14.1-6)1 Amaziah was 25 years old when he became king, and he ruled 29 years from Jerusalem, the hometown of his mother Jehoaddin.
2 Even though Amaziah obeyed the Lord by doing right, he refused to be completely faithful. 3 For example, as soon as he had control of Judah, he arrested and killed the officers who had murdered his father. 4 But the children of those officers were not killed; the Lord had commanded in the Law of Moses that only the people who sinned were to be punished.
Edom Is Defeated
(2 Kings 14.7)5 Amaziah sent a message to the tribes of Judah and Benjamin and called together all the men who were 20 years old and older. Three hundred thousand men went to Jerusalem, all of them ready for battle and able to fight with spears and shields. Amaziah grouped these soldiers according to their clans and put them under the command of his army officers. 6 Amaziah also paid about 3.4 tons of silver to hire 100,000 soldiers from Israel.
7 One of God's prophets said, “Your Majesty, don't let these Israelite soldiers march into battle with you. The Lord has refused to help anyone from the northern kingdom of Israel, 8 and so he will let your enemies defeat you, even if you fight hard. He is the one who brings both victory and defeat.”
9 Amaziah replied, “What am I supposed to do about all the silver I paid those troops?”
“The Lord will give you back even more than you paid,” the prophet answered.
10 Amaziah ordered the troops from Israel to go home, but when they left, they were furious with the people of Judah.
11 After Amaziah got his courage back, he led his troops to Salt Valley, where he killed 10,000 Edomite soldiers in battle. 12 He captured 10,000 more soldiers and dragged them to the top of a high cliff. Then he pushed them over the side, and they all were killed on the rocks below.
13 Meanwhile, the Israelite troops that Amaziah had sent home, raided the towns in Judah between Samaria and Beth-Horon. They killed 3,000 people and carried off their possessions.
14 After Amaziah had defeated the Edomite army, he returned to Jerusalem. He took with him the idols of the Edomite gods and set them up. Then he bowed down and offered them sacrifices. 15 This made the Lord very angry, and he sent a prophet to ask Amaziah, “Why would you worship these foreign gods that couldn't even save their own people from your attack?”
16 But before the prophet finished speaking, Amaziah interrupted and said, “You're not one of my advisors! Don't say another word, or I'll have you killed.”
The prophet stopped. But then he added, “First you sinned and now you've ignored my warning. It's clear that God has decided to punish you!”
Israel Defeats Judah
(2 Kings 14.8-14)17 King Amaziah of Judah talked with his officials, then sent a message to King Jehoash of Israel: “Come out and face me in battle!”
18 Jehoash sent back a reply that said:
Once upon a time, a small thornbush in Lebanon arranged the marriage between his son and the daughter of a large cedar tree. But a wild animal came along and trampled the small bush.
19 Amaziah, you think you're so powerful because you defeated Edom. But stay at home and do your celebrating. If you cause any trouble, both you and your kingdom of Judah will be destroyed.
20 God made Amaziah stubborn because he was planning to punish him for worshiping the Edomite gods. Amaziah refused to listen to Jehoash's warning, 21 so Jehoash led his army to the town of Beth-Shemesh in Judah to attack Amaziah and his troops. 22 During the battle, Judah's army was crushed. Every soldier from Judah ran back home, 23 and Jehoash captured Amaziah.
Jehoash took Amaziah with him when he went to attack Jerusalem. Jehoash broke down the city wall from Ephraim Gate to Corner Gate, a section nearly 200 meters long. 24 He carried away the gold, the silver, and all the valuable furnishings from God's temple where the descendants of Obed-Edom stood guard. He robbed the king's treasury, took hostages, then returned to Samaria.
Amaziah Is Killed
(2 Kings 14.15-20)25 Amaziah lived 15 years after Jehoash died. 26 Everything else Amaziah did while he was king is written in The History of the Kings of Judah and Israel.
27 As soon as Amaziah started disobeying the Lord, some people in Jerusalem plotted against Amaziah. He was able to escape to the town of Lachish, but another group of people caught him and killed him there. 28 His body was taken to Jerusalem on horseback and buried beside his ancestors.