1 And when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal. 2 But Jehosheba, the daughter of king Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king’s sons which were slain; and they hid him, even him and his nurse, in the bedchamber from Athaliah, so that he was not slain. 3 And he was with her hid in the house of the LORD six years. And Athaliah did reign over the land.
4 ¶ And the seventh year Jehoiada sent and fetched the rulers over hundreds, with the captains and the guard, and brought them to him into the house of the LORD, and made a covenant with them, and took an oath of them in the house of the LORD, and shewed them the king’s son. 5 And he commanded them, saying, This is the thing that ye shall do; A third part of you that enter in on the sabbath shall even be keepers of the watch of the king’s house; 6 And a third part shall be at the gate of Sur; and a third part at the gate behind the guard: so shall ye keep the watch of the house, that it be not broken down. 7 And two parts of all you that go forth on the sabbath, even they shall keep the watch of the house of the LORD about the king. 8 And ye shall compass the king round about, every man with his weapons in his hand: and he that cometh within the ranges, let him be slain: and be ye with the king as he goeth out and as he cometh in. 9 And the captains over the hundreds did according to all things that Jehoiada the priest commanded: and they took every man his men that were to come in on the sabbath, with them that should go out on the sabbath, and came to Jehoiada the priest. 10 And to the captains over hundreds did the priest give king David’s spears and shields, that were in the temple of the LORD. 11 And the guard stood, every man with his weapons in his hand, round about the king, from the right corner of the temple to the left corner of the temple, along by the altar and the temple. 12 And he brought forth the king’s son, and put the crown upon him, and gave him the testimony; and they made him king, and anointed him; and they clapped their hands, and said, God save the king.
13 ¶ And when Athaliah heard the noise of the guard and of the people, she came to the people into the temple of the LORD. 14 And when she looked, behold, the king stood by a pillar, as the manner was , and the princes and the trumpeters by the king, and all the people of the land rejoiced, and blew with trumpets: and Athaliah rent her clothes, and cried, Treason, Treason. 15 But Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains of the hundreds, the officers of the host, and said unto them, Have her forth without the ranges: and him that followeth her kill with the sword. For the priest had said, Let her not be slain in the house of the LORD. 16 And they laid hands on her; and she went by the way by the which the horses came into the king’s house: and there was she slain.
17 ¶ And Jehoiada made a covenant between the LORD and the king and the people, that they should be the LORD’s people; between the king also and the people. 18 And all the people of the land went into the house of Baal, and brake it down; his altars and his images brake they in pieces thoroughly, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. And the priest appointed officers over the house of the LORD. 19 And he took the rulers over hundreds, and the captains, and the guard, and all the people of the land; and they brought down the king from the house of the LORD, and came by the way of the gate of the guard to the king’s house. And he sat on the throne of the kings. 20 And all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was in quiet: and they slew Athaliah with the sword beside the king’s house. 21 Seven years old was Jehoash when he began to reign.
Mambokadzi Athaliya we Juda
(2 Zwiyitikalo 22:10—23:15)1 Kwakati Athaliya mme ba Ahaziya bebona kuti nkololo wabo wafa, bakamilika bakabulaya bose be bushe. 2 Koga Jehosheba nkololokadzi wa Mambo Joramu ali hazwadzi ya Ahaziya, katola Joashi nkololo wa Ahaziya kandusa mu bakololo ba mambo bakabe bakafanila bulawa ngono kansumbika ne ntjengeti uwe mu ng'umba ye bulalo, wakabe ensumbikila Athaliya kuti ndizo asibulawe. 3 Wakagala ne ntjengeti uwe akabgwata mu ng'umba ya Yahwe kwe makole ali matathatu, Athaliya ebusa shango. 4 Ngono kukati mu gole le butendeka Johoyada kadana batungamili bebali zana ne balindi be bushe, ngono kati bazhe kunli ku ng'umba ya Yahwe, kathama tjidumano nabo kabatunisa mu ng'umba ya Yahwe ngono kabalakidza nkololo wa mambo. 5 Ngono kabalaya eti, “Tjamakafanila thama ndiyetji, gwamu le butatu linongina mu nshingo nge Sabata, libe lilinda ng'umba ya mambo, 6 limwe lilinda ku nkoba we Suri le butatu lili ku nkoba ushule kwe balindi, balinde ng'umba ya mambo nge mazolo 7 ngono makupo enyu mabili anotjayisa mu nshingo nge Sabata balinde ng'umba ya Yahwe, 8 bame bakapoteleka mambo, mmwe ne mmwe akabhata zwibhayano zwizwe. Ngono iye unosedzela wunde ye makupo unowobulawa. Mu gale muli wunde ya mambo kummwe ne kummwe kwaanoyenda.” 9 Batungamili be bali zana bakathama sekwa balayiwa ndi Jehoyada we mpirisiti, ngono mmwe ne mmwe wabo katola balume babe bakabe bengina mu nshingo nge Sabata naibabo bakabe benonyaluluka ngono bakazha kuna Jehoyada we mpirisiti. 10 Ngono mpirisiti kapa batungamili mathumo ne zwivikisi zwakabe zwili zwa Mambo Dafite zwili mu ng'umba ya Yahwe. 11 Ngono balindi bakazwimisa zubuyanana, mmwe ne mmwe akabhata zwibhayano zwizwe, bakapoteleka mambo baliwunde ye tjibeso tjinopisigwa zwibhayilo ne Ng'umba ye Ndzimu nekudwa kundzibo we ku burwa kunoti kundzibo we kubunandzwa gwe Ng'umba ye Ndzimu. 12 Jehoyada kadusa nkololo wa mambo ngono kan'ambadza tjiala tje bumambo, kampa ntutshi we nlayo ngono kambiga mambo, kanzhodza ngono bathu bakaloba phande bakati, “Mambo ngabatjile tjibaka tjilefu.” 13 Kwakati Athaliya ehwa zhoba ye balindi neye bathu, kangina mu ng'umba ya Yahwe ku bathu, 14 ngono kati elinga kabona mambo alimile pa phanda kuyendidzana nge tjilenje, ngono batungamili ne balidzi bakabe baliwunde ya mambo ne bathu bose be shango bakashatha belidza nyanga. Ngono Athaliya kapalula zwiambalo zwizwe elila eti, “Bupanduki, Bupanduki.”
15 Jehoyada we mpirisiti kalaya batungamili banolaula ngwa eti, “Mundusile pazhe kwe Ng'umba ye Ndzimu pakati kwe makupo akakubungana ngono mubulaye nge thumo iye unowonsala shule.” Ngobe mpirisiti wakabe ati, “Asibulayigwe mu ng'umba ya Yahwe.” 16 Ndizo bakambhata nge maboko, ngono kanoswika pa zila ye mbizi ino ngina mu ng'umba ya mambo ngono kabulaigwa ipapo.
Jehoyada unoshanduka
(2 Zwiyitikalo 23:16-21)17 Jehoyada kathama tjidumano pakati kwa Yahwe na mambo ne bathu kuti banowobe bathu ba Yahwe. Kathama kakale tjidumano pakati kwa mambo ne bathu. 18 Kudwapo bathu bose beshango bakayenda ku ng'umba ye minamato ya Bhaale bakaikolomodza kose ne zwibeso zwizwe zwe zwibhayilo ne zwifano zwizwe bakazwipkhwanya, ngono bakabulayila Matani mpirisiti wa Bhaale mbeli kwe zwibeso. Ngono mpirisiti kabiga balindi pa ng'umba ya Yahwe. 19 Ngono katola batungamili be balizana ne balindi be bushe ne balindi ne bathu bose be shango bakadusa mambo mu ng'umba ya Yahwe, bakayenda ku ng'umba ye bumambo bengina nge nkoba we balindi. Mambo bakatola magalo abo patjigalo tje bumambo. 20 Bathu bose be shango bakashatha ne nzi nkulu ukabe nge kunyalala shule kwa Athaliya asinakubulawa nge thumo ku ng'umba ya mambo. 21 Jehoashi wakatangisa kubusa ana makole ali kutendeka.