Joram ohamba yaJuda
1 Ndele Josafat okwa ka nangala pooxe nokwa pakwa pooxe moshilando shaDavid. Nomona waye Jehoram okwa ninga ohamba ponhele yaye. 2 Nokwa li e novamwaina ovalumenhu, ovana ovamati vaJosafat: Asaria naJehiel naSakaria naAsariahu naMikael naSefatja. Vo aveshe va li ovana ovamati vaJosafat, ohamba yaIsrael. 3 Ndele xe yavo e va pa eeshali dihapu doingoldo nodoisiliveli noinima i nondilo pamwe noilando i neehotekuma yomuJuda. Ndelenee epangelo louhamba okwe li pa Jehoram, eshi oye oshiveli.
4 Ndelenee Jehoram eshi a mona epangelo louhamba waxe ndele e lipameka, ye okwa dipaa neongamukonda ovamwaina ovalumenhu aveshe nosho yo vamwe vomovakulunhu vaIsrael. 5 Omido daJehoram da li omilongo nhatu nambali eshi a ninga ohamba, nokwa pangela omido hetatu muJerusalem. 6 Nokwa enda nondjila yeehamba daIsrael ngaashi epata laAhab la ninga, shaashi omwalikadi waye okwa li omona okakadona kaAhab, nokwa ninga osho shii moipafi yOmwene. 7 Ndelenee Omwene ina hala okuhanauna po epata laDavid omolwehangano e li ninga naDavid, omaudaneko okuyandja kuye nokovana vaye ovamati olamba i kale yavo alushe.
Ovaedom tava amuka kuJuda
8 Pomafiku aye Ovaedom va amuka kuJuda ndele ve lihoololela ohamba. 9 Onghee hano Jehoram a ya pamwe novakulunhu vovakwaita nomatemba oita. Nokwa fikama oufiku ndele a taataa Ovaedom, ovo ve mu dingilila novakulunhu vomatemba oita. 10 Osho ngaha Ovaedom va amuka kuJuda fiyo onena eli. Mefimbo tuu limwe alike oshilando shaLibna yo she likufa mo mepangelo laye, osheshi Jehoram a ekelashi Omwene Kalunga kooxe. 11 Nokwa ninga yo oikulundu yokuyambela keemhunda domuJuda nokwa twala oonakukalamo muJerusalem mokuhaela nokwa pukifa Juda.
Onhumwafo yaElia
12 Opo nee a tuminwa komuxunganeki Elia onhumwafo tai ti: “Omwene Kalunga kaxo David ta ti ngaha: ‘Shaashi ino enda neendjila daxo Josafat noneendjila daAsa, ohamba yaJuda, 13 ndelenee wa twala Ovajuda noonakukala muJerusalem mondjila yeehamba daIsrael nomoluhaelo ngaashi epata laAhab le va twala moluhaelo, ndele wa dipaa ovamwaxo, ovo va li vawa ve ku dule; 14 tala, Omwene ta ka tuma oshiponga shinene mokati kovanhu voye nokovana voye ovamati nokovalikadi voye naaishe u i kwete, 15 naave mwene to ka vela oudu mudjuu, oudu wendjadja, fiyo pa pita omudo umwe ile omido mbali, omandjadja oye taa tika mo koudu ou.’ ”
Efyo laJoram
16 Opo nee Omwene a pendula mOvafilisti nomOvaarabi, ovo va li ovashiinda vOvaetiopia, omhepo yokukondjifa Jehoram, 17 ndele va homona Juda, ve shi teya, ndele va kufa oinima aishe ya li meumbo lohamba oixuulwa nosho yo ovana vayo ovamati novalikadi vayo. Onghee inapa fyaala puye nande omona waye omumati, Joahas aeke, onghelo yaye. 18 Ndele konima yoinima ei aishe, Omwene okwe mu handukila noudu wendjadja, noudu inau velulwa kusha. 19 Ngeno eshi pa pita omido mbali nokutya, pexulilo lomudo omutivali, omandjadja aye a tokauka mo molwoudu waye, onghee okwa fya e li mouyehame unene. Noshiwana shaye inashi mu xwikila oixwikomwa yoku mu fimanekifa ngaashi ooxe va ningilwa. 20 Omido daJehoram da li omilongo nhatu nambali, eshi a ninga ohamba, nokwa pangela omido hetatu muJerusalem. Nokwa fya, ndele kape na ou e mu pongola. Nokwa pakwa moshilando shaDavid, ndelenee hameembila deehamba.
1 Now Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David. And Jehoram his son reigned in his stead. 2 And he had brethren the sons of Jehoshaphat, Azariah, and Jehiel, and Zechariah, and Azariah, and Michael, and Shephatiah: all these were the sons of Jehoshaphat king of Israel. 3 And their father gave them great gifts of silver, and of gold, and of precious things, with fenced cities in Judah: but the kingdom gave he to Jehoram; because he was the firstborn. 4 Now when Jehoram was risen up to the kingdom of his father, he strengthened himself, and slew all his brethren with the sword, and divers also of the princes of Israel.
5 ¶ Jehoram was thirty and two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem. 6 And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, like as did the house of Ahab: for he had the daughter of Ahab to wife: and he wrought that which was evil in the eyes of the LORD. 7 Howbeit the LORD would not destroy the house of David, because of the covenant that he had made with David, and as he promised to give a light to him and to his sons for ever.
8 ¶ In his days the Edomites revolted from under the dominion of Judah, and made themselves a king. 9 Then Jehoram went forth with his princes, and all his chariots with him: and he rose up by night, and smote the Edomites which compassed him in, and the captains of the chariots. 10 So the Edomites revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this day. The same time also did Libnah revolt from under his hand; because he had forsaken the LORD God of his fathers. 11 Moreover he made high places in the mountains of Judah, and caused the inhabitants of Jerusalem to commit fornication, and compelled Judah thereto .
12 ¶ And there came a writing to him from Elijah the prophet, saying, Thus saith the LORD God of David thy father, Because thou hast not walked in the ways of Jehoshaphat thy father, nor in the ways of Asa king of Judah, 13 But hast walked in the way of the kings of Israel, and hast made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to go a whoring, like to the whoredoms of the house of Ahab, and also hast slain thy brethren of thy father’s house, which were better than thyself: 14 Behold, with a great plague will the LORD smite thy people, and thy children, and thy wives, and all thy goods: 15 And thou shalt have great sickness by disease of thy bowels, until thy bowels fall out by reason of the sickness day by day.
16 ¶ Moreover the LORD stirred up against Jehoram the spirit of the Philistines, and of the Arabians, that were near the Ethiopians: 17 And they came up into Judah, and brake into it, and carried away all the substance that was found in the king’s house, and his sons also, and his wives; so that there was never a son left him, save Jehoahaz, the youngest of his sons.
18 ¶ And after all this the LORD smote him in his bowels with an incurable disease. 19 And it came to pass, that in process of time, after the end of two years, his bowels fell out by reason of his sickness: so he died of sore diseases. And his people made no burning for him, like the burning of his fathers. 20 Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years, and departed without being desired. Howbeit they buried him in the city of David, but not in the sepulchres of the kings.
