Jehu ta gwayekwa omukwaniilwa gwaIsrael
1 Omuhunganeki Elisa okwi ithana gumwe gwomaahunganeki aagundjuka e ta ti kuye: “Ilongekidha, u ye kuRamot shaGilead. Kutha ohanga ndjika yomagadhi, u ye nayo. 2 Nge wa thiki ko, konga Jehu yaJehosafat, omutekulu gwaNimshi. Inda naye meni lyongulu mu ze mooyakwawo, 3 tilila omagadhi ngaka komutse gwe e to ti: ‘Omuwa ota popi ta ti kutya ote ku gwayeke omukwaniilwa gwaIsrael.’ Nena za po to matuka wa dhiginina.”
4 Omuhunganeki omugundjuka okwa yi kuRamot, 5 nkoka a adha omalenga gomatangakwiita ge li moshigongi. Okwa ti: “Tatekulu, ngame omuyenda gwoye.”
Jehu okwa pula a ti: “Olye gwomutse to lombwele?”
Okwa yamukula a ti: “Ongoye, tatekulu.” 6 Nena ayehe yaali oya yi meni lyongulu, nomuhunganeki omugundjuka okwa tilile omagadhi komutse gwaJehu e ta ti: “Omuwa, Kalunga kaIsrael, ota ti: ‘Onde ku gwayeke omukwaniilwa gwaantu yandje Aaisraeli. 7 Dhipaga mwene gwoye omukwaniilwa, omuna gwaAhab, opo ndi geelele Isebel omadhipago ge, sho a dhipaga aahunganeki naantu yandje yalwe. 8 Ezimo alihe lyaAhab noluvalo lwe olu na okusa. Otandi ka komba po aalumentu ayehe mezimo lye, aakuluntu nosho wo aanona. 9 Otandi ka ninga ezimo lye, ngaashi nda ningi omazimo gomukwaniilwa gwaIsrael Jeroboam nogomukwaniilwa gwaIsrael Baasha. 10 Isebel ita ka pakwa nande. Omudhimba gwe otagu ka lika po koombwa melundu lyaJesreel.’ ” Omuhunganeki omugundjuka sho a mana okupopya, okwa zi mongulu e ta fadhuka po.
11 Jehu okwa galukile komalenga omakwawo ngoka ge mu pula ga ti: “Onawa tuu? Omukakuki nguno ota ti ngiini ano?”
Jehu okwa yamukula a ti: “Omu shi shi shoka a hala.”
12 Oyo noya yamukula ya ti: “Aawe, katu shi shi! Tu lombwela shoka a ti!”
Oye nokwa yamukula a ti: “Okwa lombwele ndje kutya Omuwa ota ti: ‘Onde ku gwayeke omukwaniilwa gwaIsrael.’ ”
13 Ohaluka omalenga omakwawo gaJehu oga yala oonguwo dhago pevi, Jehu a lyate po, taga hiki oombenda go taga kaluluka taga ti: “Jehu a ningi omukwaniilwa!”
Joram, omukwaniilwa gwaIsrael, ta dhipagwa
14-15 Nena Jehu okwa hangene omukwaniilwa Joram, ngoka a li muJesreel, hoka a yile, a pangwe iishaho mbyoka a yahelwa molugodhi puRamot, sho a li ta kondjitha omukwaniilwa gwaSiria Hasael. Jehu okwa lombwele omalenga omakwawo a ti: “Ngele omwa gama kungame, kotokeni, pwaa ze nando omuntu puRamot, a ka londodhe aantu muJesreel.” 16 Nena okwa yi metembakwiita lye e ta yi kuJesreel. Joram ka li a aluka natango, nomukwaniilwa Ahasia okwa li ko te mu talele po.
17 Omupekapeki moshungo yetonatelo puJesreel okwa mono Jehu naantu ye taa hedha ko. Okwi igidha a ti: “Ondi wete ongundu tayi hedha ko!”
Joram okwa yamukula a ti: “Tuma omulondinkambe, a tale, ngele oye na ombili nenge aaniita natse.”
18 Omutumwa okwa kayile a yi kuJehu e ta ti kuye: “Omukwaniilwa ota pula kutya ombili ngaa?”
Jehu okwa yamukula a ti: “Ombili oto yi ningi shike, kayi shi iinima yoye mbyoka! Landula ndje!”
Omupekapeki poshungo yetonatelo okwa tseyitha kutya omutumwa okwa thiki pongundu, ihe ina galuka we. 19 Omutumwa omukwawo okwa tumwa ishewe, nokwa pula Jehu epulo ngaandiyaka. Jehu okwa yamukula ishewe a ti: “Ombili oto yi ningi shike, kayi shi iitunwa yoye mbyo! Landula ndje!”
20 Natango omupekapeki poshungo yetonatelo okwa tseyitha kutya omutumwa okwa thiki pongundu, ihe ina galuka we. Okwa gwedha ko a ti: “Omuwiliki gwongundu ota hingi etembakwiita lye a fa omupwidhi, oto ti oJehu yaNimshi!”
21 Omukwaniilwa Joram okwa ti: “Kutileni etemba lyandje.” Etemba nolya kutilwa, ye nomukwaniilwa Ahasia oya londo ya zi mo shaa ngoka e li metemba lye, ya ka tsakaneke Jehu. Oye mu tsakaneke pepya lyaNabot. 22 Joram okwa pula a ti kuye: “Ombili ngaa?”
Jehu okwa yamukula a ti: “Ombili yi li peni, sho tu li mokati kiimenka nuumpulile noluhondelo lwanyoko Isebel ndu e eta muno?”
23 Joram okwi igidha ta ti: “Ahasia, ndika ekotokelo!” Ye ta galula etemba, a fadhuke po. 24 Jehu okwa kutha uutati we e u nana e ta yaha Joram oshikuti pokati komapepe e tashi yi sigo okomutima. Joram okwa ongotele metemba lye omukukutu. 25 Jehu okwa lombwele omukwathi gwe Bidkar: “Toola po omudhimba nguka, u gu umbile mepya lyaNabot. Ndishi oto dhimbulukwa ngaa, sho twa li nangoye twa landula Ahab, he yomukwaniilwa Joram, twa londa uukambe kutya Omuwa okwa popile oohapu ndhika ta popi Ahab ta ti: 26 ‘Ohela onda mwene omudhipagi gwaNabot noyana aamati. Ondu uvaneke nda ti kutya otandi ku geelele mepya olyo tuu ndika.’ Kutha po ano omudhimba gwaJoram, u gu umbile mepya lyaNabot, euvaneko lyOmuwa opo li tsakanithwe.”
Omukwaniilwa Ahasia ta dhipagwa
27 Omukwaniilwa Ahasia okwa mono shoka sha ningwa po, onkee okwa matukile metemba lye, noku uka komukunda Betgan. Jehu okwe mu tidha ye ti igidha ta ti: “Mu dhipageni wo!” Oyo noye mu yaha, sho a li ta hingi etemba lye mondjila yu uka kuGur, popepi naJibleam. Ihe okwe shi tompola, a ye sigo okwa adha oshilando Megiddo, nkoka a sile. 28 Omalenga ge oga kutha omudhimba gwe e tage gu fala kuJerusalem gu li metemba e tage gu fumvike moombila dhaakwaniilwa moshilando shaDavid.
29 Ahasia okwa ningi omukwaniilwa gwaJuda momumvo omutimulongo nagumwe, Joram yaAhab sho a li omukwaniilwa gwaIsrael.
Omunyekadhi Isebel ta dhipagwa
30 Jehu okwa thiki muJesreel. Isebel sho a kundana shoka sha ningwa po, okwa gwayeke omeho ge e ga luudhika e to opaleke omafufu ge e ta ka thikama ta ligamene mekende momapandaanda e li mombala. 31 Sho Jehu a piti mosheelo, Isebel okwi igidha a ti: “Simri ngweye, mudhipagi gwamwene gwoye, onawa ngaa ngawo! Ou lile po shike ano mpano?”
32 Jehu okwa ligamene ko e ti igidha ta ti: “Olye a gama kungame?” Gaali nenge gatatu gomomalenga gomuuwa oga li pekende ga tala pevi kuye. 33 Jehu okwa ti kugo: “Undulileni Isebel pevi!” Ogo noge mu undulile pevi, nombinzi ye oya shanukile kekuma nokuukambe, mboka we mu lyatagula nayi. 34 Jehu okwa yi muuwa e ta li e ta nu. Sho a mana, okwa ti: “Kuthii po okakulukadhi nkoka, mu ka fumvike, oshoka oko ngaa omuna gwokombanda.” 35 Ihe aalumentu mboka ya yile, ye ke mu fumvike, inaa mona ko sha, kakele kolukwe lwomutse nomasipa giikaha ye nogoompadhi dhe. 36 Sho ye shi tseyithile Jehu, okwa ti: “Shika osha ningwa naanaa, ngaashi Omuwa a tile, sho a popitha omuntu gwe Elia ta ti: ‘Oombwa otadhi ka lya omudhimba gwaIsebel molushandja lwaJesreel. 37 Omudhimba gwaIsebel otagu ka halakana ngaashi uuhoho momapya, nokape na ngoka ta ka vula okutya: Nguka oIsebel.’ ”
Jehu Becomes King of Israel
1 One day, Elisha called for one of the other prophets and said:
Take this bottle of olive oil and get ready to go to the town of Ramoth in Gilead. 2 When you get there, find Jehu son of Jehoshaphat and grandson of Nimshi. Take him to a place where the two of you can be alone, 3 then pour olive oil on his head to show that he is the new king. Say to him, “The Lord has chosen you to be king of Israel.” Then leave quickly—don't wait around for anything!
4 The young prophet left for Ramoth. 5 When he arrived, the army officers were meeting together. “Sir, I have a message for you,” he said.
“For which one of us?” Jehu asked.
“You, sir,” the prophet answered. 6 So Jehu got up and went inside. The prophet poured olive oil on Jehu's head and told him:
The Lord God of Israel has this message for you: “I am the Lord, and I have chosen you to be king of my people Israel. 7 I want you to wipe out the family of Ahab, so Jezebel will be punished for killing the prophets and my other servants. 8 Every man and boy in Ahab's family must die, whether slave or free. 9 His whole family must be destroyed, just like the families of Jeroboam son of Nebat and Baasha son of Ahijah. 10 As for Jezebel, her body will be eaten by dogs in the town of Jezreel. There won't be enough left of her to bury.”
Then the young prophet opened the door and ran out.
11 Jehu went back to his officers, and one of them asked, “What did that crazy prophet want? Is everything all right?”
“You know him and how he talks,” Jehu answered.
12 “No, we don't. What did he say?” they asked.
“He had a message from the Lord,” Jehu replied. “He said that the Lord has chosen me to be the next king of Israel.”
13 They quickly grabbed their coats and spread them out on the steps where Jehu was standing. Someone blew a trumpet, and everyone shouted, “Jehu is king!”
Jehu Kills Joram and Ahaziah
14-16 King Joram of Israel had been badly wounded in the battle at Ramoth, trying to defend it against King Hazael and the Syrian army. Joram was now recovering in Jezreel, and King Ahaziah of Judah was there, visiting him.
Meanwhile, Jehu was in Ramoth, making plans to kill Joram. He said to his officers, “If you want me to be king, then don't let anyone leave this town. They might go to Jezreel and tell Joram.” Then Jehu got in his chariot and rode to Jezreel.
17 When the guard in the watchtower at Jezreel saw Jehu and his men riding up, he shouted to the king, “I see a large group of men coming this way.”
Joram ordered, “Send someone out to ask them if this is a friendly visit.”
18 One of the soldiers rode out and said to Jehu, “King Joram wants to know if this is a friendly visit.”
“What's it to you?” Jehu asked. “Just stay behind me with the rest of my troops!”
About the same time the guard in the watchtower said, “Your Majesty, the rider got there, but he isn't coming back.”
19 So Joram sent out another rider, who rode up to Jehu and said, “The king wants to know if this is a friendly visit.”
“What's it to you?” Jehu asked. “Just get behind me with the rest of my troops!”
20 The guard in the watchtower said, “Your Majesty, the rider got there, but he isn't coming back either. Wait a minute! That one man is a reckless chariot driver—it must be Jehu!”
21 Joram commanded, “Get my chariot ready.” Then he and Ahaziah got in their chariots and rode out to meet Jehu. They all met on the land that had belonged to Naboth. 22 Joram asked, “Jehu, is this a peaceful visit?”
“How can there be peace?” Jehu asked. “Your mother Jezebel has caused everyone to worship idols and practice witchcraft.”
23 “Ahaziah, let's get out of here!” Joram yelled. “It's a trap!” As Joram tried to escape, 24 Jehu shot an arrow. It hit Joram between his shoulders, then it went through his heart and came out his chest. He fell over dead in his chariot.
25-26 Jehu commanded his assistant Bidkar, “Get Joram's body and throw it in the field that Naboth once owned. Do you remember when you and I used to ride side by side behind Joram's father Ahab? It was then that the Lord swore to Ahab that he would be punished in the same field where he had killed Naboth and his sons. So throw Joram's body there, just as the Lord said.”
27 Ahaziah saw all of this happen and tried to escape to the town of Beth-Haggan, but Jehu caught up with him and shouted, “Kill him too!” So his troops shot Ahaziah with an arrow while he was on the road to Gur near Ibleam. He went as far as Megiddo, where he died. 28 Ahaziah's officers put his body in a chariot and took it back to Jerusalem, where they buried him beside his ancestors.
29 Ahaziah had become king of Judah in the eleventh year of the rule of Ahab's son Joram.
Jehu Kills Jezebel
30 Jehu headed toward Jezreel, and when Jezebel heard he was coming, she put on eye shadow and brushed her hair. Then she stood at the window, waiting for him to arrive. 31 As he walked through the city gate, she shouted down to him, “Why did you come here, you murderer? To kill the king? You're no better than Zimri!”
32 He looked up toward the window and asked, “Is anyone up there on my side?” A few palace workers stuck their heads out of a window, 33 and Jehu shouted, “Throw her out the window!” They threw her down, and her blood splattered on the walls and on the horses that trampled her body.
34 Jehu left to get something to eat and drink. Then he told some workers, “Even though she was evil, she was a king's daughter, so make sure she has a proper burial.”
35 But when they went out to bury her body, they found only her skull, her hands, and her feet. 36 They reported this to Jehu, and he said, “The Lord told Elijah the prophet that Jezebel's body would be eaten by dogs right here in Jezreel. 37 And he warned that her bones would be spread all over the ground like manure, so that no one could tell who it was.”
