Elijah and King Ahaziah
1 After the death of King Ahab of Israel the country of Moab rebelled against Israel.
2 King Ahaziah of Israel fell off the balcony on the roof of his palace in Samaria and was seriously injured. So he sent some messengers to consult Baalzebub, the god of the Philistine city of Ekron, in order to find out whether or not he would recover. 3 But an angel of the Lord commanded Elijah, the prophet from Tishbe, to go and meet the messengers of King Ahaziah and ask them, “Why are you going to consult Baalzebub, the god of Ekron? Is it because you think there is no god in Israel? 4 Tell the king that the Lord says, ‘You will not recover from your injuries; you will die!’”
Elijah did as the Lord commanded, 5 and the messengers returned to the king. “Why have you come back?” he asked.
6 They answered, “We were met by a man who told us to come back and tell you that the Lord says to you, ‘Why are you sending messengers to consult Baalzebub, the god of Ekron? Is it because you think there is no god in Israel? You will not recover from your injuries; you will die!’”
7 “What did the man look like?” the king asked.
8 “He was wearing a cloak made of animal skins, tied with a leather belt,” they answered.
“It's Elijah!” the king exclaimed.
9 Then he sent an officer with fifty men to get Elijah. The officer found him sitting on a hill and said to him, “Man of God, the king orders you to come down.”
10 “If I am a man of God,” Elijah answered, “may fire come down from heaven and kill you and your men!” At once fire came down and killed the officer and his men.
11 The king sent another officer with fifty men, who went up and said to Elijah, “Man of God, the king orders you to come down at once!”
12 “If I am a man of God,” Elijah answered, “may fire come down from heaven and kill you and your men!” At once the fire of God came down and killed the officer and his men.
13 Once more the king sent an officer with fifty men. He went up the hill, fell on his knees in front of Elijah, and pleaded, “Man of God, be merciful to me and my men. Spare our lives! 14 The two other officers and their men were killed by fire from heaven; but please be merciful to me!”
15 The angel of the Lord said to Elijah, “Go down with him, and don't be afraid.” So Elijah went with the officer to the king 16 and said to him, “This is what the Lord says: ‘Because you sent messengers to consult Baalzebub, the god of Ekron—as if there were no god in Israel to consult—you will not get well; you will die!’”
17 Ahaziah died, as the Lord had said through Elijah. Ahaziah had no sons, so his brother Joram succeeded him as king in the second year of the reign of Jehoram son of Jehoshaphat, king of Judah.
18 Everything else that King Ahaziah did is recorded in The History of the Kings of Israel.
Annabilayi Eliya ye Mansa Ahasiya jalayi
1 Mansa Ahabu la saayaa koolaa Mowabi bankoo ye balaŋo le tiliŋ Banisirayila la.
2 Wo waatoo le mu Mansa Ahasiya boyita a la buŋo jimbaŋo santo, meŋ be Samariya saatewo kono, aduŋ a barama saŋarata. Bituŋ a naata kiilaalu kii, a ko ì ye ko, “Ali taa n ye Baali-Sebubu yaa juubeeroo la, Ekironi saatewo jalaŋo, ñiŋ kamma la n si a loŋ noo fo n na baramoo be kendeyaa la le waraŋ fo a te kendeyaa la.”
3 Kabiriŋ kiilaalu be taa kaŋ, Yaawe* la malaayikoo ko Eliya Tisibenkoo ye ko, “Wuli, i ye taa mansa la kiilaalu benduŋ, i ye ì ñininkaa ko, fo Alla maŋ soto Banisirayila kono baŋ, fo ì ka taa Baali-Sebubu yaa juubeeroo la, Ekironi jalaŋo? 4 Ñiŋ kuwo daliiloo kamma la Yaawe ye ñiŋ ne fo ko: ‘Baramoo meŋ ye mansa landi, a te kendeyaa la. A be faa la le, wo te baayi la muk.’ ” Bituŋ Eliya taata ka ì benduŋ.
5 Kabiriŋ mansa la kiilaalu muruta a kaŋ, a ko ì ye ko, “Muŋ ne ye ali murundi naŋ saayiŋ?” 6 Ì ko a ye ko, “Kewo doo le ye m̀ benduŋ siloo kaŋ a ko ǹ ye, ali muru mansa kaŋ, meŋ ye ali kii. Ali a fo a ye, Yaawe ye ñiŋ ne fo ko: ‘Fo Alla maŋ soto Banisirayila kono baŋ, fo ali ka taa Baali-Sebubu yaa juubeeroo la, Ekironi jalaŋo? Ñiŋ kuwo daliiloo kamma la, dimiŋo meŋ ye mansa landi a te kendeyaa la. A be faa la le, wo te baayi la muk.’ ” 7 Mansa ko ì ye ko, “Ñiŋ kewo muluŋo be ñaadii le, meŋ ye ñiŋ kuwolu fo ali ye?” 8 Ì ko a ye ko, “A ye dendika baa tiimaa le duŋ, aniŋ a ye a tewo siti kulujuloo la.” A ko ì ye ko, “Eliya le mu, Tisibenkoo.”
9 Wo to le mansa ye kelediŋ kuntiyo kii Eliya kamma, meŋ marata kelediŋ taŋ luulu ma. Bituŋ a niŋ a la kelediŋ taŋ luuloo taata, ì ye Eliya tara siiriŋ konkoo santo. Kelediŋ kuntiyo ko a ye ko, “Alla la moo, mansa ko i ye jii naŋ.” 10 Bari Eliya ye a jaabi ko, “Niŋ a ye a tara m mu Alla la moo le ti, wo to dimbaa ye bo naŋ santo, a ye i niŋ i la kelediŋ kafoo kasaara.” Wo loo to dimbaa bota naŋ santo, a ye kelediŋ kuntiyo niŋ a la kee taŋ luuloo bee faa.
11 Mansa muruta tukuŋ a ye kelediŋ kuntii doo kii Eliya kamma, a niŋ a la kee taŋ luulu. Kabiriŋ a futata Eliya ma konkoo santo, a ko a ye ko, “Alla la moo, i tariyaa, mansa ko i ye jii naŋ.” 12 Eliya ye a jaabi ko, “Niŋ a ye a tara m mu Alla la moo le ti, wo to dimbaa ye bo naŋ santo, a ye i niŋ i la kelediŋ kafoo kasaara.” Wo loo to dimbaa bota naŋ santo, a ye kelediŋ kuntiyo niŋ a la kee taŋ luuloo bee faa.
13 Bituŋ mansa muruta kotenke a ye kelediŋ kuntii doo fanaa niŋ a la kee taŋ luulu kii Eliya kamma, siiñaa sabanjaŋo. Kabiriŋ ñiŋ kelediŋ kuntiyo naata Eliya kaŋ konkoo santo, a sujudita a ye, ka a daani. A ko Eliya ye ko, “Alla la moo, dukaree i bala ye faa n ye, i kana n kasaara, n niŋ n na kee taŋ luuloo. Ntolu mu i la joŋolu doroŋ ne ti. 14 Dimbaa meŋ ye wo kelediŋ doolu kasaara, dukaree wo kana ntolu kasaara.”
15 Wo to le Yaawe la malaayikoo ko Eliya ye ko, “I niŋ a ye taa. Kana sila a la.” Bituŋ Eliya wulita, a niŋ a taata ñoo la mansa yaa. 16 A ko mansa ye, Yaawe ye ñiŋ ne fo ko: “Fo Alla maŋ soto Banisirayila kono baŋ, i ka taa Baali-Sebubu yaa juubeeroo la, Ekironi jalaŋo? Ñiŋ kuwo daliiloo kamma la, baramoo meŋ ye i landi a te kendeyaa la. I be faa la le, wo te baayi la muk.”
17 Bituŋ Mansa Ahasiya faata ko Yaawe la kumoo ye a yitandi ñaameŋ, Eliya ye meŋ fo. Ahasiya maŋ dinkee soto, wo le ye a tinna a doomaa Yoramu keta mansa ti. Wo waatoo niŋ Yehosafati dinkewo Yehoramu la mansayaa sanji fulanjaŋo le kaañanta Yahuuda. 18 Ahasiya ye kuu koteŋolu mennu ke, ì safeeta Banisirayila Mansoolu la Taarika Kitaaboo le kono.
