2. Tarihler 21

¹Ve Yehoşafat atalarıyla birlikte uykuya daldı ve Davut'un kentinde atalarının yanına gömüldü; yerine oğlu Yehoram kral oldu.

²Yehoşafat'ın altı oğlu, yani Yehoram'ın kardeşleri şunlardı: Azarya, Yehiel, Zekeriya, Azarya, Mikail ve Şefatya; bunların hepsi Yahuda Kralı Yehoşafat'ın oğullarıydı.

³Babaları onlara Yahuda'daki surlu kentlerle birlikte gümüş, altın ve askeri teçhizattan oluşan pek çok armağanlar vermişti; ancak krallığı Yehoram'a devretti, çünkü ilk doğan oydu.

⁴Yehoram babasının krallık tahtına geçip kendini güçlendirince, bütün kardeşlerini ve İsrail önderlerinin bazılarını kılıçtan geçirdi.

⁵Yehoram otuz iki yaşında tahta çıktı ve Yeruşalim'de sekiz yıl krallık yaptı.

⁶Ahab'ın kızı onun karısı olduğu için, Ahab ailesinin yaptığı gibi İsrail krallarının yolunda yürüdü ve Rabbin gözünde kötü olanı yaptı.

⁷Buna rağmen Rab, Davut'la yaptığı antlaşma nedeniyle ve ona ve oğullarına her zaman bir kandil vereceğini vaat ettiği için Davut'un soyunu yok etmek istemedi.

⁸Onun krallığı döneminde Edom, Yahuda'nın egemenliğinden koptu ve kendilerine bir kral seçtiler.

⁹Bunun üzerine Yehoram, bütün komutanları ve yanındaki tüm süvarileriyle birlikte yola çıktı; geceleyin kalkıp kendisini ve savaş arabalarının komutanlarını kuşatan Edomlulara saldırdı, halkı ise kendi çadırlarına kaçtı.

¹⁰Böylece Edom, bugüne dek Yahuda'ya karşı isyan halinde kaldı; o dönemde Libna da onun egemenliğine başkaldırdı, çünkü Yehoram atalarının Tanrısı Rabbi terk etmişti.

¹¹Üstelik kendisi Yahuda kentlerinde tapınma yerleri kurdu, Yeruşalim halkını fuhşa sürükledi ve Yahuda'yı yoldan çıkardı.

¹²Kendisine Peygamber İlyas'tan yazılı bir mesaj ulaştı; mesajda şöyle deniyordu: "Atan Davut'un Tanrısı Rab şöyle diyor: Baban Yehoşafat'ın yolunda ve Yahuda Kralı Asa'nın yollarında yürümediğin,

¹³aksine İsrail krallarının yolunda yürüyüp Ahab ailesinin yaptığı gibi Yahuda ve Yeruşalim halkını fuhşa sürüklediğin, ayrıca babanın evinden senden daha iyi olan öz kardeşlerini öldürdüğün için,

¹⁴işte, Rab halkını, çocuklarını, karılarını ve sana ait olan tüm mülkünü büyük bir felaketle vuracak.

¹⁵Sen ise ağır ve kötü bir karın hastalığına yakalanacaksın; öyle ki, hastalıktan ötürü bağırsakların günden güne dışarı dökülecek."

¹⁶Rab, Filistlileri ve Habeşlilerin sınır komşusu olan Arapları Yehoram'a karşı kışkırttı.

¹⁷Yahuda'ya saldırıp ülkeyi yağmaladılar; kralın sarayında buldukları tüm malları, onun oğullarını ve kızlarını alıp götürdüler; en küçük oğlu Ahazya dışında ona hiçbir oğul bırakmadılar.

¹⁸Bütün bunlardan sonra Rab, Yehoram'ı bağırsaklarında tedavisi imkansız bir hastalıkla vurdu.

¹⁹Günler günleri kovaladı ve iki yılın sonunda hastalıktan ötürü bağırsakları dışarı döküldü ve acılar içinde öldü; halkı, ataları için yaptığı gibi onun onuruna bir cenaze ateşi yakmadı.

²⁰Kral olduğunda otuz iki yaşındaydı ve Yeruşalim'de sekiz yıl krallık yaptı; arkasından hiçbir övgü almadan göçüp gitti; Davut'un kentinde gömüldü, ama kralların mezarlığına konulmadı.

¹ΚΑΙ ἐκοιμήθη ᾿Ιωσαφὰτ μετὰ τῶν πατέρων αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐτάφη ἐν πόλει Δαυίδ, καὶ ἐβασίλευσεν ᾿Ιωρὰμ υἱὸς αὐτοῦ ἀντ’ αὐτοῦ.

²καὶ αὐτῷ ἀδελφοὶ υἱοὶ ᾿Ιωσαφὰτ ἕξ, ᾿Αζαρίας καὶ ᾿Ιεϊὴλ καὶ Ζαχαρίας καὶ ᾿Αζαρίας καὶ Μιχαὴλ καὶ Σαφατίας· πάντες οὗτοι υἱοὶ ᾿Ιωσαφὰτ βασιλέως ᾿Ιούδα.

³καὶ ἔδωκεν αὐτοῖς ὁ πατὴρ αὐτῶν δόματα πολλά, ἀργύριον καὶ χρυσίον καὶ ὅπλα μετὰ τῶν πόλεων τετειχισμένων ἐν ᾿Ιούδᾳ· καὶ τὴν βασιλείαν ἔδωκε τῷ ᾿Ιωράμ, ὅτι οὗτος ὁ πρωτότοκος.

⁴καὶ ἀνέστη ᾿Ιωρὰμ ἐπὶ τὴν βασιλείαν αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐκραταιώθη καὶ ἀπέκτεινε πάντας τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς αὐτοῦ ἐν ῥομφαίᾳ καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν ἀρχόντων ᾿Ισραήλ.

⁵ὄντος αὐτοῦ τριάκοντα καὶ δύο ἐτῶν, κατέστη ᾿Ιωρὰμ ἐπὶ τὴν βασιλείαν αὐτοῦ καὶ ὀκτὼ ἔτη ἐβασίλευσεν ἐν ῾Ιερουσαλήμ.

⁶καὶ ἐπορεύθη ἐν ὁδῷ βασιλέων ᾿Ισραήλ, ὡς ἐποίησεν οἶκος ᾿Αχαάβ, ὅτι θυγάτηρ ᾿Αχαὰβ ἦν αὐτοῦ γυνή, καὶ ἐποίησε τὸ πονηρὸν ἐναντίον Κυρίου.

⁷καὶ οὐκ ἐβούλετο Κύριος ἐξολοθρεῦσαι τὸν οἶκον Δαυὶδ διὰ τὴν διαθήκην, ἣν διέθετο τῷ Δαυίδ, καὶ ὡς εἶπεν αὐτῷ δοῦναι αὐτῷ λύχνον καὶ τοῖς υἱοῖς αὐτοῦ πάσας τὰς ἡμέρας.

⁸ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις ἐκείναις ἀπέστη ᾿Εδὼμ ἀπὸ τοῦ ᾿Ιούδα καὶ ἐβασίλευσαν ἐφ’ ἑαυτοὺς βασιλέα.

⁹καὶ ᾤχετο ᾿Ιωρὰμ μετὰ τῶν ἀρχόντων καὶ πᾶσα ἡ ἵππος μετ’ αὐτοῦ· καὶ ἐγένετο καὶ ἠγέρθη νυκτὸς καὶ ἐπάταξεν ᾿Εδὼμ τὸν κυκλοῦντα αὐτὸν καὶ τοὺς ἄρχοντας τῶν ἁρμάτων, καὶ ἔφυγεν ὁ λαὸς εἰς τὰ σκηνώματα αὐτῶν.

¹⁰καὶ ἀπέστη ἀπὸ ᾿Ιούδα ᾿Εδὼμ ἕως τῆς ἡμέρας ταύτης· τότε ἀπέστη Λομνὰ ἐν τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ ἀπὸ χειρὸς αὐτοῦ, ὅτι ἐγκατέλιπε Κύριον τὸν Θεὸν τῶν πατέρων αὐτοῦ·

¹¹καὶ γὰρ αὐτὸς ἐποίησεν ὑψηλὰ ἐν ταῖς πόλεσιν ᾿Ιούδα καὶ ἐξεπόρνευσε τοὺς κατοικοῦντας ἐν ῾Ιερουσαλὴμ καὶ ἀπεπλάνησε τὸν ᾿Ιούδαν.

¹²καὶ ἦλθεν αὐτῷ ἐν γραφῇ παρὰ ᾿Ηλιοὺ τοῦ προφήτου λέγων· τάδε λέγει Κύριος Θεὸς Δαυὶδ τοῦ πατρός σου· ἀνθ’ ὧν οὐκ ἐπορεύθης ἐν ὁδῷ ᾿Ιωσαφὰτ τοῦ πατρός σου καὶ ἐν ὁδοῖς ᾿Ασὰ βασιλέως ᾿Ιούδα

¹³καὶ ἐπορεύθης ἐν ὁδοῖς βασιλέων ᾿Ισραὴλ καὶ ἐξεπόρνευσας τὸν ᾿Ιούδαν καὶ τοὺς κατοικοῦντας ἐν ῾Ιερουσαλήμ, ὡς ἐξεπόρνευσεν οἶκος ᾿Αχαάβ, καὶ τοὺς ἀδελφούς σου υἱοὺς τοῦ πατρός σου τοὺς ἀγαθοὺς ὑπὲρ σὲ ἀπέκτεινας,

¹⁴ἰδοὺ Κύριος πατάξει σε πληγὴν μεγάλην ἐν τῷ λαῷ σου καὶ ἐν τοῖς υἱοῖς σου καὶ ἐν γυναιξί σου καὶ ἐν πάσῃ τῇ ἀποσκευῇ σου.

¹⁵καὶ σὺ ἐν μαλακίᾳ πονηρᾷ, ἐν νόσῳ κοιλίας, ἕως οὗ ἐξέλθῃ ἡ κοιλία σου μετὰ τῆς μαλακίας ἐξ ἡμερῶν εἰς ἡμέρας.

¹⁶καὶ ἐπήγειρε Κύριος ἐπὶ ᾿Ιωρὰμ τοὺς ἀλλοφύλους καὶ τοὺς ῎Αραβας καὶ τοὺς ὁμόρους τῶν Αἰθιόπων,

¹⁷καὶ ἀνέβησαν ἐπὶ ᾿Ιούδαν καὶ κατεδυνάστευον καὶ ἀπέστρεψαν πᾶσαν τὴν ἀποσκευήν, ἣν εὗρον ἐν οἴκῳ τοῦ βασιλέως, καὶ τοὺς υἱοὺς αὐτοῦ καὶ τὰς θυγατέρας αὐτοῦ, καὶ οὐ κατελείφθη αὐτῷ υἱός, ἀλλ’ ἢ ᾿Οχοζίας ὁ μικρότατος τῶν υἱῶν αὐτοῦ.

¹⁸καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα πάντα ἐπάταξεν αὐτὸν Κύριος εἰς τὴν κοιλίαν μαλακίαν, ᾗ οὐκ ἔστιν ἰατρεία.

¹⁹καὶ ἐγένετο ἐξ ἡμερῶν εἰς ἡμέρας, καὶ ὡς ἦλθε καιρὸς τῶν ἡμερῶν ἡμέρας δύο, ἐξῆλθεν ἡ κοιλία αὐτοῦ μετὰ τῆς νόσου, καὶ ἀπέθανεν ἐν μαλακίᾳ πονηρᾷ. καὶ οὐκ ἐποίησεν ὁ λαὸς αὐτοῦ ἐκφορὰν καθὼς ἐκφορὰν πατέρων αὐτοῦ.

²⁰ἦν τριάκοντα καὶ δύο ἐτῶν, ὅτε ἐβασίλευσε, καὶ ὀκτὼ ἔτη ἐβασίλευσεν ἐν ῾Ιερουσαλήμ· καὶ ἐπορεύθη οὐκ ἐν ἐπαίνῳ καὶ ἐτάφη ἐν πόλει Δαυὶδ καὶ οὐκ ἐν τάφοις τῶν βασιλέων.

¹And Josaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David: and Joran his son reigned in his stead.

²And he had brothers, the six sons of Josaphat, Azarias, and Jeiel, and Zacharias, and Azarias, and Michael, and Zaphatias: all these [were] the sons of Josaphat king of Juda.

³And their father gave them many gifts, silver, and gold, and arms, together with fortified cities in Juda: but he gave the kingdom to Joram, for he [was] the first-born.

⁴And Joram entered upon his kingdom, and strengthened himself, and slew all his brothers with the sword, and [some] of the princes of Israel.

⁵When he was thirty and two years old, Joram succeeded to his kingdom, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.

⁶And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house of Achaab; for a daughter of Achaab was his wife: and he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord:

⁷nevertheless the Lord would not utterly destroy the house of David, because of the covenant which he made with David, and as he said to him that he would give a light to him and his sons for ever.

⁸In those days Edom revolted from Juda, and they made a king over themselves.

⁹And Joram went with the princes, and all the cavalry with him: and it came to pass that he arose by night, and smote Edom that compassed him about, and the captains of the chariots, and the people fled to their tents.

¹⁰And Edom revolted from Juda until this day. Then Lomna at that time revolted from [under] his hand, because he forsook the Lord God of his fathers.

¹¹For he built high places in the cities of Juda, and caused the dwellers in Jerusalem to go a-whoring, and led Juda astray.

¹²And there came to him [a message] in writing from Eliu the prophet, saying, Thus saith the Lord God of thy father David, Because thou hast not walked in the way of thy father Josaphat, nor in the ways of Asa king of Juda,

¹³but hast walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and hast caused Juda and the dwellers in Jerusalem to go a-whoring, as the house of Achaab caused [Israel] to go a-whoring, and thou hast slain thy brethren, the sons of thy father, who were better than thyself;

¹⁴behold, the Lord shall smite thee with a great plague among thy people, and thy sons, and thy wives, and all thy store:

¹⁵and thou [shalt be afflicted] with a grievous disease, with a disease of the bowels, until thy bowels shall fall out day by day with the sickness.

¹⁶So the Lord stirred up the Philistines against Joram, and the Arabians, and those who bordered on the Aethiopians:

¹⁷and they went up against Juda, and prevailed against them, and took away all the store which they found in the house of the king, and his sons, and his daughters; and there was no son left to him but Ochozias the youngest of his sons.

¹⁸And after all these things the Lord smote him in the bowels with an incurable disease.

¹⁹And it continued from day to day: and when the time of the days came [to] two years, his bowels fell out with the disease, and he died by a grievous distemper: and his people performed no funeral, like the funeral of his fathers.

²⁰He was thirty and two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem. And he departed without honour, and was buried in the city of David, but not in the tombs of the kings.