¹Amazija je bil petindvajset let star, ko je zakraljeval, in vladal je devetindvajset let v Jeruzalemu; in materi njegovi je bilo ime Joadana iz Jeruzalema.

¹A son of twenty and five years hath Amaziah reigned, and twenty and nine years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother [is] Jehoaddan of Jerusalem,

²In delal je, kar je bilo prav v očeh GOSPODOVIH, ali nikar z nerazdeljenim srcem.

²and he doth that which is right in the eyes of Jehovah -- only, not with a perfect heart.

³In ko mu je bilo kraljestvo utrjeno, je pobil hlapce svoje, ki so bili ubili kralja, očeta njegovega.

³And it cometh to pass, when the kingdom hath been strong upon him, that he slayeth his servants, those smiting the king his father,

⁴Ali njih otrok ni usmrtil, temuč storil je po tem, kar je pisano v zakonu, v knjigi Mojzesovi, kakor je zapovedal GOSPOD, rekoč: Očetje naj se ne usmrte za otroke, tudi ne otroci za očete, temuč sleherni umrje za svoj greh.

⁴and their sons he hath not put to death, but [did] as is written in the law, in the book of Moses, whom Jehovah commanded, saying, `Fathers do not die for sons, and sons die not for fathers, but each for his own sin they die.'

⁵Amazija je tudi zbral Judo in jih je postavil po očetovskih družinah, po poveljnikih nad tisoč in po poveljnikih nad sto, z vsega Judovega in Benjaminovega; in preštel jih je od dvajsetletnih in više ter jih je našel tristo tisoč izbranih mož, zmožnih iti v vojno, ki so mogli nositi sulico in ščit.

⁵And Amaziah gathereth Judah, and appointeth them, according to the house of the fathers, for heads of the thousands, and for heads of the hundreds, for all Judah and Benjamin; and he inspecteth them from a son of twenty years and upward, and findeth them three hundred thousand chosen ones, going forth to the host, holding spear and target.

⁶Vrhutega je najel iz Izraela sto tisoč močnih vojščakov za sto talentov srebra.

⁶And he hireth out of Israel a hundred thousand mighty ones of valour, with a hundred talents of silver;

⁷A mož Božji pride k njemu in reče: O kralj, ne jemlji vojske iz Izraela s seboj; zakaj GOSPOD ni z Izraelom, ni z vsemi Efraimovimi otroki.

⁷and a man of God hath come in unto him, saying, `O king, the host of Israel doth not go with thee; for Jehovah is not with Israel -- all the sons of Ephraim;

⁸Ampak pojdi sam, delaj, ojači se za boj; Bog te sicer pahne na tla pred sovražnikom, zakaj Bog ima moč i pomagati i poraziti.

⁸but if thou art going -- do [it], be strong for battle, God doth cause thee to stumble before an enemy, for there is power in God to help, and to cause to stumble.'

⁹Amazija pa reče možu Božjemu: A kaj je storiti zastran tistih sto talentov, ki sem jih dal četam izraelskim? In mož Božji odgovori: Dosti ima GOSPOD, da ti da več nego to.

⁹And Amaziah saith to the man of God, `And what -- to do for the hundred talents that I have given to the troop of Israel?' And the man of God saith, `Jehovah hath more to give to thee than this.'

¹⁰Nato jih Amazija oddeli, namreč čete, ki so prišle k njemu iz Efraima, naj gredo v svoj kraj. Zato se njih srd silno razvname nad Judo, in povrnejo se domov v silni jezi.

¹⁰And Amaziah separateth them -- for the troop that hath come in unto him from Ephraim to go to their own place, and their anger doth burn mightily against Judah, and they turn back to their place in the heat of anger.

¹¹Amazija pa se ohrabri in pelje ven ljudstvo svoje ter gre v Solno dolino in porazi iz sinov Seirovih deset tisoč.

¹¹And Amaziah hath strengthened himself, and leadeth his people, and goeth to the Valley of Salt, and smiteth the sons of Seir -- ten thousand.

¹²Deset tisoč pa so jih ujeli sinovi Judovi živih ter so jih peljali na vrh skale in pometali s skalnega vrha v globočino, da so se vsi razpočili.

¹²And ten thousand alive have the sons of Judah taken captive, and they bring them to the top of the rock, and cast them from the top of the rock, and all of them have been broken.

¹³Ali možje iz čet, ki jih je bil Amazija odslovil, da ne bi šli ž njim v boj, so vdrli v mesta Judova, od Samarije do Bet-horona, in jih pobili tri tisoč ter pobrali mnogo plena.

¹³And the sons of the troop that Amaziah hath sent back from going with him to battle -- they rush against cities of Judah, from Samaria even unto Beth-Horon, and smite of them three thousand, and seize much prey.

¹⁴Zgodi se pa, ko se je vrnil Amazija s poboja Edomcev, da prinese bogove sinov Seirovih in jih postavi za svoje bogove, in je molil pred njimi ter jim kadil.

¹⁴And it cometh to pass, after the coming in of Amaziah from smiting the Edomites, that he bringeth in the gods of the sons of Seir, and establisheth them to him for gods, and before them doth bow himself, and to them he maketh perfume.

¹⁵Zato se razvname jeza GOSPODOVA zoper Amazija in pošlje k njemu proroka, ki mu reče: Čemu iščeš tistega ljudstva bogove, ki niso oteli svojega ljudstva iz tvoje roke?

¹⁵And the anger of Jehovah burneth against Amaziah, and He sendeth unto him a prophet, and he saith unto him, `Why hast thou sought the gods of the people that have not delivered their people out of thy hand?'

¹⁶In ko je govoril k njemu, mu veli kralj: Smo li tebe postavili kralju za svetovalca? Nehaj! čemu hočeš biti ubit? In neha prorok in reče: Vem, da je Bog sklenil te končati, ker si storil to in nisi poslušal sveta mojega.

¹⁶And it cometh to pass, in his speaking unto him, that he saith to him, `For a counsellor to the king have we appointed thee? cease for thee; why do they smite thee?' And the prophet ceaseth, and saith, `I have known that God hath counselled to destroy thee, because thou hast done this, and hast not hearkened to my counsel.'

¹⁷Potem se posvetuje Amazija, kralj Judov, in pošlje h kralju Izraelovemu Joasu, sinu Joahaza, sinú Jehujevega, ter sporoči: Pridi, da si pogledava v lice!

¹⁷And Amaziah king of Judah taketh counsel, and sendeth unto Joash son of Jehoahaz, son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying,

¹⁸Joas pa, kralj Izraelov, pošlje k Amaziju, kralju Judovemu, in sporoči: Osat, ki je bil na Libanonu, je poslal k cedri libanonski sporočit: Daj svojo hčer sinu mojemu za ženo! V tem je šla mimo divja zver z Libanona in je poteptala osat.

¹⁸`Come, we look one another in the face.' And Joash king of Israel sendeth unto Amaziah king of Judah, saying, `The thorn that [is] in Lebanon hath sent unto the cedar that [is] in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son for a wife; and pass by doth a beast of the field that [is] in Lebanon, and treadeth down the thorn.

¹⁹Ti misliš: Poglej, jaz sem porazil Edomce! in srce tvoje te povzdiguje, da si pridobiš slavo. Ostani doma! Zakaj siliš v nesrečo, da padeš ti in Juda s teboj?

¹⁹Thou hast said, Lo, I have smitten Edom; and thy heart hath lifted thee up to boast; now, abide in thy house, why dost thou stir thyself up in evil, that thou hast fallen, thou, and Judah with thee?'

²⁰Ali Amazija ni hotel poslušati, kajti od Boga je bilo, da jih izroči njih sovražnikom v pest, zato ker so iskali bogov Edomcev.

²⁰And Amaziah hath not hearkened, for from God it [is] in order to give them into hand, because they have sought the gods of Edom;

²¹Tedaj je šel gori Joas, kralj Izraelov, in pogledala sta si v lice on in Amazija, kralj Judov, v Betsemesu, ki je na Judovem.

²¹and go up doth Joash king of Israel, and they look one another in the face, he and Amaziah king of Judah, in Beth-Shemesh, that [is] Judah's,

²²In Juda je izgubil bitko pred Izraelom, in bežal je vsak v šator svoj.

²²and Judah is smitten before Israel, and they flee -- each to his tents.

²³In Joas, kralj Izraelov, je ujel Amazija, kralja Judovega, sina Joasa, sinu Joahazovega, v Betsemesu ter ga pripeljal v Jeruzalem, in podrl je zidove jeruzalemske od vrat Efraimovih do Vogelnih vrat, štiristo komolcev.

²³And Amaziah king of Judah, son of Joash, son of Jehoahaz, hath Joash king of Israel caught in Beth-Shemesh, and bringeth him in to Jerusalem, and breaketh down in the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim unto the gate of the corner, four hundred cubits,

²⁴In vzel je vse zlato in srebro in vse posode, kar jih je bilo v hiši Božji pri Obededomu, tudi zaklade hiše kraljeve, tudi zastavljence, in vrnil se je v Samarijo.

²⁴and [taketh] all the gold, and the silver, and all the vessels that are found in the house of God with Obed-Edom, and the treasures of the house of the king, and the sons of the pledges, and turneth back to Samaria.

²⁵Amazija pa, sin Joasov, kralj Judov, je živel po smrti Joasa, sina Joahaza, kralja Izraelovega, še petnajst let.

²⁵And Amaziah son of Joash, king of Judah, liveth after the death of Joash son of Jehoahaz, king of Israel, fifteen years;

²⁶Druge zgodbe Amazijeve, prve in poslednje, glej, niso li zapisane v knjigi kraljev Judovih in Izraelovih?

²⁶and the rest of the matters of Amaziah, the first and the last, lo, are they not written on the books of the kings of Judah and Israel?

²⁷A potem, odkar je Amazija odstopil od GOSPODA, so napravili zaroto zoper njega v Jeruzalemu; on pa je pobegnil v Lahis, in poslali so za njim v Lahis in ga tam usmrtili.In prinesli so ga na konjih in ga pokopali z očeti njegovimi v stolnem mestu Judovem.

²⁷And from the time that Amaziah hath turned aside from after Jehovah -- they make a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem, and he fleeth to Lachish, and they send after him to Lachish, and put him to death there,

²⁸In prinesli so ga na konjih in ga pokopali z očeti njegovimi v stolnem mestu Judovem.

²⁸and lift him up on the horses, and bury him with his fathers in the city of Judah.