2 Re 13

1 L'ANNO ventesimoterzo di Gioas, figliuolo di Achazia, re di Giuda, Gioachaz, figliuolo di Iehu, cominciò a regnare sopra Israele, in Samaria; [e regnò] diciassette anni.

After Joash had been ruling Judah for almost 23 years, Jehu’s son Jehoahaz became the king of Israel. He ruled in Samaria [city] for 17 years.

2 E fece quello che dispiace al Signore, e seguitò i peccati di Geroboamo, figliuolo di Nebat, co' quali egli avea fatto peccare Israele; egli non se ne rivolse.

He did many things that Yahweh considered to be evil and committed the same kind of sins that Jeroboam had committed, sins which led the people of Israel to sin. He did not stop committing those sins.

3 Laonde l'ira del Signore si accese contro ad Israele; ed egli li diede nelle mani di Hazael, re di Siria, e nelle mani di Ben-hadad, figliuolo di Hazael, tutto quel tempo.

So Yahweh became very angry with the Israeli people, and he allowed the army of King Hazael of Syria and his son Ben-Hadad to defeat the Israelis many times.

4 Ma Gioachaz pregò il Signore; e il Signore l'esaudì; perciocchè egli vide l'oppressione d'Israele; conciossiachè il re di Siria li oppressasse.

Then Jehoahaz prayed to Yahweh [for help], and Yahweh heeded him, because he saw that the army of the king of Syria was oppressing the Israelis.

5 Il Signore adunque diede un liberatore ad Israele; ed essi uscirono di sotto alla mano de' Siri; ed i figliuoli d'Israele abitarono nelle loro stanze, come per addietro.

Yahweh sent a leader to Israel, who enabled them to be freed from being controlled by Syria. After that, the Israeli people lived peacefully as they had done previously.

6 (Ma pur non si rivolsero dai peccati della casa di Geroboamo, coi quali egli avea fatto peccare Israele; Israele camminava in essi; il bosco eziandio rimase in piè in Samaria.)

But they still continued to commit the same kind of sins that Jeroboam and his family had committed and which led the Israelis to [also] sin. And the statue of the goddess Asherah remained in Samaria.

7 Dopo che [il Signore] non ebbe lasciata di resto a Gioachaz [altra] gente, che cinquanta cavalieri, e dieci carri, e diecimila pedoni; conciossiachè il re di Siria avesse distrutti gl'Israeliti, e tritandoli, li avesse ridotti ad essere come polvere.

Jehoahaz had only 50 men who rode on horses and ten chariots and 10,000 other soldiers, because the army of Syria had killed all the rest, trampling them like people walk on dirt.

8 Ora, quant'è al rimanente de' fatti di Gioachaz, e tutto quello ch'egli fece, e la sua prodezza; queste cose non [son] esse scritte nel libro delle Croniche dei re d'Israele?

[If you want to read about] [RHQ] everything else that Jehoahaz did, you can read about it in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Israel’.

9 E Gioachaz giacque coi suoi padri, e fu seppellito in Samaria; e Gioas, suo figliuolo, regnò in luogo suo.

Jehoahaz died [EUP] and was buried in Samaria. Then his son Jehoash became the king.

10 L'anno trentesimosettimo di Gioas, re di Giuda, Gioas, figliuolo di Gioachaz, cominciò a regnare sopra Israele, in Samaria; [e regnò] sedici anni.

Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz, started to rule in Israel after King Joash had been ruling in Judah for 23 years. Jehoash ruled in Samaria for 17 years.

11 E fece quello che dispiace al Signore; egli non si rivolse da alcuno de' peccati di Geroboamo, figliuolo di Nebat, coi quali egli avea fatto peccare Israele; egli camminò in essi.

He did many things that Yahweh considered to be evil. He refused to turn away from worshiping idols, which was the sin that [many years earlier King] Jeroboam had told the Israeli people to commit.

12 Ora, quant'è al rimanente de' fatti di Gioas, e tutto quello ch'egli fece, e la sua prodezza, con la quale egli combattè contro ad Amasia, re di Giuda; queste cose non [son] esse scritte nel libro delle Croniche dei re d'Israele?

The other things that happened while Jehoash was king and all the things that he did are written in the book called ‘The Account of What the Kings of Israel Did’. In that account they wrote about Jehoash’s [army’s] victories, and their war with [the army of] King Amaziah of Judah.

13 E Gioas giacque co' suoi padri, e Geroboamo sedette sopra il suo trono; e Gioas fu seppellito in Samaria coi re d'Israele.

When Jehoash died, he was buried in Samaria where the [other] kings of Israel were buried. Then his son Jeroboam became king.

14 OR Eliseo infermò d'una sua infermità, della quale eziandio egli morì. E Gioas, re d'Israele, scese, e pianse sopra la faccia di esso, e disse: Padre mio, padre mio, carro d'Israele, e sua cavalleria.

Elisha became very ill. Just before he died, King Jehoash went to Elisha and cried in front of him. [Saying the same words that Elisha had said when Elijah was taken to heaven], he said, “My father/master! My father/master! The chariots of us Israeli people and their drivers [are taking my master away]!”

15 Ed Eliseo gli disse: Porta[mi] un arco e delle saette. E [Gioas] gli portò un arco e delle saette.

Elisha said to him, “Bring to me a bow and some arrows!” So the king did that.

16 Ed [Eliseo] gli disse: Impugna l'arco con la mano. Ed egli impugnò l'arco; ed Eliseo mise le mani sopra le mani del re, e disse:

Then Elisha told the king to put his hands on the bow [and prepare to shoot some arrows]. And then Elisha put his own hands on the king’s hands.

17 Apri la finestra verso Oriente. E quando egli l'ebbe aperta, Eliseo gli disse: Tira. Ed egli tirò. Ed [Eliseo] disse: [Questa è] la saetta della vittoria del Signore; la saetta della vittoria contro a' Siri; e tu percoterai i Siri in Afec, fino ad una intiera sconfitta.

Then Elisha told him, “[Have someone] open that window toward the east.” So they opened it. Then Elisha said, “Shoot!” So the king did. Then Elisha said, “That is the arrow that [indicates that your army] will defeat the Syrian army. Your army will completely defeat their [army] at Aphek [town].”

18 Poi disse: Prendi le saette. E quando le ebbe prese, egli disse al re d'Israele: Percuoti contro alla terra. Ed egli percosse tre volte; poi si arrestò.

Then Elisha said, “Pick up the other arrows and strike the ground with them!” So the king picked up the arrows and struck the ground three times.

19 E l'uomo di Dio si adirò gravemente contro a lui, e gli disse: Ei si conveniva percuotere cinque o sei volte; allora tu avresti percossi i Siri fino ad una intiera distruzione; ma ora, tu non percoterai i Siri se non tre volte.

But Elisha was angry with him. He exclaimed, “You should have struck the ground five or six times! If you had done that, your army would have defeated the Syrian [army] until they were completely wiped out! But now, [because you struck the ground only three times, ] your army will defeat them only three times!”

20 Ora Eliseo morì, e fu seppellito. Ed in su la fine dell'anno certe schiere di Moabiti fecero una correria nel paese.

Then Elisha died and was buried. Groups of raiders from Moab came to Israel each year during (spring/the time when the cold season was ending).

21 Ed avvenne che, come certi seppellivano un uomo, ecco, videro quelle schiere; e gittarono colui nella sepoltura di Eliseo; e colui andò a toccar l'ossa di Eliseo, e tornò in vita, e si rizzò in piè.

One year, when some Israeli people were burying a man’s body, they saw a group of those raiders. [They were afraid, ] so quickly they threw that man’s body into the tomb where Elisha [had been buried, and they ran away]. But as soon as the man’s body touched Elisha’s bones, the dead man became alive again and jumped up!

22 Avendo adunque Hazael, re di Siria, oppressati gl'Israeliti tutto il tempo di Gioachaz,

King Hazael of Syria [sent soldiers to] oppress the Israeli people all during the years that Jehoahaz [ruled Judah].

23 il Signore fece loro grazia, ed ebbe pietà di loro, e si rivolse verso loro, per amor del suo patto con Abrahamo, Isacco e Giacobbe; e non volle distruggerli, e non li scacciò dal suo cospetto fino a questo tempo.

But Yahweh was very kind [DOU] to the Israeli people. He helped them because of the agreement that he had made with [their ancestors] Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. He did not get rid of the Israelis, and he still has not rejected them.

24 Ed Hazael, re di Siria, morì; e Ben-hadad, suo figliuolo, regnò in luogo suo.

When Hazael the king of Syria died, his son Ben-Hadad became the king.

25 E Gioas, figliuolo di Gioachaz, riprese di mano di Ben-hadad, figliuolo di Hazael, le città che [Hazael] avea prese a Gioachaz, suo padre, in guerra. Gioas lo percosse tre volte, e ricoverò le città d'Israele.

[The army of] King Jehoash of Israel defeated [the army of] King Ben-Hadad three times, and recaptured the cities that Ben-Hadad’s army had captured during the time that Jehoash’s father Jehoahaz was ruling Israel.