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Amaziah Da Judah King
(2 Kings 14:1-20)
1 Amaziah twenny-five year ol wen he come king. He stay king inside Jerusalem twenny-nine year. His muddah, Jehoaddin. She from Jerusalem. 2 Amaziah do wat stay right da way Da One In Charge see um, but he no go all out fo do um. 3 Afta he stay shua dat he goin stay king, he kill his palace guys, da ones dat wen kill his faddah, da king guy. 4 ✡But dea boys, he no kill dem. He make jalike da Rules tell inside Moses book, wea Da One In Charge tell: “No kill da faddahs fo wat dea kids do, o da kids fo wat dea faddahs do. If somebody gotta mahke, ony can be fo da bad tings dat guy wen do.”
5 Amaziah call da Judah men guys togedda. He put all da diffren Judah an Benjamin ohanas unda army officer guys ova one tousan guys an ova one hundred guys. Den he line up da guys twenny year ol o moa, an find out dat get three hundred tousan army guys ready fo fight, dat carry spear an big shield. 6 Same time, Amaziah make one deal wit da Israel peopo fo sen hundred tousan guys from ova dea dat know how fo fight real good. He pay dem bout 7,500 poun silva.
7 But one guy dat stay tight wit God come by him. He tell, “King Amaziah, dese army guys from Israel, no let dem go wit you fo fight! Cuz Da One In Charge no stay wit da Israel peopo no moa. He no goin help all dese Efraim ohana guys! 8 Mo betta, jus you go fight an no sked! Be strong! Cuz if da Israel guys go wit you, God goin make you jam up wen you fight da guys dat stay agains you. God, he get da powa fo help you, o fo make you jam up.”
9 Amaziah aks da guy dat stay tight wit God, “But I wen pay da Israel guys 7,500 poun silva awready! Wat bout dat?”
Da guy dat stay tight wit God tell, “Da One In Charge, he can give you plenny mo den dat!”
10 So Amaziah let go da Efraim ohana guys dat wen come by him from da Efraim land, an sen dem back home. Dem guys come real huhu wit da Judah guys, an go back home wit plenny huhu.
11 Den Amaziah feel strong. He bring his army guys togedda, an bring um inside da Salt Valley. Ova dea dey kill ten tousan Edom guys from Seir. 12 Same time, da Judah army guys catch ten tousan guys dat still stay alive an make um prisonas. Dey take dem up on top one cliff an throw um down fo dem all mahke on top da rocks.
13 Same time da Judah guys do dat, da Israel fighta guys dat Amaziah wen sen back so dey no can go wit him fo fight, dey go afta da Judah towns from Samaria to Bet-Horon. Dey kill three tousan peopo, an carry away plenny stuffs.
14 Wen Amaziah come back from kill da Edom guys, he bring back da idol kine gods fo da Seir peopo. He put dem up fo come his gods. He go down in front um, an make da kine sacrifices wit fire fo um. 15 Az why Da One In Charge come huhu wit Amaziah. He sen one guy dat talk fo him by Amaziah. Da guy tell, “How come you aks dose peopo gods fo tell you wat fo do, aah?! Dose gods no can even get dea peopo outa da trouble you wen make fo dem, you know!”
16 Wen he still yet stay talk, da king tell him, “Eh! Us give you da job fo tell yoa king wass good fo him do, o wat?! Stop! No good my guys kill you!”
So da guy dat talk fo God stop. But he tell, “Fo shua God tell awready wass good fo do. He goin wipe you out! Az cuz you wen bring dose odda gods hea. You no lissen wen I tell you wass good fo do!”
17 Anodda time, da Judah king Amaziah talk wit his guys dat tell um wass good fo him do. Den he sen one messenja guy by da Israel king Jehoash, Jehoahaz boy an Jehu grankid, fo tell um: “Like beef, o wat?!”
18 But Jehoash da Israel king tell Amaziah da Judah king: “Jalike one thorn bush inside Lebanon sen one messenja fo tell one cedar tree inside Lebanon ‘Let yoa girl marry my boy.’ But den one wild animal come an walk all ova da thorn bush. 19 You tell dat you wen win ova da Edom peopo, an now you big head! You like get mo plenny respeck still yet! Mo betta you stay home now! How come you get da hots fo make war, aah?! You ony goin make someting bad happen. You goin come all wipe out, an yoa Judah peopo, same ting!”
20 But Amaziah no lissen, cuz God stay set um up so Jehoash goin win ova dem, cuz da Judah guys like let da idol kine gods from Edom tell um wat fo do. 21 So Jehoash da Israel king attack. Him an Amaziah da Judah king fight each odda Bet-Shemesh side, inside da Judah land. 22 Da Israel guys win ova da Judah guys, an ery Judah guy run away dea house. 23 Jehoash da Israel king make Amaziah da Judah king his prisona Bet-Shemesh side. Den Jehoash bring Amaziah Jerusalem side. Jehoash tell his army guys fo broke down da Jerusalem town wall from da Efraim Gate to da Corner Gate. Az bout two hundred yard. 24 Jehoash take all da gold an silva, an all da tings he find inside da Temple Fo God dat Obed-Edom wen guard. He take da rich kine stuff dat get inside Amaziah palace too, an he make some importan peopo his prisonas. Den Jehoash go back Samaria side.
25 Amaziah, Joash boy, da Judah king, stay alive fo fifteen year afta Jehoash mahke, dass Jehoahaz boy, da Israel king. 26 All da odda stuff dat Amaziah wen do, from da start to da end, dey write um inside da Book Bout Da Kings Fo Judah An Israel. 27 From da time Amaziah bag from follow Da One In Charge, get Jerusalem guys dat make one plan fo kill him. Amaziah run away Lakish side, but dey sen guys afta him Lakish side, an kill him ova dea. 28 Den dey bring da body back wit horses, an bury him wit his ancesta guys inside da main town Judah side.
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