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Da Shunem Wahine Get Back Her Land
1 ✡Anodda time, Elisha talk wit da wahine dat he wen make her boy come back alive one mo time. He tell, “Take yoa husban an yoa boy, an go some odda place live, any place you can stay long time. Cuz Da One In Charge tell, no goin get food inside dis land fo seven year. An stay start awready.” 2 So da wahine do wat Elisha, da guy dat stay tight wit God, tell. Her an her ohana go way an stay inside da land wea da Filisha peopo live, fo seven year.
3 Wen da seven year pau, her an her ohana come back from da Filisha land. Den she go by da king, fo beg him fo help her get back her house an land. 4 Wen she go by da king, da king stay talk story wit Gehazi, da guy dat work fo Elisha da guy dat stay tight wit God. Da king tell, “Tell me some mo bout all da good kine stuff dat Elisha wen do.” 5 Jus wen Gehazi stay tell da king bout how Elisha wen make da mahke boy come alive one mo time, right den an dea da boy muddah stay dea begging da king fo help her bout her house an land.
Gehazi tell, “My boss da king, dis da wahine, an dass her boy, da one dat Elisha wen make come back alive!” 6 Da king aks da wahine bout um, an she tell him da Elisha story bout wat wen happen.
Den he tell one a his palace guys fo help her. He tell him, “Give back eryting dat was her property befo time, an pay her fo all da stuff dat wen grow on top her land, from da time she go away till now.”
Hazael Murda Ben-Hadad
7 Anodda time, wen Elisha go Damascus, Ben-Hadad, da Aram king, stay sick. Somebody tell da king, “Elisha, da guy dat stay tight wit God, stay come all da way ova hea.” 8 King Ben-Hadad tell Hazael, “Take one present wit you, an go meet da guy dat stay tight wit God. Go find out from him wat Da One In Charge tell. Aks him if I goin come good from dis sick, o wat?”
9 Hazael go meet Elisha, an take all da bestes kine stuff inside Damascus fo one present, wit forty camel fo carry da load. Hazael go by Elisha an stan in front him, an tell, “Ben-Hadad, da Aram king, he tink bout you jalike you his faddah. He wen sen me fo aks you, ‘I goin stay alive afta dis sick, o wat?’ ”
10 Elisha tell Hazael, “Go tell Ben-Hadad, ‘Fo shua you goin live.’ But Da One In Charge wen show me dis too, dat Ben-Hadad goin mahke fo shua.” 11 Den Elisha jus stan dea in front Hazael an eye him up long time, till bodda Hazael. Den Elisha, da guy dat stay tight wit God, start fo cry.
12 Hazael aks, “Boss, how come you stay cry?”
Elisha tell, “Cuz I know fo shua, bumbye you goin do bad tings fo hurt da Israel peopo. You goin burn down dea big towns dat get strong wall, kill dea young guys wit swords, smash dea small kids on top da groun, an rip open da stomach a dea hapai wahines.”
13 ✡Hazael tell, “Eh boss! Me, I nobody spesho, you know! How come I can do big kine stuff lidat?!”
Den Elisha tell him, “Da One In Charge wen show me dat you goin come da Aram king.”
14 Den Hazael go way from Elisha, an go back by his boss. Ben-Hadad aks, “Wat Elisha tell you?”
Hazael tell, “He tell me dat fo shua you goin come good.”
15 But da nex day, Hazael take one thick cloth, put um inside da watta, an cova da king face. An da king mahke. Az how Hazael come da nex king.
Jehoram, Da Judah King
(2 Records 21:5-10, 20)
16 Wen Joram, Ahab boy, stay king fo da Israel peopo five year north side, an Jehoshafat was da king fo da Judah peopo south side, den Jehoshafat boy Jehoram start fo be king fo da Judah peopo, wit his faddah. 17 Jehoram was thirty-two year ol wen he come king, an he stay king inside Jerusalem town eight year. 18 He make jalike da Israel kings make, jalike da Ahab ohana peopo wen do. Az cuz he wen marry Ahab girl. He stay do da kine stuff dat stay bad, da way Da One In Charge see um. 19 ✡But cuz Jehoram ancesta guy King David wen work fo Da Boss, Da One In Charge no like wipe out all da Judah peopo. Da One In Charge make one promise befo time, fo let guys dat come from David blood be kings foeva, jalike dey one light fo show peopo da way fo go.
20 ✡One time wen Jehoram stay king, da Edom peopo make war an ovathrow da Judah territorial govmen inside Edom, den take one a dea guys fo be dea king. 21 So Jehoram go across da Jordan Riva to Zair town wit all his war wagons. Da Edom guys come all aroun Jehoram an his war wagon officer guys, but nite time, Jehoram an his war wagon guys broke thru da Edom army guys. But Jehoram infantry guys, dey run away an go back dea place. 22 Da Edom guys ovathrow da Judah govmen from da Edom land, an dass how stay till now. Den da Libnah town peopo, dey ovathrow da Judah govmen fo dea town too, da same time.
23 Get odda stuff wen happen wen Jehoram stay king too. All da tings he wen do, stay inside da Records Fo Da Judah Kings. 24 Jehoram mahke, an dey bury him by his ancesta guys, inside David big town Jerusalem. An Ahaziah, Jehoram boy, come king afta him.
Ahaziah, Da Judah King
(2 Records 22:1-6)
25 Wen Joram, Ahab boy, stay king fo da Israel peopo fo twelve year, Jehoram boy Ahaziah come king fo da Judah peopo same time. 26 Ahaziah was twenny-two year ol wen he come king. He stay da king Jerusalem side fo one year. His muddah was Ataliah, an her granfaddah was Omri, one a da king guys fo Israel. 27 Ahaziah make jalike da Ahab ohana wen do. He do bad kine stuff, da way Da One In Charge see um, jalike da Ahab ohana king guys wen do. His wife from da Ahab ohana.
28 One time Ahaziah go Ramot-Gilead town wit Joram, Ahab boy, fo fight Hazael, da Aram king. An da Aram guys wen hurt Joram. 29 So King Joram go back Jezreel town fo come good afta da Aram guys wen hurt him by Ramot town, wen he fight wit Hazael, da Aram king.
Den Ahaziah, Jehoram boy, da Judah king, go Jezreel side fo see Joram, Ahab boy, cuz Joram stay hurt.
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