Our Papa Bring Down Ahaziah Evil Reign
Ahaziah reign one year, im mama Athaliah dey advise am to do evil, and e die for Jehu purge. Then Athaliah kill di royal family — all except one baby, wey di priest wife hide for we Papa house for six years while she dey rule.
22 1Di people of Jerusalem make im last-born pikin Ahaziah king for im place, because di raiders wey come with di Arab people enter di camp don kill all di senior pikin dem. So Ahaziah, pikin of Jehoram king of Judah, come be king. 2Ahaziah be twenty-two years wen e become king, an e rule one year for Jerusalem. Im mama na Athaliah, di grand-pikin of Omri. 3E too follow di way of Ahab house, because im mama dey advise am to do evil. 4E do evil for our Papa eyes, like Ahab house, because after im papa die, na dem be im advisers, wey carry am go ruin. 5E follow dia advice too, join Joram pikin of Ahab, king of Israel, go fight Hazael king of Aram for Ramoth-gilead, wey di Aram people wound Joram. 6So e go back to Jezreel go recover from di wound wey dem give am for Ramah wen e dey fight Hazael king of Aram. Ahaziah pikin of Jehoram king of Judah come go down to Jezreel go see Joram pikin of Ahab, because e dey wounded.
7Ahaziah downfall come from our Papa wen e go visit Joram. Wen e reach, e go out with Jehoram go against Jehu pikin of Nimshi, wey our Papa don anoint to destroy di house of Ahab. 8As Jehu dey carry out judgment on Ahab house, e find di officials of Judah an di nephew dem of Ahaziah wey dey serve Ahaziah, an e kill dem. 9E search for Ahaziah, wey dem catch as e dey hide for Samaria. Dem bring am come Jehu an kill am, den bury am, dey talk say, “Na Jehoshaphat pikin be dis, wey seek our Papa with im whole heart.” So Ahaziah house no get anybody wey strong reach to hold di kingdom.
Pikin Wey Dem Hide for our Papa House
10Wen Athaliah, Ahaziah mama, see say im pikin don die, e rise up go destroy all di royal pikin dem of Judah house. 11But Jehoshabeath di king daughter carry Joash pikin of Ahaziah, thief am comot from among di royal pikin dem wey dem wan kill, an hide am with im nurse for one bedroom. So Jehoshabeath, King Jehoram daughter, wey be wife of Jehoiada di priest an sister to Ahaziah, hide am from Athaliah, so e no fit kill am. 12E stay hide with dem for di house of our Papa six years wen Athaliah dey rule di land.
