2 Kings 9

9 ¹Elisha di prophet call one of di sons of di prophets: “Tuck your cloak enter your belt, carry dis flask of oil, and go Ramoth-gilead. ²As you reach, find Jehu di pikin of Jehoshaphat, di pikin of Nimshi. Enter go inside, komot am from im companions, and carry am go one back room.

³Carry di oil flask, pour am for im head, and talk say, ‘Na dis our Papa talk: I don anoint you king over Israel.’ Open di door, run komot—no waste time.”

⁴So di young man, di prophet servant, go Ramoth-gilead. ⁵As e reach, di army commanders siddon togeda. “I get message for you, commander,” e talk. “For which one of us?” Jehu ask. “For you, commander.”

⁶Jehu stand up and enter inside. Di young man pour di oil for im head, e talk say, “Na dis our Papa, di God of Israel, talk: ‘I don anoint you king over my people, over Israel. ⁷Kill di house of Ahab your master, so dat I fit take revenge for Jezebel di blood of my servants di prophets and of all wey dey serve me. ⁸Ahab whole house go die. I go cut komot from Ahab every man for Israel, whether e be slave or free man. ⁹I go make Ahab house be like di house of Jeroboam di pikin of Nebat and like di house of Baasha di pikin of Ahijah. ¹⁰As for Jezebel, dogs go chop am for di plot for Jezreel, and nobody go bury am.’ ” Den e open di door and run komot.

¹¹Jehu komot go meet im master officers. One ask, “Everytin dey alright? Wetin make dis mad man come meet you?” “Una know di man and di kind talk wey e dey talk,” e answer.

¹²“Na lie!” dem talk. “Tell us.” E talk say, “E tell me: ‘Na dis our Papa talk: I don anoint you king over Israel.’”

¹³Dem hurry, each one carry im cloak spread am for under am on top di bare steps. Dem blow di trumpet and shout, “Jehu na king!”

Jehu Kill Joram and Ahaziah

¹⁴Jehu di pikin of Jehoshaphat, di pikin of Nimshi, plan bad-bad against Joram, wey with all Israel bin dey guard Ramoth-gilead against Hazael king of Aram, ¹⁵but King Joram bin don go back Jezreel make e heal from di wound wey di Arameans give am as e dey fight Hazael king of Aram. So Jehu talk say, “If una gree, make nobody escape komot di city go report am for Jezreel.” ¹⁶Jehu enter im chariot and drive go Jezreel, wia Joram lie down. Ahaziah king of Judah bin don come down go see am. ¹⁷As di watchman for Jezreel tower see Jehu company dey come, e call, “I see one company of men.” “Get one horseman,” Joram order. “Send am go meet dem and ask, ‘Na peace be dis?’”

¹⁸Di horseman ride go meet Jehu: “Di king dey ask, ‘Na peace be dis?’” “Wetin peace concern you?” Jehu talk. “Fall in behind me.” Di watchman report, “Di messenger reach dem but e no dey come back.”

¹⁹Di king send anoda horseman. E reach dem: “Di king dey ask, na peace be dis?” Jehu answer, “Wetin peace concern you? Fall in behind me.”

²⁰Di watchman report, “E reach dem but e no dey come back. Di way e dey drive be like Jehu di pikin of Nimshi—e dey drive like mad man.”

²¹“Hitch my chariot,” Joram order. As e ready, Israel King Joram and Judah King Ahaziah each one drive komot for im own chariot go meet Jehu, dem meet am for di field of Naboth di Jezreelite.

²²As Joram see Jehu, e ask, “Na peace, Jehu?” E answer, “Wetin peace, as your mama Jezebel plenty-plenty prostitution and witchcraft still dey continue?”

²³Joram turn im chariot round and run, e dey shout give Ahaziah, “Na betrayal, Ahaziah!”

²⁴Jehu pull im bow with im full power and shoot Joram between im shoulders. Di arrow pierce im heart, and e fall down for im chariot. ²⁵Jehu tell im officer Bidkar, “Lift am and throw am for di plot of di field of Naboth di Jezreelite. Remember, wen you and me ride togeda behind im papa Ahab, our Papa put dis oracle on top am:

²⁶‘For true, I see Naboth blood and im sons blood yesterday, na so our Papa talk, and I go pay you back on dis very plot.’ So now carry am up and throw am for dat plot, as di word of our Papa talk.”

²⁷Ahaziah king of Judah see dis and run go up di Beth-haggan road. Jehu chase am, e order, “Shoot am too!” Dem strike am for di chariot for di climb go Gur near Ibleam, but e escape reach Megiddo and die dia. ²⁸Im servants drive am for chariot go Jerusalem and bury am for im tomb with im ancestors for di City of David. ²⁹(For di eleventh year of Joram di pikin of Ahab, Ahaziah become king over Judah.)

Our Papa Word Against Jezebel

³⁰Jehu come reach Jezreel. Jezebel hear am, e paint im eyes, arrange im hair, and look out for di window. ³¹As Jehu dey enter through di gate, e ask, “Na peace be dis, you Zimri, wey kill your master?” ^a a v31 Jezebel dey mock Jehu as e dey call am “Zimri”—one army officer wey kill im king make e grab di throne of Israel, den e die within few days; she dey brand Jehu as one traitor wey doom don catch.

³²E look up go di window and shout, “Who dey with me? Who?” Two or three eunuchs look down come meet am.

³³“Throw am down!” Jehu talk. So dem throw am down, and some of im blood splash di wall and di horses as dem trample am.

³⁴Jehu enter inside, chop and drink, den e talk say, “See to dis cursed woman and bury am; she na king pikin.”

³⁵As dem go bury am, na only di skull, di feet, and di palm of im hands dem see.

³⁶Dem go back go tell Jehu. E talk say, “Na dis be our Papa word through im servant Elijah di Tishbite: ‘For di plot for Jezreel dogs go chop Jezebel flesh. ³⁷Jezebel body go lie down like manure for di field for Jezreel, so dat nobody go fit talk say, “Dis na Jezebel.”’”