2 naalaagamam
24 yōvaas raajaavaanapōdhu avarukku ēlu vayadhu.+ avar 40 varushangal erusalēmil aatchi seidhaar. avarudaiya ammaa, peyer-sebaavai+ sērndha sibiyaal. 2 guruvaagiya yōidhaa uyirōdu irundha kaalamellaam yōvaas yegōvaavukku piriyamaaga nadandhukondaar.+ 3 yōidhaa irandu pengalai yōvaasukku kalyaanam seidhu vaitthaar. avarukku magangalum magalgalum pirandhaargal.
4 yegōvaavin aalayatthai pudhuppikka+ vēndumendru yōvaas manadhaara aasaippattaar. 5 adhanaal gurumaargalaiyum lēviyargalaiyum avar ondrukūtti, “ungal kadavulin aalayatthai ovvoru varushamum paludhupaarkka vēndum.+ adhanaal, yūdhaavil irukkira ellaa nagarangalukkum pōi, isravēl makkal ellaaridamum nankodai vaangungal. thaamadhikkaamal udanē seiyungal” endru sonnaar. aanaal, lēviyargal adhai udanadiyaaga seiyavillai.+ 6 adhanaal thalaimai guruvaana yōidhaavai raajaa kūppittu,+ “saatchi kūdaaratthukkaaga+ isravēl sabaiyaar punidha variyai katta vēndumendru yegōvaavin ūliyaraana mōsē kattalaiyittirundhaar, illaiyaa?+ piragu ēn yūdhaavilum erusalēmilum irukkira makkalidamirundhu punidha variyai vaanguvadharkaaga lēviyargalai anuppavillai? 7 andha pollaadha atthaaliyaalin magangal+ yegōvaavin aalayatthukkul atthumīri nulaindhu,+ angirundha parisuttha porulgal ellaavatraiyum edutthu paagaalai vananguvadharkaaga payanpadutthiyadhu ungalukkē theriyum” endru sonnaar. 8 pinbu, raajaavin kattalaippadi, oru pettiyai+ seidhu yegōvaavudaiya aalayatthin vaasalukku veliyē vaitthaargal.+ 9 isravēlargal vanaandharatthil irundhapōdhu kadavulin ūliyaraana mōsē kattalaiyitta punidha variyai+ yegōvaavukku kodukka solli yūdhaa engum erusalēm engum arivippu seiyappattadhu. 10 adhai kēttu ellaa makkalum ellaa adhigaarigalum migavum sandhōshappattaargal.+ petti nirambi valiyumvarai* kaanikkaigalai konduvandhu adhil pōttukkondē irundhaargal.
11 andha pettiyil niraiya panam sērndhuvittadhai paarkkumpōdhu lēviyargal adhai raajaavidam konduvaruvaargal. pinbu, raajaavin seyalaalarum mudhanmai guruvin udhaviyaalarum panatthai veliyē edutthuvittu,+ andha pettiyai kondupōi palaiyapadi adhan idatthil vaitthuviduvaargal. ippadi ovvoru naalum seidhu, ēraalamaana panatthai sērtthaargal. 12 raajaavum yōidhaavum yegōvaavin aalaya vēlaiyai mērpaarvai seigiravargalidam andha panatthai kodutthaargal. ivargal, yegōvaavin aalayatthai pudhuppippadharkaaga karkalai vetti sedhukkugiravargalaiyum kaittholilaaligalaiyum vēlaikku vaitthaargal.+ adhōdu, irumbaiyum sembaiyum vaitthu vēlai seigiravargalaiyum yegōvaavin aalayatthai paludhupaarkkira vēlaikkaaga niyamitthaargal. 13 mērpaarvai seigiravargal vēlaiyai aarambitthu vaitthaargal. avargaludaiya mērpaarvaiyil paludhupaarkkum vēlai nandraaga munnēriyadhu. unmai kadavulin aalayatthai urudhiyaaga katti, palaiya nilaikku konduvandhaargal. 14 aalaya vēlai mudindhavudan, michamirundha panatthai raajaavidamum yōidhaavidamum konduvandhu kodutthaargal. avargal andha panatthai vaitthu yegōvaavin aalayatthukku thēvaiyaana saamaangalai seidhaargal. aalaya vēlaikkum bali selutthuvadharkum thēvaiyaana saamaangal, kinnangal, velli saamaangal, thanga saamaangal aagiyavatrai seidhaargal.+ yōidhaa uyirōdu irundhavarai, yegōvaavin aalayatthil thavaraamal dhagana baligalai kodutthuvandhaargal.+
15 yōidhaa pala varushangal thirupthiyaaga vaalndhu, vayadhaagi kadaisiyil irandhupōnaar. appōdhu, avarukku 130 vayadhu. 16 avar isravēl makkalukkum unmai kadavulukkum avarudaiya aalayatthukkum niraiya nalladhu seidhirundhaar.+ adhanaal ‘dhaavīdhin nagaratthil,’ raajaakkal adakkam seiyappatta idatthil adakkam seiyappattaar.+
17 yōidhaa irandha piragu, yūdhaavilirundha adhigaarigal raajaavidam vandhu avar munnaal thalaivananginaargal. raajaa avargal pēchai kēttaar. 18 makkal thangaludaiya munnōrgalin kadavulaana yegōvaavin aalayatthai alatchiyam seidhuvittu, pūjai kambangalaiyum* silaigalaiyum vananga aarambitthaargal. ippadi paavam seidhadhaal yūdhaamīdhum erusalēmīdhum kadavul migavum kōbappattaar. 19 avargal thannidam thirumbivaruvadharkaaga yegōvaa thannudaiya thīrkkadharisigalai mīndum mīndum anuppinaar. avargalum thodarndhu echarikkai kodutthaargal. aanaal, makkal adhaiyellaam kaadhil vaangikkollavē illai.+
20 guruvaagiya yōidhaavin+ magan sagariyaamīdhu kadavuludaiya sakthi vandhadhu. appōdhu avar ōr uyaramaana idatthil nindrukondu makkalai paartthu, “unmai kadavul solvadhu ennavendraal, ‘ēn yegōvaavin kattalaigalai mīri nadakkirīrgal? avarudaiya kattalaigalai mīrinaal nīngal seigira edhilum vetri kidaikkaadhu. nīngal yegōvaavai odhukkivittīrgal, adhanaal avarum ungalai odhukkividuvaar’”+ endru sonnaar. 21 adhanaal, sagariyaavukku edhiraaga avargal sadhitthittam pōttaargal.+ raajaavin kattalaippadi, yegōvaavudaiya aalayatthin pragaaratthil avarai kallerindhu kondraargal.+ 22 yōidhaa kaattiya maaraadha anbai ninaitthu paarkkaamal avarudaiya magan sagariyaavai yōvaas raajaa kondrupōttaar. sagariyaa saagumpōdhu, “idharkellaam yegōvaa ungalukku sariyaana dhandanai koduppaar”+ endru sollivittu irandhupōnaar.
23 aduttha varushatthin aarambatthil yōvaasukku edhiraaga sīriyargal padaiyedutthu vandhu, yūdhaavaiyum erusalēmaiyum thaakkinaargal.+ ellaa adhigaarigalaiyum kondrupōttaargal.+ angirundhu kollaiyadittha ellaa porulgalaiyum thamasku raajaavukku anuppi vaitthaargal. 24 sīriyargal konjam vīrargalōdu padaiyedutthu vandhapōdhilum, yūdhaavin miga periya padaiyai thōrkaditthaargal.+ makkal thangaludaiya munnōrgalin kadavulaana yegōvaavai alatchiyam seidhadhaal, yegōvaa avargalai thōtruppōga vaitthaar. sīriyargal yōvaasukku dhandanai kodutthaargal. 25 (avargaludaiya thaakkudhalaal yōvaas bayangaramaaga kaayamadaindhirundhaar*), avargal angirundhu thirumbi pōnadhum avarudaiya ūliyargalē avarukku edhiraaga sadhitthittam pōttaargal. ēnendraal, avar guruvaagiya yōidhaavin+ magangaludaiya* ratthatthai sindhiyirundhaar. avarudaiya padukkaiyilēyē avarai padukolai seidhaargal.+ avar irandhadhum ‘dhaavīdhin nagaratthil’+ adakkam seiyappattaar. aanaal, raajaakkal adakkam seiyappatta idatthil adakkam seiyappadavillai.+
26 ammōniya pennaana simiyaatthin magan saabaatthum mōvaabiya pennaana simrītthin magan yegōsabaatthumdhaan avarukku edhiraaga sadhi seidhavargal.+ 27 yōvaasin magangalai patriyum, avarukku edhiraana dhandanai thīrppugalai+ patriyum, unmai kadavulin aalayam pudhuppikkappattadhai+ patriyum raajaakkalin butthagatthil eludhappattirukkiradhu. avarukku piragu, avarudaiya magan amathsiyaa raajaavaanaar.