2 Mafumu 16
1 Mʼchaka cha 17 cha Peka mwana wa Remaliya, Ahazi mwana wa Yotamu mfumu ya Yuda anayamba kulamulira.
In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah Ahaz the son of Jotham king of Judah began to reign.
2 Ahazi anakhala mfumu ali ndi zaka makumi awiri ndipo analamulira mu Yerusalemu zaka 16. Iye sanachite zabwino pamaso pa Yehova Mulungu wake monga momwe Davide kholo lake ankachitira.
Twenty years old [was] Ahaz when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem, and did not [that which was] right in the sight of the LORD his God, like David his father.
3 Iye anayenda mʼnjira ya mafumu a Israeli mpaka kupereka mwana wake wamwamuna pa moto ngati nsembe yopsereza, potsatira zonyansa za anthu a mitundu imene Yehova anayipirikitsa mʼdzikomo Aisraeli asanafike.
But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, and even made his son to pass through the fire, according to the abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out from before the children of Israel.
4 Iyeyo ankapereka nsembe ndi kufukiza lubani pa malo opembedzera mafano, pa mapiri ndi pansi pa mtengo uliwonse wa masamba ambiri.
And he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree.
5 Ndipo Rezini mfumu ya Aramu ndi Peka mwana wa Remaliya mfumu ya Israeli anapita kukachita naye nkhondo ku Yerusalemu ndipo anazinga Ahazi, koma sanathe kumugonjetsa.
Then Rezin king of Syria and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel came up to Jerusalem to war: and they besieged Ahaz, but could not overcome [him].
6 Nthawi imeneyo Rezini mfumu ya Aramu anatenganso Elati ndi kumubwezera kwa Aaramu, nathamangitsa anthu a ku Yuda mu Elatimo. Aedomu anapita kukakhala ku Elati ndipo akukhalako mpaka lero lino.
At that time Rezin king of Syria recovered Elath to Syria, and drove the Jews from Elath: and the Syrians came to Elath, and have dwelt there to this day.
7 Ahazi anatuma amithenga kwa Tigilati-Pileseri mfumu ya ku Asiriya kuti, “Ine ndine mtumiki wanu ndipo ndili pansi panu. Bwerani mudzandipulumutse mʼdzanja la mfumu ya Aramu ndiponso mʼdzanja la mfumu ya Israeli amene akundithira nkhondo.”
So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, saying, I [am] thy servant and thy son: come up, and save me from the hand of the king of Syria, and from the hand of the king of Israel, who rise up against me.
8 Ndipo Ahazi anatenga siliva ndi golide amene anamupeza mʼNyumba ya Yehova ndi mosungira chuma cha nyumba ya mfumu ndi kutumiza ngati mphatso kwa mfumu ya ku Asiriya.
And Ahaz took the silver and gold that was found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasures of the king's house, and sent [it for] a present to the king of Assyria.
9 Mfumu ya ku Asiriya inamvera pokathira nkhondo mzinda wa Damasiko ndi kuwulanda. Anthu a mu mzindamo anawatumiza ku Kiri ndipo anapha Rezini.
And the king of Assyria hearkened to him: for the king of Assyria went up against Damascus, and took it, and carried [the people of] it captive to Kir, and slew Rezin.
10 Kenaka mfumu Ahazi inapita ku Damasiko kukakumana ndi Tigilati-Pileseri mfumu ya ku Asiriya. Iye anaona guwa lansembe ku Damasiko kuja ndipo anatumiza chitsanzo chake kwa wansembe Uriya, osasiyapo nʼkanthu komwe kuti athe kulimanga.
And king Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, and saw an altar that [was] at Damascus: and king Ahaz sent to Urijah the priest the fashion of the altar, and the pattern of it, according to all the workmanship of it.
11 Choncho wansembe Uriya anamanga guwa lansembe molingana ndi chitsanzo chimene anamutumizira Mfumu Ahazi kuchokera ku Damasiko ndipo anatsiriza kumanga guwalo Ahazi asabwere kuchokera ku Damasiko kuja.
And Urijah the priest built an altar according to all that king Ahaz had sent from Damascus: so Urijah the priest made [it] against king Ahaz came from Damascus.
12 Mfumu itabwera kuchokera ku Damasiko kuja ndi kuona guwalo, inasendera pafupi ndi kupereka nsembe paguwapo.
And when the king had come from Damascus, the king saw the altar: and the king approached to the altar, and offered on it.
13 Mfumu inapereka nsembe yopsereza ndi nsembe ya chakudya. Inapereka nsembe yachakumwa ndi kuwaza magazi a nsembe yake yachiyanjano paguwapo.
And he burnt his burnt-offering and his meat-offering, and poured his drink-offering, and sprinkled the blood of his peace-offerings upon the altar.
14 Guwa lamkuwa limene linali pamaso pa Yehova analichotsa kutsogolo kwa nyumbayo, kulichotsa pakati pa guwa latsopano ndi Nyumba ya Yehova ndi kukaliyika cha kumpoto kwa guwa latsopanolo.
And he brought also the brazen altar, which [was] before the LORD, from the front of the house, from between the altar and the house of the LORD, and put it on the north side of the altar.
15 Pamenepo Mfumu Ahazi inalamula wansembe Uriya kuti, “Pa guwa lalikulu latsopano uziperekapo nsembe yopsereza ya mmawa ndi nsembe ya chakudya ya madzulo, nsembe yopsereza ya mfumu ndi nsembe yake ya chakudya ndiponso nsembe za anthu onse a mʼdziko, za chakudya ndi chakumwa. Pa guwali uziwazapo magazi a nsembe zonse zopsereza ndi nsembe zina zonse. Koma ine ndizigwiritsa ntchito guwa lansembe lamkuwa pofuna kufunsira nzeru.”
And king Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying, Upon the great altar burn the morning burnt-offering, and the evening meat-offering, and the king's burnt-sacrifice, and his meat-offering, with the burnt-offering of all the people of the land, and their meat-offering, and their drink-offerings; and sprinkle upon it all the blood of the burnt-offering, and all the blood of the sacrifice: and the brazen altar shall be for me to inquire [by].
16 Ndipo wansembe Uriya anachita monga analamulira Mfumu Ahazi.
Thus did Urijah the priest, according to all that king Ahaz commanded.
17 Mfumu Ahazi anachotsa maferemu a maphaka nachotsapo mabeseni. Iye anatsitsa mbiya yayikulu imene inali pamwamba pa ngʼombe zamkuwa ndipo anayika pansi pa chiwundo cha miyala.
And king Ahaz cut off the borders of the bases, and removed the laver from off them; and took down the sea from off the brazen oxen that [were] under it, and put it upon a pavement of stones.
18 Iye anachotsa kadenga ka pa Sabata kamene kanamangidwa mʼkati mwa Nyumba ya Yehova ndiponso anatseka chipata cholowera mfumu cha kunja kwa nyumba ya Yehova pofuna kukondweretsa mfumu ya ku Asiriya.
And the covert for the sabbath that they had built in the house, and the king's entry without, he turned from the house of the LORD for the king of Assyria.
19 Ntchito zina za Ahazi ndi zonse zimene anachita, kodi sizinalembedwe mʼbuku la mbiri ya mafumu a Yuda?
Now the rest of the acts of Ahaz which he did, [are] they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
20 Ahazi anamwalira ndipo anayikidwa mʼmanda pamodzi ndi makolo ake mu Mzinda wa Davide. Ndipo Hezekiya mwana wake analowa ufumu mʼmalo mwake.
And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead.
