2 Kings 17
1 In the twelfth year of the reign of Ahaz over Judah, Hoshea son of Elah became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria nine years.
Mʼchaka cha 12 cha Ahazi mfumu ya Yuda, Hoseya mwana wa Ela anakhala mfumu ya Israeli mu Samariya ndipo analamulira zaka zisanu ndi zinayi.
2 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, but not like the kings of Israel who preceded him.
Iye anachita zoyipa pamaso pa Yehova, koma osafanana ndi mafumu a Israeli amene ankalamulira iye asanalowe ufumuwo.
3 Shalmaneser king of Assyria attacked him, and Hoshea became his vassal and paid him tribute.
Salimenezeri mfumu ya ku Asiriya anabwera kudzathira nkhondo Hoseya amene anali pansi pa ulamuliro wake ndipo ankapereka msonkho kwa iyeyo.
4 But the king of Assyria discovered that Hoshea had conspired to send envoys to King So of Egypt, and that he had not paid tribute to the king of Assyria as in previous years. Therefore the king of Assyria arrested Hoshea and put him in prison.
Koma mfumu ya ku Asiriya inazindikira kuti Hoseya akuwukira, pakuti Hoseyayo anali atatumiza nthumwi kwa So mfumu ya Igupto ndiponso analeka kukhoma msonkho kwa mfumu ya ku Asiriya, monga ankachitira chaka ndi chaka. Choncho Salimenezeri anagwira Hoseya ndi kumuyika mʼndende.
5 Then the king of Assyria invaded the whole land, marched up to Samaria, and besieged it for three years.
Mfumu ya ku Asiriya inapita kukathira nkhondo dziko lonse la Israeli ndipo inapita mpaka ku Samariya ndipo inazinga mzindawo kwa zaka zitatu.
6 In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and carried away the Israelites to Assyria, where he settled them in Halah, in Gozan by the Habor River, and in the cities of the Medes.
Mʼchaka chachisanu ndi chinayi cha Hoseya, mfumu ya ku Asiriya inalanda Samariya ndipo inatenga Aisraeli ndi kupita nawo ku Asiriya. Anakawakhazika ku Hala ndi Habori mʼmbali mwa mtsinje wa Gozani ndi mʼmizinda ya Amedi.
7 All this happened because the people of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. They had worshiped other gods
Zonsezi zinachitika chifukwa Aisraeli anachimwira Yehova Mulungu wawo, amene anawatulutsa mʼdziko la Igupto pansi pa ulamuliro wa Farao mfumu ya Igupto. Iwo ankapembedza milungu ina,
8 and walked in the customs of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites, as well as in the practices introduced by the kings of Israel.
ndiponso ankatsatira miyambo ya anthu a mitundu imene Yehova anayichotsa pamene iwo ankafika mʼdzikomo pamodzinso ndi miyambo yonse imene mafumu a Israeli anayambitsa.
9 The Israelites secretly did things against the LORD their God that were not right. From watchtower to fortified city, they built high places in all their cities.
Ndipo Aisraeli ankachita zoyipa mwamseri kutsutsana ndi Yehova Mulungu wawo. Kuchokera ku nsanja ya alonda mpaka ku mzinda wotetezedwa, mʼmizinda yawo yonse anamangamo malo opembedzeramo mafano.
10 They set up for themselves sacred pillars and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.
Anayimika miyala ya chipembedzo ndi mitengo ya mafano a Asera pa phiri lililonse lalitali ndi pansi pa mtengo uliwonse wa masamba ambiri.
11 They burned incense on all the high places like the nations that the LORD had driven out before them. They did wicked things, provoking the LORD to anger.
Pa malo aliwonse opembedzera mafano, anthuwa ankafukiza lubani monga momwe ankachitira anthu a mitundu imene Yehova anayichotsa pamene iwo ankafika. Iwo anachita zinthu zoyipa zomwe zinaputa mkwiyo wa Yehova.
12 They served idols, although the LORD had told them, “You shall not do this thing.”
Ndipo iwowo ankapembedza mafano ngakhale Yehova ananena kuti, “Musadzachite zimenezi.”
13 Yet through all His prophets and seers, the LORD warned Israel and Judah, saying, “Turn from your wicked ways and keep My commandments and statutes, according to the entire Law that I commanded your fathers and delivered to you through My servants the prophets.”
Yehova anachenjeza Israeli ndi Yuda kudzera mwa aneneri ake onse ndi alosi kuti, “Lekani mchitidwe wanu woyipawo. Mverani malamulo anga ndi malangizo anga potsatira zonse zolembedwa mʼmalamulo a Mose, zimene ndinalamulira makolo anu kuti azimvere, kudzera mwa aneneri, atumiki anga.”
14 But they would not listen, and they stiffened their necks like their fathers, who did not believe the LORD their God.
Koma anthuwa sanamvere ndipo anawumitsa khosi ngati momwe analili makolo awo, amene sanadalire Yehova Mulungu wawo.
15 They rejected His statutes and the covenant He had made with their fathers, as well as the decrees He had given them. They pursued worthless idols and themselves became worthless, going after the surrounding nations that the LORD had commanded them not to imitate.
Anakana malangizo ake ndi pangano anachita ndi makolo awo ndipo ananyoza zochenjeza za Yehova. Iwo anatsatira mafano achabechabe nasanduka achabechabe. Anthuwa anatsanzira mitundu ya anthu owazungulira ngakhale kuti Yehova anawalamula kuti, “Musamachite zomwe iwo amachita,” koma iwo anachita zomwe Yehova anawaletsa.
16 They abandoned all the commandments of the LORD their God and made for themselves two cast idols of calves and an Asherah pole. They bowed down to all the host of heaven and served Baal.
Iwowo anasiya malamulo onse a Yehova Mulungu wawo, nadzipangira mafano awiri osungunula a ana angʼombe ndiponso fano la Asera, napembedza zonse zamlengalenga ndi kutumikira Baala.
17 They sacrificed their sons and daughters in the fire and practiced divination and soothsaying. They devoted themselves to doing evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger.
Ndipo anadutsitsa mʼmoto ana awo aamuna ndi aakazi. Iwo ankawombeza mawula, namachitanso zanyanga ndipo anadzipereka kuchita zoyipa pamaso pa Yehova namukwiyitsa.
18 So the LORD was very angry with Israel, and He removed them from His presence. Only the tribe of Judah remained,
Choncho Yehova anakwiya nawo kwambiri Aisraeli ndipo anawachotsa pamaso pake. Palibe amene anatsala kupatula fuko la Yuda lokha.
19 and even Judah did not keep the commandments of the LORD their God, but lived according to the customs Israel had introduced.
Yuda nayenso sanasunge malamulo a Yehova Mulungu wawo. Iwo ankatsatira machitidwe amene Israeli anayambitsa.
20 So the LORD rejected all the descendants of Israel. He afflicted them and delivered them into the hands of plunderers, until He had banished them from His presence.
Motero Yehova anakana Aisraeli onse. Iye anawazunza nawapereka mʼmanja mwa anthu ofunkha mpaka Iye atawachotseratu pamaso pake.
21 When the LORD had torn Israel away from the house of David, they made Jeroboam son of Nebat king, and Jeroboam led Israel away from following the LORD and caused them to commit a great sin.
Yehova atangʼamba Israeli kumuchotsa ku nyumba ya Davide, Aisraeliwo anasankha Yeroboamu mwana wa Nebati kukhala mfumu yawo. Yeroboamu ananyengerera Aisraeli kuti asatsatire Yehova ndipo anawachimwitsa tchimo lalikulu.
22 The Israelites persisted in all the sins that Jeroboam had committed and did not turn away from them.
Aisraeli anakakamira machimo onse amene Yeroboamu anachita ndipo sanawasiye
23 Finally, the LORD removed Israel from His presence, as He had declared through all His servants the prophets. So Israel was exiled from their homeland into Assyria, where they are to this day.
mpaka pamene Yehova anawachotsa pamaso pake monga anawachenjezera kudzera mwa atumiki ake onse, aneneri. Choncho Aisraeli anachotsedwa mʼdziko lawo kupita ku ukapolo ku Asiriya ndipo ali komweko mpaka lero lino.
24 Then the king of Assyria brought people from Babylon, Cuthah, Avva, Hamath, and Sepharvaim and settled them in the towns of Samaria to replace the Israelites. They took possession of Samaria and lived in its towns.
Mfumu ya ku Asiriya inabweretsa anthu a ku Babuloni, Kuta, Awa, Hamati ndi a ku Sefaravaimu kudzawakhazika mʼmizinda ya Samariya kulowa mʼmalo mwa Aisraeli. Iwo anatenga Samariya ndi kukhala mʼmizinda yake.
25 Now when the settlers first lived there, they did not worship the LORD, so He sent lions among them, which killed some of them.
Iwo atayamba kukhala kumeneko, sanapembedze Yehova choncho Yehova anatumiza mikango pakati pawo ndipo inapha ena mwa iwo.
26 So they spoke to the king of Assyria, saying, “The peoples that you have removed and placed in the cities of Samaria do not know the requirements of the God of the land. Because of this, He has sent lions among them, which are indeed killing them off.”
Tsono mfumu ya ku Asiriya inawuzidwa za nkhaniyi kuti, “Anthu amene munawatumiza ndi kuwakhazika mʼmizinda ya Samariya sakudziwa chimene Mulungu wa dzikolo amafuna. Choncho Iye watumiza mikango pakati pawo imene ikuwapha chifukwa anthuwo sadziwa chimene Mulungu wa dzikolo amafuna.”
27 Then the king of Assyria commanded: “Send back one of the priests you carried off from Samaria, and have him go back to live there and teach the requirements of the God of the land.”
Tsono mfumu ya ku Asiriya inalamula kuti, “Tengani wansembe mmodzi mwa amene munawagwira ukapolo, mupite naye kumeneko ndipo akakhale komweko nakaphunzitse anthu zimene Mulungu wa dzikolo amafuna.”
28 Thus one of the priests they had carried away came and lived in Bethel, and he began to teach them how they should worship the LORD.
Choncho mmodzi mwa ansembe amene anawatenga ku Samariya anabwera kudzakhala ku Beteli ndipo ankaphunzitsa anthuwo kupembedza Yehova.
29 Nevertheless, the people of each nation continued to make their own gods in the cities where they had settled, and they set them up in the shrines that the people of Samaria had made on the high places.
Koma mtundu uliwonse wa anthu unkapangabe mafano a milungu yawoyawo mʼmizinda yambiri imene anthuwo ankakhala, ndipo anayika milunguyo mʼnyumba za milungu zimene anthu a ku Samariya anamanga ku malo opembedzera mafano.
30 The men of Babylon made Succoth-benoth, the men of Cuth made Nergal, the men of Hamath made Ashima,
Anthu a ku Babuloni anapanga Sukoti-Benoti, anthu a ku Kuti anapanga Nerigali, ndipo anthu a ku Hamati anapanga Asima;
31 the Avvites made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites burned their children in the fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech the gods of the Sepharvaim.
Aava anapanga Nibihazi ndi Taritaki, ndipo Asefaravaimu ankawotcha ana awo pa moto ngati nsembe kwa Adirameleki ndi Anameleki, milungu ya Asefaravaimu.
32 So the new residents worshiped the LORD, but they also appointed for themselves priests of all sorts to serve in the shrines of the high places.
Iwo ankapembedza Yehova, koma ankadzisankhira okha pakati pawo anthu wamba kuti akhale ansembe awo ku nyumba za milungu za ku malo opembedzera mafano.
33 They worshiped the LORD, but they also served their own gods according to the customs of the nations from which they had been carried away.
Iwowo ankapembedza Yehova, komanso ankatumikira milungu yawo molingana ndi miyambo ya mitundu ya kumene ankachokera.
34 To this day they are still practicing their former customs. None of them worship the LORD or observe the statutes, ordinances, laws, and commandments that the LORD gave the descendants of Jacob, whom He named Israel.
Mpaka lero lino iwo akupitirizabe kuchita zimene ankachita poyamba. Sapembedza Yehova kapenanso kutsata malangizo ake ndi malamulo ake, chiphunzitso chake monga mwa malamulo amene Yehova anawapereka kwa zidzukulu za Yakobo, amene anamutcha Israeli.
35 For the LORD had made a covenant with the Israelites and commanded them, “Do not worship other gods or bow down to them; do not serve them or sacrifice to them.
Pamene Yehova anachita pangano ndi Aisraeli, Iye anawalamula kuti, “Musapembedze milungu ina kapena kuyigwadira iyo, kuyitumikira kapena kupereka nsembe kwa iyoyo.
36 Instead, worship the LORD, who brought you out of the land of Egypt with great power and an outstretched arm. You are to bow down to Him and offer sacrifices to Him.
Koma Yehova amene anakutulutsani mʼdziko la Igupto ndi dzanja lake lamphamvu ndiye amene muyenera kumupembedza.
37 And you must always be careful to observe the statutes, ordinances, laws, and commandments He wrote for you. Do not worship other gods.
Muyenera kusamalitsa nthawi zonse kusunga malangizo anga ndi malemba anga, chiphunzitso ndi malamulo amene anakulemberani. Musapembedze milungu ina.
38 Do not forget the covenant I have made with you. Do not worship other gods,
Musayiwale pangano limene ndinapangana nanu ndipo musamapembedze milungu ina.
39 but worship the LORD your God, and He will deliver you from the hands of all your enemies.”
Mʼmalo mwake muzipembedza Yehova Mulungu wanu pakuti ndiye amene adzakulanditsani mʼdzanja la adani anu onse.”
40 But they would not listen, and they persisted in their former customs.
Komabe iwo sanamvere ndipo anapitiriza kuchita zomwe ankachita kale.
41 So these nations worshiped the LORD but also served their idols, and to this day their children and grandchildren continue to do as their fathers did.
Ngakhale anthuwo ankapembedza Yehova, ankatumikiranso mafano awo. Mpaka lero lino ana awo ndi zidzukulu zawo zikupitiriza kuchita zomwe ankachita makolo awo.
