2 Kings 16
1 Ahaz, son of Jotham, became king of Judah in the seventeenth year of the reign of Pekah, son of Remaliah.
Mu mwaka ogw’ekkumi n’omusanvu ogw’obufuzi bwa Peka mutabani wa Lemaliya, Akazi mutabani wa Yosamu kabaka wa Yuda, n’atandika okufuga.
2 Ahaz was twenty when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem for sixteen years. But unlike David his forefather, he did not do what was right in the sight of the Lord his God.
Akazi yali wa myaka amakumi abiri we yatandikira okufuga, era n’afugira emyaka kkumi na mukaaga mu Yerusaalemi. N’akola ebibi mu maaso ga Mukama Katonda we, obutafaanana nga jjajjaawe Dawudi.
3 He followed the ways of the kings of Israel, and he even sacrificed his son in the fire, participating in the disgusting practices of the nations the Lord had driven out before the Israelites.
N’atambulira mu ngeri za bassekabaka ba Isirayiri, era n’okuwaayo n’awaayo mutabani we ng’ekiweebwayo, ng’agoberera eby’emizizo eby’amawanga Mukama ge yali agobye mu maaso g’Abayisirayiri.
4 He sacrificed and presented burnt offerings on the high places and on the hills and under every green tree.
N’awangayo ssaddaaka, era n’ayoterezanga n’obubaane ku bifo ebigulumivu, ku nsozi waggulu, ne wansi wa buli muti.
5 Rezin, king of Aram, and Pekah, son of Remaliah, king of Israel, came and attacked Jerusalem. They besieged Ahaz but couldn't defeat him.
Lezini kabaka wa Busuuli ne Peka, mutabani wa Lemaliya kabaka wa Isirayiri ne bambuka okulumba Yerusaalemi ne bazingiza Akazi, naye ne batayinza kumuwangula.
6 This was when Rezin, king of Aram, recovered Elath for Edom. He expelled the people of Judah, and sent Edomites to Elath, where they still live to this day.
Mu kiseera kye kimu, Lezini kabaka wa Busuuli n’agoba abasajja ba Yuda okuva mu Erasi n’akiddiza Abasuuli, era gye babeera ne leero.
7 Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-pileser, king of Assyria, saying, “I'm your servant, and your son. Please come and rescue me from the kings of Aram and Israel who are attacking me.”
Awo Akazi n’atuma ababaka eri Tigulasupireseri kabaka w’e Bwasuli, okumugamba nti, “Ndi muddu wo era mutabani wo, nkwegayiridde jjangu ondokole okuva mu mukono gwa kabaka wa Busuuli; n’okuva mu mukono gwa kabaka wa Isirayiri abannumbye.”
8 Ahaz took the silver and gold from the Lord's Temple and from the treasuries of the king's palace, and he sent it to the king of Assyria as a gift.
Akazi n’aggya effeeza ne zaabu ebyabeeranga mu yeekaalu ya Mukama, ne mu mawanika ag’omu lubiri lwa kabaka, n’agiweereza ng’ekirabo eri kabaka w’e Bwasuli.
9 The king of Assyria responded positively to him. He went and attacked Damascus, and captured it. He deported its inhabitants to Kir and executed Rezin.
Awo kabaka w’e Bwasuli n’awulira okwegayirira kwe, n’alumba Ddamasiko, n’akiwamba, n’abantu abaabeerangamu n’abaweereza mu buwaŋŋanguse e Kiri, era n’okutta n’atta Lezini.
10 King Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath-Pileser, king of Assyria. During his visit he saw an altar in Damascus, and he sent Uriah the priest a drawing of the altar, along with instructions how to build it.
Awo kabaka Akazi n’agenda e Ddamasiko okusisinkana Tigulasupireseri kabaka w’e Bwasuli, era eyo n’alabayo ekyoto ekyali mu Ddamasiko. Amangwago kabaka Akazi n’aweereza Uliya kabona ekifaananyi ky’ekyoto ekyo, n’engeri gye kiteekwa okuzimbibwa.
11 So Uriah the priest built an altar following all the instructions King Ahaz had sent from Damascus, completing it before King Ahaz returned.
Awo Uliya kabona n’azimba ekyoto, ng’ebiragiro bya kabaka Akazi bye yaweereza okuva e Ddamasiko bwe byali, era n’agimaliriza nga kabaka Akazi tannava Ddamasiko.
12 When the king came back from Damascus he saw the altar. He went over to it and made offerings on it.
Kabaka bwe yakomawo okuva e Ddamasiko, n’alaba ekyoto, n’akisemberera era ku kyo n’aweerako ssaddaaka.
13 He presented his burnt offering and his grain offering, he poured out his drink offering, and sprinkled the blood of his friendship offerings on it.
N’aweerayo ssaddaaka ey’ekyokebwa ne ssaddaaka ey’obutta n’ayiwako ne ssaddaaka ey’ekyokunywa, era n’amansirako omusaayi ogw’ebiweebwayo olw’emirembe ku kyoto.
14 He also moved the bronze altar that stood before the Lord from the front of the Temple, between the new altar and the Lord's Temple, and he placed it to the north of the new altar.
N’aggyawo ekyoto eky’ekikomo ekyabeeranga mu maaso ga Mukama mu yeekaalu wakati w’ekyoto kye ne yeekaalu ya Mukama, n’akiteeka ku luuyi olw’obukiikaddyo obw’ekyoto kye.
15 Then King Ahaz ordered Uriah the priest: “Use this new important altar to offer the morning burnt offering, the evening grain offering, the king's burnt offering and grain offering, and the burnt offering of all the people, and their grain offerings and their drink offerings. Sprinkle on this altar the blood of all the burnt offerings and sacrifices. The old bronze altar I'll use for divination.”
Awo kabaka Akazi n’alagira Uliya kabona nti, “Ku kyoto ekinene, weerayo ekiweebwayo ekyokebwa eky’enkya n’ekiweebwayo eky’obutta eky’akawungeezi, eky’okuwaayo ekyokebwa ekya kabaka, n’ekyokuwaayo kye eky’obutta, n’ekyokuwaayo ekyokebwa eky’abantu ab’omu nsi, n’ekiweebwayo kyabwe eky’obutta, n’ekiweebwayo kyabwe ekyokunywa. Omansire ku kyoto omusaayi gwonna ogw’ebiweebwayo ebyokebwa, n’omusaayi gwonna ogwa ssaddaaka. Wabula ekyoto eky’ekikomo kinaabeeranga kyange nga kya kwebuuzaako.”
16 Uriah the priest followed King Ahaz's orders.
Uliya kabona n’akola byonna, nga kabaka Akazi bwe yamulagira.
17 King Ahaz also removed the frames of the movable carts, and also took out the bronze basin from each of them. He removed the Sea from the bronze bulls it rested on and placed it on a stone pedestal.
Kabaka Akazi n’atemako emigo gye biyimirirwako, ne bensani n’aziggya kwe zaabeeranga, ate n’aggya n’ennyanja okuva ku nte ennume ez’ekikomo, eza giwaniriranga, n’agiteeka ku mayinja amaliire.
18 He took down the Sabbath canopy they had built in the Temple, as well as the king's outer entrance to the Lord's Temple. He did this to please the king of Assyria.
N’aggyawo n’ekyabikkanga ku kkubo erya ssabbiiti eryali lizimbiddwa okumpi ne yeekaalu, ate era n’aggyawo n’ekkubo erya kabaka ery’ebweru wa yeekaalu ya Mukama, olwa kabaka w’e Bwasuli.
19 The rest of what happened in Ahaz's reign and all he did are recorded in the Book of Chronicles of the Kings of Judah.
Ebyafaayo ebirala ebyabaawo mu bufuzi Akazi, ne bye yakola, tebyawandiikibwa mu kitabo eky’ebyomumirembe gya bassekabaka ba Yuda?
20 Ahaz died and was buried with his forefathers in the City of David. His son Hezekiah succeeded him as king.
Awo Akazi n’afa n’aziikibwa ku biggya bya bajjajjaabe mu kibuga kya Dawudi. Keezeekiya mutabani we n’amusikira okuba kabaka.
