2 Chronicles 28
1 Ahaz was 20 years old when he became the king [of Judah]. He ruled from Jerusalem for 16 years. His ancestor King David was a good king, but Ahaz was not like David. He constantly disobeyed Yahweh
Ahaz ne ja-higni piero ariyo kane obedo ruoth kendo nobedo e loch kodak Jerusalem kuom higni apar gauchiel kodak Jerusalem. To timbene ne ok longʼo e nyim wangʼ Jehova Nyasaye kaka timbe Daudi kwar mare ne chalo.
2 and was as sinful as the kings of Israel had been. He made idols of the god Baal.
Noluwo timbe ruodhi mag Israel kendo nothedho kido milamogo Baal.
3 He burned incense in Hinnom Valley. He even [killed some of] his own sons [and] offered [them] as sacrifices to be completely burned. That imitated the disgusting customs of the people-groups who previously lived there, people whom Yahweh had expelled as the Israelis advanced through the land.
Notimo liswa e Holo mar Ben Hinom kendo nochiwo nyithinde e mach kaka misango miwangʼo pep koluwo timbe mamono mag ogendini mane Jehova Nyasaye oriembo e nyim jo-Israel.
4 Ahaz offered sacrifices [to idols] at shrines on hilltops and under every big green tree.
Notimo misengini kendo owangʼo ubani mangʼwe ngʼar e kuonde motingʼore malo mag lemo, ewi gode matindo kendo e bwo yiende motimo otiep.
5 Therefore Yahweh his God allowed his army to be defeated by the army of the king of Syria. They captured many soldiers of Judah and took them as prisoners to Damascus. The army of the king of Israel also defeated the army of Judah and killed very many of their soldiers.
Omiyo Jehova Nyasaye ma Nyasache nochiwe e lwet ruodh Aram mi jo-Aram noloye kendo nomako joge mangʼeny kaka joma otwe kendo noterogi Damaski. Bende nochiwe e lwet ruodh Israel, mane onego joge mangʼeny.
6 In one day the army of Remaliah’s son, King Pekah [of Israel], killed 120,000 soldiers in Judah. That happened because [the people of] Judah had abandoned Yahweh, the God whom their ancestors [worshiped].
Kuom odiechiengʼ achiel Peka wuod Remalia nonego jolweny mag Juda alufu achiel nikech Juda nosejwangʼo Jehova Nyasaye, ma Nyasach kweregi.
7 Zicri, a warrior from the tribe of Ephraim, killed king Ahaz’s son Maaseiah, Azrikam the officer in charge of the palace, and Elkanah, the king’s assistant.
Zikri thuon Efraim nonego Maseya wuod ruoth kod Azrikam jatelo mane ochungʼ ne od ruoth kod Elkana mane jalup ruoth.
8 The soldiers of Israel captured 200,000 of the people of Judah, including many wives and sons and daughters [of the soldiers of Judah]. They also seized and took back to Samaria many valuable things.
Jo-Israel nomako owetegi alufu mia ariyo mane gin mon kod yawuowi kod nyiri. Bende ne giyako mwandu mangʼeny mane gitingʼo gidwoko Samaria.
9 But a prophet of Yahweh whose name was Obed was there [in Samaria]. He went out of the city to meet the army when it returned to Samaria. He said to them, “Because Yahweh, the God whom your ancestors [belonged to], was angry with [the people of] Judah, he allowed you to defeat them. But God has seen the cruel way that you slaughtered them.
To noyudo ka janabi mar Jehova Nyasaye ma nyinge Oded ne ni kanyo kendo nodhi moromo kod jolweny kane gidwogo Samaria. Nowachonegi niya, “Jehova Nyasaye, ma Nyasach kwereu osechiwo jo-Juda e lwetu nikech nokecho kodgi, to un to koro usenegogi gi ich wangʼ marach omiyo wachni osetundo ira e polo.
10 And now you want to [sin by] causing men and women from Judah to become your slaves, but you have certainly also sinned against Yahweh our God!
To koro udwaro keto chwo kod mond Juda gi Jerusalem wasumbiniu. Donge un bende un joketho kuom timo richo e nyim Jehova Nyasaye, ma Nyasachu?
11 So listen to me! Send back [to Judah] your fellow-countrymen whom you have captured, because Yahweh is extremely angry with you [for what you did to them].”
Omiyo chikuru itu maber! Weuru joweteu ma usemako odogi nimar mirima mager osemako Jehova Nyasaye nikech un.”
12 Then some of the leaders of [the tribe of] Ephraim—Azariah the son of Jehohanan, Berekiah the son of Meshillemoth, Jehizkiah the son of Shallum, and Amasa the son of Hadlai—rebuked those who were returning from the battle.
Eka jotelo moko mag Efraim kaka Azaria wuod Jehohanan gi Berekia wuod Meshilemoth gi Jehizkia wuod Shalum kod Amasa wuod Hadlai bende nodhi mokwero jogo mane oa e lweny.
13 They said to them, “You must not bring those prisoners here! If you do that, Yahweh will consider that we are guilty of sinning. We are already guilty of committing many sins; do you want to cause us to be even more guilty by committing another sin? God is already very angry with [us people of] Israel!”
Negiwacho niya, “Ok unyal kelo jogo ma umako kaeni, nimar kutimo kamano to wanabed joketho e nyim Jehova Nyasaye. Koso udwaro medo richo ewi mago ma wasetimo? Richo ma wasetimo duongʼ moloyo kendo mirimbe mager ni kuom Israel.”
14 So, while their leaders and others were watching, the soldiers released the prisoners, and also gave back to them the valuable things that they had captured.
Kuom mano, jolwenygi noweyo joma negimako kaachiel gi mwandu mane gipeyo ka gin e nyim jotelo kod joma nochokore duto.
15 The leaders who were selected took some of the clothes that the soldiers had taken from the prisoners and gave those clothes back to the people who were naked. They also gave to the prisoners sandals and other clothes and things to eat and drink, and they gave them olive oil to rub on their wounds. They gave donkeys to those who were very weak, in order that they could ride on them. Then they led them all to Jericho, the city that had many palm trees. Then those leaders [of Israel] returned to Samaria.
Joma noluong nying-gigo nokawo jogo mane omaki kendo negimiyo joma ne niduge duto lewni mane gigolo kuom gik mane gipeyo. Ne gimiyogi lewni kod wuoche, chiemo kod math, ne giwiro kuonde manoriemo gi mo. Jogo duto mane ool notingʼ e punde ka giterogi Jeriko, ma bende iluongo ni Dala Maduongʼ mar Othidhe kuma jowetegi mamoko ne nitiere, bangʼe negidok Samaria.
16 About that time, King Ahaz sent [a message] to the king of Assyria requesting help.
E kindeno ruoth Ahaz nokwayo ruodh Asuria mondo okonye.
17 [He did that because the army from] the Edom people-group had come again and attacked Judah and taken away many of the people of Judah as prisoners.
Jo-Edom bende nomonjo jo-Juda kendo negimako ji mangʼeny.
18 At the same time, men from Philistia had raided/attacked towns in the foothills and in the southern desert of Judah. They had captured Beth-Shemesh, Aijalon, and Gederoth [cities], as well as Soco, Timnah and Gimzo [towns] and the nearby villages.
Jo-Filistia bende nosemonjo mier mane ni e bwo gode matindo kod man Negev ei Juda. Negimako kendo gikawo Beth Shemesh, Aijalon kod Gederoth kaachiel gi Soko, Timna kod Gimzo koriwore gi mier matindo molworogi.
19 Yahweh [allowed those things to happen in order to] humble king Ahaz, because he had encouraged the people of Judah to do wicked things and had disobeyed Yahweh very much.
Jehova Nyasaye nodwoko jo-Juda chien nikech timbe Ahaz ruodh Israel nimar nosejiwo timbe maricho e piny Juda, kendo noseweyo luwo Jehova Nyasaye.
20 Tiglath-Pileser, the king of Assyria, sent [his army saying that they would] help Ahaz, but instead of helping him, they caused him to experience trouble.
Tiglath-Pilesa ruodh Asuria nobiro ire to kar konye to nomonje.
21 Ahaz’s [soldiers] took some of the [valuable] things from the temple and from the king’s palace and from other leaders of Judah and sent them to the king of Assyria [to pay him to help them], but the king of Assyria refused to help Ahaz.
Kuom mano, Ahaz nokawo gik moko mag hekalu mar Jehova Nyasaye gi od ruoth kod ute joka ruoth momiyo ruodh Asuria to mano ne ok okonye.
22 While King Ahaz was experiencing those troubles, he disobeyed Yahweh even more.
E ndalo mar chandruokne ruoth Ahaz nomedo weyo luwo Jehova Nyasaye.
23 He offered sacrifices to the gods that were worshiped in Damascus, whose [army] had defeated his [army]. He thought, “The gods that are worshiped by the kings of Syria have helped them, so I will offer sacrifices to those gods in order that they will help me.” But worshiping those gods caused Ahaz and all of Israel to be ruined.
Notimo liswa ni nyiseche manono mag jo-Damaski mane oseloye. Noparo niya, “Nikech nyiseche manono mag ruodhi jo-Aram nokonyogi, abiro timo nigi liswa mondo mi gikonya.” To negimiyo opodho kaachiel gi jo-Israel.
24 Ahaz gathered all the furnishings [that were used] in the temple and broke them into pieces. He locked the doors of the temple and set up altars [for worshiping idols] at every street corner in Jerusalem.
Ahaz nochoko gige lemo mag hekalu mar Nyasaye mogologi oko. Eka noloro dhout hekalu mar Jehova Nyasaye bangʼe nogero kende mag misango e kamoro amora ma yore mag Jerusalem ogomoe.
25 In every town in Judah, his workers built shrines to burn sacrifices to other gods, and that caused Yahweh, the God whom their ancestors [worshiped], to be very angry.
Nogero kuonde motingʼore gi malo mag lemo e miech Juda duto mondo otim misango ne nyiseche mamoko kokwinyogo Jehova Nyasaye, ma Nyasach kweregi mondo owangʼ iye.
26 A record of the other things that Ahaz did while he was the king, from when he started to rule until he died, is written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Judah and Israel’.
Gik mamoko duto mane otimo e ndalo lochne kod gik manotimo duto koa kar chakruokgi nyaka gikogi ondikie kitap ruodhi mag Juda kod Israel.
27 Ahaz died and was buried in Jerusalem, but he was not buried in the tombs where the other kings [had been buried]. Then his son Hezekiah became the king.
Ahaz notho moyweyo gi kwerene kendo noyike e dala maduongʼ mar Jerusalem; to ne ok oike e liete ruodhi mag Israel. Kendo Hezekia wuode nobedo ruoth kare.
