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
Είκοσι ετών ηλικίας ήτο ο Άχαζ ότε εβασίλευσε, και εβασίλευσε δεκαέξ έτη εν Ιερουσαλήμ· δεν έπραξεν όμως το ευθές ενώπιον Κυρίου, ως ο Δαβίδ ο πατήρ αυτού·
2 and was as sinful as the kings of Israel had been. He made idols of the god Baal.
αλλά περιεπάτησεν εν ταις οδοίς των βασιλέων του Ισραήλ και έκαμεν έτι είδωλα χωνευτά εις τους Βααλείμ.
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.
Και αυτός εθυμίασεν εν τη κοιλάδι του υιού Εννόμ και διεβίβασε τα τέκνα αυτού διά του πυρός, κατά τα βδελύγματα των εθνών τα οποία εξεδίωξεν ο Κύριος απ' έμπροσθεν των υιών Ισραήλ.
4 Ahaz offered sacrifices [to idols] at shrines on hilltops and under every big green tree.
Και εθυσίαζε και εθυμίαζεν επί τους υψηλούς τόπους και επί τους λόφους και υποκάτω παντός δένδρου πρασίνου.
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.
Διά τούτο παρέδωκεν αυτόν Κύριος ο Θεός αυτού εις την χείρα του βασιλέως της Συρίας· και επάταξαν αυτόν, και έλαβον αιχμαλώτους μέγα πλήθος εξ αυτών και έφεραν αυτούς εις Δαμασκόν. Και παρεδόθη έτι εις την χείρα του βασιλέως του Ισραήλ, όστις επάταξεν αυτόν εν σφαγή μεγάλη.
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].
Διότι Φεκά ο υιός του Ρεμαλία εθανάτωσεν εκ του Ιούδα εκατόν είκοσι χιλιάδας εν μιά ημέρα, πάντας δυνατούς εν ισχύϊ, επειδή εγκατέλιπον Κύριον τον Θεόν των πατέρων αυτών.
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.
Και Ζιχρί, ανήρ δυνατός εκ του Εφραΐμ, εθανάτωσε Μαασίαν τον υιόν του βασιλέως και Αζρικάμ τον επιστάτην του παλατίου και Ελκανά τον δεύτερον μετά τον βασιλέα.
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.
Και ηχμαλώτισαν οι υιοί Ισραήλ εκ των αδελφών αυτών διακοσίας χιλιάδας, γυναίκας, υιούς και θυγατέρας, και έλαβον έτι λάφυρα πολλά εξ αυτών και έφεραν τα λάφυρα εις Σαμάρειαν.
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.
Ήτο δε εκεί προφήτης του Κυρίου, ονομαζόμενος Ωδήδ· και εξήλθεν εις απάντησιν του στρατεύματος του ερχομένου εις Σαμάρειαν και είπε προς αυτούς, Ιδού, επειδή Κύριος ο Θεός των πατέρων σας εθυμώθη κατά του Ιούδα, παρέδωκεν αυτούς εις την χείρα σας· και σεις εθανατώσατε αυτούς εν μανία, ήτις έφθασεν έως του ουρανού·
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!
και τώρα λέγετε να υποτάξητε εις εαυτούς τους υιούς Ιούδα και της Ιερουσαλήμ διά δούλους και δούλας· δεν είναι με σας, με σας μάλιστα, αμαρτίαι εναντίον Κυρίου του Θεού σας;
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].”
τώρα λοιπόν ακούσατέ μου και επιστρέψατε τους αιχμαλώτους, τους οποίους ηχμαλωτίσατε εκ των αδελφών σας· διότι οργή θυμού Κυρίου επίκειται εις εσάς.
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.
Και εσηκώθησάν τινές εκ των αρχόντων των υιών Εφραΐμ, Αζαρίας ο υιός του Ιωανάν, Βαραχίας ο υιός του Μεσιλλεμώθ και Εζεκίας ο υιός του Σαλλούμ και Αμασά ο υιός του Αδλαΐ εναντίον των ερχομένων από του πολέμου,
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!”
και είπον προς αυτούς, Δεν θέλετε εισάξει εδώ τους αιχμαλώτους· διότι ενώ ηνομήσαμεν εις Κύριον, θέλετε να προσθέσητε εις τας αμαρτίας ημών και εις τας ανομίας ημών· διότι μεγάλη είναι ανομία ημών, και οργή θυμού επίκειται επί τον Ισραήλ.
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.
Και αφήκαν οι πολεμισταί τους αιχμαλώτους και τα λάφυρα ενώπιον των αρχόντων και πάσης της συνάξεως.
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.
Και σηκωθέντες οι άνδρες, οι ονομασθέντες κατ' όνομα, έλαβον τους αιχμαλώτους και πάντας τους γυμνούς αυτών ενέδυσαν εκ των λαφύρων· και αφού ενέδυσαν αυτούς και υπεδημάτωσαν αυτούς και έδωκαν εις αυτούς να φάγωσι και να πίωσι και ήλειψαν αυτούς, και πάντας τους αδυνάτους εξ αυτών μετεκόμισαν επί όνους και έφεραν αυτούς εις Ιεριχώ, την πόλιν των φοινίκων, προς τους αδελφούς αυτών· και επέστρεψαν εις Σαμάρειαν.
16 About that time, King Ahaz sent [a message] to the king of Assyria requesting help.
Κατά τον καιρόν εκείνον ο βασιλεύς Άχαζ απέστειλε προς τους βασιλείς της Ασσυρίας, διά να βοηθήσωσιν αυτόν.
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.
Διότι ελθόντες πάλιν οι Ιδουμαίοι επάταξαν τον Ιούδαν και έλαβον αιχμαλώτους.
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.
Και εφορμήσαντες οι Φιλισταίοι εις τας πόλεις της πεδινής και της μεσημβρινής του Ιούδα· εκυρίευσαν την Βαιθ-σεμές και την Αιαλών και την Γεδηρώθ, και την Σοκχώ και τας κώμας αυτής, και την Θαμνά και τας κώμας αυτής, και την Γιμζώ και ταις κώμας αυτής· και κατώκησαν εκεί.
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.
Διότι ο Κύριος εταπείνωσε τον Ιούδαν διά τον Άχαζ βασιλέα του Ισραήλ· επειδή διέφθειρε τον Ιούδαν και ησέβησε σφόδρα εις τον Κύριον.
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.
Και ήλθε προς αυτόν ο Θελγάθ-φελνασάρ, βασιλεύς της Ασσυρίας, και κατέθλιψεν αυτόν αντί να ενδυναμώση αυτόν.
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.
Διότι ο Άχαζ, λαβών τους θησαυρούς του οίκου του Κυρίου και του οίκου του βασιλέως και των αρχόντων, έδωκεν εις τον βασιλέα της Ασσυρίας· πλην ουχί εις βοήθειαν αυτού.
22 While King Ahaz was experiencing those troubles, he disobeyed Yahweh even more.
Και εν τω καιρώ της στενοχωρίας αυτού έτι μάλλον παρηνόμησεν εις τον Κύριον αυτός ο βασιλεύς Άχαζ.
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.
Και εθυσίαζεν εις τους θεούς της Δαμασκού, τους πατάξαντας αυτόν· και έλεγεν, Επειδή οι θεοί του βασιλέως της Συρίας βοηθούσιν αυτούς, εις τούτους θέλω θυσιάσει, διά να βοηθήσωσι και εμέ. Εκείνοι όμως εστάθησαν η φθορά αυτού και παντός του Ισραήλ.
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.
Και συνήθροισεν ο Άχαζ τα σκεύη του οίκου του Θεού, και κατέκοψε τα σκεύη του οίκου του Θεού και έκλεισε τας θύρας του οίκου του Κυρίου, και έκαμεν εις εαυτόν θυσιαστήρια εν πάση γωνία εν Ιερουσαλήμ.
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.
Και εν πάση πόλει του Ιούδα έκαμεν υψηλούς τόπους, διά να θυμιάζη εις άλλους θεούς, και παρώργισε Κύριον τον Θεόν των πατέρων αυτού.
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’.
Αι δε λοιπαί πράξεις αυτού και πάσαι αι οδοί αυτού, αι πρώται και αι έσχαται, ιδού, είναι γεγραμμέναι εν τω βιβλίω των βασιλέων του Ιούδα και Ισραήλ.
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.
Και εκοιμήθη ο Άχαζ μετά των πατέρων αυτού, και έθαψαν αυτόν εν τη πόλει, εν Ιερουσαλήμ· δεν έφεραν όμως αυτόν εις τους τάφους των βασιλέων του Ισραήλ· εβασίλευσε δε αντ' αυτού Εζεκίας ο υιός αυτού.
