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
Quando Acaz divenne re, aveva vent'anni; regnò sedici anni in Gerusalemme. Non fece ciò che è retto agli occhi del Signore, come Davide suo antenato.
2 and was as sinful as the kings of Israel had been. He made idols of the god Baal.
Seguì le strade dei re di Israele; fece perfino fondere statue per i 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.
Egli bruciò incenso nella valle di Ben-Hinnòn; bruciò i suoi figli nel fuoco, imitando gli abomini delle popolazioni che il Signore aveva scacciate davanti agli Israeliti.
4 Ahaz offered sacrifices [to idols] at shrines on hilltops and under every big green tree.
Sacrificava e bruciava incenso sulle alture, sui colli e sotto ogni albero verde.
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.
Ma il Signore suo Dio lo mise nelle mani del re degli Aramei, i quali lo vinsero e gli presero un gran numero di prigionieri, che condussero in Damasco. Fu consegnato anche nelle mani del re di Israele, che gli aveva inflitto una grande sconfitta.
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].
Pekach, figlio di Romelia, in un giorno uccise centomila uomini in Giuda, tutti uomini valorosi, perché avevano abbandonato il Signore Dio dei loro padri.
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.
Zicri, un eroe di Efraim, uccise Maaseia figlio del re e Azrikam maggiordomo, ed Elkana luogotenente del re.
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.
Gli Israeliti condussero in prigionia, bottino preso ai propri fratelli, duecentomila persone fra donne, figli e figlie; essi raccolsero anche una preda abbondante che portarono in 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.
C'era là un profeta del Signore, di nome Oded. Costui uscì incontro all'esercito che giungeva in Samaria e disse: «Ecco, a causa dello sdegno contro Giuda, il Signore, Dio dei vostri padri, li ha messi nelle vostre mani; ma voi li avete massacrati con un furore tale che è giunto fino al cielo.
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!
Ora voi dite di soggiogare, come vostri schiavi e schiave, gli abitanti di Giuda e di Gerusalemme. Ma non siete anche voi colpevoli nei confronti del Signore vostro Dio?
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].”
Ora ascoltatemi e rimandate i prigionieri, che avete catturati in mezzo ai vostri fratelli, perché altrimenti l'ira ardente del Signore ricadrà su di voi».
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.
Alcuni capi tra gli efraimiti, cioè Azaria figlio di Giovanni, Berechia figlio di Mesillemòt, Ezechia figlio di Sallùm, e Amasa figlio di Caldài si alzarono contro quanti tornavano dalla guerra,
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!”
dicendo loro: «Non portate qui i prigionieri, perché su di noi pesa gia una colpa nei riguardi del Signore. Voi intendete aumentare il numero dei nostri peccati e delle nostre colpe, mentre la nostra colpa è gia grande e su Israele incombe un'ira ardente».
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.
I soldati allora rilasciarono i prigionieri e la preda davanti ai capi e a tutta l'assemblea.
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.
Alcuni uomini, designati per nome, si misero a rifocillare i prigionieri; quanti erano nudi li rivestirono e li calzarono con capi di vestiario presi dal bottino; diedero loro da mangiare e da bere, li medicarono con unzioni; quindi, trasportando su asini gli inabili a marciare, li condussero in Gerico, città delle palme, presso i loro fratelli. Poi tornarono in Samaria.
16 About that time, King Ahaz sent [a message] to the king of Assyria requesting help.
In quel tempo il re Acaz mandò a chiedere aiuto al re di Assiria.
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.
Gli Idumei erano venuti ancora una volta e avevano sconfitto Giuda e fatto prigionieri.
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.
Anche i Filistei si erano sparsi per le città della Sefela e del Negheb di Giuda, occupando Bet-Sèmes, Aialon, Ghederot, Soco con le dipendenze, Timna con le dipendenze e Ghimzo con le dipendenze, vi si erano insediati.
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.
Poiché il Signore aveva umiliato Giuda a causa di Acaz re di Giuda, che aveva fomentato l'immoralità in Giuda ed era stato infedele al Signore.
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.
Anche Tiglat-Pilèzer, re d'Assiria, venne contro di lui e lo oppresse anziché aiutarlo.
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.
Acaz spogliò il tempio, il palazzo del re e dei principi e consegnò tutto all'Assiria, ma non ne ricevette alcun aiuto.
22 While King Ahaz was experiencing those troubles, he disobeyed Yahweh even more.
Anche quando si trovava alle strette, questo re Acaz continuava a essere infedele al Signore.
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.
Sacrificò agli dei di Damasco, che lo avevano sconfitto, dicendo: «Poiché gli dei dei re di Aram aiutano i loro fedeli, io sacrificherò loro ed essi mi aiuteranno». In realtà, essi provocarono la sua caduta e quella di tutto Israele.
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.
Acaz radunò gli arredi del tempio e li fece a pezzi; chiuse le porte del tempio, mentre eresse altari in tutti i crocicchi di Gerusalemme.
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.
In tutte le città di Giuda eresse alture per bruciare incenso ad altri dei, provocando così lo sdegno del Signore Dio dei suoi padri.
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’.
Le altre gesta di lui e tutte le sue azioni, le prime come le ultime, ecco, sono descritte nel libro dei re di Giuda e di Israele.
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.
Acaz si addormentò con i suoi padri e lo seppellirono in città, in Gerusalemme, ma non lo collocarono nei sepolcri dei re di Israele. Al suo posto divenne re suo figlio Ezechia.
