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
ACHAZ [era] d'età di vent'anni, quando cominciò a regnare; e regnò sedici anni in Gerusalemme; e non fece ciò che piace al Signore, come Davide, suo padre.
2 and was as sinful as the kings of Israel had been. He made idols of the god Baal.
Anzi camminò per le vie dei re d'Israele; ed anche fece delle statue di getto a' Baali.
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.
Ed incensò nella valle del figliuolo di Hinnom, e arse de' suoi figliuoli col fuoco, seguendo le abbominazioni delle genti, le quali il Signore avea scacciate d'innanzi a' figliuoli d'Israele.
4 Ahaz offered sacrifices [to idols] at shrines on hilltops and under every big green tree.
Egli sacrificava eziandio, e faceva profumi negli alti luoghi, e sopra i colli, e sotto ogni albero verdeggiante.
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.
Laonde il Signore Iddio suo lo diede in mano del re de' Siri; ed essi lo sconfissero, e presero prigione una gran moltitudine [della] sua [gente], e [la] menarono in Damasco. Egli fu eziandio dato in mano del re d'Israele, il quale lo sconfisse d'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].
E Peca, figliuolo di Remalia, uccise in un giorno cenventimila [uomini] di Giuda, tutti uomini di valore; perciocchè aveano abbandonato il Signore Iddio de' lor 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.
E Zicri, [uomo] possente di Efraim, uccise Maaseia, figliuolo del re, e Azricam, mastro del palazzo, ed Elcana, la seconda [persona] dopo il 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.
E i figliuoli d'Israele menarono prigioni dugentomila [persone] de' lor fratelli, tra donne, figliuoli e figliuole; e anche fecero sopra loro una gran preda, la quale conducevano 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.
Or quivi era un profeta del Signore, il cui nome [era] Oded; ed egli uscì incontrò all'esercito, ch'entrava in Samaria; e disse loro: Ecco, il Signore Iddio de' vostri padri, perchè era adirato contro a Giuda, ve li ha dati nelle mani; e voi ne avete uccisi a furore tanti, che [il numero] arriva infino 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!
E pure ancora al presente voi deliberate di sottomettervi per servi, e per serve, i figliuoli di Giuda e di Gerusalemme. Non [è egli vero], che [già] non [v'è] altro in voi, se non colpe contro al Signore Iddio vostro?
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 dunque, ascoltatemi, e riconducete i prigioni che avete presi d'infra i vostri fratelli; perciocchè [v'è] ira accesa del Signore contro a 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.
Allora certi uomini principali de' capi de' figliuoli di Efraim, [cioè: ] Azaria, figliuolo di Iohanan, Berechia, figliuolo di Messillemot, Ezechia, figliuolo di Sallum, ed Amasa, figliuolo di Haldai, si levarono contro a quelli che venivano dalla guerra, e dissero loro:
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!”
Voi non menerete qua entro questi prigioni; perciocchè ciò che voi pensate [fare è] per renderci colpevoli appo il Signore, accrescendo il numero de' nostri peccati e delle nostre colpe; conciossiachè noi siamo grandemente colpevoli, e [vi sia] ira accesa contro ad Israele.
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.
Allora gli uomini di guerra rilasciarono i prigioni e la preda, in presenza dei capi e di tutta la raunanza.
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.
E quegli uomini suddetti si levarono, e presero i prigioni, e vestirono delle spoglie tutti [que]' di loro [ch'erano] ignudi; e dopo averli rivestiti e calzati, diedero loro da mangiare e da bere, e li unsero; e ricondussero sopra degli asini quelli d'infra loro che non si potevano reggere; e li menarono in Gerico, città delle palme, appresso i lor fratelli; poi se ne ritornarono in Samaria.
16 About that time, King Ahaz sent [a message] to the king of Assyria requesting help.
In quel tempo il re Achaz mandò ai re degli Assiri per soccorso.
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.
(Or anche gl'Idumei erano venuti, ed aveano percosso Giuda, e [ne] aveano menati de' prigioni.
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.
Ed anche i Filistei erano scorsi sopra le città della pianura, e della parte meridionale di Giuda, e aveano preso Bet-semes, ed Aialon, e Ghederot, e Soco, e le terre del suo territorio; e Timna, e le terre del suo territorio; e Ghimzo, e le terre del suo territorio; ed abitavano in esse.
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.
Perciocchè il Signore avea abbassato Giuda per cagione di Achaz, re d'Israele; perciocchè egli avea cagionato una [gran] licenza in Giuda, ed avea commesso ogni sorte di misfatti contro 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.
E Tillegat-pilneser, re degli Assiri, venne a lui; ma egli lo mise in distretta, e non lo fortificò.
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.
Perciocchè Achaz prese una parte [de' tesori] della Casa del Signore, e della casa del re, e de' principali [del popolo]; e [li] diede al re degli Assiri, il qual però non gli diede alcuno aiuto.
22 While King Ahaz was experiencing those troubles, he disobeyed Yahweh even more.
Ed al tempo ch'egli era distretto, egli continuava vie più a commetter misfatti contro al Signore; tale [era] il re Achaz.
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.
E sacrificò agl'iddii di Damasco che l'aveano sconfitto, e disse: Poichè gl'iddii dei re di Siria li aiutano, io sacrificherò loro, acciocchè aiutino ancora me. Ma quelli gli furono cagione di far traboccar lui e 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.
Ed Achaz raccolse i vasellamenti della Casa di Dio e [li] spezzò; e serrò le porte della Casa del Signore, e si fece degli altari per tutti i canti 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.
E fece degli alti luoghi in ogni città di Giuda, per far profumi ad altri dii; ed irritò il Signore Iddio de' 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’.
Ora, quant'è al rimanente de' fatti di Achaz, e tutti i suoi portamenti, primi ed ultimi, ecco, queste cose [sono] scritte nel libro dei re di Giuda e d'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.
Poi Achaz giacque co' suoi padri, e fu seppellito in Gerusalemme, nella città; ma non fu messo nelle sepolture dei re d'Israele. Ed Ezechia, suo figliuolo, regnò in luogo suo.
