2 Kings 16
1 In the seventeenth year of Pekah son of Remaliah reigned hath Ahaz son of Jotham king of Judah.
Mʼchaka cha 17 cha Peka mwana wa Remaliya, Ahazi mwana wa Yotamu mfumu ya Yuda anayamba kulamulira.
2 A son of twenty years [is] Ahaz in his reigning, and sixteen years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and he hath not done that which [is] right in the eyes of Jehovah his God, like David his father,
Ahazi anakhala mfumu ali ndi zaka makumi awiri ndipo analamulira mu Yerusalemu zaka 16. Iye sanachite zabwino pamaso pa Yehova Mulungu wake monga momwe Davide kholo lake ankachitira.
3 and he walketh in the way of the kings of Israel, and also his son he hath caused to pass over into fire, according to the abominations of the nations that Jehovah dispossessed from the presence of the sons of Israel,
Iye anayenda mʼnjira ya mafumu a Israeli mpaka kupereka mwana wake wamwamuna pa moto ngati nsembe yopsereza, potsatira zonyansa za anthu a mitundu imene Yehova anayipirikitsa mʼdzikomo Aisraeli asanafike.
4 and he sacrificeth and maketh perfume in high places, and on the heights, and under every green tree.
Iyeyo ankapereka nsembe ndi kufukiza lubani pa malo opembedzera mafano, pa mapiri ndi pansi pa mtengo uliwonse wa masamba ambiri.
5 Then doth Rezin king of Aram go up, and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel, to Jerusalem, to battle, and they lay siege to Ahaz, and they have not been able to fight.
Ndipo Rezini mfumu ya Aramu ndi Peka mwana wa Remaliya mfumu ya Israeli anapita kukachita naye nkhondo ku Yerusalemu ndipo anazinga Ahazi, koma sanathe kumugonjetsa.
6 At that time hath Rezin king of Aram brought back Elath to Aram, and casteth out the Jews from Elath, and the Aramaeans have come in to Elath, and dwell there unto this day.
Nthawi imeneyo Rezini mfumu ya Aramu anatenganso Elati ndi kumubwezera kwa Aaramu, nathamangitsa anthu a ku Yuda mu Elatimo. Aedomu anapita kukakhala ku Elati ndipo akukhalako mpaka lero lino.
7 And Ahaz sendeth messengers unto Tiglath-Pileser king of Asshur, saying, 'Thy servant and thy son [am] I; come up and save me out of the hand of the king of Aram, and out of the hand of the king of Israel, who are rising up against me.'
Ahazi anatuma amithenga kwa Tigilati-Pileseri mfumu ya ku Asiriya kuti, “Ine ndine mtumiki wanu ndipo ndili pansi panu. Bwerani mudzandipulumutse mʼdzanja la mfumu ya Aramu ndiponso mʼdzanja la mfumu ya Israeli amene akundithira nkhondo.”
8 And Ahaz taketh the silver and the gold that is found in the house of Jehovah, and in the treasures of the house of the king, and sendeth to the king of Asshur — a bribe.
Ndipo Ahazi anatenga siliva ndi golide amene anamupeza mʼNyumba ya Yehova ndi mosungira chuma cha nyumba ya mfumu ndi kutumiza ngati mphatso kwa mfumu ya ku Asiriya.
9 And hearken unto him doth the king of Asshur, and the king of Asshur goeth up unto Damascus, and seizeth it, and removeth [the people of] it to Kir, and Rezin he hath put to death.
Mfumu ya ku Asiriya inamvera pokathira nkhondo mzinda wa Damasiko ndi kuwulanda. Anthu a mu mzindamo anawatumiza ku Kiri ndipo anapha Rezini.
10 And king Ahaz goeth to meet Tiglath-Pileser king of Asshur [at] Damascus, and seeth the altar that [is] in Damascus, and king Ahaz sendeth unto Urijah the priest the likeness of the altar, and its pattern, according to all its work,
Kenaka mfumu Ahazi inapita ku Damasiko kukakumana ndi Tigilati-Pileseri mfumu ya ku Asiriya. Iye anaona guwa lansembe ku Damasiko kuja ndipo anatumiza chitsanzo chake kwa wansembe Uriya, osasiyapo nʼkanthu komwe kuti athe kulimanga.
11 and Urijah the priest buildeth the altar according to all that king Ahaz hath sent from Damascus; so did Urijah the priest till the coming in of king Ahaz from Damascus.
Choncho wansembe Uriya anamanga guwa lansembe molingana ndi chitsanzo chimene anamutumizira Mfumu Ahazi kuchokera ku Damasiko ndipo anatsiriza kumanga guwalo Ahazi asabwere kuchokera ku Damasiko kuja.
12 And the king cometh in from Damascus, and the king seeth the altar, and the king draweth near on the altar, and offereth on it,
Mfumu itabwera kuchokera ku Damasiko kuja ndi kuona guwalo, inasendera pafupi ndi kupereka nsembe paguwapo.
13 and perfumeth his burnt-offering, and his present, and poureth out his libation, and sprinkleth the blood of the peace-offerings that he hath, on the altar.
Mfumu inapereka nsembe yopsereza ndi nsembe ya chakudya. Inapereka nsembe yachakumwa ndi kuwaza magazi a nsembe yake yachiyanjano paguwapo.
14 As to the altar of brass that [is] before Jehovah — he bringeth [it] near from the front of the house, from between the altar and the house of Jehovah, and putteth it on the side of the altar, northward.
Guwa lamkuwa limene linali pamaso pa Yehova analichotsa kutsogolo kwa nyumbayo, kulichotsa pakati pa guwa latsopano ndi Nyumba ya Yehova ndi kukaliyika cha kumpoto kwa guwa latsopanolo.
15 And king Ahaz commandeth him — Urijah the priest — saying, 'On the great altar perfume the burnt-offering of the morning, and the present of the evening, and the burnt-offering of the king, and his present, and the burnt-offering of all the people of the land, and their present, and their libations; and all the blood of the burnt-offering, and all the blood of the sacrifice, on it thou dost sprinkle, and the altar of brass is to me to inquire [by].'
Pamenepo Mfumu Ahazi inalamula wansembe Uriya kuti, “Pa guwa lalikulu latsopano uziperekapo nsembe yopsereza ya mmawa ndi nsembe ya chakudya ya madzulo, nsembe yopsereza ya mfumu ndi nsembe yake ya chakudya ndiponso nsembe za anthu onse a mʼdziko, za chakudya ndi chakumwa. Pa guwali uziwazapo magazi a nsembe zonse zopsereza ndi nsembe zina zonse. Koma ine ndizigwiritsa ntchito guwa lansembe lamkuwa pofuna kufunsira nzeru.”
16 And Urijah the priest doth according to all that king Ahaz commanded.
Ndipo wansembe Uriya anachita monga analamulira Mfumu Ahazi.
17 And king Ahaz cutteth off the borders of the bases, and turneth aside from off them the laver, and the sea he hath taken down from off the brazen oxen that [are] under it, and putteth it on a pavement of stones.
Mfumu Ahazi anachotsa maferemu a maphaka nachotsapo mabeseni. Iye anatsitsa mbiya yayikulu imene inali pamwamba pa ngʼombe zamkuwa ndipo anayika pansi pa chiwundo cha miyala.
18 And the covered place for the sabbath that they built in the house, and the entrance of the king without, he turned [from] the house of Jehovah, because of the king of Asshur.
Iye anachotsa kadenga ka pa Sabata kamene kanamangidwa mʼkati mwa Nyumba ya Yehova ndiponso anatseka chipata cholowera mfumu cha kunja kwa nyumba ya Yehova pofuna kukondweretsa mfumu ya ku Asiriya.
19 And the rest of the matters of Ahaz that he did, are they not written on the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah?
Ntchito zina za Ahazi ndi zonse zimene anachita, kodi sizinalembedwe mʼbuku la mbiri ya mafumu a Yuda?
20 And Ahaz lieth with his fathers, and is buried with his fathers, in the city of David, and reign doth Hezekiah his son in his stead.
Ahazi anamwalira ndipo anayikidwa mʼmanda pamodzi ndi makolo ake mu Mzinda wa Davide. Ndipo Hezekiya mwana wake analowa ufumu mʼmalo mwake.
