2 Kings 17
1 In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah reigned hath Hoshea son of Elah in Samaria, over Israel — nine years,
Le Ahaz, Yuda fia ƒe fiaɖuɖu ƒe ƒe wuievelia me la, Hosea, Ela ƒe viŋutsu zu Israel fia le Samaria; eɖu fia ƒe asiekɛ.
2 and he doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, only, not as the kings of Israel who were before him;
Ewɔ nu si nye vɔ̃ le Yehowa ŋkume, ke menye abe ale si Israel fia siwo do ŋgɔ nɛ la wɔ ene o.
3 against him came up Shalmaneser king of Asshur, and Hoshea is to him a servant, and doth render to him a present.
Asiria fia Salmaneser ho aʋa ɖe Fia Hosea ŋu eye wòɖu edzi. Ale wònɔ na Israel be wòanɔ ga home gã aɖe xem na Asiria ƒe sia ƒe.
4 And the king of Asshur findeth in Hoshea a conspiracy, in that he hath sent messengers unto So king of Egypt, and hath not caused a present to go up to the king of Asshur, as year by year, and the king of Asshur restraineth him, and bindeth him in a house of restraint.
Fia Hosea wɔ babla kple Egipte fia So, be wòakpe ɖe ye ŋu yeaɖe ye ɖokui ɖa le Asiria fia ƒe ŋusẽ te. Ke Asiria fia va nya nu tso babla sia ŋu. Gawu la, Hosea gbe megaxea ga la na Asiria fia o. Ale Asiria fia lé Hosea de gaxɔ me eye wòde kɔsɔkɔsɔe ɖe eƒe aglãdzedze ta.
5 And the king of Asshur goeth up into all the land, and he goeth up to Samaria, and layeth siege against it three years;
Azɔ la, Asiria ƒe asrafowo va yɔ Israelnyigba dzi, woɖe to ɖe Samaria, Israel ƒe fiadu la ƒe etɔ̃.
6 in the ninth year of Hoshea hath the king of Asshur captured Samaria, and removeth Israel to Asshur, and causeth them to dwell in Halah, and in Habor, [by] the river Gozan, and [in] the cities of the Medes.
Mlɔeba la, le Hosea ƒe fiaɖuɖu ƒe ƒe asiekɛlia me la, Asiriatɔwo xɔ Samaria. Woɖe aboyo Israelviwo yi Asiria eye woɖo wo dometɔ aɖewo ɖe Hala du la me, bubuwo nɔ duwo me le Habor tɔsisi la ŋu le Gozan eye mamlɛawo nɔ Mediatɔwo ƒe du me.
7 And it cometh to pass, because the sons of Israel have sinned against Jehovah their God — who bringeth them up out of the land of Egypt, from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt — and fear other gods,
Esiawo katã va eme elabena Israelviwo wɔ nu vɔ̃ ɖe Yehowa, woƒe Mawu, ame si kplɔ wo tso Egipte eye wòɖe wo le Farao, Egipte fia ƒe ŋusẽ te la ŋu. Wosubɔ mawu bubuwo.
8 and walk in the statutes of the nations that Jehovah dispossessed from the presence of the sons of Israel, and of the kings of Israel that they made;
Wodze dukɔ siwo Yehowa nya le wo ŋgɔ la ƒe subɔsubɔwo yome hekpe ɖe subɔsubɔ siwo Israel fiawo he vɛ la ŋu.
9 and the sons of Israel do covertly things that [are] not right against Jehovah their God, and build for them high places in all their cities, from a tower of the watchers unto the fenced city,
Israelviwo wɔ nu siwo mele eteƒe o la le bebeme ɖe Yehowa, woƒe Mawu la ŋu. Tso gbetakpɔxɔ dzi yi ɖe du si woɖo gli sesẽ ƒo xlãe la me la, woawo ŋutɔ tu nuxeƒewo ɖe woƒe duwo katã me.
10 and set up for them standing-pillars and shrines on every high height, and under every green tree,
Woli aƒeliwo heli aƒeliwo ɖe togbɛ kɔkɔ ɖe sia ɖe dzi kple ati dama ɖe sia ɖe te.
11 and make perfume there in all high places, like the nations that Jehovah removed from their presence, and do evil things to provoke Jehovah,
Wodo dzudzɔ ʋeʋĩ le nuxeƒe ɖe sia ɖe abe ale si dukɔ siwo Yehowa nya le wo ŋgɔ la wɔna ene. Wowɔ nu vɔ̃ɖi siwo na Yehowa do dziku.
12 and serve the idols, of which Jehovah said to them, 'Ye do not do this thing;'
Wosubɔ legbawo, evɔ Yehowa gblɔ na wo be, “Migawɔ esia o.”
13 And Jehovah testifieth against Israel, and against Judah, by the hand of every prophet, and every seer, saying, 'Turn back from your evil ways, and keep My commands, My statutes, according to all the law that I commanded your fathers, and that I sent unto you by the hand of My servants the prophets;'
Yehowa xlɔ̃ nu Israel kple Yuda to nyagblɔɖilawo katã kple gbɔgbɔmenukpɔlawo dzi be, “Mitrɔ le miaƒe mɔ vɔ̃wo dzi, miwɔ ɖe nye sededewo kple ɖoɖowo dzi le se siwo katã mede na mia fofowo be woawɔ ɖe wo dzi la nu kple esiwo mede na mi to nye dɔla nyagblɔɖilawo dzi la dzi.”
14 and they have not hearkened, and harden their neck, like the neck of their fathers, who did not remain stedfast in Jehovah their God,
Ke Israel meɖo to o. Wonye kɔlialiatɔwo abe wo fofowo ene eye womeka ɖe Yehowa, woƒe Mawu la dzi o.
15 and reject His statutes and His covenant that He made with their fathers, and His testimonies that He testified against them, and go after the vain thing, and become vain, and after the nations that are round about them, of whom Jehovah commanded them not to do like them;
Wogbe eƒe sewo kple nubabla si wòwɔ kple wo fofowo la eye wodo vlo eƒe nuxlɔ̃amenyawo. Wosubɔ ati kple kpewo ale be wova zu abunɛtɔwo. Wosrɔ̃ dukɔ siwo ƒo xlã wo la ƒe ŋunyɔnuwo wɔwɔ, evɔ Yehowa de se na wo be, “Migawɔ abe ale si wowɔna ene la o.” Ke wogbe hewɔ nu siwo Yehowa be womegawɔ o.
16 And they forsake all the commands of Jehovah their God, and make to them a molten image — two calves, and make a shrine, and bow themselves to all the host of the heavens, and serve Baal,
Wogbe Yehowa, woƒe Mawu ƒe sewo katã dzi wɔwɔ eye wololõ sika tsɔ wɔ nyivi eve. Woli aƒeli siwo nye ŋukpenanuwo eye wosubɔ Baal, ɣe, ɣleti kple ɣletiviwo.
17 and cause their sons and their daughters to pass over through fire, and divine divinations, and use enchantments, and sell themselves to do the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, to provoke Him;
Wotsɔ wo viŋutsuwo kple vinyɔnuwo gɔ̃ hã wɔ numevɔsae le Molek ƒe vɔsamlekpuiwo dzi. Wodea afakalawo gbɔ, saa dzowo eye wotsɔ wo ɖokuiwo de asi na nu vɔ̃. Ale Yehowa do dɔmedzoe ɖe wo ŋu vevie.
18 That Jehovah sheweth himself very angry against Israel, and turneth them aside from His presence; none hath been left, only the tribe of Judah by itself.
Eɖe wo ɖa le eƒe ŋkuta va se ɖe esime Yuda ƒe viwo koe susɔ ɖe anyigba la dzi.
19 Also Judah hath not kept the commands of Jehovah their God, and they walk in the statutes of Israel that they had made.
Ke Yuda gɔ̃ hã gbe Yehowa, woƒe Mawu la ƒe sewo dzi wɔwɔ. Woawo hã to Israel ƒe mɔ vlowo dzi.
20 And Jehovah kicketh against all the seed of Israel, and afflicteth them, and giveth them into the hand of spoilers, till that He hath cast them out of His presence,
Ale Yehowa gbe Israel ƒe dzidzimeviwo katã. Ehe to na wo esi wòtsɔ wo de asi na woƒe futɔwo va se ɖe esime wotsrɔ̃ wo.
21 for He hath rent Israel from the house of David, and they make Jeroboam son of Nebat king, and Jeroboam driveth Israel from after Jehovah, and hath caused them to sin a great sin,
Elabena Israel ɖe eɖokui ɖa tso David ƒe fiaɖuƒe la me eye wòtia Yeroboam, Nebat ƒe vi abe eƒe fia ene. Yeroboam he Israel ɖa tso Yehowa subɔsubɔ gbɔ. Ena Israelviwo wɔ nu vɔ̃
22 and the sons of Israel walk in all the sins of Jeroboam that he did, they have not turned aside therefrom,
eye womeɖe asi le nu vɔ̃ si me Yeroboam kplɔ wo dee la wɔwɔ ŋu o,
23 till that Jehovah hath turned Israel aside from His presence, as He spake by the hand of all His servants the prophets, and Israel is removed from off its land to Asshur, unto this day.
va se ɖe esime Yehowa kplɔ wo dzoe abe ale si eƒe Nyagblɔɖilawo be woawɔ woe ene. Ale wokplɔ Israel yi Asirianyigba dzi afi si wole va se ɖe egbe.
24 And the king of Asshur bringeth in from Babylon and from Cutha, and from Ava, and from Hamath, and Sepharvaim, and causeth [them] to dwell in the cities of Samaria instead of the sons of Israel, and they possess Samaria, and dwell in its cities;
Asiria fia kplɔ amewo tso Babilonia, Kuta, Ava, Hamat kple Sefarvaim ɖada ɖe Samaria ƒe duwo me ɖe Israelviwo teƒe. Ale Asiriatɔwo xɔ Samaria kple Israel du bubuwo.
25 and it cometh to pass, at the commencement of their dwelling there, they have not feared Jehovah, and Jehovah doth send among them the lions, and they are destroying among them.
Ke esi Asiriatɔ siawo mesubɔa Yehowa esi wova ɖo anyigba la dzi enumake o ta la, Yehowa ɖo dzatawo ɖa wowu wo dometɔ aɖewo.
26 And they speak to the king of Asshur, saying, 'The nations that thou hast removed, and dost place in the cities of Samaria, have not known the custom of the God of the land, and He sendeth among them the lions, and lo, they are destroying them, as they do not know the custom of the God of the land.'
Ale woɖo du ɖe Asiria fia be, “Mí ame siwo nèna míetso mía de va le Israel la, míenya anyigba la ƒe Mawu ƒe sewo o, ale woƒe Mawu la ɖo dzatawo ɖa be woawu mí elabena míesubɔe o.”
27 And the king of Asshur commandeth, saying, 'Cause to go thither one of the priests whom ye removed thence, and they go and dwell there, and he doth teach them the custom of the God of the land.'
Ale Asiria fia ɖe gbe be, “Mina nunɔla siwo mieɖe aboyoe tso Samaria la dometɔ ɖeka nagbugbɔ ayi afi ma eye wòafia nu si anyigba la ƒe Mawu di be ameawo nawɔ la mi.”
28 And one of the priests whom they removed from Samaria cometh in, and dwelleth in Beth-El, and he is teaching them how they do fear Jehovah,
Ale nunɔla siwo woɖe aboyoe tso Samaria la dometɔ ɖeka va nɔ Betel eye wòfia ale si woasubɔ Yehowae wo.
29 and they are making each nation its gods, and place [them] in the houses of the high places that the Samaritans have made, each nation in their cities where they are dwelling.
Ke hã la, gbegbɔgblɔ ɖe sia ɖe gasubɔa woawo ŋutɔ ƒe mawuwo le du siwo me wole. Wosubɔa mawu siawo le nuxeƒe siwo Samariatɔwo wɔ da ɖi.
30 And the men of Babylon have made Succoth-Benoth, and the men of Cuth have made Nergal, and the men of Hamath have made Ashima,
Ame siwo tso Babilonia la subɔa woƒe mawu Sukot Benot. Ame siwo tso Kuta la subɔa woƒe mawu Nergal eye ame siwo tso Hamat la subɔa Asima.
31 and the Avites have made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites are burning their sons with fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, gods of Sepharvim.
Avitɔwo subɔa woƒe mawu siwo nye Nibhaz kple Tartak eye Sefartɔwo tsɔa wo viwo gɔ̃ hã saa numevɔe le woƒe mawu siwo nye Adramelek kple Anamelek la ƒe vɔsamlekpuiwo dzi.
32 And they are fearing Jehovah, and make to themselves from their extremities priests of high places, and they are acting for them in the house of the high places.
Wosubɔa Yehowa hã. Woɖo nunɔlawo tso woawo ŋutɔ dome be woasa vɔ na Yehowa le vɔsamlekpui siwo nɔ toawo dzi la dzi.
33 Jehovah they are fearing, and their gods they are serving, according to the custom of the nations whence they removed them.
Ke wogalé dukɔ siwo me wotso la ƒe mawusubɔsubɔ ƒe kɔnyinyiwo me ɖe asi kokoko.
34 Unto this day they are doing according to the former customs — they are not fearing Jehovah, and are not doing according to their statutes, and according to their ordinances, and according to the law, and according to the command, that Jehovah commanded the sons of Jacob whose name He made Israel,
Nu sia gale edzi yim le wo dome kokoko va se ɖe egbe. Wogale woƒe mawusubɔsubɔ ƒe wɔna tsãtɔwo wɔm le esime woasubɔ Yehowa nyateƒetɔe alo awɔ se siwo Yehowa na Yakob, ame si ŋkɔ wòtrɔ zu Israel dzi la teƒe.
35 and Jehovah maketh with them a covenant, and chargeth them, saying, 'Ye do not fear other gods, nor bow yourselves to them, nor serve them, nor sacrifice to them,
Esi Yehowa wɔ nubabla kple Israelviwo la, eɖoe na wo be, “Migasubɔ mawu bubu aɖeke o, miade ta agu na wo loo alo miasa vɔ na wo o.
36 but Jehovah who brought you up out of the land of Egypt with great power, and with a stretched-out arm, Him ye do fear, and to Him ye bow yourselves, and to Him ye do sacrifice;
Ke Yehowa, ame si ɖe mi tso Egipte kple ŋusẽ triakɔ kple abɔ, si wòdo ɖe dzi lae nye ame si wòle be miasubɔ. Eyae migade ta agu na eye eyae miasa vɔwo na.
37 and the statutes, and the judgments, and the law, and the command, that He wrote for you, ye observe to do all the days, and ye do not fear other gods;
Ele be Yakob ƒe dzidzimeviwo nawɔ Yehowa ƒe sewo katã dzi eye womasubɔ mawu bubuwo gbeɖegbeɖe o.”
38 and the covenant that I have made with you ye do not forget, and ye do not fear other gods;
Elabena Yehowa gblɔ be, “Migaŋlɔ nubabla si mewɔ kpli mi la be o. Migasubɔ mawu bubuwo gbeɖegbeɖe o.
39 but Jehovah your God ye do fear, and He doth deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies;'
Ele be miasubɔ Yehowa ɖeɖe ko; eyae aɖe mi tso miaƒe futɔwo katã ƒe asi me.”
40 and they have not hearkened, but according to their former custom they are doing,
Ke wogbe toɖoɖo eye wogayi woƒe agbenɔnɔ tsãtɔ dzi ko.
41 and these nations are fearing Jehovah, and their graven images they have served, both their sons and their sons' sons; as their fathers did, they are doing unto this day.
Esi wole Yehowa subɔm hã la, wogale woƒe legbawo subɔm. Va se ɖe egbe la, wo viwo kple woƒe tɔgbuiyɔviwo gale nu siwo wo fofowo wɔ la wɔm kokoko.
