< Fiawo 2 17 >

1 Le Ahaz, Yuda fia ƒe fiaɖuɖu ƒe ƒe wuievelia me la, Hosea, Ela ƒe viŋutsu zu Israel fia le Samaria; eɖu fia ƒe asiekɛ.
In year two [plus] ten of Ahaz [the] king of Judah he became king Hoshea [the] son of Elah in Samaria over Israel nine years.
2 Ewɔ nu si nye vɔ̃ le Yehowa ŋkume, ke menye abe ale si Israel fia siwo do ŋgɔ nɛ la wɔ ene o.
And he did the evil in [the] eyes of Yahweh only not like [the] kings of Israel who they were before him.
3 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.
On him he came up Shalmaneser [the] king of Assyria and he became of him Hoshea subject and he returned to him tribute.
4 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.
And he found [the] king of Assyria in Hoshea treason that he had sent messengers to So [the] king of Egypt and not he had brought up tribute to [the] king of Assyria as a year in a year and he arrested him [the] king of Assyria and he confined him [the] house of imprisonment.
5 Azɔ la, Asiria ƒe asrafowo va yɔ Israelnyigba dzi, woɖe to ɖe Samaria, Israel ƒe fiadu la ƒe etɔ̃.
And he came up [the] king of Assyria in all the land and he came up Samaria and he laid siege on it three years.
6 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.
In [the] year ninth of Hoshea he captured [the] king of Assyria Samaria and he took into exile Israel Assyria towards and he caused to dwell them in Halah and on [the] Habor [the] river of Gozan and [the] cities of Media.
7 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.
And it was that they had sinned [the] people of Israel to Yahweh God their who had brought up them from [the] land of Egypt from under [the] hand of Pharaoh [the] king of Egypt and they had feared gods other.
8 Wodze dukɔ siwo Yehowa nya le wo ŋgɔ la ƒe subɔsubɔwo yome hekpe ɖe subɔsubɔ siwo Israel fiawo he vɛ la ŋu.
And they had walked in [the] customs of the nations which he had dispossessed Yahweh from before [the] people of Israel and [the] kings of Israel which they had done.
9 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.
And they did secretly [the] people of Israel things which [were] not right on Yahweh God their and they built for themselves high places in all cities their from a tower of watchmen unto a city of fortification.
10 Woli aƒeliwo heli aƒeliwo ɖe togbɛ kɔkɔ ɖe sia ɖe dzi kple ati dama ɖe sia ɖe te.
And they erected for themselves sacred pillars and Asherah poles on every hill high and under every tree luxuriant.
11 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.
And they made smoke there at all [the] high places like the nations which he had taken into exile Yahweh from before them and they did things evil to provoke to anger Yahweh.
12 Wosubɔ legbawo, evɔ Yehowa gblɔ na wo be, “Migawɔ esia o.”
And they served the idols which he had said Yahweh to them not you must do the thing this.
13 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.”
And he warned Yahweh Israel and Judah by [the] hand of every ([the] prophets *Q(K)*) every seer saying turn back from ways your evil and keep commandments my statutes my according to all the law which I commanded ancestors your and which I sent to you by [the] hand of servants my the prophets.
14 Ke Israel meɖo to o. Wonye kɔlialiatɔwo abe wo fofowo ene eye womeka ɖe Yehowa, woƒe Mawu la dzi o.
And not they listened and they stiffened neck their like [the] neck of ancestors their who not they trusted in Yahweh God their.
15 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.
And they rejected statutes his and covenant his which he had made with ancestors their and testimonies his which he warned them and they walked after vanity and they became vain and after the nations which [were] around them which he had commanded Yahweh them to not to do like them.
16 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.
And they forsook all [the] commandments of Yahweh God their and they made for themselves a molten image (two *Q(K)*) calves and they made an Asherah pole and they bowed down to all [the] host of the heavens and they served Baal.
17 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.
And they made pass sons their and daughters their in the fire and they divined divinations and they practiced divination and they sold themselves to do the evil in [the] eyes of Yahweh to provoke to anger him.
18 Eɖe wo ɖa le eƒe ŋkuta va se ɖe esime Yuda ƒe viwo koe susɔ ɖe anyigba la dzi.
And he was angry Yahweh very with Israel and he removed them from on face his not anyone was left only [the] tribe of Judah to only it.
19 Ke Yuda gɔ̃ hã gbe Yehowa, woƒe Mawu la ƒe sewo dzi wɔwɔ. Woawo hã to Israel ƒe mɔ vlowo dzi.
Also Judah not it kept [the] commandments of Yahweh God their and they walked in [the] customs of Israel which they had done.
20 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.
And he rejected Yahweh all [the] offspring of Israel and he afflicted them and he gave them in [the] hand of plunderers until that he threw them from before him.
21 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
If he tore Israel from with [the] house of David and they made king Jeroboam [the] son of Nebat (and he enticed away *Q(K)*) Jeroboam Israel from after Yahweh and he caused to sin them a sin great.
22 eye womeɖe asi le nu vɔ̃ si me Yeroboam kplɔ wo dee la wɔwɔ ŋu o,
And they walked [the] people of Israel in all [the] sins of Jeroboam which he did not they turned aside from it.
23 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.
Until that he removed Yahweh Israel from on face his just as he had spoken by [the] hand of all servants his the prophets and it went into exile Israel from on land its Assyria towards until the day this.
24 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.
And he brought [people] [the] king of Assyria from Babylon and from Cuthah and from Avva and from Hamath and Sepharvaim and he caused [them] to dwell in [the] cities of Samaria in place of [the] people of Israel and they took possession of Samaria and they dwelt in cities its.
25 Ke esi Asiriatɔ siawo mesubɔa Yehowa esi wova ɖo anyigba la dzi enumake o ta la, Yehowa ɖo dzatawo ɖa wowu wo dometɔ aɖewo.
And it was at [the] beginning of dwelling they there not they feared Yahweh and he sent Yahweh among them lions and they were killing in them.
26 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.”
And people said to [the] king of Assyria saying the nations which you took into exile and you caused to dwell in [the] cities of Samaria not they know [the] custom of [the] god of the land and he has sent among them lions and there they [are] killing them since not they [are] knowing [the] custom of [the] god of the land.
27 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.”
And he commanded [the] king of Assyria saying take there towards one from the priests whom you took into exile from there so they may go and they may dwell there so he may teach them [the] custom of [the] god of the land.
28 Ale nunɔla siwo woɖe aboyoe tso Samaria la dometɔ ɖeka va nɔ Betel eye wòfia ale si woasubɔ Yehowae wo.
And he went one from the priests whom they had taken into exile from Samaria and he dwelt in Beth-el and he was teaching them how? will they fear Yahweh.
29 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.
And they were making nation nation own gods its and they placed [them] - in [the] house of the high places which they had made the Samaritans nation nation in own cities their where they [were] dwelling there.
30 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.
And [the] people of Babylon they made Succoth Benoth and [the] people of Cuthah they made Nergal and [the] people of Hamath they made Ashima.
31 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.
And the Avvites they made Nibhaz and Tartak and the Sepharvites [were] burning children their in the fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech ([the] gods of Sepharvaim. *Q(K)*)
32 Wosubɔa Yehowa hã. Woɖo nunɔlawo tso woawo ŋutɔ dome be woasa vɔ na Yehowa le vɔsamlekpui siwo nɔ toawo dzi la dzi.
And they were fearing Yahweh and they appointed for themselves from among themselves priests of [the] high places and they were offering for them in [the] house of the high places.
33 Ke wogalé dukɔ siwo me wotso la ƒe mawusubɔsubɔ ƒe kɔnyinyiwo me ɖe asi kokoko.
Yahweh they were fearing and own gods their they were serving according to [the] custom of the nations which they had taken into exile them from there.
34 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.
Until the day this they [are] doing according to the customs former not they [are] fearing Yahweh and not they [are] doing according to statutes their and according to judgment their and according to the law and according to the commandment which he commanded Yahweh [the] descendants of Jacob whom he made name his Israel.
35 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.
And he made Yahweh with them a covenant and he commanded them saying not you must fear gods other and not you must bow down to them and not you must serve them and not you must sacrifice to them.
36 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.
That except Yahweh who he brought up you from [the] land of Egypt with power great and by an arm outstretched him you will fear and to him you will bow down and to him you will sacrifice.
37 Ele be Yakob ƒe dzidzimeviwo nawɔ Yehowa ƒe sewo katã dzi eye womasubɔ mawu bubuwo gbeɖegbeɖe o.”
And the statutes and the judgments and the law and the commandment which he wrote for you you will take care! to do all the days and not you must fear gods other.
38 Elabena Yehowa gblɔ be, “Migaŋlɔ nubabla si mewɔ kpli mi la be o. Migasubɔ mawu bubuwo gbeɖegbeɖe o.
And the covenant which I made with you not you must forget and not you must fear gods other.
39 Ele be miasubɔ Yehowa ɖeɖe ko; eyae aɖe mi tso miaƒe futɔwo katã ƒe asi me.”
That except Yahweh God your you will fear and he he will deliver you from [the] hand of all enemies your.
40 Ke wogbe toɖoɖo eye wogayi woƒe agbenɔnɔ tsãtɔ dzi ko.
And not they listened that except according to custom their former they [were] doing.
41 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.
And they were - the nations these fearing Yahweh and idols their they were serving also children their - and [the] children of children their just as they did fathers their they [are] doing until the day this.

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