2 Athamaki 17
1 Na rĩrĩ, mwaka wa mĩrongo ĩĩrĩ wa Ahazu mũthamaki wa Juda, Hoshea mũrũ wa Ela agĩtuĩka mũthamaki wa Isiraeli kũu Samaria, nake agĩthamaka mĩaka kenda.
In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah, Hoshea son of Elah has reigned over Israel in Samaria, nine years,
2 Agĩĩka maũndũ mooru maitho-inĩ ma Jehova, no ti ta ũrĩa athamaki a Isiraeli arĩa maarĩ mbere yake meekĩte.
and he does evil in the eyes of YHWH, only, not as the kings of Israel who were before him;
3 Shalimaneseru mũthamaki wa Ashuri akĩambata agatharĩkĩre Hoshea, ũrĩa warĩ ndungata ya Shalimaneseru na nĩamũrĩhaga igooti.
Shalmaneser king of Asshur came up against him, and Hoshea is a servant to him, and renders a present to him.
4 No mũthamaki wa Ashuri nĩamenyire atĩ Hoshea aarĩ mũkunyanĩri, nĩgũkorwo nĩatũmĩte andũ kũrĩ Soo mũthamaki wa Misiri, na nĩatigĩte kũrĩha igooti rĩa mũthamaki wa Ashuri ta ũrĩa ekaga mbere mwaka o mwaka. Nĩ ũndũ ũcio Shalimaneseru akĩmũnyiita, na akĩmũhingĩra njeera.
And the king of Asshur finds in Hoshea a conspiracy, in that he has sent messengers to So king of Egypt, and has not caused a present to go up to the king of Asshur, as year by year, and the king of Asshur restrains him, and binds him in a house of restraint.
5 Mũthamaki wa Ashuri agĩtharĩkĩra bũrũri wothe, agĩkinya Samaria na akĩrĩrigiicĩria mĩaka ĩtatũ.
And the king of Asshur goes up into all the land, and he goes up to Samaria, and lays siege against it [for] three years;
6 Mwaka-inĩ wa kenda wa wathani wa Hoshea nĩguo mũthamaki wa Ashuri aatunyanire Samaria, agĩthaamĩria andũ a Isiraeli bũrũri wa Ashuri. Akĩmahe ũtũũro kũu Hala na Gozani, Rũũĩ-inĩ rwa Haboru, na matũũra-inĩ ma Amedi.
in the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Asshur has captured Samaria, and removes Israel to Asshur, and causes them to dwell in Halah, and in Habor, [by] the river Gozan, and [in] the cities of the Medes.
7 Maũndũ macio mothe meekĩkire nĩ ũndũ andũ a Isiraeli nĩmehĩirie Jehova Ngai wao, ũrĩa wamarutĩte bũrũri wa Misiri moime watho-inĩ wa Firaũni mũthamaki wa Misiri. Nao makĩinamĩrĩra ngai ingĩ, magĩcihooya,
And it comes to pass, because the sons of Israel have sinned against their God YHWH—who brings them up out of the land of Egypt, from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt—and fear other gods,
8 na makĩrũmĩrĩra mĩtugo ya ndũrĩrĩ iria ciaingatĩtwo nĩ Jehova ciehere mbere yao, o na makarũmĩrĩra mĩtugo ĩrĩa yambĩrĩirio nĩ athamaki a Isiraeli.
and walk in the statutes of the nations that YHWH dispossessed from the presence of the sons of Israel, and of the kings of Israel that they made;
9 Nao andũ a Isiraeli magĩĩka maũndũ na hitho ma gũũkĩrĩra Jehova Ngai wao marĩa mataagĩrĩire. Kuuma mũthiringo-inĩ wa kũrangĩra nginya itũũra rĩrĩa rĩairigĩirwo rũthingo rwa hinya, makĩĩakĩra kũndũ kũrĩa gũtũũgĩru gwa kũrutĩra magongona matũũra-inĩ mao mothe.
and the sons of Israel covertly do things that [are] not right against their God YHWH, and build high places for themselves in all their cities, from a tower of the watchers to the fortified city,
10 Nĩmahaandire mahiga maamũre o na itugĩ cia Ashera, kũndũ kũrĩa guothe gũtũũgĩru o na rungu rwa mĩtĩ ĩrĩa mĩruru.
and set up standing-pillars and Asherim for themselves on every high height, and under every green tree,
11 Nĩmacinagĩra ũbumba handũ hothe hatũũgĩru, o ta ũrĩa ndũrĩrĩ iria Jehova aaingatĩte ciehere mbere yao ciekaga. Magĩĩka maũndũ ma waganu ma kũrakaria Jehova.
and make incense there in all high places, like the nations that YHWH removed from their presence, and do evil things to provoke YHWH,
12 Nĩmahooire mĩhianano o na gũtuĩka Jehova nĩoigĩte atĩrĩ, “Mũtikaneke ũguo.”
and serve the idols, of which YHWH said to them, “You do not do this thing.”
13 Nake Jehova agĩkaania andũ a Isiraeli na andũ a Juda na ũndũ wa anabii ake othe na andũ arĩa moonaga maũndũ, akĩmeera atĩrĩ: “Garũrũkai mũtigane na njĩra cianyu cia waganu. Rũmagiai maathani na irĩra cia watho wakwa wa kũrũmĩrĩrwo, kũringana na watho wothe ũrĩa ndaathire maithe manyu maathĩkagĩre, na ũrĩa ndaamũreheire na tũnua twa anabii ndungata ciakwa.”
And YHWH testifies 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 to you by the hand of My servants the prophets”;
14 No matiigana kũnjigua, no momirie ngoro ciao o ta ũrĩa maithe mao meekire, arĩa mateehokire Jehova Ngai wao.
and they have not listened, and harden their neck, like the neck of their fathers, who did not remain steadfast in their God YHWH,
15 Nao makĩrega irĩra cia watho wake wa kũrũmĩrĩrwo na kĩrĩkanĩro kĩrĩa aarĩkanĩire na maithe mao, na mĩkaana ĩrĩa aamaheete. Nao maarũmĩrĩire mĩhianano ĩtarĩ kĩene, nao magĩtuĩka kĩndũ gĩtarĩ bata. Meegerekanirie na ndũrĩrĩ iria ciamarigiicĩirie, o na gũtuĩka Jehova nĩamathĩte, akoiga atĩrĩ, “Mũtigeke ta ũrĩa ndũrĩrĩ icio ciĩkaga,” nao magĩĩka maũndũ marĩa Jehova aamagirĩtie gwĩka.
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 around them, of whom YHWH commanded them not to do like them.
16 Nĩmatiganĩirie maathani mothe ma Jehova Ngai wao, na magĩĩthondekera mĩhianano ĩĩrĩ ya gũtwekio ĩhaana ta njaũ, na magĩthondeka gĩtugĩ kĩa Ashera. Nao makĩinamĩrĩra ciũmbe ciothe cia igũrũ, na makĩhooya Baali.
And they forsake all the commands of their God YHWH, and make a molten image for themselves—two calves, and make an Asherah, and bow themselves to all the host of the heavens, and serve Ba‘al,
17 Ningĩ makĩruta airĩtu na aanake ao marĩ magongona ma njino. Nĩmarathaga ũhoro na makaragũra, na makĩĩheana gwĩka maũndũ mooru maitho-inĩ ma Jehova, makĩmũrakaria.
and cause their sons and their daughters to pass over through fire, and divine divinations, and use enchantments, and sell themselves to do evil in the eyes of YHWH, to provoke Him.
18 Nĩ ũndũ ũcio Jehova akĩrakara mũno nĩ ũndũ wa andũ a Isiraeli, o nginya akĩmeheria mbere yake. No mũhĩrĩga wa Juda watigirwo.
And YHWH shows Himself very angry against Israel, and turns them aside from His presence; none has been left, only the tribe of Judah by itself.
19 O nao andũ a Juda matiarũmĩrĩire maathani ma Jehova Ngai wao. Maarũmĩrĩire mĩtugo ĩrĩa yambĩrĩirio nĩ andũ a Isiraeli.
Also Judah has not kept the commands of their God YHWH, and they walk in the statutes of Israel that they had made.
20 Nĩ ũndũ ũcio Jehova akĩrega andũ a Isiraeli othe, akĩmaherithia na akĩmaneana moko-inĩ ma thũ, o nginya akĩmaingata mehere mbere yake.
And YHWH kicks against all the seed of Israel, and afflicts them, and gives them into the hand of spoilers, until He has cast them out of His presence,
21 Na rĩrĩa aamũranirie andũ a Isiraeli na nyũmba ya Daudi-rĩ, nĩguo maatuire Jeroboamu mũrũ wa Nebati mũthamaki wao. Nake Jeroboamu akĩguucĩrĩria andũ a Isiraeli matige kũrũmĩrĩra Jehova, agĩtũma meehie rĩĩhia inene.
for He has torn Israel from the house of David, and they make Jeroboam son of Nebat king, and Jeroboam drives Israel from after YHWH, and has caused them to sin a great sin,
22 Andũ a Isiraeli makĩrũmĩrĩra mehia mothe ma Jeroboamu, na matiigana gũcooka gũtigana namo,
and the sons of Israel walk in all the sins of Jeroboam that he did, they have not turned aside from them,
23 nginya rĩrĩa Jehova aameheririe mbere yake o ta ũrĩa aamerĩte na kanua ka ndungata ciake ciothe cia anabii. Nĩ ũndũ ũcio andũ a Isiraeli makĩeherio bũrũri wao, magĩthaamĩrio Ashuri, na no kuo marĩ.
until YHWH has turned Israel aside from His presence, as He spoke by the hand of all His servants the prophets, and Israel is removed from off its land to Asshur, to this day.
24 Nake mũthamaki wa Ashuri akĩruta andũ Babuloni, na Kutho, na Ava, na Hamathu na Sefarivaimu, akĩmahe matũũra ma Samaria ithenya rĩa andũ a Isiraeli. Makĩĩgwatĩra Samaria, na magĩikara matũũra-inĩ makuo.
And the king of Asshur brings in [people] from Babylon and from Cutha, and from Ava, and from Hamath, and Sepharvaim, and causes [them] to dwell in the cities of Samaria instead of the sons of Israel, and they possess Samaria, and dwell in its cities;
25 Hĩndĩ ĩrĩa maambĩrĩirie gũikara kuo matiahooyaga Jehova; nĩ ũndũ ũcio Jehova akĩmatũmĩra mĩrũũthi kuo, ĩkĩũraga andũ amwe.
and it comes to pass, at the commencement of their dwelling there, they have not feared YHWH, and YHWH sends the lions among them, and they are destroying among them.
26 Nake mũthamaki wa Ashuri agĩkinyĩrio ũhoro akĩĩrwo atĩrĩ: “Andũ arĩa wathaamirie ũkĩmatwara matũũra-inĩ ma Samaria matiũĩ ũrĩa ngai ya bũrũri ũcio yendaga. Nĩĩmatũmĩire mĩrũũthi ĩrĩa ĩramooraga, tondũ andũ nĩmarigĩtwo nĩ kĩĩ ngai ĩyo yendaga.”
And they speak to the king of Asshur, saying, “The nations that you have removed and place in the cities of Samaria have not known the custom of the God of the land, and He sends the lions among them, and behold, they are destroying them, as they do not know the custom of the God of the land.”
27 Hĩndĩ ĩyo mũthamaki wa Ashuri agĩathana atĩrĩ: “Reke mũthĩnjĩri-Ngai ũmwe wa arĩa maatahirwo kuuma Samaria acooke agatũũre kuo, nĩgeetha arute andũ ũrĩa ngai ya bũrũri ũcio yendaga.”
And the king of Asshur commands, saying, “Cause one of the priests to go there whom you removed from there, and they go and dwell there, and he teaches them the custom of the God of the land.”
28 Nĩ ũndũ ũcio mũthĩnjĩri-Ngai ũmwe wa arĩa maatahĩtwo kuuma Samaria agĩthiĩ gũtũũra Betheli, akĩmaruta kũhooya Jehova.
And one of the priests whom they removed from Samaria comes in, and dwells in Beth-El, and he is teaching them how they fear YHWH,
29 No rĩrĩ, o rũrĩrĩ rũgĩĩthondekera ngai ciaruo matũũra-inĩ mothe marĩa maatũũraga, magĩciiga mahooero-inĩ marĩa maathondeketwo nĩ andũ a Samaria kũndũ kũrĩa gũtũũgĩru.
and each nation is making its gods, and they place [them] in the houses of the high places that the Samaritans have made—each nation in their cities where they are dwelling.
30 Andũ a kuuma Babuloni magĩthondeka mũhianano wetagwo Sukothu-Benothu, nao andũ a Kutho magĩthondeka Nerigali, nao andũ a Hamathu magĩthondeka Ashima;
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,
31 nao andũ a Aavi magĩthondeka Nibihazu na Tarataka, nao andũ a Sefariri maacinaga ciana na mwaki irĩ ta magongona kũrĩ Adarameleki na Anameleku, ngai cia Sefarivaimu.
and the Avites have made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites are burning their sons with fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, gods of Sepharvim.
32 Nĩmahooyaga Jehova, no ningĩ magĩthuura andũ a mĩthemba yothe yao matuĩke aruti wĩra ta athĩnjĩri-Ngai mahooero-inĩ ma kũndũ kũrĩa gũtũũgĩru.
And they are fearing YHWH, and make for themselves from their extremities priests of high places, and they are working for them in the house of the high places.
33 Nĩmahooyaga Jehova, na no maatungatagĩra ngai ciao, kũringana na mĩtugo ya ndũrĩrĩ cia kũrĩa maarutĩtwo.
They are fearing YHWH, and they are serving their gods, according to the custom of the nations from where they removed them.
34 Nginyagia ũmũthĩ matũire marũmĩtie mĩtugo yao ya tene. Nao matihooyaga Jehova kana gwathĩkĩra irĩra cia watho wake wa kũrũmĩrĩrwo, na matuĩro marĩa matuĩtwo, na watho na maathani marĩa Jehova aaheire njiaro cia Jakubu, ũrĩa aatuire Isiraeli.
To this day they are doing according to the former customs—they are not fearing YHWH, and are not doing according to their statutes, and according to their ordinances, and according to the Law, and according to the command, that YHWH commanded the sons of Jacob whose name He made Israel,
35 Rĩrĩa Jehova aarĩkanĩire kĩrĩkanĩro na andũ a Isiraeli-rĩ, aamaathire atĩrĩ: “Mũtikanahooe ngai ingĩ, kana mũciinamĩrĩre, kana mũcitungatĩre, kana mũcirutĩre igongona.
and YHWH makes a covenant with them and charges them, saying, “You do not fear other gods, nor bow yourselves to them, nor serve them, nor sacrifice to them,
36 No Jehova ũrĩa wamũrutire bũrũri wa Misiri na hinya mũnene na atambũrũkĩtie guoko gwake, ũcio nowe wiki mwagĩrĩirwo nĩkũhooyaga. Nĩwe mũrĩinamagĩrĩra, na nĩwe mũrĩrutagĩra magongona.
but YHWH who brought you up out of the land of Egypt with great power, and with an outstretched arm, Him you fear, and to Him you bow yourselves, and to Him you sacrifice;
37 Hĩndĩ ciothe no nginya mũmenyagĩrĩre kĩrĩra kĩa watho wake wa kũrũmĩrĩrwo na matuĩro marĩa matuĩtwo, na mawatho, o na maathani marĩa aamwandĩkĩire. Mũtikanahooe ngai ingĩ.
and the statutes, and the judgments, and the Law, and the command, that He wrote for you, you observe to do all the days, and you do not fear other gods;
38 Mũtikariganĩrwo nĩ kĩrĩkanĩro kĩrĩa ndaarĩkanĩire na inyuĩ, na mũtikanahooe ngai ingĩ.
and you do not forget the covenant that I have made with you, and you do not fear other gods;
39 No rĩrĩ, mũhooyage Jehova Ngai wanyu; tondũ nĩwe ũkaamũkũũra guoko-inĩ gwa thũ cianyu ciothe.”
but you fear your God YHWH, and He delivers you out of the hand of all your enemies”;
40 No rĩrĩ, matiigana kũnjigua, no maathiire o na mbere na mĩtugo yao ya tene.
and they have not listened, but they are doing according to their former custom,
41 O na rĩrĩa andũ acio mahooyaga Jehova, no maatungatagĩra ngai ciao cia mĩhianano. Nginyagia ũmũthĩ ciana ciao na ciana cia ciana ciao ithiiaga na mbere gwĩka o ta ũrĩa maithe mao meekaga.
and these nations are fearing YHWH, and they have served their carved images, both their sons and their sons’ sons; as their fathers did, they are doing to this day.
