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 reigned hath Hoshea son of Elah in Samaria, over Israel — nine years,
2 Agĩĩka maũndũ mooru maitho-inĩ ma Jehova, no ti ta ũrĩa athamaki a Isiraeli arĩa maarĩ mbere yake meekĩte.
and he doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, 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.
against him came up Shalmaneser king of Asshur, and Hoshea is to him a servant, and doth render to him a present.
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 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.
5 Mũthamaki wa Ashuri agĩtharĩkĩra bũrũri wothe, agĩkinya Samaria na akĩrĩrigiicĩria mĩaka ĩtatũ.
And the king of Asshur goeth up into all the land, and he goeth up to Samaria, and layeth siege against it 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 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.
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 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,
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 Jehovah 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 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,
10 Nĩmahaandire mahiga maamũre o na itugĩ cia Ashera, kũndũ kũrĩa guothe gũtũũgĩru o na rungu rwa mĩtĩ ĩrĩa mĩruru.
and set up for them standing-pillars and shrines 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 perfume there in all high places, like the nations that Jehovah removed from their presence, and do evil things to provoke Jehovah,
12 Nĩmahooire mĩhianano o na gũtuĩka Jehova nĩoigĩte atĩrĩ, “Mũtikaneke ũguo.”
and serve the idols, of which Jehovah said to them, 'Ye 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 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;'
14 No matiigana kũnjigua, no momirie ngoro ciao o ta ũrĩa maithe mao meekire, arĩa mateehokire Jehova Ngai wao.
and they have not hearkened, and harden their neck, like the neck of their fathers, who did not remain stedfast in Jehovah their God,
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 round about them, of whom Jehovah 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 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,
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 the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, 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.
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.
19 O nao andũ a Juda matiarũmĩrĩire maathani ma Jehova Ngai wao. Maarũmĩrĩire mĩtugo ĩrĩa yambĩrĩirio nĩ andũ a Isiraeli.
Also Judah hath not kept the commands of Jehovah their God, 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 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,
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 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,
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 therefrom,
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.
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.
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 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;
25 Hĩndĩ ĩrĩa maambĩrĩirie gũikara kuo matiahooyaga Jehova; nĩ ũndũ ũcio Jehova akĩmatũmĩra mĩrũũthi kuo, ĩkĩũraga andũ amwe.
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.
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 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.'
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 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.'
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 cometh in, and dwelleth in Beth-El, and he is teaching them how they do fear Jehovah,
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 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.
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 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.
33 Nĩmahooyaga Jehova, na no maatungatagĩra ngai ciao, kũringana na mĩtugo ya ndũrĩrĩ cia kũrĩa maarutĩtwo.
Jehovah they are fearing, and their gods they are serving, according to the custom of the nations whence 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.
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,
35 Rĩrĩa Jehova aarĩkanĩire kĩrĩkanĩro na andũ a Isiraeli-rĩ, aamaathire atĩrĩ: “Mũtikanahooe ngai ingĩ, kana mũciinamĩrĩre, kana mũcitungatĩre, kana mũcirutĩre igongona.
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,
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 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;
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, ye observe to do all the days, and ye do not fear other gods;
38 Mũtikariganĩrwo nĩ kĩrĩkanĩro kĩrĩa ndaarĩkanĩire na inyuĩ, na mũtikanahooe ngai ingĩ.
and the covenant that I have made with you ye do not forget, and ye do not fear other gods;
39 No rĩrĩ, mũhooyage Jehova Ngai wanyu; tondũ nĩwe ũkaamũkũũra guoko-inĩ gwa thũ cianyu ciothe.”
but Jehovah your God ye do fear, and He doth deliver 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 hearkened, but according to their former custom they are doing,
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 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.
