2 Tarihi 28
1 Ahaz yana da shekara ashirin sa’ad da ya zama sarki, ya kuma yi mulki a Urushalima shekara goma sha shida. Ba kamar Dawuda kakansa ba, bai yi abin da yake daidai a gaban Ubangiji ba.
UAhazi wayeleminyaka engamatshumi amabili esiba yinkosi; wabusa iminyaka elitshumi lesithupha eJerusalema. Kodwa kenzanga okuqondileyo emehlweni eNkosi, njengoDavida uyise.
2 Ya yi tafiya a hanyoyin sarakunan Isra’ila ya kuma yi zubin gumaka domin a bauta wa Ba’al.
Ngoba wahamba ezindleleni zamakhosi akoIsrayeli, wasesenzela oBhali izithombe ezibunjwe ngokuncibilikisa.
3 Ya ƙone hadayu a Kwarin Ben Hinnom, ya kuma miƙa’ya’yansa maza a cikin wuta, yana bin hanyoyi banƙyama na al’umman da Ubangiji ya kora a gaban Isra’ilawa.
Yena watshisa impepha esihotsheni sendodana kaHinomu, watshisa lamadodana akhe emlilweni, njengokwamanyala ezizwe iNkosi eyazixotsha elifeni phambi kwabantwana bakoIsrayeli.
4 Ya miƙa hadayu, ya kuma ƙone turare a masujadan kan tudu, a bisa tuddai da kuma ƙarƙashin kowane itace mai inuwa.
Wanikela imihlatshelo watshisa impepha endaweni eziphakemeyo laphezu kwamaqaqa langaphansi kwaso sonke isihlahla esiluhlaza.
5 Saboda haka Ubangiji Allahnsa ya miƙa shi ga sarkin Aram. Arameyawa suka ci shi a yaƙi, suka kuma kwashe mutanensa da yawa a matsayin’yan kurkuku, suka kawo Damaskus. Ya kuma ba da shi ga sarkin Isra’ila, wanda ya jijji masa a yaƙi.
Ngakho iNkosi uNkulunkulu wakhe yamnikela esandleni senkosi yeSiriya; asemtshaya, athumba kuye abathunjiweyo abanengi, abasa eDamaseko. Futhi wanikelwa esandleni senkosi yakoIsrayeli eyamtshaya ngokutshaya okukhulu.
6 A rana ɗaya Feka ɗan Remaliya ya kashe sojoji dubu ɗari da dubu ashirin a Yahuda, domin Yahuda sun yashe Ubangiji Allah na kakanninsu.
Ngoba uPheka indodana kaRemaliya wabulala koJuda abazinkulungwane ezilikhulu lamatshumi amabili ngasuku lunye, bonke bengamadoda alamandla, ngoba babeyidelile iNkosi uNkulunkulu waboyise.
7 Zikri, wani jarumin Efraim, ya kashe Ma’asehiya ɗan sarki, Azrikam hafsa mai lura da fada, da kuma Elkana, mataimakin sarki.
UZikiri iqhawe lakoEfrayimi wasebulala uMahaseya indodana yenkosi loAzirikamu umphathi wendlu loElkana owesibili enkosini.
8 Isra’ilawa suka kame kamammu daga’yan’uwansu mata,’ya’ya maza da kuma’ya’ya mata dubu ɗari biyu. Suka kuma kwashe ganima mai yawan gaske, waɗanda suka kwasa zuwa Samariya.
Abantwana bakoIsrayeli basebethumba kubafowabo abazinkulungwane ezingamakhulu amabili, abesifazana, amadodana, lamadodakazi; baphanga lempango enengi kibo, bayiletha impango eSamariya.
9 Amma wani annabin Ubangiji mai suna Oded yana a can, sai ya fito don yă sadu da mayaƙa sa’ad da suke komowa zuwa Samariya. Ya ce musu, “Domin Ubangiji Allah na kakanninku yana fushi da Yahuda, ya ba da su cikin hannunku. Sai kuka kashe su cikin fushin da ya kai sama.
Kodwa kwakukhona lapho umprofethi weNkosi obizo lakhe lalinguOdedi; wasephuma phambi kwebutho elalisiza eSamariya, wathi kibo: Khangelani, ngenxa yolaka lweNkosi uNkulunkulu waboyihlo phezu kukaJuda, ibanikele esandleni senu; libabulele-ke ngolaka olufinyelele emazulwini.
10 Yanzu kuma kuna niyya ku mai da maza da matan Yahuda da Urushalima bayinku. Amma ku ɗin ba ku da laifin zunubi ga Ubangiji Allahnku ne?
Khathesi-ke lina lithi lehlisela ngaphansi kwenu abantwana bakoJuda labeJerusalema babe yizigqili lezigqilikazi. Kodwa lina kakulamacala yini kini amelene leNkosi uNkulunkulu wenu?
11 To, ku saurare ni! Ku mai da’yan’uwanku da kuka kama a matsayin’yan kurkuku, gama fushin Ubangiji yana a kanku.”
Ngakho-ke ngilalelani; libuyisele abathunjiweyo elibathumbe kubafowenu, ngoba ukuvutha kolaka lweNkosi kuphezu kwenu.
12 Sai waɗansu shugabanni a Efraim, Azariya ɗan Yehohanan, Berekiya ɗan Meshillemot, Hezekiya ɗan Shallum da Amasa ɗan Hadlai, suka tasar wa waɗanda suke isowa daga yaƙi.
Kwasekusukuma amadoda kunhloko zabantwana bakoEfrayimi, oAzariya indodana kaJohanani, uBerekiya indodana kaMeshilemothi, loJehizikiya indodana kaShaluma, loAmasa indodana kaHadilayi, bamelana lalabo ababengena bevela ebuthweni.
13 Suka ce, “Dole ku kawo waɗannan’yan kurkukun a nan, ko kuwa za ku yi laifi a gaban Ubangiji. Kuna niyya ku ƙara ga zunubinmu da kuma laifinmu? Gama laifinmu ya riga ya yi yawa, kuma fushinsa mai tsanani yana a kan Isra’ila.”
Basebesithi kibo: Kaliyikungenisa abathunjiweyo lapha kube licala eNkosini limelene lathi; ngoba lina lithi lizakwengeza ezonweni zethu lemacaleni ethu, ngoba isiphambeko sethu sikhulu, lokuvutha kolaka kuphezu kukaIsrayeli.
14 Saboda haka sojoji suka ba da’yan kurkukun da ganima a gaban hafsoshi da dukan taron.
Ngakho abahlomileyo batshiya abathunjiweyo lempango phambi kweziphathamandla lebandla lonke.
15 Sai mutanen da aka kira sunansu suka tashi, suka ɗauki kamammun, da ganimar, suka sa wa dukan waɗanda suke tsirara sutura. Suka sa musu sutura, suka ba su takalma, suka ba su abinci da abin sha, suka shafa musu mai. Suka hawar da dukan raunana a kan jakuna, suka kai su wurin’yan’uwansu a Yeriko, wato, Birnin Itatuwan Dabino, sa’an nan suka koma Samariya.
Lamadoda abizwa ngamabizo asukuma, abamba abathunjiweyo, agqokisa bonke ababenqunu babo ngokuvela empangweni; yebo abagqokisa, abafaka amanyathela, abanika ukudla, abanathisa, abagcoba, athwala bonke ababuthakathaka ngabobabhemi, abasa eJeriko, umuzi wamalala, duze labafowabo; basebebuyela eSamariya.
16 A lokacin nan Sarki Ahaz ya aika wurin sarkin Assuriya neman taimako.
Ngalesosikhathi inkosi uAhazi yathuma emakhosini eAsiriya ukumncedisa.
17 Mutanen Edom sun sāke zuwa suka yaƙi Yahuda suka kuma kwashe’yan kurkuku,
Ngoba amaEdoma ayesebuye atshaya uJuda, athumba abathunjwa.
18 yayinda Filistiyawa suka kai hari wa garuruwa a gindin tuddai da kuma a Negeb na Yahuda. Suka kame su suka kuma zauna a Bet-Shemesh, Aiyalon da Gederot, haka ma Soko, Timna da Gimzo tare da ƙauyuka kewayensu.
LamaFilisti ayehlasele imizi yesihotsha leningizimu yakoJuda, athumba iBeti-Shemeshi, leAjaloni, leGederothi, leSoko lemizana yayo, leTimina lemizana yayo, leGimizo lemizana yayo; ahlala khona.
19 Ubangiji ya ƙasƙantar da Yahuda saboda Ahaz sarkin Isra’ila, gama ya hadasa mugunta a Yahuda kuma ya kasance marar aminci ga Ubangiji.
Ngoba iNkosi yamthobisa uJuda ngenxa kaAhazi inkosi yakoIsrayeli, ngoba wamenza ze uJuda, wasephambuka kakhulu eNkosini.
20 Tiglat-Fileser sarkin Assuriya ya zo wurinsa, sai ya wahalar da sarki Ahaz maimakon taimakonsa.
Ngakho uTiligathi-Pileseri inkosi yeAsiriya wafika kuye, wamhlupha, kodwa kamqinisanga.
21 Ahaz ya ɗauki waɗansu abubuwa daga haikalin Ubangiji da kuma daga fadan sarki da kuma daga sarakuna, ya ba da su ga sarkin Assuriya, amma wannan bai taimake shi ba.
Ngoba uAhazi wathatha isabelo sendlu kaJehova lesendlu yenkosi leseziphathamandla, wasipha inkosi yeAsiriya; kodwa kayimsizanga.
22 Cikin lokacin wahalarsa Sarki Ahaz ya ƙara zama marar aminci ga Ubangiji.
Ngesikhathi sohlupho lwakhe wengeza-ke ekuphambekeni emelene loJehova. Le yinkosi uAhazi.
23 Ya miƙa hadayu ga allolin Damaskus, waɗanda suka ci shi a yaƙi; gama ya yi tunani, “Da yake allolin sarakunan Aram sun taimake su, zan miƙa hadayu domin su taimake ni.” Amma suka zama sanadin fāɗuwarsa da kuma fāɗuwar dukan Isra’ila.
Ngoba wahlabela onkulunkulu beDamaseko ababemtshayile, wathi: Ngoba onkulunkulu bamakhosi eSiriya bayawasiza, ngizahlabela bona ukuze bangisize. Kodwa bona baba yimbangela yokuwa kwakhe, kuye lakuIsrayeli wonke.
24 Ahaz ya tattara kayayyaki daga haikalin Allah ya kwashe su. Ya kulle ƙofofin haikalin Ubangiji ya kakkafa bagadai a kowace kusurwa a titin Urushalima.
UAhazi waseqoqa izitsha zendlu kaNkulunkulu, waziquma iziqa izitsha zendlu kaNkulunkulu, wavala iminyango yendlu yeNkosi, wazenzela amalathi kuyo yonke ingonsi eJerusalema.
25 A kowane gari a Yahuda, ya gina masujadan kan tudu don ƙone hadayu ga waɗansu alloli, ya kuma tsokane Ubangiji Allah na kakanninsa ya yi fushi.
Lakuwo wonke umuzi ngomuzi wakoJuda wenza indawo eziphakemeyo zokutshisela abanye onkulunkulu impepha, wayithukuthelisa iNkosi uNkulunkulu waboyise.
26 Sauran ayyukan mulkinsa da dukan hanyoyinsa, daga farko zuwa ƙarshe, suna a rubuce a littafin sarakunan Yahuda da Isra’ila.
Ezinye-ke zezindaba zakhe lazo zonke indlela zakhe, ezokuqala lezokucina, khangela, zibhaliwe egwalweni lwamakhosi akoJuda lawakoIsrayeli.
27 Ahaz ya huta tare da kakanninsa, aka kuma binne shi a birnin Urushalima, amma ba a sa shi a makabartan sarakunan Isra’ila ba. Sai Hezekiya ɗansa ya gāje shi a matsayin sarki.
UAhazi waselala laboyise, basebemngcwabela emzini, eJerusalema; kodwa kabamlethanga emangcwabeni amakhosi akoIsrayeli. UHezekhiya indodana yakhe wasesiba yinkosi esikhundleni sakhe.
