2 Ndị Eze 17
1 Nʼafọ nke iri na abụọ nke ọchịchị Ehaz, bụ eze Juda, ka Hoshea nwa Elaa ghọrọ eze Izrel nʼobodo Sameria. Ọ chịrị dịka eze afọ itoolu.
In the twelfth year of Achaz king of Juda, Osee the son of Ela reigned in Samaria over Israel nine years.
2 O mere ihe ọjọọ nʼanya Onyenwe anyị mgbe ọ bụ eze. Ma ọ bụghị dịka ndị eze Izrel ndị ọzọ bu ya ụzọ.
And he did evil before the Lord: but not as the kings of Israel that had been before him.
3 Shalmanesa eze Asịrịa bịara buso Hoshea agha, nʼihi na Hoshea nọ nʼokpuru ọchịchị eze Asịrịa, bụrụkwa onye na-atụ ụtụ nye ya kwa afọ.
Against him came up Salmanasar king of the Assyrians, and Osee became his servant, and paid him tribute.
4 Ma eze Asịrịa chọpụtara na Hoshea abụghị onye kwesiri ntụkwasị obi nʼihi na Hoshea eze Izrel zipụrụ ndị ozi ya ka ha jekwuru So, eze Ijipt, maka enyemaka. Ọzọkwa, Hoshea kwụsịrị ịtụ ụtụ nye eze Asịrịa dịka ọ na-eme kwa afọ. Nʼihi ya Shalmanesa nwụchiri ya, tinye ya nʼụlọ mkpọrọ.
And when the king of the Assyrians found that Osee endeavouring to rebel had sent messengers to Sua the king of Egypt, that he might not pay tribute to the king of the Assyrians, as he had done every year, he besieged him, bound him, and cast him into prison,
5 Eze Asịrịa wakporo ala ahụ niile nʼagha, gbagoo imegide Sameria, nọchibido ya gburugburu, afọ atọ.
And he went through all the land: and going up to Samaria, he besieged it three years.
6 Nʼafọ itoolu nke ọchịchị Hoshea, eze Asịrịa dọtara Sameria nʼagha, dọkpụrụ ndị Izrel niile buga ha nʼala Asịrịa. O mere ka ha biri nʼobodo Hala, nʼime Gozan nke dị nʼosimiri Hoboa, na nʼime obodo ndị Midia.
And in the ninth year of Osee, the king of the Assyrians took Samaria, and carried Israel away to Assyria: and he placed them in Hala and Habor by the river of Gozan, in the cities of the Medes.
7 Ihe ndị a niile mere nʼihi na ndị Izrel mehiere megide Onyenwe anyị, bụ Chineke ha, onye ahụ mere ka ha site nʼokpuru ike Fero, eze Ijipt pụta. Ha kpọrọ isiala nye chi ndị ọzọ
For so it was that the children of Israel had sinned against the Lord their God, who brought them out of the land of Egypt, from under the hand of Pharao king of Egypt, and they worshipped strange gods.
8 gbasoro omenaala niile nke ndị mba ahụ Onyenwe anyị chụpụrụ site nʼala ha. Ha gbasokwara omenaala ọjọọ ndị ahụ niile ndị eze ha webatara.
And they walked according to the way of the nations which the Lord had destroyed in the sight of the children of Israel and of the kings of Israel: because they had done in like manner.
9 Ndị Izrel mere ihe ndị ahụ niile Onyenwe anyị Chineke ha na-adịghị anabata na nzuzo. Ha wuru ebe ịchụ aja nye chi dị iche iche nʼobodo ha niile, e, nʼobodo ukwu ma nʼobodo nta ọbụla.
And the children of Israel offended the Lord their God with things that were not right: and built them high places in all their cities from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city.
10 Ha manyeere onwe ha ogidi nkume, na ogidi chi Ashera nʼelu ugwu ọbụla, na nʼokpuru osisi ọbụla nwere ndo.
And they made them statues and groves on every high hill, and under every shady tree:
11 Ha chụrụ aja nsure ọkụ na-esi isi ụtọ nʼelu ugwu ọbụla dịka mba ndị naara ebi nʼala ahụ si eme, bụ ndị Onyenwe anyị chụpụrụ site nʼala ha, mgbe Izrel bịara biri nʼebe ahụ. Ha mere ihe ọjọọ dị iche iche, nke mere ka iwe wee Onyenwe anyị nke ukwuu.
And they burnt incense there upon altars after the manner of the nations which the Lord had removed from their face: and they did wicked things, provoking the Lord.
12 E, ha fere arụsị dị iche iche ofufe, lefuo anya na Onyenwe anyị dọrọ ha aka na ntị sị ha, “Unu emela ihe dị otu a.”
And they worshipped abominations, concerning which the Lord had commanded them that they should not do this thing.
13 Mgbe niile ka Onyenwe anyị na-eziga ndị amụma ya, na ndị ọhụ ụzọ, ịdọ Izrel na Juda aka na ntị, sị ha, “Sitenụ nʼajọ ihe unu na-eme chegharịa. Debenụ iwu na ụkpụrụ m, dịka iwu ahụ niile m nyere nna unu ha ka ha debe si dị, nke m sikwa nʼọnụ ndị ozi m bụ ndị amụma nye unu.”
And the Lord testified to them in Israel and in Juda by the hand of all the prophets and seers, saying: Return from your wicked ways, and keep my precepts, and ceremonies, according to all the law which I commanded your fathers: and as I have sent to you in the hand of my servants the prophets.
14 Ma ndị Izrel jụrụ ige ntị. Kama ha kpachara anya kwesie olu ha ike dịka nna nna ha mere, bụ ndị na-ekwenyeghị na Onyenwe anyị Chineke ha.
And they hearkened not, but hardened their necks like to the neck of their fathers, who would not obey the Lord their God.
15 Ha jụrụ ụkpụrụ ya niile na ọgbụgba ndụ ya, nke ya na ndị bụ nna nna ha gbara na iwu nke ọ dọrọ ha aka na ntị ka ha debe. Ha gbasooro chi arụsị bụ ihe efu, ha onwe ha ghọkwara ihe efu. Ha ṅomiri mba dị iche iche ndị ahụ bi ha gburugburu, nʼagbanyeghị na Onyenwe anyị nyere ha iwu sị, “Unu emela dịka ha.”
And they rejected his ordinances and the covenant that he made with their fathers, and the testimonies which he testified against them: and they followed vanities, and acted vainly: and they followed the nations that were round about them, concerning which the Lord had commanded them that they should not do as they did.
16 Ha jụrụ idebe iwu niile Onyenwe anyị Chineke ha nyere ha. Ha meere onwe ha ogidi arụsị Ashera, kpụọrọ onwe ha oyiyi ụmụ ehi abụọ. Ha kpọrọ isiala nye Baal, na anyanwụ, na ọnwa, na kpakpando.
And they forsook all the precepts of the Lord their God: and made to themselves two molten calves, and groves, and adored all the host of heaven: and they served Baal.
17 Ha jiri ụmụ ha ndị ikom na ụmụ ha ndị inyom chụọ aja nsure ọkụ nye chi ndị mba ọzọ. Ha gakwara nʼaja ịjụ ase, na ịgba aja, si otu a nyefee onwe ha nʼaka ime ihe jọrọ njọ nʼanya Onyenwe anyị, si otu a kpasuo ya iwe.
And consecrated their sons, and their daughters through fire: and they gave themselves to divinations, and soothsayings: and they delivered themselves up to do evil before the Lord, to provoke him.
18 Ya mere, Onyenwe anyị wesoro Izrel iwe nke ukwuu, wezuga ha site nʼihu ya. Ọ dịkwaghị onye o kwere ka ọ fọdụ, karịakwa naanị ebo Juda.
And the Lord was very angry with Israel, and removed them from his sight, and there remained only the tribe of Juda.
19 Ma ndị Juda jụkwara idebe ihe niile Onyenwe anyị bụ Chineke ha nyere ha nʼiwu. Ha sooro omume ọjọọ ndị Izrel webatara.
But neither did Juda itself keep the commandments of the Lord their God: but they walked in the errors of Israel, which they had wrought.
20 Nʼihi nke a, Onyenwe anyị jụrụ ndị Izrel niile. Ọ tara ha ahụhụ site nʼinyefe ha nʼaka ndị na-apụnara mmadụ ihe nʼike tutu ruo mgbe o mere ka e site nʼihu ya wezuga ha.
And the Lord cast off all the seed of Israel, and afflicted them and delivered them into the hand of spoilers, till he cast them away from his face:
21 Mgbe Onyenwe anyị mere ka ndị Izrel dọwapụ onwe ha site nʼalaeze Devid, ha mere Jeroboam nwa Nebat, eze ha. Ma Jeroboam mere ka Izrel site nʼiso Onyenwe anyị wezuga onwe ha. O mere ka ha mee mmehie dị ukwuu.
Even from that time, when Israel was rent from the house of David, and made Jeroboam son of Nabat their king: for Jeroboam separated Israel from the Lord, and made them commit a great sin.
22 Ọ dịkwaghị mgbe ụmụ Izrel sitere nʼime mmehie ahụ Jeroboam dubara ha pụta,
And the children of Israel walked in all the sins of Jeroboam, which he had done: and they departed not from them,
23 tutu ruo mgbe Onyenwe anyị kpochapụrụ Izrel niile site nʼihu ya, dịka o kwuru na ọ ga-eme, site nʼọnụ ndị amụma na-ejere ya ozi. Ọ bụ nke a mere ndị Izrel ji gaa biri nʼAsịrịa dịka ndị a dọtara nʼagha ruo taa.
Till the Lord removed Israel from his face, as he had spoken in the hand of all his servants the prophets: and Israel was carried away out of their land to Assyria, unto this day.
24 Eze Asịrịa sitere nʼala Babilọn, Kuta, Ava, Hamat na Sefavaim kpọta ndị mmadụ bịara biri nʼobodo Sameria ịnọchi anya ndị Izrel niile e sitere nʼebe ahụ bupụ. Nʼụzọ dị otu a, ha nwetara Sameria birikwa nʼobodo ya niile.
And the king of the Assyrians brought people from Babylon, and from Cutha, and from Avah, and from Emath, and from Sepharvaim: and placed them in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel: and they possessed Samaria, and dwelt in the cities thereof.
25 Ma mgbe ndị Asịrịa malitere ibi nʼebe ahụ, ha atụghị egwu Onyenwe anyị, maọbụ fee ya ofufe. Nʼihi ya, Onyenwe anyị zitere ọdụm ndị batara nʼetiti ha gbuo ụfọdụ mmadụ nʼime ha.
And when they began to dwell there, they feared not the Lord: and the Lord sent lions among them, which killed them.
26 Ya mere, e zigara eze Asịrịa ozi sị ya, “Ndị ahụ i dọtara nʼagha mee ka ha bịa biri nʼobodo Sameria amaghị ihe chi nwe ala ahụ chọrọ. O zitere ọdụm nʼetiti ha, nke na-egbu ha, nʼihi na ndị ahụ amaghị ihe ọ chọrọ.”
And it was told the king of the Assyrians, and it was said: The nations which thou hast removed, and made to dwell in the cities of Samaria, know not the ordinances of the God of the land: and the Lord hath sent lions among them: and behold they kill them, because they know not the manner of the God of the land.
27 Eze Asịrịa nyere iwu sị: “Ka otu onye nʼime ndị nchụaja e si na Sameria dọta nʼagha laghachi gaa biri nʼebe ahụ, izi ndị bi nʼobodo ahụ ihe chi ala ahụ chọrọ.”
And the king of the Assyrians commanded, saying: Carry thither one of the priests whom you brought from thence captive, and let him go, and dwell with them: and let him teach them the ordinances of the God of the land.
28 Ya mere, otu nʼime ndị nchụaja ebuuru site na Sameria gaa ala ọzọ, bịara biri na Betel, kuziere ha otu ha ga-esi na-atụ egwu Onyenwe anyị.
So one of the priests who had been carried away captive from Samaria, came and dwelt in Bethel, and taught them how they should worship the Lord.
29 Nʼagbanyeghị nke a, ndị mba ọbụla meere onwe ha chi nke aka ha nʼobodo ahụ niile ebe ha bi nʼime ya. Ha guzobere chi ndị a nʼụlọ arụsị nke ndị Sameria wuru nʼebe niile dị elu.
And every nation made gods of their own, and put them in the temples of the high places, which the Samaritans had made, every nation in their cities where they dwelt.
30 Ndị si Babilọn mere chi ha a na-akpọ Sukọt Benot; ndị si Kut emee Neagal, ebe ndị si Hamat mekwara Ashima.
For the men of Babylon made Sochothbenoth: and the Cuthites made Nergel: and the men of Emath made Asima.
31 Ndị si Ava mekwara Nibaz, na Tatak, ma ndị si Sefavaim na-esure ụmụ ha nʼọkụ dịka aja nye Adramelek na Anamelek, bụ chi ndị Sefavaim.
And the Hevites made Nebahaz and Tharthac. And they that were of Sepharvaim burnt their children in fire, to Adramelech and Anamelech the gods of Sepharvaim.
32 Ha tụrụ egwuOnyenwe anyị, ma ha họpụtara ụdị mmadụ dị iche iche site nʼetiti onwe ha, ndị na-ejere ha ozi dịka ndị nchụaja nʼụlọ chi ha dị nʼebe niile dị elu.
And nevertheless they worshipped the Lord. And they made to themselves, of the lowest of the people, priests of the high places, and they placed them in the temples of the high places.
33 Ha na-atụ egwu Onyenwe anyị ma ha gara nʼihu na-efe chi nke aka ha dịka omenaala mba ebe ndị e si dọta ha nʼagha si dị.
And when they worshipped the Lord, they served also their own gods according to the custom of the nations out of which they were brought to Samaria:
34 Ruo taa, ha na-anọgidesi ike nʼife ofufe dịka ụzọ ochie ha si dị. Ha adịghị atụ egwu Onyenwe anyị, maọbụ mee dịka ụkpụrụ na iwu niile, maọbụ dịka ntụziaka na ihe niile enyere nʼiwu si dị, bụ nke Onyenwe anyị nyere ụmụ Jekọb, onye ọ kpọrọ Izrel.
Unto this day they followed the old manner: they fear not the Lord, neither do they keep his ceremonies, and judgments, and law, and the commandment, which the Lord commanded the children of Jacob, whom he surnamed Israel:
35 Mgbe Onyenwe anyị na ndị Izrel gbara ndụ, o nyere ha iwu sị, “Unu atụkwala chi ọzọ ọbụla egwu, maọbụ kpọọ isiala nye ha. Unu efela ha ofufe maọbụ chụọ aja nye ha.
With whom he made a covenant, and charged them, saying: You shall not fear strange gods, nor shall you adore them, nor worship them, nor sacrifice to them.
36 Ma Onyenwe anyị, onye ji ike dị ukwuu, na aka dị ike e setịpụrụ esetipụ kpọpụta unu site nʼala Ijipt, bụ naanị onye unu ga-atụ egwu. Ya ka unu ga-akpọ isiala nye, ya ka unu ga-achụrụ aja.
But the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt with great power, and a stretched out arm, him shall you fear, and him shall you adore, and to him shall you sacrifice.
37 Unu ga-elezi anya hụ na unu debere ụkpụrụ na iwu niile, ntụziaka na ihe niile enyere nʼiwu ndị a e depụtara nʼakwụkwọ nye unu. Unu atụkwala egwu chi ndị ọzọ.
And the ceremonies, and judgments, and law, and the commandment, which he wrote for you, you shall observe to do them always: and you shall not fear strange gods.
38 Unu echefula ọgbụgba ndụ ahụ mụ na unu gbara. Unu akpọkwala isiala nye chi ndị ọzọ nʼihi egwu.
And the covenant that he made with you, you shall not forget: neither shall ye worship strange gods,
39 Kama, tụọnụ egwu ma fee Onyenwe anyị Chineke unu. Ọ bụ ya ga-anapụta unu site nʼaka ndị iro unu niile.”
But fear the Lord your God, and he shall deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies.
40 Ma ndị Izrel egeghị ntị, kama, dịka ụzọ ọjọọ ha si dị, ha fere chi ọzọ ofufe.
But they did not hearken, but did according to their old custom.
41 Ọ bụ ezie na ndị a na-efe Onyenwe anyị ofufe, ma ha nọgidekwara na-ejere arụsị niile ha ozi. Ruo taa, ụmụ ha, na ụmụ ụmụ ha, gara nʼihu na-emekwa ihe nna nna ha mere.
So these nations feared the Lord, but nevertheless served also their idols: their children also and grandchildren, as their fathers did, so do they unto this day.
