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 Ahaz king of Judah, Hoshea the son of Elah began to reign in Samaria over Israel for 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.
He did that which was evil in the LORD’s sight, yet not as the kings of Israel who were 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.
Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against him; and Hoshea became his servant, and brought 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.
The king of Assyria discovered a conspiracy in Hoshea; for he had sent messengers to So king of Egypt, and offered no tribute to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year. Therefore the king of Assyria seized him, and bound him in prison.
5 Eze Asịrịa wakporo ala ahụ niile nʼagha, gbagoo imegide Sameria, nọchibido ya gburugburu, afọ atọ.
Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, went up to Samaria, and 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.
In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria and carried Israel away to Assyria, and placed them in Halah, and on the Habor, the river of Gozan, and 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
It was so because the children of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, who brought them up out of the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and had feared other 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 walked in the statutes of the nations whom the LORD cast out from before the children of Israel, and of the kings of Israel, which they made.
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.
The children of Israel secretly did things that were not right against the LORD their God; and they built high places for themselves in all their cities, from the tower of the watchmen to the fortified city;
10 Ha manyeere onwe ha ogidi nkume, na ogidi chi Ashera nʼelu ugwu ọbụla, na nʼokpuru osisi ọbụla nwere ndo.
and they set up for themselves pillars and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green 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 there they burned incense in all the high places, as the nations whom the LORD carried away before them did; and they did wicked things to provoke the LORD to anger;
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 served idols, of which the LORD had said to them, “You shall 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.”
Yet the LORD testified to Israel and to Judah, by every prophet and every seer, saying, “Turn from your evil ways, and keep my commandments and my statutes, according to all the law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you by 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.
Notwithstanding, they would not listen, but hardened their neck like the neck of their fathers who didn’t believe in 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.”
They rejected his statutes and his covenant that he made with their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified to them; and they followed vanity, and became vain, and followed the nations that were around them, concerning whom the LORD had commanded them that they should not do like them.
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.
They abandoned all the commandments of the LORD their God, and made molten images for themselves, even two calves, and made an Asherah, and worshiped all the army of the sky, and 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.
They caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire, used divination and enchantments, and sold themselves to do that which was evil in the LORD’s sight, to provoke him to anger.
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.
Therefore the LORD was very angry with Israel, and removed them out of his sight. There was none left but the tribe of Judah only.
19 Ma ndị Juda jụkwara idebe ihe niile Onyenwe anyị bụ Chineke ha nyere ha nʼiwu. Ha sooro omume ọjọọ ndị Izrel webatara.
Also Judah didn’t keep the commandments of the LORD their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they made.
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.
The LORD rejected all the offspring of Israel, afflicted them, and delivered them into the hands of raiders, until he had cast them out of his sight.
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.
For he tore Israel from David’s house; and they made Jeroboam the son of Nebat king; and Jeroboam drove Israel from following the LORD, and made them sin a great sin.
22 Ọ dịkwaghị mgbe ụmụ Izrel sitere nʼime mmehie ahụ Jeroboam dubara ha pụta,
The children of Israel walked in all the sins of Jeroboam which he did; they didn’t depart 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.
until the LORD removed Israel out of his sight, as he said by all his servants the prophets. So Israel was carried away out of their own land to Assyria to 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.
The king of Assyria brought people from Babylon, from Cuthah, from Avva, and from Hamath and Sepharvaim, and placed them in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel; and they possessed Samaria and lived in its cities.
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.
So it was, at the beginning of their dwelling there, that they didn’t fear the LORD. Therefore the LORD sent lions among them, which killed some of 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.”
Therefore they spoke to the king of Assyria, saying, “The nations which you have carried away and placed in the cities of Samaria don’t know the law of the god of the land. Therefore he has sent lions among them; and behold, they kill them, because they don’t know the law 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.”
Then the king of Assyria commanded, saying, “Carry there one of the priests whom you brought from there; and let him go and dwell there, and let him teach them the law 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 whom they had carried away from Samaria came and lived in Bethel, and taught them how they should fear 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.
However every nation made gods of their own, and put them in the houses of the high places which the Samaritans had made, every nation in their cities in which they lived.
30 Ndị si Babilọn mere chi ha a na-akpọ Sukọt Benot; ndị si Kut emee Neagal, ebe ndị si Hamat mekwara Ashima.
The men of Babylon made Succoth Benoth, and the men of Cuth made Nergal, and the men of Hamath made Ashima,
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 Avvites made Nibhaz and Tartak; and the Sepharvites burned their children in the fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, 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.
So they feared the LORD, and also made from among themselves priests of the high places for themselves, who sacrificed for them in the houses 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.
They feared the LORD, and also served their own gods, after the ways of the nations from among whom they had been carried away.
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.
To this day they do what they did before. They don’t fear the LORD, and they do not follow the statutes, or the ordinances, or the law, or the commandment which the LORD commanded the children of Jacob, whom he named 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 the LORD had made a covenant and commanded them, saying, “You shall not fear other gods, nor bow yourselves to them, nor serve 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 you shall fear the LORD, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt with great power and with an outstretched arm, and you shall bow yourselves to him, and you shall sacrifice to him.
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.
The statutes and the ordinances, and the law and the commandment which he wrote for you, you shall observe to do forever more. You shall not fear other gods.
38 Unu echefula ọgbụgba ndụ ahụ mụ na unu gbara. Unu akpọkwala isiala nye chi ndị ọzọ nʼihi egwu.
You shall not forget the covenant that I have made with you. You shall not fear other gods.
39 Kama, tụọnụ egwu ma fee Onyenwe anyị Chineke unu. Ọ bụ ya ga-anapụta unu site nʼaka ndị iro unu niile.”
But you shall fear the LORD your God, and he will 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.
However they didn’t listen, but they did what they did before.
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, and also served their engraved images. Their children did likewise, and so did their children’s children. They do as their fathers did to this day.
