2 Re 17
1 L’anno dodicesimo di Achaz, re di Giuda, Hosea, figliuolo di Elah, cominciò a regnare sopra Israele a Samaria, e regnò nove anni.
In the twelfth year of Ahaz, the king of Judah: Hoshea, the son of Elah, reigned over Israel, in Samaria, for nine years.
2 Egli fece ciò ch’è male agli occhi dell’Eterno; non però come gli altri re d’Israele che l’aveano preceduto.
And he did evil before the Lord, but not like the kings of Israel who had been before him.
3 Shalmaneser, re d’Assiria salì contro di lui; ed Hosea gli fu assoggettato e gli pagò tributo.
Shalmaneser, the king of the Assyrians, ascended against him. And Hoshea became a servant to him, and he paid him tribute.
4 Ma il re d’Assiria scoprì una congiura ordita da Hosea, il quale aveva inviato de’ messi a So, re d’Egitto, e non pagava più il consueto annuo tributo ai re d’Assiria; perciò il re d’Assiria lo fece imprigionare e mettere in catene.
And when the king of the Assyrians discovered that Hoshea, striving to rebel, had sent messengers to Sais, to the king of Egypt, so as not to present the tribute to the king of the Assyrians, as he had been accustomed to do each year, he besieged him. And having been bound, he cast him into prison.
5 Poi il re d’Assiria invase tutto il paese, salì contro Samaria, e l’assediò per tre anni.
And he wandered through the entire land. And ascending to Samaria, he besieged it for three years.
6 L’anno nono di Hosea, il re d’Assiria prese Samaria, e trasportò gl’Israeliti in Assiria e li collocò in Halah, e sullo Habor, fiume di Gozan, e nelle città dei Medi.
And in the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of the Assyrians captured Samaria, and he carried away Israel to Assyria. And he stationed them in Halah and in Habor, beside the river of Gozan, in the cities of the Medes.
7 Questo avvenne perché i figliuoli d’Israele avean peccato contro l’Eterno, il loro Dio, che li avea tratti dal paese d’Egitto, di sotto al potere di Faraone re d’Egitto; ed aveano riveriti altri dèi;
For it happened that, when the sons of Israel had sinned against the Lord, their God, who had led them away from the land of Egypt, from the hand of Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, they worshipped strange gods.
8 essi aveano imitati i costumi delle nazioni che l’Eterno avea cacciate d’innanzi a loro, e quelli che i re d’Israele aveano introdotti.
And they walked according to the rituals of the nations that the Lord had consumed in the sight of the sons of Israel, and of the kings of Israel. For they had acted similarly.
9 I figliuoli d’Israele aveano fatto, in segreto, contro l’Eterno, il loro Dio, delle cose non rette; s’erano costruiti degli alti luoghi in tutte le loro città, dalle torri de’ guardiani alle città fortificate;
And the sons of Israel offended the Lord, their God, with deeds that were not upright. And they built for themselves high places in all their cities, from the tower of the watchmen to the fortified city.
10 aveano eretto colonne ed idoli sopra ogni colle elevato e sotto ogni albero verdeggiante;
And they made for themselves statues and sacred groves, on every high hill and under every leafy tree.
11 e quivi, su tutti gli alti luoghi, aveano offerto profumi, come le nazioni che l’Eterno avea cacciate d’innanzi a loro; aveano commesso azioni malvage, provocando ad ira l’Eterno;
And they were burning incense there, upon altars, in the manner of the nations that the Lord had removed from their face. And they did wicked deeds, provoking the Lord.
12 e avean servito gl’idoli, mentre l’Eterno avea lor detto: “Non fate una tal cosa!”
And they worshipped impurities, concerning which the Lord instructed them that they should not do this word.
13 Eppure l’Eterno aveva avvertito Israele e Giuda per mezzo di tutti i profeti e di tutti i veggenti, dicendo: “Convertitevi dalle vostre vie malvage, e osservate i miei comandamenti e i miei precetti, seguendo in tutto la legge che io prescrissi ai vostri padri, e che ho mandata a voi per mezzo dei miei servi, i profeti”;
And the Lord testified to them, in Israel and in Judah, through the hand of all the prophets and seers, saying: “Return from your wicked ways, and keep my precepts and ceremonies, in accord with the entire law, which I instructed to your fathers, and just as I sent to you by the hand of my servants, the prophets.”
14 ma essi non vollero dargli ascolto, e indurarono la loro cervice, come aveano fatto i loro padri, i quali non ebbero fede nell’Eterno, nel loro Dio;
But they did not listen. Instead, they hardened their necks to be like the neck of their fathers, who were not willing to obey the Lord, their God.
15 e rigettarono le sue leggi e il patto ch’egli avea fermato coi loro padri, e gli avvertimenti ch’egli avea loro dato; andaron dietro a cose vacue, diventando vacui essi stessi; e andaron dietro alle nazioni circonvicine, che l’Eterno avea loro proibito d’imitare;
And they cast aside his ordinances, and the covenant that he formed with their fathers, and the testimonies which he testified to them. And they pursued vanities and acted vainly. And they followed the nations that were all around them, concerning the things which the Lord had commanded them not to do, and which they did.
16 e abbandonarono tutti i comandamenti dell’Eterno, del loro Dio; si fecero due vitelli di getto, si fabbricarono degl’idoli d’Astarte, adorarono tutto l’esercito del cielo, servirono Baal;
And they abandoned all the precepts of the Lord, their God. And they made for themselves two molten calves and sacred groves. And they adored the entire celestial army. And they served Baal.
17 fecero passare per il fuoco i loro figliuoli e le loro figliuole, si applicarono alla divinazione e agli incantesimi, e si dettero a fare ciò ch’è male agli occhi dell’Eterno, provocandolo ad ira.
And they consecrated their sons and their daughters through fire. And they devoted themselves to divinations and soothsaying. And they delivered themselves into the doing of evil before the Lord, so that they provoked him.
18 Perciò l’Eterno si adirò fortemente contro Israele, e lo allontanò dalla sua presenza; non rimase altro che la sola tribù di Giuda.
And the Lord became vehemently angry with Israel, and he took them away from his sight. And there remained no one, except the tribe of Judah alone.
19 E neppur Giuda osservò i comandamenti dell’Eterno, del suo Dio, ma seguì i costumi stabiliti da Israele.
But even Judah did not keep the commandments of the Lord, their God. Instead, they walked in the errors of Israel, which they had wrought.
20 E l’Eterno rigettò tutta la stirpe d’Israele, la umiliò, e l’abbandonò in balìa di predoni, finché la cacciò dalla sua presenza.
And the Lord cast aside all of the offspring of Israel. And he afflicted them, and he delivered them into the hand of despoilers, until he drove them away from his face,
21 Poiché, quand’egli ebbe strappato Israele dalla casa di Davide e quelli ebbero proclamato re Geroboamo, figliuolo di Nebat, Geroboamo distolse Israele dal seguire l’Eterno, e gli fece commettere un gran peccato.
even from that time when Israel was torn away from the house of David, and they appointed for themselves Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, as king. For Jeroboam separated Israel from the Lord, and he caused them to sin a great sin.
22 E i figliuoli d’Israele s’abbandonarono a tutti i peccati che Geroboamo avea commessi, e non se ne ritrassero,
And the sons of Israel walked in all the sins of Jeroboam, which he had done. And they did not withdraw from these,
23 fino a tanto che l’Eterno mandò via Israele dalla sua presenza, come l’avea predetto per bocca di tutti i profeti suoi servi; e Israele fu trasportato dal suo paese in Assiria, dov’è rimasto fino al dì d’oggi.
even when the Lord carried away Israel from his face, just as he had said by the hand of all his servants, the prophets. And Israel was carried away from their land into Assyria, even to this day.
24 E il re d’Assiria fece venir genti da Babilonia, da Cutha, da Avva, da Hamath e da Sefarvaim, e le stabilì nelle città della Samaria in luogo dei figliuoli d’Israele; e quelle presero possesso della Samaria, e dimorarono nelle sue città.
Then the king of the Assyrians brought some from Babylon, and from Cuthah, and from Avva, and from Hamath, and from Sepharvaim. And he located them in the cities of Samaria, in place of the sons of Israel. And they possessed Samaria, and they lived in its cities.
25 E quando cominciarono a dimorarvi, non temevano l’Eterno; e l’Eterno mandò contro di loro dei leoni, che faceano strage fra loro.
And when they had begun to live there, they did not fear the Lord. And the Lord sent lions among them, which were killing them.
26 Fu quindi detto al re d’Assiria: “Le genti che tu hai trasportate e stabilite nelle città della Samaria non conoscono il modo di servire l’iddio del paese; perciò questi ha mandato contro di loro de’ leoni, che ne fanno strage, perch’esse non conoscono il modo di servire l’iddio del paese”.
And this was reported to the king of the Assyrians, and it was said: “The peoples that you transferred and caused to live in the cities of Samaria, they are ignorant of the ordinances of the God of the land. And so the Lord has sent lions among them. And behold, they have killed them, because they were ignorant of the rituals of the God of the land.”
27 Allora il re d’Assiria dette quest’ordine: “Fate tornare colà uno dei sacerdoti che avete di là trasportati; ch’egli vada a stabilirsi quivi, e insegni loro il modo di servire l’iddio del paese”.
Then the king of the Assyrians commanded, saying: “Lead to that place one of the priests, whom you brought as a captive from there. And let him go and live with them. And let him teach them the ordinances of the God of the land.”
28 Così uno dei sacerdoti ch’erano stati trasportati dalla Samaria venne a stabilirsi a Bethel, e insegnò loro come doveano temere l’Eterno.
And so, when one of the priests, who had been led away captive from Samaria, had arrived, he lived in Bethel. And he taught them how they should worship the Lord.
29 Nondimeno, ognuna di quelle genti si fece i propri dèi nelle città dove dimorava, e li mise nelle case degli alti luoghi che i Samaritani aveano costruito.
And each of the nations made gods of their own, and they placed them in the shrines of the high places, which the Samaritans had made: nation after nation, in their cities in which they were living.
30 Quei di Babilonia fecero Succoth-Benoth; quelli di Cuth fecero Nergal; quelli di Hamath fecero Ascima;
So the men of Babylon made Soccoth-benoth; and the men of Cuth made Nergal; and the men of Hamath made Ashima;
31 quelli di Avva fecero Nibhaz e Tartak; e quelli di Sefarvaim bruciavano i loro figliuoli in onore di Adrammelec e di Anammelec, dèi di Sefarvaim.
and the Avvites made Nibhaz and Tartak. Then those who were from Sepharvaim burned up their children with fire, for the gods of Sepharvaim: Adram-melech and Anam-melech.
32 E temevano anche l’Eterno; e si fecero de’ sacerdoti degli alti luoghi ch’essi prendevano di fra loro, e che offrivano per essi de’ sacrifizi nelle case degli alti luoghi.
But nevertheless, they worshipped the Lord. Then they made for themselves, from the least of the people, priests of the high places. And they placed them in the shrines of the high places.
33 Così temevano l’Eterno, e servivano al tempo stesso i loro dèi, secondo il costume delle genti di fra le quali erano stati trasportati in Samaria.
And though they worshipped the Lord, they also served their own gods, according to the custom of the nations from which they had been transferred into Samaria.
34 Anche oggi continuano nell’antico costume: non temono l’Eterno, e non si conformano né alle loro leggi e ai loro precetti, né alla legge e ai comandamenti che l’Eterno prescrisse ai figliuoli di Giacobbe, da lui chiamato Israele,
Even to the present day, they follow the ancient customs; they do not fear the Lord, and they do not keep his ceremonies, and judgments, and law, and commandment, which the Lord had instructed to the sons of Jacob, whom he named Israel.
35 coi quali l’Eterno avea fermato un patto, dando loro quest’ordine: “Non temete altri dèi, non vi prostrate dinanzi a loro, non li servite, né offrite loro sacrifizi;
And he had struck a covenant with them, and he had commanded them, saying: “You shall not fear foreign gods, and you shall not adore them, and you shall not worship them, and you shall not sacrifice to them.
36 ma temete l’Eterno, che vi fe’ salire dal paese d’Egitto per la sua gran potenza e col suo braccio disteso; dinanzi a lui prostratevi, a lui offrite sacrifizi;
But the Lord, your God, who led you away from the land of Egypt, with great strength and with an outstretched arm, him shall you fear, and him shall you adore, and to him shall you sacrifice.
37 e abbiate cura di metter sempre in pratica i precetti, le regole, la legge e i comandamenti ch’egli scrisse per voi; e non temete altri dèi.
Also, the ceremonies, and judgments, and law, and commandment, which he wrote for you, you shall keep so that you do them for all days. And you shall not fear strange gods.
38 Non dimenticate il patto ch’io fermai con voi, e non temete altri dèi;
And the covenant, which he struck with you, you shall not forget; neither shall you worship strange gods.
39 ma temete l’Eterno, il vostro Dio, ed egli vi libererà dalle mani di tutti i vostri nemici”.
But you shall fear the Lord, your God. And he will rescue you from the hand of all your enemies.”
40 Ma quelli non ubbidirono, e continuarono invece a seguire l’antico loro costume.
Yet truly, they did not listen to this. Instead, they acted in accord with their earlier custom.
41 Così quelle genti temevano l’Eterno, e al tempo stesso servivano i loro idoli; e i loro figliuoli e i figliuoli dei loro figliuoli hanno continuato fino al dì d’oggi a fare quello che avean fatto i loro padri.
And such were these nations: to some extent fearing the Lord, yet nevertheless also serving their idols. As for their sons and grandsons, just as their fathers acted, so also did they act, even to the present day.
