2 Kva 17
1 Hagi Ahasi'ma Juda vahe kinima 12fu'a kafuma nemanigeno'a, Ela nemofo Hosea'a Israeli vahe kinia fore huno Sameria kumate mani'neno, 9ni'a kafufi Israeli vahera kegava hu'ne.
Elah’s son Hoshea began to rule Israel after King Ahaz had ruled Judah for twelve years. Hoshea ruled in Samaria for nine years.
2 Hosea'a Ra Anumzamofo avurera havi avu'avaza hu'ne. Hianagi ko'ma Israeli vahe'mo'za kinima mani'za e'naza kini vahe'mo'zama hu'naza havi zamavu zamavara zamagatereno osu'ne.
He did many things that Yahweh considered to be evil, but he did not do as many evil things as the previous kings of Israel had done.
3 Hagi Hoseama Israeli kinima mani'nea knafina, Asiria kini ne' Salmanese'a Israeli vahera eme hahu zamagatere'ne. Ana higeno Hosea'a Asiria kini nete huvempa huno, agri agorga mani'neno maka kafufina takisi zagoa amino vu'ne.
[The army of] King Shalmaneser of Assyria attacked and defeated [the army of] King Hoshea. As a result, the Israelis were forced to pay a lot of tribute/taxes to Assyria each year.
4 Hianagi Hosea'a ko'ma kafugu kafugu'ma nehiaza huno, Asiria kini nera takisi zagoa omi'ne. Ana nehuno eme aza hinogu Hosea'a Isipi kini ne' Sontega kea atrentege'za mago'a vahe'mo'za eri'za vu'naze. Hagi ananke'ma kini ne' Salmaneserima nentahino'a, ome azerino kina hunte'ne.
But several years later, Hoshea secretly planned to rebel against the rulers of Assyria. He sent messengers to So/Osorkon, the king of Egypt, [asking if his army could help the Israelis fight against the army of Assyria]. Hoshea also stopped paying the tribute/taxes that he had been paying to Assyria every year. But the king of Assyria found out about those things, so he told his officers to put Hoshea in prison.
5 Hagi ana'ma huteno'a Asiria kini ne' Salmaneseli'a, sondia vahezaga'a zamavareno vuno Israeli vahera ha'huzmanteno ana maka mopa erivareteno, eno 3'a kafufi Sameria kumara hara eme huzmante'ne.
Then he [brought the army of] Assyria to Israel, and they attacked everywhere in that land. His army surrounded Samaria [city] for three years.
6 Hagi Hosea'ma Israeli vahe kinima 9ni'a kafuma nemanigeno'a, Asiria kini ne'mo'a Sameria kumara hara eme huzmagatereno enerino, Israeli vahera zamavareno Asiria vuno, mago'a vahera zamatrege'za Hala kumate nemanizageno, mago'a Habori ti tva'onte Gosani kaziga nemanizageno, mago'a Midia vahe'ma nemaniza ranra kumatmimpi zamatrege'za mani'naze.
Finally, after King Hoshea had been ruling Israel for nine years, the army of Assyria [MTY] [forcefully entered] the city [and] captured [the people]. They took the Israeli people to Assyria and forced some of them to live in Halah [town]. They forced others to live near the Habor River in Gozan district. They forced others to live in the towns where the Mede people-group lived.
7 Hagi ana maka knazama Israeli vahete'ma fore hu'neana, zamagra Ra Anumzana zamagri Anumzamo'ma, Isipi kini ne' Fero hankavefinti'ma zamavareno'ma Isipi mopafinti'ma atirami'nea Anumzamofo avurera kumi nehu'za, havi anumzantamimofo koro hunezmante'za mono huzmantazagu, anazana fore hu'ne.
Those things happened because the Israeli people had sinned against Yahweh their God. He had rescued their [ancestors] from the power [MTY] of the king of Egypt and brought them [safely] out of Egypt, but later they began to worship other gods.
8 Ana nehu'za Ra Anumzamo'ma negazageno'ma anama mani'naza mopafinti vahe'ma zamahenati tre'nea vahe'mokizmi havi zamavu zamavara nevariri'za, Israeli kini vahe'mo'za eri agafama hu'naza havi zamavu zamava'enena zamavariri'naze.
They imitated the things that the heathen/pagan people-groups did. Those were the groups that Yahweh had expelled as the Israelis occupied their land. The Israeli people also did the evil things that the kings of Israel (introduced/showed to them).
9 Ana nehu'za Israeli vahe'mo'za oku'a mago'a zamavu zamava hazazamo Ra Anumzana zamagri Anumzamofo avurera knarera osu'ne. Zamagra osi kumateti vuno ranra kumate'ma vigeno havi anumzante'ma mono'ma hunte kumatmina tro hunte vagare'naze.
The Israeli people also secretly did many things that were not pleasing to Yahweh their God. They built shrines [to worship idols] in all their cities, including small towns and big cities with walls around them.
10 Ana maka ranra agona ramimpine, maka ranra zafa agafafina Asera havi anumzante'ma mono'ma hunte havene, Asera amema'ama me'nea zafaramina asente vagare'naze.
They set up stone pillars [to honor gods], and poles [to worship the goddess] Asherah at the top of every high hill and under every [big] tree.
11 Anama havi anumzante'ma mono'ma hunte kuma'ma tro'ma huntaza kumatmintera, anama umani'naza mopafi vahe'ma negazageno Ra Anumzamo'ma zamahenati atre'nea vahe'mo'zama hu'nazaza hu'za mna nentakezana kre mna vu'naze. Ana havi zamavu zamava'ma hazazamo Ra Anumzamofona azeri arimpa ahe'naze.
The Israelis burned incense in every place where they worshiped those gods, just like the people-groups who lived there previously had done—the groups that Yahweh had expelled from the land. The Israelis did many wicked things that caused Yahweh to become angry.
12 Hagi ko'ma Ra Anumzamo'ma huno, kaza osu havi anumzantera monora huonteho huno'ma zamasami'neana, ke'a rutagre'za ana zantaminte monora hunte'naze.
Yahweh warned them many times that they should not worship idols, but they did it anyway.
13 Ra Anumzamo'a kasnampa vahe'ene mago'a kva vahe'enena huzmantege'za, Israeli vahe'ene Juda vahera koro kea amanage hu'za zamasami'naze, havi tamavu tamava'ma nehaza zana atretma, Nagri kasegene, tra kenena amage anteho. E'i ana kasegea tamagehe'inku amage anteho hu'na zami'noa kasege, eri'za vahe'nia kasnampa vahe zamagipi huvazi'na zamasami'noe huno hu'ne.
Yahweh frequently sent his prophets and (seers/those who saw visions from Yahweh) to warn the people of Israel and the people of Judah. The message that Yahweh gave them was, “Turn away from all your evil behavior. Obey my commands and my laws, the laws that I told your ancestors [to obey] and which I told the prophets who served me to tell to you [again].”
14 Hianagi Israeli vahe'mo'za Ra Anumzamofo kea ontahi'za zamasenimo'a hanavetige'za, zamafahe'zama Ra Anumzana zamagri Anumzama antahiomiza mono'ma huonte'nazaza hu'za monora huonte'naze.
But the Israeli people would not pay attention. They were stubborn [IDM] just like their ancestors were. Just like their ancestors did, they refused to believe in Yahweh their God.
15 Hagi Israeli vahe'mo'za Ra Anumzamofo tra kema, zamafahe'inema huhagerafi huvempa kema hu'nea ke'ne, mago'a koro ke'ma huzmante'nea kegura zamefi humi'naze. Hagi havi anumzana amnezante monora ome hunente'za, zamagranena amne'za se'naze. Hagi kora Ra Anumzamo'a Israeli vahera zamasamino, ru kumate vahe'mo'zama hanaza zamavu'zama zana zamavaririta osiho huno zamasami'ne. Hianagi Ra Anumzamofo kea rutagre'za ana havi zamavu'zmavazana hu'naze.
They rejected Yahweh’s laws and the agreement that he had made with their ancestors. They ignored Yahweh’s warnings. They worshiped worthless idols and as a result they themselves became worthless. Although Yahweh had commanded them not to imitate the evil behavior of the people-groups that lived near them, they disobeyed that command.
16 Ana nehu'za Israeli vahe'mo'za Ra Anumzana Anumzazamimofo kasegea ana maka runetagre'za, ainireti kre'za tare bulimakao anentatre tro nehu'za, Asera havi anumzamofo amema'a antre'za tro hunente'za, monafi hanafitamine Bali havi anumzante'ene monora huzamante'naze.
The Israeli people disobeyed all of Yahweh’s commands. They made two metal calves [to worship]. They set up two poles [to worship the goddess] Asherah, and they worshiped [the god] Baal, and the sun, the moon, and the stars.
17 Ana nehu'za zamagra ne'mofa'zamia zamahe'za tevefi Kresramana nevu'za, zamene vahete'ene, fri vahe hankro'enema keaga nehaza vahetega, zamaza hanazegu nevu'za, Israeli vahe'mo'za Ra Anumzamofo avurera monko a'nemo'zama nehazaza hu'za zamagra'a zagore ome atre'za havi zamavu'zmavaza hazazamo Anumzamofona azeri arimpa ahe'ne.
They also burned their own sons and daughters to be sacrifices [to those gods]. They went to fortune-tellers and they practiced sorcery. They continually chose [MET] to do [all kinds of] evil things that caused Yahweh to become angry.
18 E'ina hu'negu Ra Anumzamo'a Israeli vahera tusi rimpa hezamanteno, amefi hunezamino, mopazamifintira zamaretrege'za afete vu'naze. Ana higeno magore huno Israeli vahera mopa zamifina omanizage'za, Juda naga'mo'za zamagrake mopafina mani'naze.
So, because Yahweh was very angry with the Israeli people, he allowed [their enemies] to take them away [from their country]. Only the people of the tribe of Judah were left [in the land].
19 Hianagi Juda naga'mo'za zamagranena ana zanke hu'za, Ra Anumzana Anumzazamimofo kasegea amagera onte'naze. Zamagra Israeli vahe'mo'zama hu'naza havi zamavu zamavaza zamage'ante'za hu'naze.
But even the people of Judah did not obey the commands of Yahweh their God. They imitated the evil customs that the Israelis had introduced.
20 E'ina hu'negu Ra Anumzamo'a ana maka Israeli vahera agri avugatira zamefi hunezamino, zamatrege'za ha' vahe'mo'za eme zamazeri haviza hu'naze.
So Yahweh rejected all the people of Israel and of Judah. He punished them by allowing the armies of other nations to defeat them [and take them away]. He got rid of all of them.
21 Hagi korapara Israeli vahe'ene Juda vahe'enena kini ne' Deviti kegava huzmantege'za mani'nazane. Hianagi henka Anumzamo Deviti nagapintira Israeli vahera refko hutrege'za zamagra'a zamagiare oti'naze. Anama nehu'za Israeli vahe'mo'za Nebati nemofo Jeroboamuna kini'zamia azeri oti'naze. Hianagi Jeroboamu'a Israeli vahera zamavazu hige'za, Ra Anumzana zamefi humi'za rama'a kumi hu'naze.
Earlier, when Yahweh allowed the people of Israel to separate/break away from the area [MTY] that King David [had estabished], they chose Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, to be their king. Then Jeroboam enticed the people of Israel to stop worshiping Yahweh [and to worship idols instead]. He led them to commit great sins.
22 Hagi Israeli vahe'mo'za Jeroboamu'ma hu'nea kumira zamefira huomi'za, kazigazi hu'za ana maka kumira hu'naze.
And the Israeli people continued to do the evil things that Jeroboam introduced. They did not turn away from those sins,
23 Hagi Israeli vahe'mo'za ana zamavu zamavara hu'za neazageno, Ra Anumzamo'ma eri'za vahe'a kasnampa vahe zamagipi huvazino koro kema huzamante'nea nanekemo'a nena raga'a efore hu'ne. Ana hutege'za Asiria vahe'mo'za Israeli vahera eme ha'huzamante'za zamavare'za Asiria moparega kina ome huzmantazage'za anantega umani'ne'za meni'nena mani'naze.
until finally Yahweh got rid of them. That was just what his prophets had warned would happen. The Israeli people were taken away to the land of Assyria, and they still remain there.
24 Hagi anante Siria kini ne'mo'a Babiloni rankumate'ene Katama kumate'ene Avama kumate'ene Hamati kumate'ene Sefarvaimi kumate'ma hu'za nemaniza vahera zamavareno, Sameriama me'nea kumatamimpina Israeli vahe'ma nomaniza nompi eme zamatrege'za ana kumatmimpi mani'naze. Ana nehu'za Sameria rankuma'enena eri'za mani'naze.
The king of Assyria [ordered his soldiers to] take [groups of] people from Babylon, Cuthah, Avva, Hamath, and Sepharvaim [cities] to [the] Samaria [region], and to resettle them in the towns there, to take the place of the Israelis [who lived there previously]. Those people took control over [the whole] Samaria [region] and lived in the towns there.
25 Hagi ana Israeli vahe kumapima emaniza vahe'mo'za Ra Anumzamofona korora hunte'za monora huonte'naze. E'ina hazagu Ra Anumzamo'a laioni huzamantege'za e'za ana vahera mago'a eme zamahe fri'naze.
But those people [who came from other countries] did not worship Yahweh when they first arrived in Samaria. So Yahweh sent lions to kill some of them.
26 Hagi ana higeno mago'a vahe'mo'za vu'za Asiria kini nera amanage hu'za ome asami'naze, Kagrama zamavarenka Sameria kumatmimpima ome zamante'nana, vahe'mo'za ana mopafima nemania Anumzamofo kasegea ontahi'naze. E'ina hu'negu ana mopafi Anumzamo'a laioni huzamantege'za eza ana vahera eme zamahe fri'naze.
Then those people sent a message to the king of Assyria. They wrote, “We people who have resettled in the towns in Samaria do not know how to worship the God [that the Israelis worshiped] in this land. So he has sent lions among us to kill us, because we have not worshiped him correctly.”
27 Hagi anante Asiria kini nemo'a amanage huno vahera huzamante'ne, Israeliti'ma zamavaretama eme kinama huzamante'nona pristi nagapinti vutma mago ome avreta Sameria ome antenkeno mani'neno, ana mopafi Anumzamofo kasegea vahera rempi huzamino.
[When] the king of Assyria [read this letter, he] commanded [his officers], “You brought many priests here from Samaria. Send one of them back there. Tell him to teach the people who are now living there how to worship correctly the God whom the Israelis worshiped in that land.”
28 Hagi anante Israeliti pristi naga'ma eme kinama huno Asiriama mani'nazafinti mago avare'za vu'za Sameria ome atrazageno Beteli kumate umani'neno, ana vahera Ra Anumzamofoma koro hunte'za mono'ma hunte'naza avu'ava zana rempi huzami'ne.
So [the officers did that]. They sent one of the Israeli priests back to Samaria. That priest went to live in Bethel [city], and he taught the people there how to worship Yahweh.
29 Hianagi ru vahe ru vahe'ma Israeli vahe ranra kumatamimpima enemaniza vahe'mo'za zamagra'a anumza tro hutere hu'za nemaniza kumate kumatera antetere hu'naze. Ana nehu'za havi anumzazamimofo amema'a tro hu'za, Israeli vahe'mo'zama havi anumzamofonte mono'ma hunte kuma'ma tro'ma hunte'naza kumatmintera antevare'naze.
But the people [who returned from Babylon and started to live in Samaria and] continued to make their own idols. They placed them in the shrines that the Israelis had built there. The people of each people-group made idols in the cities in which they were living.
30 Hagi Babiloni vahe'mo'za Sukot-Benotie nehaza havi anumzamofo amema'a tro hazage'za, Kuta vahe'mo'za Nergalie nehaza havi anumzamofo amema'a tro hazage'za, Hamati vahe'mo'za Asimae nehaza havi anumzamofo amema'a tro hazage'za,
The people from Babylon made idols to represent their god Succoth-Benoth. The people from Cuthah made idols to represent their god Nergal. The people from Hamath made idols to represent their god Ashima.
31 Avate vahe'mo'za Nibfazie nehaza havi anumzane, Tartakie nehaza havi anumzantremokizni zanamema'a tro hazage'za, Sefarvaimi vahe'mo'za Adramelekie nehaza anumzane, Anamelekie nehaza havi anumzantrente ne'mofavrezamia zamahe'za ofa kresramna vu'naze.
The people of Avva made idols to represent their gods Nibhaz and Tartak. The people from Sepharvaim sacrificed their own children. They completely burned them [in pits where hot fires were kept burning, ] as offerings to their gods Adrammelech and Anammelech.
32 Hagi zamagra ana nehu'za, Ra Anumzamofona Agri'enena monora hunte'naze. Hianagi zamagra'a vahepinti pristi vahera huhampri zamantage'za ofama hu kumatera mani'ne'za, ofama eri'za aza zantamina kresramna vu zamante'naze.
But those people also worshiped Yahweh, and they appointed from among their own groups many people to be priests at the shrines on the tops of the hills, in order that those priests could offer sacrifices for them there.
33 Hagi zamagra Ra Anumzamofona koro hunte'naze. Hianagi zamagra mopa zamiregama mani'nezama ko'ma nehaza zamavu'zamavaza amage ante'za anumzazamire monora huntetere hu'naze.
So they revered Yahweh, but they also worshiped their own gods, just as the people living in the countries from which they had been taken to Samaria did.
34 Hagi meninena ana vahe'mo'za ko'ma nehaza zamavu zamavara otre'za huvava hu'za neaze. Ana nehu'za Ra Anumzamofona monora hunonte'za, kasegene, tra kea amagera nonte'za, Jekopunku'ma mago agi'a Israeli'e huno'ma antemi'nea ne'mofo naga'ma zami'nea kasegene tra kenena amagera onte'naze.
They still keep their old customs. They really do not worship Yahweh, and they do not obey all the laws and commands that Yahweh gave to the descendants of Jacob, to whom he gave the new name Israel.
35 Hagi Ra Anumzamo'ma Israeli naga'enema huhagerafi huvempa kema hu'neana amanage huno huzamante'ne, tamagra mago anumzantera monora huntege, kepri huta tamarenarege, eri'zana erintege, ofa kresramna vugera osutfa hiho.
Yahweh had previously made an agreement with their ancestors, commanding them not to worship other gods or bow down to honor them or do other things to please them or offer sacrifices to them.
36 Hianagi Ra Anumzamona tusi'a hankavenireti nazana rusutena, Isipitira tamavre'na etirami'noa Anumza mani'noanki, Nagriteke kepri hutma tamarenareta monora hunenanteta, ofa kresramna vunanteho.
He had said to them, “You must have an awesome respect for me, Yahweh, the one who brought you out of Egypt with my very great power [DOU]. I am the one whom you must bow down to honor, and I am the one to whom you must offer sacrifices.
37 Hagi maka tra ke'ne kase keni'anema amage anteho huno'ma krerami'nea kemofona kva hu'neta, maka zupa avariri fatgo hiho. Ana nehutma mago'a havi anumzamofonkura korora huta monora huozmanteho.
You must always obey the laws and commands that I [told Moses to] write for you. You must not worship other gods.
38 Hagi tamagranema huhagerafi huvempa kema hu'noankegura tamagesa nentahitma, mago'a havi anumzamofonkura korora hunteta monora ome huonteho.
And you must not forget the agreement that I made with your ancestors. You must not revere other gods.
39 Hianagi Ra Anumzana tamagri Anumzamonage monora hunenantekena maka ha' vahe'zamazampintira tamagu vazi'neno.
Instead, you must revere me, Yahweh, your God. If you do that, I will rescue you from the power [MTY] of all your enemies.”
40 Ra Anumzamo'a anage hianagi anankea ontahi'za, ko'ma hu'za e'naza zamavu zamavara kazigazi hu'za huvava hu'naze.
But the people [from those foreign nations] would not heed what Yahweh said. Instead, they continued to adhere to their old customs.
41 Hagi ana vahe'mo'za Ra Anumzamofona koro hunte'za monora hunte'nazanagi, zamagra havi anumza zamire'enena monora hunte'naze. Ana hazage'za mofavre zamimo'zane zamagehe'izanena zamafahe'mokizmi zamavu zamava zamavariri'za ana zanke meninena nehaze.
So, they worshiped Yahweh, but they also worshiped their idols. And their descendants still do the same thing.
