Ii Regum 17
1 Anno duodecimo Achaz regis Iuda, regnavit Osee filius Ela in Samaria super Israel novem annis.
In the twelfth year of the reign of Ahaz over Judah, Hoshea son of Elah became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria nine years.
2 Fecitque malum coram Domino: sed non sicut reges Israel, qui ante eum fuerant.
And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, but not like the kings of Israel who preceded him.
3 Contra hunc ascendit Salmanasar rex Assyriorum, et factus est ei Osee servus, reddebatque illi tributa.
Shalmaneser king of Assyria attacked him, and Hoshea became his vassal and paid him tribute.
4 Cumque deprehendisset rex Assyriorum Osee, quod rebellare nitens misisset nuncios ad Sua regem Ægypti, ne præstaret tributa regi Assyriorum sicut singulis annis solitus erat, obsedit eum, et vinctum misit in carcerem.
But the king of Assyria discovered that Hoshea had conspired to send envoys to King So of Egypt, and that he had not paid tribute to the king of Assyria as in previous years. Therefore the king of Assyria arrested Hoshea and put him in prison.
5 Pervagatusque est omnem terram: et ascendens Samariam, obsedit eam tribus annis.
Then the king of Assyria invaded the whole land, marched up to Samaria, and besieged it for three years.
6 Anno autem nono Osee, cepit rex Assyriorum Samariam, et transtulit Israel in Assyrios: posuique eos in Hala, et in Habor iuxta fluvium Gozan, in civitatibus Medorum.
In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and carried away the Israelites to Assyria, where he settled them in Halah, in Gozan by the Habor River, and in the cities of the Medes.
7 Factum est enim, cum peccassent filii Israel Domino Deo suo, qui eduxerat eos de Terra Ægypti, de manu Pharaonis regis Ægypti, coluerunt deos alienos.
All this happened because the people of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. They had worshiped other gods
8 Et ambulaverunt iuxta ritum Gentium, quas consumpserat Dominus in conspectu filiorum Israel, et regum Israel: quia similiter fecerant.
and walked in the customs of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites, as well as in the practices introduced by the kings of Israel.
9 Et offenderunt filii Israel verbis non rectis Dominum Deum suum: et ædificaverunt sibi excelsa in cunctis urbibus suis a Turre custodum usque ad Civitatem munitam.
The Israelites secretly did things against the LORD their God that were not right. From watchtower to fortified city, they built high places in all their cities.
10 Feceruntque sibi statuas, et lucos in omni colle sublimi, et subter omne lignum nemorosum:
They set up for themselves sacred pillars and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.
11 et adolebant ibi incensum super aras in morem Gentium, quas transtulerat Dominus a facie eorum: feceruntque verba pessima irritantes Dominum.
They burned incense on all the high places like the nations that the LORD had driven out before them. They did wicked things, provoking the LORD to anger.
12 et coluerunt immunditias, de quibus præcepit eis Dominus ne facerent verbum hoc.
They served idols, although the LORD had told them, “You shall not do this thing.”
13 Et testificatus est Dominus in Israel et in Iuda per manum omnium Prophetarum et Videntium, dicens: Revertimini a viis vestris pessimis, et custodite præcepta mea, et ceremonias iuxta omnem legem, quam præcepi patribus vestris: et sicut misi ad vos in manu servorum meorum Prophetarum.
Yet through all His prophets and seers, the LORD warned Israel and Judah, saying, “Turn from your wicked ways and keep My commandments and statutes, according to the entire Law that I commanded your fathers and delivered to you through My servants the prophets.”
14 Qui non audierunt, sed induraverunt cervicem suam iuxta cervicem patrum suorum, qui noluerunt obedire Domino Deo suo.
But they would not listen, and they stiffened their necks like their fathers, who did not believe the LORD their God.
15 Et abiecerunt legitima eius, et pactum, quod pepigit cum patribus eorum, et testificationes, quibus contestatus est eos: secutique sunt vanitates, et vane egerunt: et secuti sunt Gentes, quæ erant per circuitum eorum, super quibus præceperat Dominus eis ut non facerent sicut et illæ faciebant.
They rejected His statutes and the covenant He had made with their fathers, as well as the decrees He had given them. They pursued worthless idols and themselves became worthless, going after the surrounding nations that the LORD had commanded them not to imitate.
16 Et dereliquerunt omnia præcepta Domini Dei sui: feceruntque sibi conflatiles duos vitulos, et lucos, et adoraverunt universam militiam cæli: servieruntque Baal,
They abandoned all the commandments of the LORD their God and made for themselves two cast idols of calves and an Asherah pole. They bowed down to all the host of heaven and served Baal.
17 et consecraverunt filios suos, et filias suas per ignem: et divinationibus inserviebant, et auguriis: et tradiderunt se ut facerent malum coram Domino, ut irritarent eum.
They sacrificed their sons and daughters in the fire and practiced divination and soothsaying. They devoted themselves to doing evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger.
18 Iratusque est Dominus vehementer Israeli, et abstulit eos a conspectu suo, et non remansit nisi tribus Iuda tantummodo.
So the LORD was very angry with Israel, and He removed them from His presence. Only the tribe of Judah remained,
19 Sed nec ipse Iuda custodivit mandata Domini Dei sui: verum ambulavit in erroribus Israel, quos operatus fuerat.
and even Judah did not keep the commandments of the LORD their God, but lived according to the customs Israel had introduced.
20 Proiecitque Dominus omne semen Israel, et afflixit eos, et tradidit eos in manu diripientium, donec proiiceret eos a facie sua:
So the LORD rejected all the descendants of Israel. He afflicted them and delivered them into the hands of plunderers, until He had banished them from His presence.
21 ex eo iam tempore, quo scissus est Israel a domo David, et constituerunt sibi regem Ieroboam filium Nabat: separavit enim Ieroboam Israel a Domino, et peccare eos fecit peccatum magnum.
When the LORD had torn Israel away from the house of David, they made Jeroboam son of Nebat king, and Jeroboam led Israel away from following the LORD and caused them to commit a great sin.
22 Et ambulaverunt filii Israel in universis peccatis Ieroboam quæ fecerat: et non recesserunt ab eis,
The Israelites persisted in all the sins that Jeroboam had committed and did not turn away from them.
23 usque quo Dominus auferret Israel a facie sua, sicut locutus fuerat in manu omnium servorum suorum Prophetarum: translatusque est Israel de terra sua in Assyrios, usque in diem hanc.
Finally, the LORD removed Israel from His presence, as He had declared through all His servants the prophets. So Israel was exiled from their homeland into Assyria, where they are to this day.
24 Adduxit autem rex Assyriorum de Babylone, et de Cutha, et de Avah, et de Emath, et de Sepharvaim: et collocavit eos in civitatibus Samariæ pro filiis Israel: qui possederunt Samariam, et habitaverunt in urbibus eius.
Then the king of Assyria brought people from Babylon, Cuthah, Avva, Hamath, and Sepharvaim and settled them in the towns of Samaria to replace the Israelites. They took possession of Samaria and lived in its towns.
25 Cumque ibi habitare cœpissent, non timebant Dominum: et immisit in eos Dominus leones, qui interficiebant eos.
Now when the settlers first lived there, they did not worship the LORD, so He sent lions among them, which killed some of them.
26 Nunciatumque est regi Assyriorum, et dictum: Gentes, quas transtulisti, et habitare fecisti in civitatibus Samriæ, ignorant legitima Dei terræ: et immisit in eos Dominus leones, et ecce interficiunt eos, eo quod ignorent ritum Dei terræ.
So they spoke to the king of Assyria, saying, “The peoples that you have removed and placed in the cities of Samaria do not know the requirements of the God of the land. Because of this, He has sent lions among them, which are indeed killing them off.”
27 Præcepit autem rex Assyriorum, dicens: Ducite illuc unum de sacerdotibus, quos inde captivos adduxistis, et vadat, et habitet cum eis: et doceat eos legitima Dei terræ.
Then the king of Assyria commanded: “Send back one of the priests you carried off from Samaria, and have him go back to live there and teach the requirements of the God of the land.”
28 Igitur cum venisset unus de sacerdotibus his, qui captivi ducti fuerant de Samaria, habitavit in Bethel, et docebat eos quomodo colerent Dominum.
Thus one of the priests they had carried away came and lived in Bethel, and he began to teach them how they should worship the LORD.
29 Et unaquæque Gens fabricata est deum suum: posueruntque eos in fanis excelsis, quæ fecerant Samaritæ, Gens et Gens in urbibus suis, in quibus habitabat.
Nevertheless, the people of each nation continued to make their own gods in the cities where they had settled, and they set them up in the shrines that the people of Samaria had made on the high places.
30 Viri enim Babylonii fecerunt Sochothbenoth: viri autem Cuthæi fecerunt Nergel: et viri de Emath fecerunt Asima.
The men of Babylon made Succoth-benoth, the men of Cuth made Nergal, the men of Hamath made Ashima,
31 Porro Hevæi fecerunt Nebahaz et Tharthac. Hi autem, qui erant de Sepharvaim, comburebant filios suos igni, Adramelech et Anamelech diis Sepharvaim,
the Avvites made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites burned their children in the fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech the gods of the Sepharvaim.
32 et nihilominus colebant Dominum. Fecerunt autem sibi de novissimis sacerdotes excelsorum, et ponebant eos in fanis sublimibus.
So the new residents worshiped the LORD, but they also appointed for themselves priests of all sorts to serve in the shrines of the high places.
33 Et cum Dominum colerent, diis quoque suis serviebant iuxta consuetudinem Gentium, de quibus translati fuerant Samariam:
They worshiped the LORD, but they also served their own gods according to the customs of the nations from which they had been carried away.
34 usque in præsentem diem morem sequuntur antiquum: non timent Dominum, neque custodiunt ceremonias eius, iudicia, et legem, et mandatum, quod præceperat Dominus filiis Iacob, quem cognominavit Israel:
To this day they are still practicing their former customs. None of them worship the LORD or observe the statutes, ordinances, laws, and commandments that the LORD gave the descendants of Jacob, whom He named Israel.
35 et percusserat cum eis pactum, et mandaverat eis, dicens: Nolite timere deos alienos, et non adoretis eos, neque colatis eos, et non immoletis eis:
For the LORD had made a covenant with the Israelites and commanded them, “Do not worship other gods or bow down to them; do not serve them or sacrifice to them.
36 Sed Dominum Deum vestrum, qui eduxit vos de Terra Ægypti in fortitudine magna, et in brachio extento, ipsum timete, et illum adorate, et ipsi immolate.
Instead, worship the LORD, who brought you out of the land of Egypt with great power and an outstretched arm. You are to bow down to Him and offer sacrifices to Him.
37 Ceremonias quoque, et iudicia, et legem, et mandatum, quod scripsit vobis, custodite ut faciatis cunctis diebus: et non timeatis deos alienos.
And you must always be careful to observe the statutes, ordinances, laws, and commandments He wrote for you. Do not worship other gods.
38 Et pactum, quod percussit vobiscum, nolite oblivisci: nec colatis deos alienos,
Do not forget the covenant I have made with you. Do not worship other gods,
39 sed Dominum Deum vestrum timete, et ipse eruet vos de manu omnium inimicorum vestrorum.
but worship the LORD your God, and He will deliver you from the hands of all your enemies.”
40 Illi vero non audierunt, sed iuxta consuetudinem suam pristinam perpetrabant.
But they would not listen, and they persisted in their former customs.
41 Fuerunt igitur Gentes istæ timentes quidem Dominum, sed nihilominus et idolis suis servientes: nam et filii eorum, et nepotes, sicut fecerunt patres sui, ita faciunt usque in præsentem diem.
So these nations worshiped the LORD but also served their idols, and to this day their children and grandchildren continue to do as their fathers did.
