Otra Ķēniņu 17
1 Ahaza, Jūda ķēniņa, divpadsmitā gadā Hoseja, Elas dēls, palika par ķēniņu pār Israēli Samarijā un valdīja deviņus gadus,
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 Un darīja, kas Tam Kungam nepatika, taču ne tā, kā tie Israēla ķēniņi, kas bijuši priekš viņa.
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 Pret to cēlās Salmanasers, Asīrijas ķēniņš, un Hoseja tam palika par kalpu, un tam deva dāvanas.
[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 Bet Asīrijas ķēniņš manīja, ka Hoseja bija derējis derību un sūtījis vēstnešus pie Ēģiptes ķēniņa Zoūs, un vairs nenonesa dāvanas Asīrijas ķēniņam kā gadu no gada, un Asīrijas ķēniņš to saņēma ciet un saistītu iemeta cietumā.
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 Jo Asīrijas ķēniņš apņēma visu zemi un nāca uz Samariju un apmeta lēģeri pret to trīs gadus.
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 Un Hosejas devītā gadā Asīrijas ķēniņš uzņēma Samariju un aizveda Israēli uz Asīriju un tiem lika dzīvot Helahā un pie Haboras, Gozanas upes, un Medijas pilsētās.
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 Un notikās, kad Israēla bērni apgrēkojās pret To Kungu, savu Dievu, kas tos no Ēģiptes bija izvedis, no Ēģiptes ķēniņa Faraona rokas, un kalpoja citiem dieviem,
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 Un staigāja pēc pagānu likumiem, ko Tas Kungs Israēla bērnu priekšā bija izdzinis, un pēc Israēla ķēniņu (likumiem), ko tie bija cēluši, -
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 Un Israēla bērni slepenībā domāja un darīja, kas nebija labi, pret To Kungu, savu Dievu, un taisīja sev kalnu altārus visās savās pilsētās, gan pilīs, gan stiprās pilsētās,
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 Un uztaisīja sev elku bildes un Astartes uz visiem augstiem pakalniem un apakš visiem zaļiem kokiem,
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 Un kvēpināja tur uz visiem kalniem, tāpat kā pagāni, ko Tas Kungs viņu priekšā bija aizvedis, un darīja ļaunas lietas, To Kungu kaitinādami,
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 Un kalpoja elku dieviem, par ko Tas Kungs uz tiem bija sacījis: “Jums to nebūs darīt.”
Yahweh warned them many times that they should not worship idols, but they did it anyway.
13 Un kad Tas Kungs pret Israēli un pret Jūdu liecību deva caur visiem praviešiem un visiem redzētājiem un lika sacīt: “Atgriežaties no saviem nikniem ceļiem un turat Manus baušļus un Manus likumus, pēc visas bauslības, ko Es jūsu tēviem pavēlējis, un ko Es pie jums esmu sūtījis caur Saviem kalpiem, tiem praviešiem!”
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 Tad tie neklausīja, bet apcietinājās stūrgalvīgi pēc savu tēvu stūrgalvības, kas nebija ticējuši uz To Kungu, savu Dievu.
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 Un tie nicināja Viņa baušļus un Viņa derību, ko Tas ar viņu tēviem bija darījis, un Viņa liecības, ko Tas viņu starpā bija apliecinājis, un dzinās uz nelietību un kļuva nelieši un (gāja) pakaļ apkārtējiem pagāniem, par ko Tas Kungs tiem bija pavēlējis, lai tā nedara kā viņi.
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 Un tie atstājās no visiem Tā Kunga, sava Dieva, baušļiem un taisīja sev izlietas bildes, divus teļus, un taisīja arī Astartes un metās zemē priekš visa debess spēka un kalpoja Baālam.
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 Un tie lika saviem dēliem un savām meitām iet caur uguni un devās uz zīlēšanu un vārdošanu, un pārdevās ļaunu darīt priekš Tā Kunga acīm, Viņu apkaitinādami.
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 Tad Tas Kungs ļoti apskaitās par Israēli un tos atmeta nost no Sava vaiga, ka nekā neatlika, kā vien Jūda cilts.
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 Un arī Jūda neturēja Tā Kunga, sava Dieva, baušļus, bet tie staigāja Israēla likumos, ko tie bija cēluši.
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 Tad Tas Kungs atmeta visu Israēla dzimumu un tos iegāza bēdās un tos deva laupītājiem rokā, kamēr tos pavisam atmeta no Sava vaiga.
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 Un Viņš norāva Israēli no Dāvida nama, un tie cēla Jerobeamu, Nebata dēlu, par ķēniņu, un Jerobeams novērsa Israēli no Tā Kunga un paveda tos uz lieliem grēkiem.
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 Un Israēla bērni staigāja visos Jerobeama grēkos, ko tas bija darījis; tie no tiem neatstājās, -
And the Israeli people continued to do the evil things that Jeroboam introduced. They did not turn away from those sins,
23 Tiekams Tas Kungs Israēli atmeta no Sava vaiga, kā Tas bija runājis caur visiem Saviem kalpiem, tiem praviešiem. Un Israēls no savas zemes tapa aizvests uz Asīriju līdz šai dienai.
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 Un Asīrijas ķēniņš atveda (ļaudis) no Bābeles un no Kutas un no Avas un no Hamatas un no Sefarvaimas un tiem lika dzīvot Samarijas pilsētās Israēla bērnu vietā, un tie iemantoja Samariju un dzīvoja tās pilsētās.
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 Kad tie nu tur sāka dzīvot un To Kungu nebijās, tad Tas Kungs sūtīja lauvas viņu starpā, kas citus no tiem saplēsa.
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 Tādēļ tie runāja uz Asīrijas ķēniņu un sacīja: tās tautas, ko tu esi aizvedis un kam tu licis dzīvot Samarijas pilsētās, nezina tās zemes Dieva tiesu, tādēļ Viņš starp tiem ir lauvas sūtījis, un redzi, tie tos saplēš, tāpēc ka tie nezina tās zemes Dieva tiesu.
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 Tad Asīrijas ķēniņš pavēlēja sacīdams: novediet uz turieni vienu no tiem priesteriem, ko jūs no turienes esat aizveduši; lai tie iet un tur dzīvo un lai viņš māca tās zemes Dieva tiesu.
[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 Un viens no tiem priesteriem, kas no Samarijas bija aizvesti, nāca un dzīvoja Bētelē un tos mācīja, kā To Kungu bīties.
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 Bet ikkatra tauta pati sev taisīja dievus un tos uzcēla elku kalnu namos, ko Samarijas ļaudis bija cēluši, - ikkatra tauta savās pilsētās, kur tie dzīvoja,
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 Un Bābeles ļaudis taisīja SukotBenotu, un Kutas ļaudis taisīja Nerģelu, un Hamatas ļaudis taisīja Azimu,
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 Un Avieši taisīja Nibeasu un Tartaku, un Sefarvaimieši sadedzināja ar uguni savus dēlus Adramelekam un Anamelekam, Sefarvaimiešu dieviem.
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 Un tie bijās arī To Kungu un cēla sev kalnu priesterus no ļaužu vidus, un tie viņiem upurēja tais kalnu namos.
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 Tie bijās To Kungu un kalpoja arī saviem dieviem, pēc ikkatras tautas ieraduma, no kurienes tie bija atvesti.
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 Un līdz šai dienai tie dara pēc tā pirmā ieraduma; tie nebīstas To Kungu, nedz dara pēc saviem likumiem un pēc savām tiesām, nedz pēc tās bauslības, nedz pēc tā likuma, ko Tas Kungs Jēkaba bērniem pavēlējis, kam Viņš deva Israēla vārdu.
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 Tas Kungs ar tiem bija derējis derību un tiem pavēlējis sacīdams: “Jums nebūs bīties citus dievus, nedz priekš tiem mesties zemē, nedz tiem kalpot, nedz tiem upurēt,
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 Bet Tam Kungam, kas jūs izvedis no Ēģiptes zemes ar lielu spēku un izstieptu elkoni: To jums būs bīties un priekš Tā jums būs mesties zemē un Tam jums būs upurēt.
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 Un jums būs turēt tos likumus un tās tiesas un to bauslību un to pavēli, ko Viņš jums rakstījis, to darīt visu mūžu, bet citus dievus jums nebūs bīties.
You must always obey the laws and commands that I [told Moses to] write for you. You must not worship other gods.
38 Un to derību, ko Es ar jums esmu derējis, jums nebūs aizmirst un nebūs bīties citus dievus,
And you must not forget the agreement that I made with your ancestors. You must not revere other gods.
39 Bet jums To Kungu, savu Dievu, būs bīties, tad Tas jūs izglābs no visu jūsu ienaidnieku rokas.”
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 Bet tie neklausīja, bet darīja pēc sava pirmā ieraduma.
But the people [from those foreign nations] would not heed what Yahweh said. Instead, they continued to adhere to their old customs.
41 Tā šās tautas bijās To Kungu un kalpoja arī saviem elka dieviem, arī viņu bērni un bērnu bērni dara tā pat, kā viņu tēvi darījuši, līdz šai dienai.
So, they worshiped Yahweh, but they also worshiped their idols. And their descendants still do the same thing.
