2 Masolo ya Kala 28
1 Akazi azalaki na mibu tuku mibale ya mbotama tango akomaki mokonzi, mpe akonzaki mibu zomi na motoba na Yelusalemi. Asalaki makambo mabe na miso ya Yawe; nzokande, Davidi, koko na ye, asalaki makambo ya sembo.
Ahaz was 20 years old when he became the king [of Judah]. He ruled from Jerusalem for 16 years. His ancestor King David was a good king, but Ahaz was not like David. He constantly disobeyed Yahweh
2 Alandaki banzela oyo bakonzi ya Isalaele batambolaki na yango mpe asalaki kutu banzambe ya bikeko ya bibende banyangwisa na moto mpo na banzambe Bala.
and was as sinful as the kings of Israel had been. He made idols of the god Baal.
3 Atumbaki mbeka ya malasi kati na Lubwaku ya Beni-Inomi mpe abonzaki bana na ye ya mibali na moto kolanda misala ya nkele ya bikolo oyo Yawe abenganaki liboso ya bana ya Isalaele.
He burned incense in Hinnom Valley. He even [killed some of] his own sons [and] offered [them] as sacrifices to be completely burned. That imitated the disgusting customs of the people-groups who previously lived there, people whom Yahweh had expelled as the Israelis advanced through the land.
4 Abonzaki bambeka mpe atumbaki mbeka ya malasi, na bisambelo ya likolo ya bangomba, na bangomba mike mpe na se ya banzete ya mibesu.
Ahaz offered sacrifices [to idols] at shrines on hilltops and under every big green tree.
5 Yawe, Nzambe na ye, akabaki ye na maboko ya mokonzi ya Siri. Bato ya Siri babetaki ye, bazwaki bato na ye ebele na bowumbu mpe bamemaki bango na Damasi. Nzambe akabaki ye lisusu na maboko ya mokonzi ya Isalaele, oyo abebisaki biloko na ye mpe alongaki ye.
Therefore Yahweh his God allowed his army to be defeated by the army of the king of Syria. They captured many soldiers of Judah and took them as prisoners to Damascus. The army of the king of Israel also defeated the army of Judah and killed very many of their soldiers.
6 Na mokolo moko, Peka, mwana mobali ya Remalia, abomaki basoda nkoto nkama moko na tuku mibale kati na Yuda, bango nyonso bazalaki basoda ya mpiko; pamba te basundolaki Yawe, Nzambe ya bakoko na bango.
In one day the army of Remaliah’s son, King Pekah [of Israel], killed 120,000 soldiers in Judah. That happened because [the people of] Judah had abandoned Yahweh, the God whom their ancestors [worshiped].
7 Zikiri, moto ya bitumba ya Efrayimi, abomaki Maaseya, mwana mobali ya mokonzi; Azirikami, mobateli biloko ya ndako ya mokonzi; mpe Elikana, molandi ya mokonzi.
Zicri, a warrior from the tribe of Ephraim, killed king Ahaz’s son Maaseiah, Azrikam the officer in charge of the palace, and Elkanah, the king’s assistant.
8 Bato ya Isalaele bakangaki kati na bandeko na bango bato nkoto nkama mibale: basi, bana mibali mpe bana basi; bazwaki bomengo ebele ya bitumba mpe bamemaki yango na Samari.
The soldiers of Israel captured 200,000 of the people of Judah, including many wives and sons and daughters [of the soldiers of Judah]. They also seized and took back to Samaria many valuable things.
9 Kuna na Samari, ezalaki na mosakoli moko ya Yawe, kombo na ye « Odedi. » Abimaki liboso ya mampinga tango bazalaki kozonga na Samari mpe alobaki na bango: « Tala, na kanda makasi na Ye mpo na Yuda, Yawe, Nzambe ya batata na bino, akabi bango na maboko na bino, mpe bobomi bango na kanda oyo ekomi kino na likolo.
But a prophet of Yahweh whose name was Obed was there [in Samaria]. He went out of the city to meet the army when it returned to Samaria. He said to them, “Because Yahweh, the God whom your ancestors [belonged to], was angry with [the people of] Judah, he allowed you to defeat them. But God has seen the cruel way that you slaughtered them.
10 Mpe sik’oyo, bolingi kokomisa bato ya Yuda mpe ya Yelusalemi bawumbu na bino? Kasi bino moko, bozali mpe na ngambo te liboso ya Yawe, Nzambe na bino?
And now you want to [sin by] causing men and women from Judah to become your slaves, but you have certainly also sinned against Yahweh our God!
11 Boyoka ngai sik’oyo! Bozongisa bandeko na bino, oyo bokangi lokola bawumbu, pamba te kanda makasi ya Yawe ezali likolo na bino. »
So listen to me! Send back [to Judah] your fellow-countrymen whom you have captured, because Yahweh is extremely angry with you [for what you did to them].”
12 Kati na bakambi ya Efrayimi, bamosusu batelemelaki ba-oyo bawutaki na bitumba. Ezalaki Azaria, mwana mobali ya Yoanani; Berekia, mwana mobali ya Meshilemoti; Ezekiasi, mwana mobali ya Shalumi; mpe Amasa, mwana mobali ya Adilayi.
Then some of the leaders of [the tribe of] Ephraim—Azariah the son of Jehohanan, Berekiah the son of Meshillemoth, Jehizkiah the son of Shallum, and Amasa the son of Hadlai—rebuked those who were returning from the battle.
13 Balobaki na bango: « Bosengeli te komema bakangami oyo awa, soki te tokomema ngambo epai na Yawe. Boni, bolingi lisusu kobakisa masumu mpe ngambo na biso! Ngambo na biso eleki penza monene, mpe kanda makasi ya Yawe ezali likolo ya Isalaele. »
They said to them, “You must not bring those prisoners here! If you do that, Yahweh will consider that we are guilty of sinning. We are already guilty of committing many sins; do you want to cause us to be even more guilty by committing another sin? God is already very angry with [us people of] Israel!”
14 Basoda batikaki bakangami mpe bomengo ya bitumba na miso ya bakambi mpe ya lisanga mobimba.
So, while their leaders and others were watching, the soldiers released the prisoners, and also gave back to them the valuable things that they had captured.
15 Sima, bato oyo baponaki na bakombo na bango bazwaki bakangami mpe balendisaki bango; bazwaki kati na bomengo ya bitumba bilamba, mpe balatisaki ba-oyo nyonso bazalaki bolumbu. Bapesaki bango bilamba, basapato, bilei mpe masanga; mpe bapakolaki ba-oyo bazokaki kisi, bamemaki na likolo ya ba-ane ba-oyo bakokaki kotambola te mpe bazongisaki bango na Jeriko, engumba ya banzete ya mbila, epai ya bandeko na bango. Sima, bazongaki na Samari.
The leaders who were selected took some of the clothes that the soldiers had taken from the prisoners and gave those clothes back to the people who were naked. They also gave to the prisoners sandals and other clothes and things to eat and drink, and they gave them olive oil to rub on their wounds. They gave donkeys to those who were very weak, in order that they could ride on them. Then they led them all to Jericho, the city that had many palm trees. Then those leaders [of Israel] returned to Samaria.
16 Na tango yango, mokonzi Akazi atindaki bato epai ya bakonzi ya Asiri mpo na kosenga lisungi.
About that time, King Ahaz sent [a message] to the king of Assyria requesting help.
17 Bato ya Edomi bayaki lisusu kobundisa Yuda mpe bamemaki bakangami,
[He did that because the army from] the Edom people-group had come again and attacked Judah and taken away many of the people of Judah as prisoners.
18 wana bato ya Filisitia bakotaki na makasi kati na bingumba ya etando mpe ya sude ya Yuda. Bazwaki na makasi Beti-Shemeshi, Ayaloni, Gederoti, Soko, Timina mpe Gimizo elongo na bamboka na yango ya zingazinga, mpe bavandaki kuna.
At the same time, men from Philistia had raided/attacked towns in the foothills and in the southern desert of Judah. They had captured Beth-Shemesh, Aijalon, and Gederoth [cities], as well as Soco, Timnah and Gimzo [towns] and the nearby villages.
19 Yawe asambwisaki Yuda likolo ya Akazi, mokonzi ya Isalaele, pamba te atindikaki bato ya Yuda na mabe mpe azangaki boyengebene liboso ya Yawe.
Yahweh [allowed those things to happen in order to] humble king Ahaz, because he had encouraged the people of Judah to do wicked things and had disobeyed Yahweh very much.
20 Na esika ya kosunga ye, Tigilati-Pilezeri, mokonzi ya Asiri, ayaki kobundisa ye mpe azwaki ye lokola monguna.
Tiglath-Pileser, the king of Assyria, sent [his army saying that they would] help Ahaz, but instead of helping him, they caused him to experience trouble.
21 Akazi azwaki ndambo ya biloko ya Tempelo ya Yawe, ya ndako ya mokonzi mpe ya bandako ya bakambi; mpe apesaki yango epai ya mokonzi ya Asiri. Kasi atako bongo, azwaki kaka lisungi te.
Ahaz’s [soldiers] took some of the [valuable] things from the temple and from the king’s palace and from other leaders of Judah and sent them to the king of Assyria [to pay him to help them], but the king of Assyria refused to help Ahaz.
22 Wana azalaki kati na pasi, mokonzi Akazi akobaki lisusu kosala makambo ya nkele na miso ya Yawe:
While King Ahaz was experiencing those troubles, he disobeyed Yahweh even more.
23 abonzaki bambeka epai ya banzambe ya Damasi oyo elongaki ye, pamba te amilobelaki: « Lokola banzambe ya bakonzi ya Siri bayaka kosunga bato na bango, ngai mpe nakobonzela bango bambeka mpo ete baya kosunga ngai! » Kasi esalaki ete ye akweyisama, Isalaele mobimba mpe ekweyisama.
He offered sacrifices to the gods that were worshiped in Damascus, whose [army] had defeated his [army]. He thought, “The gods that are worshiped by the kings of Syria have helped them, so I will offer sacrifices to those gods in order that they will help me.” But worshiping those gods caused Ahaz and all of Israel to be ruined.
24 Akazi asangisaki bisalelo nyonso ya Tempelo ya Nzambe mpe abukaki-bukaki yango. Akangaki bikuke ya Tempelo ya Yawe mpe atongaki bitumbelo na babalabala nyonso ya Yelusalemi.
Ahaz gathered all the furnishings [that were used] in the temple and broke them into pieces. He locked the doors of the temple and set up altars [for worshiping idols] at every street corner in Jerusalem.
25 Kati na bingumba nyonso ya Yuda, asalaki bisambelo ya likolo ya bangomba mpo na kobonza mbeka ya malasi epai ya banzambe mosusu. Na bongo, apesaki Yawe, Nzambe ya batata na bango, kanda makasi.
In every town in Judah, his workers built shrines to burn sacrifices to other gods, and that caused Yahweh, the God whom their ancestors [worshiped], to be very angry.
26 Makambo mosusu oyo etali mokonzi Akazi mpe etamboli na ye, kobanda na ebandeli kino na suka, ekomama kati na buku ya masolo ya bakonzi ya Yuda mpe ya Isalaele.
A record of the other things that Ahaz did while he was the king, from when he started to rule until he died, is written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Judah and Israel’.
27 Akazi akendeki kokutana na bakoko na ye, mpe bakundaki ye kati na engumba Yelusalemi, kasi kati na bakunda ya bakonzi ya Isalaele te. Ezekiasi, mwana na ye ya mobali, akitanaki na ye na bokonzi.
Ahaz died and was buried in Jerusalem, but he was not buried in the tombs where the other kings [had been buried]. Then his son Hezekiah became the king.
