2 Bassekabaka 16
1 Mu mwaka ogw’ekkumi n’omusanvu ogw’obufuzi bwa Peka mutabani wa Lemaliya, Akazi mutabani wa Yosamu kabaka wa Yuda, n’atandika okufuga.
In the seventeenth year of Pekah son of Remaliah reigned hath Ahaz son of Jotham king of Judah.
2 Akazi yali wa myaka amakumi abiri we yatandikira okufuga, era n’afugira emyaka kkumi na mukaaga mu Yerusaalemi. N’akola ebibi mu maaso ga Mukama Katonda we, obutafaanana nga jjajjaawe Dawudi.
A son of twenty years [is] Ahaz in his reigning, and sixteen years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and he hath not done that which [is] right in the eyes of Jehovah his God, like David his father,
3 N’atambulira mu ngeri za bassekabaka ba Isirayiri, era n’okuwaayo n’awaayo mutabani we ng’ekiweebwayo, ng’agoberera eby’emizizo eby’amawanga Mukama ge yali agobye mu maaso g’Abayisirayiri.
and he walketh in the way of the kings of Israel, and also his son he hath caused to pass over into fire, according to the abominations of the nations that Jehovah dispossessed from the presence of the sons of Israel,
4 N’awangayo ssaddaaka, era n’ayoterezanga n’obubaane ku bifo ebigulumivu, ku nsozi waggulu, ne wansi wa buli muti.
and he sacrificeth and maketh perfume in high places, and on the heights, and under every green tree.
5 Lezini kabaka wa Busuuli ne Peka, mutabani wa Lemaliya kabaka wa Isirayiri ne bambuka okulumba Yerusaalemi ne bazingiza Akazi, naye ne batayinza kumuwangula.
Then doth Rezin king of Aram go up, and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel, to Jerusalem, to battle, and they lay siege to Ahaz, and they have not been able to fight.
6 Mu kiseera kye kimu, Lezini kabaka wa Busuuli n’agoba abasajja ba Yuda okuva mu Erasi n’akiddiza Abasuuli, era gye babeera ne leero.
At that time hath Rezin king of Aram brought back Elath to Aram, and casteth out the Jews from Elath, and the Aramaeans have come in to Elath, and dwell there unto this day.
7 Awo Akazi n’atuma ababaka eri Tigulasupireseri kabaka w’e Bwasuli, okumugamba nti, “Ndi muddu wo era mutabani wo, nkwegayiridde jjangu ondokole okuva mu mukono gwa kabaka wa Busuuli; n’okuva mu mukono gwa kabaka wa Isirayiri abannumbye.”
And Ahaz sendeth messengers unto Tiglath-Pileser king of Asshur, saying, 'Thy servant and thy son [am] I; come up and save me out of the hand of the king of Aram, and out of the hand of the king of Israel, who are rising up against me.'
8 Akazi n’aggya effeeza ne zaabu ebyabeeranga mu yeekaalu ya Mukama, ne mu mawanika ag’omu lubiri lwa kabaka, n’agiweereza ng’ekirabo eri kabaka w’e Bwasuli.
And Ahaz taketh the silver and the gold that is found in the house of Jehovah, and in the treasures of the house of the king, and sendeth to the king of Asshur — a bribe.
9 Awo kabaka w’e Bwasuli n’awulira okwegayirira kwe, n’alumba Ddamasiko, n’akiwamba, n’abantu abaabeerangamu n’abaweereza mu buwaŋŋanguse e Kiri, era n’okutta n’atta Lezini.
And hearken unto him doth the king of Asshur, and the king of Asshur goeth up unto Damascus, and seizeth it, and removeth [the people of] it to Kir, and Rezin he hath put to death.
10 Awo kabaka Akazi n’agenda e Ddamasiko okusisinkana Tigulasupireseri kabaka w’e Bwasuli, era eyo n’alabayo ekyoto ekyali mu Ddamasiko. Amangwago kabaka Akazi n’aweereza Uliya kabona ekifaananyi ky’ekyoto ekyo, n’engeri gye kiteekwa okuzimbibwa.
And king Ahaz goeth to meet Tiglath-Pileser king of Asshur [at] Damascus, and seeth the altar that [is] in Damascus, and king Ahaz sendeth unto Urijah the priest the likeness of the altar, and its pattern, according to all its work,
11 Awo Uliya kabona n’azimba ekyoto, ng’ebiragiro bya kabaka Akazi bye yaweereza okuva e Ddamasiko bwe byali, era n’agimaliriza nga kabaka Akazi tannava Ddamasiko.
and Urijah the priest buildeth the altar according to all that king Ahaz hath sent from Damascus; so did Urijah the priest till the coming in of king Ahaz from Damascus.
12 Kabaka bwe yakomawo okuva e Ddamasiko, n’alaba ekyoto, n’akisemberera era ku kyo n’aweerako ssaddaaka.
And the king cometh in from Damascus, and the king seeth the altar, and the king draweth near on the altar, and offereth on it,
13 N’aweerayo ssaddaaka ey’ekyokebwa ne ssaddaaka ey’obutta n’ayiwako ne ssaddaaka ey’ekyokunywa, era n’amansirako omusaayi ogw’ebiweebwayo olw’emirembe ku kyoto.
and perfumeth his burnt-offering, and his present, and poureth out his libation, and sprinkleth the blood of the peace-offerings that he hath, on the altar.
14 N’aggyawo ekyoto eky’ekikomo ekyabeeranga mu maaso ga Mukama mu yeekaalu wakati w’ekyoto kye ne yeekaalu ya Mukama, n’akiteeka ku luuyi olw’obukiikaddyo obw’ekyoto kye.
As to the altar of brass that [is] before Jehovah — he bringeth [it] near from the front of the house, from between the altar and the house of Jehovah, and putteth it on the side of the altar, northward.
15 Awo kabaka Akazi n’alagira Uliya kabona nti, “Ku kyoto ekinene, weerayo ekiweebwayo ekyokebwa eky’enkya n’ekiweebwayo eky’obutta eky’akawungeezi, eky’okuwaayo ekyokebwa ekya kabaka, n’ekyokuwaayo kye eky’obutta, n’ekyokuwaayo ekyokebwa eky’abantu ab’omu nsi, n’ekiweebwayo kyabwe eky’obutta, n’ekiweebwayo kyabwe ekyokunywa. Omansire ku kyoto omusaayi gwonna ogw’ebiweebwayo ebyokebwa, n’omusaayi gwonna ogwa ssaddaaka. Wabula ekyoto eky’ekikomo kinaabeeranga kyange nga kya kwebuuzaako.”
And king Ahaz commandeth him — Urijah the priest — saying, 'On the great altar perfume the burnt-offering of the morning, and the present of the evening, and the burnt-offering of the king, and his present, and the burnt-offering of all the people of the land, and their present, and their libations; and all the blood of the burnt-offering, and all the blood of the sacrifice, on it thou dost sprinkle, and the altar of brass is to me to inquire [by].'
16 Uliya kabona n’akola byonna, nga kabaka Akazi bwe yamulagira.
And Urijah the priest doth according to all that king Ahaz commanded.
17 Kabaka Akazi n’atemako emigo gye biyimirirwako, ne bensani n’aziggya kwe zaabeeranga, ate n’aggya n’ennyanja okuva ku nte ennume ez’ekikomo, eza giwaniriranga, n’agiteeka ku mayinja amaliire.
And king Ahaz cutteth off the borders of the bases, and turneth aside from off them the laver, and the sea he hath taken down from off the brazen oxen that [are] under it, and putteth it on a pavement of stones.
18 N’aggyawo n’ekyabikkanga ku kkubo erya ssabbiiti eryali lizimbiddwa okumpi ne yeekaalu, ate era n’aggyawo n’ekkubo erya kabaka ery’ebweru wa yeekaalu ya Mukama, olwa kabaka w’e Bwasuli.
And the covered place for the sabbath that they built in the house, and the entrance of the king without, he turned [from] the house of Jehovah, because of the king of Asshur.
19 Ebyafaayo ebirala ebyabaawo mu bufuzi Akazi, ne bye yakola, tebyawandiikibwa mu kitabo eky’ebyomumirembe gya bassekabaka ba Yuda?
And the rest of the matters of Ahaz that he did, are they not written on the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah?
20 Awo Akazi n’afa n’aziikibwa ku biggya bya bajjajjaabe mu kibuga kya Dawudi. Keezeekiya mutabani we n’amusikira okuba kabaka.
And Ahaz lieth with his fathers, and is buried with his fathers, in the city of David, and reign doth Hezekiah his son in his stead.
