2 Bassekabaka 17
1 Mu mwaka ogw’ekkumi n’ebiri ogw’obufuzi bwa Akazi kabaka wa Yuda, Koseya mutabani wa Era n’afuuka kabaka wa Isirayiri mu Samaliya, n’afugira emyaka mwenda.
Hoshea, son of Elah, became king of Israel, in the twelfth year of the reign of King Ahaz of Judah. He reigned in Samaria for nine years.
2 N’akola ebibi mu maaso ga Mukama, naye tebyenkana nga bassekabaka ba Isirayiri bye baakola.
He did what was evil in the Lord's sight, but not in the same way the kings of Israel who were before him.
3 Salumaneseri kabaka w’e Bwasuli n’amulumba, Koseya n’afuuka muddu we era n’amuwanga obusuulu.
Shalmaneser, king of Assyria, came and attacked him, and Hoshea submitted to him and paid him tribute.
4 Naye oluvannyuma kabaka w’e Bwasuli n’akizuula nga Koseya yali amuliddemu olukwe, kubanga yali atumye ababaka ewa So kabaka w’e Misiri, ate nga takyaweereza busuulu ewa kabaka w’e Bwasuli, nga bwe yakolanga buli mwaka. Salumaneseri kyeyava amukwata n’amuteeka mu kkomera.
But then the king of Assyria discovered that Hoshea was being disloyal. Hoshea had sent messengers to So, king of Egypt, asking for help, and he also had stopped sending annual tribute to the king of Assyria as he had done previously. So the king of Assyria arrested Hoshea and put him in prison.
5 Awo kabaka w’e Bwasuli n’alumba ensi yonna, n’atuuka e Samaliya, n’akizingiriza emyaka esatu.
Then the king of Assyria invaded the whole country, and attacked Samaria, besieging it for three years.
6 Mu mwaka ogw’omwenda ogwa Koseya, kabaka w’e Bwasuli n’awamba Samaliya, n’atwala Abayisirayiri mu buwaŋŋanguse e Bwasuli, n’abateeka mu Kala, ne mu Kaboli ku mugga ogw’e Gozani, ne mu bibuga eby’Abameedi.
In the ninth year of the reign of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and deported the Israelites to Assyria. He settled them in Halah, in Gozan on the Habor River, and in the towns of the Medes.
7 Bino byonna byabaawo kubanga Abayisirayiri bayonoona mu maaso ga Mukama Katonda waabwe, eyali abaggye mu Misiri okuva mu mukono gwa Falaawo, ye kabaka w’e Misiri. Baasinzanga bakatonda abalala,
All this happened because the people of Israel had sinned against the Lord their God, the one who had led them out of Egypt, saving them from the power of Pharaoh, king of Egypt. They had worshiped other gods,
8 ne bagobereranga empisa za baamawanga Mukama ge yali agobye mu maaso gaabwe. Era bagobereranga n’emizizo bassekabaka ba Isirayiri gye baali bataddewo.
adopting the ways of the nations the Lord had driven out before the Israelites, and the pagan practices introduced by the kings of Israel.
9 Abayisirayiri ne bakolanga mu nkizo ebyo ebitaali birungi mu maaso ga Mukama. Ne bazimba ebifo ebigulumivu mu bibuga byabwe byonna, okuviira ddala ku minaala omwabeeranga abakuumi okutuuka ku kibuga ekiriko bbugwe.
Secretly the Israelites did things that were not right against the Lord their God. They built high places in all their towns, from watchtowers to fortified cities.
10 Ne beesimbira empagi ez’amayinja n’eza Baasera, ku buli kasozi akawanvu, ne wansi wa buli muti.
They set up pagan stone pillars and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.
11 Ne bookera obubaane ku buli kifo ekigulumivu ng’amawanga gali Mukama ge yali agobye mu maaso gaabwe bwe gaakolanga. Ne bakola ebintu eby’ekivve ne basunguwaza Mukama.
They offered sacrifices on all the high places, just like the nations the Lord drove out before them. They did evil things, angering the Lord.
12 Ne basinza ebifaananyi, ate nga Mukama yali abalagidde nti, “Temukolanga ekyo.”
They worshiped idols, even though the Lord had told them, “You are not to do this.”
13 Mukama n’alabula Isirayiri ne Yuda ng’akozesa bannabbi n’abalabi nti, “Mukyuke muve mu bibi byammwe, mukuume amateeka gange n’ebiragiro byange, ng’etteeka bwe liri lye nalagira bajjajjammwe, lye nabaweereza nga nkozesa abaddu bange bannabbi.”
Yet the Lord had warned Israel and Judah repeatedly through all his prophets and seers, saying, “Leave your wicked ways and keep my commandments and instructions. Follow the whole law that I ordered your forefathers to obey, and gave to you through my servants the prophets.”
14 Naye ne batawuliriza, ne baba bakakanyavu nga bajjajjaabwe bwe baali, abateesiga Mukama Katonda waabwe.
But they refused listen, and they were as stubborn as their forefathers who did not trust the Lord their God.
15 Ne banyooma ebiragiro n’endagaano gye yali akoze ne bajjajjaabwe, n’okulabula kwe yali abawadde. Ne bagoberera bakatonda abataliimu, ate nabo ne bafuuka ebitagasa. Ne bakola ng’amawanga agaali gabeetoolodde bwe gaakolanga, newaakubadde nga Mukama yali abalabudde nti, “Temukolanga ebyo bye bakola.” Ne bakola byonna Mukama bye yali abagaanye okukola.
They gave up on his regulations and the covenant he had made with their forefathers, as well as the decrees he had given them. They followed pointless idols and they became pointless themselves, copying the nations around them that the Lord ordered them not to copy.
16 Ne bava ku mateeka ga Mukama Katonda waabwe gonna, ne baweesa ebifaananyi by’ennyana bibiri, n’empagi ey’Asera, ne basinza n’eggye lyonna ery’omu ggulu era ne basinzanga ne Baali.
They ignored all the commandments of the Lord their God, and they made themselves two metal idols of calves and an Asherah pole. They bowed down in worship to the sun, moon, and stars and served Baal.
17 Ne bawaayo abaana baabwe aboobulenzi n’aboobuwala ng’ebiweebwayo mu muliro, ne bakola eby’obufumu n’eby’obulogo, ne beetunda okukola ebibi mu maaso ga Mukama, okumusunguwaza.
They sacrificed their sons and daughters as pagan burnt offerings, and practiced fortune-telling and witchcraft. They gave themselves over to doing what was evil in the Lord's sight, making him angry.
18 Mukama kyeyava asunguwalira ennyo Isirayiri, n’abagoba mu maaso ge, n’alekawo ekika kya Yuda kyokka.
So the Lord was extremely angry with Israel, and he banished them from his presence. Only the tribe of Judah was left,
19 Kyokka ne Yuda ne batakuuma mateeka ga Mukama Katonda waabwe, naye ne bagoberera empisa za Isirayiri.
but even Judah did not keep the commandments of the Lord their God, but followed the idolatry that Israel had introduced.
20 Mukama kyeyava aleka ezzadde lyonna erya Isirayiri, n’ababonereza, n’abawaayo mu mikono gy’abanyazi, n’okubagoba n’abagobera ddala okuva mu maaso ge.
The Lord gave up on all the descendants of Israel. He punished them and handed them over to their enemies, until he had banished them from his presence.
21 Bwe yayawula Isirayiri ku nnyumba ya Dawudi, ne bafuula Yerobowaamu mutabani wa Nebati kabaka waabwe. Yerobowaamu n’aleetera Isirayiri okuviira ddala ku mukama, n’abayonoonyesa n’okusingawo.
When the Lord ripped Israel away from the house of David, they made Jeroboam, son of Nebat, their king. Jeroboam led Israel away from the Lord and made them commit terrible sins.
22 Abaana ba Isirayiri ne batambulira mu bibi byonna Yerobowaamu bye yakola, ne batabirekaayo,
The Israelites continued to practice all the sins that Jeroboam committed. They did not stop doing them,
23 okutuusa Mukama lwe yabaggyira ddala okuva mu maaso ge, nga bwe yali abalabudde ng’ayita mu baddu be bannabbi. Awo Abayisirayiri ne batwalibwa mu buwaŋŋanguse mu nsi eya Bwasuli, gye bali ne kaakano.
so the Lord eventually expelled them from his presence, just as he had said he would through all his servants, the prophets. So the Israelites were deported from their land and taken to Assyria, where they are to this day.
24 Awo kabaka w’e Bwasuli n’akuŋŋaanya abantu okuva e Babulooni, Kusa, Ava, Kamasi ne Sefavayimu, n’abaleeta mu bibuga bya Samaliya, Abayisirayiri mwe baabeeranga, Samaliya ne bakitwalira ddala era ne babeera mu bibuga byakyo.
The king of Assyria brought people from Babylon, Kuthah, Avva, Hamath, and Sepharvaim and settled them in the towns of Samaria instead of the Israelites. They took over ownership of Samaria and lived in its towns.
25 Ku ntandikwa bwe babeeramu ne batasinza Mukama, kyeyava abasindikira empologoma ne zitta abamu ku bo.
When they first started living there they did not worship the Lord, so he sent lions there among them, killing some of them.
26 Kabaka w’e Bwasuli n’ategeezebwa nti, “Amawanga ge watwala n’obateeka mu bibuga bya Samaliya tebamanyi tteeka lya Katonda w’ensi eyo, kyeyavudde abasindikira empologoma okubatta, kubanga tebamanyi Katonda w’ensi kye yeetaaga.”
The king of Assyria was told, “The peoples that you brought and settled in the towns of Samaria they don't not know the rules of the God of the land. As a result, he has sent lions among them, which are killing them off because they don't know what the God of the land requires.”
27 Amangwago kabaka w’e Bwasuli n’alagira nti, “Mutumeyo omu ku bakabona be mwawamba okuva mu Samaliya agende abeere eyo, ayigirize abantu amateeka ga Katonda w’ensi eyo.”
The king of Assyria gave the order: “Send back one of the priests you deported from Samaria, and let him go back and live there and teach the rules of the God of the land.”
28 Awo omu ku bakabona eyali awaŋŋangusibbwa okuva mu Samaliya n’agenda n’abeera e Beseri, n’abayigiriza bwe kibagwanira okusinza Mukama.
So one of the priests who had been deported from Samaria returned to live in Bethel, and taught them how to worship the Lord.
29 Newaakubadde nga kabona yagendayo, buli ggwanga beekolera bakatonda baabwe, ne babateeka mu masabo Abasamaliya ge baali bazimbye ku bifo ebigulumivu mu bibuga byabwe.
But the people of the different nations went on making their own gods in the towns where they had settled, and they placed them in the shrines of the high places that the people of Samaria had made.
30 Abasajja ab’e Babulooni ne bakola Sukkosubenosi, abasajja ab’e Kuusi ne bakola Nengali, abasajja ab’e Kamasi ne bakola Asima:
Those from Babylon made Sukkoth Benoth, those from Kuthah made Nergal, and those from Hamath made Ashima.
31 Abavi ne bakola Nibukazi ne Talutaki, Abasefavayimu ne bookera abaana baabwe mu muliro, nga babawaayo ng’ebiweebwayo eri Adulammereki ne Anammereki, bakatonda ba Sefavayimu.
The Avvites made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites sacrificed their children as burnt offerings to their gods Adrammelech and Anammelech.
32 Baasinzanga Mukama, naye ne balonda n’abantu ab’engeri zonna okuva mu bokka ne bokka okuba bakabona, ab’ebifo ebigulumivu, abaabaweerangayo ssaddaaka mu masabo ag’ebifo ebigulumivu.
While they worshiped the Lord, they also appointed priests from all kinds of their own people to offer sacrifices for them in the shrines of the high places.
33 Ne basinzanga Mukama, naye nga bwe baweereza ne bakatonda baabwe, ng’empisa ez’amawanga gye baali bavudde bwe zalinga.
So even though they worshiped the Lord, they also worshiped their own gods following the practices of the nations they had come from.
34 Ne leero bakyeyisa mu ngeri y’emu. Tebasinza Mukama so tebagoberera biragiro n’amateeka Mukama bye yalagira bazzukulu ba Yakobo, gwe yatuuma Isirayiri.
Even to this day they are still following their former practices. None of them truly worship the Lord or observe the regulations, requirements, laws, and commandments that the Lord gave to the descendants of Jacob, the one he named Israel.
35 Mukama bwe yakola endagaano n’Abayisirayiri, yabalagira nti, “Temusinzanga bakatonda balala, so temubavuunamiranga so temubaweerezanga, wadde okuwaayo ssaddaaka gye bali.
For the Lord had made an agreement with the Israelites, ordering them, “Don't worship other gods or bow down to them; don't serve them or offer sacrifices to them.
36 Mwekuumenga okugobereranga ebiragiro n’amateeka, n’etteeka, n’ekiragiro bye yabawandiikira. Temusinzanga bakatonda abalala.
You must worship only the Lord, who led you out of Egypt, helping you with his great power and strong arm. Only bow down to him; only offer sacrifices to him.
37 Naye musinzanga Mukama eyabaggya mu Misiri n’amaanyi amangi n’omukono gwe, gwe yagolola. Oyo ggwe munavuunamiranga era ne muwaayo ssaddaaka eri ye.
Always pay attention to observe the regulations, requirements, laws, and commandments he gave you in writing, and don't worship other gods.
38 Temwerabiranga endagaano gye nakola nammwe, era temusinzanga bakatonda abalala.
Don't forget the agreement I have made with you, and don't worship other gods.
39 Wabula musinzanga Mukama Katonda wammwe, kubanga y’anaabalokolanga mu mukono gw’abalabe bammwe bonna.”
You must worship only the Lord your God, and he will save you from all your enemies.”
40 Naye ne batawuliriza, ne beeyongeranga mu mpisa zaabwe ez’edda.
But they refused to listen, and continued their former idolatrous practices.
41 Newaakubadde ng’amawanga ago baasinzanga Mukama, kyokka beeyongeranga okusinza bakatonda baabwe. Ne leero abaana baabwe ne bazzukulu baabwe bakola nga bajjajjaabwe bwe baakolanga.
Even while these people from different nations were worshiping the Lord, they were actually worshiping their idols. Their children and grandchildren continue to do as their forefathers did to this day.
