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.
In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah, Hoshea the son of Elah began to reign in Samaria over Israel for nine years.
2 N’akola ebibi mu maaso ga Mukama, naye tebyenkana nga bassekabaka ba Isirayiri bye baakola.
He did that which was evil in the sight of YHWH, yet not as 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.
Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria; and Hoshea became his servant, and brought 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.
The king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea; for he had sent messengers to So king of Egypt, and offered no tribute to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year: therefore the king of Assyria shut him up, and bound 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 came up throughout all the land, and went up to Samaria, and besieged it 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 Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away to Assyria, and placed them in Halah, and on the Habor, the river of Gozan, and in the cities 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,
It was so, because the children of Israel had sinned against YHWH their God, who brought them up out of the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and had feared 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.
and walked in the statutes of the nations, whom YHWH cast out from before the children of Israel, and of the kings of Israel, which they made.
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.
The children of Israel did secretly things that were not right against YHWH their God: and they built them high places in all their cities, from the tower of the watchmen to the fortified city;
10 Ne beesimbira empagi ez’amayinja n’eza Baasera, ku buli kasozi akawanvu, ne wansi wa buli muti.
and they set them up pillars and Asherim 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.
and there they burnt incense in all the high places, as did the nations whom YHWH carried away before them; and they worked wicked things to provoke YHWH to anger;
12 Ne basinza ebifaananyi, ate nga Mukama yali abalagidde nti, “Temukolanga ekyo.”
and they served idols, of which YHWH had said to them, "You shall not do this thing."
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 YHWH testified to Israel, and to Judah, by every prophet, and every seer, saying, "Turn from your evil ways, and keep my commandments and my statutes, according to all the law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you by my servants the prophets."
14 Naye ne batawuliriza, ne baba bakakanyavu nga bajjajjaabwe bwe baali, abateesiga Mukama Katonda waabwe.
Notwithstanding, they would not listen, but hardened their neck, like the neck of their fathers, who did not believe in YHWH 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 rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made with their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified to them; and they followed vanity, and became vain, and followed the nations that were around them, concerning whom YHWH had commanded them that they should not do like them.
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 forsook all the commandments of YHWH their God, and made them molten images, even two calves, and made an Asherah, and worshiped all the host of heaven, 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 caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire, practiced divination and sorcery, and sold themselves to do that which was evil in the sight of YHWH, to provoke him to anger.
18 Mukama kyeyava asunguwalira ennyo Isirayiri, n’abagoba mu maaso ge, n’alekawo ekika kya Yuda kyokka.
Therefore YHWH was very angry with Israel, and removed them out of his sight: there was none left but the tribe of Judah only.
19 Kyokka ne Yuda ne batakuuma mateeka ga Mukama Katonda waabwe, naye ne bagoberera empisa za Isirayiri.
Also Judah did not keep the commandments of YHWH their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they made.
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.
YHWH rejected all the descendants of Israel, and afflicted them, and delivered them into the hand of plunderers, until he had cast them out of his sight.
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.
For he tore Israel from the house of David; and they made Jeroboam the son of Nebat king: and Jeroboam drove Israel from following YHWH, and made them sin a great sin.
22 Abaana ba Isirayiri ne batambulira mu bibi byonna Yerobowaamu bye yakola, ne batabirekaayo,
The children of Israel walked in all the sins of Jeroboam which he did; they did not depart from 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.
until YHWH removed Israel out of his sight, as he spoke by all his servants the prophets. So Israel was carried away out of their own land to Assyria 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 men from Babylon, and from Cuthah, and from Avva, and from Hamath and Sepharvaim, and placed them in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel; and they possessed Samaria, and lived in the cities of it.
25 Ku ntandikwa bwe babeeramu ne batasinza Mukama, kyeyava abasindikira empologoma ne zitta abamu ku bo.
So it was, at the beginning of their dwelling there, that they did not fear YHWH: therefore YHWH sent lions among them, which killed 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.”
Therefore they spoke to the king of Assyria, saying, "The nations which you have carried away, and placed in the cities of Samaria, do not know the law of the god of the land. Therefore he has sent lions among them, and look, they kill them, because they do not know the law of the god of the land."
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.”
Then the king of Assyria commanded, saying, "Carry there one of the priests whom you brought from there; and let him go and live there, and let him teach them the law 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 whom they had carried away from Samaria came and lived in Bethel, and taught them how they should fear YHWH.
29 Newaakubadde nga kabona yagendayo, buli ggwanga beekolera bakatonda baabwe, ne babateeka mu masabo Abasamaliya ge baali bazimbye ku bifo ebigulumivu mu bibuga byabwe.
However every nation made gods of their own, and put them in the houses of the high places which the Samaritans had made, every nation in their cities in which they lived.
30 Abasajja ab’e Babulooni ne bakola Sukkosubenosi, abasajja ab’e Kuusi ne bakola Nengali, abasajja ab’e Kamasi ne bakola Asima:
The men of Babylon made Succoth Benoth, and the men of Cuth made Nergal, and the men of 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.
and the Avvites made Nibhaz and Tartak; and the Sepharvites burnt their children in the fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of Sepharvaim.
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.
And they worshiped YHWH, yet they established their abominations in the houses of the high places which they made in Samaria, each nation in the city in which they dwelt. And they worshiped YHWH, yet appointed from among themselves priests of the high places, who sacrificed for them in the houses of the high places.
33 Ne basinzanga Mukama, naye nga bwe baweereza ne bakatonda baabwe, ng’empisa ez’amawanga gye baali bavudde bwe zalinga.
And they worshiped YHWH, yet served their own gods, after the ways of the nations from among whom they had been carried away.
34 Ne leero bakyeyisa mu ngeri y’emu. Tebasinza Mukama so tebagoberera biragiro n’amateeka Mukama bye yalagira bazzukulu ba Yakobo, gwe yatuuma Isirayiri.
To this day they do what they did before: they do not fear YHWH, neither do they follow their statutes, or their ordinances, or the law or the commandment which YHWH commanded the descendants of Jacob, whom he named Israel;
35 Mukama bwe yakola endagaano n’Abayisirayiri, yabalagira nti, “Temusinzanga bakatonda balala, so temubavuunamiranga so temubaweerezanga, wadde okuwaayo ssaddaaka gye bali.
with whom YHWH had made a covenant, and commanded them, saying, "You shall not fear other gods, nor bow yourselves to them, nor serve them, nor sacrifice to them;
36 Mwekuumenga okugobereranga ebiragiro n’amateeka, n’etteeka, n’ekiragiro bye yabawandiikira. Temusinzanga bakatonda abalala.
but you shall fear YHWH, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt with great power and with an outstretched arm, and you shall bow yourselves to him, and you shall sacrifice 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.
The statutes and the ordinances, and the law and the commandment, which he wrote for you, you shall observe to do forevermore. You shall not fear other gods.
38 Temwerabiranga endagaano gye nakola nammwe, era temusinzanga bakatonda abalala.
You shall not forget the covenant that I have made with you; neither shall you fear other gods.
39 Wabula musinzanga Mukama Katonda wammwe, kubanga y’anaabalokolanga mu mukono gw’abalabe bammwe bonna.”
But you shall fear YHWH your God; and he will deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies."
40 Naye ne batawuliriza, ne beeyongeranga mu mpisa zaabwe ez’edda.
However they did not listen, but they did what they did before.
41 Newaakubadde ng’amawanga ago baasinzanga Mukama, kyokka beeyongeranga okusinza bakatonda baabwe. Ne leero abaana baabwe ne bazzukulu baabwe bakola nga bajjajjaabwe bwe baakolanga.
So these nations feared YHWH, and served their engraved images. Their children likewise, and their children's children, as their fathers did, so they do to this day.
