2 Tantara 28
1 Roapolo taoñe t’i Ahkaze te niorotse nifehe; le nifehe folo taoñe eneñ’ amby e Ierosalaime ao; fe tsy nanao ty fahiti’e am-pihaino’ Iehovà manahake ty rae’e Davide;
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 te mone nitsontik’ an-dala’ o mpanjaka’ Israeleo vaho nandranjy sare trinanake ho amo Baaleo,
and was as sinful as the kings of Israel had been. He made idols of the god Baal.
3 mbore nañembok’ am-bavatanen’ ana’ i Hinome ao naho noroa’e añ’afo ao o ana’eo, ty amy haloloa’ o kilakila’ ondaty rinoa’ Iehovà añatrefa’ o ana’ Israeleoo.
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 Le nanoe’e soroñe vaho nañenga amo tambohoo naho ankaboañe eo naho ambane’ ze hatae mandrevake iaby.
Ahaz offered sacrifices [to idols] at shrines on hilltops and under every big green tree.
5 Toly ndra natolo’ Iehovà Andrianañahare’e am-pitàm-panjaka’ i Aramey; le linafa’ iareo, le nasese an-drohy ty ondati’e tsifotofoto, nente’ iereo mb’e Damesèke mb’eo. Natolotse am-pitàm-panjaka’ Israele ka re, ze nandafa aze am-pizamanam-bey.
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 I Pekà ana’ i Remalià ty nanjamañe rai-hetse-tsi-ro’ale ami’ty andro raike, songa ondaty mahasibeke; amy t’ie namorintseñe Iehovà Andrianañaharen-droae’ iareo.
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 Le i Zikrý, fanalolahi’ i Efraimey ty nanjevoñe i Maaseià ana’ i mpanjakay naho i Azrikame, mpifehe’ i anjombay naho i Elkanà mpiamy mpanjakay.
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 Le nasese’ o ana’ Israeleo mb’eo an-drohy ty roe-hetse amo rahalahi’eo: rakemba naho ana-dahy naho anak’ ampela vaho nitavañe vara tsifotofoto am’ iereo, le nente’ iereo mb’e Somerone añe i kinopakey.
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 Fe teo ty mpitoki’ Iehovà, i Ovede ty tahina’e, niavotse naho nifanalaka amy valobohòke nimb’e Somerone mb’eoy, le nanoa’e ty hoe: Inao, niviñera’ Iehovà Andrianañaharen-droae’ areo t’Iehoda, le nitolora’e am-pità’ areo, fe zinama’ areo an-kabosehañe nahatakatse an-dindiñe añe.
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 Ie amy zao mipay hinday o ana’ Iehodao naho Ierosalaime ambane’ areo ho ondevo lahy naho ondevo ampela; fe tsy ama’ areo ao hao ty aman-kakeo amy Iehovà Andrianañahare’ areo?
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 Aa le janjiño iraho, ampolio o mpirohy narohi’ areo amo longo’ areoo; fa miforoforo ama’ areo ty haviñera’ Iehovà.
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 Niongake hiatreatre o niavy boak’ amy aliio amy zao ty mpiaolo’ i Efraime ila’e, i Azarià ana’ Iehonàne naho i Berekià ana’ i Mesilemote naho Iekizkià ana’ i Salome naho i Amasa ana’ i Hadlay,
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 vaho nanao ty hoe am’ iereo, Ko endese’ areo mb’etoa o narohio; ie mipay hanaña’ Iehovà tahiñe tika, hanovoñe o hakeo naho tahin-tikañeo; fa ra’elahy o hakeon-tikañeo vaho haviñerañe miforoforo ty am’ Israele.
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 Aa le napo’ o lahindefoñeo añatrefa’ o roandriañeo naho i fivoribey iabiy o an-drohio naho i kinopakey.
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 Le niongake i niantoñoñe an-tahinañe rey nandrambe o an-drohio naho nangalak’ amo kinopakeo hampisikina’ iareo o tsi-antsaroñe am’ iereoo naho nampisaroñe’ iareo naho nañombean-kana naho nanjotsoañe mahakama naho rano naho hinoso’ iareo menake naho najo’ iareo am-borìke o maleme am’ iereoo naho nendese’ iareo mb’e Ieriko, i rovan-tsatrañey, mb’ aman-drolongo’ iareo añe vaho nimpoly mb’e Somerone mb’eo.
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 Nampañitrik’ amo mpanjaka’ i Asoreo amy zao t’i Ahkaze mpanjaka nipay imba,
About that time, King Ahaz sent [a message] to the king of Assyria requesting help.
17 amy te pok’ eo indraike o nte-Edomeo nandafa Iehoda vaho ninday mpirohy añe.
[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 Naname o rova an-tane petrakeo naho o atimo’ Iehodao o nte-Pelistio, le rinambe’ iareo ty Betesamese naho i Aiialone naho i Gederote naho i Soko rekets’ o tanà’eo naho i Timnà rekets’ o tanà’eo naho i Gimzo rekets’ o tanà’eo vaho nimoneñe ao.
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 Toe nafotsa’ Iehovà t’Iehoda ty amy Ahkaze mpanjaka’ Israele; ie nampanaña’e tahiñe Iehoda vaho vata’e niola amy Iehovà.
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 Nimb’ ama’e mb’eo t’i Tilgatepilnesere, mpanjaka’ i Asore, f’ie namorekeke aze fa tsy nampaozatse.
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 Aa ndra te nangalà’ i Ahkaze añ’ anjomba’ Iehovà ao naho añ’anjomba’ i mpanjakay naho amo roandriañeo vaho natolo’e amy mpanjaka’ i Asorey, tsy nolora’e.
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 Mbore nanovoñe hakeo amy Iehovà t’i Ahkaze mpanjaka amy hasotria’ey
While King Ahaz was experiencing those troubles, he disobeyed Yahweh even more.
23 amy te nanoa’e soroñe amo ‘ndrahare’ i Damesèke nandafa azeo, ami’ty hoe: Kanao mañolotse o mpanjaka’ i Arameo o ndrahare’ iareoo, le hanoako soroñe ka hañolora’ iareo ahy. Fe nampianto aze naho Israele iaby izay.
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 Le natonto’ i Ahkaze o fanak’ añ’ anjomban’ Añaharo, le tsineratsera’e o fana’ i anjomban’ Añahareio naho narindri’e o lalambein’ anjomba’ Iehovào; vaho nandranjy kitrely ho am-bata’e an-kotso’ Ierosalaime iaby.
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 Le nanoa’e toets’ abo ze hene’ rova’ Iehoda, hañenga amo ndrahare ila’eo, hanigike Iehovà Andrianañaharen-droae’e.
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 Ty ila’ o fitoloña’eo naho o sata’e iabio, ty valoha’e naho ty fara’e, inao t’ie misokitse amy bokem-panjaka’ Iehoda naho Israeley.
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 Le nitrao-piròtse aman-droae’e t’i Ahkaze naho nalenteke an-drova ao, toe e Ierosalaime ao; fa tsy nitakone’ iareo mb’amo kiborim-panjaka’ Israeleo; Iekizkia ana’e ty nandimbe aze nifehe.
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.
