2 Mpanjaka 17
1 An-taom-paha folo-ro’ ambi’ i Ahkaze mpanjaka’ Iehodày ty niorota’ i Hosea ana’ i Elà nifehe Israele e Somerone ao sive taoñe.
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 Le nanoe’e haratiañe am-pivazohoa’ Iehovà, f’ie tsy nanahake o mpanjaka’ Israele taolo’eo.
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 Nionjomb’ ama’e mb’eo t’i Salmanesere mpanjaka’ i Asore; le ninjare mpitoro’e t’i Hosea vaho nandroroñe ama’e.
Shalmaneser, king of Assyria, came and attacked him, and Hoshea submitted to him and paid him tribute.
4 Fe nahaoniñe kilily amy Hosea ty mpanjaka’ i Asore, amy te nañitrifa’e ìrake t’i So, mpanjaka’ i Mitsraime vaho tsy ninday rorotse amy mpanjaka’ i Asorey manahake ty lili’e boa-taoñe; aa le narindri’e an-drohy am-porozò ao.
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 Nionjomb’eo nanitsike i tane iabiy ty mpanjaka’ i Asore le nigodañe mb’e Somerone vaho niarikatok’ aze telo taoñe.
Then the king of Assyria invaded the whole country, and attacked Samaria, besieging it for three years.
6 Amy taom-paha sive’ i Hoseay, le naname i Somerone ty mpanjaka’ i Asore vaho nendese’e mb’e Asore mb’ eo t’Israele le napo’e e Kalake vaho e Kabore marine ty rano Gozane an-drova’ o nte-Madaio añe.
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 Toly amy zao ty hakeo’ o ana’ Israeleo amy Iehovà Andrianañahare’ iareo, i nañakats’ iareo an-tane’ Mitsraime boak’ am-pità’ i Parò mpanjaka’ i Mitsraimey, ie nañeveñe amo ‘ndrahare ila’eo
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 naho nañavelo am-pañè’ o kilakila’ ondaty rinoa’ Iehovà añatrefa’ o ana’ Israeleoo vaho ty amo sata’ o mpanjaka’ Israeleo.
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 Nanoe’ o ana’ Israeleo am’ Iehovà Andrianañahare’ iareo añ’etak’ ao o tsy havokarañeo, nandranjy toets’ abo an-drova’ iareo iaby, boak’ am-pitalakesañ’ abo pak’ an-drova mifahetse.
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 Naho najado’ iareo amy ze atao haboañe naho ambane’ ze hatae mandrevake iaby o Aserào naho o hazomangao;
They set up pagan stone pillars and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.
11 le nañembok’ ao manahake o kilakila’ ondaty sinoi’ Iehovà aolo’ iareoo, vaho nandranjy raha tsereheñe hampiviñetse Iehovà;
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 ie nitoroñe o hazomanga nafè’ Iehovà am’ iereoo ty hoe: Ko manao zao.
They worshiped idols, even though the Lord had told them, “You are not to do this.”
13 Mbore nanjehazehà’ Iehovà t’Israele naho Iehodà, añamo mpitokio naho o mpioniñe iabio, ami’ty hoe: Iambohò o sata rati’ areoo, naho ambeno o fepèkoo naho o fañèko amy Hake liniliko an-droae’ areo vaho nampihitrifeko ama’ areo am-pità’ o mpitoky mpitorokooy.
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 Fe tsy hinao’ iereo, te mone nampijiringàm-pititia, manahake o fititian-droae’ iareoo, ie mboe lia’e tsy niato amy Iehovà Andrianañahare’ iareo.
But they refused listen, and they were as stubborn as their forefathers who did not trust the Lord their God.
15 Natorifi’ iereo o fañè’eo naho i nifañinà’e aman-droae’ iareoy naho o taroñe nizehazehà’e am’ iereoo; nañorike hakoahañe iereo naho ninjare kòake, le nañorike o kilakila’ ndaty nañohoke iareoo; o nafanto’ Iehovà am’ iereoo te tsy itsikombeañe.
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 Nado’ iareo ze hene lili’ Iehovà Andrianañahare’ iareo, naho nampitranahe’ iareo Aserà, naho bania roe, naho nampitroatse hazomanga naho nitalaho amy valobohòn-dindiñey, vaho nitoroñe i Baale.
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 Nampirangae’ iereo añ’ afo o ana-dahy naho anak’ ampela’ iareoo, naho nanikily vaho namoreke, le nandeta-batañe hanao haloloañe am-pivazohoa’ Iehovà hiviñera’e.
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 Aa le niviñera’ Iehovà t’Israele vaho nafaha’e am-pivazohoa’e; leo raike tsy napo’e naho tsy i fifokoa’ Iehodày avao.
So the Lord was extremely angry with Israel, and he banished them from his presence. Only the tribe of Judah was left,
19 Toe tsy nambena’ Iehoda ka o lili’ Iehovà Andrianañahare’ iareoo te mone nañavelo amo fañè’ nitoloña’ Israeleo.
but even Judah did not keep the commandments of the Lord their God, but followed the idolatry that Israel had introduced.
20 Fonga naforintse’ Iehovà ty tarira’ Israele, le nampisotrie’e naho natolo’e am-pitam-pamaoke vaho nahifi’e boak’ am-pivazohoa’e.
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 Rinia’e boak’ añ’ anjomba’ i Davide ao iereo; le nanoe’ iereo mpanjaka t’Iarovame ana’ i Nebate, le nasinta’ Iarovame tsy hañorike Iehovà t’Israele, ie nampanaña’e hakeo jabajaba.
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 Fonga nañavelo amo tahi’ Iarovameo; tsy nisitaha’ iareo;
The Israelites continued to practice all the sins that Jeroboam committed. They did not stop doing them,
23 ampara’ te nasinta’ Iehovà am-pivazohoa’e t’Israele, amy tsinara’e am-pità’ ze hene mpitoky mpitoro’ey. Aa le nasese an-drohy boak’ an-tane’e ao t’Israele, mb’e Asore añe am-para’ te henane.
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 Ninday ondaty boak’e Bavele naho Kote, naho Avà, naho Kamate, naho Sefarvaine añe ty mpanjaka’ i Asore, vaho navotra’e amo rova’ i Someroneo handimbe Israele; le nifanaña’ iareo t’i Somerone vaho nimoneñe amo rova’eo.
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 Ie namototse nimoneñe ao, naho mboe tsy nañeveñe am’ Iehovà, le nañiraha’ Iehovà liona nanjevoñe ty ila’e.
When they first started living there they did not worship the Lord, so he sent lions there among them, killing some of them.
26 Aa le nanao ty hoe amy mpanjaka’ i Asorey iereo: Tsy fohi’ ze kilakila ‘ndaty navì’o naho navotra’o amo rova’ i Someroneo ty lilin’ Andrianañahare’ i taney; toly ndra nañiraha’e liona, le inao, ie tsy mahafohiñe o lilin’ Añahare’ i taneio ty namonoa’ o lionao.
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 Le hoe ty nandilia’ i mpanjaka’ i Asorey: Andeso mpisoroñe raike hirik’ amo nasese’ areo boak’aoo; le ampom-bao mb’eo himoneñe ao hañòke iareo ty lilin’ Andrianañahare’ i taney.
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 Aa le nimb’ eo ty raik’ amo mpisoroñe nendeseñe boake Someroneo le nimoneñe e Betele ao, vaho nanare’e ty hañeveñe am’ Iehovà.
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 Fe fonga namboatse ty ‘ndrahare’e i fifeheañe rey, le napo’e amo toets’ abo rinanji’ o nte-Someroneoo, songa fifeheañe an-drova nimoneña’e ao.
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 Namboare’ o nte-Baveleo ty Sokote-benote, naho namboare’ o nte-Koseo t’i Nergale, naho namboare’ o nte-Kamateo ty Asimae;
Those from Babylon made Sukkoth Benoth, those from Kuthah made Nergal, and those from Hamath made Ashima.
31 naho namboare’ o nte-Avìo ty Nibkaze naho i Tartake vaho sinodo’ o nte-Sefarvaineo amy Adrameleke naho i Anameleke, ‘ndrahare’ o nte-Sefarvaimeo, añ’afo ao o ana’ iareoo.
The Avvites made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites sacrificed their children as burnt offerings to their gods Adrammelech and Anammelech.
32 Mbore nañeveñe amy Iehovà, mbore noriza’ iareo boak’ am’ iareo ao ty mpisoron-toets’ abo hitoloñe amo kibohon-toets’ aboo ho a iareo.
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 Nañondrañe am’ Iehovà iereo mbore nitoroñe o ‘ndrahare’ iareoo, ami’ty sata’ o kilakila’ndaty nañakarañe iareo boak’ am-pandrohizañe añeo.
So even though they worshiped the Lord, they also worshiped their own gods following the practices of the nations they had come from.
34 Mbe mañorike ty sata’ iareo taolo pak’ androany, tsy añeveña’ iareo t’Iehovà, tsy ambena’ iareo o fañè’eo naho o fepè’eo naho i Tsara’ey vaho o fepètse linili’ Iehovà o ana’ Iakobe nikanjie’e ty hoe Israeleoo;
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 ie nanoa’ Iehovà fañina, vaho nafanto’e am’iereo ty hoe; Ko hembañe amo ‘ndrahare ila’eo, ko ibokobokoañe ndra itoroñañe, ndra isoroñañe;
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 fa Iehovà nañakatse anahareo an-tane Mitsraime an-kaozaran-dra’elahy naho am-pitàñe natorakitsi’e, Ie ty añeveña’ areo, le Ie ty italahoa’ areo vaho Ie ty hisoroña’ areo;
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 le o fañèo naho o fepètseo naho i Hake vaho o lily sinoki’e ama’ areoo ro hambena’ areo hanoeñe nainai’e; fa tsy añeveñañe o ‘ndrahare ila’eo;
Always pay attention to observe the regulations, requirements, laws, and commandments he gave you in writing, and don't worship other gods.
38 le ko haliño i fañina nanoeko ama’ areoy; vaho ko hembañe amo ‘ndrahare ila’eo;
Don't forget the agreement I have made with you, and don't worship other gods.
39 Iehovà Andrianañahare’ areo avao ty añeveña’ areo; le Ie ty hamotsotse anahareo am-pità’ o fonga rafelahio.
You must worship only the Lord your God, and he will save you from all your enemies.”
40 F’ie tsy nañaoñe, te mone nanao ty nahazatse.
But they refused to listen, and continued their former idolatrous practices.
41 Aa le nañeveñe am’ Iehovà o fifeheañeo mbore nitoroñe o hazomanga’ iareoo; orihe’ o ana’eo naho o anan’ ana’eo ty satan-droae’ iareo pak’androany.
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.
