2 Amakhosi 16

1 Ngomnyaka wetshumi lesikhombisa kaPhekha indodana kaRemaliya, u-Ahazi indodana kaJothamu inkosi yakoJuda waqalisa ukubusa.

in/on/with year seven ten year to/for Pekah son: child Remaliah to reign Ahaz son: child Jotham king Judah

2 U-Ahazi wayeleminyaka engamatshumi amabili esiba yinkosi, yena wabusa eJerusalema okweminyaka elitshumi lesithupha. Wayengafanani loyise uDavida, ngoba kazange enze ukulunga phambi kukaThixo.

son: aged twenty year Ahaz in/on/with to reign he and six ten year to reign in/on/with Jerusalem and not to make: do [the] upright in/on/with eye: appearance LORD God his like/as David father his

3 Wahamba ngezindlela zamakhosi ako-Israyeli waze wenza umnikelo wokutshiswa ngendodana yakhe, elandela izindlela zezizwe ezingamanyala uThixo ayezixotshe abako-Israyeli bengakangeni kulelolizwe.

and to go: walk in/on/with way: conduct king Israel and also [obj] son: child his to pass in/on/with fire like/as abomination [the] nation which to possess: take LORD [obj] them from face: before son: descendant/people Israel

4 Wanikela imihlatshelo njalo watshisa impepha ezindaweni zokukhonzela phezu kwamaqaqa langaphansi kwazo zonke izihlahla eziyizithingithingi.

and to sacrifice and to offer: offer in/on/with high place and upon [the] hill and underneath: under all tree luxuriant

5 Ngakho uRezini inkosi yama-Aramu kanye loPhekha indodana kaRemaliya inkosi yako-Israyeli basuka bayahlasela iJerusalema bavimbezela u-Ahazi, kodwa abazange bamehlule.

then to ascend: rise Rezin king Syria and Pekah son: child Remaliah king Israel Jerusalem to/for battle and to confine upon Ahaz and not be able to/for to fight

6 Ngalesosikhathi, uRezini inkosi yase-Aramu, wahluthuna i-Elathi wayibuyisela kuma-Aramu ngokududula abantu bakoJuda. Ama-Edomi ahle angena e-Elathi ahlala khona kuze kube lamuhla.

in/on/with time [the] he/she/it to return: rescue Rezin king Syria [obj] Elath to/for Syria and to slip [obj] [the] Jew from Eloth (and Edomite *Q(K)*) to come (in): come Elath and to dwell there till [the] day: today [the] this

7 U-Ahazi wathuma izithunywa ukuthi ziyekuthi kuThigilathi-Philesa inkosi yase-Asiriya, “Ngiyinceku yakho lesichaka. Woza uzongikhulula esandleni senkosi yase-Aramu lasesandleni senkosi yako-Israyeli, amakhosi angihlaselayo.”

and to send: depart Ahaz messenger to(wards) Tiglath-pileser Tiglath-pileser king Assyria to/for to say servant/slave your and son: child your I to ascend: rise and to save me from palm king Syria and from palm king Israel [the] to arise: attack upon me

8 Ngakho u-Ahazi wathatha isiliva legolide elafunyanwa ethempelini likaThixo lasezindlini zenotho zesigodlweni senkosi wakuthumela kwaba yisipho senkosi yase-Asiriya.

and to take: take Ahaz [obj] [the] silver: money and [obj] [the] gold [the] to find house: temple LORD and in/on/with treasure house: home [the] king and to send: depart to/for king Assyria bribe

9 Inkosi yase-Asiriya yahle yamhlomulela ngokuhlasela iDamaseko yayithumba. Yakhupha ababehlala khona yabaxotshela eKhiri njalo uRezini yahle yambulala.

and to hear: hear to(wards) him king Assyria and to ascend: rise king Assyria to(wards) Damascus and to capture her and to reveal: remove her Kir [to] and [obj] Rezin to die

10 Ngakho inkosi u-Ahazi yasisiya eDamaseko ukuze ibonane loThigilathi-Philesa inkosi yase-Asiriya. Yabona i-alithari eDamaseko yasithumela umdwebo walelo alithare ku-Uriya umphristi lengcazelo egcweleyo yokwakhiwa.

and to go: went [the] king Ahaz to/for to encounter: meet Tiglath-pileser Tiglath-pileser king Assyria Damascus and to see: see [obj] [the] altar which in/on/with Damascus and to send: depart [the] king Ahaz to(wards) Uriah [the] priest [obj] likeness [the] altar and [obj] pattern his to/for all deed: work his

11 Ngakho u-Uriya umphristi wasesakha i-alithari ngomdwebo owawuvela enkosini u-Ahazi eDamaseko waliqeda inkosi u-Ahazi ingakaphenduki.

and to build Uriah [the] priest [obj] [the] altar like/as all which to send: depart [the] king Ahaz from Damascus so to make Uriah [the] priest till to come (in): come [the] king Ahaz from Damascus

12 Inkosi ithe isivela eDamaseko yabona i-alithari yahle yayanikela kulo.

and to come (in): come [the] king from Damascus and to see: see [the] king [obj] [the] altar and to present: come [the] king upon [the] altar and to ascend: offer up upon him

13 Inkosi yanikela umnikelo wokutshiswa lomnikelo wamabele, yathela okunathwayo komnikelo, yachela igazi lomnikelo wobudlelwano e-alithareni.

and to offer: burn [obj] burnt offering his and [obj] offering his and to pour [obj] drink offering his and to scatter [obj] blood [the] peace offering which to/for him upon [the] altar

14 I-alithari lethusi elalimi phambi kukaThixo yaliletha livela ngaphambili ethempelini, phakathi kwe-alithari elitsha lethempeli likaThixo, yalifaka ngenyakatho ye-alithare elitsha.

and [obj] [the] altar [the] bronze which to/for face: before LORD and to present: come from with face: before [the] house: home from between [the] altar and from between house: temple LORD and to give: put [obj] him upon thigh [the] altar north [to]

15 Inkosi u-Ahazi yasilaya u-Uriya umphristi yathi, “Phezu kwe-alithari elikhulu elitsha, nikela umnikelo wokutshiswa wekuseni kuthi ntambama kube ngumnikelo wamabele, lomnikelo wabantu bonke elizweni, lomnikelo wabo wonke wamabele kanye lowokunathwayo. Chela i-alithari ngalo lonke igazi leminikelo yokutshiswa kanye lemihlatshelo. Kodwa ngizasebenzisa i-alithari lethusi ukucela iziqondiso.”

(and to command *Q(K)*) [the] king Ahaz [obj] Uriah [the] priest to/for to say upon [the] altar [the] great: large to offer: burn [obj] burnt offering [the] morning and [obj] offering [the] evening and [obj] burnt offering [the] king and [obj] offering his and [obj] burnt offering all people [the] land: country/planet and offering their and drink offering their and all blood burnt offering and all blood sacrifice upon him to scatter and altar [the] bronze to be to/for me to/for to enquire

16 Ngakho u-Uriya umphristi wenza njengokulaywa kwakhe yinkosi u-Ahazi.

and to make: do Uriah [the] priest like/as all which to command [the] king Ahaz

17 Inkosi u-Ahazi yasusa izinsimbi zenqodlana lemiganu phezulu, yethula uLwandle phezu kwenkabi zethusi ezazingaphansi kwalo, yalubeka phezu kwesisekelo selitshe.

and to cut [the] king Ahaz [obj] [the] perimeter [the] base and to turn aside: remove from upon them ([obj] *Q(K)*) [the] basin and [obj] [the] sea to go down from upon [the] cattle [the] bronze which underneath: under her and to give: put [obj] him upon pavement stone

18 Yasusa isembeso seSabatha esasakhiwe ethempelini, yavala intuba yokungena inkosi eyayiphandle kwethempeli likaThixo, ivumela okwakufunwa yinkosi yase-Asiriya.

and [obj] (portico *Q(K)*) [the] Sabbath which to build in/on/with house: home and [obj] entrance [the] king [the] outer to turn: surround house: temple LORD from face: because king Assyria

19 Ezinye izehlakalo ngombuso ka-Ahazi, kanye lokunye akwenzayo, akulotshwanga egwalweni lwembali yamakhosi akoJuda na?

and remainder word: deed Ahaz which to make: do not they(masc.) to write upon scroll: book Chronicles [the] day to/for king Judah

20 U-Ahazi waya ekuphumuleni kubokhokho bakhe eMzini kaDavida. UHezekhiya indodana yakhe yathatha ubukhosi.

and to lie down: be dead Ahaz with father his and to bury with father his in/on/with city David and to reign Hezekiah son: child his underneath: instead him