2 Seenaa 28
1 Aahaaz yeroo mootii taʼetti nama waggaa digdama ture; innis Yerusaalem keessa taaʼee waggaa kudha jaʼa ni bulche. Inni akka abbaa isaa akka Daawit fuula Waaqayyoo duratti waan qajeelaa hin hojjenne.
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 Inni karaa mootota Israaʼel duukaa buʼee Baʼaalin waaqeffachuuf jedhees waaqota tolfamoo baqsee ni tolche.
and was as sinful as the kings of Israel had been. He made idols of the god Baal.
3 Inni gochawwan jibbisiisoo saboota Waaqayyo fuula Israaʼelootaa duraa ariʼee baase sanaa hojjechuudhaan Sulula Ben Hinoom keessatti ixaana ni aarse; ilmaan isaa illee aarsaa godhee ibiddaan gube.
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 Innis iddoowwan sagadaa kanneen gaarran irraatti, fiixee gaarranii irrattii fi muka lalisaa hunda jalatti qalma dhiʼeessee, ixaanas aarse.
Ahaz offered sacrifices [to idols] at shrines on hilltops and under every big green tree.
5 Kanaafuu Waaqayyo Waaqni isaa dabarsee harka mootii Sooriyaatti isa kenne. Warri Sooriyaas isa moʼatanii namoota isaa hedduus boojiʼanii Damaasqootti geessan. Achii immoo inni harka mootii Israaʼelitti dabarfamee ni kenname; mootichis miidhaa guddaa isa irraan ni gaʼe.
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 Sababii sabni Yihuudaa Waaqayyo Waaqa abbootii isaa dhiiseef Pheqaan ilmi Remaaliyaa guyyaa tokkotti loltoota Yihuudaa kuma dhibba tokkoo fi digdama ni fixe.
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 Zikriin loltuun jabaan gosa Efreem sun immoo Maʼaseyaa ilma mootichaa, Azriiqaam ajajaa masaraa mootummaa fi Elqaanaa itti aanaa mootichaa ni ajjeese.
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 Israaʼeloonni firootuma isaanii irraa niitota, ilmaanii fi intallan kuma dhibba lama ni boojiʼan. Akkasumas boojuu akka malee baayʼee fudhatanii Samaariyaatti ni deebiʼan.
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 Garuu raajiin Waaqayyoo kan Oodeed jedhamu tokko achi ture; innis yeroo loltoonni Samaariyaadhaa deebiʼanitti isaan simachuuf ni baʼe. Innis akkana isaaniin jedhe; “Waaqayyo Waaqni abbootii keessanii waan Yihuudaatti aareef dabarsee harka keessanitti isaan kenne. Isin garuu dheekkamsa hamma samiitti ol fagaatuun isaan ni fixxan.
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 Ammas dhiirotaa fi dubartoota Yihuudaa fi Yerusaalem garboota keessan gochuu ni yaaddan. Isin mataan keessan iyyuu fuula Waaqayyo Waaqa keessanii duratti cubbuu hin hojjennee ree?
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 Mee na dhagaʼaa! Sababii dheekkamsi Waaqayyoo isinitti bobaʼeef namoota biyya keessanii kanneen boojitanii fiddan sana deebisaa.”
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 Ergasiis hangafoota namoota Efreem keessaa tokko tokko jechuunis Azaariyaa ilmi Yehohaanaan, Berekiyaan ilmi Meshileemoot, Yehiizqiiyaa ilmi Shaluumii fi Amaasaayi ilmi Hadilaay warra duulaa galaa jiran mormuudhaan
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 akkana jedhan; “Isin boojiʼamtoota kanneen as fiduu hin qabdan; yoo kanaa achii nu fuula Waaqayyoo duratti cubbamoota ni taana. Isin amma illee cubbuu fi balleessaa keenya ittuma dabaluu feetuu? Yakki keenya duraanuu baayʼateera; dheekkamsi isaa Israaʼelitti bobaʼeeraatii.”
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 Kanaafuu loltoonni fuula qondaaltotaatii fi yaaʼii guutuu duratti boojiʼamtootaa fi boojuu gad dhiisan.
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 Namoonni maqaan isaanii eerames loltoota harka boojiʼamtoota ni fuudhan; waan boojiʼame irraas warra qullaa jiran hundatti wayyaa ni uffisan. Isaanis uffataa fi kophee, waan nyaatamuu fi waan dhugamu illee ni kennaniif; dibatas isaan diban. Warra dadhaban hunda immoo harree irra teessisanii biyya firoonni isaanii jiran Magaalaa Meexxii sanatti gara Yerikootti isaan deebisanii ofii immoo Samaariyaatti ni dachaʼan.
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 Yeroo sanatti Aahaaz Mootichi gargaaraa argachuuf gara mootii Asooritti nama ergate.
About that time, King Ahaz sent [a message] to the king of Assyria requesting help.
17 Edoomonni ammas dhufanii Yihuudaatti balaa buusanii boojiʼamtoota fudhatanii deemanii turaniitii;
[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 Filisxeemonni immoo magaalaawwan gaarran jalaa fi kanneen gama kibba Yihuudaatti argaman weeraranii Beet Shemeshi, Ayaaloon, Gedeerooti, Sookoo, Tiimnaahi, Gimzoo fi gandoota naannoo isaanitti argaman qabatanii keessa ni qubatan.
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 Sababii Aahaaz mootichi Israaʼel saba Yihuudaa cubbuuf kakaasee ofii immoo Waaqayyoof amanamuu dideef Waaqayyo Yihuudaa ni salphise.
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 Tiiglaat-Philneeser mootichi Asoor gara isaa dhufee ture; taʼus inni qooda isa gargaaru rakkina isatti fide.
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 Aahaaz mana qulqullummaa Waaqayyoo keessaa, masaraa mootii fi mana ilmaan mootiitii waan tokko tokko fuudhee mootii Asooriif kennaa godhee ni dhiʼeesse; taʼus kunis isa hin gargaarre.
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 Aahaaz Mootichi yeroo rakkina isaa keessa illee ittuma caalchisee Waaqayyoof amanamuu ni dide.
While King Ahaz was experiencing those troubles, he disobeyed Yahweh even more.
23 Innis waaqota Damaasqoo kanneen isa moʼataniif aarsaa ni dhiʼeesse; “Waaqonni mootota Sooriyaa sababii isaan gargaaraniif akka isaan ana illee gargaaraniif ani aarsaa nan dhiʼeessaaf” jedhee yaadee tureetii. Isaan garuu kufaatii isaa fi kufaatii Israaʼel hundaa ni fidan.
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 Aahaaz miʼoota mana qulqullummaa Waaqaa walitti qabee fudhatee deeme. Balbalawwan mana qulqullummaa Waaqayyoos cufee golee daandiiwwan Yerusaalem hunda irratti iddoowwan aarsaa ni dhaabe.
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 Magaalaa Yihuudaa hunda keessattis waaqota biraaf ixaana aarsuuf iddoowwan sagadaa kanneen gaarran irraa ijaaree Waaqayyo Waaqa abbootii isaa dheekkamsaaf ni kakaase.
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 Wantoonni bara mootummaa isaa keessa jalqabaa hamma dhumaatti hojjetaman kanneen biraa fi akki inni itti jiraate hundi kitaaba mootota Yihuudaa fi Israaʼel keessatti barreeffamaniiru.
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 Aahaazis abbootii isaa wajjin boqotee magaalaa Yerusaalem keessatti ni awwaalame; garuu iddoo awwaala mootota Israaʼel keessa hin kaaʼamne. Ilmi isaa Hisqiyaas iddoo isaa buʼee mootii taʼe.
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.
