2 Mga Hari 17
1 Sa ika-labindalawang taon ni Ahaz hari ng Juda, nagsimula ang paghahari ni Hosea anak ni Ela. Siyam na taon niyang pinamunuan ang buong Israel sa Samaria.
Elah’s son Hoshea began to rule Israel after King Ahaz had ruled Judah for twelve years. Hoshea ruled in Samaria for nine years.
2 Ginawa niya ang masama sa paningin ni Yahweh, gayon man hindi katulad ng mga nakaraang hari ng Israel.
He did many things that Yahweh considered to be evil, but he did not do as many evil things as the previous kings of Israel had done.
3 Nilusob siya ni Salmaneser hari ng Asiria, at naging lingkod niya si Hosea at nagbigay sa kaniya ng buwis.
[The army of] King Shalmaneser of Assyria attacked and defeated [the army of] King Hoshea. As a result, the Israelis were forced to pay a lot of tribute/taxes to Assyria each year.
4 Pagkatapos nabatid ng hari ng Asiria na si Hoesa ay nagbabalak laban sa kaniya, dahil nagsugo ng mga mensahero si Hosea kay So hari ng Ehipto; gayundin, hindi siya nagbibigay ng buwis sa hari ng Asiria, tulad ng ginagawa niya taon-taon. Kaya ang hari ng Asiria ay iginapos at ikinulong siya.
But several years later, Hoshea secretly planned to rebel against the rulers of Assyria. He sent messengers to So/Osorkon, the king of Egypt, [asking if his army could help the Israelis fight against the army of Assyria]. Hoshea also stopped paying the tribute/taxes that he had been paying to Assyria every year. But the king of Assyria found out about those things, so he told his officers to put Hoshea in prison.
5 Pagkatapos nilusob ng hari ng Asiria ang buong lupain, at nilusob ang Samaria at sinakop ito sa loob ng tatlong taon.
Then he [brought the army of] Assyria to Israel, and they attacked everywhere in that land. His army surrounded Samaria [city] for three years.
6 Sa ika-siyam na taon ni Hosea, sinakop ng hari ng Asiria ang Samaria at dinalang bihag ang Israel sa Asiria. Dinala niya sila sa Hala, sa Ilog Habor sa Gozan, at sa mga lungsod ng Medes.
Finally, after King Hoshea had been ruling Israel for nine years, the army of Assyria [MTY] [forcefully entered] the city [and] captured [the people]. They took the Israeli people to Assyria and forced some of them to live in Halah [town]. They forced others to live near the Habor River in Gozan district. They forced others to live in the towns where the Mede people-group lived.
7 Ang pagkakabihag na ito ay naganap dahil ang mga Israelita ay nagkasala laban kay Yahweh ang kanilang Diyos, na naglabas sa kanila mula sa lupain ng Egipto, mula sa kapangyarihan ng Faraon hari ng Egipto. Ang mga tao ay sumasamba sa ibang mga diyos at
Those things happened because the Israeli people had sinned against Yahweh their God. He had rescued their [ancestors] from the power [MTY] of the king of Egypt and brought them [safely] out of Egypt, but later they began to worship other gods.
8 sinusundan ang mga kaugalian ng mga bansang itinaboy ni Yahweh sa harapan ng mga Israelita, at sa mga kaugalian ginagawa ng mga hari ng Israel.
They imitated the things that the heathen/pagan people-groups did. Those were the groups that Yahweh had expelled as the Israelis occupied their land. The Israeli people also did the evil things that the kings of Israel (introduced/showed to them).
9 Ang mga Israelita ay palihim na gumawa ng mga bagay na hindi matuwid laban kay Yahweh ang kanilang Diyos. Nagtayo sila ng mga dambana sa lahat ng lungsod, mula sa tore ng tagabantay hanggang sa pinagtibay na lungsod.
The Israeli people also secretly did many things that were not pleasing to Yahweh their God. They built shrines [to worship idols] in all their cities, including small towns and big cities with walls around them.
10 Nagtayo rin sila ng mga banal na batong poste at poste ni Asera sa bawat burol at lilim ng luntiang puno.
They set up stone pillars [to honor gods], and poles [to worship the goddess] Asherah at the top of every high hill and under every [big] tree.
11 Nagsunog sila ng insenso roon sa mga dambana, tulad ng mga ginagawa ng mga bansa, silang mga itinaboy ni Yahweh sa kanilang harapan. Nagsagawa ang mga Israelita ng mga masasamang bagay na nagpagalit kay Yahweh;
The Israelis burned incense in every place where they worshiped those gods, just like the people-groups who lived there previously had done—the groups that Yahweh had expelled from the land. The Israelis did many wicked things that caused Yahweh to become angry.
12 sumamba sila sa diyus-diyosan, na sinabi ni Yahweh sa kanila, ''huwag ninyo itong gagawin.''
Yahweh warned them many times that they should not worship idols, but they did it anyway.
13 Gayon man si Yahweh ay nagpahayag sa Israel at sa Juda sa bawat propeta at sugo, sinasabing, ''Talikuran ang inyong masasamang gawa at sundin aking mga utos at aking mga bilin, at maingat na sundin lahat ng batas aking pinag-utos sa inyong mga ama, at aking ipinabatid sa inyo sa pamamagitan ng aking mga lingkod ang mga propeta.''
Yahweh frequently sent his prophets and (seers/those who saw visions from Yahweh) to warn the people of Israel and the people of Judah. The message that Yahweh gave them was, “Turn away from all your evil behavior. Obey my commands and my laws, the laws that I told your ancestors [to obey] and which I told the prophets who served me to tell to you [again].”
14 Pero hindi sila nakikinig; sa halip sila ay nagmamatigas tulad ng kanilang mga ninuno na hindi nagtiwala kay Yahweh ang kanilang Diyos.
But the Israeli people would not pay attention. They were stubborn [IDM] just like their ancestors were. Just like their ancestors did, they refused to believe in Yahweh their God.
15 Tinanggihan nila ang kaniyang kautusan at ang tipang ginawa sa pagitan niya at kanilang mga ninuno, at mga utos sa tipan na kaniyang binigay sa kanila. Sinunod nila ang mga walang kabuluhang kaugalian at maging sila mismo ay naging walang kabuluhan. Sinundan nila ang mga paganong bansang nakapaligid sa kanila, silang pinag-utos na Yahweh na huwag gagayahin.
They rejected Yahweh’s laws and the agreement that he had made with their ancestors. They ignored Yahweh’s warnings. They worshiped worthless idols and as a result they themselves became worthless. Although Yahweh had commanded them not to imitate the evil behavior of the people-groups that lived near them, they disobeyed that command.
16 Sinuway nilang lahat ang mga utos ni Yahweh na kanilang Diyos. Gumawa sila ng imahe ng dalawang batang baka mula sa hinulmang bakal para sambahin. Gumawa sila ng poste ni Asera, at sinamba lahat ng bituin sa langit at si Baal.
The Israeli people disobeyed all of Yahweh’s commands. They made two metal calves [to worship]. They set up two poles [to worship the goddess] Asherah, and they worshiped [the god] Baal, and the sun, the moon, and the stars.
17 Inalay nila ang kanilang mga anak na lalaki at babae sa apoy bilang mga handog na susunugin, gumamit ng panghuhula at panggagayuma, pinagbili kanilang mga sarili para gawin ang masama sa paningin ni Yahweh, at siya ay galitin.
They also burned their own sons and daughters to be sacrifices [to those gods]. They went to fortune-tellers and they practiced sorcery. They continually chose [MET] to do [all kinds of] evil things that caused Yahweh to become angry.
18 Kaya galit na galit sa Israel si Yahweh at inalis sila sa kaniyang paningin. Walang ibang natira maliban sa lipi ni Juda.
So, because Yahweh was very angry with the Israeli people, he allowed [their enemies] to take them away [from their country]. Only the people of the tribe of Judah were left [in the land].
19 Kahit ang Juda ay hindi sinunod ang mga utos ni Yahweh ang kanilang Diyos, pero sa halip ay sinundan din ang mga kaugaliang sinusunod ng Israel.
But even the people of Judah did not obey the commands of Yahweh their God. They imitated the evil customs that the Israelis had introduced.
20 Kaya tinanggihan ni Yahweh lahat ng lahi ng Israel; pinahirapan niya sila at ibinigay sila sa kamay ng mga taong aako sa kanila bilang bagay na samsam, hanggang itinaboy niya sila sa kaniyang harapan.
So Yahweh rejected all the people of Israel and of Judah. He punished them by allowing the armies of other nations to defeat them [and take them away]. He got rid of all of them.
21 Pinilas niya ang Israel sa maharlikang angkan ni David, at ginawa nilang hari si Jeroboam anak ni Nebat. Nilihis ni Jeroboam ang Israel mula sa pagsunod kay Yahweh at hinayaan gumawa ng isang malaking kasalanan.
Earlier, when Yahweh allowed the people of Israel to separate/break away from the area [MTY] that King David [had estabished], they chose Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, to be their king. Then Jeroboam enticed the people of Israel to stop worshiping Yahweh [and to worship idols instead]. He led them to commit great sins.
22 Sinunod ng mga Israelita lahat ng pagkakasala ni Jeroboam at hindi nilisan ang mga ito,
And the Israeli people continued to do the evil things that Jeroboam introduced. They did not turn away from those sins,
23 kaya inalis ni Yahweh ang Israel sa kaniyang paningin, gaya ng sinabi niya sa lahat ng kaniyang mga lingkod ang mga propeta na gagawin niya. Kaya ang Israel ay tinanggay sa Asiria mula sa sarili niyang lupain, at ito ang kalagayan hanggang sa araw na ito.
until finally Yahweh got rid of them. That was just what his prophets had warned would happen. The Israeli people were taken away to the land of Assyria, and they still remain there.
24 Nagdala ng mga tao ang hari ng Asiria mula Babilonia at mula Cuta, at mula Avva, at mula Hamat at Separvaim, at inilagay sila sa mga lungsod ng Samaria kapalit ng mga Israelita. Pinamahalaan nila ang Samaria at nanirahan sa mga lungsod nito.
The king of Assyria [ordered his soldiers to] take [groups of] people from Babylon, Cuthah, Avva, Hamath, and Sepharvaim [cities] to [the] Samaria [region], and to resettle them in the towns there, to take the place of the Israelis [who lived there previously]. Those people took control over [the whole] Samaria [region] and lived in the towns there.
25 Naganap ito sa simula ng kanilang paninirahan doon na hindi nila pinarangalan si Yahweh. Kaya nagsugo ng mga leon si Yahweh sa kalagitnaan nila na pumatay ng ilan sa kanila.
But those people [who came from other countries] did not worship Yahweh when they first arrived in Samaria. So Yahweh sent lions to kill some of them.
26 Kaya sila ay nakipag-usap sa hari ng Asiria, nagsabing, ''Ang bansang dinala mo at inilagay sa mga lungsod ng Samaria ay walang alam sa mga kaugaliang hinihingi ng diyos ng lupain. Kaya siya ay nagsugo ng mga leon sa aming kalagitnaan, at, tingnan mo, pinapatay ng mga leon ang mga tao dahil hindi nila alam ang kaugaliang hinihingi ng diyos ng lupain.
Then those people sent a message to the king of Assyria. They wrote, “We people who have resettled in the towns in Samaria do not know how to worship the God [that the Israelis worshiped] in this land. So he has sent lions among us to kill us, because we have not worshiped him correctly.”
27 Pagkatapos pinag-utos ng hari ng Asiria, sinasabing, '''Kunin ang isa sa mga pari na dinala mo mula roon, at pakawalan siya at hayaang mamuhay doon, at hayaang siyang turuan sila ng kaugaliang hinihingi ng diyos ng lupain.''
[When] the king of Assyria [read this letter, he] commanded [his officers], “You brought many priests here from Samaria. Send one of them back there. Tell him to teach the people who are now living there how to worship correctly the God whom the Israelis worshiped in that land.”
28 Kaya ang isang pari na kanilang dinala mula sa Samaria ay dumating at namuhay sa Bethel; sila ay tinuruan niya kung paano nila dapat pararangalan si Yahweh.
So [the officers did that]. They sent one of the Israeli priests back to Samaria. That priest went to live in Bethel [city], and he taught the people there how to worship Yahweh.
29 Ang bawat katutubo ay gumagawa ng kanilang sariling diyos, at nilalagay sila sa mga dambana na ginawa ng mga Samaritano - bawat katutubo sa mga lungsod kung saan sila naninirahan.
But the people [who returned from Babylon and started to live in Samaria and] continued to make their own idols. They placed them in the shrines that the Israelis had built there. The people of each people-group made idols in the cities in which they were living.
30 Ginawa ng taga-Babilonia si Succot Benot; ginawa ng taga-Cut si Nergal; ginawa ng taga-Hamat si Asima;
The people from Babylon made idols to represent their god Succoth-Benoth. The people from Cuthah made idols to represent their god Nergal. The people from Hamath made idols to represent their god Ashima.
31 ginawa ng mga Awites si Nibhaz at Tartak; at sinunog ng mga Sefarvita ang kanilang mga anak kay Adrammelek at Anammelek, ang mga diyos ng mga Sefarvita.
The people of Avva made idols to represent their gods Nibhaz and Tartak. The people from Sepharvaim sacrificed their own children. They completely burned them [in pits where hot fires were kept burning, ] as offerings to their gods Adrammelech and Anammelech.
32 Pinarangalan din nila si Yahweh, at nagtalaga mula sa kanilang sarili ng mga pari sa mga matataas na lugar, na nag-aalay para sa kanila sa templo sa mga dambana.
But those people also worshiped Yahweh, and they appointed from among their own groups many people to be priests at the shrines on the tops of the hills, in order that those priests could offer sacrifices for them there.
33 Pinarangalan nila si Yahweh at sumamba rin sa kanilang mga diyos, sa kaugalian ng mga bansa pinanggalingan nila.
So they revered Yahweh, but they also worshiped their own gods, just as the people living in the countries from which they had been taken to Samaria did.
34 Sa mga araw na ito nanatili sila sa kanilang sinaunang kaugalian. Hindi nila pinararangalan si Yahweh, ni sundin nila ang mga bilin, atas, ang batas, o ang utos na ibinigay ni Yahweh sa bayan ni Jacob - na siyang pinangalanang Israel -
They still keep their old customs. They really do not worship Yahweh, and they do not obey all the laws and commands that Yahweh gave to the descendants of Jacob, to whom he gave the new name Israel.
35 at sa kanila nakipagtipan si Yahweh at inutusan sila, ''Huwag ninyong katatakutan ang ibang mga diyos, ni yuyukod sa mga iyon, ni sasambahin sila, ni mag-aalay sa kanila.
Yahweh had previously made an agreement with their ancestors, commanding them not to worship other gods or bow down to honor them or do other things to please them or offer sacrifices to them.
36 Pero si Yahweh, na naglabas sa inyo mula sa lupain ng Egipto nang may dakilang kapangyarihan at isang nakataas na kamay, ay siyang ninyong pararangalan; sa kaniya kayo magpapatirapa, at mag-aalay.
He had said to them, “You must have an awesome respect for me, Yahweh, the one who brought you out of Egypt with my very great power [DOU]. I am the one whom you must bow down to honor, and I am the one to whom you must offer sacrifices.
37 Ang mga kautusan at mga atas, ang batas at ang mga utos na sinulat niya sa inyo, ay dapat ninyong sundin magpakailanman. Kaya hindi ninyo dapat katakutan ang ibang mga diyos,
You must always obey the laws and commands that I [told Moses to] write for you. You must not worship other gods.
38 at ang tipang ginawa ko sa inyo, ay hindi ninyo makalilimutan; at hindi ninyo pararangalan ang ibang mga diyos.
And you must not forget the agreement that I made with your ancestors. You must not revere other gods.
39 Pero si Yahweh inyong Diyos ay siyang ninyong pararangalan. Siya ang magliligtas sa iyo mula sa kapangyarihan ng inyong mga kaaway.''
Instead, you must revere me, Yahweh, your God. If you do that, I will rescue you from the power [MTY] of all your enemies.”
40 Hindi sila makikinig, dahil patuloy nilang ginagawa ang ginawa nila dati.
But the people [from those foreign nations] would not heed what Yahweh said. Instead, they continued to adhere to their old customs.
41 Kaya may takot ang mga bansang ito kay Yahweh at sinamba rin ang kanilang mga inukit na imahe, at ganoon din ang ginawa ng kanilang mga anak - tulad ng ginawa ng kanilang mga apo. Nagpapatuloy sila sa ginawa ng kanilang ninuno, hanggang sa araw na ito.
So, they worshiped Yahweh, but they also worshiped their idols. And their descendants still do the same thing.
