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1 ʻI hono hongofulu ma fitu ʻoe taʻu ʻo Peka ko e foha ʻo Limalia naʻe kamata pule ʻa ʻAhasi ko e foha ʻo Sotami ko e tuʻi ʻo Siuta.
When Pekah had been ruling Israel for almost 17 years, Ahaz, the son of Jotham, became the king of Judah.
2 Naʻe uofulu taʻu ʻae motuʻa ʻa ʻAhasi ʻi heʻene kamata pule, pea naʻa ne pule ʻi he taʻu ʻe hongofulu ma ono ʻi Selūsalema, pea naʻe ʻikai te ne faitotonu ʻi he ʻao ʻo Sihova ko hono ʻOtua, ke hangē ko Tevita ko ʻene tamai.
He was 20 years old when he became the king [of Judah]. He ruled from Jerusalem for 16 years. He did not do things that pleased Yahweh his God, good things like his ancestor King David had done.
3 Ka naʻa ne ʻeveʻeva ʻi he hala ʻoe ngaahi tuʻi ʻo ʻIsileli, ʻio, naʻa ne puleʻi ke ʻalu atu ʻa hono foha ʻi he lotolotonga ʻoe afi, ʻo fakatatau mo e ngaahi ngāue fakalielia ʻae kakai hiteni, ʻakinautolu naʻe kapusi atu ʻe Sihova mei he ʻao ʻoe fānau ʻa ʻIsileli.
Instead, he was as sinful as the kings of Israel had been. He even sacrificed his son as an offering to idols. That was worse than the disgusting things that the people who previously lived there had done, people whom Yahweh had expelled as the Israelis were advancing through the land.
4 Pea naʻa ne fai feilaulau mo tutu ʻae meʻa namu kakala ʻi he ngaahi potu māʻolunga, pea ʻi he ngaahi tafungofunga, pea ʻi he lolo ʻakau mata kotoa pē.
Ahaz offered sacrifices and burned incense [to honor Yahweh] on the tops of many hills and under many [HYP] big trees, [instead of in Jerusalem as Yahweh had commanded].
5 Pea naʻe toki hoko hake ki Selūsalema ʻa Lisini ko e tuʻi ʻo Silia mo Peka ko e foha ʻo Limalia ko e tuʻi ʻo ʻIsileli, ke na tauʻi ia: pea naʻa na kāpui ʻa ʻAhasi ʻaki ʻae tau, ka naʻe ʻikai te na mafai ʻa hono fakavaivaiʻi.
While he was the king of Judah, King Rezin of Assyria and King Pekah of Israel [came with their armies] and attacked Jerusalem. They surrounded the city, but they could not conquer it.
6 Pea ʻi he kuonga ko ia naʻe toe maʻu ʻe Lisini ko e tuʻi ʻo Silia, ʻa Elati ke toka ki Silia, pea naʻa ne kapusi ʻae kakai Siu mei Elati: pea naʻe hoko mai ʻae kakai Silia ki Elati, ʻonau nofo ai ʻo aʻu mai ki he ʻaho ni.
At that time the [army of the] king of Edom expelled the people of Judah who were living in Elath [city]. Some of the people of Edom started to live there, and they are still living there.
7 Ko ia naʻe fekau atu ai ʻae kau talafekau meia ʻAhasi kia Tekilati-Pilesa ko e tuʻi ʻo ʻAsilia, ʻo pehē, “Ko hoʻo tamaioʻeiki pea ko ho foha au; ka ke meʻa mai, mo fakamoʻui au mei he nima ʻoe tuʻi ʻo Silia, pea mei he nima ʻoe tuʻi ʻo ʻIsileli, ʻaia kuo tuʻu hake ke tauʻi au.”
King Ahaz sent messengers to King Tiglath-Pileser of Assyria, to tell this message to him: “I promise that I will completely do what you tell me to do, [as though] I [was] your son. Please come and rescue us from the armies of Syria and Israel who are attacking my country.”
8 Pea naʻe toʻo mai ʻe ʻAhasi ʻae siliva mo e koula ʻaia naʻe ʻilo ʻi he fale ʻo Sihova, pea ʻi he ngaahi tukunga koloa ʻi he fale ʻoe tuʻi, mo ne ʻave ia ko e meʻaʻofa ki he tuʻi ʻo ʻAsilia.
Ahaz took the silver and gold that was in the palace and in the temple and sent it to Assyria to be a present/gift for the king of Assyria.
9 Pea naʻe tui kiate ia ʻe he tuʻi ʻo ʻAsilia: he naʻe ʻalu hake ʻae tuʻi ʻo ʻAsilia ke tauʻi ʻa Tamasikusi, pea naʻa ne lavaʻi ia, mo ne ʻave pōpula ʻae kakai mei ai ki Kili, pea naʻa ne tāmateʻi ʻa Lisini.
So Tiglath-Pileser did what Ahaz requested. His army marched to Damascus and captured it, and they took the people of Damascus as prisoners to live in the capital city of Assyria, and executed [King] Rezin.
10 Pea naʻe ʻalu ʻae tuʻi ko ʻAhasi ki Tamasikusi ke feʻiloaki mo Tekilati-Pilesa ko e tuʻi ʻo ʻAsilia, pea naʻa ne mamata ki ha feilaulauʻanga ʻaia naʻe ʻi Tamasikusi: pea naʻe fekau atu ʻe he tuʻi ko ʻAhasi kia Ulisa ko e taulaʻeiki ʻa hono fakatātā ʻoe feilaulauʻanga, pea mo hono fuofua ʻo ia, ʻo fakatatau mo hono teunga kotoa pē.
When King Ahaz went to Damascus to meet King Tiglath-Pileser, he saw the altar that was there. So he sent to Uriah, the Supreme Priest [in Jerusalem], a drawing of the altar and a model that was exactly like the altar in Damascus.
11 Pea naʻe langa ʻe Ulisa ko e taulaʻeiki ha feilaulauʻanga naʻe tatau ʻaupito mo ia naʻe fakahā mai ʻe ʻAhasi mei Tamasikusi: ko ia naʻe ngaohi ia ʻe Ulisa ko e taulaʻeiki ke ne tali ʻaki ʻae toe liliu mai ʻae tuʻi ko ʻAhasi mei Tamasikusi.
So Uriah built an altar [in Jerusalem], following the drawing that King Ahaz had sent. Uriah finished the altar before Ahaz returned [to Jerusalem] from Damascus.
12 Pea ʻi heʻene liliu mai ʻae tuʻi mei Tamasikusi, naʻe mamata ʻe he tuʻi ki he feilaulauʻanga: pea naʻe ʻunuʻunu mai ʻae tuʻi ki he feilaulauʻanga pea naʻa ne fai feilaulau ʻi ai.
When the king returned from Damascus, he saw the altar. He went to it
13 Pea naʻa ne tutu ʻa ʻene feilaulau tutu mo ʻene feilaulau meʻakai, mo ne lilingi ʻa ʻene feilaulau inu, pea naʻa ne luluku ʻae toto ʻo ʻene ngaahi feilaulau fakamelino, ki he feilaulauʻanga.
and burned animal sacrifices and a grain offering on it. He also poured a wine offering on it and threw on it the blood of the offerings to maintain fellowship with God.
14 Pea naʻa ne ʻomi foki ʻae feilaulauʻanga palasa, ʻaia naʻe tuʻu ʻi he ʻao ʻo Sihova, mei he mata fale, mei he vahaʻa ʻoe feilaulauʻanga pea mo e fale ʻo Sihova, pea naʻa ne fokotuʻu ia ki he potu fakatokelau ʻoe feilaulauʻanga.
The old bronze altar which had been dedicated long ago to Yahweh was between the new altar and the temple, so Ahaz moved it to the north side of his new altar, [which was bigger than the old altar].
15 Pea naʻe fekau ʻe he tuʻi ko ʻAhasi kia Ulisa ko e taulaʻeiki, ʻo pehē, “Te ke tutu ki he feilaulauʻanga lahi ʻae feilaulau tutu ʻoe pongipongi, mo e feilaulau meʻakai ʻoe efiafi, mo e feilaulau tutu ʻae tuʻi, pea mo ʻene feilaulau meʻakai, fakataha mo e feilaulau tutu ʻae kakai kotoa pē ʻoe fonua, mo ʻenau feilaulau meʻakai, mo ʻenau ngaahi feilaulau inu; pea luluku ki ai ʻae toto kotoa pē ʻoe feilaulau tutu, mo e toto ʻoe meʻa feilaulau kotoa pē: ka ʻe tuku ʻae feilaulauʻanga palasa ke u lotu ai au.”
Then King Ahaz ordered Uriah: “Each morning put on this new altar the sacrifices that will be completely burned, and in the evening put on it the grain offering, along with my offering and the offerings that the people bring, ones that will be completely burned, and my grain offering and the people’s grain and wine offerings. Pour against the sides of the altar the blood of all the animals that are sacrificed. But the old bronze altar will be only for me to use to find out what Yahweh wants me to do.”
16 Naʻe fai pehē ʻe Ulisa ko e taulaʻeiki, ʻo hangē ko ia kotoa pē naʻe fekau ʻe he tuʻi ko ʻAhasi.
So Uriah did what the king commanded him to do.
17 Pea naʻe tuʻusi ʻe he tuʻi ko ʻAhasi ʻae tapa ʻoe ngaahi tuʻunga, mo ne hiki mei ai ʻae ʻaiʻanga vai; pea naʻa ne hiki ki lalo ʻae fuʻu ʻaiʻanga vai mei he funga ʻoe ngaahi pulu palasa ʻaia naʻe tuʻu ki lalo ʻi ai, pea naʻa ne ʻai ia ki he potu naʻe faliki ʻaki ʻae ngaahi maka.
King Ahaz told his workers to take off the frames of the carts [that were outside the temple] and to take down the basins that were on them. They also took down the bronze tank from the backs of the bronze [statues of the] oxen and put it on a stone foundation.
18 Pea ko e fale fakamalumalu maʻae ʻaho tapu ʻaia naʻa nau langa ʻi he fale, pea mo e hala ʻoe tuʻi mei tuʻa, naʻa ne hiki atu mei he fale ʻo Sihova koeʻuhi ko e tuʻi ʻo ʻAsilia.
Then to please the king of Assyria, Ahaz had them remove from the temple the roof under which the people walked into the temple on the Sabbath Day, and closed up the private entrance into the temple for the kings of Judah.
19 Pea ko eni, ko hono toe ʻoe ngaahi ngāue ʻa ʻAhasi ʻaia naʻa ne fai, ʻikai kuo tohi ia ʻi he tohi fakamatala ki he ngaahi tuʻi ʻo Siuta?
[If you want to know about] the other things that Ahaz did, they are written [RHQ] in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Judah’.
20 Pea naʻe mohe ʻa ʻAhasi mo ʻene ngaahi tamai, pea naʻe tanu ia fakataha mo ʻene ngaahi tamai ʻi he Kolo ʻo Tevita: pea naʻe fetongi ia ʻi he pule ʻe Hesekaia ko hono foha.
Ahaz died [EUP], and he was buried in [the part of Jerusalem called] ‘The City of David’, where his ancestors had been buried. Then his son Hezekiah became the king.