2 Kings 16
1 Ní ọdún kẹtàdínlógún Peka ọmọ Remaliah, Ahasi ọmọ Jotamu ọba Juda bẹ̀rẹ̀ sí i jẹ ọba.
When Pekah had been ruling Israel for almost 17 years, Ahaz, the son of Jotham, became the king of Judah.
2 Ẹni ogún ọdún ni Ahasi nígbà tí ó bẹ̀rẹ̀ sí jẹ ọba, ó sì jẹ ọba ọdún mẹ́rìndínlógún ní Jerusalẹmu, kò sì ṣe èyí tí ó tọ́ lójú Olúwa Ọlọ́run rẹ̀, gẹ́gẹ́ bí Dafidi baba rẹ̀.
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 Ṣùgbọ́n ó rìn ní ọ̀nà àwọn ọba Israẹli, nítòótọ́, ó sì sun ọmọ rẹ̀ nínú iná, gẹ́gẹ́ bí ohun ìríra àwọn orílẹ̀-èdè, tí Olúwa lé jáde níwájú àwọn ọmọ Israẹli.
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 Ó sì rú ẹbọ, ó sì sun tùràrí ní àwọn ibi gíga, àti lórí àwọn òkè kéékèèké àti lábẹ́ gbogbo igi tútù.
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 Nígbà náà ni Resini ọba Siria àti Peka ọmọ Remaliah ọba Israẹli gòkè wá sí Jerusalẹmu láti jagun: wọ́n dó ti Ahasi, ṣùgbọ́n wọn kò lè borí rẹ̀.
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 Ní àkókò náà, Resini ọba Siria gba Elati padà fún Siria, ó sì lé àwọn ènìyàn Juda kúrò ní Elati: àwọn ará Siria sì wá sí Elati, wọ́n sì ń gbé ibẹ̀ títí di òní yìí.
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 Ahasi sì rán oníṣẹ́ sọ́dọ̀ Tiglat-Pileseri ọba Asiria wí pé, “Ìránṣẹ́ rẹ ni èmi, àti ọmọ rẹ; gòkè wá, kí o sì gbà mi lọ́wọ́ ọba Siria, àti lọ́wọ́ ọba Israẹli tí ó dìde sí mi.”
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 Ahasi sì mú fàdákà àti wúrà tí a rí ní ilé Olúwa, àti nínú ìṣúra ilé ọba, ó sì rán an sí ọba Asiria ní ọrẹ.
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 Ọba Asiria sì gbọ́ tirẹ̀: nítorí ọba Asiria gòkè wá sí Damasku, ó sì kó o, ó sì mú un ní ìgbèkùn lọ sí Kiri, ó sì pa Resini.
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 Ọba sì lọ sí Damasku láti pàdé Tiglat-Pileseri, ọba Asiria, ó sì rí pẹpẹ kan tí ó wà ní Damasku: Ahasi ọba sì rán àwòrán pẹpẹ náà, àti àpẹẹrẹ rẹ̀ sí Uriah àlùfáà, gẹ́gẹ́ bí gbogbo iṣẹ́ ọ̀nà rẹ̀.
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 Uriah àlùfáà sì kọ́ pẹpẹ náà gẹ́gẹ́ bi gbogbo èyí tí Ahasi ọba fi ránṣẹ́ sí i láti Damasku; bẹ́ẹ̀ ni Uriah àlùfáà ṣe é dé ìpadàbọ̀ Ahasi ọba láti Damasku.
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 Nígbà tí ọba sì ti Damasku dé, ọba sì rí pẹpẹ náà: ọba sì súnmọ́ pẹpẹ náà, ó sì rú ẹbọ lórí rẹ̀.
When the king returned from Damascus, he saw the altar. He went to it
13 Ó sì sun ẹbọ sísun rẹ̀ àti ọrẹ-jíjẹ rẹ̀, o si ta ohun mímu rẹ̀ sílẹ̀, ó sì wọ́n ẹ̀jẹ̀ ọrẹ àlàáfíà rẹ̀ sí ara pẹpẹ náà.
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 Ṣùgbọ́n ó mú pẹpẹ idẹ tí ó wà níwájú Olúwa kúrò láti iwájú ilé náà, láti àárín méjì pẹpẹ náà, àti ilé Olúwa, ó sì fi í sí apá àríwá pẹpẹ náà.
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 Ahasi ọba sì pàṣẹ fún Uriah àlùfáà, wí pé, “Lórí pẹpẹ ńlá náà ni kó o máa sun ẹbọ sísun òròwúrọ̀ àti ọrẹ-jíjẹ alaalẹ́, àti ẹbọ sísun ti ọba, àti ọrẹ-jíjẹ rẹ̀, pẹ̀lú ẹbọ sísun tí gbogbo àwọn ènìyàn ilẹ̀ náà, àti ọrẹ-jíjẹ wọn, àti ọrẹ ohun mímu wọn; kí o sì wọ́n gbogbo ẹ̀jẹ̀ ẹbọ sísun náà lórí rẹ̀, àti gbogbo ẹ̀jẹ̀ ẹbọ mìíràn, ṣùgbọ́n ní ti pẹpẹ idẹ náà èmi ó máa gbèrò ohun tí èmi ó fi ṣe.”
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 Báyìí ni Uriah àlùfáà ṣe, gẹ́gẹ́ bí gbogbo èyí tí Ahasi ọba pàṣẹ.
So Uriah did what the king commanded him to do.
17 Ahasi ọba sì gé igi-ìpílẹ̀ àwọn àgbédúró náà, ó ṣí agbada náà kúrò lára wọn; ó sì gbé agbada ńlá náà kalẹ̀ kúrò lára àwọn màlúù idẹ tí ń bẹ lábẹ́ rẹ̀, ó sì gbé e ka ilẹ̀ tí a fi òkúta tẹ́.
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 Ibi ààbò fún ọjọ́ ìsinmi tí a kọ́ nínú ilé náà, àti ọ̀nà ìjáde sí òde ọba, ni ó yípadà kúrò ní ilé Olúwa nítorí ọba Asiria.
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 Àti ìyókù ìṣe Ahasi tí ó ṣe, a kò ha kọ wọ́n sínú ìwé ọ̀rọ̀ ọjọ́ àwọn ọba Juda?
[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 Ahasi sì sùn pẹ̀lú àwọn baba rẹ̀, a sì sin ín pẹ̀lú àwọn baba rẹ̀ ní ìlú Dafidi: Hesekiah ọmọ rẹ̀ sì jẹ ọba ní ipò rẹ̀.
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.
