King Ahaz of Judah
(2 Chronicles 28.1-27)1 In the seventeenth year of the reign of Pekah son of Remaliah as king of Israel, Ahaz son of Jotham became king of Judah 2 at the age of twenty, and he ruled in Jerusalem for sixteen years. He did not follow the good example of his ancestor King David; instead, he did what was not pleasing to the Lord his God 3 and followed the example of the kings of Israel. He even sacrificed his own son as a burnt offering to idols, imitating the disgusting practice of the people whom the Lord had driven out of the land as the Israelites advanced. 4 At the pagan places of worship, on the hills, and under every shady tree, Ahaz offered sacrifices and burned incense.
5 King Rezin of Syria and King Pekah of Israel attacked Jerusalem and besieged it, but could not defeat Ahaz. ( 6 At the same time the king of Edom regained control of the city of Elath and drove out the Judeans who lived there. The Edomites settled in Elath and still live there.) 7 Ahaz sent men to Tiglath Pileser, the emperor of Assyria, with this message: “I am your devoted servant. Come and rescue me from the kings of Syria and of Israel, who are attacking me.” 8 Ahaz took the silver and gold from the Temple and the palace treasury, and sent it as a present to the emperor. 9 Tiglath Pileser, in answer to Ahaz' plea, marched out with his army against Damascus, captured it, killed King Rezin, and took the people to Kir as prisoners.
10 When King Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Emperor Tiglath Pileser, he saw the altar there and sent back to Uriah the priest an exact model of it, down to the smallest details. 11 So Uriah built an altar just like it and finished it before Ahaz returned. 12 On his return from Damascus, Ahaz saw that the altar was finished, 13 so he burned animal sacrifices and grain offerings on it and poured a wine offering and the blood of a fellowship offering on it. 14 The bronze altar dedicated to the Lord was between the new altar and the Temple, so Ahaz moved it to the north side of his new altar. 15 Then he ordered Uriah: “Use this large altar of mine for the morning burnt offerings and the evening grain offerings, for the burnt offerings and grain offerings of the king and the people, and for the people's wine offerings. Pour on it the blood of all the animals that are sacrificed. But keep the bronze altar for me to use for divination.” 16 Uriah did as the king commanded.
17 King Ahaz took apart the bronze carts used in the Temple and removed the basins that were on them. He also took the bronze tank from the backs of the twelve bronze bulls and placed it on a stone foundation. 18 And in order to please the Assyrian emperor, Ahaz also removed from the Temple the platform for the royal throne and closed up the king's private entrance to the Temple.
19 Everything else that King Ahaz did is recorded in The History of the Kings of Judah. 20 Ahaz died and was buried in the royal tombs in David's City, and his son Hezekiah succeeded him as king.
Yahuuda mansa Ahasi
(2 Taarika 28:1-27)1 Remaliya dinkewo Peka la mansayaa sanji taŋ niŋ woorowulanjaŋo Banisirayila bankoo kaŋ, wo saŋo le mu Yotamu dinkewo Ahasi keta Yahuuda mansa ti. 2 Ahasi siyo be sanji muwaŋ ne kabiriŋ a be ke la mansa ti. A ye maraloo ke Yerusalaamu kono le fo sanji taŋ niŋ wooro. A maŋ baara kuu betoo la Yaawe* ñaa koto, a la Alla, komeŋ a bonsuŋ Dawuda ye a ke ñaameŋ. 3 Ate bulata Banisirayila mansoolu la siloo le nooma. A ye a dinkewo faŋo jani dimbaa kono le ka a ke sadaa* ti ko moolu ka baara kuu jawu baa meŋ na, Yaawe ye mennu bayi ka ì fintindi Banisirayilankoolu ye. 4 A ye sadaalu bo, aduŋ a ye cuuraayoo siisindi jalaŋ batudulaa tintiŋolu* to, konkoolu kaŋ, aniŋ yirisuŋ biireeriŋolu meŋ-wo-meŋ koto le.
5 Bituŋ Aramu mansa Resini niŋ Remaliya dinkewo Peka, Banisirayila mansa, wulita Yerusalaamu kamma keloo la. Ì ye Ahasi suki jee, bari ì maŋ kuu noo a ma. 6 Wo waatoo le mu Edomu mansa ye Elati saatewo seyinkaŋ muta Edomu bankoo ye, aduŋ a ye Yahuuda moolu bayi, mennu tarata siiriŋ jee. Wo le to Edomunkoolu siita Elati saatewo to, aduŋ ì tarata sabatiriŋ jee le ka naa bula bii la.
7 Ahasi ye kiilaalu kii Asiriya mansa Tikilati-Pilesa kaŋ ka a fo a ye ko, “Ahasi ko ate mu i la dookuulaa le ti, aniŋ i dinkewo. I si taa a bondi Aramu mansa niŋ Banisirayila mansa bulu, mennu naata a kamma keloo la.” 8 Ahasi ye kodiforoo niŋ sanoo taa meŋ tarata Yaawe Batudulaa Buŋo* kono, aniŋ mansasuwo naafulu maabodulaa kono, a ye a kii Asiriya mansa ye, ka a so a la. 9 Asiriya mansa sonta Ahasi ye a daani kuwo meŋ na. A wulita Damasiku saatewo kamma, a ye jee muta. A ye jee moolu bayi ka taa Kiri maafaŋo la, aduŋ a ye Mansa Resini faa.
10 Kabiriŋ Mansa Ahasi taata Mansa Tikilati-Pilesa benduŋ Damasiku saatewo to, a ye sadaabodulaa* je meŋ be jee. Bituŋ a ye a misaaloo bee nuunee, a ye a kii Piriisi* Uriya ye. 11 Piriisi Uriya ye sadaabodulaa loo komeŋ Mansa Ahasi ye misaaloo meŋ kii a ye, ka bo Damasiku. A ye a baŋ loo la le, janniŋ Mansa Ahasi be muru la ka bo naŋ Damasiku. 12 Kabiriŋ mansa muruta naŋ ka bo Damasiku, a taata le ka sadaabodulaa ñiŋ juubee. A sutiyaata a la, aduŋ a seleta a kaŋ. 13 Bituŋ a ye a la jani sadaa bo jee, a la siimaŋ sadaa, a la miŋ feŋ sadaa, aniŋ a ye a la kayira sabatindiraŋ beeyaŋ sadaalu yeloo sari sadaabodulaa kaŋ. 14 Sadaabodulaa jaawalimaa meŋ tarata looriŋ Yaawe ñaatiliŋo la, wo tarata sadaabodulaa kutoo ñiŋ niŋ Yaawe Batudulaa Buŋo teema le. Bari Ahasi ye a bondi jee le, a taata a loo a la sadaabodulaa kutoo maraa karoo la.
15 Bituŋ Mansa Ahasi ye ñiŋ yaamaroo dii Piriisi Uriya la ka a fo a ye ko, “I si ñiŋ sadaabodulaa warariŋ kutoo ke dulaa ti, i be soomandaa jani sadaa bo la meŋ kaŋ, aniŋ wulaara siimaŋ sadaa. I si nte mansa fanaa la jani sadaa niŋ siimaŋ sadaa bo a kaŋ. I si bankoo moolu bee fanaa la jani sadaa niŋ siimaŋ sadaa, aniŋ ì la miŋ feŋ sadaa bo a kaŋ. I si beeyaŋ jani sadaalu, niŋ beeyaŋ sadaa koteŋolu bee yeloo sari sadaabodulaa ñiŋ kaŋ. Bari sadaabodulaa jaawalimaa, wo be ke la n na duwaa dulaa le ti, ka yaamaroo ñini.” 16 Bituŋ Piriisi Uriya ye a bee ke, komeŋ mansa ye a fo a ye ñaameŋ.
17 Mansa Ahasi ye kaadaroolu bondi looraŋolu bala sareeti siŋo be mennu la, a ye booloolu bondi ì kaŋ. A ye jaawali dumbu baa fanaa jindi jaawali ninsituuraa tunkandiŋolu kaŋ, a ye a londi bere looraŋo kaŋ. 18 A ye Loobula Luŋo tiriliisoo* bondi, ì ye meŋ loo Yaawe Batudulaa Buŋo to. A ye mansa dundaŋ daa fanaa bondi meŋ be Yaawe Batudulaa Buŋo ye banta la, ñiŋ kamma la ka Asiriya mansa kontaanindi.
19 Ahasi la mansayaa waatoo kuu koteŋolu, aniŋ a ye kuwolu mennu ke, wolu safeeta Yahuuda Mansoolu la Taarika Kitaaboo le kono. 20 Ahasi faata, aduŋ ì ye a baadee a mumuñolu fee ì la kaburoo to, Dawuda la Saatewo* to. Bituŋ a dinkewo Hesekiya keta a noo to mansa ti.
