Ahas Di Yudahene
1Bere a ɔhene Peka adi hene wɔ Israel mfe dunson no, na Yotam babarima Ahas16.1 Ahas ne nʼagya Yotam dii hene afe 734 ansa na wɔrewo Kristo (AWK) mu. nso bedii ade wɔ Yuda. 2Ahas dii hene no, na wadi mfirihyia aduonu. Na odii Yerusalem nso so hene mfirihyia dunsia. Wanyɛ nea ɛsɔ Awurade, ne Nyankopɔn ani, sɛnea ne panyin Dawid yɛe no. 3Mmom, ɔhwɛɛ Israel ahemfo nhwɛso so, na mpo ɔde ɔno ankasa ne babarima bɔɔ afɔre wɔ ogya mu. Osuasuaa abosonsom aman no nneyɛe a ɛyɛ akyiwade ma Awurade a ɛno nti ɔpam wɔn fii Israelfo anim no. 4Ɔbɔɔ afɔre, hyew nnuhuam wɔ abosomfi, mmepɔw so ne dua frɔmfrɔm biara ase.
5Afei, Aramhene Resin ne Israelhene Peka tuu sa wɔ Ahas so. Wɔkɔtoaa Yerusalem, nanso wɔanni so nkonim. 6Saa bere no, Edomhene gyee Elat kurow maa Edom. Ɔpam Yudafo, na ɔmaa Edomfo no kɔtenaa hɔ, sɛnea ɛte nnɛ yi.
7Ɔhene Ahas somaa abɔfo kɔɔ Asiriahene Tiglat-Pileser nkyɛn, de nkra kɔmaa no se, “Meyɛ wo somfo ne wo ba. Bra na begye me fi Aram ne Israel asraafo a wɔaka me ahyɛ no nsam.” 8Na Ahas faa dwetɛ ne sikakɔkɔɔ fii Awurade Asɔredan mu hɔ, faa ahemfi hɔ sika de kyɛɛ Asiriahene no. 9Enti Asiriafo no kɔtoaa Aramfo no wɔ wɔn kuropɔn Damasko mu, kyekyeree ɛhɔfo no nnommum, de wɔn kɔ kɔtenaa Kir. Wokum ɔhene Resin.
10Ɔhene Ahas kɔɔ Damasko, kohyiaa Asiriahene Tiglat-Pileser. Bere a ɔwɔ hɔ no, ohuu afɔremuka sononko bi. Enti ɔde saa afɔremuka no sɛso ho mfoni, kɔmaa ɔsɔfo Uria. 11Uria nam ɔhene no asɛm so yɛɛ saa afɔremuka no bi pɛpɛɛpɛ, na bere a ofi Damasko bae no, na wɔayɛ awie. 12Ɔhene no fi Damasko bae no, ɔhwɛɛ afɔremuka no ho hyiae, bɔɔ so afɔre. 13Ɔhene no bɔɔ ɔhyew afɔre ne atoko afɔre, hwiee nsa afɔre guu so, na ɔpetee asomdwoe afɔre ho mogya guu so. 14Na ɔhene Ahas yii kɔbere mfrafrae afɔremuka a na esi ɔkwan no ano ne afɔremuka foforo yi ntam no fii Awurade Asɔredan no anim, de kosii afɔremuka foforo no atifi fam.
15Ɔka kyerɛɛ ɔsɔfo Uria se, “Bɔ anɔpa afɔre nyinaa a ɛyɛ ɔhyew afɔre no, anwummere atoko afɔre no, ɔhene ɔhyew afɔre ne atoko afɔre ne nnipa no nyinaa afɔre a wɔn nsa afɔre ka ho wɔ so. Mogya a efi ɔhyew afɔre no nyinaa mu no, wɔmfa mpete afɔremuka foforo no so. Me nko ara na mede kɔbere mfrafrae afɔremuka dedaw no bedi dwuma.” 16Na ɔsɔfo Uria yɛɛ nea ɔhene Ahas ka kyerɛɛ no se ɔnyɛ no pɛpɛɛpɛ.
17Na afei, ɔhene no tutuu afasu no nkataanim nnua ne nsuhina nso fi nsu teaseɛnam no so. Afei oyii Po no fii kɔbere mfrafrae anantwi no akyi de sii abo nsɛmee no so. 18Na nidi a ɔde ma Asiriahene no nti, oyii kyinii bi a na wɔayɛ wɔ ahemfi no mu a na wɔde di dwuma homeda no ne ɔhene no abɔntenkwan a ɛkɔ Awurade Asɔredan mu no fii hɔ.
19Ahas ahenni ho nsɛm nkae no ne dwuma ahorow a odii no, wɔankyerɛw angu Yuda Ahemfo Abakɔsɛm Nhoma no mu ana? 20Bere a Ahas wui no, wosiee no ne mpanyimfo nkyɛn wɔ Dawid kurow mu. Na ne babarima Hesekia bedii nʼade sɛ ɔhene.
Ahaz King of Judah
1In the seventeenth year of Pekah son of Remaliah, Ahaz son of Jotham king of Judah began to reign. 2Ahaz was twenty years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years. Unlike David his father, he did not do what was right in the eyes of the Lord his God. 3He followed the ways of the kings of Israel and even sacrificed his son in the fire, engaging in the detestable practices of the nations the Lord had driven out before the Israelites. 4He offered sacrifices and burned incense at the high places, on the hilltops and under every spreading tree.
5Then Rezin king of Aram and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel marched up to fight against Jerusalem and besieged Ahaz, but they could not overpower him. 6At that time, Rezin king of Aram recovered Elath for Aram by driving out the people of Judah. Edomites then moved into Elath and have lived there to this day.
7Ahaz sent messengers to say to Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria, “I am your servant and vassal. Come up and save me out of the hand of the king of Aram and of the king of Israel, who are attacking me.” 8And Ahaz took the silver and gold found in the temple of the Lord and in the treasuries of the royal palace and sent it as a gift to the king of Assyria. 9The king of Assyria complied by attacking Damascus and capturing it. He deported its inhabitants to Kir and put Rezin to death.
10Then King Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria. He saw an altar in Damascus and sent to Uriah the priest a sketch of the altar, with detailed plans for its construction. 11So Uriah the priest built an altar in accordance with all the plans that King Ahaz had sent from Damascus and finished it before King Ahaz returned. 12When the king came back from Damascus and saw the altar, he approached it and presented offerings16:12 Or and went up on it. 13He offered up his burnt offering and grain offering, poured out his drink offering, and splashed the blood of his fellowship offerings against the altar. 14As for the bronze altar that stood before the Lord, he brought it from the front of the temple—from between the new altar and the temple of the Lord—and put it on the north side of the new altar.
15King Ahaz then gave these orders to Uriah the priest: “On the large new altar, offer the morning burnt offering and the evening grain offering, the king’s burnt offering and his grain offering, and the burnt offering of all the people of the land, and their grain offering and their drink offering. Splash against this altar the blood of all the burnt offerings and sacrifices. But I will use the bronze altar for seeking guidance.” 16And Uriah the priest did just as King Ahaz had ordered.
17King Ahaz cut off the side panels and removed the basins from the movable stands. He removed the Sea from the bronze bulls that supported it and set it on a stone base. 18He took away the Sabbath canopy16:18 Or the dais of his throne (see Septuagint) that had been built at the temple and removed the royal entryway outside the temple of the Lord, in deference to the king of Assyria.
19As for the other events of the reign of Ahaz, and what he did, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Judah? 20Ahaz rested with his ancestors and was buried with them in the City of David. And Hezekiah his son succeeded him as king.
