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.
Ahasi ọba Juda
1Ní ọdún kẹtà-dínlógún Peka ọmọ Remaliah, Ahasi ọmọ Jotamu ọba Juda bẹ̀rẹ̀ sí i jẹ ọba. 216.2-4: 2Ki 28.1-4.Ẹni ogún ọdún ni Ahasi nígbà tí ó bẹ̀rẹ̀ sí jẹ ọba, ó sì jẹ ọba ọdún mẹ́rìn-dínlógún ní Jerusalẹmu, kò sì ṣe èyí tí ó tọ́ lójú Olúwa Ọlọ́run rẹ̀, gẹ́gẹ́ bí Dafidi baba rẹ̀. 3Ṣùgbọ́n 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. 4Ó sì rú ẹbọ, ó sì sun tùràrí ní àwọn ibi gíga, àti lórí àwọn òkè kéékèèkéé àti lábẹ́ gbogbo igi tútù.
5Nígbà 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. 6Ní 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.
7Ahasi 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.” 8Ahasi 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. 9Ọba 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.
10Ọba 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. 11Uriah 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. 12Nígbà tí ọba sì ti Damasku dé, ọba sì rí pẹpẹ náà: ọba sì súnmọ́ pẹpẹ náà, ó sì rú ẹbọ lórí rẹ̀. 13Ó 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. 14Ṣùgbọ́n 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.
15Ahasi 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.” 16Báyìí ni Uriah àlùfáà ṣe, gẹ́gẹ́ bí gbogbo èyí tí Ahasi ọba pàṣẹ.
17Ahasi 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. 18Ibi 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.
19Àti ìyókù ìṣe Ahasi tí ó ṣe, a kò ha kọ wọ́n sínú ìwé ọ̀rọ̀ ọjọ́ àwọn ọba Juda? 2016.20: 2Ki 28.27.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.
