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 for 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. 14The bronze altar that stood before the Lord he brought 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 entrance 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.
Akazi Kabaka wa Yuda
116:1 Is 1:1; 14:28Mu mwaka ogw’ekkumi n’omusanvu ogw’obufuzi bwa Peka mutabani wa Lemaliya, Akazi16:1 Akazi yafugira wamu ne kitaawe Yosamu mu 735 bc. mutabani wa Yosamu kabaka wa Yuda, n’atandika okufuga. 216:2 1Bk 14:8Akazi yali wa myaka amakumi abiri we yatandikira okufuga, era n’afugira emyaka kkumi na mukaaga mu Yerusaalemi. N’akola ebibi mu maaso ga Mukama Katonda we, obutafaanana nga jjajjaawe Dawudi. 316:3 a Lv 18:21; 2Bk 21:6 b Lv 18:3; Ma 9:4; 12:31N’atambulira mu ngeri za bassekabaka ba Isirayiri, era n’okuwaayo n’awaayo mutabani we ng’ekiweebwayo, ng’agoberera eby’emizizo eby’amawanga Mukama ge yali agobye mu maaso g’Abayisirayiri. 416:4 Ma 12:2; Ez 6:13N’awangayo ssaddaaka, era n’ayoterezanga n’obubaane ku bifo ebigulumivu, ku nsozi waggulu, ne wansi wa buli muti.
516:5 2Bk 15:37; Is 7:1, 4Lezini kabaka wa Busuuli ne Peka, mutabani wa Lemaliya kabaka wa Isirayiri ne bambuka okulumba Yerusaalemi ne bazingiza Akazi, naye ne batayinza kumuwangula. 616:6 a Is 9:12 b 2Bk 14:22; 2By 26:2Mu kiseera kye kimu, Lezini kabaka wa Busuuli n’agoba abasajja ba Yuda okuva mu Erasi n’akiddiza Abasuuli, era gye babeera ne leero.
716:7 a 2Bk 15:29 b Is 2:6; Yer 2:18; Ez 16:28; Kos 10:6Awo Akazi n’atuma ababaka eri Tigulasupireseri kabaka w’e Bwasuli, okumugamba nti, “Ndi muddu wo era mutabani wo, nkwegayiridde jjangu ondokole okuva mu mukono gwa kabaka wa Busuuli; n’okuva mu mukono gwa kabaka wa Isirayiri abannumbye16:7 Ekikolwa ekyo ekya Akazi kyaleetera Yerusaalemi okuggyibwako obwetwaze bwakyo.” 816:8 2Bk 12:18Akazi n’aggya effeeza ne zaabu ebyabeeranga mu yeekaalu ya Mukama, ne mu mawanika ag’omu lubiri lwa kabaka, n’agiweereza ng’ekirabo eri kabaka w’e Bwasuli. 916:9 a 2Bk 15:29 b Is 22:6; Am 1:5; 9:7Awo kabaka w’e Bwasuli n’awulira okwegayirira kwe, n’alumba Ddamasiko, n’akiwamba, n’abantu abaabeerangamu n’abaweereza mu buwaŋŋanguse e Kiri, era n’okutta n’atta Lezini.
1016:10 Is 8:2Awo kabaka Akazi n’agenda e Ddamasiko okusisinkana Tigulasupireseri kabaka w’e Bwasuli, era eyo n’alabayo ekyoto ekyali mu Ddamasiko. Amangwago kabaka Akazi n’aweereza Uliya kabona ekifaananyi ky’ekyoto ekyo, n’engeri gye kiteekwa okuzimbibwa. 11Awo Uliya kabona n’azimba ekyoto, ng’ebiragiro bya kabaka Akazi bye yaweereza okuva e Ddamasiko bwe byali, era n’agimaliriza nga kabaka Akazi tannava Ddamasiko. 1216:12 2By 26:16Kabaka bwe yakomawo okuva e Ddamasiko, n’alaba ekyoto, n’akisemberera era ku kyo n’aweerako ssaddaaka. 1316:13 a Lv 6:8-13 b Lv 7:11-21N’aweerayo ssaddaaka ey’ekyokebwa ne ssaddaaka ey’obutta n’ayiwako ne ssaddaaka ey’ekyokunywa, era n’amansirako omusaayi ogw’ebiweebwayo olw’emirembe ku kyoto. 1416:14 2By 4:1N’aggyawo ekyoto eky’ekikomo ekyabeeranga mu maaso ga Mukama mu yeekaalu wakati w’ekyoto kye ne yeekaalu ya Mukama, n’akiteeka ku luuyi olw’obukiikaddyo obw’ekyoto kye.
1516:15 a Kuv 29:38-41 b 1Sa 9:9Awo kabaka Akazi n’alagira Uliya kabona nti, “Ku kyoto ekinene, weerayo ekiweebwayo ekyokebwa eky’enkya n’ekiweebwayo eky’obutta eky’akawungeezi, eky’okuwaayo ekyokebwa ekya kabaka, n’ekyokuwaayo kye eky’obutta, n’ekyokuwaayo ekyokebwa eky’abantu ab’omu nsi, n’ekiweebwayo kyabwe eky’obutta, n’ekiweebwayo kyabwe ekyokunywa. Omansire ku kyoto omusaayi gwonna ogw’ebiweebwayo ebyokebwa, n’omusaayi gwonna ogwa ssaddaaka. Wabula ekyoto eky’ekikomo kinaabeeranga kyange nga kya kwebuuzaako.” 16Uliya kabona n’akola byonna, nga kabaka Akazi bwe yamulagira.
1716:17 1Bk 7:27Kabaka Akazi n’atemako emigo gye biyimirirwako, ne bensani n’aziggya kwe zaabeeranga, ate n’aggya n’ennyanja okuva ku nte ennume ez’ekikomo, eza giwaniriranga, n’agiteeka ku mayinja amaliire. 1816:18 Ez 16:28N’aggyawo n’ekyabikkanga ku kkubo erya ssabbiiti eryali lizimbiddwa okumpi ne yeekaalu, ate era n’aggyawo n’ekkubo erya kabaka ery’ebweru wa yeekaalu ya Mukama, olwa kabaka w’e Bwasuli.
19Ebyafaayo ebirala ebyabaawo mu bufuzi Akazi, ne bye yakola, tebyawandiikibwa mu kitabo eky’ebyomumirembe gya bassekabaka ba Yuda? 20Awo Akazi n’afa n’aziikibwa ku biggya bya bajjajjaabe mu kibuga kya Dawudi. Keezeekiya mutabani we n’amusikira okuba kabaka.
