Ahas ohamba yaJuda
1 Momudo omutimulongo nomutiheyali waPeka yaRemalja, Ahas yaJotam a ninga ohamba yaJuda. 2 Omido daAhas da li omilongo mbali, ye eshi a ninga ohamba, nokwa pangela omido omulongo nahamano muJerusalem, ndele ina ninga osho sha yuka momesho Omwene Kalunga kaye, ngaashi xe David, 3 ndelenee okwa enda nondjila yeehamba daIsrael. Heeno, ye mwene okwa endifila omona waye momundilo paififahoni yoiwana oyo Omwene e i taataa komesho yaIsrael. 4 Nokwa twimina yo koikulundu nokomitune nopomuti keshe mutalala.
5 Opo nee Resin, ohamba yaAram, naPeka yaRemalja, ohamba yaIsrael, da ya kuJerusalem di ka lwe, Ndele da fitikinina Ahas. Ndelenee da nyengwa oku shi nangala. 6 Pomafiku tuu enya Resin, ohamba yaAram, ya alulila Aram Elat, ndele ya taataa mo Ovajuda muElat, nOvaedom ve uya muElat eshi omo va kala fiyo onena eli. 7 Opo nee Ahas ta tumu ovatumwa kuTiglat-Pileser, ohamba yaAsiria va tye: “Aame omupiya woye nomumwoye. Ila u mangulule nge momake ohamba yaAram nomomake ohamba yaIsrael, odo tadi lwifa nge.” 8 Ndele Ahas okwa kufa oshisiliveli noshingoldo osho sha monika mongulu yOmwene nomomalimba emona ongulu yohamba, ndele e shi tuma omulongelo kohamba yaAsiria. 9 Nohamba yaAsiria ye mu uda. Nohamba yaAsiria ya ya kuDamaskus ndele ye shi nangala ndele ye va twala moukwatwa kuKir, ndele ya dipaa Resin.
10 Opo nee Ahas a ya kuDamaskus a ka shakene naTiglat-Pileser, ohamba yaAsiria. Ndele eshi a mona oaltari ya li muDamaskus, ohamba Ahas ya tuma kuUria, omupristeli, efano noshihongwafano shoaltari pakuyeleka kwayo. 11 Nomupristeli Uria okwa tunga oaltari naanaa palombwelo lohamba Ahas yokuDamaskus. Osho ngaha omupristeli Uria a ninga, fimbo Ahas ina aluka kuDamaskus. 12 Nohamba eshi ya dja kuDamaskus ndele tai mono oaltari, yo ya ehena popepi noaltari ndele tai londo kuyo. 13 Ndele ya xwikila po exwikiloyambo layo neendjayambo dayo ndele ya tila ko epanduloyambo layo, nohonde yomapanduloyambo ayo vene ye i tila koaltari. 14 Ndelenee oaltari yoshikushu, oyo ya li koshipala shOmwene, yo ye i lundulula po kombinga yokomesho yongulu, pokati koaltari yayo nongulu yOmwene, ndele ye i tula kombinga yokoumbangalanhu woaltari yayo. 15 Nohamba Ahas ya lombwela omupristeli Uria ndele tai ti: “Xwikila moaltari inene exwikiloyambo longula neendjayambo donguloshi nexwikiloyambo lohamba neendjayambo dayo nexwikiloyambo loshiwana ashishe shoshilongo neendjayambo dasho, noikunwayambo yasho. Nohonde aishe yomatomenoyambo i tila kusho. Ndelenee handi ka diladila nhumbi oaltari yoshikushu tai ka ningwa.” 16 Nomupristeli Uria osho a ninga ngaashi ohamba Ahas ye mu lombwela. 17 Nohamba Ahas ya tetifa eembinga doweendifotemba voshikushu ndele ya kufa muwo eembalisha. Nefuta yo ye li yelulifa po keengobe doshikushu da li koshi yalo, ndele ye li tula kolupanda lomamanya. 18 Epandavanda lefiku lEshabata la li li nonduda, lo la ningwa potembeli, noshivelo shopondje sha dikilwa ohamba, yo ye shi ehenifa ko kule ongulu yOmwene omolwohamba yaAsiria. 19 Noinima imwe tai hepaulula Ahas, oyo e i ninga, inai shangelwa mbela membo lomafimbo eehamba daJuda? 20 Ndele Ahas okwa ka nangala pooxe nokwa pakwa pooxe moshilando shaDavid, nomona waye Hiskia a ninga ohamba ponhele yaye.
1 In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah Ahaz the son of Jotham king of Judah began to reign. 2 Twenty years old was Ahaz when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem, and did not that which was right in the sight of the LORD his God, like David his father. 3 But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, yea, and made his son to pass through the fire, according to the abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out from before the children of Israel. 4 And he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree.
5 ¶ Then Rezin king of Syria and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel came up to Jerusalem to war: and they besieged Ahaz, but could not overcome him . 6 At that time Rezin king of Syria recovered Elath to Syria, and drave the Jews from Elath: and the Syrians came to Elath, and dwelt there unto this day. 7 So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, saying, I am thy servant and thy son: come up, and save me out of the hand of the king of Syria, and out of the hand of the king of Israel, which rise up against me. 8 And Ahaz took the silver and gold that was found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasures of the king’s house, and sent it for a present to the king of Assyria. 9 And the king of Assyria hearkened unto him: for the king of Assyria went up against Damascus, and took it, and carried the people of it captive to Kir, and slew Rezin.
10 ¶ And king Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, and saw an altar that was at Damascus: and king Ahaz sent to Urijah the priest the fashion of the altar, and the pattern of it, according to all the workmanship thereof. 11 And Urijah the priest built an altar according to all that king Ahaz had sent from Damascus: so Urijah the priest made it against king Ahaz came from Damascus. 12 And when the king was come from Damascus, the king saw the altar: and the king approached to the altar, and offered thereon. 13 And he burnt his burnt offering and his meat offering, and poured his drink offering, and sprinkled the blood of his peace offerings, upon the altar. 14 And he brought also the brasen altar, which was before the LORD, from the forefront of the house, from between the altar and the house of the LORD, and put it on the north side of the altar. 15 And king Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying, Upon the great altar burn the morning burnt offering, and the evening meat offering, and the king’s burnt sacrifice, and his meat offering, with the burnt offering of all the people of the land, and their meat offering, and their drink offerings; and sprinkle upon it all the blood of the burnt offering, and all the blood of the sacrifice: and the brasen altar shall be for me to enquire by . 16 Thus did Urijah the priest, according to all that king Ahaz commanded.
17 ¶ And king Ahaz cut off the borders of the bases, and removed the laver from off them; and took down the sea from off the brasen oxen that were under it, and put it upon a pavement of stones. 18 And the covert for the sabbath that they had built in the house, and the king’s entry without, turned he from the house of the LORD for the king of Assyria.
19 ¶ Now the rest of the acts of Ahaz which he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? 20 And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead.
