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Ang Paghari ni Ahaz sa Juda(A)

16 Nangin hari sang Juda si Ahaz nga anak ni Jotam sang ika-17 nga tuig sang paghari ni Peka, nga anak ni Remalia, sa Israel. Nagaedad si Ahaz sang 20 ka tuig sang nangin hari siya. Sa Jerusalem siya nag-estar, kag naghari siya sa sulod sang 16 ka tuig. Malain ang iya ginhimo sa panulok sang Ginoo nga iya Dios, indi pareho sa ginhimo sang iya katigulangan nga si David. Nagsunod siya sa mga pagginawi sang mga hari sang Israel, kag bisan gani ang iya anak ginhalad niya sa kalayo. Ginsunod niya ang makangilil-ad nga mga ginahimo sang mga nasyon nga ginpatabog sang Ginoo sa mga Israelinhon. Naghalad siya sang mga halad kag nagsunog sang mga insenso sa mga simbahan sa mataas nga mga lugar, sa ibabaw sang mga bukid kag sa idalom sang tagsa ka madabong nga kahoy.

Samtang nagahari si Ahaz sa Juda, nagsalakay sa Jerusalem si Haring Rezin sang Aram kag si Haring Peka sang Israel, nga anak ni Remalia, kag ginkibon nila ini. Pero wala nila madaog si Ahaz. Sadto nga tion, nabawi ni Haring Rezin sang Aram[a] ang Elat paagi sa pagtabog sa katawhan sang Juda. Nagsaylo dayon ang iban nga mga Arameanhon[b] sa Elat kag didto sila nag-estar hasta subong.

Nagsugo si Ahaz sang mga mensahero sa pagdala sang sini nga mensahi kay Haring Tiglat Piliser sang Asiria: “Ako nga imo alagad luwasa sa mga kamot sang hari sang Aram kag sang hari sang Israel nga nagasalakay sa akon.” Ginkuha ni Ahaz ang pilak kag bulawan sa templo sang Ginoo kag sa bodega sang palasyo kag ginpadala ini sa hari sang Asiria bilang regalo. Nagsugot ang hari sang Asiria sa ginpangabay ni Ahaz, gani ginsalakay niya ang Damascus kag gin-agaw ini. Gindala niya ang mga pumuluyo sini sa Kir bilang mga bihag, kag ginpatay niya si Rezin.

10 Dayon nagkadto si Haring Ahaz sa Damascus sa pagpakigkita kay Haring Tiglat Piliser sang Asiria. Sang didto siya, may nakita siya nga halaran. Gani ginpadal-an niya ang pari nga si Uria sang modelo sang halaran lakip na ang mga detalye sa paghimo sini. 11 Naghimo si Uria sang halaran nga suno gid sa modelo nga ginpadala sa iya ni Ahaz, kag natapos niya ang halaran sa wala pa nakabalik si Ahaz. 12-13 Pag-abot ni Haring Ahaz halin sa Damascus, nakita niya ang halaran. Nagpalapit siya sa halaran kag naghalad[c] sang halad nga ginasunog kag halad nga regalo. Kag ginbubuan niya ang halaran sang halad nga ilimnon kag ginwisikan sang dugo sang sapat nga iya ginhalad para sa maayo nga relasyon. 14 Dayon ginpakuha niya ang daan nga halaran nga saway. Ara ini sa presensya sang Ginoo didto sa tunga sang bag-o nga halaran kag sang templo sang Ginoo. Dayon ginpabutang niya ini sa aminhan sang bag-o nga halaran. 15 Nagmando siya dayon kay Uria nga pari, “Gamita ang bag-o nga halaran sa paghalad sang mga halad nga ginasunog kada aga kag sang mga halad nga regalo kada gab-i. Gamita man ini sa paghalad sang mga halad nga ginasunog kag mga halad nga regalo nga ginahalad sang hari kag sang mga tawo, kag pati man sa ila mga halad nga ilimnon. Iwisik mo sa bag-o nga halaran ang dugo sang halad nga ginasunog kag sang iban pa nga mga halad. Pero ang saway nga halaran himuon ko nga akon palangamuyuan.” 16 Kag ginhimo ni Uria nga pari ang ginsugo sa iya ni Haring Ahaz.

17 Dayon ginkuha ni Haring Ahaz ang mga dingding kag mga labador sang mga karo nga ginagamit sa paghakot sang tubig sa templo. Ginkuha man niya ang dako nga suludlan sang tubig nga ginatawag Dagat sa likod sang mga turo nga baka nga saway, kag ginbutang ini sa tulungtungan nga bato. 18 Kag agod malipay ang hari sang Asiria, ginkuha ni Ahaz sa palasyo ang ulu-atop nga ginagamit kon Adlaw nga Inugpahuway kag ginsira ang alagyan sang mga hari sang Juda pasulod sa templo.

19 Ang iban pa nga estorya parte sa paghari ni Ahaz, kag ang iya mga ginhimo, nasulat sa Libro sang Kasaysayan sang mga Hari sang Juda. 20 Sang napatay si Ahaz, ginlubong siya sa ginlubngan sang iya mga katigulangan sa Banwa ni David. Kag si Hezekia nga iya anak amo ang nagbulos sa iya bilang hari.

Footnotes

  1. 16:6 Haring Rezin sang Aram: sa Latin Vulgate, hari sang Edom.
  2. 16:6 Arameanhon: sa Septuagint kag Latin Vulgate, Edomnon.
  3. 16:12-13 naghalad: sa literal, nagsaka kag naghalad.

Ahaz King of Judah(A)

16 In the seventeenth year of Pekah son of Remaliah, Ahaz(B) son of Jotham king of Judah began to reign. Ahaz 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(C) in the eyes of the Lord his God. He followed the ways of the kings of Israel(D) and even sacrificed his son(E) in the fire, engaging in the detestable(F) practices of the nations the Lord had driven out before the Israelites. He offered sacrifices and burned incense(G) at the high places, on the hilltops and under every spreading tree.(H)

Then Rezin(I) 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. At that time, Rezin(J) king of Aram recovered Elath(K) for Aram by driving out the people of Judah. Edomites then moved into Elath and have lived there to this day.

Ahaz sent messengers to say to Tiglath-Pileser(L) king of Assyria, “I am your servant and vassal. Come up and save(M) me out of the hand of the king of Aram and of the king of Israel, who are attacking me.” And 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(N) to the king of Assyria. The king of Assyria complied by attacking Damascus(O) and capturing it. He deported its inhabitants to Kir(P) and put Rezin to death.

10 Then King Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria. He saw an altar in Damascus and sent to Uriah(Q) the priest a sketch of the altar, with detailed plans for its construction. 11 So 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. 12 When the king came back from Damascus and saw the altar, he approached it and presented offerings[a](R) on it. 13 He offered up his burnt offering(S) and grain offering,(T) poured out his drink offering,(U) and splashed the blood of his fellowship offerings(V) against the altar. 14 As for the bronze altar(W) 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.

15 King Ahaz then gave these orders to Uriah the priest: “On the large new altar, offer the morning(X) 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.”(Y) 16 And Uriah the priest did just as King Ahaz had ordered.

17 King 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.(Z) 18 He took away the Sabbath canopy[b] 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.(AA)

19 As 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? 20 Ahaz rested(AB) with his ancestors and was buried with them in the City of David. And Hezekiah his son succeeded him as king.

Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 16:12 Or and went up
  2. 2 Kings 16:18 Or the dais of his throne (see Septuagint)

16 In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah Ahaz the son of Jotham king of Judah began to reign.

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.

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.

And he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree.

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.

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.

So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglathpileser 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.

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.

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 Tiglathpileser 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 the 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.