2 Reis 17

1 In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah, Hoshea the son of Elah began to reign in Samaria over Israel for nine years. 2 He did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, yet not as the kings of Israel who were before him. 3 Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against him; and Hoshea became his servant, and brought him tribute. 4 The king of Assyria discovered a conspiracy in Hoshea; for he had sent messengers to So king of Egypt, and offered no tribute to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year. Therefore the king of Assyria seized him, and bound him in prison. 5 Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, went up to Samaria, and besieged it three years. 6 In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria and carried Israel away to Assyria, and placed them in Halah, and on the Habor, the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.

7 It was so because the children of Israel had sinned against Yahweh their God, who brought them up out of the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and had feared other gods, 8 and walked in the statutes of the nations whom Yahweh cast out from before the children of Israel, and of the kings of Israel, which they made. 9 The children of Israel secretly did things that were not right against Yahweh their God; and they built high places for themselves in all their cities, from the tower of the watchmen to the fortified city; 10 and they set up for themselves pillars and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree; 11 and there they burned incense in all the high places, as the nations whom Yahweh carried away before them did; and they did wicked things to provoke Yahweh to anger; 12 and they served idols, of which Yahweh had said to them, "You shall not do this thing." 13 Yet Yahweh testified to Israel and to Judah, by every prophet and every seer, saying, "Turn from your evil ways, and keep my commandments and my statutes, according to all the law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you by my servants the prophets." 14 Notwithstanding, they would not listen, but hardened their neck like the neck of their fathers who didn’t believe in Yahweh their God. 15 They rejected his statutes and his covenant that he made with their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified to them; and they followed vanity, and became vain, and followed the nations that were around them, concerning whom Yahweh had commanded them that they should not do like them. 16 They abandoned all the commandments of Yahweh their God, and made molten images for themselves, even two calves, and made an Asherah, and worshiped all the army of the sky, and served Baal. 17 They caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire, used divination and enchantments, and sold themselves to do that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, to provoke him to anger. 18 Therefore Yahweh was very angry with Israel, and removed them out of his sight. There was none left but the tribe of Judah only.

19 Also Judah didn’t keep the commandments of Yahweh their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they made. 20 Yahweh rejected all the offspring of Israel, afflicted them, and delivered them into the hands of raiders, until he had cast them out of his sight. 21 For he tore Israel from David’s house; and they made Jeroboam the son of Nebat king; and Jeroboam drove Israel from following Yahweh, and made them sin a great sin. 22 The children of Israel walked in all the sins of Jeroboam which he did; they didn’t depart from them 23 until Yahweh removed Israel out of his sight, as he said by all his servants the prophets. So Israel was carried away out of their own land to Assyria to this day.

24 The king of Assyria brought people from Babylon, from Cuthah, from Avva, and from Hamath and Sepharvaim, and placed them in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel; and they possessed Samaria and lived in its cities. 25 So it was, at the beginning of their dwelling there, that they didn’t fear Yahweh. Therefore Yahweh sent lions among them, which killed some of them. 26 Therefore they spoke to the king of Assyria, saying, "The nations which you have carried away and placed in the cities of Samaria don’t know the law of the god of the land. Therefore he has sent lions among them; and behold, they kill them, because they don’t know the law of the god of the land."

27 Then the king of Assyria commanded, saying, "Carry there one of the priests whom you brought from there; and let him*17:27 Hebrew: them go and dwell there, and let him teach them the law of the god of the land."

28 So one of the priests whom they had carried away from Samaria came and lived in Bethel, and taught them how they should fear Yahweh.

29 However every nation made gods of their own, and put them in the houses of the high places which the Samaritans had made, every nation in their cities in which they lived. 30 The men of Babylon made Succoth Benoth, and the men of Cuth made Nergal, and the men of Hamath made Ashima, 31 and the Avvites made Nibhaz and Tartak; and the Sepharvites burned their children in the fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of Sepharvaim. 32 So they feared Yahweh, and also made from among themselves priests of the high places for themselves, who sacrificed for them in the houses of the high places. 33 They feared Yahweh, and also served their own gods, after the ways of the nations from among whom they had been carried away. 34 To this day they do what they did before. They don’t fear Yahweh, and they do not follow the statutes, or the ordinances, or the law, or the commandment which Yahweh commanded the children of Jacob, whom he named Israel; 35 with whom Yahweh had made a covenant and commanded them, saying, "You shall not fear other gods, nor bow yourselves to them, nor serve them, nor sacrifice to them; 36 but you shall fear Yahweh, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt with great power and with an outstretched arm, and you shall bow yourselves to him, and you shall sacrifice to him. 37 The statutes and the ordinances, and the law and the commandment which he wrote for you, you shall observe to do forever more. You shall not fear other gods. 38 You shall not forget the covenant that I have made with you. You shall not fear other gods. 39 But you shall fear Yahweh your God, and he will deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies."

40 However they didn’t listen, but they did what they did before. 41 So these nations feared Yahweh, and also served their engraved images. Their children did likewise, and so did their children’s children. They do as their fathers did to this day.

Ko Kīngi Hohea o Īharaira

1 Nō te tekau mā rua o ngā tau o Ahata kīngi o Hūrā i kīngi ai a Hohea tama a Eraha ki Hamaria, ki a Īharaira, ā, e iwa ngā tau i kīngi ai ia. 2 I kino tāna mahi ki te titiro a Ihowā; otiia, kīhai i rite ki tā ngā kīngi o Īharaira i mua atu i a ia.

3 I whakaekea ia e Hāramanehere kīngi o Ahiria; ā, ka riro a Hohea hei pononga māna, ka mau hākari hoki ki a ia. 4 Nā, ka mau i te kīngi o Ahiria e whakatupu hē ana a Hohea; i tukua hoki e ia he karere ki a Ho kīngi o Īhipa, ā, kīhai i kawe hākari ki te kīngi o Ahiria, pērā i tāna i kawe ai i ērā atu tau. Nā, tūtakina ana ia e te kīngi o Ahiria, hereherea ana ki te whare herehere.

Te Takanga o Hamaria

5 Kātahi ka whakaekea te whenua katoa e te kīngi o Ahiria, haere ana ia ki Hamaria, whakapaea ana, e toru tau. 6 I te iwa o ngā tau o Hohea ka horo Hamaria i te kīngi o Ahiria, ā, whakahekea atu ana e ia a Īharaira ki Ahiria, ā, whakanohoia ana ki Haraha, ki Haporo, i te taha o te awa, o Kotana, ā, ki ngā pā o ngā Meri.

7 I pērā ai, mō te hara o ngā tama a Īharaira ki a Ihowā, ki tō rātou Atua, nāna nei rātou i kawe mai i te whenua o Īhipa i raro i te ringa o Parao kīngi o Īhipa, mō rātou i wehi i ngā atua kē, 8 ā, haere ana i runga i ngā tikanga a ngā iwi i peia nei e Ihowā i mua i ngā tama a Īharaira, a ngā kīngi hoki o Īharaira i whakakīngitia nei e rātou. 9 Ā, mahi puku ana ngā tama a Īharaira i ngā mea kīhai i tika ki tā Ihowā, ki tā tō rātou Atua, hangā ana e rātou ētahi wāhi tiketike mā rātou ki ō rātou pā katoa, ki te taumaihi a ngā kaitūtei, ki te pā whai taiepa. 10 Whakatūria ana e rātou he whakapakoko, he Aherimi ki runga ki ngā pukepuke tiketike katoa, ki raro hoki i ngā rākau kōuru nui katoa. 11 Tahuna ana e rātou he whakakakara ki reira, ki ngā wāhi tiketike katoa, pērā ana me ngā iwi i whakahekea atu nei e Ihowā i mua i a rātou; mahia ana e rātou ngā mahi kikino katoa hei whakapātaritari i a Ihowā; 12 mahi ana hoki rātou ki ngā whakapakoko i kī ai a Ihowā ki a rātou, "Kaua e meatia e koutou tēnei mea." 13 Otiia i whakaaturia e Ihowā te hē o Īharaira, o Hūrā, he mea kōrero nā ngā poropiti katoa, nā ngā matakite katoa; i mea ia, "Hoki mai i ō koutou ara hē, puritia āku whakahau me āku tikanga, kia rite ki te ture katoa i whakahaua e ahau ki ō koutou mātua, ki tāku i unga ai ki a koutou, he mea kōrero nā āku pononga, nā ngā poropiti."

14 Heoi, kīhai rātou i rongo, engari whakapakeke ana i ō rātou kakī, kia pērā me ngā kakī o ō rātou mātua, kīhai nei i whakapono ki a Ihowā, ki tō rātou Atua. 15 Whākorekore ana rātou ki āna tikanga, ki tāna kawenata hoki i whakaritea e ia ki ō rātou mātua, ki āna whakaaturanga i whakaaturia e ia ki a rātou; i whai rātou i ngā mea tekateka noa, ā, teka noa iho rātou, arumia ana e rātou ngā iwi i tētahi taha o rātou, i tētahi taha, ērā i ako rā a Ihowā ki a rātou, kia kaua e rite te mahi ki tā rātou.

16 Nā, whakarērea ana e rātou ngā whakahau katoa a Ihowā, a tō rātou Atua, ā, hangā ana he whakapakoko whakarewa mā rātou, ko ngā kūao kau e rua; i hangā anō e rātou he Āherea, ā, koropiko ana ki te ope katoa o te rangi, mahi ana ki a Paara. 17 I meinga anō e rātou ā rātou tama me ā rātou tamāhine kia tika nā waenganui i te ahi; i tahuri ki ngā tohu, ki ngā karakia māori; i hoko hoki i a rātou hei mahi i te kino ki te titiro a Ihowā, hei whakapātaritari i a ia.

18 Nā reira nui atu te riri o Ihowā ki a Īharaira, ā, nekehia atu ana rātou e ia i tōna aroaro; kīhai tētahi i mahue, ko te iwi anake o Hūrā. 19 Me Hūrā hoki, kīhai rātou i pupuri i ngā whakahau a Ihowā, a tō rātou Atua, heoi haere ana i runga i ngā tikanga i whakatakotoria e Īharaira. 20 Nā, whakakorekore ana a Ihowā ki ngā uri katoa o Īharaira, whakawhiua ana rātou e ia, hoatu ana ki ngā ringa o ngā kaipāhua, ā, makā noatia atu rātou e ia i tōna aroaro.

21 I tītorehia atu hoki e ia a Īharaira i te whare o Rāwiri, ā, meinga ana e rātou a Ieropoama tama a Nēpata hei kīngi; nā, āia ana a Īharaira e Ieropoama, kia kaua e whai i a Ihowā, ā, nāna rātou i hara ai, he nui te hara. 22 Nā, haere ana ngā tama a Īharaira i ngā hara katoa i hara ai a Ieropoama; kīhai rātou i mawehe atu i reira. 23 Ā, nekehia atu rā anō a Īharaira e Ihowā i tōna aroaro; ko tāna hoki tēnā i kī ai, he mea kōrero nā āna pononga katoa, nā ngā poropiti.

Nā, ka whakahekea atu a Īharaira i tō rātou whenua ki Ahiria ā mohoa noa nei.

Ka Tau i ngā Iwi Ahiria kei Īharaira

24 Nā, ka kawea mai e te kīngi o Ahiria he tāngata i Papurōna, i Kuta, i Awa, i Hāmata, i Hēparawaima, ā, whakanohoia ana ki ngā pā o Hamaria, ki ngā wāhi o ngā tama a Īharaira. Nā, kua riro a Hamaria i a rātou, ā, nohoia ana e rātou ngā pā o reira.

25 Nā, i te tīmatanga o tō rātou noho i reira, kīhai rātou i wehi i a Ihowā. Heoi, ungā ana e Ihowā he raiona ki a rātou, ā, whakamatea iho ētahi o rātou. 26 Nā reira ka kōrero ētahi ki te kīngi o Ahiria, ka mea, "Ko ngā iwi i whakahekea rā e koe, i whakanohoia rā ki ngā pā o Hamaria, kāhore e mātau ki ngā ritenga a te Atua o te whenua; nā reira ka ungā e ia he raiona ki a rātou. Nā, ka whakamatea nei rātou, mō rātou kāhore e mātau ki ngā ritenga a te Atua o te whenua."

27 Kātahi ka whakahau te kīngi o Ahiria, ka mea: "Mauria ki reira tētahi o ngā tohunga i whakahekea mai nei e koutou i reira; ā, mā rātou e haere ki reira noho ai, māna hoki rātou e whakaako ki ngā ritenga a te Atua o te whenua." 28 Kātahi ka haere tētahi o ngā tohunga i whakahekea atu i Hamaria, ā, noho ana ki Pētēre, ā, nāna rātou i whakaako ki te tikanga mō tō rātou wehi i a Ihowā.

29 Otiia i hangā e tēnei iwi, e tēnei iwi he atua ake mōna, ā, whakanohoia ana ki ngā whare o ngā wāhi tiketike i hangā nei e ngā Hamari; e tēnei iwi, e tēnei iwi, ki ō rātou pā i noho ai rātou. 30 Nā, ka hangaia e ngā tāngata o Papurōna a Hukoto Penoto; nā ngā tāngata o Kutu i hanga a Nerekara; nā ngā tāngata o Hāmata i hanga a Ahima; 31 ā, nā ngā Awi i hanga a Nipihata rāua ko Tarataka. I tahuna hoki e ngā Heparawaimi ā rātou tamariki ki te ahi, hei mea ki a Ataramereke rāua ko Anamereke, atua o Hēparawaima. 32 Heoi, wehi ana rātou i a Ihowā, ā, whakatohungatia ana e rātou nō rātou anō hei tohunga mā rātou mō ngā wāhi tiketike; ā, ko ērā hei kaimahi mā rātou mō ngā mea tapu i ngā whare o ngā wāhi tiketike. 33 I wehi rātou i a Ihowā, me te mahi anō ki ō rātou atua; pērā ana i ngā iwi i whakahekea atu nei rātou i reira.

34 Rite tonu ki ō mua ritenga ā rātou mahi ā taea noatia tēnei rā; kāhore ō rātou wehi i a Ihowā, kāhore hoki ā rātou mahi e rite ki ā rātou tikanga, ki ā rātou whakaritenga, ki te ture, ki te whakahau rānei i whakahau ai a Ihowā i ngā tama a Hākopa, ko tāna ingoa nei mōna ko Īharaira. 35 I whakarite kawenata nei a Ihowā ki a rātou, i whakahau hoki i a rātou, i mea, "Kaua e wehi i ngā atua kē, kaua hoki e koropiko ki a rātou, kaua e mahi ki a rātou, kaua hoki e patu whakahere ki a rātou. 36 Engari a Ihowā, nāna nei koutou i kawe mai i te whenua o Īhipa i runga i te kaha nui, i te ringa mārō, ko ia tā koutou e wehi ai, ko ia tā koutou e koropiko ai; me patu whakahere anō ki a ia. 37 Nā, ko ngā tikanga me ngā whakaritenga, ko te ture me te whakahau, kua oti nā te tuhituhi e ia mō koutou, me pupuri e koutou, me mahi i ngā rā katoa; kaua hoki e wehi i ngā atua kē. 38 Kaua hoki e wareware ki te kawenata i whakaritea e ahau ki a koutou; kaua hoki e wehi ki ngā atua kē; 39 engari, ko Ihowā, ko tō koutou Atua, tā koutou e wehi ai, ā, māna koutou e whakaora i te ringa o ō koutou hoariri katoa."

40 Otiia kīhai rātou i rongo; nā, rite tonu ki ngā ritenga ō mua tā rātou i mea ai. 41 Heoi, wehi ana aua iwi i a Ihowā, me te mahi anō ki ō rātou whakapakoko; i pērā anō ā rātou tamariki, me ngā tamariki a ā rātou tamariki, me ō rātou mātua, ā taea noatia tēnei rā.