2. Tarihler 28

¹Ahaz tahta çıktığında yirmi beş yaşındaydı ve Yeruşalim'de on altı yıl krallık yaptı; ancak babası Davut gibi Rab'bin gözünde doğru olanı yapmadı.

²Bunun yerine İsrail krallarının yollarında yürüdü, hatta putları için oyulmuş tasvirler yaptırdı.

³Ben-Hinnom Vadisi'nde kurbanlar sundu ve Rab'bin İsrail oğullarının önünden yok ettiği ulusların iğrenç törelerine uyarak kendi çocuklarını ateşin içinden geçirdi.

⁴Yüksek yerlerde, damların üzerinde ve her bol yapraklı koruluk ağacın altında kurbanlar kesip buhur yaktı.

⁵Bu yüzden Tanrısı Rab onu Suriye kralının eline teslim etti; Suriye kralı ona ağır bir darbe indirip halkından çok sayıda tutsağı esir alarak Şam'a götürdü. Nitekim Tanrı onu İsrail kralının eline de teslim etti ve o da ona büyük bir kırım darbesi vurdu.

⁶İsrail Kralı Remalya oğlu Pekah, atalarının Tanrısı Rab'bi terk etmeleri yüzünden, Yahuda'da tek bir günde yüz yirmi bin güç sahibi yiğit savaşçıyı öldürdü.

⁷Efrayimli yiğit Zikrî, kralın oğlu Maaseya'yı, saray nazırı Ezrikan'ı ve kralın ardılı olan ikinci yetkili Elkana'yı öldürdü.

⁸İsrail oğulları kendi kardeşlerinin arasından kadınlar, erkek ve kız çocukları dahil olmak üzere üç yüz bin kişiyi tutsak aldılar; ayrıca onlardan bol miktarda ganimet yağmalayıp bu ganimetleri Samiriye'ye getirdiler.

⁹Orada adı Oded olan Rab'bin bir peygamberi vardı; Samiriye'ye dönen ordunun önüne çıkıp onlara şöyle dedi: "İşte, atalarınızın Tanrısı Rab, Yahuda'ya öfkelendiği için onları sizin elinize teslim etti; siz ise onları göklere kadar ulaşan bir gazapla katlettiniz.

¹⁰Şimdi de Yahuda ve Yeruşalim halkını kendinize köle ve cariye olarak mülk edinmek mi istiyorsunuz? Oysa ben de sizinle birlikte Tanrınız Rab'be karşı tanıklık etmek için burada değil miyim?

¹¹Şimdi beni dinleyin ve kardeşlerinizden aldığınız tutsakları geri gönderin; çünkü Rab'bin kızgın gazap öfkesi üzerinizdedir."

¹²Bunun üzerine Efrayimoğullarının önderlerinden Ioanos oğlu Oudeias, Mosolamoth oğlu Barachias, Sellem oğlu Ezekias ve Eldai oğlu Amasias, savaştan dönenlerin karşısına çıktılar.

¹³Onlara, "Tutsakları buraya, bizim yanımıza getirmeyin!" dediler, "Çünkü Rab'be karşı zaten günahkar durumdayız; siz ise günahlarımıza ve cehaletimize yenilerini eklemek istiyorsunuz. Suçumuz zaten büyüktür ve Rab'bin kızgın gazap öfkesi İsrail'in üzerindedir."

¹⁴Böylece silahlı savaşçılar, önderlerin ve bütün topluluğun önünde tutsakları ve ganimeti bıraktılar.

¹⁵Adlarıyla belirlenen adamlar kalkıp tutsakları kabul ettiler; ganimetlerin arasından giysiler çıkarıp çıplak olanların hepsini giydirdiler, onlara çarıklar verdiler, yiyecek ve içecek sağladılar, yaralarını yağladılar. Güçsüz olanların hepsini binek hayvanlarına bindirip kardeşlerinin yanına, hurma ağaçları kenti Eriha'ya götürdüler; sonra kendileri Samiriye'ye döndüler.

¹⁶O sırada Kral Ahaz, bu durumda da kendisine yardım etmesi için Asur kralına haberciler gönderdi.

¹⁷Çünkü Edomlular yeniden gelip Yahuda'ya saldırmış, halkı bozguna uğratıp tutsaklar almışlardı.

¹⁸Filistliler de Yahuda'nın ova bölgesindeki ve güneyindeki kentlerine saldırmışlardı; Beyt-Şemeş'i, Ayalon'u, Gederot'u, Soko'yu ve köylerini, Timna'yı ve köylerini, Gimzo'yu ve köylerini ele geçirip oraya yerleşmişlerdi.

¹⁹Çünkü Yahuda Kralı Ahaz yüzünden Rab Yahuda'yı alçalttı; zira Ahaz Rab'den tam bir dinden dönmeyle uzaklaşmış ve sadakatsiz davranmıştı.

²⁰Asur Kralı Tiglat-Pileser onun üzerine yürüdü, ama ona yardım etmek yerine ona darbe indirip sıkıntıya soktu.

²¹Ahaz, Rab'bin tapınağındaki, kralın sarayındaki ve önderlerin evlerindeki eşyaları alıp Asur kralına verdi; ama bunun kendisine hiçbir yararı olmadı.

²²Sıkıntıya düştüğü o dönemde bile Kral Ahaz Rab'be karşı sadakatsizliğini ve dinden dönmesini daha da artırdı.

²³Kendisini cezalandıran Şam ilahlarına kurban sunarak şöyle dedi: "Suriye kralının ilahları onlara yardım edip üstün kıldığına göre, ben de onlara kurban sunayım ki bana da yardım etsinler." Oysa bu ilahlar hem onun hem de bütün İsrail'in yıkımına neden olan birer tökezleme taşı oldular.

²⁴Ahaz, Tanrı'nın tapınağındaki kapları toplayıp parçaladı; Rab'bin tapınağının kapılarını kapattı ve Yeruşalim'in her köşesinde kendisine sunaklar yaptı.

²⁵Yahuda'nın her kentinde yabancı ilahlara buhur yakmak için yüksek yerler yaptı ve böylece atalarının Tanrısı Rab'bi öfkelendirdi.

²⁶Ahaz'ın yaptığı diğer işler ve ilk döneminden son dönemine kadar olan bütün eylemleri, Yahuda ve İsrail krallarının kitabında yazılıdır.

²⁷Ahaz ölüp atalarına kavuştu ve Davut'un Şehri'nde gömüldü; ancak onu İsrail krallarının mezarlığına koymadılar. Yerine oğlu Hizkiya kral oldu.

¹ΥΙΟΣ εἴκοσι καὶ πέντε ἐτῶν ἦν ῎Αχαζ ἐν τῷ βασιλεύειν αὐτὸν καὶ ἑκκαίδεκα ἔτη ἐβασίλευσεν ἐν ῾Ιερουσαλήμ· καὶ οὐκ ἐποίησε τὸ εὐθὲς ἐνώπιον Κυρίου, ὡς Δαυὶδ ὁ πατὴρ αὐτοῦ.

²καὶ ἐπορεύθη κατὰ τὰς ὁδοὺς βασιλέων ᾿Ισραήλ· καὶ γὰρ γλυπτὰ ἐποίησε

³τοῖς εἰδώλοις αὐτῶν καὶ ἔθυεν ἐν Βενεννὸμ καὶ διῆγε τὰ τέκνα αὐτοῦ διὰ πυρὸς κατὰ τὰ βδελύγματα τῶν ἐθνῶν, ὧν ἐξωλόθρευσε Κύριος ἀπὸ προσώπου υἱῶν ᾿Ισραήλ,

⁴καὶ ἐθυμία ἐπὶ τῶν ὑψηλῶν καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν δωμάτων καὶ ὑποκάτω παντὸς ξύλου ἀλσώδους.

⁵καὶ παρέδωκεν αὐτὸν Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς αὐτοῦ διὰ χειρὸς βασιλέως Συρίας, καὶ ἐπάταξεν ἐν αὐτῷ καὶ ᾐχμαλώτευσεν ἐξ αὐτῶν αἰχμαλωσίαν πολλὴν καὶ ἤγαγεν εἰς Δαμασκόν· καὶ γὰρ εἰς χεῖρας βασιλέως ᾿Ισραὴλ παρέδωκεν αὐτόν, καὶ ἐπάταξεν ἐν αὐτῷ πληγὴν μεγάλην.

⁶καὶ ἀπέκτεινε Φακεὲ ὁ τοῦ Ῥομελία βασιλεὺς ᾿Ισραὴλ ἐν ᾿Ιούδᾳ ἐν μιᾷ ἡμέρᾳ ἑκατὸν εἴκοσι χιλιάδας ἀνδρῶν δυνατῶν ἰσχύϊ ἐν τῷ καταλιπεῖν αὐτοὺς Κύριον τὸν Θεὸν τῶν πατέρων αὐτῶν.

⁷καὶ ἀπέκτεινε Ζεχρὶ ὁ δυνατὸς τοῦ ᾿Εφραὶμ τὸν Μαασὰ τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ βασιλέως καὶ τὸν ᾿Εζρικὰν ἡγούμενον τοῦ οἴκου αὐτοῦ καὶ τὸν ῾Ελκανὰ τὸν διάδοχον τοῦ βασιλέως.

⁸καὶ ᾐχμαλώτισαν οἱ υἱοὶ ᾿Ισραὴλ ἀπὸ τῶν ἀδελφῶν αὐτῶν τριακοσίας χιλιάδας, γυναῖκας καὶ υἱοὺς καὶ θυγατέρας, καὶ σκῦλα πολλὰ ἐσκύλευσαν ἐξ αὐτῶν καὶ ἤνεγκαν τὰ σκῦλα εἰς Σαμάρειαν.

⁹καὶ ἐκεῖ ἦν ὁ προφήτης τοῦ Κυρίου, ᾿Ωδὴδ ὄνομα αὐτῷ, καὶ ἐξῆλθεν εἰς ἀπάντησιν τῆς δυνάμεως τῶν ἐρχομένων εἰς Σαμάρειαν καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς· ἰδοὺ ὀργὴ Κυρίου Θεοῦ τῶν πατέρων ὑμῶν ἐπὶ ᾿Ιούδαν, καὶ παρέδωκεν αὐτοὺς εἰς τὰς χεῖρας ὑμῶν, καὶ ἀπεκτείνατε ἐν αὐτοῖς ἐν ὀργῇ· καὶ ἕως τῶν οὐρανῶν ἔφθακε.

¹⁰καὶ νῦν υἱοὺς ᾿Ιούδα καὶ ῾Ιερουσαλὴμ ὑμεῖς λέγετε κατακτήσασθαι εἰς δούλους καὶ δούλας· οὐκ ἰδού εἰμι μεθ’ ὑμῶν μαρτυρῆσαι Κυρίῳ Θεῷ ὑμῶν;

¹¹καὶ νῦν ἀκούσατέ μου καὶ ἀποστρέψατε τὴν αἰχμαλωσίαν, ἣν ᾐχμαλωτεύσατε τῶν ἀδελφῶν ὑμῶν, ὅτι ὀργὴ θυμοῦ Κυρίου ἐφ’ ὑμῖν.

¹²καὶ ἀνέστησαν ἄρχοντες ἀπὸ τῶν υἱῶν ᾿Εφραίμ, Οὐδείας ὁ τοῦ ᾿Ιωανοῦ καὶ Βαραχίας ὁ τοῦ Μωσολαμὼθ καὶ ᾿Εζεκίας ὁ τοῦ Σελλὴμ καὶ ᾿Αμασίας ὁ τοῦ ᾿Ελδαΐ, ἐπὶ τοὺς ἐρχομένους ἀπὸ τοῦ πολέμου,

¹³καὶ εἶπαν αὐτοῖς· οὐ μὴ εἰσαγάγητε τὴν αἰχμαλωσίαν ὧδε πρὸς ἡμᾶς, ὅτι εἰς τὸ ἁμαρτάνειν τῷ Κυρίῳ ἐφ’ ἡμᾶς ὑμεῖς λέγετε, προσθεῖναι ἐπὶ ταῖς ἁμαρτίαις ἡμῶν καὶ ἐπὶ τὴν ἄγνοιαν ἡμῶν, ὅτι πολλὴ ἡ ἁμαρτία ἡμῶν καὶ ὀργὴ θυμοῦ Κυρίου ἐπὶ τὸν ᾿Ισραήλ.

¹⁴καὶ ἀφῆκαν οἱ πολεμισταὶ τὴν αἰχμαλωσίαν καὶ τὰ σκῦλα ἐναντίον τῶν ἀρχόντων καὶ πάσης τῆς ἐκκλησίας.

¹⁵καὶ ἀνέστησαν ἄνδρες, οἳ ἐπεκλήθησαν ἐν ὀνόματι, καὶ ἀντελάβοντο τῆς αἰχμαλωσίας καὶ πάντας τοὺς γυμνοὺς περιέβαλον ἀπὸ τῶν σκύλων καὶ ἐνέδυσαν αὐτοὺς καὶ ὑπέδυσαν αὐτοὺς καὶ ἔδωκαν φαγεῖν καὶ ἀλείψασθαι καὶ ἀντελάβοντο καὶ ἐν ὑποζυγίοις παντὸς ἀσθενοῦντος καὶ κατέστησαν αὐτοὺς εἰς ῾Ιεριχὼ πόλιν Φοινίκων πρὸς τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς αὐτῶν, καὶ ἐπέστρεψαν εἰς Σαμάρειαν.

¹⁶᾿Εν τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ ἀπέστειλεν ὁ βασιλεὺς ῎Αχαζ πρὸς βασιλέα ᾿Ασσοὺρ βοηθῆσαι αὐτῷ καὶ ἐν τούτῳ,

¹⁷ὅτι οἱ ᾿Ιδουμαῖοι ἐπέθεντο καὶ ἐπάταξαν ἐν ᾿Ιούδᾳ καὶ ᾐχμαλώτισαν αἰχμαλωσίαν

¹⁸καὶ οἱ ἀλλόφυλοι ἐπέθεντο ἐπὶ τὰς πόλεις τῆς πεδινῆς καὶ ἀπὸ λιβὸς τοῦ ᾿Ιούδα καὶ ἔλαβον τὴν Βαιθσαμὺς καὶ τὴν ᾿Αϊλὼν καὶ τὴν Γαδηρὼθ καὶ τὴν Σωχὼ καὶ τὰς κώμας αὐτῆς καὶ τὴν Θαμνὰ καὶ τὰς κώμας αὐτῆς καὶ τὴν Γαμζὼ καὶ τὰς κώμας αὐτῆς καὶ κατῴκησαν ἐκεῖ·

¹⁹ὅτι ἐταπείνωσε Κύριος τὸν ᾿Ιούδαν διὰ ῎Αχαζ βασιλέα ᾿Ιούδα, ὅτι ἀπέστη ἀποστάσει ἀπὸ Κυρίου.

²⁰καὶ ἦλθεν ἐπ’ αὐτὸν Θαγλαθφελλασὰρ βασιλεὺς ᾿Ασσοὺρ καὶ ἐπάταξεν αὐτόν.

²¹καὶ ἔλαβεν ῎Αχαζ τὰ ἐν οἴκῳ Κυρίου καὶ τὰ ἐν οἴκῳ τοῦ βασιλέως καὶ τῶν ἀρχόντων καὶ ἔδωκε τῷ βασιλεῖ ᾿Ασσοὺρ καὶ οὐκ εἰς βοήθειαν αὐτῷ ἦν,

²²ἀλλ’ ἢ τῷ θλιβῆναι αὐτόν. καὶ προσέθηκε τοῦ ἀποστῆναι ἀπὸ Κυρίου. καὶ εἶπεν ὁ βασιλεὺς ῎Αχαζ·

²³ἐκζητήσω τοὺς θεοὺς Δαμασκοῦ τοὺς τύπτοντάς με· καὶ εἶπεν ὅτι θεοὶ βασιλέως Συρίας αὐτοὶ κατισχύσουσιν αὐτούς, αὐτοῖς τοίνυν θύσω, καὶ ἀντιλήψονταί μου. καὶ αὐτοὶ ἐγένοντο αὐτῷ εἰς σκῶλον καὶ παντὶ ᾿Ισραήλ.

²⁴καὶ ἀπέστησεν ῎Αχαζ τὰ σκεύη οἴκου Κυρίου καὶ κατέκοψεν αὐτὰ καὶ ἔκλεισε τὰς θύρας οἴκου Κυρίου καὶ ἐποίησεν ἑαυτῷ θυσιαστήρια ἐν πάσῃ γωνίᾳ ἐν ῾Ιερουσαλήμ·

²⁵καὶ ἐν πάσῃ πόλει καὶ πόλει ἐν ᾿Ιούδᾳ ἐποίησεν ὑψηλὰ θυμιᾶν θεοῖς ἀλλοτρίοις, καὶ παρώργισαν Κύριον τὸν Θεὸν τῶν πατέρων αὐτῶν.

²⁶καὶ οἱ λοιποὶ λόγοι αὐτοῦ καὶ αἱ πράξεις αὐτοῦ αἱ πρῶται καὶ ἔσχαται ἰδοὺ γεγραμμέναι ἐπὶ βιβλίῳ βασιλέων ᾿Ιούδα καὶ ᾿Ισραήλ.

²⁷καὶ ἐκοιμήθη ῎Αχαζ μετὰ τῶν πατέρων αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐτάφη ἐν πόλει Δαυίδ, ὅτι οὐκ εἰσήνεγκαν αὐτὸν εἰς τοὺς τάφους τῶν βασιλέων ᾿Ισραήλ· καὶ ἐβασίλευσεν ᾿Εζεκίας υἱὸς αὐτοῦ ἀντ’ αὐτοῦ.

¹Achaz was five and twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: and he did not that which was right in the sight of the Lord, as David his father.

²But he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, for he made graven images.

³And [he sacrificed] to their idols in the valley of Benennom, and passed his children through the fire, according to the abominations of the heathen, whom the Lord cast out from before the children of Israel.

⁴And he burnt incense upon the high places, and upon the roofs, and under every shady tree.

⁵And the Lord his God delivered him into the hand of the king of Syria; and he smote him, and took captive of them a great band of prisoners, and carried him to Damascus. Also [God] delivered him into the hands of the king of Israel, who smote him with a great slaughter.

⁶And Phakee the son of Romelias king of Israel, slew in Juda in one day a hundred and twenty thousand mighty men; because they had forsaken the Lord God of their fathers.

⁷And Zechri, a mighty man of Ephraim, slew Maasias the king’s son, and Ezrican the chief of his house, and Elcana the king’s deputy.

⁸And the children of Israel took captive of their brethren three hundred thousand, women, and sons, and daughters, and they spoiled them of much property, and brought the spoils to Samaria.

⁹And there was there a prophet of the Lord, his name [was] Oded: and he went out to meet the host that were coming to Samaria, and said to them, Behold, the wrath of the Lord God of your fathers [is] upon Juda, and he has delivered them into your hands, and ye have slain them in wrath, and it has reached even to heaven.

¹⁰And now ye talk of keeping the children of Juda and Jerusalem for servants and handmaidens. Lo, am I not with you to testify for the Lord your God?

¹¹And now hearken to me, and restore the prisoners of your brethren whom ye have taken: for the fierce anger of the Lord [is] upon you.

¹²And the chiefs of the sons of Ephraim rose up, Udias the son of Joanas, and Barachias the son of Mosolamoth, and Ezekias the son of Sellem, and Amasias the son of Eldai, against those that came from the war,

¹³and said to them, Ye shall not bring in hither the prisoners to us, for whereas sin against the Lord [is] upon us, ye mean to add to our sins, and to our trespass: for our sin [is] great, and the fierce anger of the Lord [is] upon Israel.

¹⁴So the warriors left the prisoners and the spoils before the princes and all the congregation.

¹⁵And the men who were called by name rose up, and took hold of the prisoners, and clothed all the naked from the spoils, and gave them garments and shoes, and gave them [food] to eat, and [oil] to anoint themselves [with], and they helped also every one that was weak with asses, and placed them in Jericho, the city of palm-trees, with their brethren; and they returned to Samaria.

¹⁶At that time king Achaz sent to the king of Assyria to help him, and on this occasion,

¹⁷because the Idumeans had attacked [him], and smitten Juda, and taken a number of prisoners.

¹⁸Also the Philistines had made an attack on the cities of the plain country, and the cities of the south of Juda, and taken Baethsamys, and Aelon, and Gaderoth, and Socho and her villages, and Thamna and her villages, and Gamzo and her villages: and they dwelt there.

¹⁹For the Lord humbled Juda because of Achaz king of Juda, because he grievously departed from the Lord.

²⁰And there came against him Thalgaphellasar king of Assyria, and he afflicted him.

²¹And Achaz took the things [that were] in the house of the Lord, and the things in the house of the king, and of the princes, and gave them to the king of Assyria: but he was no help to him,

²²but only [troubled him] in his affliction: and he departed yet more from the Lord, and king Achaz said,

²³I will seek after the gods of Damascus that smite me. And he said, Forasmuch as the gods of the king of Syria themselves strengthen them, therefore will I sacrifice to them, and they will help me. But they became a stumbling-block to him, and to all Israel.

²⁴And Achaz removed the vessels of the house of the Lord, and cut them in pieces, and shut the doors of the house of the Lord, and made to himself altars in every corner in Jerusalem:

²⁵and in each several city in Juda he made high places to burn incense to strange gods: and they provoked the Lord God of their fathers.

²⁶And the rest of his acts, and his deeds, the first and the last, behold, [they are] written in the book of the kings of Juda and Israel.

²⁷And Achaz slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David; for they did not bring him into the sepulchres of the kings of Israel: and Ezekias his son reigned in his stead.