2 Kings 16

1 When Pekah had been ruling Israel for almost 17 years, Ahaz, the son of Jotham, became the king of Judah.

No ano dezesete de Peka, filho de Remalias, começou a reinar Achaz, filho de Jothão, rei de Judá.

2 He was 20 years old when he became the king [of Judah]. He ruled from Jerusalem for 16 years. He did not do things that pleased Yahweh his God, good things like his ancestor King David had done.

Tinha Achaz vinte anos de idade quando começou a reinar, e reinou dezeseis anos em Jerusalém, e não fez o que era reto aos olhos do Senhor seu Deus, como David, seu pai.

3 Instead, he was as sinful as the kings of Israel had been. He even sacrificed his son as an offering to idols. That was worse than the disgusting things that the people who previously lived there had done, people whom Yahweh had expelled as the Israelis were advancing through the land.

Porque andou no caminho dos reis de Israel: e até a seu filho fez passar pelo fogo, segundo as abominações dos gentios que o Senhor lançára fora de diante dos filhos de Israel.

4 Ahaz offered sacrifices and burned incense [to honor Yahweh] on the tops of many hills and under many [HYP] big trees, [instead of in Jerusalem as Yahweh had commanded].

Também sacrificou, e queimou incenso nos altos e nos outeiros, como também debaixo de todo o arvoredo.

5 While he was the king of Judah, King Rezin of Assyria and King Pekah of Israel [came with their armies] and attacked Jerusalem. They surrounded the city, but they could not conquer it.

Então subiu Resin, rei da Síria, com Peka, filho de Remalias, rei de Israel, a Jerusalém, à peleja; e cercaram a Achaz, porém não o puderam vencer.

6 At that time the [army of the] king of Edom expelled the people of Judah who were living in Elath [city]. Some of the people of Edom started to live there, and they are still living there.

Naquele mesmo tempo Resin, rei da Síria, restituiu Elath à Síria, e lançou fora de Elath os judeus: e os siros vieram a Elath, e habitaram ali até ao dia de hoje.

7 King Ahaz sent messengers to King Tiglath-Pileser of Assyria, to tell this message to him: “I promise that I will completely do what you tell me to do, [as though] I [was] your son. Please come and rescue us from the armies of Syria and Israel who are attacking my country.”

E Achaz enviou mensageiros a Tiglath-pileser, rei da Assyria, dizendo: Eu sou teu servo e teu filho; sobe, e livra-me das mãos do rei da Síria, e das mãos do rei de Israel, que se levantam contra mim.

8 Ahaz took the silver and gold that was in the palace and in the temple and sent it to Assyria to be a present/gift for the king of Assyria.

E tomou Achaz a prata e o ouro que se achou na casa do Senhor e nos tesouros da casa do rei, e mandou um presente ao rei da Assyria.

9 So Tiglath-Pileser did what Ahaz requested. His army marched to Damascus and captured it, and they took the people of Damascus as prisoners to live in the capital city of Assyria, and executed [King] Rezin.

E o rei da Assyria lhe deu ouvidos; pois o rei da Assyria subiu contra Damasco, e tomou-a, e levou-os presos a Kir, e matou a Resin.

10 When King Ahaz went to Damascus to meet King Tiglath-Pileser, he saw the altar that was there. So he sent to Uriah, the Supreme Priest [in Jerusalem], a drawing of the altar and a model that was exactly like the altar in Damascus.

Então o rei Achaz foi a Damasco, a encontrar-se com Tiglath-pileser, rei da Assyria, e, vendo um altar que estava em Damasco, o rei Achaz enviou ao sacerdote Urias a semelhança do altar, e o modelo, conforme toda a sua feição.

11 So Uriah built an altar [in Jerusalem], following the drawing that King Ahaz had sent. Uriah finished the altar before Ahaz returned [to Jerusalem] from Damascus.

E Urias, o sacerdote, edificou um altar conforme tudo o que o rei Achaz tinha ordenado de Damasco; assim o fez o sacerdote Urias, entretanto que o rei Achaz viesse de Damasco.

12 When the king returned from Damascus, he saw the altar. He went to it

Vindo pois o rei de Damasco, o rei viu o altar; e o rei se chegou ao altar, e sacrificou nele.

13 and burned animal sacrifices and a grain offering on it. He also poured a wine offering on it and threw on it the blood of the offerings to maintain fellowship with God.

E queimou o seu holocausto, e a sua oferta de manjares, e derramou a sua libação: e espargiu o sangue dos seus sacrifícios pacíficos naquele altar.

14 The old bronze altar which had been dedicated long ago to Yahweh was between the new altar and the temple, so Ahaz moved it to the north side of his new altar, [which was bigger than the old altar].

Porém o altar de cobre, que estava perante o Senhor, tirou de diante da casa, de entre o seu altar e a casa do Senhor, e pô-lo ao lado do seu altar, da banda do norte.

15 Then King Ahaz ordered Uriah: “Each morning put on this new altar the sacrifices that will be completely burned, and in the evening put on it the grain offering, along with my offering and the offerings that the people bring, ones that will be completely burned, and my grain offering and the people’s grain and wine offerings. Pour against the sides of the altar the blood of all the animals that are sacrificed. But the old bronze altar will be only for me to use to find out what Yahweh wants me to do.”

E o rei Achaz mandou a Urias o sacerdote, dizendo: No grande altar queima o holocausto de pela manhã, como também a oferta de manjares de noite, e o holocausto do rei, e a sua oferta de manjares, e o holocausto de todo o povo da terra, a sua oferta de manjares, e as suas ofertas de bebida e todo o sangue dos holocaustos, e todo o sangue dos sacrifícios espargirás nele; porém o altar de cobre será para mim, para inquirir dele.

16 So Uriah did what the king commanded him to do.

E fez Urias, o sacerdote, conforme tudo quanto o rei Achaz lhe ordenara.

17 King Ahaz told his workers to take off the frames of the carts [that were outside the temple] and to take down the basins that were on them. They also took down the bronze tank from the backs of the bronze [statues of the] oxen and put it on a stone foundation.

E o rei Achaz cortou as cintas das bases, e de cima delas tomou a pia, e o mar tirou de sobre os bois de cobre, que estavam debaixo dele, e pô-lo sobre um soalho de pedra.

18 Then to please the king of Assyria, Ahaz had them remove from the temple the roof under which the people walked into the temple on the Sabbath Day, and closed up the private entrance into the temple for the kings of Judah.

Também a coberta do sábado, que edificaram na casa, e a entrada de fora do rei, retirou da casa do Senhor, por causa do rei da Assyria.

19 [If you want to know about] the other things that Ahaz did, they are written [RHQ] in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Judah’.

Ora o mais dos sucessos de Achaz, e o que fez, porventura não está escrito no livro das crônicas dos reis de Judá?

20 Ahaz died [EUP], and he was buried in [the part of Jerusalem called] ‘The City of David’, where his ancestors had been buried. Then his son Hezekiah became the king.

E dormiu Achaz com seus pais, e foi sepultado junto a seus pais, na cidade de David: e Ezequias, seu filho, reinou em seu lugar.