Ii Regum 16

1 Anno decimo septimo Phacee filii Romeliæ regnavit Achaz filius Ioatham regis Iuda.

In the seventeenth year of Pekah son of Remaliah reigned hath Ahaz son of Jotham king of Judah.

2 Viginti annorum erat Achaz cum regnare cœpisset, et sedecim annis regnavit in Ierusalem: non fecit quod erat placitum in conspectu Domini Dei sui, sicut David pater eius.

A son of twenty years [is] Ahaz in his reigning, and sixteen years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and he hath not done that which [is] right in the eyes of Jehovah his God, like David his father,

3 Sed ambulavit in via regum Israel: insuper et filium suum consecravit, transferens per ignem secundum idola gentium, quæ dissipavit Dominus coram filiis Israel.

and he walketh in the way of the kings of Israel, and also his son he hath caused to pass over into fire, according to the abominations of the nations that Jehovah dispossessed from the presence of the sons of Israel,

4 Immolabat quoque victimas, et adolebat incensum in excelsis, et in collibus, et sub omni ligno frondoso.

and he sacrificeth and maketh perfume in high places, and on the heights, and under every green tree.

5 Tunc ascendit Rasin rex Syriæ, et Phacee filius Romeliæ rex Israel in Ierusalem ad præliandum: cumque obsiderent Achaz, non valuerunt superare eum.

Then doth Rezin king of Aram go up, and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel, to Jerusalem, to battle, and they lay siege to Ahaz, and they have not been able to fight.

6 In tempore illo restituit Rasin rex Syriæ, Ailam Syriæ, et eiecit Iudæos de Aila: et Idumæi venerunt in Ailam, et habitaverunt ibi usque in diem hanc.

At that time hath Rezin king of Aram brought back Elath to Aram, and casteth out the Jews from Elath, and the Aramaeans have come in to Elath, and dwell there unto this day.

7 Misit autem Achaz nuncios ad Theglathphalasar regem Assyriorum, dicens: Servus tuus, et filius tuus ego sum: ascende, et salvum me fac de manu regis Syriæ, et de manu regis Israel, qui consurrexerunt adversum me.

And Ahaz sendeth messengers unto Tiglath-Pileser king of Asshur, saying, 'Thy servant and thy son [am] I; come up and save me out of the hand of the king of Aram, and out of the hand of the king of Israel, who are rising up against me.'

8 Et cum collegisset argentum et aurum, quod inveniri potuit in domo Domini, et in thesauris regis, misit regi Assyriorum munera.

And Ahaz taketh the silver and the gold that is found in the house of Jehovah, and in the treasures of the house of the king, and sendeth to the king of Asshur — a bribe.

9 Qui et acquievit voluntati eius: ascendit enim rex Assyriorum in Damascum, et vastavit eam: et transtulit habitatores eius Cyrenen, Rasin autem interfecit.

And hearken unto him doth the king of Asshur, and the king of Asshur goeth up unto Damascus, and seizeth it, and removeth [the people of] it to Kir, and Rezin he hath put to death.

10 Perrexitque rex Achaz in occursum Theglathphalasar regis Assyriorum in Damascum. Cumque vidisset altare Damasci, misit rex Achaz ad Uriam sacerdotem exemplar eius, et similitudinem iuxta omne opus eius.

And king Ahaz goeth to meet Tiglath-Pileser king of Asshur [at] Damascus, and seeth the altar that [is] in Damascus, and king Ahaz sendeth unto Urijah the priest the likeness of the altar, and its pattern, according to all its work,

11 Extruxitque Urias sacerdos altare iuxta omnia, quæ præceperat rex Achaz, de Damasco, ita fecit sacerdos Urias, donec veniret rex Achaz de Damasco.

and Urijah the priest buildeth the altar according to all that king Ahaz hath sent from Damascus; so did Urijah the priest till the coming in of king Ahaz from Damascus.

12 Cumque venisset rex de Damasco, vidit altare, et veneratus est illud: ascenditque et immolavit holocausta, et sacrificium suum,

And the king cometh in from Damascus, and the king seeth the altar, and the king draweth near on the altar, and offereth on it,

13 et libavit libamina, et fudit sanguinem pacificorum, quæ obtulerat super altare.

and perfumeth his burnt-offering, and his present, and poureth out his libation, and sprinkleth the blood of the peace-offerings that he hath, on the altar.

14 Porro altare æreum, quod erat coram Domino, transtulit de facie templi, et de loco altaris, et de loco templi Domini: posuitque illud ex latere altaris ad Aquilonem.

As to the altar of brass that [is] before Jehovah — he bringeth [it] near from the front of the house, from between the altar and the house of Jehovah, and putteth it on the side of the altar, northward.

15 Præcepit quoque rex Achaz Uriæ sacerdoti, dicens: Super altare maius offer holocaustum matutinum, et sacrificium vespertinum, et holocaustum regis, et sacrificium eius, et holocaustum universi populi terræ, et sacrificia eorum, et libamina eorum: et omnem sanguinem holocausti, et universum sanguinem victimæ super illud effundes: altare vero æreum erit paratum ad voluntatem meam.

And king Ahaz commandeth him — Urijah the priest — saying, 'On the great altar perfume the burnt-offering of the morning, and the present of the evening, and the burnt-offering of the king, and his present, and the burnt-offering of all the people of the land, and their present, and their libations; and all the blood of the burnt-offering, and all the blood of the sacrifice, on it thou dost sprinkle, and the altar of brass is to me to inquire [by].'

16 Fecit igitur Urias sacerdos iuxta omnia, quæ præceperat rex Achaz.

And Urijah the priest doth according to all that king Ahaz commanded.

17 Tulit autem rex Achaz cælatas bases, et luterem, qui erat desuper: et mare deposuit de bobus æreis, qui sustentabant illud, et posuit super pavimentum stratum lapide.

And king Ahaz cutteth off the borders of the bases, and turneth aside from off them the laver, and the sea he hath taken down from off the brazen oxen that [are] under it, and putteth it on a pavement of stones.

18 Musach quoque Sabbati, quod ædificaverat in templo: et ingressum regis exterius convertit in templum Domini propter regem Assyriorum.

And the covered place for the sabbath that they built in the house, and the entrance of the king without, he turned [from] the house of Jehovah, because of the king of Asshur.

19 Reliqua autem verborum Achaz, quæ fecit, nonne hæc scripta sunt in Libro sermonum dierum regum Iuda?

And the rest of the matters of Ahaz that he did, are they not written on the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah?

20 Dormivitque Achaz cum patribus suis, et sepultus est cum eis in Civitate David, et regnavit Ezechias filius eius pro eo.

And Ahaz lieth with his fathers, and is buried with his fathers, in the city of David, and reign doth Hezekiah his son in his stead.