2 Kings, 16

1. In the seventeenth year of Pekah, the son of Remaliah: Ahaz, the son of Jotham, reigned as king of Judah.

1. Sedamnaeste godine vladanja Pekaha, sina Remalijina, postade judejskim kraljem Ahaz, sin Jotamov.

2. Ahaz was twenty years old when he had begun to reign, and he reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem. He did not do what was pleasing in the sight of the Lord, his God, as his father David did.

2. Ahazu je bilo dvadeset godina kad se zakraljio, a kraljevao je šesnaest godina u Jeruzalemu, ali nije èinio što je pravo u oèima Jahve, Boga njegova, kao što je èinio predak mu David.

3. Instead, he walked in the way of the kings of Israel. Moreover, he even consecrated his son, making him pass through fire, in accord with the idols of the nations that the Lord destroyed before the sons of Israel.

3. Živio je poput izraelskih kraljeva i sam je proveo svoga sina kroz oganj po gnusnom obièaju naroda što ih je Jahve protjerao pred Izraelovim sinovima.

4. Also, he was immolating victims, and burning incense, in the high places, and on the hills, and under every leafy tree.

4. Prinosio je žrtve i kad po uzvišicama i brežuljcima i pod svakim zelenim drvetom.

5. Then Rezin, the king of Syria, and Pekah, the son of Remaliah, the king of Israel, ascended to do battle against Jerusalem. And they besieged Ahaz, but they were not able to overcome him.

5. Tada aramejski kralj Resin i Pekah, sin Remalijin, kralj Izraela, poðoše u rat protiv Jeruzalema. Opsjedoše ga, ali ga ne mogoše osvojiti.

6. At that time, Rezin, the king of Syria, restored Elath to Syria, and he expelled the Judeans from Elath. And the Idumeans went into Elath, and they have lived there, even to this day.

6. U to vrijeme aramejski kralj Resin vrati Elat Edomcima; protjerao je Judejce iz Elata; ušli su Edomci u njega i ondje su ostali do danas. -

7. Then Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-pileser, the king of the Assyrians, saying: “I am your servant, and I am your son. Ascend and accomplish my salvation from the hand of the king of Syria, and from the hand of the king of Israel, who have risen up together against me.”

7. Tada Ahaz uputi poslanike asirskom kralju Tiglat-Pileseru da mu kažu: "Ja sam tvoj sluga i sin tvoj! Doði i izbavi me iz ruku aramejskog kralja i kralja Izraela, koji su se digli protiv mene."

8. And when he had collected the silver and the gold that could be found in the house of the Lord, and in the treasuries of the king, he sent it as a gift to the king of the Assyrians.

8. Ahaz je uzeo srebro i zlato što se nalazilo u Domu Jahvinu i u riznicama kraljevskog dvora i sve je poslao na dar asirskom kralju.

9. And he agreed to his will. For the king of the Assyrians ascended against Damascus, and he laid waste to it. And he carried away its inhabitants to Cyrene. But Rezin he killed.

9. I posluša ga asirski kralj: otišao je na Damask i osvojio ga. Stanovništvo je odveo u sužanjstvo u Kir, a Resina je pogubio.

10. And king Ahaz traveled to Damascus to meet Tiglath-pileser, the king of the Assyrians. And when he had seen the altar of Damascus, king Ahaz sent to Uriah, the priest, its pattern and likeness, according to all of its work.

10. Kralj Ahaz otišao je u Damask u susret asirskom kralju Tiglat-Pileseru. I vidio je žrtvenik koji bijaše u Damasku. Tada kralj Ahaz posla sveæeniku Uriji mjere žrtvenika, njegov nacrt i sve pojedinosti njegove graðe.

11. And Uriah, the priest, constructed an altar in accord with all that king Ahaz had commanded from Damascus. Uriah, the priest, did so, until king Ahaz arrived from Damascus.

11. Sveæenik Urija sagradi žrtvenik; sve je upute što ih je kralj Ahaz uputio iz Damaska izvršio sveæenik Urija prije nego što se kralj Ahaz vratio iz Damaska.

12. And when the king had arrived from Damascus, he saw the altar, and he venerated it. And he went up and immolated holocausts, with his own sacrifice.

12. Pošto je kralj Ahaz stigao iz Damaska, vidio je žrtvenik, prišao mu i popeo se na nj.

13. And he offered libations, and he poured out the blood of the peace offerings, which he had offered, upon the altar.

13. Spalio je na žrtveniku svoju paljenicu i svoju prinosnicu, izlio svoju ljevanicu i krvlju prièesnica poškropio žrtvenik.

14. But the altar of brass, which was before the Lord, he took away from the face of the temple, and from the place of the altar, and from the place of the temple of the Lord. And he positioned it at the side of the altar, toward the north.

14. A mjedeni žrtvenik, koji bijaše pred Jahvom, maknuo je ispred Hrama, gdje je bio izmeðu novoga žrtvenika i Doma Jahvina. I postavio ga je pokraj novoga žrtvenika sa sjevera.

15. Also, king Ahaz instructed Uriah, the priest, saying: “Upon the great altar, offer the morning holocaust, and the evening sacrifice, and the holocaust of the king, and his sacrifice, and the holocaust of the entire people of the land, and their sacrifices. But their libations, and all the blood of the holocaust, and all the blood of the victim, you shall pour out upon it. Then truly, the altar of brass shall be prepared for use at my will.”

15. Kralj Ahaz zapovjedio je sveæeniku Uriji: "Na velikom æeš žrtveniku spaljivati jutarnju paljenicu i veèernju prinosnicu, kraljevu paljenicu i njegovu prinosnicu, i paljenice, prinosnice i ljevanice svega naroda. Po njemu æeš izlijevati svu krv paljenica i klanica. A o žrtveniku od mjedi još æu razmisliti."

16. And so Uriah, the priest, acted in accord with all that king Ahaz had instructed to him.

16. Sveæenik Urija uèini sve što mu je naredio kralj Ahaz.

17. Then king Ahaz took away the engraved bases, and the basin that was upon them. And he took down the sea from the bronze oxen, which were holding it up. And he positioned it upon a layer of pavement stone.

17. Kralj Ahaz skinuo je okvire s podnožja; s njih je skinuo i umivaonike. A mjedeno more skinuo je s volova koji su stajali pod njim i stavio ga na kameni pod.

18. Also, the canopy for the Sabbath, which he had built in the temple, and the exterior entrance of the king, he converted into the temple of the Lord, because of the king of the Assyrians.

18. Pred asirskim je kraljem uklonio iz Jahvina Doma Subotnji hodnik koji bijahu sagradili i vanjski kraljevski prilaz.

19. Now the rest of the words of Ahaz that he did, have these not been written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of Judah?

19. Ostala povijest Ahazova i sve što je uèinio, zar to nije sve zapisano u knjizi Ljetopisa judejskih kraljeva?

20. And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and he was buried with them in the city of David. And Hezekiah, his son, reigned in his place.

20. Ahaz je poèinuo sa svojim ocima i sahranjen je u Davidovu gradu. Na njegovo se mjesto zakraljio sin mu Ezekija.