2 Chronicles 28

28 ¹Ahaz na twenty years wen e become king; e rule sixteen years for Jerusalem. E no do wetin correct for our Papa eye, di way David im great-grandpapa do. ²Instead, e waka for di way of Israel im kings, and e melt metal make idols for di Baals. ³E burn incense for Ben-Hinnom Valley, and e burn im pikin dem for fire, dey copy di dirty-dirty tin wey di nations wey our Papa comot for Israel front dey do. ⁴E dey sacrifice and burn incense for di high places, for di hills, and under every tree wey get leaf. ^a a v4 High places na shrine for hilltop or open place wey dem dey use worship idol all over Canaan.

⁵So our Papa hand am give di king of Aram, wey beat am, carry plenty people go Damascus as captive; e still hand am give di king of Israel, wey beat am well-well. ⁶Pekah, Remaliah im pikin, kill 120,000 brave man of Judah for one day, because dem comot for our Papa, di God of dem forefathers. ⁷Zichri, one Ephraim warrior, kill Maaseiah di king im pikin, Azrikam di oga wey dey run di palace, and Elkanah, di second man to di king. ⁸Israel capture 200,000 of dem relative—woman, boy pikin, girl pikin—and plenty loot, dey carry am go Samaria. ⁹Oded, one prophet of our Papa, dey dia. E meet di army as dem dey return go Samaria: “See, our Papa, di God of una forefathers, vex with Judah, so e hand dem give una. But una don kill dem with vex wey reach heaven. ¹⁰Now una wan take Judah and Jerusalem people, man and woman, make slave. But una no dey guilty of una own sins against una Papa? ¹¹Now hear me: send back di relative dem wey una capture, because our Papa fierce vex dey on una.” ¹²Some Ephraim chief dem—Azariah, Johanan im pikin, Berechiah, Meshillemoth im pikin, Jehizkiah, Shallum im pikin, Amasa, Hadlai im pikin—stand against di ones wey dey come from war. ¹³“No bring di captive dem come here,” dem talk. “Una wan add to our sins and our guilt against our Papa. Our guilt don already plenty, and fierce vex dey hang over Israel.”

¹⁴So di soldier dem hand di captive and di loot for front of di officials, before di whole assembly. ¹⁵Di men wey dem call by name take di captive dem, and with di loot dem cloth all di ones wey dey naked. Dem give dem cloth and sandal, food and drink, and dem rub oil for dem body. Dem put di ones wey no get power for donkey, carry dem go meet dem fellow Israelite for Jericho, di city of palm tree, den dem return go Samaria.

¹⁶For dat time King Ahaz send message go di king of Assyria for help. ¹⁷Di Edomite dem don enter Judah again come fight, and dem carry captive comot, ¹⁸while di Philistine dem raid Judah im lowland and di towns for Negev, come capture Beth-shemesh, Aijalon, Gederoth, Soco, Timnah, and Gimzo with dem villages, and dem settle dia. ¹⁹Our Papa bring Judah low because of Ahaz king of Israel, wey spread bad-bad way for Judah and betray our Papa completely. ^b b v19 Ahaz dey rule over Judah; to call am “king of Israel” dey show how e take up di way of di northern kingdom im faithless kings completely. ²⁰Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria come meet Ahaz, but Tiglath-pileser bring am trouble instead of help. ²¹Ahaz remove tins for our Papa house, for di royal palace, and for di officials—dem treasure—give am to di king of Assyria; but e no bring am any help.

²²For im time of trouble, dis same King Ahaz become even more unfaithful to our Papa. ²³E sacrifice to di gods of Damascus, di ones wey beat am, e dey think, “Di gods of Aram im kings help dem; I go sacrifice to dem so dem go help me.” But dem spoil am and all Israel. ²⁴Ahaz gather di articles of our Papa house and cut dem to pieces, e lock di doors of our Papa house, and e set up altar for imself for every corner for Jerusalem. ²⁵For every town of Judah e build high places to burn offering to oda gods, dey make our Papa vex, di God of im forefathers.

²⁶Di rest of im work and all im way, from first to last, dem write am for di Book of di Kings of Judah and Israel. ²⁷Ahaz rest with im forefathers, dem bury am for Jerusalem, but no be for di tomb of Israel im kings. Im pikin Hezekiah rule for im place.