Ahaz Comot for di Way of our Papa
Ahaz burn im own pikin for fire, and e use temple silver buy Assyria protection. Then e see one altar for Damascus wey e like, send the pattern come house, and tell Uriah make e build the same thing. Dem push our Papa bronze altar comot for side, and Uriah do as dem tell am.
16 1For di seventeen year wey Pekah, di pikin of Remaliah, dey rule, Ahaz di pikin of Jotham become king of Judah. 2Ahaz be twenty years wen e become king; e rule for sixteen years for Jerusalem. E no do di correct-and-holy way for di eyes of our Papa im God, di way wey e ansistor David do. 3Instead, e follow di road wey di kings of Israel dey waka, e even make im pikin pass through fire, e dey copy di nasty things wey di nations wey our Papa comot for front of Israel bin dey do. a a v3 Wen dem make pikin "pass through fire," na to sacrifice dat pikin inside di fire give one pagan god — na horror wey our Papa bin don condemn. 4E dey sacrifice and burn incense for di high places, for di hills, and under every big tree wey spread.
5Den Rezin king of Aram and Pekah di pikin of Remaliah king of Israel march come Jerusalem come fight; dem surround Ahaz but dem no fit conquer am. 6For dat time, Rezin king of Aram recover Elath give Aram, e drive di Judah people comot for there, and Edom people come and don dey live there since. 7Ahaz send messengers go meet Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria: "Na your servant and pikin I be. Come rescue me from di king of Aram and di king of Israel, wey dey attack me." 8Ahaz carry di silver and gold wey dem find for house of our Papa and for di king store rooms, e send am as gift give di king of Assyria. 9Di king of Assyria gree do wetin e ask. E attack Damascus, e capture am, e carry im people go exile for Kir, and e kill Rezin.
10Wen King Ahaz go Damascus go meet Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria, e see di altar wey dey there. So e send di design and di full pattern go give Uriah di priest, exact for every small-small detail. 11Uriah di priest build di altar exactly di way King Ahaz send am from Damascus, e finish am before King Ahaz come back. 12Wen di king come back from Damascus and e see di altar, e come near and e go up on top am. 13E burn im burnt offering and grain offering, e pour im drink offering, and e splash di blood of im peace offerings for di altar. 14E move di bronze altar wey dey before our Papa from di front of di house—wey dey between di new altar and di house of our Papa—come put am for di north side of di new altar. 15King Ahaz command Uriah di priest, "For di big altar, burn di morning burnt offering, di evening grain offering, di king im burnt and grain offerings, and all di people of di land own: dem burnt, grain, and drink offerings. Splash all di blood of di burnt offerings and sacrifices on top am. But di bronze altar na my own to take find guidance." 16And Uriah di priest do everything just as King Ahaz command am.
17King Ahaz cut di panels comot for di movable stands and e remove dem basins. E carry di bronze Sea come down from di bronze oxen wey dey under am, e put am on top one stone base. 18Because of di king of Assyria, e remove di covered Sabbath walkway wey dem build inside di house, and di king outside entrance, comot for di house of our Papa. 19Di oda things wey Ahaz do, all wetin e do, no be inside di Book of di Chronicles of di Kings of Judah dem write am? 20Ahaz rest with im ansistors, dem bury am with dem for di City of David; im pikin Hezekiah come rule for im place.
