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Ang Paghari ni Hosea sa Israel

17 Nahimong hari sa Israel si Hosea nga anak ni Elah sa ika-12 nga tuig sa paghari ni Ahaz sa Juda. Sa Samaria siya nagpuyo, ug naghari siya sulod sa siyam ka tuig. Daotan ang iyang gihimo atubangan sa Ginoo, apan dili gayod sama kadaotan sa gihimo sa mga hari sa Israel nga nauna kaniya.

Gisulong ni Shalmaneser nga hari sa Asiria si Hosea. Nailalom siya sa gahom ni Shalmaneser ug gipabayad ug buhis. Apan nadiskobrehan sa hari sa Asiria nga nagluib si Hosea. Nagpadala kini ug mensahe sa pagpangayo ug tabang ngadto kang So nga hari sa Ehipto. Wala na usab siya mohatag sa iyang tinuig nga buhis. Busa gipadakop siya ni Shalmaneser ug gipriso.

Unya gisulong sa hari sa Asiria ang tibuok Israel, ug sulod sa tulo ka tuig gilibotan niya ang Samaria. Ug sa ikasiyam nga tuig sa paghari ni Hosea, giilog sa hari sa Asiria ang Samaria, ug gidala niya ang mga taga-Israel sa Asiria ingon nga mga bihag. Gipapuyo niya sila sa lungsod sa Hala, sa mga lugar duol sa Suba sa Habor sa Gozan, ug sa mga lungsod sa mga Medianhon.

Nahitabo kini sa mga taga-Israel tungod kay nakasala sila sa Ginoo nga ilang Dios nga maoy nagpagawas kanila gikan sa Ehipto ug nagluwas kanila gikan sa mga kamot sa Faraon nga hari sa Ehipto. Misimba sila sa ubang mga dios ug misunod sa mga buhat sa mga nasod nga giabog sa Ginoo gikan niining yutaa sa pag-abot sa mga Israelinhon. Misunod usab sila sa mga binuhatan nga gitudlo sa mga hari sa Israel. Naghimo sila sa tago sa mga butang nga supak sa Ginoo nga ilang Dios. Naghimo usab sila ug mga simbahanan diha sa habog nga mga dapit sa Israel, gikan sa gagmayng mga baryo[a] ngadto sa dagkong mga pinarilan nga mga lungsod. 10 Nagpatindog sila ug handomanan nga mga bato ug mga poste nga simbolo sa diosa nga si Ashera ibabaw sa matag bungtod ug ilalom sa matag labong nga kahoy. 11 Nagsunog sila ug mga insenso sa matag simbahanan sa habog nga mga dapit, sama sa gihimo sa mga nasod nga giabog sa Ginoo gikan niining yutaa sa pag-abot sa mga Israelinhon. Gihimo nila ang mga daotang butang nga nakapasuko sa Ginoo. 12 Misimba sila sa mga dios-dios bisag nagaingon ang Ginoo nga dili gayod nila kini buhaton. 13 Kanunayng gipahimangnoan sa Ginoo ang Israel ug Juda pinaagi sa iyang mga propeta ug manalagna: “Biya na kamo sa inyong mga daotang gawi. Tumana ninyo ang akong mga sugo ug mga tulumanon nga anaa sa tibuok nga Kasugoan nga gipatuman ko sa inyong mga katigulangan, ug akong gihatag kaninyo pinaagi sa akong mga alagad nga mga propeta.” 14 Apan wala sila motuman. Gahi silag ulo sama sa ilang mga katigulangan nga wala motuo sa Ginoo nga ilang Dios. 15 Gisalikway nila ang mga tulumanon ug ang kasabotan nga gihimo niya sa ilang mga katigulangan, ug gipakawalay-bili nila ang iyang mga pahimangno kanila. Gisunod nila ang mga walay pulos nga mga dios-dios, ug nahimo usab silang walay pulos. Gisunod nila ang mga nasod sa ilang palibot bisan ug gimandoan sila sa Ginoo nga dili nila kini sundon. Gihimo gayod nila ang mga butang nga gidili kanila sa Ginoo. 16 Gisalikway nila ang tanang sugo sa Ginoo nga ilang Dios, ug naghimo sila ug rebulto sa duha ka nating baka ug poste nga simbolo sa diosa nga si Ashera. Gisimba nila si Baal ug ang tanang butang nga anaa sa kalangitan. 17 Gihalad nila ang ilang mga anak sa kalayo; midangop sila sa mga mananagna ug mga mamamarang, ug gitugyan nila ang ilang kaugalingon sa daotang buhat atubangan mismo sa Ginoo, ug nakapasuko kini kaniya.

18 Nasuko pag-ayo ang Ginoo sa Israel ug gipapahawa niya sila sa iyang presensya. Ang tribo lang ni Juda mao ang nahibilin. 19 Apan bisan ang Juda wala usab motuman sa mga sugo sa Ginoo nga ilang Dios. Gisunod nila ang mga binuhatan nga gitudlo kanila sa mga taga-Israel. 20 Busa gisalikway sa Ginoo ang tanang mga kaliwat ni Israel. Gisilotan niya sila pinaagi sa pagtugyan kanila sa mga nanulong kanila hangtod nga nahanaw sila sa iyang presensya.

21 Sa dihang gibulag sa Ginoo ang Israel gikan sa gingharian ni David, gihimo sa mga taga-Israel si Jeroboam nga anak ni Nebat nga ilang hari. Giaghat ni Jeroboam ang mga taga-Israel sa pagbiya sa Ginoo, ug gitukmod niya sila sa paghimog dakong sala. 22 Nagpadayon sa pagsunod ang mga taga-Israel sa mga sala ni Jeroboam, ug wala gayod sila mobiya niini, 23 hangtod nga gipapahawa sila sa Ginoo sa iyang presensya, sumala sa iyang gipasidaan kanila pinaagi sa iyang mga alagad nga mga propeta. Busa gibihag ang katawhan sa Israel ngadto sa Asiria diin tua sila hangtod karon.

Nagpuyo ang mga Taga-Asiria sa Israel

24 Nagpadala ang hari sa Asiria ug mga tawo ngadto sa Samaria nga gikan sa Babilonia, Cut, Ava, Hamat, ug Sefarvaim, ug gipapuyo niya sila sa mga lungsod sa Samaria puli sa mga taga-Israel. Busa gisakop nila ang Samaria ug ang uban pang mga lungsod sa Israel. 25 Sa pagsugod nilag puyo didto, wala sila magsimba sa Ginoo, busa gipadad-an sila sa Ginoo ug mga liyon ug gipamatay ang uban kanila. 26 Kini nga hitabo gibalita ngadto sa hari sa Asiria: “Ang mga tawo nga imong gipadala ug gipapuyo sa mga lungsod sa Samaria wala masayod sa kasugoan sa dios sa maong lugar. Busa nagpadala siya ug mga liyon ug gipamatay na niini ang uban kanila, kay wala sila masayod sa iyang kasugoan.”

27 Unya mimando ang hari sa Asiria, “Pabalika sa Samaria ang usa sa mga pari nga atong gibihag, ug didto siya papuy-a aron makatudlo siya sa mga tawo sa mga kasugoan sa dios sa maong lugar.” 28 Busa ang usa sa mga pari nga gibihag mibalik sa Samaria ug mipuyo sa Betel, ug gitudloan niya ang mga tawo kon unsaon pagsimba sa Ginoo. 29 Apan kining nagkalain-laing grupo sa mga tawo nagpadayon sa paghimo sa ilang mga dios. Sa matag lungsod nga ilang gipuy-an gibutang nila ang ilang mga dios-dios sa mga simbahanan diha sa habog nga mga dapit nga hinimo sa mga taga-Samaria. 30 Ang uban kanila nga gikan sa Babilonia misimba sa ilang dios nga si Sucot Benot. Ang gikan sa Cut misimba sa ilang dios nga si Nergal. Ang gikan sa Hamat misimba sa ilang dios nga si Ashima. 31 Ang gikan sa Ava misimba sa ilang mga dios nga si Nibhaz ug si Tartak. Ug ang gikan sa Sefarvaim misimba sa ilang mga dios nga si Adramelec ug si Anamelec; ug gisunog pa nila ang ilang mga kabataan ingon nga halad ngadto niini nga mga dios. 32 Misimba sila sa Ginoo, apan nagpili silag mga pari gikan mismo sa ilang mga tawo aron sa pagpangulo kanila sa paghalad didto sa mga simbahanan diha sa habog nga mga dapit. 33 Misimba sila sa Ginoo, apan misimba usab sila sa ilang kaugalingong mga dios sumala sa mga paagi sa mga nasod nga ilang gigikanan. 34 Hangtod karon ginahimo pa gihapon nila kini. Dili matinud-anon ang ilang pagsimba sa Ginoo, ug wala sila magtuman sa mga sugo, mga tulumanon, mga pagtulon-an, ug mga kasugoan nga gihatag sa Ginoo sa mga kaliwat ni Jacob, nga iyang ginganlan ug Israel. 35 Sa dihang naghimo ang Ginoo ug kasabotan sa mga Israelinhon, nagmando siya kanila: “Ayaw kamo pagsimba o pag-alagad sa ubang mga dios, o paghalad ngadto kanila. 36 Ako lang ang inyong simbahon, ang Ginoo nga nagpagawas kaninyo gikan sa Ehipto pinaagi sa akong kahibulongang gahom. Ako lang ang angay ninyong simbahon ug halaran. 37 Kinahanglang tumanon ninyo kanunay ang akong mga tulumanon, mga lagda, mga patakaran, ug mga sugo nga akong gisulat alang kaninyo. Ayaw gayod kamo pagsimba ug laing mga dios. 38 Ayaw ninyo kalimti ang kasabotan nga akong gihimo kaninyo, ug ayaw kamo pagsimba sa ubang mga dios. 39 Ako lang ang inyong simbahon, ang Ginoo nga inyong Dios, kay ako ang magaluwas kaninyo gikan sa kamot sa inyong mga kaaway.”

40 Apan wala sila mamati sa Ginoo. Nagpadayon hinuon sila sa ilang naandang mga buhat. 41 Samtang nagasimba sila sa Ginoo, nagasimba usab sila sa ilang mga dios-dios. Ug hangtod karon mao usab kana ang ginahimo sa ilang mga kaliwat.

Footnotes

  1. 17:9 baryo: o, tore.

17 In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah began Hoshea the son of Elah to reign in Samaria over Israel nine years.

And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, but not as the kings of Israel that were before him.

Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria; and Hoshea became his servant, and gave him presents.

And the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea: for he had sent messengers to So king of Egypt, and brought no present to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year: therefore the king of Assyria shut him up, and bound him in prison.

Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, and went up to Samaria, and besieged it three years.

In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away into Assyria, and placed them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.

For so it was, that the children of Israel had sinned against the Lord their God, which had brought them up out of the land of Egypt, from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and had feared other gods,

And walked in the statutes of the heathen, whom the Lord cast out from before the children of Israel, and of the kings of Israel, which they had made.

And the children of Israel did secretly those things that were not right against the Lord their God, and they built them high places in all their cities, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city.

10 And they set them up images and groves in every high hill, and under every green tree:

11 And there they burnt incense in all the high places, as did the heathen whom the Lord carried away before them; and wrought wicked things to provoke the Lord to anger:

12 For they served idols, whereof the Lord had said unto them, Ye shall not do this thing.

13 Yet the Lord testified against Israel, and against Judah, by all the prophets, and by all the seers, saying, Turn ye from your evil ways, and keep my commandments and my statutes, according to all the law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you by my servants the prophets.

14 Notwithstanding they would not hear, but hardened their necks, like to the neck of their fathers, that did not believe in the Lord their God.

15 And they rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made with their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified against them; and they followed vanity, and became vain, and went after the heathen that were round about them, concerning whom the Lord had charged them, that they should not do like them.

16 And they left all the commandments of the Lord their God, and made them molten images, even two calves, and made a grove, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served Baal.

17 And they caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire, and used divination and enchantments, and sold themselves to do evil in the sight of the Lord, to provoke him to anger.

18 Therefore the Lord was very angry with Israel, and removed them out of his sight: there was none left but the tribe of Judah only.

19 Also Judah kept not the commandments of the Lord their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they made.

20 And the Lord rejected all the seed of Israel, and afflicted them, and delivered them into the hand of spoilers, until he had cast them out of his sight.

21 For he rent Israel from the house of David; and they made Jeroboam the son of Nebat king: and Jeroboam drave Israel from following the Lord, and made them sin a great sin.

22 For the children of Israel walked in all the sins of Jeroboam which he did; they departed not from them;

23 Until the Lord removed Israel out of his sight, as he had said by all his servants the prophets. So was Israel carried away out of their own land to Assyria unto this day.

24 And the king of Assyria brought men from Babylon, and from Cuthah, and from Ava, and from Hamath, and from Sepharvaim, and placed them in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel: and they possessed Samaria, and dwelt in the cities thereof.

25 And so it was at the beginning of their dwelling there, that they feared not the Lord: therefore the Lord sent lions among them, which slew some of them.

26 Wherefore they spake to the king of Assyria, saying, The nations which thou hast removed, and placed in the cities of Samaria, know not the manner of the God of the land: therefore he hath sent lions among them, and, behold, they slay them, because they know not the manner of the God of the land.

27 Then the king of Assyria commanded, saying, Carry thither one of the priests whom ye brought from thence; and let them go and dwell there, and let him teach them the manner of the God of the land.

28 Then one of the priests whom they had carried away from Samaria came and dwelt in Bethel, and taught them how they should fear the Lord.

29 Howbeit every nation made gods of their own, and put them in the houses of the high places which the Samaritans had made, every nation in their cities wherein they dwelt.

30 And the men of Babylon made Succothbenoth, and the men of Cuth made Nergal, and the men of Hamath made Ashima,

31 And the Avites made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites burnt their children in fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of Sepharvaim.

32 So they feared the Lord, and made unto themselves of the lowest of them priests of the high places, which sacrificed for them in the houses of the high places.

33 They feared the Lord, and served their own gods, after the manner of the nations whom they carried away from thence.

34 Unto this day they do after the former manners: they fear not the Lord, neither do they after their statutes, or after their ordinances, or after the law and commandment which the Lord commanded the children of Jacob, whom he named Israel;

35 With whom the Lord had made a covenant, and charged them, saying, Ye shall not fear other gods, nor bow yourselves to them, nor serve them, nor sacrifice to them:

36 But the Lord, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt with great power and a stretched out arm, him shall ye fear, and him shall ye worship, and to him shall ye do sacrifice.

37 And the statutes, and the ordinances, and the law, and the commandment, which he wrote for you, ye shall observe to do for evermore; and ye shall not fear other gods.

38 And the covenant that I have made with you ye shall not forget; neither shall ye fear other gods.

39 But the Lord your God ye shall fear; and he shall deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies.

40 Howbeit they did not hearken, but they did after their former manner.

41 So these nations feared the Lord, and served their graven images, both their children, and their children's children: as did their fathers, so do they unto this day.

Hoshea Reigns in Israel

17 In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah, (A)Hoshea the son of Elah began to reign in Samaria over Israel, and he reigned nine years. And he did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, yet not as the kings of Israel who were before him. (B)Against him came up (C)Shalmaneser king of Assyria. And Hoshea became his vassal and paid him tribute. But the king of Assyria found treachery in Hoshea, for he had sent messengers to So, king of Egypt, and offered no tribute to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year. Therefore the king of Assyria shut him up and bound him in prison. Then the king of Assyria invaded all the land and came to Samaria, and for three years he besieged it.

The Fall of Israel

In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria (D)captured Samaria, (E)and he carried the Israelites away to Assyria (F)and placed them in Halah, and on the Habor, the river of (G)Gozan, and in the cities of (H)the Medes.

Exile Because of Idolatry

And this occurred because the people of Israel had sinned against the Lord their God, (I)who had brought them up out of the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and had feared other gods (J)and walked in the customs of the nations whom the Lord drove out before the people of Israel, (K)and in the customs that the kings of Israel had practiced. And the people of Israel did secretly against the Lord their God things that were not right. They built for themselves high places in all their towns, (L)from watchtower to fortified city. 10 They set up for themselves (M)pillars and Asherim on every high hill and under every green tree, 11 and there they made offerings on all the high places, as the nations did whom the Lord carried away before them. And they did wicked things, provoking the Lord to anger, 12 and they served idols, (N)of which the Lord had said to them, “You shall not do this.” 13 Yet the Lord (O)warned Israel and Judah (P)by every prophet (Q)and every seer, saying, (R)“Turn from your evil ways and keep my commandments and my statutes, in accordance with all the Law that I commanded your fathers, and that I sent to you by my servants the prophets.”

14 But they would not listen, (S)but were stubborn, as their fathers had been, who did not believe in the Lord their God. 15 They despised his statutes (T)and his covenant that he made with their fathers and the warnings that he gave them. They went after (U)false idols (V)and became false, and they followed the nations that were around them, concerning whom the (W)Lord had commanded them that they should not do like them. 16 And they abandoned all the commandments of the Lord their God, and made for themselves metal images of (X)two calves; and they (Y)made an Asherah and (Z)worshiped all the host of heaven and served (AA)Baal. 17 (AB)And they burned their sons and their daughters as offerings[a] and used (AC)divination and (AD)omens and (AE)sold themselves to do evil in the sight of the Lord, provoking him to anger. 18 Therefore the Lord was very angry with Israel and removed them out of his sight. None was left but (AF)the tribe of Judah only.

19 (AG)Judah also did not keep the commandments of the Lord their God, but walked in the customs that Israel had introduced. 20 And the Lord rejected all the descendants of Israel and afflicted them (AH)and gave them into the hand of plunderers, until he had cast them out of his sight.

21 (AI)When he had torn Israel from the house of David, (AJ)they made Jeroboam the son of Nebat king. And Jeroboam drove Israel from following the Lord (AK)and made them commit great sin. 22 The people of Israel walked in all the sins that Jeroboam did. They did not depart from them, 23 until the Lord removed Israel out of his sight, (AL)as he had spoken by all his servants the prophets. (AM)So Israel was exiled from their own land to Assyria until this day.

Assyria Resettles Samaria

24 (AN)And the king of Assyria brought people from (AO)Babylon, Cuthah, (AP)Avva, (AQ)Hamath, and (AR)Sepharvaim, and placed them in the cities of Samaria instead of the people of Israel. And they took possession of Samaria and lived in its cities. 25 And at the beginning of their dwelling there, they did not fear the Lord. Therefore the Lord sent lions among them, which killed some of them. 26 So the king of Assyria was told, “The nations that you have carried away and placed in the cities of Samaria do not know the law of the god of the land. Therefore he has sent lions among them, and behold, they are killing them, because they do not know the law of the god of the land.” 27 Then the king of Assyria commanded, “Send there one of the priests whom you carried away from there, and let him[b] go and dwell there and teach them the law of the god of the land.” 28 So one of the priests whom they had carried away from Samaria came and lived in (AS)Bethel and taught them how they should fear the Lord.

29 But every nation still made gods of its own and put them (AT)in the shrines of the high places that the Samaritans had made, every nation in the cities in which they lived. 30 The men of (AU)Babylon made Succoth-benoth, the men of Cuth made Nergal, the men of Hamath made Ashima, 31 and the Avvites made Nibhaz and Tartak; and the Sepharvites (AV)burned their children in the fire to (AW)Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of (AX)Sepharvaim. 32 (AY)They also feared the Lord (AZ)and appointed from among themselves all sorts of people as priests of the high places, who sacrificed for them in the shrines of (BA)the high places. 33 So they feared the Lord but also served their own gods, after the manner of the nations from among whom they had been carried away.

34 To this day they do according to the former manner. They do not fear the Lord, and they do not follow the statutes or the rules or the law or the commandment that the Lord commanded the children of Jacob, (BB)whom he named Israel. 35 The Lord made a covenant with them and commanded them, (BC)“You shall not fear other gods (BD)or bow yourselves to them or serve them or sacrifice to them, 36 but (BE)you shall fear the Lord, (BF)who brought you out of the land of Egypt with great power and (BG)with an outstretched arm. You shall bow yourselves to him, and to him you shall sacrifice. 37 And the statutes and the rules and the law and the commandment that he wrote for you, (BH)you shall always be careful to do. (BI)You shall not fear other gods, 38 and (BJ)you shall not forget the covenant that I have made with you. (BK)You shall not fear other gods, 39 but (BL)you shall fear the Lord your God, and he will deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies.” 40 However, they would not listen, but they did according to their former manner.

41 (BM)So these nations feared the Lord and also served their carved images. Their children did likewise, and their children's children—as their fathers did, so they do to this day.

Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 17:17 Or made their sons and their daughters pass through the fire
  2. 2 Kings 17:27 Syriac, Vulgate; Hebrew them