II Kings 17

bishnat shetem esreh le'akhaz melekh yehudah malakh hoshea ben-elah veshomeron al-yisra'el tesha shanim

In the twelfth year of King Ahaz of Judah, Hoshea son of Elah became king over Israel in Samaria—for nine years.

vayya'as hara be'ene Adonai raq lo kemalkhe yisra'el asher hayu lefanayw

He did what was displeasing to GOD, though not as much as the kings of Israel who preceded him.

alayw alah shalmaneser melekh ashur vayehi-lo hoshea eved vayyashev lo minkhah

King Shalmaneser marched against him, and Hoshea became his vassal and paid him tribute.

vayyimtsa melekh-ashur behoshea qesher asher shalakh malakhim el-so melekh-mitsrayim velo-he'elah minkhah lemelekh ashur keshanah veshanah vayyatserehu melekh ashur vayya'asrehu bet kele

But the king of Assyria caught Hoshea in an act of treachery: he had sent envoys to King So of Egypt, and he had not paid the tribute to the king of Assyria, as in previous years. And the king of Assyria arrested him and put him in prison.

vayya'al melekh-ashur bekhol-ha'arets vayya'al shomeron vayyatsar aleha shalosh shanim

Then the king of Assyria marched against the whole land; he came to Samaria and besieged it for three years.

bishnat hatteshi'it lehoshea lakhad melekh-ashur et-shomeron vayyegel et-yisra'el ashurah vayyoshev otam bakhlakh uvekhavor nehar gozan ve'are maday

In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria. He deported the Israelites to Assyria and settled them in Halah, at the [River] Habor, at the River Gozan, and in the towns of Media.

vayehi ki-khate'u vene-yisra'el la-Adonai elohehem hamma'aleh otam me'erets mitsrayim mittakhat yad paroh melekh-mitsrayim vayyire'u elohim akherim

This happened because the Israelites sinned against the ETERNAL their God, who had freed them from the land of Egypt, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. They worshiped other gods

vayyelekhu bekhuqqot haggoyim asher horish Adonai mippene bene yisra'el umalkhe yisra'el asher asu

and followed the customs of the nations that GOD had dispossessed before the Israelites and the customs that the kings of Israel had practiced.

vayekhappe'u vene-yisra'el devarim asher lo-khen al-Adonai elohehem vayyivnu lahem bamot bekhol-arehem mimmigdal notserim ad-ir mivtsar

The Israelites committed against the ETERNAL their God acts that were not right: They built for themselves shrines in all their settlements, from watchtowers to fortified cities;

vayyatsivu lahem matsevot va'asherim al kol-givah gevohah vetakhat kol-ets ra'anan

they set up pillars and sacred posts for themselves on every lofty hill and under every leafy tree;

vayeqatteru-sham bekhol-bamot kaggoyim asher-heglah Adonai mippenehem vayya'asu devarim ra'im lehakhis et-Adonai

and they offered sacrifices there, at all the shrines, like the nations whom GOD had driven into exile before them. They committed wicked acts to provoke GOD’s anger,

vayya'avdu haggillulim asher amar Adonai lahem lo ta'asu et-haddavar hazzeh

and they worshiped fetishes concerning which GOD had said to them, “You must not do this thing.”

vayya'ad Adonai beyisra'el uvihudah beyad kol-[nevi'e] (nvyv) khol-khozeh lemor shuvu middarkhekhem hara'im veshimru mitsvotay khuqqotay kekhol-hattorah asher tsivviti et-avotekhem va'asher shalakhti alekhem beyad avaday hannevi'im

GOD warned Israel and Judah by every prophet [and] every seer, saying: “Turn back from your wicked ways, and observe My commandments and My laws, according to all the Teaching that I commanded your ancestors and that I transmitted to you through My servants the prophets.”

velo shame'u vayyaqshu et-orpam ke'oref avotam asher lo he'eminu ba-Adonai elohehem

But they did not obey; they stiffened their necks, like their ancestors who did not have faith in the ETERNAL their God;

vayyimasu et-khuqqayw ve'et-berito asher karat et-avotam ve'et edevotayw asher he'id bam vayyelekhu akhare hahevel vayyehbalu ve'akhare haggoyim asher sevivotam asher tsivvah Adonai otam levilti asot kahem

they spurned God’s laws and the covenant that had been made with their ancestors, and the warnings they had been given. They went after delusion and were deluded; [they imitated] the nations that were about them, which GOD had forbidden them to emulate.

vayya'azvu et-kol-mitsvot Adonai elohehem vayya'asu lahem massekhah (shnym) [shene] agalim vayya'asu asherah vayyishtakhavu lekhol-tseva hashamayim vayya'avdu et-habba'al

They rejected all the commandments of the ETERNAL their God; they made molten idols for themselves—two calves—and they made a sacred post and they bowed down to all the host of heaven, and they worshiped Baal.

vayya'aviru et-benehem ve'et-benotehem ba'esh vayyiqsemu qesamim vayenakheshu vayyitmakkeru la'asot hara be'ene Adonai lehakhiso

They consigned their sons and daughters to the fire; they practiced augury and divination, and gave themselves over to what was displeasing to GOD—and provoked anger.

vayyitannaf Adonai me'od beyisra'el vayesirem me'al panayw lo nishar raq shevet yehudah levaddo

GOD was incensed at Israel and banished them from the divine presence; none was left but the tribe of Judah alone.

gam-yehudah lo shamar et-mitsvot Adonai elohehem vayyelekhu bekhuqqot yisra'el asher asu

Nor did Judah keep the commandments of the ETERNAL their God; they followed the customs that Israel had practiced.

vayyimas Adonai bekhol-zera yisra'el vaye'annem vayyittenem beyad-shosim ad asher hishlikham mippanayw

So GOD spurned all the offspring of Israel, and afflicted them and delivered them into the hands of plunderers, and finally cast them out from the divine presence.

ki-qara yisra'el me'al bet david vayyamlikhu et-yarovam ben-nevat (vyd) [vayyaddakh] yarovam et-yisra'el me'akhare Adonai vehekheti'am khata'ah gedolah

For Israel broke away from the House of David, and they made Jeroboam son of Nebat king. Jeroboam caused Israel to stray from GOD and to commit great sin,

vayyelekhu bene yisra'el bekhol-khattovt yarovam asher asah lo-saru mimmennah

and the Israelites persisted in all the sins that Jeroboam had committed; they did not depart from them.

ad asher-hesir Adonai et-yisra'el me'al panayw ka'asher dibber beyad kol-avadayw hannevi'im vayyigel yisra'el me'al admato ashurah ad hayyom hazzeh

In the end, GOD removed Israel from the divine presence, as they had been warned through all God’s servants the prophets. So the Israelites were deported from their land to Assyria, as is still the case.

vayyave melekh-ashur mibbavel umikkutah ume'avva umekhamat usefarvayim vayyoshev be'are shomeron takhat bene yisra'el vayyirshu et-shomeron vayyeshevu be'areha

The king of Assyria brought [people] from Babylon, Cuthah, Avva, Hamath, and Sepharvaim, and he settled them in the towns of Samaria in place of the Israelites; they took possession of Samaria and dwelt in its towns.

vayehi bitkhillat shivtam sham lo yare'u et-Adonai vayeshallakh Adonai bahem et-ha'arayot vayyihyu horegim bahem

When they first settled there, they did not worship GOD; so GOD sent lions against them that killed some of them.

vayyomeru lemelekh ashur lemor haggoyim asher higlita vattoshev be'are shomeron lo yade'u et-mishpat elohe ha'arets vayeshallakh-bam et-ha'arayot vehinnam memitim otam ka'asher enam yode'im et-mishpat elohe ha'arets

They said to the king of Assyria: “The nations that you deported and resettled in the towns of Samaria do not know the rules of the God of the land; therefore [that God] has let lions loose against them that are killing them—for they do not know the rules of the God of the land.”

vayetsav melekh-ashur lemor holikhu shammah ekhad mehakkohanim asher higlitem misham veyelekhu veyeshevu sham veyorem et-mishpat elohe ha'arets

The king of Assyria gave an order: “Send there one of the priests whom you have deported; let him go and dwell there, and let him teach them the practices of the God of the land.”

vayyavo ekhad mehakkohanim asher higlu mishomeron vayyeshev bevet-el vayehi moreh otam ekh yire'u et-Adonai

So one of the priests whom they had exiled from Samaria came and settled in Bethel; he taught them how to worship GOD.

vayyihyu osim goy goy elohayw vayyannikhu bevet habbamot asher asu hashomeronim goy goy be'arehem asher hem yoshevim sham

However, each nation continued to make its own gods and to set them up in the cult places that had been made by the people of Samaria; each nation [set them up] in the towns in which it lived.

ve'anshe vavel asu et-sukkot benot ve'anshe-khut asu et-neregal ve'anshe khamat asu et-ashima

Inhabitants from Babylon made Succoth-benoth, and inhabitants from Cuth made Nergal, and inhabitants from Hamath made Ashima,

veha'avvim asu nivkhaz ve'et-tartaq vehasfarvim sorefim et-benehem ba'esh le'adrammelekh va'anammelekh (lh) [elohe] (sfrym) [sefarvayim]

and the Avvites made Nibhaz and Tartak; and the Sepharvites burned their children [as offerings] to Adrammelech and Anamelech, the gods of Sepharvaim.

vayyihyu yere'im et-Adonai vayya'asu lahem miqtsotam kohane vamot vayyihyu osim lahem bevet habbamot

They worshiped GOD, but they also appointed from their own ranks priests of the shrines, who officiated for them in the cult places.

et-Adonai hayu yere'im ve'et-elohehem hayu ovedim kemishpat haggoyim asher-higlu otam misham

They worshiped GOD, while serving their own gods according to the practices of the nations from which they had been deported.

ad hayyom hazzeh hem osim kammishpatim harishonim enam yere'im et-Adonai ve'enam osim kekhuqqotam ukhemishpatam vekhattorah vekhammitsvah asher tsivvah Adonai et-bene ya'aqov asher-sam shemo yisra'el

To this day, they follow their former practices. They do not worship GOD [properly]. They do not follow the laws and practices, the Teaching and Instruction that GOD enjoined upon the descendants of Jacob—who was given the name Israel—

vayyikhrot Adonai ittam berit vayetsavvem lemor lo tire'u elohim akherim velo-tishtakhavu lahem velo ta'avdum velo tizbekhu lahem

having made a covenant with them and commanding them: “You shall worship no other gods; you shall not bow down to them nor serve them nor sacrifice to them.

ki im-et-Adonai asher he'elah etkhem me'erets mitsrayim bekhoakh gadol uvizroa netuyah oto tira'u velo tishtakhavu velo tizbakhu

You must worship only the ETERNAL your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt with great might and with an outstretched arm: to whom alone shall you bow down and to whom alone shall you sacrifice.

ve'et-hakhuqqim ve'et-hammishpatim vehattorah vehammitsvah asher katav lakhem tishmerun la'asot kol-hayyamim velo tire'u elohim akherim

You shall observe faithfully, all your days, the laws and the practices; the Teaching and Instruction that I wrote down for you; do not worship other gods.

vehabberit asher-karatti ittekhem lo tishkakhu velo tire'u elohim akherim

Do not forget the covenant that I made with you; do not worship other gods.

ki im-et-Adonai elohekhem tira'u vehu yatsil etkhem miyyad kol-oyevekhem

Worship only the ETERNAL your God, and you will be saved from the hands of all your enemies.”

velo shame'u ki im-kemishpatam harishon hem osim

But they did not obey; they continued their former practices.

vayyihyu haggoyim ha'elleh yere'im et-Adonai ve'et-pesilehem hayu ovedim gam-benehem uvene venehem ka'asher asu avotam hem osim ad hayyom hazzeh

Those nations worshiped GOD, but they also served their idols. To this day their children and their children’s children do as their ancestors did.