Achaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: he did not that which was right in the sight of the Lord as David his father had done,
Akazi yali yaakamaze emyaka amakumi abiri bwe yatanula okufuga, n'afugira emyaka kkumi na mukaaga mu Yerusaalemi, n'atakola ebyo ebyali mu maaso ga Mukama ebirungi nga Dawudi kitaawe: