2 Chronicles 33
1 Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem fifty-five years.
Manase alikuwa na umri wa miaka kumi na mbili alipoanza kutawala, alitawala miaka hamsini na tano katika Yerusalemu.
2 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD by following the abominations of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.
Akafanya yalikuwa uovu katika macho ya Yahwe, kama yalivyo mambo ya machukizo ya mataifa ambao Yahwe alikuwa amewafukuza mbele ya watu wa Israeli.
3 For he rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had torn down, and he raised up altars for the Baals and made Asherah poles. And he worshiped and served all the host of heaven.
Kwa maana alizijenga tena sehemu za juu ambazo baba yake Hezekia alikuwa amezibomoa, na akajenga madhabahu kwa ajili ya mabaali, akatengeneza sanaamu za Maashera, na akaziinamia chini nyota zote za mbinguni na kuziabudu.
4 Manasseh also built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, “My Name will remain in Jerusalem forever.”
Manase akajenga madhbahu za kipagani katika nyumba ya Yahwe, ingawa Yahwe alikuwa amemwamuru, “Ni katika Yerusalemu ambamo jina langu litawekwa milele”.
5 In both courtyards of the house of the LORD, he built altars to all the host of heaven.
Alijenga madhabahu kwa ajili ya nyota zote za mbinguni katika vile viwanja viwili vya nyumba ya Yahwe.
6 He sacrificed his sons in the fire in the Valley of Hinnom. He practiced sorcery, divination, and witchcraft, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did great evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger.
Katika bonde la Beni Hinomu akawaweka wanaye katika moto. Akafanya misemo ya ubashiri, na uchawi, akassoma utabiri; akashauriana na wale waliozungumza na wafu na wale waliozungumza na na roho. Akafanaya maaovu mengi katika mcho ya Yahwe na alimfanya Mungu akasirike.
7 Manasseh even took the carved image he had made and set it up in the house of God, of which God had said to David and his son Solomon, “In this temple and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I will establish My Name forever.
Ile sanamu ya Maashera aliyokuwa amefanya, akaipeleka katika nyumba ya Mungu. Ni kuhusu nyumba hii ambayo Mungu alikuwa amesema kwa Daudi na Selemani mwanaye; alikuwa amesema, “Ni katika nyumba hii na katika Yerusalemu, ambao nimeuchangua kutoka makabila yote ya Israeli, kwamba nitaliweka jina langu milele.
8 I will never again cause the feet of the Israelites to leave the land that I assigned to your fathers, if only they are careful to do all that I have commanded them through Moses—all the laws, statutes, and judgments.”
Sitawaondoa tena watu wa Israeli katina nchi hii ambayo niliitoa kwa babu zao, ikiwa tu watakuwa makini katika kuyashika yote niliyowaamuru, kuzishika sheria zangu, amri zangu, na sheria zangu nilizowapa kupitia Musa.”
9 So Manasseh led the people of Judah and Jerusalem astray, so that they did greater evil than the nations that the LORD had destroyed before the Israelites.
Manase akawaongoza Yuda na wakaaji wa Yerusalemu hata kufanya uovu zaidi kuliko hata watu wa mataifa ambao Yahwe alikuwa amewateketeza mbele za Israeli.
10 And the LORD spoke to Manasseh and his people, but they did not listen.
Yahwe akasema kwa Manase, na kwa watu wake wote, lakini hawakumsikiliza.
11 So the LORD brought against them the military commanders of the king of Assyria, who captured Manasseh, put a hook in his nose, bound him with bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon.
Kwa hiyo Yahwe akaleta juu yao maamri jeshsi wa jeshi la Ashuru, ambao walimchukua Manase katika minyonyoro, wakamfunga kwa pingu, na wakampeleka Babeli.
12 And in his distress, Manasseh sought the favor of the LORD his God and earnestly humbled himself before the God of his fathers.
Manase alipokuwa katika dhika, alimuomba Yahwe, Mungu wake, na akajinyenyekesha sana mbele za Mungu wa babu zake.
13 And when he prayed to Him, the LORD received his plea and heard his petition; so He brought him back to Jerusalem and to his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the LORD is God.
Akaomba kwake; na Mungu akamsikiliza, na Mungu akasikia kuomba kwake na akamrudisha Yerusalemu, katika ufalme wake. Kisha Manase akafahamu kwamba Yahwe alikuwa Mungu.
14 After this, Manasseh rebuilt the outer wall of the City of David from west of Gihon in the valley to the entrance of the Fish Gate, and he brought it around the hill of Ophel and heightened it considerably. He also stationed military commanders in all the fortified cities of Judah.
Baada ya hayo, manase akajenga ukuta wa nje ya mji wa Daudi, upande wa magharibi wa Gihoni, katika bonde, hadi kwenye lango la Samaki. Akauzungushia mlima wa Ofeli na akaupandisha ukuta hadi usawa mrefu sana. Akaweka maamri jeshi jasiri katika ngome zote za miji ya Yuda.
15 He removed the foreign gods and the idol from the house of the LORD, along with all the altars he had built on the temple mount and in Jerusalem, and he dumped them outside the city.
Akaipeleka mbali miungu yote ya kigeni, akaondoa sanamu zote kwenye nyumba ya Yahwe, na madhabahu zote ambazo alikuwa amejenga juu ya mlima wa nyumba ya Yahwe na katika Yerusalemu, na kuvitupa nje ya mji.
16 Then he restored the altar of the LORD and sacrificed peace offerings and thank offerings on it, and he told Judah to serve the LORD, the God of Israel.
Akaijenga tena madhabahu ya Yahwe na juu yake akatoa sadaka za amani na sadaka za shukrani; akamwamuru Yuda amtumikie Yahwe, Mungu wa Israeli.
17 Nevertheless, the people still sacrificed at the high places, but only to the LORD their God.
Hata hivyo watu bado walitoa sadaka mahali pa sehemu za juu, lakini kwa Yahwe, Mungu wao pekee.
18 As for the rest of the acts of Manasseh, along with his prayer to his God and the words of the seers who spoke to him in the name of the LORD, the God of Israel, they are indeed written in the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.
Katika mambo mengine kuhusu Manase, maombi yake kwa Mungu wake, na maneno ya waonaji ambao walisema kwake katika jina la Yahwe, Mungu wa Israeli, tazama, yameandikwa miongoni mwa matendo ya wafalme wa Israeli.
19 His prayer and how God received his plea, as well as all his sin and unfaithfulness, and the sites where he built high places and set up Asherah poles and idols before he humbled himself, they are indeed written in the Records of the Seers.
Katika matukio hayo kuna historia ya maombi yake, na jinsi Mungu alivyoguswa na maomabi hayo. Pia kuna kumbu kumbu ya dhambi zake zote na makosa yake, na sehemu ambako alikuwa amejenga sehemu za juu na kuzisimamisha Maashera na sanamu za kuchonga, kambla ya kujinyenyekesha mwenyewe — na imeandikwa kuhusu hayo katika tarehe ya waonaji. (Maandishi ya kale yanasema hivi, “tarehe ya Hozai,” ambayo ni maandishi ya kifungu asili. Lakini matoleo mengi ya kisasa yamesahihisha na kusomeka “tarehe ya waonaj” Pia, matoleo machache ya kisasa yanasema “tarehe ya waonaji”.).
20 And Manasseh rested with his fathers and was buried at his palace. And his son Amon reigned in his place.
Kwa hiyo Manase akalala na babu zake, na wakamzika katika nyumba yake mwenyewe. Amoni, mwaye, akawa mfalme katika nafasi yake.
21 Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem two years.
Amoni alikuwa na umri wa miaka ishirini na mbili alipoanza kutawala; alitawala miaka miwili katika Yerusalemu.
22 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, as his father Manasseh had done. Amon served and sacrificed to all the idols that his father Manasseh had made,
Akafanya yaliyokuwa uovu katika macho ya Yaahwe, kama Manase, baba yake, alivyofanya. Amoni alitoa sadaka katika sanamau zote za kuchonga ambazo alitengeneza Manase baba yake, na aliziabudu.
23 but he did not humble himself before the LORD as his father Manasseh had done; instead, Amon increased his guilt.
Hakujinyenyekesha mbele za Yahwe, kama baba yake Manase alivyokuwa amefanya. Badala yake, Amoni huyu huyu alifanya makosa zaidi na zaidi.
24 Then the servants of Amon conspired against him and killed him in his palace.
Watumishi wake wakapanga njama wa zidi yake na wakamua katika nyumba yake mwenyewe.
25 But the people of the land killed all those who had conspired against King Amon, and they made his son Josiah king in his place.
Lakini watu wa nchi wakawaua wote waliofanya njama zidi ya Mfalme Amoni, na wakamfanya Yosia, mwanaye, mfalme katika nafasi yake.
