2 Kings 14
1 In the second year of the reign of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz over Israel, Amaziah son of Joash became king of Judah.
Katika mwaka wa pili wa Yehoashi mwana wa Yehoazi, mfalme wa Israeli, Amazia mwana wa Yoashi, mfalme wa Yuda, alianza kutawala.
2 He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-nine years. His mother’s name was Jehoaddan; she was from Jerusalem.
Alikuwa na umri wa miaka ishirini na tanao wakati alipoanza kutawala; alitawala kwa mda wa miaka ishirini na tisa katika Yerusalemu.
3 And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, but not as his father David had done. He did everything as his father Joash had done.
Mama yake alikuwa anaitwa Yehoyadani, wa Yerusalemu. Alifanya yale yaliyo mema usoni mwa macho ya Yahwe, sio kama baba yake Daudi. Alifanya kila kitu ambacho Yoashi, baba yake, alichukuwa amekifanya.
4 Nevertheless, the high places were not taken away, and the people continued sacrificing and burning incense on the high places.
Lakini sehemu ya juu haikuondolewa. Watu wakaendelea kutoa dhabihu na kufukiza ubani katika sehemu mahala pa juu.
5 As soon as the kingdom was firmly in his grasp, Amaziah executed the servants who had murdered his father the king.
Ikawa mara utawala wake ulipokuwa imara, aliwaua watumishi ambao waliokuwa wamemuua baba yake, mfalme.
6 Yet he did not put the sons of the murderers to death, but acted according to what is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, where the LORD commanded: “Fathers must not be put to death for their children, and children must not be put to death for their fathers; each is to die for his own sin.”
Ila hakuwaweka watoto wa wale wauaji kwenye kifo; isipokuwa, alifanya kutokana na kile kilichokuwa kimeandikwa kwenye sheria, kwenye kitabu cha Musa, kama Yahwe alivyokuwa ameamuru, akisema, “Wababa wasife kwa ajili ya watoto wao, wala watoto wasife kwa ajili ya makosa ya wazazi wao. Isipokuwa, kila mtu atakufa kwa ajili ya dhambi zake mwenyewe.”
7 Amaziah struck down 10,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt. He took Sela in battle and called it Joktheel, which is its name to this very day.
Aliua maaskari elfu kumi wa Edomi kwenye bonde la chumvi; pia alimchukua Sela kwenye vita na kuiita Yoktheeli, ndivyo paitwavyo hadi leo.
8 Then Amaziah sent messengers to the king of Israel Jehoash son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu. “Come, let us meet face to face,” he said.
Kisha Amazia akatuma wajumbe kwa Yehoashi mwana wa Yehoahazi mwana wa Yehu mfalme wa Israeli, akisema, “Njoo, tuonane kila mmoja macho kwa macho kwenye mashinadano.”
9 But Jehoash king of Israel replied to Amaziah king of Judah: “A thistle in Lebanon sent a message to a cedar in Lebanon, saying, ‘Give your daughter to my son in marriage.’ Then a wild beast in Lebanon came along and trampled the thistle.
Lakini Yehoashi mfalme wa Israeli akawatuma wajumbe kurudi kwa Amazia mfalme wa Yuda, akisema, “Mbaruti uliokuwa Lebanoni ulituma kwa mwerezi katika Lebanuni, kusema, 'Mpatie mwanangu binti yako amuoe; lakini hayawani aliyekuwako Lebanoni akaukanyaga chini ule mbaruti.
10 You have indeed defeated Edom, and your heart has become proud. Glory in that and stay at home. Why should you stir up trouble so that you fall—you and Judah with you?”
Umempiga sana Edomu, na moyo wako umekuinua. Jisifu katika ushindi wako, lakini kaa nyumbani, kwa nini unataka kujisababishia mataizo na kuanguka, wote wewe na Yuda pamoja nawe?”
11 But Amaziah would not listen, and Jehoash king of Israel advanced. He and King Amaziah of Judah faced each other at Beth-shemesh in Judah.
Lakini Amazia hakutaka kusikia. Hivyo Yehoashi mfalme wa Israeli akakwea yeye na Amazia mfalme wa Yuda wakakutana uso kwa uso huko Beth Shemeshi, ambayo ilikuwa ya Yuda.
12 And Judah was routed before Israel, and every man fled to his home.
Yuda walishindwa mbele ya Israeli, na kila mtu akakimbia nyumbani.
13 There at Beth-shemesh, Jehoash king of Israel captured Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Ahaziah. Then Jehoash went to Jerusalem and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate—a section of four hundred cubits.
Yehoashi mfalme wa Israeli, akamchukua Amazia, mfalme wa Yuda mwana wa Yehoashi mwana wa Ahazia, huko Beth Shemeshi. Akaja Yerusalemu na kuuangusha chini ukuta wa Yerusalemu kutoka lango la Efraimu mpaka kwenye pembe ya lango, urefu wa mbali wa dhiraa mia nne.
14 He took all the gold and silver and all the articles found in the house of the LORD and in the treasuries of the royal palace, as well as some hostages. Then he returned to Samaria.
Akachukua dhahabu na fedha zote, na vitu vyote ambavyo vilipatikana katika nyumba ya Yahwe, na vitu vya thamani kwenye nyumba ya mfalme, pamoja na mateka pia, na kurudi samaria.
15 As for the rest of the acts of Jehoash, along with his accomplishments, his might, and how he waged war against Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?
Kama ilivyo kwa mambo mengine yamhusuyo Yehoashi, yote aliyoyafanya, ushujaa wake, na jinsi alivyopigana na Amazia mfalme wa Yuda, je hayakuandikwa kwenye kitabu cha matukio ya mfalme wa Israeli?
16 And Jehoash rested with his fathers and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel. And his son Jeroboam reigned in his place.
Kisha Yehoashi akalala na wazee wake na ailizikwa katika Samaria pamoja na wafalme wa Israeli, na Yeroboamu, mwanaye, akawa mfalme katika eneo lake.
17 Amaziah son of Joash king of Judah lived for fifteen years after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel.
Amazia mwana wa Yoashi, mfalme wa Yuda, akaishi miaka kumi na tano baada ya Yehoashi mwana wa Yehoahazi, mfalme wa Israeli.
18 As for the rest of the acts of Amaziah, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?
Kama ilivyo kwa mambo mengine yanayomhusu Amazia, je hayakuandikwa kwenye kitabu cha matukio ya mfalme wa Yuda?
19 And conspirators plotted against Amaziah in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish. But men were sent after him to Lachish, and they killed him there.
Wakafanya njama dhidi ya Amazia katika Yerusalimu, akakimbilia Lakishi. Akakimbia hadi Lakishi, lakini wakawatuma watu kumfuata hadi Lakishi na kumuua huko.
20 They carried him back on horses and buried him in Jerusalem with his fathers in the City of David.
Wakamrudisha kwa farasi, na alizikwa pamoja na wazee wake katika mji wa Saudi.
21 Then all the people of Judah took Azariah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in place of his father Amaziah.
Watu wote wa Yuda wakamchukua Uzaria, ambaye alikuwa na umri wa miaka kumi na minne, na walimfanya kuwa mfalme katika nyumba ya kifalme wa baba yake Uzaria.
22 Azariah was the one who rebuilt Elath and restored it to Judah after King Amaziah rested with his fathers.
Alikuwa Uzaria ambaye alijenga Elathi na kuirudisha kwa Yuda, baada ya mfalme Uzaria akalala pamoja na mababu zake.
23 In the fifteenth year of the reign of Amaziah son of Joash over Judah, Jeroboam son of Jehoash became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria forty-one years.
Katika mwaka wa kumi na tano wa Amazia mwana wa Yoashi mfalme wa Yuda, Yeroboamu mwana wa Yoashi mfalme wa Israeli alianza kutawala katika Samaria; alitawala kwa muda wa miaka arobaini na moja.
24 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD and did not turn away from all the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit.
Akafanya yaliyo maovu usoni mwa Yahwe. Hakuziacha dhambi zake za Yeroboamu mwana wa Nabeti, ambaye aliisababisha Israeli kuasi.
25 This Jeroboam restored the boundary of Israel from Lebo-hamath to the Sea of the Arabah, according to the word that the LORD, the God of Israel, had spoken through His servant Jonah son of Amittai, the prophet from Gath-hepher.
Akairudisha mipaka ya Israeli kutoka Lebo Hamathi mpaka kwenye Bahari ya Araba, kufuata amri ya neno la Yahwe, Mungu wa Israeli, ambalo aliongea kupitia mtumishi wake Yona mwana wa Amitai, yule nabii, ambaye alitokea Gathi Heferi.
26 For the LORD saw that the affliction of the Israelites, both slave and free, was very bitter. There was no one to help Israel,
Kwa kuwa Yahwe aliyaona mateso ya Israeli, ambayo yalikuwa makali kwa kila mmoja, wote mtumwa na asyemtumwa, na kwamba hapakuwa na ulinzi kwa ajili ya Israeli.
27 and since the LORD had said that He would not blot out the name of Israel from under heaven, He saved them by the hand of Jeroboam son of Jehoash.
Basi Yahwe akasema kwamba hatoweza kulifuta jina la Israeli chini ya mbingu; badala yake, aliwaokoa kwa mkono wa Yeroboamu mwana wa Yehoashi.
28 As for the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, along with all his accomplishments and might, and how he waged war and recovered both Damascus and Hamath for Israel from Judah, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?
Kama ilivyo kwa mambo mengine yamhusuyo Yeroboamu, yote aliyoyafanya, ushujaa wake, jinsi alivyo pigana vita na kuipata tena Damaskasi na Hamathi, ambayo ilikuwa ya Yuda, kwa Israeli, je hayakuandikwa katika kitabu cha matukio ya wafalme wa Israeli?
29 And Jeroboam rested with his fathers, the kings of Israel. And his son Zechariah reigned in his place.
Yeroboamu akalala na mababu zake, pamoja na mfalme wa Israeli, na Zekaria mtoto wake akawa mfalme katika sehemu yake.
