Chronicles II 29
1 And Ezekias began to reign at the age of twenty-five years, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Abia, daughter of Zacharias.
Hezekia alianza kutawala alipokuwa na umri wa miaka ishirini na mitano; alitawala miaka ishini na nane katika Yerusalemu. Jina la mama yake aliitwa Abiya; alikuwa binti wa Zekaria.
2 And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his father David had done.
Alifanya yaliyoadili katika macho ya Yahwe, kama Daudi baba yake alivyofanya.
3 And it came to pass, when he was established over his kingdom, in the first month, he opened the doors of the house of the Lord, and repaired them.
Katika mwaka wa kwanza wa utawala wake, katika mwezi wa kwanza, Hezekia aliifungua milango ya nyumba ya Yahwe na kuikarabati.
4 And he brought in the priests and the Levites, and put them on the east side,
Akawaleta ndani makuhani na Walawi, na akawakusanya pamoaja katika uwanda upande wa mashariki.
5 and said to them, Hear, ye Levites: now sanctify yourselves, and sanctify the house of the Lord God of your fathers, and cast out the impurity from the holy places.
Akawaambia, “Nisikilizeni, ninyi Walawi! Jitakaseni wenyewe, na itakaseni nyumba ya Yahwe, Mungu wa babu zenu, na uondoeni mbali uchafu kutoka kwenye sehemu takatifu.
6 For our fathers have revolted, and done that which was evil before the Lord our God, and have forsaken him, and have turned away their face from the tabernacle of the Lord, and have turned [their] back.
Kwa kuwa babu zetu walikosea na kufanya kilichokuwa uovu katika macaho ya Yahwe Mungu wetu; walimsahau, wakageuzia mbali nyuso zao kutoka sehemu ambapo Yahwe anaishi, na kuigeuzia migongo yao.
7 And they have shut up the doors of the temple, and put out the lamps, and have not burnt incense, and have not offered whole-burnt-offerings in the holy [place] to the God of Israel.
Pia waliifunga milango ya ukumbi nakuziweka nje taa; hawakufukiza uvumba au kutoa sadaka za kuteketezwa katika sehemu takatifu kwa Mungu wa Israeli.
8 And the Lord was very angry with Juda and Jerusalem, and made them an astonishment, and a desolation, and a hissing, as ye see with your eyes.
Kwa hiyo hasira ya Yahwe ilikuwa imeshuka juu ya Yuda na Yerusalemu, na amewafanya kuwa kitu cha wasiwasi, cha hofu, na cha kudharauriwa, kama mnavyoona kwa macho yenu.
9 And, behold, your fathers have been smitten with the sword, and your sons and your daughters and your wives are in captivity in a land not their own, as it is even now.
Hii ndiyo maana mababu zetu wameanguka kwa upanga, na wana wetu, binti zetu, na wake zetu wako katika utumwa kwa sababu ya hili.
10 Therefore it is now in my heart to make a covenant, a covenant with the Lord God of Israel, that he may turn away his fierce wrath from us.
Sasa ni katika moyo wangu kufanya agano na Yahwe, Mungu wa Israeli, ili kwamba hasira yake kali iweze kugeukia mbali nasi.
11 And now be not wanting [to your duty], for the Lord has chosen you to stand before him to minister, and to be ministers and burners of incense to him.
Wanangu, msiwe wavivu sas, kwa kuwa Yahwe amewachagua kwa ajili ya kusimama mbe yake, kwa ajili ya kumwabudu yeye, na kwamba muwe watumishi wake na kufukiza uvumba.”
12 Then the Levites rose up, Maath the son of Amasi, and Joel the son of Azarias, of the sons of Caath: and of the sons of Merari, Kis the son of Abdi, and Azarias the son of Haelel: and of the sons of Gedsoni, Jodaad the son of Zemmath, and Joadam: these [were] the sons of Joacha.
Basi Walawi wakainuka; Mahathi mwana wa Amasai, na Yoeli mwana wa Azaria, wa watu wa Kohathi; na wa watu wa Merari, Kishi mwana wa Abdi, na Azaria mwana wa Yehaleleli; na wa Wargeshoni, Yoa mwana wa Zimna, na Edeni mwana wa Yoa;
13 And of the sons of Elisaphan; Zambri, and Jeiel: and of the sons of Asaph; Zacharias, and Matthanias:
wa wana wa Elisafani, Shimri na Yeueli; wa wana wa Asafu, Zekaria na Matania;
14 and of the sons of Aeman; Jeiel, and Semei: and of the sons of Idithun; Samaisa, and Oziel.
wa wana wa Hemani, Yehueli na Shimei; na wa wana Yeduthuni, Shemaya na Uzieli.
15 And they gathered their brethren, and they purified themselves according to the king's command by the order of the Lord, to purify the house of the Lord.
Wakawakusanya ndugu zao, wakajitakasa wenyewe, na wakaenda ndani, kama alivyoamru mfalme, wakifuata maneno ya Yahwe, kwa ajili ya kuisafisha nyumba ya Yahwe.
16 And the priests entered into the house of the Lord, to purify [it], and they cast out all the uncleanness that was found in the house of the Lord, even into the court of the house of the Lord: and the Levites received [it] to cast into the brook of Kedron without.
Makuhani wakaenda kwenye sehemu za ndani ya nyumba ya Yahwe kwa ajili ya kuisafisha; wakaleta nje uchafu wote walioukuta ndani ya hekalu la Yahwe katika uwanja wa nyumba. Walawi wakauchukua kuubeba nje ya hadi kwnye kijito cha Kidroni.
17 And [Ezekias] began on the first day, [even] on the new moon of the first month, to purify, and on the eighth day of the month they entered into the temple of the Lord: and they purified the house of the Lord in eight days; and on the thirteenth day of the first month they finished [the work].
Sasa wakaanza utakaso katika siku ya kwanza ya mwezi. Katika siku ya nane ya mwezi wakaufikia ukumbi wa Yahwe. Kisha siku nane zaidi wakaitakasa nyumba ya Yahwe. Katika siku ya kumi na sita ya mwezi wa kwanza wakamaliza.
18 And they went in to king Ezekias, and said, We have purified all the things in the house of the Lord, the altar of whole-burnt-offering, and its vessels, and the table of shew-bread, and its vessels;
Kisha wakaenda kwa Hezekia, mfalme, ndani ya ikulu na kusema, “Tumeisafisha nyumba yote ya Yahwe, madhabahu kwa ajili ya kutolea sadaka za kuteketezwa pamoja na vifaa vyake vyote, na meza ya mkate wa uwepo, pamoja na vifaa vyake vyote.
19 and all the vessels which king Achaz polluted in his reign, in his apostasy, we have prepared and purified: behold, they are before the altar of the Lord.
Kwa hiyo tumejiandaa na tumevitakasa vitu vyote ambavyo Mfalme Ahazi aliviondoa wakati alipoenda kwa ukengeufu katika kipindi cha utawala wake, ona, viko mbele ya madhabahu ya Yahwe.”
20 And king Ezekias rose early in the morning, and gathered the chief men of the city, and went up to the house of the Lord.
Kisha Hezekia mfalme akaamka mapema asubuhi na kuwakusanya viongozi wa miji; akaenda kwenye nyumba ya Yahwe.
21 And he brought seven calves, seven rams, seven lambs, seven kids of goats for a sin-offering, for the kingdom, and for the holy things, and for Israel: and he told the priests the sons of Aaron to go up to the altar of the Lord.
Wakaleta ng'ombe waume saba, kondoo waume saba, wanakondoo saba, mbuzi waume saba kama sadaka ya dhambi kwa ajili ya mfalme, kwa ajili ya patakatifu, kwa ajili ya Yuda. Akawaamuru makuhani, wana wa Haruni, kuwatoa sadaka juu ya madhabahu ya Yahwe.
22 And they slew the calves, and the priests received the blood, and poured it on the altar: and they slew the rams, and poured the blood upon the altar: also they slew the lambs, and poured the blood round the altar.
Kwa hiyo wakawachinja ng'ombe, na makuhani wakaipokea damu na kuinyunyiza juu ya madhabahu. Wakawachinja kondoo dume, na kunyunyiza damu juu ya madhabahu; Pia wakawachinja wanakondoo na kuinyunyiza damu juu ya madhabahu.
23 And they brought the goats for a sin-offering before the king and the congregation; and laid their hands upon them.
Wakawaleta mbuzi kwa ajili ya sadka ya dhambi mbele ya mfalme na kusnyiko; wakaweka mikono yao juu ya hao mbuzi.
24 And the priests slew them, and offered their blood as a propitiation on the altar; and they made atonement for all Israel: for the king said, The whole-burnt-offering, and the sin-offering [are] for all Israel.
Makuhani wakawachinja, na wakafanya sadaka ya dhambi kwa damu yao juu ya madhabahu ili kufanya upatanisho kwa ajili ya Israeli wote, kwa maana mfalme alikuwa ameamuru kuwa sadaka ya kuteketezwa na sadaka ya dhambi lazima zifanywe kwa ajili ya Israeli wote.
25 And he stationed the Levites in the house of the Lord with cymbals, and lutes, and harps, according to the commandment of king David, and of Gad the king's seer, and Nathan the prophet: for by the commandment of the Lord the order [was] in the hand of the prophets.
Hezekia akawaweka Walawi katika nyumba ya Yahwe wakiwa na matoazi, vinanda, na vinubi, akiwapanga kwa amri ya Daaudi, Gadi, mwonaji wa mfalme, na Nathani, nabii, kwa maana amri ilitoka kwa Yahwe kupitia manabii wake.
26 And the Levites stood with the instruments of David, and the priests with the trumpets.
Walawi wakasimama na vyombo vya Daudi, na makauhani wakasimama na matarumbeta.
27 And Ezekias told [them] to offer up the whole-burnt-offering on the altar: and when they began to offer the whole-burnt-offering, they began to sing to the Lord, and the trumpets [accompanied] the instruments of David king of Israel.
Hezekia akawaamuru kutoa sadaka za kuteketezwa juu ya madhabahu. Sadaka zilipoanza, wimbo wa Yahwe ukaanza pia, kwa matarumbeta, pamoja na vyombo vya Daudi, mfalme wa Israeli.
28 And all the congregation worshipped, and the psalm-singers [were] singing, and the trumpets sounding, until the whole-burnt-sacrifice had been completely offered.
Kusanyiko lote wakaabudu, waimbaji wakaimba, na wapiga matarumbeta wakapiga; yote hayo yakaendele hadi sadaka za kuteketezwa zilizipokwisha.
29 And when they had done offering [it], the king and all that were present bowed, and worshipped.
Walipomaliza kutoa sadaka, mfalme na watu waliokuwepo pamoja naye wakainama, na kusujudu.
30 And king Ezekias and the princes told the Levites to sing hymns to the Lord in the words of David, and of Asaph the prophet: and they sang hymns with gladness, and fell down and worshipped.
Vile vile, Hezekia, mfalme, na viongozi wakawaamuru Walawi kuimba ili kumsifu Yahwe kwa maneno ya Daudi na ya Asafu, mwonaji. Wakaimba sifa kwa furaha, wakainama chini wakasujudu.
31 Then Ezekias answered and said, Now ye have consecrated yourselves to the Lord, bring near and offer sacrifices of praise in the house of the Lord. And the congregation brought sacrifices and thank-offerings into the house of the Lord; and every one who was ready in his heart [brought] whole-burnt-offerings.
Kisha Hezekia akasema, “Sasa mmejiweka wakfu wenyewe kwa Yahwe. Njoni hapa na mlete sadaka na dhabihu za shukrani katika nyumba ya Yahwe.” Kusanyiko wakaleta sadka na dhabihu za shukrani, na wote waliaokuwa na moyo wa kuhiyalika wakaleta sadka za kuteketezwa.
32 And the number of the whole-burnt-offerings which the congregation brought, was seventy calves, a hundred rams, two hundred lambs: all these [were] for a whole-burnt-offering to the Lord.
Hesabu ya sadaka za kuteketezwa ambazo kusanyiko walileta ilikuwa ng'ombe sabini, kondoo waume mia moja, na wanakondo waume mia mbili. Wote hao walikuwa kwa ajili ya sadaka za kuteketezwa kwa Yahwe.
33 And the consecrated calves were six hundred, [and] the sheep three thousand.
Sadaka za kuwekwa wakfu zilikuwa ng'ome mia sita na kondoo elfu tatu.
34 But the priests were few, and could not flay the whole-burnt-offering, so their brethren the Levites helped them, until the work was finished, and until the priests had purified themselves: for the Levites [more] zealously purified [themselves] than the priests.
Lakini makuhani walikuwa wachache sana kuchuna sadaka zote za kuteketezwa, kwa hiyo ndgugu zao, Walawi, wakawasaidia hadi kazi ilipoisha, na hadi makuhani walipoweza kujitakasa wenyewe, kwa maana Walawi walikuwa makaini sana kujitaksa wenyewe kuliko makuhani.
35 And the whole-burnt-offering [was] abundant, with the fat of the complete peace-offering, and the drink-offerings of the whole-burnt-sacrifice. So the service was established in the house of the Lord.
Zaidi ya hayo, palikuwa na sadaka za kuteketezwa nyingi sana; zilitolewa pamoja na sadaka za mafauta za amani, na kulikuwa na sadaka za vinywaji kwa kila sadaka ya kuteketezwa. Kwa hiyo huduma ya nyumba ya Yahwe ikawekwa katika utaratibu.
36 And Ezekias and all the people rejoiced, because God has prepared the people: for the thing was done suddenly.
Hezekia akafurahia, na watu pia, kwa sababu ya kile ambacho Mungu alikuwa ameandaa kwa ajili ya watu, kwa maana kazi ilikuwa imekamilika haraka.
