Chronicles II 30
1 And Ezekias sent to all Israel and Juda, and wrote letters to Ephraim and Manasse, that they should come into the house of the Lord to Jerusalem, to keep the passover to the Lord God of Israel.
Hezekia akatuma ujumbe kuwaita Israeli wote na Yuda, pia akaandika barua kwa Efraimu na Manase, kuwakaribisha ili waje hekaluni mwa Bwana huko Yerusalemu kuadhimisha Pasaka kwa Bwana, Mungu wa Israeli.
2 For the king, and the princes, and all the congregation in Jerusalem, designed to keep the passover in the second month.
Mfalme na maafisa wake pamoja na kusanyiko lote katika Yerusalemu waliamua kuadhimisha Pasaka katika mwezi wa pili.
3 For they could not keep it at that time, because a sufficient number of priest had not purified themselves, and the people was not gathered to Jerusalem.
Kwa sababu makuhani hawakuwa wamejitakasa idadi ya kutosha na watu wakawa hawajakusanyika huko Yerusalemu, hawakuwa wameweza kuadhimisha Pasaka kwa wakati wake wa kawaida.
4 And the proposal pleased the king and the congregation.
Mpango huu ukaonekana wafaa kwa mfalme na kusanyiko lote.
5 And they established a decree that a proclamation should go through all Israel, from Bersabee to Dan, that they should come and keep the passover to the Lord God of Israel at Jerusalem: for the multitude had not done it lately according to the scripture.
Wakaamua kupeleka tangazo Israeli kote, kuanzia Beer-Sheba hadi Dani, wakiwaita watu waje Yerusalemu kuadhimisha Pasaka ya Bwana, Mungu wa Israeli. Ilikuwa haijaadhimishwa na idadi kubwa ya watu kama hiyo kufuatana na yale yaliyokuwa yameandikwa.
6 And the posts went with the letters from the king and the princes to all Israel and Juda, according to the command of the king, saying, Children of Israel, return to the Lord God of Abraam, and Isaac, and Israel, and bring back them that have escaped [even] those that were left of the hand of the king of Assyria.
Kwa amri ya mfalme, matarishi wakapita katika Israeli na Yuda kote wakiwa na barua kutoka kwa mfalme na kutoka kwa maafisa wake zikisema: “Watu wa Israeli, mrudieni Bwana, Mungu wa Abrahamu, Isaki na Israeli, ili naye awarudie ninyi mliosalia, mlionusurika kutoka mikononi mwa wafalme wa Ashuru.
7 And be not as your fathers, and your brethren, who revolted from the Lord God of their fathers, and he gave them up to desolation, as you see.
Msiwe kama baba zenu na ndugu zenu, ambao hawakuwa waaminifu kwa Bwana, Mungu wa baba zao, hivyo akawafanya kitu cha kushangaza kama mnavyoona.
8 And now harden not your hearts, as your fathers [did]: give glory to the Lord God, and enter into his sanctuary, which he has sanctified for ever: and serve the Lord your God, and he shall turn away [his] fierce anger from you.
Msiwe na shingo ngumu, kama baba zenu walivyokuwa, bali nyenyekeeni kwa Bwana. Njooni mahali patakatifu, alipopatakasa milele. Mtumikieni Bwana Mungu wenu, ili hasira yake kali igeuziwe mbali nanyi.
9 For when you turn to the Lord, your brethren and your children shall be pitied before all that have carried them captives, and he will restore [you] to this land: for the Lord our God is merciful and pitiful, and will not turn away his face from you, if we return to him.
Kama mkimrudia Bwana ndipo wale ndugu zenu waliotekwa pamoja na watoto wenu watakapoonewa huruma na wale waliowateka na kuwaachia warudi katika nchi hii, kwa kuwa Bwana Mungu wenu ni mwenye neema na huruma, hatageuzia uso wake mbali nanyi kama ninyi mkimrudia yeye.”
10 So the posts went through from city to city in mount Ephraim, and Manasse, and as far as Zabulon: and they as it were laughed them to scorn, and mocked them.
Matarishi wakaenda mji hadi mji katika Efraimu na Manase, wakafika mpaka Zabuloni, lakini watu wakawadharau na kuwadhihaki.
11 But the men of Aser, and [some] of Manasses and of Zabulon, were ashamed, and came to Jerusalem and Juda.
Lakini, baadhi ya watu wa Asheri, Manase na Zabuloni, wakajinyenyekeza wakaja Yerusalemu.
12 And the hand of the Lord was [present] to give them one heart to come, to do according to the commands of the king and of the princes, by the word of the Lord.
Pia katika Yuda mkono wa Mungu ulikuwa juu ya watu kuwapa umoja katika kutenda yale ambayo mfalme na maafisa wake waliwaamuru, kulingana na neno la Bwana.
13 And a great multitude were gathered to Jerusalem to keep the feast of unleavened bread in the second month, a very great congregation.
Basi umati mkubwa wa watu ukakusanyika huko Yerusalemu kuadhimisha Sikukuu ya Mikate Isiyotiwa Chachu katika mwezi wa pili.
14 And they arose, and took away the altars that were in Jerusalem, and all on which they burnt incense to false [gods] they tore down and cast into the brook Kedron.
Wakajitia kazini kuyaondoa yale madhabahu yaliyokuwa huko Yerusalemu, wakayaondoa pia yale madhabahu ya kufukizia uvumba kwa miungu na kuyatupa Bonde la Kidroni.
15 Then they killed the passover on the fourteenth day of the second month: and the priests and the Levites repented, and purified [themselves], and brought whole burnt offerings into the house of the Lord.
Kisha wakamchinja mwana-kondoo wa Pasaka katika siku ya kumi na nne ya mwezi wa pili. Makuhani na Walawi waliona aibu, wakajitakasa na kuleta sadaka za kuteketezwa katika Hekalu la Bwana.
16 And they stood at their post, according to their ordinance, according to the commandment of Moses the man of God: and the priests received the blood from the hand of the Levites.
Kisha wakachukua nafasi zao za kawaida kama ilivyoelezwa katika Sheria ya Mose mtu wa Mungu. Makuhani wakanyunyiza ile damu waliyokabidhiwa na Walawi.
17 For a great part of the congregation was not sanctified; and the Levites were [ready] to kill the passover for every one who could not sanctify himself to the Lord.
Kwa kuwa wengi waliokuwa katika lile kusanyiko walikuwa hawajajitakasa, iliwapasa Walawi wachinje wana-kondoo wengine wa Pasaka kwa ajili ya wale watu ambao hawakuwa safi, kwa kufuata taratibu za ibada ili kuwatakasa kwa Bwana.
18 For the greatest part of the people of Ephraim, and Manasse, and Issachar, and Zabulon, had not purified [themselves], but ate the passover contrary to the scripture. On this account also Ezekias prayed concerning them, saying,
Ingawa watu wengi miongoni mwa wale waliotoka Efraimu, Manase, Isakari na Zabuloni walikuwa hawajajitakasa, hata hivyo walikula Pasaka kinyume na ilivyoandikwa. Lakini Hezekia akawaombea, akisema, “Bwana, ambaye ni mwema na amsamehe kila mmoja
19 The good Lord be merciful with regard to every heart that sincerely seeks the Lord God of their fathers, and [is] not [purified] according to the purification of the sanctuary.
ambaye anauelekeza moyo wake kumtafuta Mungu, Bwana, Mungu wa baba zake, hata kama yeye si safi kulingana na sheria za mahali patakatifu.”
20 And the Lord listened to Ezekias, and healed the people.
Naye Bwana akamsikia Hezekia akawaponya watu.
21 And the children of Israel who were present in Jerusalem kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with great joy; and they continued to sing hymns to the Lord daily, and the priests and the Levites [played] on instruments to the Lord.
Waisraeli waliokuwa Yerusalemu wakaadhimisha Sikukuu ya Mikate Isiyotiwa Chachu kwa muda wa siku saba, nao Walawi na makuhani walikuwa wakiimba kila siku, wakiwa na ala za uimbaji za kumsifu Bwana.
22 And Ezekias encouraged all the Levites, and those that had good understanding of the Lord: and they completely kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days, offering peace-offerings, and confessing to the Lord God of their fathers.
Hezekia akazungumza akiwatia moyo Walawi wote, ambao walionyesha ustadi katika kumtumikia Bwana. Hivyo watu wakala chakula cha sikukuu kwa siku saba, wakitoa sadaka za amani na kumshukuru Bwana, Mungu wa baba zao.
23 And the congregation purposed together to keep other seven days: and they kept seven days with gladness.
Kisha kusanyiko lote likakubali kuendelea na sikukuu kwa siku saba zaidi, kwa hiyo kwa siku saba nyingine wakaendelea kuiadhimisha kwa furaha.
24 For Ezekias set apart for Juda, [even] for the congregation, a thousand calves and seven thousand sheep; and the princes set apart for the people a thousand calves and ten thousand sheep: and the holy things of the priests abundantly.
Hezekia, mfalme wa Yuda akatoa mafahali 1,000, kondoo na mbuzi 7,000 kwa ajili ya kusanyiko, nao maafisa wakatoa mafahali 1,000 pamoja na kondoo na mbuzi 10,000. Idadi kubwa ya makuhani wakajiweka wakfu.
25 And all the congregation, the priests and the Levites, rejoiced, and all the congregation of Juda, and they that were present of Jerusalem, and the strangers that came from the land of Israel, and the dwellers in Juda.
Kusanyiko lote la Yuda, pamoja na makuhani na Walawi na lile kusanyiko lote lililotoka Israeli, pamoja na wale wageni waliotoka Israeli na wale walioishi katika Yuda wakafurahi.
26 And there was great joy in Jerusalem: from the days of Solomon the son of David king of Israel there was not such a feast in Jerusalem.
Kulikuwa na furaha kubwa katika Yerusalemu, kwa sababu tangu siku za Mfalme Solomoni mwana wa Daudi mfalme wa Israeli halijakuwepo jambo kama hili katika Yerusalemu.
27 Then the priests the Levites rose up and blessed the people: and their voice was heard, and their prayer came into his holy dwelling-place, [even] into heaven.
Ndipo makuhani na Walawi wakasimama wakawabariki watu, naye Mungu akawasikia, kwa sababu maombi yao yalifika mbinguni, makao yake matakatifu.
