2 Chronicles 21
1 And Josaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with them in the city of David: and Joram his son reigned in his stead.
Yehoshafati akalala pamoja na babu zake na akizikwa pamoaja nao katika mji wa Daudi;
2 And he had brethren the sons of Josaphat, Azarias, and Jahiel, and Zacharias, and Azaria, and Michael, and Saphatias, all these were the sons of Josaphat king of Juda.
Yehoramu, mwanaye, akawa mfalme katika nafasi yake. Yehoramu alikuwa na ndugu, wana wa Yehoshafati: Azaria, Yerieli, Zekaria, Azaria, Mikaeli, na Shefatia. Wote hawa walikuwa wana wa Yehoshafati, mfalme wa Israeli.
3 And their father gave them great gifts of silver, and of gold, and pensions, with strong cities in Juda: but the kingdom he gave to Joram, because he was the eldest.
Baba yao alikuwa amewapa zawadi kubwa ya fedha, dhahabu, na vitu vingine vya thamani, na miji yenye ngome katika Yuda, lakini kiti cha enzi alimpa Yehoramu, kwa sababu alikuwa mzaliwa wake wa kwanza.
4 So Joram rose up over the kingdom of his father: and when he had established himself, he slew all his brethren with the sword, and some of the princes of Israel.
Sasa Yehoramu alipokuwa ameinuka katika ufalme wa baba yake na kujiimarisha mwenyewe kama mfalme, akawaua ndugu zake wote kwa upanga, na pia viongizi wengine mbali mbali wa Israeli.
5 Joram was two and thirty years old when he began to reign: and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.
Yehoramu alikuwa na umri wa mika thelathini na mbili alipoanza kutawala, na akatawala kwa miaka minane katika Yerusalemu.
6 And he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, as the house of Achab had done: for his wife was a daughter of Achab, and he did evil in the sight of the Lord.
Akatembea katika njia za wafalme wa Israeli, kama nyumba ya Ahabu ilivyokuwa ikifanya, kwa maana alikuwa na binti Ahabu kama mke wake, na akafanya yaliyo maovu katika macho ya Yahwe.
7 But the Lord would not destroy the house of David: because of the covenant which he had made with him: and because he had promised to give a lamp to him, and to his sons for ever.
Vile vile, Yahwe hakutaka kuiangamiza nyumba ya Daudi, kwa sababu ya agano ambalo alikuwa amefanya na Daudi; alikuwa ameahidi kwamba siku zote angetoa uzima kwa ajili yake na kwa ajili ya vizazi vyake.
8 In those days Edom revolted, from being subject to Juda, and made themselves a king.
Katika siku za Yehoramu, Edomu wakaasi wasiwe chini ya Yuda, na wakajisimamishia mfalme juu yao.
9 And Joram went over with his princes, and all his cavalry with him, and rose in the night, and defeated the Edomites who had surrounded him, and all the captains of his cavalry.
Kisha Yeroboamu akavuka ng'ambo pamoja na maakida na magari yake yote. Ilikuwa usiku aliposimama na kupigana dhidi ya Waedomu ambao walikuwa wamemzunguka na maakida wa magari yake.
10 However Edom revolted, from being under the dominion of Juda unto this day: at that time Lobna also revolted, from being under his hand. For he had forsaken the Lord the God of his fathers:
Kwa hiyo Edomu iliasi kutoka kuwa chini ya Yuda mpaka leo. Libna pia aliasi wakati ule ule wasiwe chini yake. Kwa sababu Yehoramu alikuwa amemsahau Yahwe, Mungu wa babu zake.
11 Moreover he built also high places in the cities of Juda, and he made the inhabitants of Jerusalem to commit fornication, and Juda to transgress.
Zaidi ya hayo, Yehoramu pia alikuwa amezijenga sehemu zake za juu katika milma ya Yuda na akawafanya wakaaji wa Yuda kuishi kama makahaba, na akawaongoza Yuda katika upotevu.
12 And there was a letter brought him from Elias the prophet, in which it was written: Thus saith the Lord the God of David thy father: Because thou hast not walked in the ways of Josaphat thy father nor in the ways of Asa king of Juda,
Barua kutoka kwa nabii Eliya ikaja kwa Yerohamu. Ilisema, “Hivi ndivyo Yahwe, Mungu wa Daudi, babu yako, anasema: Kwa sababu hujatembea katika njia za Yehoshafafati, baba yako, wala katika njia za Asa, mfalme wa Yuda,
13 But hast walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and hast made Juda and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to commit fornication, imitating the fornication of the house of Achab, moreover also thou hast killed thy brethren, the house of thy father, better men than thyself,
bali umetembea katika njia za wafalme wa Israeli, na umewafanya Yuda na wakaaji wa Yerusalemu kuenenda kama kahaba, kama nyumba ya Ahabu walivyofanya—na kwa sababu pia umewaua ndugu zako katika familia ya baba yako kwa upanga, watu waliokuwa bora kuliko wewe mwenyewe—
14 Behold the Lord will strike thee with a great plague, with all thy people, and thy children, and thy wives, and all thy substance.
ona, Yahwe atawapiga watu wako na pigo kubwa, watoto wako, wake zako, na mali zako zote.
15 And thou shalt be sick of a very grievous disease of thy bowels, till thy vital parts come out by little and little every day.
Wewe mwenyewe utakuwa na ugonjwa mwingi kwa sababu ya ugonjwa kataika katika utumbo wako, mpaka utumbo wako uanguke nje kwa sababu ya ugonjwa, siku baada ya siku.
16 And the Lord stirred up against Joram the spirit of the Philistines, and of the Arabians, who border on the Ethiopians.
Yahwe akaichochea roho ya Wafilisiti dhidi ya Yuda na ya Waarabu waliokuwa karibu na Waethipia.
17 And they came up into the land of Juda, and wasted it, and they carried away all the substance that was found in the king’s house, his sons also, and his wives: so that there was no son left him but Joachaz, who was the youngest.
Wakaivamia Yuda, wakavamia katika nyumba ya mfalme. Pia wakawachukua wanaye na wake zake. Hakuna mwana aliyebakizwa kwa ajili yake ispokuwa, Yehoshafati, mwanaye mdogo.
18 And besides all this the Lord struck him with an incurable disease in his bowels.
Baada ya haya yote, Yahwe akampiga katika utumbo wake kwa ugonjwa usiopona.
19 And as day came after day, and time rolled on, two whole years passed: then after being wasted with a long consumption, so as to void his very bowels, his disease ended with his life. And he died of a most wretched illness, and the people did not make a funeral for him according to the manner of burning, as they had done for his ancestors.
Ikawa wakati ulipofika, katika mwisho wa miaka miwili, kwamba utumbo wake ukaaanguka nje kwa sababu ya ugonjwa wake, na kwamba akafa kwa ugonjwa mkali. Watu wake hawakutengeneza moto kwa ajili ya heshima yake kama walivyokuwa wamefanyia babu zake.
20 He was two and thirty years old when he began his reign, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem. And he walked not rightly, and they buried him in the city of David: but not in the sepulchres of the kings.
Alikuwa ameanza kutawala alipokuwa na umrai wa miaka thelatahini na mbaili; akatawala katika Israeli kwa miaka minane, na alikufa bila kuaombolezwa. Wakamzika katika mji wa Daudi, lakini siyo katika makaburi ya kifalme.
