2 Kings 14
1 In the second year of Joas son of Joachaz, king of Israel, reigned Amasias son of Joas king of Juda.
Katika mwaka wa pili wa Yehoashi mwana wa Yehoazi, mfalme wa Israeli, Amazia mwana wa Yoashi, mfalme wa Yuda, alianza kutawala.
2 He was five and twenty years old when he began to reign: and nine and twenty years he reigned in Jerusalem: the name of his mother was Joadan of 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 that which was right before the Lord, but yet not like David his father. He did according to all things that Joas his father did:
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 But this only, that he took not away the high places: for yet the people sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.
Lakini sehemu ya juu haikuondolewa. Watu wakaendelea kutoa dhabihu na kufukiza ubani katika sehemu mahala pa juu.
5 And when he had possession of the kingdom, he put his servants to death that had slain the king his father:
Ikawa mara utawala wake ulipokuwa imara, aliwaua watumishi ambao waliokuwa wamemuua baba yake, mfalme.
6 But the children of the murderers he did not put to death, according to that which is written in the book of the law of Moses, wherein the Lord commanded, saying: The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers: but every man shall die for his own sins.
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 He slew of Edom in the valley of the Saltpits ten thousand men, and took the rock by war, and called the name thereof Jectehel, unto this 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 Amasias sent messengers to Joas son of Joachaz, son of Jehu king of Israel, saying: Come let us see one another.
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 And Joas king of Israel sent again to Amasias king of Juda, saying: A thistle of Libanus sent to a cedar tree, which is in Libanus, saying: Give thy daughter to my son to wife. And the beasts of the forest, that are in Libanus, passed and trod down 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 Thou hast beaten and prevailed over Edom, and thy heart hath lifted thee up: be content with the glory, and sit at home: why provokest thou evil, that thou shouldst fall, and Juda with thee?
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 Amasias did not rest satisfied. So Joas king of Israel went up, and he and Amasias king of Juda saw one another in Bethsames a town in Juda.
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 Juda was put to the worst before Israel, and they fled every man to their dwellings.
Yuda walishindwa mbele ya Israeli, na kila mtu akakimbia nyumbani.
13 But Joas king of Israel took Amasias, king of Juda the son of Joas, the son of Ochozias, in Bethsames, and brought him into Jerusalem: and he broke down the wall of Jerusalem, from the gate of Ephraim to the gate of the corner, 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 And he took all the gold, and silver, and all the vessels, that were found in the house of the Lord, and in the king’s treasures, and hostages, and 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 But the rest of the acts of Joas, which he did, and his valour, wherewith he fought against Amasias king of Juda, are they not written in the book of the words of the days 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 Joas slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria, with the kings of Israel: and Jeroboam his son reigned in his stead.
Kisha Yehoashi akalala na wazee wake na ailizikwa katika Samaria pamoja na wafalme wa Israeli, na Yeroboamu, mwanaye, akawa mfalme katika eneo lake.
17 And Amasias the son of Joas king of Juda lived, after the death of Joas son of Joachaz king of Israel fifteen years.
Amazia mwana wa Yoashi, mfalme wa Yuda, akaishi miaka kumi na tano baada ya Yehoashi mwana wa Yehoahazi, mfalme wa Israeli.
18 And the rest of the acts of Amasias, are they not written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of Juda?
Kama ilivyo kwa mambo mengine yanayomhusu Amazia, je hayakuandikwa kwenye kitabu cha matukio ya mfalme wa Yuda?
19 Now they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem: and he fled to Lachis. And they sent after him to Lachis, and 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 And they brought him away upon horses, and he was buried in Jerusalem with his fathers in the city of David.
Wakamrudisha kwa farasi, na alizikwa pamoja na wazee wake katika mji wa Saudi.
21 And all the people of Juda took Azarias, who was sixteen years old, and made him king instead of his father Amasias.
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 He built Elath, and restored it to Juda, after that the king slept 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 Amasias son of Joas king of Juda, reigned Jeroboam the son of Joas king of Israel in Samaria, one and forty 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 that which was evil before the Lord. He departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nabat, who made Israel to sin.
Akafanya yaliyo maovu usoni mwa Yahwe. Hakuziacha dhambi zake za Yeroboamu mwana wa Nabeti, ambaye aliisababisha Israeli kuasi.
25 He restored the borders of Israel from the entrance of Emath, unto the sea of the wilderness, according to the word of the Lord the God of Israel, which he spoke by his servant Jonas the son of Amathi, the prophet, who was of Geth, which is in Opher.
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 the affliction of Israel that it was exceeding bitter, and that they were consumed even to them that were shut up in prison, and the lowest persons, and that 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 the Lord did not say that he would blot out the name of Israel from under heaven, but he saved them by the hand of Jeroboam the son of Joas.
Basi Yahwe akasema kwamba hatoweza kulifuta jina la Israeli chini ya mbingu; badala yake, aliwaokoa kwa mkono wa Yeroboamu mwana wa Yehoashi.
28 But the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, and all that he did, and his velour, wherewith he fought, and how he restored Damascus, and Emath to Juda in Israel, are they not written in the book of the words of the days 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 slept with his fathers the kings of Israel, and Zacharias his son reigned in his stead.
Yeroboamu akalala na mababu zake, pamoja na mfalme wa Israeli, na Zekaria mtoto wake akawa mfalme katika sehemu yake.
