1 Kings 14
1 It was at that time that Abijah, Jeroboam's son, fell ill.
Wakati ule Abiya mwana wa Yeroboamu akaugua,
2 So Jeroboam told his wife, “Please go and disguise yourself so nobody will know you're Jeroboam's wife. Then go to Shiloh and look for Ahijah the prophet. He was the one who told me I would become king over this people.
naye Yeroboamu akamwambia mke wake, “Nenda ukajibadilishe, ili watu wasijue kwamba wewe ni mke wa Yeroboamu. Kisha uende Shilo. Nabii Ahiya yuko huko, yule aliyeniambia kuwa nitakuwa mfalme juu ya watu hawa.
3 Take with you ten loaves of bread, some cakes, and a jar of honey for him. He will explain to you what will happen to the boy.”
Chukua mikate kumi, maandazi kadhaa na gudulia la asali na umwendee. Atakuambia kitakachotokea kwa kijana.”
4 Jeroboam's wife did as she was told. She got up and went to Ahijah's house in Shiloh. Ahijah could not see—he had become blind because of his age.
Basi mke wa Yeroboamu akafanya kama alivyosema mumewe, akaenda kwenye nyumba ya Ahiya huko Shilo. Wakati huu Ahiya alikuwa kipofu naye alishindwa kuona kwa sababu ya umri wake.
5 But the Lord had told Ahijah, “Look, Jeroboam's wife is coming to ask you about her son, because he's ill. This is what you are to tell her, because she'll come in disguise.”
Lakini Bwana alikuwa amemwambia Ahiya, “Mke wa Yeroboamu anakuja kukuuliza kuhusu mwanawe, kwa kuwa ni mgonjwa, nawe utamjibu hivi na hivi. Atakapowasili, atajifanya kuwa ni mtu mwingine.”
6 So as soon as Ahijah heard her footsteps at the door, he called out, “Come in, wife of Jeroboam! Why do you bother coming in disguise? I have been given some bad news for you.
Hivyo Ahiya aliposikia kishindo cha hatua zake mlangoni, akasema, “Karibu ndani, mke wa Yeroboamu. Kwa nini kujibadilisha? Nimetumwa kwako nikiwa na habari mbaya.
7 Go and tell Jeroboam this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: I picked you from the masses and I made you ruler over my people Israel.
Nenda, ukamwambie Yeroboamu kwamba hivi ndivyo asemavyo Bwana, Mungu wa Israeli: ‘Nilikuinua miongoni mwa watu na kukufanya kiongozi juu ya watu wangu Israeli.
8 I took the kingdom from the house of David and gave it to you. But you were not like my servant David, who kept my commandments and was totally committed to following me, only doing what was right in my sight.
Nikararua ufalme kutoka kwa nyumba ya Daudi na kukupa wewe, lakini hukuwa kama mtumishi wangu Daudi, ambaye aliyashika maagizo yangu na kunifuata kwa moyo wake wote, akifanya tu lile lililokuwa sawa machoni pangu.
9 You have done more evil than all those who lived before you. You have gone and made other gods for yourself, idols made of molten metal that made me angry. You have tossed me aside.
Umefanya maovu mengi kuliko wote waliokutangulia. Umejitengenezea miungu mingine, sanamu za chuma, umenighadhibisha na kunitupa nyuma yako.
10 Now pay attention, because as a result of this I am going to bring disaster on the house of Jeroboam. I will totally exterminate every one of your descendants in Israel, whether slave or free. I will burn the house of Jeroboam like a man burning refuse until it's all gone.
“‘Kwa sababu ya hili, nitaleta maafa juu ya nyumba ya Yeroboamu. Nitakatilia mbali kutoka kwa Yeroboamu kila mzaliwa wa mwisho wa kiume katika Israeli, mtumwa au mtu huru. Nitachoma nyumba ya Yeroboamu mpaka iteketee yote kama mtu achomaye kinyesi.
11 Those of Jeroboam's family who die in the town will be eaten by dogs, and those who die in the countryside will be eaten by birds. For the Lord has spoken.
Mbwa watawala wale walio wa nyumba ya Yeroboamu watakaofia ndani ya mji na ndege wa angani watajilisha kwa wale watakaofia mashambani. Bwana amesema!’
12 As for you, get up and go home. As soon as you arrive in the city, the child will die.
“Kukuhusu wewe, rudi nyumbani. Wakati utakapotia mguu katika mji wako, kijana atakufa.
13 All of Israel will mourn for him, and they will bury him. He alone of Jeroboam's family will be buried in a tomb because only in him has the Lord, the God of Israel found anything good—of the whole family of Jeroboam.
Israeli yote itamwombolezea na kumzika. Kwa sababu ni yeye pekee wa nyumba ya Yeroboamu atakayezikwa, kwa sababu ni yeye peke yake ndani ya nyumba ya Yeroboamu ambaye Bwana, Mungu wa Israeli, ameona kitu chema kwake.
14 The Lord will choose for himself a king to rule over Israel who will destroy the house of Jeroboam. This is starting to happen even now!
“Bwana atajiinulia mwenyewe mfalme juu ya Israeli ambaye ataikatilia mbali jamaa ya Yeroboamu. Siku ndiyo hii! Nini? Naam, hata sasa hivi.
15 The Lord will strike Israel like a reed jerked to and fro by the water. He will pull up Israel by the roots from this good land that he gave their forefathers and scatter them beyond the Euphrates, because they have made their pagan Asherah poles, making the Lord angry.
Naye Bwana ataipiga Israeli, hata iwe kama unyasi unaosukwasukwa juu ya maji. Ataingʼoa Israeli kutoka nchi hii nzuri aliyowapa baba zao na kuwatawanya ngʼambo ya Mto Frati, kwa sababu wamemghadhibisha Bwana kwa kutengeneza nguzo za Ashera
16 He will abandon Israel because of the sins of Jeroboam, those that he committed himself, and those he made Israel commit.”
Naye atawaacha Israeli kwa ajili ya makosa ya Yeroboamu aliyoyatenda na kusababisha Israeli kuyatenda.”
17 Jeroboam's wife got up and left for Tirzah. As soon as she stepped through the doorway of her home, the boy died.
Kisha mke wa Yeroboamu akainuka, akaondoka kwenda Tirsa. Mara alipokanyaga kizingiti cha mlango, kijana akafa.
18 All of Israel buried him and mourned for him, just as the Lord had said through his servant Ahijah the prophet.
Wakamzika na Israeli yote ikamwombolezea, kama Bwana alivyokuwa amesema kupitia mtumishi wake, nabii Ahiya.
19 The rest of what Jeroboam did, how he engaged in warfare and how he reigned, they are recorded in the Book of Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.
Matukio mengine ya utawala wa Yeroboamu, vita vyake na jinsi alivyotawala, vimeandikwa katika kitabu cha kumbukumbu za wafalme wa Israeli.
20 Jeroboam reigned for twenty-two years, and then he died. His son Nadab succeeded him as king.
Yeroboamu akawatawala kwa miaka ishirini na miwili, kisha akalala na baba zake. Naye Nadabu mwanawe akawa mfalme baada yake.
21 Rehoboam, son of Solomon, reigned in Judah. He was forty-one when he became king, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the Lord had chosen from all the tribes of Israel where he would be honored. The name of his mother was Naamah the Ammonite.
Rehoboamu mwana wa Solomoni alikuwa mfalme wa Yuda. Alikuwa na umri wa miaka arobaini na moja alipoanza kutawala, naye akatawala miaka kumi na saba huko Yerusalemu, mji ambao Bwana alikuwa ameuchagua kutoka makabila yote ya Israeli ili apate kuliweka humo Jina lake. Mama yake aliitwa Naama, ambaye alikuwa Mwamoni.
22 Judah did what was evil in the Lord's sight, and because of the sins they committed they made his jealous anger even greater than all their fathers had done.
Yuda wakatenda maovu machoni pa Bwana. Kwa dhambi walizotenda wakachochea hasira yake yenye wivu zaidi kuliko baba zao walivyofanya.
23 They also set up for themselves high places, sacred pillars, and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.
Pia wakajijengea mahali pa juu pa kuabudia miungu, mawe ya kuabudiwa na nguzo za Ashera juu ya kila kilima kilichoinuka na kila mti uliotanda.
24 There were even cult prostitutes in the land. They followed all the disgusting practices of the nations that the Lord had driven out before the Israelites.
Walikuwepo hata wanaume mahanithi wa mahali pa ibada za sanamu katika nchi; watu wakajiingiza katika kutenda machukizo ya mataifa ambayo Bwana aliyafukuza mbele ya Waisraeli.
25 In the fifth year of King Rehoboam's reign, Shishak, king of Egypt, attacked Jerusalem.
Katika mwaka wa tano wa utawala wa Mfalme Rehoboamu, Shishaki mfalme wa Misri akashambulia Yerusalemu.
26 He took the treasures of the Lord's Temple and the royal palace. He took everything, including all the gold shields Solomon had made.
Akachukua hazina za Hekalu la Bwana na hazina za jumba la kifalme. Akachukua kila kitu, pamoja na zile ngao zote za dhahabu ambazo Solomoni alikuwa amezitengeneza.
27 So King Rehoboam made bronze shields to replace them and handed them over to the captains of the guard to look after. They stood on duty at the entrance to the royal palace.
Kwa hiyo Mfalme Rehoboamu akatengeneza ngao za shaba badala ya zile za dhahabu na kuzikabidhi kwa majemadari wa ulinzi wa zamu kwenye ingilio la jumba la mfalme.
28 Whenever the king went to the Lord's Temple, the guards would carry the shields. Afterwards they returned them to the guardroom.
Kila wakati mfalme alipokwenda katika Hekalu la Bwana, walinzi walizichukua hizo ngao, na baadaye walizirudisha kwenye chumba cha ulinzi.
29 The rest of what happened in Rehoboam's reign and everything that he did are recorded in the Book of Chronicles of the Kings of Judah.
Kwa matukio mengine ya utawala wa Rehoboamu na yote aliyoyafanya, je, hayakuandikwa katika kitabu cha kumbukumbu za wafalme wa Yuda?
30 Rehoboam and Jeroboam were always at war with each other.
Kulikuwa na vita vinavyoendelea kati ya Rehoboamu na Yeroboamu.
31 Rehoboam died and was buried with his ancestors in the City of David. The name of his mother was Naamah the Ammonite. His son Abijam succeeded him as king.
Naye Rehoboamu akalala na baba zake, na akazikwa pamoja nao katika Mji wa Daudi. Mama yake aliitwa Naama, ambaye alikuwa Mwamoni. Naye Abiya mwanawe akawa mfalme baada yake.
