2 Kings 23
1 Then the king summoned all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.
Kisha mfalme akawaita pamoja wazee wote wa Yuda na Yerusalemu.
2 He went to the Lord's Temple with all the people of Judah and Jerusalem, together with the priests and the Levites, all the people from the least to the greatest, and he read to them the whole Book of the Agreement that had been discovered in the Lord's Temple.
Akapanda kwenda hekaluni mwa Bwana pamoja na watu wa Yuda, watu wa Yerusalemu, makuhani na manabii, watu wote wakubwa kwa wadogo. Akasoma wakiwa wanasikia maneno yote ya Kitabu cha Agano, ambacho kilikuwa kimepatikana katika Hekalu la Bwana.
3 The king stood by the pillar and made a solemn agreement before the Lord to follow him and to keep his commandments, laws, and regulations with total dedication, and to observe the requirements of the agreement as written in the book. All the people entered into the agreement.
Mfalme akasimama karibu na nguzo, na kufanya upya agano mbele za Bwana: yaani kumfuata Bwana na kuzishika amri zake, maagizo na sheria kwa moyo wake wote na kwa roho yake yote, hivyo kuyathibitisha maneno ya agano yaliyoandikwa katika kitabu hiki. Kisha watu wote wakajifunga wenyewe kwa kiapo katika agano.
4 Then the king ordered Hilkiah the high priest, the priests of second rank, and the doorkeepers to remove from the Lord's Temple everything made for Baal, Asherah, and the worship of sun, moon, and stars. He burned them outside Jerusalem in the Kidron fields and took their ashes to Bethel.
Mfalme akamwamuru Hilkia kuhani mkuu, makuhani waliomfuata kwa cheo, na mabawabu kuondoa kutoka kwenye Hekalu la Bwana vyombo vyote vilivyofanywa kwa ajili ya Baali na Ashera na jeshi lote la mianga ya angani! Akavichoma nje ya Yerusalemu katika mashamba ya Bonde la Kidroni, na kuyachukua hayo majivu mpaka Betheli.
5 He also dismissed the priests appointed by the kings of Judah to present burnt offerings on the high places of the towns of Judah and in the places all around Jerusalem, those who had sacrificed to Baal, to the sun and moon, to the constellations, and to all the powers of heaven.
Akawafukuza makuhani wa kipagani waliokuwa wameteuliwa na wafalme wa Yuda kufukiza uvumba katika mahali pa juu pa kuabudia miungu katika miji ya Yuda na ile iliyozunguka Yerusalemu, yaani wale waliofukiza uvumba kwa Baali, kwa jua na mwezi, kwa makundi ya nyota, na jeshi lote la angani.
6 He removed the Asherah pole from the Lord's Temple and took it to the Kidron Valley outside Jerusalem. He burned it there, ground it into dust, and threw its dust over the graves of the ordinary people.
Akaiondoa nguzo ya Ashera kutoka kwenye Hekalu la Bwana, na kuipeleka kwenye Bonde la Kidroni nje ya Yerusalemu, akaiteketeza huko. Akaisaga hadi ikawa unga na kusambaza hilo vumbi juu ya makaburi ya watu wa kawaida.
7 He also demolished the quarters of the cult prostitutes that were in the Lord's Temple, where the women used to weave tapestries for the Asherah.
Akabomoa pia nyumba za mahanithi wa mahali pa ibada za miungu, zilizokuwa ndani ya Hekalu la Bwana na mahali wanawake walipofuma kwa ajili ya Ashera.
8 Josiah brought to Jerusalem all the priests from the towns of Judah and defiled the high places, from Geba to Beersheba, where the priests had sacrificed burnt offerings. He demolished the high places of the gates, near to the entrance of the gate of Joshua, the governor of the city, which was left of the town gate.
Yosia akawaleta makuhani wote wa Bwana kutoka miji yote ya Yuda, na kunajisi mahali pa juu pa kuabudia miungu, kuanzia Geba hadi Beer-Sheba, mahali pote ambapo hao makuhani wa miungu walifukiza uvumba. Akabomoa mahali pa kuwekea vitu vya ibada za miungu palipokuwa katika malango, kwenye ingilio la Lango la Yoshua, mtawala wa mji, lililoko upande wa kushoto wa lango la mji.
9 Though the priests of the high places did not serve at the altar of the Lord in Jerusalem, they did eat unleavened bread with their brother priests.
Ingawa makuhani wa mahali pa juu pa kuabudia miungu hawakuhudumu katika madhabahu ya Bwana katika Yerusalemu, walikula mikate isiyotiwa chachu miongoni mwa ndugu zao.
10 He defiled the Topheth altar in the Valley of Ben-hinnom so that no one could sacrifice his son or daughter in the fire to Molech.
Kisha mfalme akanajisi Tofethi, palipokuwa katika Bonde la Ben-Hinomu, ili mtu yeyote asiweze kupatumia kumtoa kafara mwanawe au binti yake katika moto kwa mungu Moleki.
11 He removed the horses that the kings of Judah had dedicated to the sun from the entrance to the Lord's Temple. They were in the courtyard near the room of a eunuch named Nathan-melech. Josiah also burned the chariots dedicated to the sun.
Akaondoa kutoka kwenye ingilio la Hekalu la Bwana wale farasi ambao wafalme wa Yuda walikuwa wamewaweka wakfu kwa ajili ya jua. Walikuwa kwenye ua karibu na chumba cha afisa aliyeitwa Nathan-Meleki. Basi Yosia akayachoma moto yale magari yaliyokuwa yamewekwa wakfu kwa jua.
12 He demolished the altars that the kings of Judah had set up on the roof near the upper chamber of Ahaz, and the altars Manasseh had placed in the two courtyards of the Lord's Temple. The king smashed them to pieces and scattered them in the Kidron Valley.
Alizivunja madhabahu ambazo wafalme wa Yuda walikuwa wamezijenga kwenye paa la ghorofa ya Ahazi, pia madhabahu alizokuwa amezijenga Manase katika nyua mbili za Hekalu la Bwana. Akaziondoa huko, akazivunja vipande vipande, na kutupa hicho kifusi katika Bonde la Kidroni.
13 The king also defiled the high places to the east of Jerusalem, to the south of the Mount of Corruption, the places which King Solomon of Israel had built for Ashtoreth, the vile goddess of the Sidonians, for Chemosh, the vile god of the Moabites, and for Molech, the vile god of the Ammonites.
Mfalme pia akanajisi mahali pa juu pa kuabudia miungu, palipokuwa mashariki ya Yerusalemu upande wa kusini wa Kilima cha Uharibifu, pale ambapo Solomoni mfalme wa Israeli alikuwa amejenga kwa ajili ya Ashtorethi mungu mke chukizo la Wasidoni, kwa ajili ya Kemoshi mungu chukizo la Wamoabu, na kwa ajili ya Moleki mungu chukizo la watu wa Amoni.
14 He smashed the sacred stone pillars to pieces, chopped down the Asherah poles, and covered the places with human bones.
Yosia akapasua yale mawe ya kuabudiwa na kuzikatakata nguzo za Ashera. Kisha akafunika hayo maeneo kwa mifupa ya wanadamu.
15 He also demolished the altar at Bethel, the high place set up by Jeroboam, son of Nebat, who had made Israel sin. Then he burned the high place, ground it to dust, and burned the Asherah pole.
Hata madhabahu yaliyokuwa huko Betheli, mahali pa juu pa kuabudia miungu palipokuwa pamejengwa na Yeroboamu mwana wa Nebati, ambaye aliwafanya Israeli watende dhambi, alibomoa hata hayo madhabahu na mahali pa juu pa kuabudia miungu. Alipateketeza kwa moto hapo mahali pa juu pa kuabudia miungu na kupasaga hadi pakawa vumbi, na kuichoma hiyo nguzo ya Ashera pia.
16 As Josiah looked around he saw some tombs there on the hill. He had the bones taken from the tombs, and he burned them on the altar to defile it, just as the Lord had said through the man of God who had prophesied these things.
Kisha Yosia akatazama huku na huko, naye alipoona makaburi yaliyokuwa huko kwenye kilima, akaamuru mifupa itolewe humo na akaichoma juu ya madhabahu ya Betheli ili kupanajisi. Hili lilitokea kulingana na neno la Bwana lililosemwa na mtu wa Mungu ambaye alitangulia kusema mambo haya.
17 Then he asked, “Whose gravestone is this that I see?” “It's the tomb of the man of God who came from Judah and proclaimed exactly what you have done to the altar of Bethel,” the townspeople replied.
Mfalme akauliza, “Lile kaburi lenye mnara wa ukumbusho ninaloliona ni kwa ajili gani?” Watu wa mji wakasema, “Hii ni alama ya kaburi la mtu wa Mungu aliyekuja kutoka Yuda, naye akanena dhidi ya hii madhabahu ya Betheli mambo yale yale uliyoifanyia leo.”
18 “Let him rest in peace,” said Josiah. “Don't anyone touch his bones.” So they left his bones undisturbed, together with the bones of the prophet who came from Samaria.
Akasema, “Liacheni, msiliguse. Msimruhusu mtu yeyote kuiondoa mifupa yake.” Basi wakaiacha mifupa yake pamoja na ile ya yule nabii ambaye alikuwa amekuja kutoka Samaria.
19 Josiah destroyed, just as he did at Bethel, all the shrines of the high places in the towns of Samaria that the kings of Israel had built that had angered the Lord.
Kama alivyokuwa amefanya huko Betheli, Yosia akabomoa na kunajisi mahali pa kuabudia miungu kwenye mahali pa juu ambapo wafalme wa Israeli walikuwa wamejenga ndani ya miji ya Samaria, ambayo ilikuwa imemghadhibisha Bwana.
20 Josiah slaughtered all the priests who were there at the high places on the altars, and burned human bones on them. Then he returned to Jerusalem.
Yosia akawachinja makuhani wote wa mahali pa juu pa kuabudia miungu katika madhabahu zao wenyewe, na kuchoma mifupa ya wanadamu juu yake. Kisha akarudi Yerusalemu.
21 The king sent out an order to all the people, “Observe the Passover of the Lord your God, as it is written in this Book of the Agreement.”
Mfalme akatoa agizo hili kwa watu wote: “Adhimisheni Pasaka kwa Bwana Mungu wenu, kama ilivyoandikwa katika Kitabu hiki cha Agano.”
22 Such a Passover as this had not been observed from the days of the judges who ruled Israel on through all the days of the kings of Israel and Judah.
Hapakuwahi kuwepo na adhimisho lingine la Pasaka kama hilo tangu nyakati za Waamuzi walioongoza Israeli, wala katika nyakati zote za wafalme wa Israeli na wafalme wa Yuda.
23 But in the eighteenth year of King Josiah, this Passover was observed to honor the Lord in Jerusalem.
Lakini katika mwaka wa kumi na nane wa utawala wa Mfalme Yosia, Pasaka hii iliadhimishwa kwa Bwana huko Yerusalemu.
24 In addition, Josiah got rid of the mediums and spiritists, the household gods and idols, and all the disgusting practices that were present in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem. He did this to fulfill the words of the law written in the book that Hilkiah the priest had found in the Lord's Temple.
Zaidi ya hayo, Yosia akawaondoa waaguzi, wanaoabudu mizimu, sanamu za kuagulia, sanamu za kuabudiwa, na vitu vingine vyote vya machukizo vilivyoonekana huko Yuda na Yerusalemu. Aliyafanya haya ili kutimiza matakwa ya sheria iliyoandikwa ndani ya kile kitabu ambacho Hilkia kuhani alikipata ndani ya Hekalu la Bwana.
25 Never before was there a king like him who committed himself to the Lord in all his thoughts and attitudes, and with all his strength, keeping all the Law of Moses. There was no king like him afterwards either.
Kabla wala baada ya Mfalme Yosia hapakuwepo na mfalme mwingine yeyote ambaye alimpenda Bwana kwa moyo wake wote, kwa roho yake yote, na kwa nguvu zake zote, sawasawa na Sheria yote ya Mose.
26 However, the Lord had not given up his furious hostility, which burned against Judah because of all that Manasseh had done to anger him.
Hata hivyo, Bwana hakuacha ghadhabu yake iliyowaka dhidi ya Yuda kwa sababu ya yale yote ambayo Manase alikuwa amefanya kumghadhibisha.
27 So the Lord announced, “I'm also going to banish Judah from my presence, just as I banished Israel. I will abandon this city that I have chosen, Jerusalem, and the Temple regarding which I said, My name will be there.”
Hivyo Bwana akasema, “Nitamwondoa Yuda mbele zangu kama nilivyomwondoa Israeli, nami nitaukataa Yerusalemu, mji niliouchagua, na Hekalu hili, ambalo nilisema, ‘Jina langu litakaa humo.’”
28 The rest of what happened in Josiah's reign, and all he did, are recorded in the Book of Chronicles of the Kings of Judah.
Matukio mengine ya utawala wa Yosia na yote aliyoyafanya, je, hayakuandikwa katika kitabu cha kumbukumbu za wafalme wa Yuda?
29 While Josiah was still king, Pharaoh Neco, king of Egypt, led his army to help the king of Assyria at the Euphrates River. King Josiah took his army to fight him at Megiddo, but when Neco saw Josiah he killed him.
Yosia alipokuwa mfalme, Farao Neko mfalme wa Misri akapanda mpaka Mto Frati kumsaidia mfalme wa Ashuru. Mfalme Yosia akatoka kwenda kupigana naye, lakini Neko akamkabili na kumuua huko Megido.
30 His servants put his body in a chariot, brought him back from Megiddo to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own tomb. Then the people of the land chose Jehoahaz, son of Josiah, anointed him, and made him king in succession to his father.
Watumishi wa Yosia wakauleta mwili wake katika gari la vita kutoka Megido hadi Yerusalemu, wakamzika kwenye kaburi lake mwenyewe. Nao watu wa nchi wakamchukua Yehoahazi mwana wa Yosia, wakamtia mafuta na kumfanya mfalme mahali pa baba yake.
31 Jehoahaz was twenty-three when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem for three months. His mother's name was Hamutal, daughter of Jeremiah. She came from Libnah.
Yehoahazi alikuwa na umri wa miaka ishirini na mitatu alipoanza kutawala, naye akatawala huko Yerusalemu kwa miezi mitatu. Jina la mama yake aliitwa Hamutali binti Yeremia kutoka Libna.
32 He did what was evil in the Lord's sight, just as all his forefathers had done.
Akafanya maovu machoni mwa Bwana, kama baba zake walivyofanya.
33 Pharaoh Neco imprisoned Jehoahaz at Riblah in the land of Hamath to stop him ruling in Jerusalem. He also imposed on Judah a tribute of one hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.
Farao Neko akamfunga kwa minyororo huko Ribla katika nchi ya Hamathi ili asiweze kutawala huko Yerusalemu, naye akatoza kodi ya talanta mia moja za fedha, na talanta moja ya dhahabu katika Yuda.
34 Pharaoh Neco made Eliakim, son of Josiah, king in succession to his father Josiah, and he changed Eliakim's name to Jehoiakim. Neco took Jehoahaz to Egypt, where he died.
Farao Neko akamfanya Eliakimu mwana wa Yosia kuwa mfalme mahali pa baba yake Yosia, na kulibadilisha jina la Eliakimu kuwa Yehoyakimu. Lakini akamchukua Yehoahazi na kumpeleka Misri, naye akafia huko.
35 Jehoiakim paid the silver and gold to Pharaoh Neco, but in order to meet Pharaoh's demand he taxed the land and required payment of the silver and the gold from the people, each in proportion to their wealth.
Yehoyakimu akamlipa Farao Neko ile fedha na dhahabu aliyodai. Ili kuweza kufanya hivyo, Yehoyakimu akatoza nchi kodi na kulipiza fedha na dhahabu kutoka kwa watu wa nchi kulingana na makadrio ya mapato yao.
36 Jehoiakim was twenty-five when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem for eleven years. His mother's name was Zebidah, daughter of Pedaiah She came from Rumah.
Yehoyakimu alikuwa na umri wa miaka ishirini na mitano alipoanza kutawala, naye akatawala huko Yerusalemu miaka kumi na mmoja. Jina la mama yake aliitwa Zebida binti Pedaya kutoka Ruma.
37 He did evil in the Lord's sight, just as his forefathers had done.
Naye akafanya maovu machoni mwa Bwana, kama baba zake walivyokuwa wamefanya.
