< 2 Kings 9 >
1 Then Elisha the Prophet called one of ye children of the Prophets, and sayde vnto him, Gird thy loynes and take this boxe of oyle in thine hand and get thee to Ramoth Gilead.
Nabii Elisha akamwita mtu mmoja kutoka kwa wana wa manabii na kumwambia, “Jikaze viuno, uichukue hii chupa ya mafuta, na uende Ramoth-Gileadi.
2 And when thou commest thither, looke where is Iehu ye sonne of Iehoshaphat, the sonne of Nimshi, and go, and make him arise vp from among his brethren, and leade him to a secret chamber.
Ukifika huko, mtafute Yehu mwana wa Yehoshafati, mwana wa Nimshi. Enda kwake, umtenge na wenzake, na umpeleke katika chumba cha ndani.
3 Then take the boxe of oyle and powre it on his head, and say, Thus sayth the Lord, I haue anointed thee for King ouer Israel. then open the doore, and flee without any tarying.
Kisha chukua hii chupa na umimine mafuta juu ya kichwa chake, nawe utangaze, ‘Hivi ndivyo asemavyo Bwana: Ninakutia mafuta uwe mfalme juu ya Israeli.’ Kisha ufungue mlango na ukimbie; usikawie!”
4 So the seruat of ye Prophet gate him to Ramoth Gilead.
Basi yule kijana nabii akaenda Ramoth-Gileadi.
5 And when he came in, behold, the captaines of the armie were sitting. And he sayde, I haue a message to thee, O captaine. And Iehu sayd, Vnto which of all vs? And he answered, To thee, O captaine.
Wakati alipofika, akawakuta maafisa wa jeshi wameketi pamoja, akasema, “Nina ujumbe wako, ee jemadari.” Yehu akauliza, “Kwa yupi miongoni mwetu?” Akamjibu, “Kwako wewe, jemadari.”
6 And he arose, and went into the house, and he powred the oyle on his head and sayde vnto him, Thus sayth the Lord God of Israel, I haue anointed thee for King ouer the people of the Lord, euen ouer Israel.
Yehu akainuka na kuingia ndani ya nyumba. Ndipo yule nabii akamimina mafuta juu ya kichwa cha Yehu na kutangaza, “Hivi ndivyo asemavyo Bwana, Mungu wa Israeli: ‘Ninakutia mafuta uwe mfalme juu ya watu wa Bwana, yaani Israeli.
7 And thou shalt smite the house of Ahab thy master, that I may auenge the blood of my seruants the Prophets, and the blood of al the seruants of the Lord of the hand of Iezebel.
Inakupasa uiangamize nyumba ya bwana wako Ahabu, nami nitalipiza kisasi cha damu ya watumishi wangu manabii na damu ya watumishi wote wa Bwana iliyomwagwa na Yezebeli.
8 For the whole house of Ahab shalbe destroied: and I will cut off from Ahab, him that maketh water against the wall, as well him that is shut vp, as him that is left in Israel.
Nyumba yote ya Ahabu itaangamia. Nitamkatilia mbali kila mzaliwa wa kiume wa Ahabu katika Israeli, aliye mtumwa ama aliye huru.
9 And I will make the house of Ahab like the house of Ieroboam the sonne of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the sonne of Ahiiah.
Nitaifanya nyumba ya Ahabu kuwa kama ile nyumba ya Yeroboamu mwana wa Nebati, na kama ile nyumba ya Baasha mwana wa Ahiya.
10 And the dogges shall eate Iezebel in the fielde of Izreel, and there shalbe none to burie her. And he opened the doore, and fled.
Kuhusu Yezebeli, mbwa watamla kwenye kiwanja huko Yezreeli, wala hakuna mtu atakayemzika.’” Kisha akafungua mlango na kukimbia.
11 Then Iehu came out to the seruants of his lord. And one sayd vnto him, Is all well? wherefore came this mad fellowe to thee? And hee sayde vnto them, Ye knowe the man, and what his talke was.
Yehu alipotoka nje na kurudi kwenda kwa maafisa wenzake, mmoja wao akamuuliza, “Je, kila kitu ni salama? Kwa nini huyu mwenye wazimu alikuja kwako?” Yehu akajibu, “Wewe unamfahamu huyo mtu, na aina ya mambo ambayo yeye husema.”
12 And they sayde, It is false, tell vs it nowe. Then he sayd, Thus and thus spake he to me, saying, Thus saieth the Lord, I haue anointed thee for King ouer Israel.
Wakasema, “Hiyo siyo kweli! Tuambie.” Yehu akasema, “Haya ndiyo aliyoniambia: ‘Hivi ndivyo asemavyo Bwana: Ninakutia mafuta uwe mfalme juu ya Israeli.’”
13 Then they made haste, and tooke euerie man his garment, and put it vnder him on the top of the staires, and blewe the trumpet, saying, Iehu is King.
Wakaharakisha kuvua mavazi yao, na kuyatandaza chini ya Yehu ili akanyage juu kwenye ngazi ya nje. Kisha wakapiga tarumbeta na kupaza sauti wakisema, “Yehu ni mfalme!”
14 So Iehu ye sonne of Iehoshaphat the sonne of Nimshi conspired against Ioram: (Now Ioram kept Ramoth Gilead, he and all Israel, because of Hazael King of Aram.
Basi Yehu mwana wa Yehoshafati, mwana wa Nimshi, akafanya shauri baya dhidi ya Yoramu. (Wakati huu, Yoramu na Israeli wote walikuwa wakiilinda Ramoth-Gileadi dhidi ya Hazaeli mfalme wa Aramu,
15 And King Ioram returned to bee healed in Izreel of the woundes, which the Aramites had giuen him, when hee fought with Hazael King of Aram) and Iehu sayde, If it be your mindes, let no man depart and escape out of the citie, to goe and tell in Izreel.
lakini Mfalme Yoramu alikuwa amerudishwa Yezreeli ili kujiuguza kutokana na majeraha ambayo Waaramu walimtia katika vita na Hazaeli mfalme wa Aramu.) Yehu akasema, “Kama hii ndiyo nia yenu, msimruhusu hata mmoja kutoroka nje ya mji kwenda kupeleka habari huko Yezreeli.”
16 So Iehu gate vp into a charet, and went to Izreel: for Ioram lay there, and Ahaziah King of Iudah was come downe to see Ioram.
Ndipo Yehu akaingia katika gari lake la vita na kuendesha kwenda Yezreeli, kwa sababu Yoramu alikuwa amepumzika huko, na Ahazia mfalme wa Yuda alikuwa ameenda kumwona.
17 And the watchman that stoode in the towre in Izreel spyed the companie of Iehu as hee came, and sayd, I see a companie. And Iehoram said, Take a horseman and send to meete them, that hee may say, Is it peace?
Mlinzi aliyesimama juu ya kinara cha Yezreeli alipoona askari wa Yehu wanakuja, akaita akisema, “Naona askari wanakuja.” Yoramu akaamuru, “Mtwae mpanda farasi umtume akakutane nao na kuuliza, ‘Je, mmekuja kwa amani?’”
18 So there went one on horseback to meete him, and sayde, Thus sayth the King, Is it peace? And Iehu sayd, What hast thou to do with peace? Turne behinde me. And the watchman tolde, saying, The messenger came to them, but he commeth not againe.
Mpanda farasi akaondoka kwenda kukutana na Yehu na kusema, “Hivi ndivyo asemavyo mfalme: ‘Je, mmekuja kwa amani?’” Yehu akamjibu, “Una nini na amani? Unga msafara nyuma yangu.” Mlinzi akatoa habari, “Mjumbe amewafikia lakini harudi.”
19 Then hee sent out another on horsebacke, which came to them, and sayde, Thus sayth the King, Is it peace? And Iehu answered, What hast thou to doe with peace? turne behinde me.
Basi mfalme akamtuma mpanda farasi wa pili. Wakati alipowafikia akasema, “Hivi ndivyo asemavyo mfalme, ‘Je, mmekuja kwa amani?’” Yehu akajibu, “Una nini na amani? Unga msafara nyuma yangu.”
20 And the watchman tolde, saying, He came to them also, but commeth not againe, and the marching is like the marching of Iehu the sonne of Nimshi: for he marcheth furiously.
Yule mlinzi akatoa taarifa akasema, “Mjumbe amewafikia, lakini hata yeye harudi. Uendeshaji ule ni kama wa Yehu mwana wa Nimshi, anaendesha kama mwenye wazimu!”
21 Then Iehoram sayd, Make ready: and his charet was made ready. And Iehoram King of Israel and Ahaziah King of Iudah went out eyther of them in his charet against Iehu, and met him in the fielde of Naboth the Izreelite.
Yoramu akaagiza, akasema, “Weka tayari gari langu la vita.” Na baada ya gari kuwa tayari, Yoramu mfalme wa Israeli, na Ahazia mfalme wa Yuda, wakaondoka kila mmoja kwenye gari lake ili kukutana na Yehu. Walikutana naye katika shamba lililokuwa mali ya Nabothi, Myezreeli.
22 And when Iehoram sawe Iehu, he sayde, Is it peace, Iehu? And he answered, What peace? whiles the whoredomes of thy mother Iezebel, and her witchcraftes are yet in great nomber?
Yoramu alipomwona Yehu akauliza, “Je, Yehu, umekuja kwa amani?” Yehu akajibu, “Kunawezaje kuwa na amani wakati ibada za sanamu na uchawi wa mama yako Yezebeli ungaliko?”
23 Then Iehoram turned his hand, and fled, and said to Ahaziah, O Ahaziah, there is treason.
Yoramu akageuka nyuma na kukimbia, akimwambia Ahazia, “Huu ni uhaini, Ahazia!”
24 But Iehu tooke a bowe in his hande, and smote Iehoram betweene the shoulders, that the arowe went through his heart: and he fell downe in his charet.
Kisha Yehu akatwaa upinde wake na kumchoma Yoramu katikati ya mabega. Mshale ukapenya kwenye moyo wake, naye akaanguka ghafula ndani ya gari lake.
25 Then said Iehu to Bidkar a captaine, Take, and cast him in some place of the fielde of Naboth the Izreelite: for I remember that when I and thou rode together after Ahab his father, the Lord layed this burden vpon him.
Yehu akamwambia Bidkari, mwendeshaji wa gari lake, “Mwinue na umtupe katika shamba lililokuwa mali ya Nabothi, Myezreeli. Kumbuka jinsi mimi na wewe tulivyokuwa tukiendesha pamoja magari yetu nyuma ya Ahabu baba yake, wakati Bwana alipotoa unabii huu kumhusu:
26 Surely I haue seene yesterday the blood of Naboth, and the blood of his sonnes, saide the Lord, and I will render it thee in this fielde, saith the Lord: nowe therefore take and cast him in the fielde, according to the word of the Lord.
‘Jana niliona damu ya Nabothi na damu ya wanawe, nami kwa hakika nitakufanya uilipe juu ya shamba hili, asema Bwana.’ Sasa basi, mwinue na umtupe juu ya kiwanja, kulingana na neno la Bwana.”
27 But when Ahaziah the King of Iudah saw this, he fled by the way of the garden house: And Iehu pursued after him, and sayd, Smite him also in the charet: and they smote him in the going vp to Gur, which is by Ibleam. And hee fled to Megiddo, and there dyed.
Wakati Ahazia mfalme wa Yuda alipoona kilichotokea, akakimbia kupitia barabara ya Beth-Hagani. Yehu akamkimbiza akipaza sauti na kusema, “Muue naye pia!” Wakamjeruhi katika gari lake kwenye njia ielekeayo Guri karibu na Ibleamu, lakini akatorokea Megido na akafia huko.
28 And his seruants caried him in a charet to Ierusalem, and buried him in his sepulchre with his fathers in the citie of Dauid.
Watumishi wake wakambeba kwa gari la vita na kumpeleka Yerusalemu, wakamzika pamoja na baba zake kwenye kaburi lake katika Mji wa Daudi.
29 And in the eleuenth yere of Ioram the sonne of Ahab, began Ahaziah to reigne ouer Iudah.
(Katika mwaka wa kumi na moja wa Yoramu mwana wa Ahabu, Ahazia alianza kutawala katika Yuda.)
30 And when Iehu was come to Izreel, Iezebel heard of it, and painted her face, and tired her head, and looked out at a windowe.
Kisha Yehu akaenda Yezreeli. Yezebeli aliposikia habari hii, akayapaka macho yake rangi, akatengeneza nywele zake na kutazama nje dirishani.
31 And as Iehu entred at the gate, shee sayde, Had Zimri peace, which slewe his master?
Yehu alipokuwa akiingia langoni, Yezebeli akasema, “Je, umekuja kwa amani, Zimri, wewe muuaji wa bwana wako?”
32 And he lift vp his eyes to the windowe, and sayd, Who is on my side, who? Then two or three of her Eunuches looked vnto him.
Yehu akaangalia juu dirishani na kuita, “Je, ni nani aliye upande wangu? Ni nani?” Matowashi wawili au watatu wakamtazama.
33 And he sayde, Cast her downe: and they cast her downe, and hee sprinkled of her blood vpon the wall, and vpon the horses, and he trode her vnder foote.
Yehu akasema, “Mtupeni huyo mwanamke chini!” Kwa hiyo wakamtupa chini, nayo baadhi ya damu yake ikatapanyika ukutani na nyingine juu ya farasi walipokuwa wakimkanyaga kwa miguu yao.
34 And when he was come in, he did eate and drinke, and sayde, Visite now yonder cursed woman, and burie her: for she is a Kings daughter.
Yehu akaingia ndani, akala na akanywa. Akasema, “Mshughulikieni huyo mwanamke aliyelaaniwa. Mzikeni, kwa sababu alikuwa binti wa mfalme.”
35 And they went to burie her, but they foud no more of her, then the skull and the feete, and the palmes of her handes.
Lakini walipotoka kwenda kumzika, hawakukuta kitu chochote isipokuwa fuvu la kichwa, miguu yake na mikono.
36 Wherefore they came agayne and tolde him. And he said, This is the worde of the Lord, which he spake by his seruant Eliiah the Tishbite, saying, In the fielde of Izreel shall ye dogs eate the flesh of Iezebel.
Wakarudi na kumwambia Yehu, ambaye alisema, “Hili ndilo neno la Bwana alilosema kupitia kinywa cha mtumishi wake Eliya Mtishbi, kwamba: Katika kiwanja cha Yezreeli, mbwa wataikula nyama ya Yezebeli.
37 And the carkeis of Iezebel shalbe as doung vpon the ground in the field of Izreel, so that none shall say, This is Iezebel.
Maiti ya Yezebeli itakuwa kama mavi shambani katika uwanja wa Yezreeli, kwamba hakutakuwepo mtu atakayeweza kusema, ‘Huyu ndiye Yezebeli.’”