2 Chronicles 33
1 Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign; and he reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem.
Manase alikuwa na umri wa miaka kumi na mbili alipoanza kutawala, alitawala miaka hamsini na tano katika Yerusalemu.
2 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, after the abominations of the nations, whom the LORD cast out before the children of Israel.
Akafanya yalikuwa uovu katika macho ya Yahwe, kama yalivyo mambo ya machukizo ya mataifa ambao Yahwe alikuwa amewafukuza mbele ya watu wa Israeli.
3 For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had broken down; and he reared up altars for the Baalim, and made Asheroth, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.
Kwa maana alizijenga tena sehemu za juu ambazo baba yake Hezekia alikuwa amezibomoa, na akajenga madhabahu kwa ajili ya mabaali, akatengeneza sanaamu za Maashera, na akaziinamia chini nyota zote za mbinguni na kuziabudu.
4 And he built altars in the house of the LORD, whereof the LORD said: 'In Jerusalem shall My name be for ever.'
Manase akajenga madhbahu za kipagani katika nyumba ya Yahwe, ingawa Yahwe alikuwa amemwamuru, “Ni katika Yerusalemu ambamo jina langu litawekwa milele”.
5 And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD.
Alijenga madhabahu kwa ajili ya nyota zote za mbinguni katika vile viwanja viwili vya nyumba ya Yahwe.
6 He also made his children to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom; and he practised soothsaying, and used enchantments, and practised sorcery, and appointed them that divined by a ghost or a familiar spirit; he wrought much evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke Him.
Katika bonde la Beni Hinomu akawaweka wanaye katika moto. Akafanya misemo ya ubashiri, na uchawi, akassoma utabiri; akashauriana na wale waliozungumza na wafu na wale waliozungumza na na roho. Akafanaya maaovu mengi katika mcho ya Yahwe na alimfanya Mungu akasirike.
7 And he set the graven image of the idol, which he had made, in the house of God, of which God said to David and to Solomon his son: 'In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, will I put My name for ever;
Ile sanamu ya Maashera aliyokuwa amefanya, akaipeleka katika nyumba ya Mungu. Ni kuhusu nyumba hii ambayo Mungu alikuwa amesema kwa Daudi na Selemani mwanaye; alikuwa amesema, “Ni katika nyumba hii na katika Yerusalemu, ambao nimeuchangua kutoka makabila yote ya Israeli, kwamba nitaliweka jina langu milele.
8 neither will I any more remove the foot of Israel from off the land which I have appointed for your fathers; if only they will observe to do all that I have commanded them, even all the law and the statutes and the ordinances by the hand of Moses.'
Sitawaondoa tena watu wa Israeli katina nchi hii ambayo niliitoa kwa babu zao, ikiwa tu watakuwa makini katika kuyashika yote niliyowaamuru, kuzishika sheria zangu, amri zangu, na sheria zangu nilizowapa kupitia Musa.”
9 And Manasseh made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to err, so that they did evil more than did the nations, whom the LORD destroyed before the children of Israel.
Manase akawaongoza Yuda na wakaaji wa Yerusalemu hata kufanya uovu zaidi kuliko hata watu wa mataifa ambao Yahwe alikuwa amewateketeza mbele za Israeli.
10 And the LORD spoke to Manasseh, and to his people; but they gave no heed.
Yahwe akasema kwa Manase, na kwa watu wake wote, lakini hawakumsikiliza.
11 Wherefore the LORD brought upon them the captains of the host of the king of Assyria, who took Manasseh with hooks, and bound him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon.
Kwa hiyo Yahwe akaleta juu yao maamri jeshsi wa jeshi la Ashuru, ambao walimchukua Manase katika minyonyoro, wakamfunga kwa pingu, na wakampeleka Babeli.
12 And when he was in distress, he besought the LORD his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers.
Manase alipokuwa katika dhika, alimuomba Yahwe, Mungu wake, na akajinyenyekesha sana mbele za Mungu wa babu zake.
13 And he prayed unto Him; and He was entreated of him, and heard his supplication, and brought him back to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the LORD He was God.
Akaomba kwake; na Mungu akamsikiliza, na Mungu akasikia kuomba kwake na akamrudisha Yerusalemu, katika ufalme wake. Kisha Manase akafahamu kwamba Yahwe alikuwa Mungu.
14 Now after this he built an outer wall to the city of David, on the west side of Gihon, in the valley, even to the entrance at the fish gate; and he compassed about Ophel, and raised it up a very great height; and he put captains of the army in all the fortified cities of Judah.
Baada ya hayo, manase akajenga ukuta wa nje ya mji wa Daudi, upande wa magharibi wa Gihoni, katika bonde, hadi kwenye lango la Samaki. Akauzungushia mlima wa Ofeli na akaupandisha ukuta hadi usawa mrefu sana. Akaweka maamri jeshi jasiri katika ngome zote za miji ya Yuda.
15 And he took away the strange gods, and the idol out of the house of the LORD, and all the altars that he had built in the mount of the house of the LORD, and in Jerusalem, and cast them out of the city.
Akaipeleka mbali miungu yote ya kigeni, akaondoa sanamu zote kwenye nyumba ya Yahwe, na madhabahu zote ambazo alikuwa amejenga juu ya mlima wa nyumba ya Yahwe na katika Yerusalemu, na kuvitupa nje ya mji.
16 And he built up the altar of the LORD, and offered thereon sacrifices of peace-offerings and of thanksgiving, and commanded Judah to serve the LORD, the God of Israel.
Akaijenga tena madhabahu ya Yahwe na juu yake akatoa sadaka za amani na sadaka za shukrani; akamwamuru Yuda amtumikie Yahwe, Mungu wa Israeli.
17 Nevertheless the people did sacrifice still in the high places, but only unto the LORD their God.
Hata hivyo watu bado walitoa sadaka mahali pa sehemu za juu, lakini kwa Yahwe, Mungu wao pekee.
18 Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and his prayer unto his God, and the words of the seers that spoke to him in the name of the LORD, the God of Israel, behold, they are written among the acts of the kings of Israel.
Katika mambo mengine kuhusu Manase, maombi yake kwa Mungu wake, na maneno ya waonaji ambao walisema kwake katika jina la Yahwe, Mungu wa Israeli, tazama, yameandikwa miongoni mwa matendo ya wafalme wa Israeli.
19 His prayer also, and how God was entreated of him, and all his sin and his transgression, and the places wherein he built high places, and set up the Asherim and the graven images, before he humbled himself; behold, they are written in the history of the seers.
Katika matukio hayo kuna historia ya maombi yake, na jinsi Mungu alivyoguswa na maomabi hayo. Pia kuna kumbu kumbu ya dhambi zake zote na makosa yake, na sehemu ambako alikuwa amejenga sehemu za juu na kuzisimamisha Maashera na sanamu za kuchonga, kambla ya kujinyenyekesha mwenyewe — na imeandikwa kuhusu hayo katika tarehe ya waonaji. (Maandishi ya kale yanasema hivi, “tarehe ya Hozai,” ambayo ni maandishi ya kifungu asili. Lakini matoleo mengi ya kisasa yamesahihisha na kusomeka “tarehe ya waonaj” Pia, matoleo machache ya kisasa yanasema “tarehe ya waonaji”.).
20 So Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his own house; and Amon his son reigned in his stead.
Kwa hiyo Manase akalala na babu zake, na wakamzika katika nyumba yake mwenyewe. Amoni, mwaye, akawa mfalme katika nafasi yake.
21 Amon was twenty and two years old when he began to reign; and he reigned two years in Jerusalem.
Amoni alikuwa na umri wa miaka ishirini na mbili alipoanza kutawala; alitawala miaka miwili katika Yerusalemu.
22 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, as did Manasseh his father; and Amon sacrificed unto all the graven images which Manasseh his father had made, and served them.
Akafanya yaliyokuwa uovu katika macho ya Yaahwe, kama Manase, baba yake, alivyofanya. Amoni alitoa sadaka katika sanamau zote za kuchonga ambazo alitengeneza Manase baba yake, na aliziabudu.
23 And he humbled not himself before the LORD, as Manasseh his father had humbled himself; but this same Amon became guilty more and more.
Hakujinyenyekesha mbele za Yahwe, kama baba yake Manase alivyokuwa amefanya. Badala yake, Amoni huyu huyu alifanya makosa zaidi na zaidi.
24 And his servants conspired against him, and put him to death in his own house.
Watumishi wake wakapanga njama wa zidi yake na wakamua katika nyumba yake mwenyewe.
25 But the people of the land slew all them that had conspired against king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his stead.
Lakini watu wa nchi wakawaua wote waliofanya njama zidi ya Mfalme Amoni, na wakamfanya Yosia, mwanaye, mfalme katika nafasi yake.
