2 Chronicles 24
1 Joash was seven years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name also was Zibiah of Beersheba.
Yoashi alikuwa na umri wa miaka saba alipoanza kutawala; akatawala kwa mika arobaini katika Yerusalemu. Jina la mama yake aliitwa Sibia wa Beer-sheba.
2 And Joash did that which was right in the sight of the LORD all the days of Jehoiada the priest.
Yoashi alifanya yaliyo mema katika macho ya Yahwe siku zote za Yehoyada, yule kuhani.
3 And Jehoiada took for him two wives; and he begat sons and daughters.
Yehoyada akajichukulia wake wawili kwa ajili yake, na akawa baba wa wana na mabinti.
4 And it came to pass after this, that Joash was minded to repair the house of the LORD.
Ikawa baada ya haya, kwamba Yoashi aliamua kuitengeneza nyumba ya Yahwe.
5 And he gathered together the priests and the Levites, and said to them, Go out to the cities of Judah, and gather of all Israel money to repair the house of your God from year to year, and see that you hasten the matter. However, the Levites hastened it not.
Akawakusanya pamoja makuhani na Walawi, na kusema kwao, “Nendeni nje kila mwaka kwenye miji ya Yuda na kukusanya fedha kutoka Israeli yote kwa ajili ya kuikarabati nyumba ya Mungu wenu. Hakikisheni kwamba mnaanza haraka.” Walawi hawakufanya kitu kwanza.
6 And the king called for Jehoiada the chief, and said to him, Why have you not required of the Levites to bring in out of Judah and out of Jerusalem the collection, according to the commandment of Moses the servant of the LORD, and of the congregation of Israel, for the tabernacle of witness?
Kwa hiyo mfalme akamuita Yehoyada, yule kuhani, na kumwambia, “Kwa nini hukuwaagiza Walawi kuleta kutoka Yud na Yerusalemu kodo iliyoagizwa na Musa mtumishi wa Yahwe na kusanyiko la Israeli, kwa ajili ya amri za hema ya agano?”
7 For the sons of Athaliah, that wicked woman, had broken up the house of God; and also all the dedicated things of the house of the LORD did they bestow on Baalim.
Kwa maana wana wa Athalia, yule mwanamke muovu, walikuwa wameivunja nyumba ya Mungu na kuwapa Mabaali vitu vyote vitakatifu vya nyumba ya Yahwe.
8 And at the king’s commandment they made a chest, and set it without at the gate of the house of the LORD.
Kwa hiyo mfalme aliamuru, na wakatengeneza kasha na kulileta nje kwenye lango kwenye nyumba ya Yahwe.
9 And they made a proclamation through Judah and Jerusalem, to bring in to the LORD the collection that Moses the servant of God laid on Israel in the wilderness.
Kisha wakafanya tangazo katika Yuda na Yerusalemu, kwa ajili ya watu kuleta kwa Yahwe kodi aliyoiagiza Musa mtumishi wa Mungu juu ya Israeli jangwani.
10 And all the princes and all the people rejoiced, and brought in, and cast into the chest, until they had made an end.
Viongozi wote na watu wote wakafurahia na wakaleta fedha na kuiweka kwenye kasha hadi walipomaliza kulijaza.
11 Now it came to pass, that at what time the chest was brought to the king’s office by the hand of the Levites, and when they saw that there was much money, the king’s scribe and the high priest’s officer came and emptied the chest, and took it, and carried it to his place again. Thus they did day by day, and gathered money in abundance.
Ikatokea kwamba kila lilipoletwa kasha kwa mikono ya Walawi kwa wakuu wa mfalme, na kila walipoona kwamba kulikuwa na fedha nyingi sana ndani yake, waandishi wa mfalme na mkuu wa kuhani mkuu walikuja, kulihamishia fedha kasha, na kulirudisha sehemu yake. Walifanya hivyo siku baada siku, wakikusanya kiasi kikubwa cha fedha.
12 And the king and Jehoiada gave it to such as did the work of the service of the house of the LORD, and hired masons and carpenters to repair the house of the LORD, and also such as worked iron and brass to mend the house of the LORD.
Mfalme na Yehoyada akawapa zile fedha wale waliofanya kazi ya kuhudumu katika nyumba ya Yahwe, Watu hawa waliwaajiri waashi na maseremala ili waijenge nyumba ya Yahwe, na pia wale waliofanya kazi katika chuma na shaba.
13 So the workmen worked, and the work was perfected by them, and they set the house of God in his state, and strengthened it.
Kwa hiyo wafanya kazi wakafanya kazi, na kazi ya kukarabati ikasonga mbele mikononi mwao; waakaisimamisha nyumba ya Mungu katika hali yake halisi na kuiimarisha.
14 And when they had finished it, they brought the rest of the money before the king and Jehoiada, whereof were made vessels for the house of the LORD, even vessels to minister, and to offer with, and spoons, and vessels of gold and silver. And they offered burnt offerings in the house of the LORD continually all the days of Jehoiada.
Walipomaliza, wakaleta fedha zilizobaki kwa mfalme na Yehoyada. Fedha hizo zilitumika kutengenezea samani kwa ajili ya nyumba ya Yahwe, vyombo vya huduma na kutolea dhabihu—vijiko na vyombo vya dhahabu na fedha. Wakatoa sadaka za kuteketezwa bila kukomaa katika nyumba ya Yahwe kwa siku zote za Yehoyada.
15 But Jehoiada waxed old, and was full of days when he died; an hundred and thirty years old was he when he died.
Yehoyada akazeeka na alaaikuwa amejaa siku, na kisha akafa; alikuwa na umri wa mika 130 alipokufa.
16 And they buried him in the city of David among the kings, because he had done good in Israel, both toward God, and toward his house.
Wakamzika katika aamji wa Daudi miongoni mwa wafalme, kwa sababu alikuwa amefanya mema katika Israeli, kwa Mungu, na kwa ajili ya nyumba ya Mungu,
17 Now after the death of Jehoiada came the princes of Judah, and made obeisance to the king. Then the king listened to them.
Sasa baada ya kifo cha Yehoyada, kiongozi wa Yuda akaja na kutoa heshima kwa mfalme. Kisha mfalme akawasikiliza.
18 And they left the house of the LORD God of their fathers, and served groves and idols: and wrath came on Judah and Jerusalem for this their trespass.
Wakaiacha nyumba ya Yahwe, Mungu wa babu zao, na kuwaabudu miungu na maashera na sanamu. Ghadhabu ya Mungu ikaja juu ya Yuda na Yerusalemu kwa sababau ya hili kosa lao.
19 Yet he sent prophets to them, to bring them again to the LORD; and they testified against them: but they would not give ear.
Bado akatuma manabii kwao ili kuwaleta tena kwake, Yahwe, manabii wakatangaza juu ya watu, lakini walipuuza kusikiliza.
20 And the Spirit of God came on Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest, which stood above the people, and said to them, Thus says God, Why transgress you the commandments of the LORD, that you cannot prosper? because you have forsaken the LORD, he has also forsaken you.
Roho wa Mungu akaja juu ya Zekaria mwana wa Yehoyada, yule kuhani; Zekaria akasimama juu ya watu na kusema kwao, “Mungu anasema hivi: Kwa nini mnazivunja amri za Yahwe, ili kwamba msifanikiwe? Kwa kuwa mmemsahau Yahwe, pia amewasahau ninyi.”
21 And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the commandment of the king in the court of the house of the LORD.
Lakini wakapanga njama dhidi yake; kwa amri ya mfalme, wakampiga kwa mawe katika uwanja wa nyumba ya Yahwe.
22 Thus Joash the king remembered not the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but slew his son. And when he died, he said, The LORD look on it, and require it.
Katika namna hii hii, Yoashi, yule mfalme, akapuuza ukarimu ambao Yehoyada, baba yake Zekaria, alikuwa amemfanyia.
23 And it came to pass at the end of the year, that the host of Syria came up against him: and they came to Judah and Jerusalem, and destroyed all the princes of the people from among the people, and sent all the spoil of them to the king of Damascus.
Ikawa karibu mwisho wa mwaka, kwamba jeshi la Aramu wakaja juu yake Yoashi. Wakaja Yuda na Yerusalemu; wakawaua viongozi wote wa watu na kupeleka nyara zote kutoka kwao kwa mfalme wa Dameski.
24 For the army of the Syrians came with a small company of men, and the LORD delivered a very great host into their hand, because they had forsaken the LORD God of their fathers. So they executed judgment against Joash.
Jeshsi la Waaramu walikuwa wamekuja na jeshi dogo, lakini Yahwe akawapa ushindi juu ya jeshi kubwa, kwa sababu Yuda alikuwa amemsahau Yahwe, Mungu wa babu zao. Katika namna hii Waaramu wakaleta hukumu juu ya Yoashi.
25 And when they were departed from him, (for they left him in great diseases, ) his own servants conspired against him for the blood of the sons of Jehoiada the priest, and slew him on his bed, and he died: and they buried him in the city of David, but they buried him not in the sepulchers of the kings.
Katika muda ambao Waaramu walikuwa wameondoka, Yoashi alikuwa amejeruhiwa vikali. Watumishi wake wakapanga njama dhidi yake kwa sababu ya mauaji ya wana wa Yehoyada, yule kuhani. Wakamuua katika kitanda chake, na akafa; wakamzika katika mji wa Daudi, lakini siyo katika makaburi ya wafalme.
26 And these are they that conspired against him; Zabad the son of Shimeath an Ammonitess, and Jehozabad the son of Shimrith a Moabitess.
Hawa walikuwa watu waliopanaga njama dhidi yake: Zabadi mwana wa Shimeathi, Mwamoni; na Yehozabadi mwana wa Shimrithi, Mwanamke Mmoabu.
27 Now concerning his sons, and the greatness of the burdens laid on him, and the repairing of the house of God, behold, they are written in the story of the book of the kings. And Amaziah his son reigned in his stead.
Sasa matukio kuhusu wanaye, unabii muhimu uliokuwa umesemwa kumhusu yeye, na kujengwa tena kwa nyumba ya Mungu, ona, yameandikwa katika Kamusi ya kitabu cha wafalme. Amazia mwanaye, akawa mfalme katika nafasi yake.
