2 Kings 5
1 Now Naaman, captain of the army of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honourable, because by him Yhwh had given deliverance unto Syria: he was also a mighty man in valour, but he was a leper.
Basi Naamani, amri jeshi wa mfalme wa Shamu, alikuwa mtu mkubwa na mtu mwenye kuheshimiwa mbele ya bwana wake, kwa sababu kwa ajili yake Yahwe aliwapa ushindi Washami. Pia alikuwa hodari, mtu shujaa, lakini alikuwa anaukoma.
2 And the Syrians had gone out by companies, and had brought away captive out of the land of Israel a little maid; and she waited on Naaman’s wife.
Washami walikuwa wametoka kuongoza kikosi na kumchukua kijana mdogo wa kike kutoka nchi ya Israeli. Akamuhudumia mke wa Naamani.
3 And she said unto her mistress, Would God my lord were with the prophet that is in Samaria! for he would recover him of his leprosy.
Yule binti akamwambia bibi yake, “Natamani kwamba bwana wangu angelikuwa na nabii ambaye yupo Samaria! Halafu angelimponya bwana wangu ukoma wake.
4 And one went in, and told his lord, saying, Thus and thus said the maid that is of the land of Israel.
Hivyo Naamani akaingia na kumwambia mfalme kile ambacho yule binti kutoka nchi ya Israeli alichokuwa amekisechosema.
5 And the king of Syria said, Go to, go, and I will send a letter unto the king of Israel. And he departed, and took with him ten talents of silver, and six thousand pieces of gold, and ten changes of raiment.
Kisha mfalme wa Shamu akase, “Nenda sasa, na nitatuma barua kwa mfalme wa Israeli.” Naamani akaondoka na kuchukua talanta zake kumi za fedha, vipande elfu sita vya dhahabu, na nguo kumi za kubadilisha.
6 And he brought the letter to the king of Israel, saying, Now when this letter is come unto thee, behold, I have therewith sent Naaman my servant to thee, that thou mayest recover him of his leprosy.
Pia alichukua barua ya kumpelekea mfalme wa Israeli inayosema, “Sasa wakati hii barua itakapoletwa kwako, utaona kwamba nimemtuma mtumishi wangu Naamani kwako, hivyo basi utamponya ukoma wake.”
7 And it came to pass, when the king of Israel had read the letter, that he rent his clothes, and said, Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man doth send unto me to recover a man of his leprosy? wherefore consider, I pray you, and see how he seeketh a quarrel against me.
Wakati mfalme wa Israeli alipoisoma ile barua, alichana mavazi yake na kusema, “Je mimi ni Mungu, niue na nirudishe uhai, kwamba huyu mtu anataka nimponye mtu ukoma wake? Inaonekana anatafuta mashindano na mimi.”
8 And it was so, when Elisha the man of God had heard that the king of Israel had rent his clothes, that he sent to the king, saying, Wherefore hast thou rent thy clothes? let him come now to me, and he shall know that there is a prophet in Israel.
Ikawa wakati Elisha mtu wa Mungu aliposikia kwamba mfalme wa Israeli alichana nguo zake, akatuma neno kwa mfalme akisema, “Kwa nini umechana nguo zako? Muache aje kwangu sasa, na atajua kwamba kuna nabii katika Israeli.”
9 So Naaman came with his horses and with his chariot, and stood at the door of the house of Elisha.
Basi Naamani akaja na farasi wake na mikokoteni yake ya kukokotwa na farasi na kusimama kwenye mlango wa nyumba ya Elisha.
10 And Elisha sent a messenger unto him, saying, Go and wash in Jordan seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thou shalt be clean.
Elisha akamtumia mjumbe, akisema, “Nenda na ukazame mwenyewe katika Yordani mara saba, na ngozi ya mwili wako itajirudi; utakuwa msafi.”
11 But Naaman was wroth, and went away, and said, Behold, I thought, He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of Yhwh his God, and strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper.
Lakini Naamani alikasirika na kuondoka na kusema, “Tazama, Nilidhani bila shaka angekuja kwangu na kusimama na kuliita jina la Yahwe Mungu wake, na kupitisha mkono wake kwenye sehemu ya ugonjwa na kuponya ukoma wangu.
12 Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not wash in them, and be clean? So he turned and went away in a rage.
Je sio Abana na Faepari, mito ya Damaskasi, bora kuliko maji yote ya Israeli?” Je siwezi kuoga ndani yao na kuwa safi?” Hivyo akageuka na kwenda kwa hasira.
13 And his servants came near, and spake unto him, and said, My father, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldest thou not have done it? how much rather then, when he saith to thee, Wash, and be clean?
Ndipo watumishi wa Naamani wakaja karibbu na kumwambia, “Baba yangu, kama yule nabii alikuamuru kufanya kitu kigumu, singelifanya? Je si zaidi basi, atakapokwambia rahisi, 'Zama mwenyewe na uwe safi?”
14 Then went he down, and dipped himself seven times in Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God: and his flesh came again like unto the flesh of a little child, and he was clean.
Ndipo akashuka chini na kuzama mwenyewe mara saba kwenye Yordani, akitii maelekezo ya mtu wa Mungu. Nyama ya mwili wake ikarudi tena kama nyama ya mwili ya mtoto mdogo, na alikuwa amepona.
15 And he returned to the man of God, he and all his company, and came, and stood before him: and he said, Behold, now I know that there is no God in all the earth, but in Israel: now therefore, I pray thee, take a blessing of thy servant.
Naamani akarudi kwa yule mtu wa Mungu, yeye na watu wake wengine, na kuja na kusimama mbele yake. Akasema, “Tazama, sasa najua kwamba hakuna Mungu katika Dunia nzima isipokuwa katika Israeli. Kwa hiyo basi, chukua zawadi kutoka kwa mtumishi wako tafadhali.”
16 But he said, As Yhwh liveth, before whom I stand, I will receive none. And he urged him to take it; but he refused.
Lakini Elisha akajibu, “Kama Yahwe aishivyo, ambaye nimesimama mbele yake, sintopokea chochote.”Naamani akamsihi Elisha apokee zawadi, lakini alikataa.
17 And Naaman said, Shall there not then, I pray thee, be given to thy servant two mules’ burden of earth? for thy servant will henceforth offer neither burnt offering nor sacrifice unto other gods, but unto Yhwh.
Hivyo Naamani akasema, “Kama sivyo, nakuomba ache apewe mtumishi wako pale mzigo wa baghala mbili za aridhi, kwa kuwa kuanzia sasa, mtumishi wako hatotoa tena sadaka ya kuteketezwa wala dhabihu kwa mungu yeyote isipokuwa Yahwe.
18 In this thing Yhwh pardon thy servant, that when my master goeth into the house of Rimmon to worship there, and he leaneth on my hand, and I bow myself in the house of Rimmon: when I bow down myself in the house of Rimmon, Yhwh pardon thy servant in this thing.
Katika jambo hili moja Yahwe anaweza kumsamehe mtumishi wako, hii ni, wakati mfalme wangu atakapoenda kwenye nyumba ya Rimoni kuabudu pale, na kujifunza kwenye mikono yangu na kumuinamia mwenyewe kwenye nyumba ya Rimoni, Yahwe aweze kumsamehe mtumishi wako katika hili jambo.”
19 And he said unto him, Go in peace. So he departed from him a little way.
Elisha akamwambia, “Nenda kwa amani.” Hivyo Naamani akaondoka.
20 But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, Behold, my master hath spared Naaman this Syrian, in not receiving at his hands that which he brought: but, as Yhwh liveth, I will run after him, and take somewhat of him.
Alikuwa amesafiri lakini umbali mfupi, wakati Gehazi mtumishi wa Elisha mtumishi wa Mungu alisema mwenyewe, “Tazama, bwana wangu amemuandaa huyu Naamani Mshami kwa kuacha kupokea zawadi kutoka kwenye mikono yake ambazo alizileta. Kama Yahwe aishivyo, Nitakimbia nikimfuata na kupokea kitu kutoka kwake.
21 So Gehazi followed after Naaman. And when Naaman saw him running after him, he lighted down from the chariot to meet him, and said, Is all well?
Hivyo Gehazi akamfuata Naamani. Wakati Naamani alipomuona mtu mmoja anakimbia akimfuata, aliruka chini kutoka kwenye gari yake kuonana naye na kusema, “Je kila kitu kiko sawa?”
22 And he said, All is well. My master hath sent me, saying, Behold, even now there be come to me from mount Ephraim two young men of the sons of the prophets: give them, I pray thee, a talent of silver, and two changes of garments.
Gehazi akasema, “kila kitu kiko sawa. Bwana wangu amenituma, akisema, 'Tazama, sasa wamekuja kwangu kutoka nchi ya mlima ya Efraimu vijana wawili wa watoto wa manabii. Tafadhali, wapatie talanta ya fedha na nguo mbili za kubadilisha.”
23 And Naaman said, Be content, take two talents. And he urged him, and bound two talents of silver in two bags, with two changes of garments, and laid them upon two of his servants; and they bare them before him.
Naamani akajibu, “Ninafuraha kubwa kukupatia talanta mbili.” Naamani akamsihi Gehazi na kujaribu talanta mbili za fedha kwenye mifuko miwili ya kubebea, pamoja na nguo mbili za kubadilisha, na kutandaza kwa wafanyakazi wake wawili, ambao walikuwa wamebebea ile mifuko miwili ya fedha mbele ya Gehazi.
24 And when he came to the tower, he took them from their hand, and bestowed them in the house: and he let the men go, and they departed.
Wakati Gehazi alipokuja kwenye ule mlima, alichukua ile mifuko ya fedha kutoka kwenye mikono yao na kuificha kwenye nyumba; akawatuma wale watu, na wakaondoka.
25 But he went in, and stood before his master. And Elisha said unto him, Whence comest thou, Gehazi? And he said, Thy servant went no whither.
Wakati Gehazi alipoingia na kusimama mbele ya bwana wake, Elisha akamwambia, “Umetokea wapi, Gehazi?” Akajibu, “Mtumishi wako hakwenda mahali.”
26 And he said unto him, Went not mine heart with thee, when the man turned again from his chariot to meet thee? Is it a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and oliveyards, and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and maidservants?
Elisha akamwambia Gehazi, “Je roho yangu haikuwa na wewe wakati yule mtu alipoyarudisha magari yake ya farasi ili kukutana na wewe? Je uu ni mda wa kupokea pesa na nguo, mashamba ya mzaituni na mizabibu, na kondoo na Ng'ombe, na watumishi wakiume na watumishi wakike?
27 The leprosy therefore of Naaman shall cleave unto thee, and unto thy seed for ever. And he went out from his presence a leper as white as snow.
Basi ukoma wa Naamani utakuwa kwenye uzao wako daima.” Basi Gehazi akatoka kwenye uwepo wake, mwenye ukoma kama theluji.
