1 Kings 15
1 Now in the eighteenth year of king Jerobo'am the son of Nebat became Abiyam king over Judah.
Katika mwaka wa kumi na tano wa mfame Yeroboamu mwana wa Nebati, Abiya alianza kutawala juu yaYuda.
2 Three years he reigned in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Ma'achah, the daughter of Abishalom.
Alitawala kwa miaka mitata kule Yerusalemu. Jina la mama yake allikuwa Maaka. Alikuwa binti wa Absalomu.
3 And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him; and his heart was not entire with the Lord his God, like the heart of David his father.
Naye alitembea katika dhambi zote ambazo baba yake alizifanya kabla yake; moyo wake haukuwa mkalifu kwa BWANA, Mungu wake kama moyo wa Daudi, babu yake ulivyokuwa.
4 Nevertheless for the sake of David did the Lord his God give him a rule in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to allow Jerusalem to exist.
Hata hivyo, kwa ajili ya Daudi, BWANA, Mungu wake alimpa taa Yerusalemu kwa kumwinua mwanae baada yake ili kuiimarisha Yerusalemu.
5 Because David did what is right in the eyes of the Lord, and turned not aside from all that he had commanded him all the days of his life, save only in the matter of Uriyah the Hittite.
Mungu alifanya haya kwa sababu Daudi alifanya yaliyo mema machoni pake; wakati wote wa uhai wake, hakugeuka wala hakukosa katika yote aliyomwamuru, isipokuwa tu swala la Uria Mhiti.
6 And there had been war between Rehobo'am and Jerobo'am all the days of his life.
Sasa kulikuwa na vita kati ya Rehoboamu na Jeroboamu katika siku zote za maisha ya Abiya.
7 And the rest of the acts of Abiyam, and all that he did, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah. And there was [also] war between Abiyam and Jerobo'am.
Kwa mambo mengine ya Abiya, yote aliyofanya, je, hayajaandikwa katika kitabu cha matukio ya wafalme wa Yuda? Sasa kulikuwa na vita kati ya Abiya na Yeroboamu.
8 And Abiyam slept with his fathers; and they buried him in the city of David: and Assa his son became king in his stead.
Abiya akalala na mababu zake, nao wakamzika katika mji wa Daudi. Asa mwanae akawa mfalme mahali pake.
9 And in the twentieth year of Jerobo'am the king of Israel became Assa king over Judah.
Katika mwaka wa ishirini wa Yeroboamu mfalme wa Israeli, Asa akaanza kutawala Yuda.
10 And forty and one years did he reign in Jerusalem. And the name of his mother was Ma'achah, the daughter of Abishalom.
Alitawala kwa miaka arobaini na moja kule Yerusalemu. Bibi yake alikuwa Maaka, binti wa Absalomu.
11 And Assa did what is right in the eyes of the Lord, like David his father.
Asa akafanya yaliyo mema machono mwa BWANA, kama alivyofanya Daudi, babu yake.
12 And he put away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols which his fathers had made.
Yeye aliwafukuza kutoka katika nchi wale makahaba wa kipagani na akaziondoa sanamu zote ambazo babu zake walikuwa wametengeneza.
13 And also Ma'achah his mother, even her he removed from being queen; because she had made a scandalous image for the grove; and Assa cut down her scandalous image, and burnt it by the brook Kidron.
Pia alimwondoa bibi yake asiwe Malkia, kwa sababu alikuwa amefanya sanamu ya kuchukiza kwa Ashera. Asa aliikata sanamu ya kuchukiza na kuiteketeza katika Bonde la Kidroni.
14 But the high-places were not removed; nevertheless Assa's heart was entire with the Lord all his days.
Lakini pale mahali pa juu hapakuchukuliwa. Hata hivyo. Moyo wa Asa ulikuwa mkamilifu mbele ya BWANA katika siku zake zote.
15 And he brought the things which his father had sanctified, and his own sanctified things, into the house of the Lord, silver, and gold, and vessels.
Alivirerjesha katika nyumba ya BWANA vitu vile vilivyokuwa vimetengwa kwa ajili ya BWANA, na vile vitu vyake vilivyokuwa vimetengezwa kwa fedha, na dhahabu na vyombo.
16 And there was war between Assa and Ba'sha the king of Israel all their days.
Basi kulikuwa na vita kati ya Asa na Baasha mfalme wa Israeli, kwa miaka yao yote.
17 And Ba'sha the king of Israel went up against Judah, and built Ramah, in order not to suffer any one to go out or come in to Assa the king of Judah.
Baasha mfalme wa Israeli, akaivamia na kuijenga Rama, kiasi kwamba hakumruhusu yeyote kuondoka au kuingia katika nchi ya Asa mfalme wa Yuda.
18 Then did Assa take all the silver and the gold that were left in the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the king's house, and gave them into the hand of his servants; and king Assa sent them to Ben-hadad, the son of Tabrimmon, the son of Chesyon, the king of Syria, who dwelt in Damascus, saying,
Kisha Asa akazichukua zile fedha na dhahabu zilizokuwa zimebaki kwenye hazina kwenye nyumba ya BWANA, na katika hazina ya ikulu ya mfalme. Akaziweka katika mikono ya watumishi wake na kuzituma kwa Beni Hadadi mwana wa Tabrimoni mwana wa Hezioni, mfalme wa Shamu ambaye alikuwa akishi Dameski. Akamwambia,
19 A covenant is between me and thee, [as] between my father and thy father: behold, I have sent unto thee a present of silver and gold; go and do break thy covenant with Ba'sha the king of Israel, that he may withdraw from me.
“Naomba tufanye patano kati yangu na wewe, kama ilivyokuwa kati ya baba yangu na baba yako. Tazama, Nimekutumia zawadi ya fedha na dhahabu. Ili uvunje agano lako na Baasha mfalme wa Israeli, ili kwamba aniache.”
20 And Ben-hadad hearkened unto king Assa, and sent the captains of the armies which he had against the cities of Israel, and smote 'Iyon, and Dan, and Abel-beth-ma'achah, and the whole of Kinneroth, with all the land of Naphtali.
Beni Hadadi akamsikiliza mfalme Asa na kutuma wakuu wa majeshi yake, nao wakaishambulia miji ya Israeli. Wakaishambulia Ijoni, Dani, Abeliya Bethi Maaka, na Kinerothi yote, pamoja na nchi yote ya Naftali.
21 And it came to pass, when Ba'sha heard this, that he left off the building of Ramah, and remained in Tirzah.
Ikawa Baasha aliposikia haya, akaacha kuijenga Rama akarudi Tirza.
22 Then king Assa called together by proclamation all Judah, none being exempted: and they took away the stones of Ramah, and its timber, wherewith Ba'sha had built; and king Assa built with them Geba' of Benjamin, and Mizpah.
Kisha mfalme Asa akaitangazia Yuda yote. Hakuna aliyeachwa. Wakayabeba mawe na miti ya Rama ambayo Baasha alikuwa akijengea mji. Kisha mfalme Asa akavitumia hivyo vitu kuijenga Geba ya Benjamini na Mispa.
23 And the rest of all the acts of Assa, and all his mighty deeds, and all that he did, and the cities which he built, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah. Nevertheless in the time of his old age he became diseased in his feet.
Mambo mengine yanyohusu utawala wa Asa, uwezo wake wote, yote aliyofanya, na miji aliyoijenga, je, hayakuandikwa katika kitabu cha matukio ya wafalme wa Yuda? Lakini wakati wa uzee wake alipata ugonjwa wa miguu.
24 And Assa slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Jehoshaphat his son became king in his stead.
Kisha Asa akalala na mababu zake na akazikwa pamoja nao katika mji wa Daudi baba yake. Yehoshafati mwanae akawa mfalme mahali pake.
25 And Nadab the son of Jerobo'am became king over Israel in the second year of Assa the king of Judah; and he reigned over Israel two years.
Nadabu mwana wa Yerobiamu alianza kutawala huko Israeli wakati wa mwaka wa pili wa Asa mfalme wa Yuda; Aliitawala Israeli kwa miaka miwili.
26 And he did what is evil in the eyes of the Lord, and he walked in the way of his father, and in his sin wherewith he had induced Israel to sin.
Akafanya yaliyo maovu mbele y a macho ya BWANA naye akatembea katika njia ya baba yake, na katika dhambi yake, aliisababisha Israeli kufanya dhambi.
27 And Ba'sha the son of Achiyah, of the house of Issachar, conspired against him; and Ba'sha smote him at Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines: while Nadab and all Israel were besieging Gibbethon.
Baasha mwana wa Ahiya, wa familia ya Isakari, akafanya hila dhidi ya Nadabu; Baasha akamwua huko Gibethoni, ambao ulikuwa mji wa Wafilisti, kwa kuwa Nadabu na Israeli walikuwa wakiuhusuru Gibethoni.
28 And Ba'sha slew him in the third year of Assa the king of Judah, and became king in his stead.
Katika mwaka wa tatu wa Asa mfalme wa Yuda, Baasha alimwua Nadabu naye akawa mfalme mahali pake.
29 And it came to pass, when he reigned, that he smote all the house of Jerobo'am; he left not any that breathed unto Jerobo'am, until he had destroyed him, according to the word of the Lord, which he had spoken by his servant Achiyah the Shilonite;
Mara tu baad ya kuwa mfalme, Baasha aliwaua watu wote wa familia ya Yeroboamu. Hakumwacha hata mmoja wa uzao wa Yeroboamu awe hai; Kwa njia hii akawa ameuharibu ukoo wote wa kifalme, kama vile BWANA alivyokuwa amesema kupitia mtumishi wake Ahiya Mshilo,
30 Because of the sins of Jerobo'am which he had sinned, and through which he had induced Israel to sin, by his provoking wherewith he provoked the Lord the God of Israel to anger.
kwa sababu ya dhambi za Yeroboamu ambazo alifanya na akaisababishia Israeli kufanya dhambi, kwa kuwa alimkasirisha BWANA, Mungu wa Israeli.
31 And the rest of the acts of Nadab, and all that he did, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
Mambo mengine yanayomhusu Nadabu, na yote aliyofanya, je, hayakuandikwa katika kitabu cha matukio ya wafalme wa Israeli?
32 And there was war between Assa and Ba'sha the king of Israel all their days.
Kisha kulikuwa na vita kati ya Asa na Baasha mfalme wa Israeli katika siku zao zote.
33 In the third year of Assa the king of Judah became Ba'sha the son of Achiyah king over all Israel, in Thirzah, [for] twenty and four years.
Katika mwaka wa tatu wa Asa mfalme wa Yuda, Baasha mwana wa Ahiya alianza kuitawala Israeli yote huko Tirza naye alitawala kwa miaka ishirini na nne.
34 And he did what is evil in the eyes of the Lord, and walked in the way of Jerobo'am, and in his sin wherewith he had induced Israel to sin.
Naye akafanya yaliyo mabaya katika macho ya BWANA na akatembea katika njia ya Yeroboamu na katika dhambi yake ambayo kwa hiyo aliifanya Israeli kufanya dhambi.
