2 Chronicles 33
1 Twelve years old was Manasseh when he became king, and fifty and five years did he reign in Jerusalem.
Manase alikuwa na umri wa miaka kumi na miwili alipoanza kutawala, naye akatawala huko Yerusalemu miaka hamsini na mitano.
2 And he did what is evil in the eyes of the Lord, after the abominable acts of the nations whom the Lord had driven out from before the children of Israel.
Akafanya maovu machoni pa Bwana, akafuata desturi za machukizo za mataifa ambayo Bwana aliyafukuza mbele ya Waisraeli.
3 And he built again the high-places which Hezekiah his father had broken down, and he erected altars for the Be'alim, and made Asheroth, and bowed himself down to all the host of heaven, and served them.
Akajenga upya mahali pa juu pa kuabudia miungu ambapo Hezekia baba yake, alikuwa amepabomoa, pia akasimamisha madhabahu za Mabaali na nguzo za Maashera. Akalisujudia jeshi lote la angani na kuliabudu.
4 And he built altars in the house of the Lord, whereof the Lord had said, In Jerusalem shall my name be for ever.
Akajenga madhabahu katika Hekalu la Bwana ambamo Bwana alikuwa amesema, “Jina langu litadumu Yerusalemu milele.”
5 And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the Lord.
Katika nyua zote mbili za Hekalu la Bwana akajenga madhabahu kwa ajili ya jeshi lote la angani.
6 And he caused his children to pass through the fire in the valley of Ben-hinnom: he also observed times, and employed enchantments, and used witchcraft, and dealt with [those of] a familiar spirit, and with wizards: he did much that is evil in the eyes of the Lord, to provoke him to anger.
Akawatoa wanawe kuwa kafara kwa kuwapitisha katika moto katika Bonde la Ben-Hinomu, akafanya ulozi, uaguzi na uchawi, akataka ushauri kwa wenye pepo wa utambuzi na wenye kuwasiliana na mizimu. Akafanya maovu mengi machoni pa Bwana, akaichochea hasira yake.
7 And he placed a carved image of the idol which he had made in the house of God, of which God had said to David and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have made choice of out of all the tribes of Israel, will I place my name for ever.
Akachukua ile sanamu aliyoichonga na kuiweka katika Hekalu la Mungu ambalo Mungu alikuwa amemwambia Daudi na mwanawe Solomoni, “Katika Hekalu hili na katika Yerusalemu niliouchagua kutoka kabila zote za Israeli, nitaliweka Jina langu milele.
8 Nor will I any more remove the foot of Israel from off the land which I have appointed for your fathers; but only if they will take heed to do all that I have commanded them, according to the whole law and the statutes and the ordinances by the hand of Moses.
Sitaifanya tena miguu ya Waisraeli iondoke tena katika nchi niliyowapa baba zenu, ikiwa watakuwa waangalifu kufanya kila kitu nilichowaamuru kuhusu sheria zote, maagizo na amri zilizotolewa kwa mkono wa Mose.”
9 But Menasseh led Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem astray, to do worse than the nations whom the Lord had destroyed from before the children of Israel.
Lakini Manase akawaongoza Yuda na watu wa Yerusalemu katika upotovu, kiasi kwamba walifanya maovu mengi kuliko mataifa ambayo Bwana aliwaangamiza mbele ya Waisraeli.
10 And the Lord spoke to Menasseh, and to his people; but they listened not.
Bwana akasema na Manase pamoja na watu wake, lakini hawakumjali.
11 Wherefore the Lord brought over them the captains of the army belonging to the king of Assyria: and they took Menasseh prisoner with chains, and bound him with fetters, and led him off to Babylon.
Hivyo Bwana akaleta juu yao majemadari wa jeshi la mfalme wa Ashuru, ambao walimchukua Manase kwenda kifungoni, wakaweka ndoana katika pua yake, wakamfunga kwa pingu za shaba na kumpeleka Babeli.
12 And when he was in distress, he besought the Lord his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers.
Katika dhiki yake akamsihi Bwana Mungu wake na kujinyenyekeza sana mbele za Mungu wa baba zake.
13 And he prayed unto him, and he permitted himself to be entreated by him, and heard his supplication, and brought him back to Jerusalem, unto his kingdom. Then did Menasseh feel conscious that the Lord is indeed the [true] God.
Naye alipomwomba, Bwana akaguswa na kule kusihi kwake na akasikiliza kilio chake, kwa hiyo akamrudisha Yerusalemu na kwenye ufalme wake. Ndipo Manase akatambua kwamba Bwana ndiye Mungu.
14 And after this he built a wall without the city of David, on the west side of Gichon, in the valley, even to the entrance of the fish-gate, and about the hill-fort, and raised it up to a very great height; and he placed captains of the army in all the fortified cities of Judah.
Baadaye akajenga ukuta wa nje wa Mji wa Daudi, magharibi mwa chemchemi ya Gihoni katika bonde, hadi kufikia ingilio la Lango la Samaki na akakizunguka kilima cha Ofeli, pia akaufanya kuwa mrefu zaidi. Akawaweka majemadari katika miji yote ya Yuda iliyokuwa imejengewa ngome.
15 And he removed the strange gods and the idol out of the house of the Lord, and all the altars that he had built on the mount of the house of the Lord, and in Jerusalem, and he cast them forth to without the city.
Akaondolea mbali miungu ya kigeni na kuondoa sanamu kutoka Hekalu la Bwana pamoja na madhabahu zote alizozijenga katika kile kilima kilichojengwa Hekalu na katika Yerusalemu, akazitupa nje ya mji.
16 And he rebuilt the altar of the Lord, and sacrificed thereupon peace-offerings and thanksgiving-offerings, and he ordered Judah to serve the Lord the God of Israel.
Kisha akarudisha madhabahu ya Bwana na kutolea juu yake dhabihu za sadaka za amani pamoja na sadaka za shukrani, naye akawaamuru Yuda wamtumikie Bwana, Mungu wa Israeli.
17 Nevertheless the people sacrificed on the high-places, but only unto the Lord their God.
Lakini hata hivyo watu wakaendelea kutoa dhabihu mahali pa juu pa kuabudia miungu, lakini wakimtolea Bwana Mungu wao peke yake.
18 And the rest of the acts of Menasseh, 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 in the history of the kings of Israel.
Matukio mengine ya utawala wa Manase, maombi yake kwa Mungu wake na maneno aliyoambiwa na waonaji walionena naye kwa jina la Bwana, Mungu wa Israeli, yameandikwa katika kitabu cha kumbukumbu za wafalme wa Israeli.
19 His prayer also, and [how God] was entreated of him, and all his sins and his faithlessness, and the places whereon he built high-places, and set up the Asherim and the graven images, before he was humbled: behold, they are written in the history of Chozai.
Maombi yake, pamoja na jinsi Mungu alivyoguswa na kusihi kwake, pia dhambi zake zote na kukosa kwake uaminifu pamoja na sehemu alizojenga mahali pa juu pa kuabudia miungu, kule kusimamisha nguzo za Ashera na sanamu kabla ya kujinyenyekeza kwake, yote yameandikwa katika kumbukumbu za waonaji.
20 And Menasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his own house. And Amon his son became king in his stead.
Manase akalala pamoja na baba zake akazikwa katika jumba lake la kifalme. Naye Amoni mwanawe akawa mfalme baada yake.
21 Two and twenty years old was Amon when he became king, and two years did he reign in Jerusalem.
Amoni alikuwa na miaka ishirini na miwili, alipoanza kutawala, naye akatawala huko Yerusalemu kwa miaka miwili.
22 And he did what is evil in the eyes of the Lord, as Menasseh his father had done; and unto all the carved images which Menasseh his father had made did Amon sacrifice, and them he served;
Akatenda maovu machoni mwa Bwana, kama baba yake Manase alivyofanya. Amoni akaabudu na kutoa dhabihu kwa sanamu zote alizokuwa ametengeneza Manase.
23 But he did not humble himself before the Lord, as Menasseh his father had humbled himself; for he, Amon, made his guiltiness great.
Lakini tofauti na Manase baba yake, hakujinyenyekeza mbele za Bwana, badala yake Amoni aliongeza hatia zaidi na zaidi.
24 And his servants conspired against him, and put him to death in his own house.
Watumishi wa Amoni wakafanya fitina juu yake, nao wakamuulia kwake nyumbani.
25 But the people of the land slew all those that had conspired against king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his stead.
Kisha watu wa nchi wakawaua wale wote waliokuwa wamefanya hila dhidi ya Mfalme Amoni. Wakamfanya Yosia mwanawe kuwa mfalme mahali pake.
