2 Kings 3
1 And Jehoram the son of Achab became king over Israel in Samaria in the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, and he reigned twelve years.
Basi katika mwaka wa kumi na nane wa Yehoshefati mfalme wa Yuda, Yoramu mwana wa Ahabu alianza kutawala juu ta Israeli katika Samaria; alitawala miaka kumi na miwili.
2 And he did what is evil in the eyes of the Lord; but not like his father, and like his mother; and he removed the statue of Ba'al which his father had made.
Alifanya yaliyo maovo usoni kwa Yahwe, lakini si kama baba yake na mama yake; kwa kuwa aliiondoa ile nguzo ya mungu wa Baali ambayo baba yake aliitengeneza.
3 Nevertheless unto the sins of Jerobo'am the son of Nebat, who had induced Israel to sin, did he cleave: he departed not therefrom.
Hata hivyo alishikilia dhambi za Yeroboamu mwana wa Nebati, ambaye alisababisha Israeli kufanya dhambi; wala hakuziacha mbali nao.
4 And Mesha' the king of Moab was a sheepmaster, and rendered as tribute unto the king of Israel a hundred thousand lambs, and a hundred thousand rams, with the wool.
Basi Mesha mfalme wa Moabu alifuga kondoo. Alikuwa akimpatia mfalme wa Israeli kondoo 100, 000 na manyoya ya kondoo dume 100, 000.
5 And it came to pass, when Achab was dead, that the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel.
Ila baada ya Ahabu kufa, yule mfalme wa Moabu aliasi dhidi ya mfalme wa Israeli.
6 And king Jehoram went out of Samaria at that time, and numbered all Israel.
Hivyo Mfalme Joramu alikaondoka Samaria katika muda huo kuwahamasisha Waisraeli wote kwa ajili ya vita.
7 And he went and sent to Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, saying, The king of Moab hath rebelled against me: wilt thou go with me against Moab to battle? And he said, I will go up, I as thyself, my people as thy people, my horses as thy horses.
Akatuma mjumbe kwa Yehoshafati mfalme wa Yuda, akisema, “Mfalme wa Moabu ameasi dhidi yangu. Je mtakwenda pamoja nami kupigana dhidi ya Moabu?” Yehoshafati akajibu, “Nitaenda. Mimi ni kama wewe, watu wangu ni kama watu wako, farasi wangu ni kama farasi wako.”
8 And he said, Which way shall we go up? And he said, The way through the wilderness of Edom.
Ndipo akasema, “Tutawashambulia kwa njia gani?” Yehoshafati akajibu, “Kwa njia ya jangwa la Edemu.
9 So the king of Israel went with the king of Judah, and the king of Edom: and they took a circuitous route, a seven days' journey; and there was no water for the camp, and for the cattle that followed in their train.
Hivyo huyo mfalme wa Israeli, Yuda, na Edomu wakazunguka kwa mda wa siku saba. Hapakuwa na maji kwa ajili ya jeshi lao, wala kwa farasi au wanyama.
10 And the king of Israel said, Alas! that the Lord hath called these three kings, to deliver them into the hand of Moab!
Basi mfalme wa Israeli akasema, “Hii ni nini? Yahwe amewaita wafalme watatu ili kutekwa mikononi mwa Moabu?”
11 But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the Lord, that we may inquire of the Lord from him? And there answered one of the king of Israel's servants and said, Here is Elisha' the son of Shaphat, who poured water on the hands of Elijah.
Lakini Yehoshafati akasema, “je hakuna nabii wa Yahwe, ambaye tunaweza kufanya shauri kuhusu Yahwe kupitia yeye?” Mtumishi mmoja wa wafalme wa Israeli akajibu na kusema, “Elisha mwana wa Shafati yuko hapa, ambaye alikuwa akimimina maji kwenye mikono ya Eliya.”
12 And Jehoshaphat said, The word of the Lord is with him. And there went down to him the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom.
Yehoshafati akasema, “Neno la Yahwe liko pamoja nami.” Hivyo mfalme wa Israeli, Yehoshaphati, na mfalme wa Edomu wakashuka chini kwenda kwake.
13 And Elisha' said unto the king of Israel, What have I to do with thee? go to the prophets of thy father, and to the prophets of thy mother. And the king of Israel said unto him, Not so; for the Lord hath called these three kings, to deliver them into the hand of Moab.
Elisha akamwambia mfalme wa Israeli, “Nifanye nini kwa ajili yako? Nenda kwa manabii wa baba na mama yako.” Ndipo mfalme wa Israeli akamwambia, “Hapana, kwa sababu Yahwe amewaita hawa wafalme watatu pamoja ili kuruhusu jeshi la Moabu liwateke.”
14 And Elisha' said, As the Lord of hosts liveth, before whom I have stood, surely, were it not that I regard the presence of Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, I would not look toward thee, nor see thee.
Elisha akajibu, “Kama Yawhe wa majeshi aishivo, ambaye nimesimama mbele zake, hakika kama nisingemheshimu uwepo wa Yehoshafati mfalme wa Yeda, Nisingevuta usikivu kwako, au hata kukutazama.
15 But now bring me a musician. And it came to pass, when the musician played, that the inspiration of the Lord came upon him.
Lakini sasa niletee mwanamuziki.” Ndipo alipokuja mpiga muziki alipocheza, mkono wa Yahwe ukaja juu ya Elisha.
16 And he said, Thus hath said the Lord, Make this valley full of ditches.
Akasema, “'Yahwe asema hivi, 'Fanya hili bonde la mto mkavu lijae mahandaki.'
17 For thus hath said the Lord, Ye shall not perceive wind, nor shall ye see rain; yet this valley shall be filled with water, that ye may drink, yourselves, and your flocks, and your cattle.
Kwa kuwa Yahwe asema hivi, 'Hutaona upepo, wala hamtaona mvua, bali hili bonde la mto litajaa maji, na mtakunywa, ninyi na mifugo yenu na wanyama wenu wote.'
18 And this is yet too light a thing in the eyes of the Lord; and he will also deliver the Moabites into your hand.
Hiki ni kitu rahisi usoni mwa Yahwe. Pia atawapa ushindi juu ya hao Wamoabu.
19 And ye shall smite every fortified city, and every choice city, and every good tree shall ye fell, and all springs of water shall ye stop, and every good piece of land shall ye spoil with stones.
Mtaiteka kila ngome ya mji na kila mji mzuri, kukata kila mti mzuri, kusimamisha chemichemi zote za maji, na kuharibu kila sehemu nzuri ya nchi na miamba.”
20 And it came to pass in the morning, at the time when the meat-offering is offered, that, behold, there came water by the way from Edom, and the country was filled with the water.
Hivyo asubuhi karibia na mda wa kutoa sadaka ya kuteketeza, yakaja maji kutoka uelekeo wa Edomu; nchi ikajaa maji.
21 And when all the Moabites heard that the kings were come up to fight against them, they were called together from every one who was girded with a sword, and upward, and they posted themselves on the border.
Ndipo wakati Wamoabu wote waliposikia kwamba wafalme wamekuja kupigana dhidi yao, walikusanyika pamoja, wote waliotakiwa kubeba silaha, na wakasimama mpakani.
22 And when they rose up early in the morning, and the sun shone upon the water, the Moabites saw the water at a distance as red as blood.
Walitembea asubuhi na mapema na jua likang'aa kwenye maji. Wakati Wamoabu walipoyaona yale maji yaliyowaelekea, yanaonekana mekundu kama damu.
23 And they said, This is blood; the kings have certainly had a contest among themselves, and they have smitten one another: and now, up to the spoil, Moab.
Wakatamka kwa hasira, “Hii ni damu! Yamkini hao wafalme wameharibiwa, na wameuna wao kwa wao! Sasa basi, Moabu, ngoja tuende tukawateke nyara!”
24 But when they came to the camp of Israel, the Israelites rose up and smote the Moabites, so that they fled before them; and they smote the Moabites completely, even in their own country.
Wakati walipokuja kwenye kambi ya Israeli, Waisraeli wakawashtukiza na kuwashambulia Wamoabi, ambao walikimbia mbele yao. Hilo jeshi la Israeli waliwakimbiza hao Wamoabu hadi kwao wakiwaua.
25 And the cities they pulled down, and into every good piece of land they cast every man his stone, and filled it up, and every spring of water they stopped, and every good tree they felled, until they left only its stones in Kir-chareseth, and this the slingers encompassed and smote it.
Waliiharibu miji, na kila aina ya amani ya nchi kila mtu alirusha jiwe mpaka ulipojaa. Walizuia kila chemichemi ya maji na kukata chini miti mizuri yote. Kir-haresethi tu ndiyo ilichwa na mawe yake. Lakini hao maaskari wakawashambulia na makombeo wakiwazunguka na kuishambulia.
26 And when the king of Moab saw that the battle was too strong for him, he took with him seven hundred men that drew the sword, to break through unto the king of Edom; but they could not.
Ndipo Mfalme Mesha wa Moabu alipoona kwamba ameshindwa, alichukua watu hodari wa upanga mia saba pamoja naye kwenda kwa mfalme wa Edomu, lakini walishindwa.
27 Then took he his eldest son that should have reigned in his stead, and offered him for a burnt-offering upon the wall. And there was great indignation against Israel: and they departed from him, and returned to their land.
Ndipo akamchukua mtoto wake wa kwanza, ambaye angetawala baada ya yeye, na akamuudhi kwa kumtoa kama sadaka ya kuteketezwa juu ya ukuta. Hivyo, kulikuwa na hasira kubwa dhidi ya Israeli, na hao Waisraeli, na Jeshi la Israeli likamuacha mfalme Mesha na kurudi kwenye nchi yao.
