2 Kings 16
1 In the seventeenth year of Pekah son of Remaliah, Ahaz son of Jotham, king of Judah, has reigned.
Katika mwaka wa kumi na saba wa Peka mwana wa Pemalia, Ahazi mwana wa Yothamu mfalme wa Yuda, akaanza kutawala.
2 Ahaz [is] a son of twenty years in his reigning, and he has reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem, and he has not done that which [is] right in the eyes of his God YHWH, like his father David,
Ahazi alikuwa na umri wa miaka ishirini alipoanza kutawala, na alitawala kwa muda wa miaka kumi na sita katika Yerusalemu. Alifanya yasiyo haki usoni mwa Yahwe Mungu wake, kama Daudi babu yake.
3 and he walks in the way of the kings of Israel, and he has also caused his son to pass over into fire, according to the abominations of the nations that YHWH dispossessed from the presence of the sons of Israel,
Badala yake, akatembea katika njia ya wafalme wa Israeli; hasa, akamuweka mwanaye kwenye moto kama sadaka ya kuteketeza, kufuatana na machukizo ya mataifa, ambayo Yahwe aliwafukuza wana wa Israeli.
4 and he sacrifices and makes incense in high places, and on the heights, and under every green tree.
Akatoa sadaka na kuchoma ubani mahali pa juu, juu ya milima, na chini ya kila mti mbichi.
5 Then Rezin king of Aram, and Pekah son of Remaliah, king of Israel, go up to Jerusalem, to battle, and they lay siege to Ahaz, and they have not been able to fight.
Kisha Riseni, mfalme wa Shamu na Peka mwana wa Remalia, mfalme wa Israeli, wakaja mpaka Yerusalemu kuteka. Wakamzunguka Ahazi, lakini hawakuweza kumshinda.
6 At that time Rezin king of Aram has brought back Elath to Aram, and casts out the Jews from Elath, and the Arameans have come to Elath, and dwell there to this day.
Katika kipindi hicho, Resini mfalme wa Shamu akamponya Elathi kwa Shamu na kuwapeleka watu wa Yuda nje ya Elathi. Kisha Washami wakaja kwa Elathi ambapo waliishi hadi leo.
7 And Ahaz sends messengers to Tiglath-Pileser king of Asshur, saying, “I [am] your servant and your son; come up and save me out of the hand of the king of Aram, and out of the hand of the king of Israel, who are rising up against me.”
Hivyo Ahazi akatuma wajumbe kwenda kwa Tiglath Pileseri mfalme wa Ashuru, akisema, “Mimi ni mtumishi wako na mwanao. Panda juu na uniokoe kutoka kwenye mikononi ya mfalme wa Shamu na kutoka kwenye mkono wa mfalme wa Israeli, ambao wameniteka.”
8 And Ahaz takes the silver and the gold that is found in the house of YHWH, and in the treasures of the house of the king, and sends to the king of Asshur [as] a bribe.
Hivyo Ahazi akachukua fedha na dhahabu iliyokuwa imepatikana katika nyumba ya Yahwe na mingoni mwa waweka hazina wa nyumba ya mfalme na kuituma kama zawadi kwa mfalme wa Ashuru.
9 And the king of Asshur listens to him, and the king of Asshur goes up to Damascus, and seizes it, and removes [the people of] it to Kir, and he has put Rezin to death.
Kisha mfalme wa Ashuru akamsikiliza, na mfalme wa Ashuru akaenda juu dhidi ya Damaski, akaishinda na kuwabeba watu wake kama wafungwa hadi Kiri. Akamuua Resini pia yule mfalme wa Shamu.
10 And King Ahaz goes to meet Tiglath-Pileser king of Asshur [at] Damascus, and sees the altar that [is] in Damascus, and King Ahaz sends to Urijah the priest the likeness of the altar, and its pattern, according to all its work,
Mfalme Ahazi akaenda Dameski kuonana na Tiglath Pileseri mfalme wa Ashuru. akaiona mdhabahu huko Damski. Akampelekea Uria kuhani mfano wa ile madhabahu na mpangilio wake na mchoro kwa ustadi wote ulikuwa umehitajika.
11 and Urijah the priest builds the altar according to all that King Ahaz has sent from Damascus; so Urijah the priest did until the coming in of King Ahaz from Damascus.
Hivyo Uria yule kuhani akajenga madhabahu kuwa kama mipango ambayo Mfalme Ahazi atakaporudi kutoka Damaski. Akaimaliza kabla mfalme Ahazi hajarudi kutoka Dameski.
12 And the king comes in from Damascus, and the king sees the altar, and the king draws near on the altar, and offers on it,
Kisha mfalme akaja kuto Dameski akaiona ile madhabahu; mfalme akaikaribia ile madhabahu na kutoa sadaka juu yake.
13 and burns his burnt-offering and his present as incense, and pours out his drink-offering, and sprinkles the blood of the peace-offerings that he has, on the altar.
Akatengeneza sadaka yake ya kuteketezwa na sadaka yake ya nafaka, na kunyunyiza damu ya washirika wake sadaka juu ya madhabahu.
14 As for the altar of bronze that [is] before YHWH—he brings [it] near from the front of the house, from between the altar and the house of YHWH, and puts it on the side of the altar, northward.
Madhabahu ya shaba ambayo ilikuwa mbele ya Yahwe-akaileta kutoka mbele ya hekalu, kutoka kati ya madhabahu yake na hekalu la Yahwe na kuiweka upande wa kaskazini wa madhabahu yake.
15 And King Ahaz commands him—Urijah the priest—saying, “On the great altar burn as incense the burnt-offering of the morning, and the present of the evening, and the burnt-offering of the king, and his present, and the burnt-offering of all the people of the land, and their present, and their drink-offerings; and all the blood of the burnt-offering, and all the blood of the sacrifice, you sprinkle on it, and the altar of bronze is for me to inquire [by].”
Kisha mfalme Ahazi akamwiamuru Uria kuhani, akisema, “Juu ya madhabahu kubwa teketeza sadaka ya kutekezwa ya asubuhi na sadaka ya kuteketezwa ya nafaka ya jioni, pamoja na sadaka ya watu wote wa nchi, na matoleo ya sadaka ya mazao na sadaka zao za kinywaji. Nyunyiza juu ya hiyo damu yote ya sadaka ya kuteketeza, na damu yote ya kuteketeza. Lakini ile madhabahu ya shaba itakuwa kwa ajili yangu ili niulize ushauri.”
16 And Urijah the priest does according to all that King Ahaz commanded.
Uria kuhani akafanya kile ambacho Ahazi aliamuru.
17 And King Ahaz cuts off the borders of the bases, and turns aside the laver from off them, and he has taken down the sea from off the bronze oxen that [are] under it, and puts it on a pavement of stones.
Kisha mfalme Ahazi akaondoa jopo na mabeseni vitako vinavyobebeka; pia akachukua bahari kutoka juu ya ng'ombe wa shaba ambayo ilikuwa chini ya hiyo na kuiweka juu ya sakafu ya mawe.
18 And the covered place for the Sabbath that they built in the house, and the entrance of the king outside, he turned [from] the house of YHWH, because of the king of Asshur.
Aliondoa njia iliyokuwa kwa ajili ya kuingia kwenye Sabato ambayo walikuwa wamejenga kwenye hekalu, wote pamoja na mahali pa kuingilia mfalme kwenye hekalu la Yahwe, kwasababu ya mfalme wa Ashuru.
19 And the rest of the matters of Ahaz that he did, are they not written on the scroll of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?
Kama kwa mambo mengine yanayomuhusu Ahazi na yale aliyoyafanya, je yameandikwa kwenye kitabu cha matukio ya wafalme wa Yuda?
20 And Ahaz lies with his fathers, and is buried with his fathers in the City of David, and his son Hezekiah reigns in his stead.
Ahazi alilala pamoja na babu zake na kuzikwa pamoja babu zake katika mji wa Daudi. Hezekia mtoto wake akawa mfalme katika mahala pake.
