2 Chronicles 35
1 Josiah kept a Passover to Jehovah in Jerusalem: and they killed the Passover lamb on the fourteenth day of the first month.
Yosia akaadhimisha Pasaka kwa Bwana katika Yerusalemu, mwana-kondoo wa Pasaka akachinjwa siku ya kumi na nne ya mwezi wa kwanza.
2 He set the priests in their offices, and encouraged them to the service of the house of Jehovah.
Akawaweka makuhani kwenye wajibu wao na kuwatia moyo katika utumishi wa Hekalu la Bwana.
3 He said to the Levites who taught all Israel, who were holy to Jehovah, "Put the holy ark in the house which Solomon the son of David king of Israel built. There shall no more be a burden on your shoulders. Now serve Jehovah your God, and his people Israel.
Akawaambia Walawi, waliowafundisha Waisraeli wote na waliokuwa wamejiweka wakfu kwa ajili ya kazi ya Bwana, “Liwekeni hilo Sanduku takatifu katika Hekalu lile alilojenga Solomoni mwana wa Daudi mfalme wa Israeli. Halipaswi kubebwa huku na huko mabegani mwenu. Sasa mtumikieni Bwana Mungu wenu na watu wake Israeli.
4 Prepare yourselves after your fathers' houses and by your divisions, according to the writing of David king of Israel, and according to the writing of Solomon his son.
Jiandaeni kwa kufuata jamaa zenu katika migawanyo yenu, kufuatana na maelezo yaliyoandikwa na Daudi mfalme wa Israeli na mwanawe Solomoni.
5 Stand in the holy place according to the divisions of the fathers' houses of your brothers the lay people, and let there be for each a portion of a fathers' house of the Levites.
“Simameni mahali patakatifu kwa kufuata migawanyo ya jamaa za baba zenu kulingana na koo zenu na pawepo Walawi kwa ajili ya kila mgawanyo wa nyumba ya baba zenu.
6 Kill the Passover lamb, and sanctify yourselves, and prepare for your brothers, to do according to the word of Jehovah by Moses."
Chinjeni mwana-kondoo wa Pasaka, jitakaseni, nanyi kwa niaba ya koo zenu fanyeni maandalizi, mkitenda sawasawa na neno la Bwana kwa mkono wa Mose.”
7 Josiah gave to the lay people, of the flock, lambs and young goats, all of them for the Passover offerings, to all who were present, to the number of thirty thousand, and three thousand bulls: these were of the king's substance.
Ndipo Yosia akawapa watu wote wana-mbuzi waliokuwepo jumla ya kondoo wapatao 30,000 kwa ajili ya sadaka ya Pasaka, pia na ngʼombe 10,000, vyote hivi kutoka mali binafsi ya mfalme.
8 And his officials gave for a freewill offering to the people, to the priests, and to the Levites; and Hilkiah and Zechariah and Jehiel, the rulers of God's house, gave to the priests for the Passover offerings two thousand and six hundred small livestock, and three hundred head of cattle.
Pia maafisa wake, wakatoa kwa hiari yao wakawapa watu, makuhani na Walawi. Hilkia, Zekaria na Yehieli, waliokuwa maafisa wakuu wa Hekalu la Mungu, wakawapa makuhani sadaka za Pasaka wana-kondoo na wana-mbuzi 2,600 na mafahali 300.
9 Conaniah also, and Shemaiah and Nethanel, his brothers, and Hashabiah and Jeiel and Jozabad, the chiefs of the Levites, gave to the Levites for the Passover offerings five thousand small livestock, and five hundred head of cattle.
Konania na nduguze wawili, Shemaya na Nethaneli, pamoja na Hashabia, Yeieli na Yozabadi waliokuwa viongozi wa Walawi, nao pia wakawapa Walawi wana-kondoo na wana-mbuzi 5,000 na mafahali 500, kwa ajili ya sadaka za Pasaka.
10 So the service was prepared, and the priests stood in their place, and the Levites by their divisions, according to the king's commandment.
Huduma ilipomalizika kuandaliwa makuhani wakasimama mahali pao na Walawi katika migawanyo yao kama mfalme alivyokuwa ameamuru.
11 They killed the Passover lamb, and the priests sprinkled the blood from their hand, and the Levites flayed them.
Wana-kondoo wa Pasaka wakachinjwa, nao makuhani wakanyunyiza ile damu waliyokabidhiwa, wakati Walawi wakiwa wanawachuna wale wanyama ngozi.
12 They removed the burnt offerings, that they might give them according to the divisions of the fathers' houses of the lay people, to offer to Jehovah, as it is written in the scroll of Moses. So they did with the cattle.
Wakatenga sadaka za kuteketezwa ili waweze kugawia ili migawanyo kwa kufuata jamaa za baba zao ili watoe sadaka kwa Bwana kama ilivyoandikwa katika Kitabu cha Mose. Wakafanya vivyo hivyo kwa wale mafahali.
13 They roasted the Passover with fire according to the ordinance: and the holy offerings boiled they in pots, and in caldrons, and in pans, and carried them quickly to all the lay people.
Wakawaoka wale wanyama wa Pasaka kwenye moto kama ilivyoamriwa, wakachemsha zile sadaka takatifu kwenye vyungu, masufuria makubwa na vikaango na kuwagawia watu wote upesi.
14 Afterward they prepared for themselves, and for the priests, because the priests the descendants of Aaron were busy with offering the burnt offerings and the fat until night: therefore the Levites prepared for themselves, and for the priests the descendants of Aaron.
Hatimaye wakafanya maandalizi kwa ajili yao wenyewe na kwa ajili ya makuhani, kwa sababu wale makuhani, yaani, wazao wa Aroni, walikuwa wanatoa sadaka za kuteketezwa pamoja na zile sehemu zilizonona mpaka usiku. Hivyo Walawi wakafanya maandalizi kwa ajili yao wenyewe na kwa ajili ya makuhani wa uzao wa Aroni.
15 The singers the sons of Asaph were in their place, according to the commandment of David, and Asaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun the king's seer; and the gatekeepers were at every gate: they did not need to depart from their service; for their brothers the Levites prepared for them.
Waimbaji, wazao wa Asafu, walikuwa katika nafasi zao, kama ilivyoagizwa na Mfalme Daudi, Asafu, Hemani na Yeduthuni mwonaji wa Mfalme. Mabawabu katika kila lango hawakuhitaji kuacha nafasi zao kwa sababu Walawi wenzao walifanya maandalizi kwa ajili yao.
16 So all the service of Jehovah was prepared the same day, to keep the Passover, and to offer burnt offerings on the altar of Jehovah, according to the commandment of king Josiah.
Kwa hiyo wakati ule huduma yote ya Bwana ilifanyika katika kuadhimisha Pasaka, kutoa sadaka za kuteketezwa juu ya madhabahu ya Bwana kama alivyoamuru Mfalme Yosia.
17 The children of Israel who were present kept the Passover at that time, and the feast of unleavened bread seven days.
Waisraeli waliokuwepo wakaadhimisha Pasaka wakati huo na Sikukuu ya Mikate Isiyotiwa Chachu kwa siku saba.
18 There was no Passover like that kept in Israel from the days of Samuel the prophet; neither did any of the kings of Israel keep such a Passover as Josiah kept, and the priests, and the Levites, and all Judah and Israel who were present, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
Kulikuwa hakujafanyika Pasaka kama hii katika Israeli tangu siku za nabii Samweli wala hakukuwa na mfalme yeyote wa Israeli ambaye kamwe alishaadhimisha Pasaka kama ile aliyofanya Mfalme Yosia, akiwa na makuhani, Walawi na watu wote wa Yuda na watu wa Israeli waliokuwepo huko, pamoja na watu wa Yerusalemu.
19 In the eighteenth year of the reign of Josiah was this Passover kept.
Pasaka iliadhimishwa katika mwaka wa kumi na nane wa utawala wa Mfalme Yosia.
20 After all this, when Josiah had prepared the temple, Neco king of Egypt went up to fight against Carchemish by the Perath: and Josiah went out against him.
Baada ya haya yote, Yosia alipomaliza kulitengeneza vizuri Hekalu, Neko mfalme wa Misri, akapanda ili kupigana huko Karkemishi katika Mto Frati, naye Yosia akatoka kwenda kupigana naye.
21 But he sent ambassadors to him, saying, "What have I to do with you, you king of Judah? I come not against you this day, but against the house with which I have war. God has commanded me to make haste. Beware that it is God who is with me, that he not destroy you."
Lakini Neko akamtumia wajumbe kusema, “Kuna ugomvi gani kati yangu mimi na wewe, Ee Mfalme wa Yuda? Si wewe ninayekushambulia wakati huu, bali ile nyumba ambayo nina vita nayo, Mungu ameniambia niharakishe, kwa hivyo acha kumpinga Mungu, ambaye yuko pamoja nami, la sivyo atakuangamiza.”
22 Nevertheless Josiah would not turn his face from him, but disguised himself, that he might fight with him, and did not listen to the words of Neco from the mouth of God, and came to fight in the valley of Megiddo.
Lakini hata hivyo, Yosia hakukubali kumwacha, bali alijibadilisha ili kupigana naye vita. Hakusikiliza yale Neko aliyokuwa amemwambia kwa agizo la Mungu bali alikwenda kupigana naye katika tambarare ya Megido.
23 The archers shot at king Josiah; and the king said to his servants, "Take me away, because I am seriously wounded."
Wapiga upinde wakampiga Mfalme Yosia, naye akawaambia maafisa wake, “Niondoeni, nimejeruhiwa vibaya sana.”
24 So his servants took him out of the chariot, and put him in the second chariot that he had, and brought him to Jerusalem; and he died, and was buried in the tombs of his fathers. All Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah.
Kwa hiyo wakamshusha kutoka kwenye gari lake la farasi, wakamweka kwenye gari lingine alilokuwa nalo na kumleta Yerusalemu, ambako alifia. Akazikwa katika makaburi ya baba zake, nayo Yuda yote na Yerusalemu wakamwombolezea Yosia.
25 Jeremiah lamented for Josiah: and all the singing men and singing women spoke of Josiah in their lamentations to this day; and they made them an ordinance in Israel: and look, they are written in the lamentations.
Nabii Yeremia akatunga maombolezo kwa ajili ya kifo chake, nao waimbaji wote, wanaume kwa wanawake, hufanya ukumbusho wa Yosia katika maombolezo hadi leo. Haya yakafanywa desturi katika Israeli, nayo yameandikwa katika Maombolezo.
26 Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and his good deeds, according to that which is written in the law of Jehovah,
Matukio mengine ya utawala wa Yosia na matendo yake mema, kulingana na yale yaliyoandikwa katika sheria ya Bwana:
27 and his acts, first and last, look, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.
matukio yote, kuanzia mwanzo hadi mwisho, yameandikwa katika kitabu cha wafalme wa Israeli na Yuda.
