1 Kings 15

1 Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam the son of Nebat began Abijam to reign over Judah.

Katika mwaka wa kumi na tano wa mfame Yeroboamu mwana wa Nebati, Abiya alianza kutawala juu yaYuda.

2 He reigned three years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom.

Alitawala kwa miaka mitata kule Yerusalemu. Jina la mama yake allikuwa Maaka. Alikuwa binti wa Absalomu.

3 He walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him; and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as 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 David's sake, the LORD his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to establish Jerusalem;

Hata hivyo, kwa ajili ya Daudi, BWANA, Mungu wake alimpa taa Yerusalemu kwa kumwinua mwanae baada yake ili kuiimarisha Yerusalemu.

5 because David did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, and did not turn aside from anything that he commanded him all the days of his life, except only in the matter of Uriah the Hethite.

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 [Now there was war between Abijam and Jeroboam all the days of his life.]

Sasa kulikuwa na vita kati ya Rehoboamu na Jeroboamu katika siku zote za maisha ya Abiya.

7 The rest of the acts of Abijam, and all that he did, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? There was war between Abijam and Jeroboam.

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 Abijam slept with his fathers; and they buried him in the City of David: and Asa his son reigned in his place.

Abiya akalala na mababu zake, nao wakamzika katika mji wa Daudi. Asa mwanae akawa mfalme mahali pake.

9 In the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel began Asa to reign over Judah.

Katika mwaka wa ishirini wa Yeroboamu mfalme wa Israeli, Asa akaanza kutawala Yuda.

10 He reigned forty-one years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom.

Alitawala kwa miaka arobaini na moja kule Yerusalemu. Bibi yake alikuwa Maaka, binti wa Absalomu.

11 Asa did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, as did David his father.

Asa akafanya yaliyo mema machono mwa BWANA, kama alivyofanya Daudi, babu yake.

12 And he banished the male temple prostitutes out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.

Yeye aliwafukuza kutoka katika nchi wale makahaba wa kipagani na akaziondoa sanamu zote ambazo babu zake walikuwa wametengeneza.

13 Also Maacah his mother he removed from being queen, because she had made an abominable image for an Asherah; and Asa cut down her image, and burnt it in the Kidron Valley.

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 taken away: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect 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 He brought into the house of the LORD the things that his father had dedicated, and the things that himself had dedicated, 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 There was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.

Basi kulikuwa na vita kati ya Asa na Baasha mfalme wa Israeli, kwa miaka yao yote.

17 Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah, and built Ramah, that he might not allow anyone to go out or come in to Asa 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 Asa took 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 delivered them into the hand of his servants; and king Asa sent them to Ben Hadad, the son of Tabrimmon, the son of Hezion, king of Aram, who lived at 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 "Let there be a treaty between me and you, between my father and your father. Look, I have sent to you a present of silver and gold. Go, break your treaty with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart 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 Ben Hadad listened to king Asa, and sent the captains of his armies against the cities of Israel, and struck Ijon, and Dan, and Abel Beth Maacah, and all Kinnereth, 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 It happened, when Baasha heard of it, that he left off building Ramah, and lived in Tirzah.

Ikawa Baasha aliposikia haya, akaacha kuijenga Rama akarudi Tirza.

22 Then king Asa made a proclamation to all Judah; none was exempted: and they carried away the stones of Ramah, and its timber, with which Baasha had built; and king Asa built therewith 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 Now the rest of all the acts of Asa, and all his might, and all that he did, and the cities which he built, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? But in the time of his old age he was 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 Asa slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the City of David his father; and Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his place.

Kisha Asa akalala na mababu zake na akazikwa pamoja nao katika mji wa Daudi baba yake. Yehoshafati mwanae akawa mfalme mahali pake.

25 Nadab the son of Jeroboam began to reign over Israel in the second year of Asa 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 He did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way of his father, and in his sin with which he made 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 Baasha the son of Ahijah, of the house of Issachar, conspired against him; and Baasha struck him at Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines; for Nadab and all Israel were laying siege to 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 Even in the third year of Asa king of Judah, Baasha killed him, and reigned in his place.

Katika mwaka wa tatu wa Asa mfalme wa Yuda, Baasha alimwua Nadabu naye akawa mfalme mahali pake.

29 It happened that, as soon as he was king, he struck all the house of Jeroboam: he did not leave to Jeroboam any who breathed, until he had destroyed him; according to the saying of the LORD, which he spoke by his servant Ahijah 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 for the sins of Jeroboam which he sinned, and with which he made Israel to sin, because of his provocation with which 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 Now the rest of the acts of Nadab, and all that he did, aren't they 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 There was war between Asa and Baasha 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 Asa king of Judah, Baasha the son of Ahijah began to reign over all Israel in Tirzah for twenty-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 He did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin with which he made 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.