2 Kings 16
1 In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah Ahaz the son of Jotham king of Judah began to reign.
Katika mwaka wa kumi na saba wa Peka mwana wa Pemalia, Ahazi mwana wa Yothamu mfalme wa Yuda, akaanza kutawala.
2 Twenty years old was Ahaz when he began to reign; and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: and he did not do that which was right in the eyes of YHWH his God, like David his father.
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 But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, yes, and made his son to pass through the fire, according to the abominations of the nations, whom YHWH cast out from before the children 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 He sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, 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 came up to Jerusalem to war: and they besieged Ahaz, but could not overcome him.
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 recovered Eilat to Aram, and drove the Jews from Eilat; and the Arameans came to Eilat, and lived 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 So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath Pileser king of Assyria, 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 rise 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 Ahaz took the silver and gold that was found in the house of YHWH, and in the treasures of the king's house, and sent it for a present to the king of Assyria.
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 The king of Assyria listened to him; and the king of Assyria went up against Damascus, and took it, and carried its people captive to Kir, and killed Rezin.
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 King Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath Pileser king of Assyria, and saw the altar that was at Damascus; and king Ahaz sent to Urijah the priest the fashion of the altar, and its pattern, according to all its workmanship.
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 Urijah the priest built an altar: according to all that king Ahaz had sent from Damascus, so Urijah the priest made it for the coming 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 When the king had come from Damascus, the king saw the altar: and the king drew near to the altar, and offered on it.
Kisha mfalme akaja kuto Dameski akaiona ile madhabahu; mfalme akaikaribia ile madhabahu na kutoa sadaka juu yake.
13 He burnt his burnt offering and his meal offering, and poured his drink offering, and sprinkled the blood of his peace offerings, on the altar.
Akatengeneza sadaka yake ya kuteketezwa na sadaka yake ya nafaka, na kunyunyiza damu ya washirika wake sadaka juu ya madhabahu.
14 The bronze altar, which was before YHWH, he brought from the forefront of the house, from between his altar and the house of YHWH, and put it on the north side of his altar.
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 King Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying, "On the great altar burn the morning burnt offering, and the evening meal offering, and the king's burnt offering, and his meal offering, with the burnt offering of all the people of the land, and their meal offering, and their drink offerings; and sprinkle on it all the blood of the burnt offering, and all the blood of the sacrifice; but the bronze altar shall be 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 Urijah the priest did so, according to all that king Ahaz commanded.
Uria kuhani akafanya kile ambacho Ahazi aliamuru.
17 King Ahaz cut off the panels of the bases, and removed the basin from off them, and took down the sea from off the bronze oxen that were under it, and put it on a pavement of stone.
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 The covered way for the Sabbath that they had built in the house, and the king's entry outside, turned he to the house of YHWH, because of the king of Assyria.
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 Now the rest of the acts of Ahaz which he did, aren't they written in the book 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 Ahaz slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the City of David: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his place.
Ahazi alilala pamoja na babu zake na kuzikwa pamoja babu zake katika mji wa Daudi. Hezekia mtoto wake akawa mfalme katika mahala pake.
