2 Kings 21

1 Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Hephzibah.

Manase alikuwa na umri wa miaka kumi na mbili wakati alipoanza kutawala; alitawala miaka hamsini na tano katika Yerusalemu. Mama yake alikuwa anaitwa Hefziba.

2 He did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, after the abominations of the nations whom Yahweh cast out before the children of Israel.

Alifanya maovu usoni kwa Yahwe, kama machukizo ya mataifa ambayo Yahwe aliyafukuza nje mbele ya wana wa Israeli.

3 For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he raised up altars for Baal, and made an Asherah, as Ahab king of Israel did, and worshiped all the army of the sky, and served them.

Kwa kupajenga tena mahala pa juu ambapo Hezekia baba yake alipaharibu, na akajenga madhabahu kwa ajili ya Baali, akafanya Ashera, kama Ahabu mfalme wa Israeli alivyofanya, akasujudu kwa nyota zote za mbinguni na kuwaabudu wao.

4 He built altars in Yahweh’s house, of which Yahweh said, “I will put my name in Jerusalem.”

Manase akajenga madhabahu za kipagani kwenye nyumba ya Yahwe, ingawaje Yahwe aliamuru, “Jina langu litakuwa Yerusalemu daima.”

5 He built altars for all the army of the sky in the two courts of Yahweh’s house.

Akajenga madhabahu kwa ajili ya nyota zote za mbinguni katika behewa mbili za nyumba ya Yahwe.

6 He made his son to pass through the fire, practiced sorcery, used enchantments, and dealt with those who had familiar spirits and with wizards. He did much evil in Yahweh’s sight, to provoke him to anger.

Akamuweka mtoto wake wa kiume kwenye moto; akatazama bao ushirikina na kujishuhulisha pamoja wale ambao wenye pepo wa utambuzi na wale wachawi. Akafanya maovu mengi usoni kwa Yahwe na kuchochea hasira kwa Mungu.

7 He set the engraved image of Asherah that he had made in the house of which Yahweh said to David and to Solomon his son, “In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I will put my name forever;

Sanamu ya kuchongwa ya Ashera ambayo aliitnegeneza, akaiweka kwenye nyumba ya Yahwe. Nyumba hii ndiyo ambayo Yahwe alimwambia Daudi na Sulemani mwanawe; alisema: “Ni nyumba hii na katika Yerusalemu, ambayo nimeichagua kutoka makabila yote ya Isaraeli, ambako nitaliweka jina langu milele.

8 I will not cause the feet of Israel to wander any more out of the land which I gave their fathers, if only they will observe to do according to all that I have commanded them, and according to all the law that my servant Moses commanded them.”

Sintofanya miguu ya Israeli kushindwa tena nje ya nchi ambayo niliwapa babu zao, kama tu watakuwa makini kutii yale yote niliyowaamuru, na kufuata sheria zote ambazo mtumishi wangu Musa aliwaamuru.”

9 But they didn’t listen, and Manasseh seduced them to do that which is evil more than the nations did whom Yahweh destroyed before the children of Israel.

Lakini watu hawakusikia, na Manase akawaongoza kufanya maovu zaidi kuliko yale ya mataifa ambayo Yahwe aliyaharibu mbele ya watu wa Israeli.

10 Yahweh spoke by his servants the prophets, saying,

Basi Yahwe akaongea na watumishi wake manabii, akisema,

11 “Because Manasseh king of Judah has done these abominations, and has done wickedly above all that the Amorites did, who were before him, and has also made Judah to sin with his idols;

Kwasababu Manase mfalme wa Yuda amefanya haya machukizo, na kutenda maovu zaidi kuliko yote waliyoyatenda Waamori ambao walikuwa mbele yake walikubali, na pia aliwafanya Yuda kuasi kwa sanamu zake,

12 therefore Yahweh the God of Israel says, ‘Behold, I will bring such evil on Jerusalem and Judah that whoever hears of it, both his ears will tingle.

kwa hiyo Yahwe, Mungu wa Israeli, akasema hivi: Tazama, nakaribia kuleta uovu juu ya Yerusalemu na Yuda ambayo kila mtu asikiapo kuhusu hilo, masikio yake yote yatang'aa.

13 I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria, and the plumb line of Ahab’s house; and I will wipe Jerusalem as a man wipes a dish, wiping it and turning it upside down.

Nitanyoosha juu ya Yerusalemu kipimo kilichotumika dhidi ya Samaria, na kuangusha msatari utakaotumika dhidi ya nyumba ya Ahabu; Nitaifuta Yerusalemu safi, kama kufuta sahani, kuifuta na kuifunika juu chini.

14 I will cast off the remnant of my inheritance and deliver them into the hands of their enemies. They will become a prey and a plunder to all their enemies,

Nitawatupa masalia ya urithi wangu na kuwaweka mikononi mwa maadui zao. Watakuwa nyara na mateka kwa maadui zao wote,

15 because they have done that which is evil in my sight, and have provoked me to anger since the day their fathers came out of Egypt, even to this day.’”

kwa sababu wamefanya yaliyo maovu usoni kwangu, na kunichochea hasira, tangu siku babu zao walipotoka Misri, hadi leo.”

16 Moreover Manasseh shed innocent blood very much, until he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another; in addition to his sin with which he made Judah to sin, in doing that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight.

Aidha, Manase akazimwaga damu nyingi za wasio na hatia, hadi alipoijaza Yerusalemu kutoka upande huu kwenda mwingine kwa kifo. Hii ilikuwa ni kuongeza kwenye dhambi ambayo aliifanya Yuda kuasi, wakati walipofanya uovu mbele za Yahwe.

17 Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and all that he did, and his sin that he sinned, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

Kama kwa mambo mengine yamhusuyo Manase, yote aliyoyafanya, na dhambi ambayo aliyoifanya, je haya hayajaandikwa kwenye kitabu cha matukio cha wafalme wa Yuda?

18 Manasseh slept with his fathers, and was buried in the garden of his own house, in the garden of Uzza; and Amon his son reigned in his place.

Manase akalala pamoja na babu zake na alizikwa kwenye bustani ya nyumba yake, katika bustani ya Uza. Amoni mwanawe akawa mfalme katika sehemu yake.

19 Amon was twenty-two years old when he began to reign; and he reigned two years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Meshullemeth the daughter of Haruz of Jotbah.

Amoni alikuwa na miaka kumi na mbili alipoanza kutawala; alitawala miaka miwili katika Yerusalemu. Mama yake alikuwa anaitwa Meshlemethi; alikuwa binti wa Haruzi wa Yotba.

20 He did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, as Manasseh his father did.

Alifanya yaliyo maovu usoni mwa Yahwe, kama manase baba yake alivyofanya.

21 He walked in all the ways that his father walked in, and served the idols that his father served, and worshiped them;

Amoni alifuata njia zote ambazo baba yake alizotembelea na kuabudu sanamu ambazo baba yake aliziabudu, na kuzisujudia.

22 and he abandoned Yahweh, the God of his fathers, and didn’t walk in the way of Yahweh.

Akajitenga na Yahwe, Mungu wa baba zake, na hakutembea katika njia ya Yahwe.

23 The servants of Amon conspired against him, and put the king to death in his own house.

Watumishi wa Amoni wakafanya njama dhidi yake na kumuua mfalme kwenye nyumba yake mwenyewe.

24 But the people of the land killed all those who had conspired against King Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his place.

Lakini watu wa nchi wakawaua watu wote waliofanya njama dhidi ya mfalme Amoni, na wakamfanya Yosia mtoto wake kuwa mfalme katika sehemu yake.

25 Now the rest of the acts of Amon which he did, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

Kama ilivyo kwa mambo mengine yamhusuyo Amoni yale aliyoyafanya, je hayajaandikwa kwenye kitabu cha matukio ya wafalme wa Yuda?

26 He was buried in his tomb in the garden of Uzza, and Josiah his son reigned in his place.

Watu wakamzika kwenye kaburi lake katika bustani ya Uza, na Yosia mwanawe akawa mfalme katika sehemu yake.