1 Wafalme 14
1 Wakati ule Abiya mwana wa Yeroboamu akaugua,
At that time Abijah son of Jeroboam became very sick.
2 naye Yeroboamu akamwambia mke wake, “Nenda ukajibadilishe, ili watu wasijue kwamba wewe ni mke wa Yeroboamu. Kisha uende Shilo. Nabii Ahiya yuko huko, yule aliyeniambia kuwa nitakuwa mfalme juu ya watu hawa.
Jeroboam said to his wife, “Please arise and disguise yourself, so you will not be recognized as my wife, and go to Shiloh, because Ahijah the prophet is there; he is the one who spoke about me, saying that I would become king over these people.
3 Chukua mikate kumi, maandazi kadhaa na gudulia la asali na umwendee. Atakuambia kitakachotokea kwa kijana.”
Take with you ten loaves, some cakes, and a jar of honey, and go to Ahijah. He will tell you what will happen to the child.”
4 Basi mke wa Yeroboamu akafanya kama alivyosema mumewe, akaenda kwenye nyumba ya Ahiya huko Shilo. Wakati huu Ahiya alikuwa kipofu naye alishindwa kuona kwa sababu ya umri wake.
Jeroboam's wife did so; she left and went to Shiloh and came to the house of Ahijah. Now Ahijah could not see; he lost his sight because of old age.
5 Lakini Bwana alikuwa amemwambia Ahiya, “Mke wa Yeroboamu anakuja kukuuliza kuhusu mwanawe, kwa kuwa ni mgonjwa, nawe utamjibu hivi na hivi. Atakapowasili, atajifanya kuwa ni mtu mwingine.”
Yahweh said to Ahijah, “Look, the wife of Jeroboam is coming to seek advice from you regarding her son, for he is sick. Say such and such to her, because when she comes, she will act as if she were some other woman.”
6 Hivyo Ahiya aliposikia kishindo cha hatua zake mlangoni, akasema, “Karibu ndani, mke wa Yeroboamu. Kwa nini kujibadilisha? Nimetumwa kwako nikiwa na habari mbaya.
When Ahijah heard the sound of her feet as she came in at the door, he said, “Come in, wife of Jeroboam. Why do you pretend to be someone you are not? I have been sent to you with bad news.
7 Nenda, ukamwambie Yeroboamu kwamba hivi ndivyo asemavyo Bwana, Mungu wa Israeli: ‘Nilikuinua miongoni mwa watu na kukufanya kiongozi juu ya watu wangu Israeli.
Go, tell Jeroboam that Yahweh, the God of Israel, says, 'I raised you from among the people to make you the leader over my people Israel.
8 Nikararua ufalme kutoka kwa nyumba ya Daudi na kukupa wewe, lakini hukuwa kama mtumishi wangu Daudi, ambaye aliyashika maagizo yangu na kunifuata kwa moyo wake wote, akifanya tu lile lililokuwa sawa machoni pangu.
I tore the kingdom away from the family of David and gave it to you, yet you have not been like my servant David, who kept my commandments and followed me with all his heart, to do only what was right in my eyes.
9 Umefanya maovu mengi kuliko wote waliokutangulia. Umejitengenezea miungu mingine, sanamu za chuma, umenighadhibisha na kunitupa nyuma yako.
Instead, you have done evil, more than all who were before you. You have made other gods, and you have cast metal images to provoke me to anger, and have thrust me behind your back.
10 “‘Kwa sababu ya hili, nitaleta maafa juu ya nyumba ya Yeroboamu. Nitakatilia mbali kutoka kwa Yeroboamu kila mzaliwa wa mwisho wa kiume katika Israeli, mtumwa au mtu huru. Nitachoma nyumba ya Yeroboamu mpaka iteketee yote kama mtu achomaye kinyesi.
Therefore, look, I will bring disaster on your family; I will cut off from you every male child in Israel, whether slave or free, and will completely remove your family, like someone who burns up dung until it is gone.
11 Mbwa watawala wale walio wa nyumba ya Yeroboamu watakaofia ndani ya mji na ndege wa angani watajilisha kwa wale watakaofia mashambani. Bwana amesema!’
Anyone who belongs to your family who dies in the city will be eaten by dogs, and anyone who dies in the field will be eaten by the birds of the heavens, for I, Yahweh, have said it.'
12 “Kukuhusu wewe, rudi nyumbani. Wakati utakapotia mguu katika mji wako, kijana atakufa.
So arise, wife of Jeroboam, and go back to your home; when your feet enter the city, the child Abijah will die.
13 Israeli yote itamwombolezea na kumzika. Kwa sababu ni yeye pekee wa nyumba ya Yeroboamu atakayezikwa, kwa sababu ni yeye peke yake ndani ya nyumba ya Yeroboamu ambaye Bwana, Mungu wa Israeli, ameona kitu chema kwake.
All Israel will mourn for him and bury him. He is the only one from Jeroboam's family who will go into a grave, because only in him, out of Jeroboam's house, was anything good found in the sight of Yahweh, the God of Israel.
14 “Bwana atajiinulia mwenyewe mfalme juu ya Israeli ambaye ataikatilia mbali jamaa ya Yeroboamu. Siku ndiyo hii! Nini? Naam, hata sasa hivi.
Also, Yahweh will raise up a king of Israel who will cut off the family of Jeroboam on that day. Today is that day, right now.
15 Naye Bwana ataipiga Israeli, hata iwe kama unyasi unaosukwasukwa juu ya maji. Ataingʼoa Israeli kutoka nchi hii nzuri aliyowapa baba zao na kuwatawanya ngʼambo ya Mto Frati, kwa sababu wamemghadhibisha Bwana kwa kutengeneza nguzo za Ashera
For Yahweh will attack Israel as a reed is shaken in the water, and he will root up Israel out of this good land that he gave to their ancestors. He will scatter them beyond the Euphrates River, because they have made their Asherah poles and provoked Yahweh to anger.
16 Naye atawaacha Israeli kwa ajili ya makosa ya Yeroboamu aliyoyatenda na kusababisha Israeli kuyatenda.”
He will give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam, the sins that he has committed, and through which he has led Israel to sin.”
17 Kisha mke wa Yeroboamu akainuka, akaondoka kwenda Tirsa. Mara alipokanyaga kizingiti cha mlango, kijana akafa.
So Jeroboam's wife arose and left, and came to Tirzah. As she came to the threshold of her house, the child died.
18 Wakamzika na Israeli yote ikamwombolezea, kama Bwana alivyokuwa amesema kupitia mtumishi wake, nabii Ahiya.
All Israel buried him and mourned for him, just as it was told to them by the word of Yahweh which he had spoken by his servant Ahijah the prophet.
19 Matukio mengine ya utawala wa Yeroboamu, vita vyake na jinsi alivyotawala, vimeandikwa katika kitabu cha kumbukumbu za wafalme wa Israeli.
As for the other matters concerning Jeroboam, how he waged war and how he reigned, see, they are written in the book of the events of the kings of Israel.
20 Yeroboamu akawatawala kwa miaka ishirini na miwili, kisha akalala na baba zake. Naye Nadabu mwanawe akawa mfalme baada yake.
Jeroboam reigned twenty-two years and then slept with his ancestors, and Nadab his son became king in his place.
21 Rehoboamu mwana wa Solomoni alikuwa mfalme wa Yuda. Alikuwa na umri wa miaka arobaini na moja alipoanza kutawala, naye akatawala miaka kumi na saba huko Yerusalemu, mji ambao Bwana alikuwa ameuchagua kutoka makabila yote ya Israeli ili apate kuliweka humo Jina lake. Mama yake aliitwa Naama, ambaye alikuwa Mwamoni.
Now Rehoboam son of Solomon was reigning in Judah. Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city that Yahweh had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel in which to put his name. His mother's name was Naamah the Ammonite woman.
22 Yuda wakatenda maovu machoni pa Bwana. Kwa dhambi walizotenda wakachochea hasira yake yenye wivu zaidi kuliko baba zao walivyofanya.
Judah did what was evil in the sight of Yahweh; they provoked him to jealousy with the sins that they committed, more than everything that their fathers had done.
23 Pia wakajijengea mahali pa juu pa kuabudia miungu, mawe ya kuabudiwa na nguzo za Ashera juu ya kila kilima kilichoinuka na kila mti uliotanda.
For they also built for themselves high places, stone pillars, and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.
24 Walikuwepo hata wanaume mahanithi wa mahali pa ibada za sanamu katika nchi; watu wakajiingiza katika kutenda machukizo ya mataifa ambayo Bwana aliyafukuza mbele ya Waisraeli.
There were also cultic prostitutes in the land. They did the same despicable practices as the nations that Yahweh had driven out before the people of Israel.
25 Katika mwaka wa tano wa utawala wa Mfalme Rehoboamu, Shishaki mfalme wa Misri akashambulia Yerusalemu.
It happened in the fifth year of King Rehoboam that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem.
26 Akachukua hazina za Hekalu la Bwana na hazina za jumba la kifalme. Akachukua kila kitu, pamoja na zile ngao zote za dhahabu ambazo Solomoni alikuwa amezitengeneza.
He took away the treasures in the house of Yahweh, and the treasures in the king's house. He took everything away; he also took all the shields of gold that Solomon had made.
27 Kwa hiyo Mfalme Rehoboamu akatengeneza ngao za shaba badala ya zile za dhahabu na kuzikabidhi kwa majemadari wa ulinzi wa zamu kwenye ingilio la jumba la mfalme.
King Rehoboam made shields of bronze in their place and entrusted them into the hands of the commanders of the guard, who guarded the doors to the king's house.
28 Kila wakati mfalme alipokwenda katika Hekalu la Bwana, walinzi walizichukua hizo ngao, na baadaye walizirudisha kwenye chumba cha ulinzi.
It happened that whenever the king entered the house of Yahweh, the guards would carry them; then they would bring them back into the guardhouse.
29 Kwa matukio mengine ya utawala wa Rehoboamu na yote aliyoyafanya, je, hayakuandikwa katika kitabu cha kumbukumbu za wafalme wa Yuda?
As for the other matters concerning Rehoboam, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the events of the kings of Judah?
30 Kulikuwa na vita vinavyoendelea kati ya Rehoboamu na Yeroboamu.
There was constant warfare between Rehoboam and Jeroboam.
31 Naye Rehoboamu akalala na baba zake, na akazikwa pamoja nao katika Mji wa Daudi. Mama yake aliitwa Naama, ambaye alikuwa Mwamoni. Naye Abiya mwanawe akawa mfalme baada yake.
So Rehoboam slept with his ancestors and was buried with them in the city of David. His mother's name was Naamah the Ammonite woman. Abijah his son became king in his place.
