2 Nyakati 21
1 Yehoshafati akalala na baba zake, akazikwa pamoja nao katika Mji wa Daudi. Mwanawe Yehoramu akawa mfalme baada yake.
Iehosphaphat then slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the citie of Dauid: and Iehoram his sonne reigned in his steade.
2 Ndugu zake Yehoramu, wana wa Yehoshafati walikuwa: Azaria, Yehieli, Zekaria, Azaria, Mikaeli na Shefatia. Hawa wote walikuwa wana wa Yehoshafati mfalme wa Israeli
And he had brethren the sonnes of Iehoshaphat, Azariah, and Iehiel, and Zechariah, and Azariah, and Michael, and Shephatiah. All these were the sonnes of Iehoshaphat King of Israel.
3 Baba yao alikuwa amewapa zawadi nyingi za fedha na dhahabu na vitu vya thamani, pamoja na miji yenye ngome huko Yuda, bali ufalme akampa Yehoramu kwa sababu alikuwa mwanawe mzaliwa wa kwanza.
And their father gaue them great giftes of siluer and of golde, and of precious things, with strong cities in Iudah, but the kingdome gaue he to Iehoram: for he was the eldest.
4 Baada ya Yehoramu kujiimarisha katika ufalme wa baba yake, akawaua kwa upanga ndugu zake wote pamoja na baadhi ya wakuu wa Israeli.
And Iehoram rose vp vpon the kingdom of his father, and made himselfe strong, and slew all his brethren with the sworde, and also of the princes of Israel.
5 Yehoramu alikuwa na umri wa miaka thelathini na miwili alipoanza kutawala, naye akatawala huko Yerusalemu kwa miaka minane.
Iehoram was two and thirtie yeere olde, when he began to reigne, and he reigned eyght yeere in Ierusalem.
6 Akaenenda katika njia za wafalme wa Israeli, kama nyumba ya Ahabu ilivyokuwa imefanya, kwa kuwa alimwoa binti wa Ahabu. Akatenda maovu machoni pa Bwana.
And he walked in the way of the Kings of Israel, as the house of Ahab had done: for he had the daughter of Ahab to wife, and he wrought euill in the eyes of the Lord.
7 Hata hivyo, kwa sababu ya Agano ambalo Bwana alikuwa amefanya na Daudi, Bwana hakuwa radhi kuangamiza nyumba ya Daudi. Mungu alikuwa ameahidi kuidumisha taa kwa ajili yake na wazao wake milele.
Howbeit the Lord would not destroy the house of Dauid, because of the couenant that he had made with Dauid, and because he had promised to giue a light to him, and to his sonnes for euer.
8 Wakati wa Yehoramu, Edomu waliasi dhidi ya Yuda na kujiwekea mfalme wao wenyewe.
In his dayes Edom rebelled from vnder the hand of Iudah, and made a King ouer them.
9 Basi Yehoramu akaenda huko pamoja na maafisa wake na magari yake ya vita. Waedomu wakamzunguka yeye na majemadari wake wa magari yake ya vita, lakini akaondoka, akapenya usiku na kuwashambulia Waedomu.
And Iehoram went forth with his princes, and all his charets with him: and hee rose vp by night, and smote Edom, which had compassed him in, and the captaines of the charets.
10 Hadi leo Edomu wameasi dhidi ya Yuda. Libna pia wakaasi wakati huo huo kwa sababu Yehoramu alikuwa amemwacha Bwana, Mungu wa baba zake.
But Edom rebelled from vnder the hande of Iudah vnto this day. then did Libnah rebell at the same time from vnder his hand, because he had forsaken the Lord God of his fathers.
11 Alikuwa pia ametengeneza mahali pa juu pa kuabudia miungu katika vilima vya Yuda na akawa amewasababisha watu wa Yerusalemu kufanya uzinzi na akawa amewapotosha watu wa Yuda.
Moreouer hee made hie places in the mountaines of Iudah, and caused the inhabitants of Ierusalem to commit fornication, and compelled Iudah thereto.
12 Yehoramu akapokea barua kutoka kwa nabii Eliya iliyosema: “Hili ndilo Bwana, Mungu wa Daudi baba yako, asemalo: ‘Hukuenenda katika njia za Yehoshafati baba yako au za Asa mfalme wa Yuda.
And there came a writing to him from Elijah the Prophet, saying, Thus sayth the Lord God of Dauid thy father, Because thou hast not walked in the wayes of Iehoshaphat thy father, nor in the wayes of Asa King of Iudah,
13 Lakini umeenenda katika njia za wafalme wa Israeli, nawe umewaongoza Yuda na watu wa Yerusalemu kuzini, kama vile nyumba ya Ahabu ilivyofanya. Pia umewaua ndugu zako mwenyewe, watu wa nyumbani mwa baba yako, watu waliokuwa bora kuliko wewe.
But hast walked in the way of the kings of Israel, and hast made Iudah and the inhabitantes of Ierusalem to go a whoring, as the house of Ahab went a whoring, and hast also slaine thy brethre of thy fathers house, which were better then thou,
14 Hivyo basi Bwana yu karibu kuwapiga watu wako, wanao, wake zako na kila kitu kilicho chako, kwa pigo zito.
Beholde, with a great plague will the Lord smite thy people, and thy children, and thy wiues, and all thy substance,
15 Wewe mwenyewe utaugua sana kwa ugonjwa wa tumbo kwa muda mrefu, hadi ugonjwa utakaposababisha matumbo yako kutoka nje.’”
And thou shalt be in great diseases in the disease of thy bowels, vntill thy bowels fall out for the disease, day by day.
16 Bwana akaamsha chuki ya Wafilisti na ya Waarabu walioishi karibu na Wakushi dhidi ya Yehoramu.
So the Lord stirred vp against Iehoram the spirite of the Philistims, and the Arabians that were beside the Ethiopians.
17 Wakaishambulia Yuda, wakaivamia na kuchukua mali zote zilizopatikana katika jumba la mfalme pamoja na wanawe na wake zake. Hakubakiziwa mwana yeyote isipokuwa Ahazia aliyekuwa mdogo wa wote.
And they came vp into Iudah, and brake into it, and caryed away all the substance that was found in the Kings house, and his sonnes also, and his wiues, so that there was not a sonne left him, saue Iehoahaz, the yongest of his sonnes.
18 Baada ya mambo haya yote, Bwana akampiga Yehoramu kwa ugonjwa usioponyeka wa matumbo.
And after all this, the Lord smote him in his bowels with an incurable disease.
19 Ikawa baada ya muda, mwisho wa mwaka wa pili, matumbo yake yakatoka nje kwa sababu ya ugonjwa, naye akafa katika maumivu makali sana. Watu wake hawakuwasha moto kwa heshima yake, kama walivyokuwa wamewafanyia baba zake.
And in processe of time, euen after the end of two yeeres, his guttes fell out with his disease: so he dyed of sore diseases: and his people made no burning for him like the burning of his fathers.
20 Yehoramu alikuwa na umri wa miaka thelathini na miwili alipokuwa mfalme, naye akatawala huko Yerusalemu miaka minane. Akafa, bila kusikitikiwa na mtu yeyote, naye akazikwa katika Mji wa Daudi, lakini si katika makaburi ya wafalme.
When he began to reigne, he was two and thirtie yeere olde, and reigned in Ierusalem eight yeere, and liued without being desired: yet they buryed him in the citie of Dauid, but not among the sepulchres of the Kings.
