2 Nyakati 22
1 Watu wa Yerusalemu wakamfanya Ahazia, mdogo wa wote wa wana wa Yerohamu, kuwa mfalme mahali pa baba yake, kwa sababu washambuliaji wa ghafula waliokuwa wameingia kambini pamoja na Waarabu, walikuwa wamewaua wana wakubwa wote wa Yehoramu. Kwa hiyo Ahazia mwana wa Yehoramu mfalme wa Yuda akaanza kutawala.
And the inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah his youngest son king in his stead: for the band of men that came with the Arabians to the camp had slain all the eldest. So Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah reigned.
2 Ahazia alikuwa na umri wa miaka ishirini na miwili alipoanza kutawala, naye akatawala katika Yerusalemu kwa mwaka mmoja. Mama yake aliitwa Athalia, mjukuu wa Omri.
Forty and two years old [was] Ahaziah when he began to reign, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother's name also [was] Athaliah the daughter of Omri.
3 Ahazia naye akaenenda katika njia za nyumba ya Ahabu, kwa sababu mama yake alimshawishi katika kutenda maovu.
He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab: for his mother was his counselor to do wickedly.
4 Akafanya yaliyo maovu machoni pa Bwana kama walivyokuwa wamefanya nyumba ya Ahabu, kwa kuwa baada ya kufa kwa baba yake nyumba ya Ahabu ndio waliokuwa washauri wake, kwa uangamivu wake.
Wherefore he did evil in the sight of the LORD like the house of Ahab: for they were his counselors, after the death of his father, to his destruction.
5 Pia akafuata shauri lao alipokwenda pamoja na Yoramu mwana wa Ahabu mfalme wa Israeli kupigana na Hazaeli mfalme wa Aramu huko Ramoth-Gileadi. Waaramu wakamjeruhi Yoramu.
He walked also after their counsel, and went with Jehoram the son of Ahab king of Israel to war against Hazael king of Syria at Ramoth-gilead: and the Syrians smote Joram.
6 Hivyo akarudi Yezreeli ili apate kuuguza majeraha aliyojeruhiwa huko Ramothi alipopigana na Hazaeli mfalme wa Aramu. Ndipo Ahazia mwana wa Yehoramu, mfalme wa Yuda, akashuka kwenda Yezreeli kumtazama Yoramu mwana wa Ahabu, kwa sababu alikuwa amejeruhiwa.
And he returned to be healed in Jezreel because of the wounds which were given him at Ramah, when he fought with Hazael king of Syria. And Azariah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Jehoram the son of Ahab at Jezreel, because he was sick.
7 Mungu alikuwa ameamuru kwamba kuanguka kwa Ahazia kungetokea atakapokwenda kumwona Yoramu. Ahazia alipowasili, wakatoka pamoja na Yoramu ili kwenda kukutana na Yehu mwana wa Nimshi, ambaye Bwana alikuwa amemtia mafuta kuangamiza nyumba ya Ahabu.
And the destruction of Ahaziah was from God by coming to Joram: for when he had come, he went out with Jehoram against Jehu the son of Nimshi, whom the LORD had anointed to cut off the house of Ahab.
8 Yehu alipokuwa anatekeleza hukumu juu ya nyumba ya Ahabu, akawakuta wakuu wa Yuda na wana wa jamaa ya Ahazia waliokuwa wanamhudumia Ahazia, naye akawaua.
And it came to pass, that when Jehu was executing judgment upon the house of Ahab, and found the princes of Judah, and the sons of the brethren of Ahaziah, that ministered to Ahaziah, he slew them.
9 Ndipo akaenda kumsaka Ahazia, nao watu wake wakamkamata alipokuwa amejificha huko Samaria. Akaletwa kwa Yehu, naye Yehu akamuua. Wakamzika kwani walisema, “Alikuwa mwana wa Yehoshafati, ambaye alimtafuta Bwana kwa moyo wake wote.” Hivyo hapakuwa na mtu mwenye uwezo katika nyumba ya Ahazia aliyeweza kushika ufalme.
And he sought Ahaziah: and they caught him, (for he was hid in Samaria, ) and brought him to Jehu: and when they had slain him, they buried him: Because, said they, he [is] the son of Jehoshaphat, who sought the LORD with all his heart. So the house of Ahaziah had no power to retain the kingdom.
10 Wakati Athalia mamaye Ahazia alipoona kuwa mwanawe amekufa, akainuka na kuiangamiza jamaa yote ya mfalme ya nyumba ya Yuda.
But when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose, and destroyed all the seed royal of the house of Judah.
11 Lakini Yehosheba, binti wa Mfalme Yehoramu, akamtwaa Yoashi mwana wa Ahazia kwa siri kutoka miongoni mwa wana wa mfalme waliokuwa karibu kuuawa. Akamweka Yoashi pamoja na yaya wake ndani ya chumba cha kulala. Kwa kuwa Yehosheba, aliyekuwa binti wa Mfalme Yehoramu, na pia alikuwa mke wa kuhani Yehoyada, alikuwa dada yake Ahazia, akamficha huyo mtoto ili Athalia asimuue.
But Jehoshabeath, the daughter of the king, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king's sons that were slain, and put him and his nurse in a bed chamber. So Jehoshabeath, the daughter of king Jehoram, the wife of Jehoiada the priest, (for she was the sister of Ahaziah, ) hid him from Athaliah, so that she slew him not.
12 Alibaki amefichwa pamoja nao katika Hekalu la Mungu kwa muda wa miaka sita wakati Athalia alikuwa akitawala nchi.
And he was with them hid in the house of God six years: and Athaliah reigned over the land.
