2 Nyakati 25
1 Amazia alikuwa na umri wa miaka ishirini na mitano alipoanza kutawala, naye akatawala huko Yerusalemu kwa miaka ishirini na tisa. Mama yake aliitwa Yehoadani kutoka Yerusalemu.
Amaziah was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-nine years. His mother’s name was Jehoaddan; she was from Jerusalem.
2 Akatenda yaliyo mema machoni pa Bwana, lakini sio kwa moyo wake wote.
And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, but not wholeheartedly.
3 Baada ya ufalme kuimarika mikononi mwake, aliwaua maafisa waliomuua mfalme baba yake.
As soon as the kingdom was firmly in his grasp, Amaziah executed the servants who had murdered his father the king.
4 Hata hivyo hakuwaua watoto wao, lakini akafanya sawasawa na ilivyoandikwa katika Sheria, katika Kitabu cha Mose, ambako Bwana aliamuru: “Baba hawatauawa kwa ajili ya watoto wao, wala watoto hawatauawa kwa ajili ya baba zao. Kila mmoja atakufa kwa ajili ya dhambi zake mwenyewe.”
Yet he did not put their sons to death, but acted according to what is written in the Law, in the Book of Moses, where the LORD commanded: “Fathers must not be put to death for their children, and children must not be put to death for their fathers; each is to die for his own sin.”
5 Amazia akawaita watu wa Yuda pamoja, akawaweka chini ya majemadari wa maelfu na majemadari wa mamia kufuatana na jamaa zao katika Yuda yote na Benyamini. Kisha akawahesabu wale wenye umri wa miaka ishirini au zaidi na akakuta kwamba walikuwa wanaume 300,000 watu walio tayari kwa utumishi wa jeshi, walio na uwezo wa kutumia mkuki na ngao.
Then Amaziah gathered the people of Judah and assigned them according to their families to commanders of thousands and of hundreds. And he numbered those twenty years of age or older throughout Judah and Benjamin and found 300,000 chosen men able to serve in the army, bearing the spear and shield.
6 Akawaajiri pia watu 100,000 wapiganaji kutoka Israeli kwa talanta 100 za fedha.
He also hired 100,000 mighty warriors from Israel for a hundred talents of silver.
7 Lakini mtu wa Mungu akamjia na kumwambia, “Ee mfalme, haya majeshi kutoka Israeli kamwe usiyaruhusu yaende pamoja na wewe kwa kuwa Bwana hayuko pamoja na Israeli, wala hayupo pamoja na yeyote wa watu wa Efraimu.
But a man of God came to him and said, “O king, do not let the army of Israel go with you, for the LORD is not with Israel—not with any of the Ephraimites.
8 Hata kama ukienda na kupigana kwa ujasiri katika vita, Mungu atakufanya ukimbie mbele ya adui, kwa kuwa Mungu anao uwezo wa kusaidia au wa kuangusha.”
Even if you go and fight bravely in battle, God will make you stumble before the enemy, for God has power to help and power to overthrow.”
9 Amazia akamuuliza yule mtu wa Mungu, “Lakini itakuwaje kwa zile talanta 100 za fedha nilizolipa kwa ajili ya haya majeshi ya Israeli?” Yule mtu wa Mungu akajibu, “Bwana aweza kukupa zaidi sana ya hizo.”
Amaziah asked the man of God, “What should I do about the hundred talents I have given to the army of Israel?” And the man of God replied, “The LORD is able to give you much more than this.”
10 Hivyo Amazia akayaondoa yale majeshi yaliyokuwa yamekuja kutoka Efraimu na kuyarudisha nyumbani. Waliwakasirikia sana Yuda, nao wakarudi nyumbani wakiwa na hasira kali.
So Amaziah dismissed the troops who had come to him from Ephraim and sent them home. And they were furious with Judah and returned home in great anger.
11 Ndipo Amazia akajitia nguvu na kuliongoza jeshi lake kwenye Bonde la Chumvi, ambako aliua watu 10,000 wa Seiri.
Amaziah, however, summoned his strength and led his troops to the Valley of Salt, where he struck down 10,000 men of Seir,
12 Jeshi la Yuda pia likawateka watu 10,000 wakiwa hai, likawapandisha juu ya jabali na kuwatupa chini kwa nguvu hata wote wakavunjika vipande vipande.
and the army of Judah also captured 10,000 men alive. They took them to the top of a cliff and threw them down so that all were dashed to pieces.
13 Wakati huo yale majeshi Amazia aliyoyarudisha na ambayo hakuyaruhusu kushiriki katika vita, yalivamia miji ya Yuda kuanzia Samaria hata Beth-Horoni. Yakawaua watu 3,000 na kuchukua kiasi kikubwa sana cha mateka.
Meanwhile the troops that Amaziah had dismissed from battle raided the cities of Judah, from Samaria to Beth-horon. They struck down 3,000 people and carried off a great deal of plunder.
14 Amazia aliporudi kutoka kuwachinja Waedomu, alileta pia kutoka huko miungu ya watu wa Seiri. Akaisimamisha kama miungu yake mwenyewe, akaisujudia na kuitolea kafara za kuteketezwa.
When Amaziah returned from the slaughter of the Edomites, he brought back the gods of the Seirites, set them up as his own gods, bowed before them, and burned sacrifices to them.
15 Hasira ya Bwana ikawaka dhidi ya Amazia, naye akamtuma nabii kwake, ambaye alisema: “Kwa nini unauliza kwa miungu ya hawa watu, ambayo haikuweza kuwaokoa watu wake wenyewe kutoka mkononi mwako?”
Therefore the anger of the LORD burned against Amaziah, and He sent him a prophet, who said, “Why have you sought this people’s gods, which could not deliver them from your hand?”
16 Wakati nabii alipokuwa angali anazungumza, mfalme akamwambia, “Je, wewe tumekuchagua kuwa mshauri wa mfalme? Nyamaza, ya nini uuawe?” Hivyo nabii akanyamaza lakini akasema, “Najua kuwa Mungu ameazimia kukuangamiza kwa sababu umefanya jambo hili na hukusikiliza shauri langu.”
While he was still speaking, the king asked, “Have we made you the counselor to the king? Stop! Why be struck down?” So the prophet stopped, but he said, “I know that God has determined to destroy you, because you have done this and have not heeded my advice.”
17 Baada ya Amazia mfalme wa Yuda kushauriana na washauri wake akatuma ujumbe kwa Yehoashi, mwana wa Yehoahazi mwana wa Yehu, mfalme wa Israeli kusema: “Njoo tukabiliane uso kwa uso.”
Then Amaziah king of Judah took counsel and sent word to the king of Israel Jehoash son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu. “Come, let us meet face to face,” he said.
18 Lakini Yehoashi mfalme wa Israeli akamjibu Amazia mfalme wa Yuda, “Mbaruti uliokuwa Lebanoni ulituma ujumbe kwa mwerezi uliokuwa Lebanoni, ‘Mtoe binti yako aolewe na mwanangu.’ Kisha mnyama wa mwituni aliyekuwa Lebanoni akaja na kuukanyaga ule mbaruti.
But Jehoash king of Israel replied to Amaziah king of Judah: “A thistle in Lebanon sent a message to a cedar in Lebanon, saying, ‘Give your daughter to my son in marriage.’ Then a wild beast in Lebanon came along and trampled the thistle.
19 Wewe unasema moyoni mwako kwamba umemshinda Edomu, nawe sasa unajigamba na kujivuna. Lakini kaa nyumbani kwako! Kwa nini utafute matatizo na kujiletea anguko lako mwenyewe na la Yuda pia?”
You have said, ‘Look, I have defeated Edom,’ and your heart has become proud and boastful. Now stay at home. Why should you stir up trouble so that you fall—you and Judah with you?”
20 Hata hivyo, Amazia hakutaka kusikia, kwa kuwa Mungu alifanya hivyo ili awatie mikononi mwa Yehoashi, kwa sababu waliitafuta miungu ya Edomu.
But Amaziah would not listen, for this had come from God in order to deliver them into the hand of Jehoash, because they had sought the gods of Edom.
21 Hivyo Yehoashi mfalme wa Israeli akakwea kuwashambulia. Yeye na Amazia mfalme wa Yuda wakakabiliana uso kwa uso huko Beth-Shemeshi katika Yuda.
So Jehoash king of Israel advanced, and he and Amaziah king of Judah faced each other at Beth-shemesh in Judah.
22 Yuda ikashindwa na Israeli na kila mtu akakimbilia nyumbani kwake.
And Judah was routed before Israel, and every man fled to his own home.
23 Yehoashi mfalme wa Israeli akamteka Amazia mfalme wa Yuda, mwana wa Yoashi, mwana wa Ahazia, huko Beth-Shemeshi. Kisha Yehoashi akamleta Yerusalemu na kuubomoa ukuta wa Yerusalemu kuanzia lango la Efraimu hadi Lango la Pembeni, sehemu yenye urefu wa kama dhiraa 400.
There at Beth-shemesh, Jehoash king of Israel captured Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Jehoahaz. Then Jehoash brought him to Jerusalem and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate—a section of four hundred cubits.
24 Akachukua dhahabu yote, fedha na vyombo vyote vilivyopatikana katika Hekalu la Mungu, ambavyo vilikuwa chini ya uangalizi wa Obed-Edomu, pamoja na hazina za jumba la mfalme na mateka, kisha akarudi Samaria.
He took all the gold and silver and all the articles found in the house of God with Obed-edom and in the treasuries of the royal palace, as well as some hostages. Then he returned to Samaria.
25 Amazia mwana wa Yoashi mfalme wa Yuda aliishi miaka kumi na mitano baada ya kifo cha Yehoashi mwana wa Yehoahazi mfalme wa Israeli.
Amaziah son of Joash king of Judah lived for fifteen years after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel.
26 Kwa habari ya matukio mengine katika utawala wa Amazia, kuanzia mwanzo hadi mwisho, je, hayakuandikwa katika kitabu cha wafalme wa Yuda na wa Israeli?
As for the rest of the acts of Amaziah, from beginning to end, are they not written in the Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel?
27 Kuanzia wakati ule Amazia alipogeuka na kuacha kumfuata Bwana walifanya shauri baya dhidi yake huko Yerusalemu naye akakimbilia Lakishi, lakini wakawatuma watu wamfuatilie huko Lakishi nao wakamuulia huko.
From the time that Amaziah turned from following the LORD, a conspiracy was formed against him in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish. But men were sent after him to Lachish, and they killed him there.
28 Akarudishwa kwa farasi na akazikwa pamoja na baba zake katika Mji wa Yuda.
They carried him back on horses and buried him with his fathers in the City of Judah.
