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 began to reign; and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem.
2 Akatenda yaliyo mema machoni pa Bwana, lakini sio kwa moyo wake wote.
And he did what was right in the sight of Jehovah, yet not with a perfect heart.
3 Baada ya ufalme kuimarika mikononi mwake, aliwaua maafisa waliomuua mfalme baba yake.
And it came to pass when the kingdom was established unto him, that he killed his servants who had smitten the king his father.
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.”
But their children he did not put to death, but [did] according to that which is written in the law in the book of Moses, wherein Jehovah commanded saying, The fathers shall not die for the children, nor shall the children die for the fathers, but every man shall 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.
And Amaziah gathered Judah together and arranged them according to the fathers' houses, according to the captains of thousands and the captains of hundreds, throughout Judah and Benjamin; and he numbered them from twenty years old and upwards, and found them three hundred thousand choice men, able for military service, that could handle spear and target.
6 Akawaajiri pia watu 100,000 wapiganaji kutoka Israeli kwa talanta 100 za fedha.
He hired also a hundred thousand mighty men of valour out of 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 there came a man of God to him, saying, O king, let not the host of Israel go with thee; for Jehovah is not with Israel, [with] all the children of Ephraim.
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.”
But if thou wilt go, do [it]; be strong for the battle: God will make thee fall before the enemy, for there is with God power to help and to cast down.
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.”
And Amaziah said to the man of God, But what is to be done for the hundred talents which I have given to the troop of Israel? And the man of God said, Jehovah is able to give thee 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.
Then Amaziah separated them, — the troop that was come to him out of Ephraim, — to go home again. And their anger was greatly kindled against Judah, and they returned home in fierce anger.
11 Ndipo Amazia akajitia nguvu na kuliongoza jeshi lake kwenye Bonde la Chumvi, ambako aliua watu 10,000 wa Seiri.
But Amaziah strengthened himself, and led forth his people, and went to the valley of salt, and smote of the children of Seir ten thousand.
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 children of Judah took ten thousand captive, alive, and brought them to the top of the cliff, and cast them down from the top of the cliff, so that they all were broken in 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.
But those of the troop that Amaziah had sent back, that they should not go with him to battle, fell upon the cities of Judah from Samaria as far as Beth-horon, and smote three thousand of them, and took much spoil.
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.
And it came to pass after Amaziah was come from the slaughter of the Edomites, that he brought the gods of the children of Seir, and set them up to be his gods, and bowed himself down before them, and burned incense 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?”
And the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Amaziah, and he sent to him a prophet, who said to him, Why dost thou seek after the gods of a people who have not delivered their own people out of thy 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.”
And it came to pass as he talked with him, that [Amaziah] said to him, Hast thou been made the king's counsellor? Forbear; why shouldest thou be smitten? Then the prophet forbore, and said, I know that God has determined to destroy thee, because thou hast done this, and hast not hearkened to my counsel.
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.”
And Amaziah king of Judah took counsel, and sent to Joash the son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us look one another in the face.
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.
And Joash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thorn-bush that is in Lebanon sent to the cedar that is in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son as wife; and there passed by the wild beast that is in Lebanon, and trode down the thorn-bush.
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?”
Thou thinkest, Lo, thou hast smitten Edom; and thy heart has lifted thee up to boast: abide now at home; why shouldest thou contend with misfortune, that thou shouldest fall, thou and Judah with thee?
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 hear; for it was of God, that he might deliver them into [the enemy's] hand, because they had sought after 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.
And Joash king of Israel went up; and they looked one another in the face, he and Amaziah king of Judah, at Beth-shemesh, which is in Judah.
22 Yuda ikashindwa na Israeli na kila mtu akakimbilia nyumbani kwake.
And Judah was routed before Israel; and they fled every man to his tent.
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.
And Joash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash the son of Jehoahaz, at Beth-shemesh, and brought him to Jerusalem, and he broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim to the corner gate, 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.
And he [took] all the gold and the silver, and all the vessels that were found in the house of God with Obed-Edom, and the treasures of the king's house, and hostages, and 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.
And Amaziah the son of Joash, king of Judah, lived after the death of Joash son of Jehoahaz, king of Israel, fifteen years.
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?
And the rest of the acts of Amaziah, first and last, behold, 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.
And from the time that Amaziah turned aside from following Jehovah, they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem; and he fled to Lachish; and they sent after him to Lachish, and slew him there.
28 Akarudishwa kwa farasi na akazikwa pamoja na baba zake katika Mji wa Yuda.
And they brought him on horses, and buried him with his fathers in the city of Judah.
