2 Nyakati 28
1 Ahazi alikuwa na miaka ishirini alipoanza kutawala. Akatawala huko Yerusalemu kwa miaka kumi na sita. Tofauti na Daudi baba yake, hakufanya yaliyo mema machoni pa Bwana.
Ahaz was twenty years old when he became king, and he was ruling in Jerusalem for sixteen years; he did not do what was right in the eyes of the Lord, like David his father:
2 Akaenenda katika njia za wafalme wa Israeli, na pia akasubu sanamu kwa ajili ya kuabudu Mabaali.
But he went in the ways of the kings of Israel and made images of metal for the Baals.
3 Akatoa sadaka za kuteketezwa katika Bonde la Ben-Hinomu, na kuwatoa wanawe kafara kwa kuwateketeza kwa moto, akifuata njia za machukizo za yale mataifa Bwana aliyoyafukuza humo mbele ya Waisraeli.
More than this, he had offerings burned in the valley of the son of Hinnom, and made his children go through fire, copying the disgusting ways of the nations whom the Lord had sent out of the land before the children of Israel.
4 Akatoa sadaka na kufukiza uvumba katika mahali pa juu pa kuabudia miungu, juu ya vilima, na chini ya kila mti uliotanda.
And he made offerings and had perfumes burned in the high places and on the hills and under every green tree.
5 Kwa hiyo Bwana Mungu wake akamtia mikononi mwa mfalme wa Aramu. Waaramu wakamshinda, wakachukua watu wake wengi mateka na kuwaleta mpaka Dameski. Tena alitiwa mikononi mwa mfalme wa Israeli, ambaye aliwaua watu wake wengi.
So the Lord his God gave him up into the hands of the king of Aram; and they overcame him, and took away a great number of his people as prisoners to Damascus. Then he was given into the hands of the king of Israel, who sent great destruction on him.
6 Kwa siku moja Peka mwana wa Remalia aliwaua askari 120,000 katika Yuda, kwa kuwa Yuda walikuwa wamemwacha Bwana, Mungu wa baba zao.
For Pekah, the son of Remaliah, in one day put to death a hundred and twenty thousand men of Judah, all of them good fighting-men; because they had given up the Lord, the God of their fathers.
7 Zikri, askari shujaa Mwefraimu, akamuua Maaseya mwana wa mfalme, Azrikamu mkuu wa jumba la kifalme na Elikana aliyekuwa wa pili kwa mfalme.
And Zichri, a great fighting-man of Ephraim, put to death Maaseiah, the king's son, and Azrikam, the controller of his house, and Elkanah, who was second in authority to the king.
8 Waisraeli wakawachukua mateka kutoka ndugu zao, watu wapatao 200,000 hawa wakiwa ni wanawake, watoto wa kiume na wa kike. Wakachukua pia kiasi kikubwa cha nyara, ambazo walirudi nazo Samaria.
And the children of Israel took away as prisoners from their brothers, two hundred thousand, women and sons and daughters, and a great store of their goods, and took them to Samaria.
9 Lakini kulikuwako huko nabii wa Bwana aliyeitwa Odedi, akaondoka ili kukutana na jeshi liliporejea Samaria. Akawaambia, “Kwa kuwa Bwana, Mungu wa baba zenu, aliwakasirikia Yuda, aliwatia mikononi mwenu. Lakini mmewachinja kwa hasira ambayo imefika hadi mbinguni.
But a prophet of the Lord was there, named Oded; and he went out in front of the army which was coming into Samaria and said to them, Truly, because the Lord, the God of your fathers, was angry with Judah, he gave them up into your hands, and you have put them to death in an outburst of wrath stretching up to heaven.
10 Nanyi sasa mnakusudia kuwafanya wanaume na wanawake wa Yuda na Yerusalemu watumwa wenu. Lakini ninyi je, hamna pia hatia ya dhambi mliyotenda dhidi ya Bwana Mungu wenu?
And now your purpose is to keep the children of Judah and Jerusalem as men-servants and women-servants under your yoke: but are there no sins against the Lord your God to be seen among yourselves?
11 Basi nisikilizeni! Mkawarudishe mateka mliowachukua kutoka kwa ndugu zenu, kwa kuwa hasira kali ya Bwana iko juu yenu.”
And now give ear to me, and send back the prisoners whom you have taken from your brothers: for the wrath of the Lord is burning against you.
12 Ndipo baadhi ya viongozi katika Efraimu, yaani, Azaria mwana wa Yehohanani, Berekia mwana wa Meshilemothi, Yehizkia mwana wa Shalumu na Amasa mwana wa Hadlai, wakakubaliana na huyo nabii, hivyo wakawapinga wale waliokuwa wanawasili kutoka vitani.
Then certain of the heads of the children of Ephraim, Azariah, the son of Johanan, Berechiah, the son of Meshillemoth Jehizkiah, the son of Shallum, and Amasa the son of Hadlai, put themselves against those who had come from the war,
13 Wakamwambia, “Hamna ruhusa kuwaleta hao wafungwa hapa, ama sivyo tutakuwa na hatia mbele za Bwana. Je, mnataka kuongezea dhambi yetu na hatia yetu? Kwa sababu hatia yetu tayari ni kubwa, nayo hasira kali ya Bwana iko juu ya Israeli.”
And said to them, You are not to let these prisoners come here; for what you are designing to do will be a cause of sin against the Lord to us, making even greater our sin and our wrongdoing, which now are great enough, and his wrath is burning against Israel.
14 Hivyo wale askari wakawaacha wale mateka pamoja na nyara mbele ya hao maafisa na kusanyiko lote.
So the armed men gave up the prisoners and the goods they had taken to the heads and the meeting of the people.
15 Kisha watu waliotajwa kwa majina wakawachukua wale mateka na kutoka zile nyara, wakachukua mavazi wakawavika wale wafungwa wote waliokuwa uchi. Wakawapatia nguo na viatu, chakula na cha kunywa, wakawapa matibabu, wote waliokuwa dhaifu miongoni mwao wakawapandisha juu ya punda, wakawaleta ndugu zao mpaka Yeriko, ndio Mji wa Mitende, kisha wakarudi Samaria.
And those men who have been named went up and took the prisoners, clothing those among them who were uncovered, with things from the goods which had been taken in the war, and putting robes on them and shoes on their feet; and they gave them food and drink and oil for their bodies, and seating all the feeble among them on asses, they took them to Jericho, the town of palm-trees, to their people, and then went back to Samaria.
16 Wakati ule, Mfalme Ahazi akatuma wajumbe kwa mfalme wa Ashuru kuomba msaada.
At that time King Ahaz sent for help to the king of Assyria.
17 Waedomu walikuwa wamekuja tena na kuwashambulia Yuda na kuchukua mateka.
For the Edomites had come again, attacking Judah and taking away prisoners.
18 Pia Wafilisti walikuwa wameshambulia miji iliyokuwa chini ya vilima na katika miji ya Negebu ya Yuda. Nao wakawa wametwaa Beth-Shemeshi, Aiyaloni, Gederothi, Soko pamoja na vijiji vyake, Timna pamoja na vijiji vyake, Gimzo pia pamoja na vijiji vyake na kuishi humo.
And the Philistines, forcing their way into the towns of the lowlands and the south of Judah, had taken Beth-shemesh and Aijalon and Gederoth and Soco, with their daughter-towns, as well as Timnah and Gimzo and their daughter-towns, and were living there.
19 Bwana aliishusha Yuda kwa sababu ya Ahazi mfalme wa Israeli, kwa kuwa alikuwa ameongeza uovu katika Yuda na kumkosea Bwana mno.
For the Lord made Judah low, because of Ahaz, king of Israel; for he had given up all self-control in Judah, sinning greatly against the Lord.
20 Hivyo Tiglath-Pileseri mfalme wa Ashuru akaja kumtesa badala ya kumsaidia.
Then Tiglath-pileser, king of Assyria, came to him, but was a cause of trouble and not of strength to him.
21 Ahazi akachukua baadhi ya vitu kutoka Hekalu la Bwana, jumba la kifalme na kutoka kwa wakuu wake na kumpa mfalme wa Ashuru kama ushuru, lakini hilo halikumsaidia.
For Ahaz took a part of the wealth from the house of the Lord, and from the house of the king and of the great men, and gave it to the king of Assyria; but it was no help to him.
22 Katika wakati wake wa mateso Mfalme Ahazi akazidi kukosa uaminifu kwa Bwana.
And in the time of his trouble, this same King Ahaz did even more evil against the Lord.
23 Akatoa kafara kwa miungu ya Dameski, waliokuwa wamemshinda, kwa kuwa aliwaza, “Kwa kuwa miungu ya mfalme wa Aramu imewasaidia wao, nitaitolea dhabihu ili inisaidie na mimi.” Lakini haya ndiyo yaliyokuwa maangamizi yake na Israeli wote.
For he made offerings to the gods of Damascus, who were attacking him, and said, Because the gods of the kings of Aram are giving them help, I will make offerings to them so that they may give me help. But they were the cause of his downfall, and of that of all Israel.
24 Ahazi akakusanya pamoja vyombo vya nyumba ya Mungu na kuvivunja vipande vipande. Akafunga milango ya Hekalu la Bwana na kusimamisha madhabahu katika kila njia panda ya barabara za Yerusalemu.
And Ahaz got together the vessels of the house of God, cutting up all the vessels of the house of God, and shutting the doors of the Lord's house; and he made altars in every part of Jerusalem.
25 Katika kila mji wa Yuda akajenga mahali pa juu pa kuabudia miungu ili kutolea miungu mingine kafara za kuteketezwa na kuchochea hasira ya Bwana, Mungu wa baba zake.
And in every town of Judah he made high places where perfumes were burned to other gods, awaking the wrath of the Lord, the God of his fathers.
26 Matukio mengine ya utawala wake na njia zake nyingine zote, tangu mwanzo hadi mwisho, zimeandikwa katika kitabu cha wafalme wa Yuda na Israeli.
Now the rest of his acts and all his ways, first and last, are recorded in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.
27 Ahazi akalala na baba zake na akazikwa katika Mji wa Yerusalemu, lakini hawakumleta kwenye makaburi ya wafalme wa Israeli. Naye Hezekia mwanawe akawa mfalme baada yake.
And Ahaz went to rest with his fathers, and they put his body into the earth in Jerusalem; but they did not put him in the resting-place of the kings of Israel: and Hezekiah his son became king in his place.
