2 Wafalme 16
1 Katika mwaka wa kumi na saba wa utawala wa Peka mwana wa Remalia, Ahazi mwana wa Yothamu mfalme wa Yuda alianza kutawala.
In the seventeenth year of Phakee son of Romelias began Achaz the son of Joatham king of Juda to reign.
2 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, Mungu wake.
Twenty years old was Achaz when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem; and he did not that which was right in the eyes of the Lord his God faithfully, as David his father [had done].
3 Akaenenda katika njia za wafalme wa Israeli, na hata akamtoa mwanawe kafara katika moto, akifuata njia za machukizo za mataifa ambayo Bwana alikuwa ameyafukuza mbele ya Waisraeli.
And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, yes, he made his son to pass through the fire, according to the abominations of the heathen whom the Lord cast out from before the children of Israel.
4 Akatoa kafara na kufukiza uvumba katika mahali pa juu pa kuabudia miungu, juu ya vilima, na chini ya kila mti uliotanda.
And he sacrificed and burnt incense on the high places, and upon the hills, and under every shady tree.
5 Kisha Resini mfalme wa Aramu na Peka mwana wa Remalia mfalme wa Israeli wakaondoka kwenda kupigana dhidi ya Yerusalemu na kumzunguka Ahazi kwa jeshi, lakini hawakuweza kumshinda.
Then went up Raasson king of Syria and Phakee son of Romelias king of Israel against Jerusalem to war, and besieged Achaz, but could not prevail [against him].
6 Wakati ule, Resini mfalme wa Aramu akaurudisha Elathi kwa Aramu kwa kuwafukuza watu wa Yuda. Kisha Waedomu wakahamia Elathi, nao wanaishi huko mpaka leo.
At that time Raasson king of Syria recovered Aelath to Syria, and drove out the Jews from Aelath, and the Idumeans came to Aelath, and lived there until this day.
7 Ahazi akatuma wajumbe kumwambia Tiglath-Pileseri mfalme wa Ashuru kwamba, “Mimi ni mtumishi na mtumwa wako. Njoo na uniokoe kutoka mkononi mwa mfalme wa Aramu na wa mfalme wa Israeli, ambao wananishambulia.”
And Achaz sent messengers to Thalgath-phellasar king of the Assyrians, saying, I am your servant and your son: come up, deliver me out of the hand of the king of Syria, and out of the hand of the king of Israel, who are rising up against me.
8 Naye Ahazi akachukua fedha na dhahabu zilizopatikana ndani ya Hekalu la Bwana na katika hazina ya jumba la mfalme, na kuzituma kama zawadi kwa mfalme wa Ashuru.
And Achaz took the silver and the gold that was found in the treasures of the house of the Lord, and of the king's house, and sent gifts to the king.
9 Mfalme wa Ashuru akamwitikia kwa kushambulia Dameski na kuiteka. Akawahamishia wenyeji wake huko Kiri, na kumuua Resini.
And the king of the Assyrians listened to him: and the king of the Assyrians went up to Damascus and took it, and removed the inhabitants, and killed king Raasson.
10 Kisha Mfalme Ahazi akaenda Dameski kukutana na Tiglath-Pileseri wa Ashuru. Akaona madhabahu huko Dameski, naye akamtumia Uria kuhani mchoro wa hayo madhabahu, pamoja na maelezo ya mpango kamili wa ujenzi wake.
And king Achaz went to Damascus to meet Thalgath-phellasar king of the Assyrians at Damascus; and he saw an altar at Damascus. And king Achaz sent to Urias the priest the pattern of the altar, and its proportions, and all its workmanship.
11 Kwa hiyo Uria kuhani akajenga madhabahu kulingana na mipango yote ambayo Mfalme Ahazi alikuwa ameituma kutoka Dameski, na akamaliza ujenzi kabla ya Mfalme Ahazi kurudi.
And Urias the priest built the altar, according to all [the directions] which king Achaz sent from Damascus.
12 Mfalme aliporudi kutoka Dameski na kuona hayo madhabahu, akayasogelea na kutoa sadaka juu yake.
And the king saw the altar, and went up to it,
13 Akatoa sadaka yake ya kuteketezwa na sadaka ya nafaka, akamimina sadaka ya kinywaji na kunyunyizia damu ya sadaka zake za amani juu ya hayo madhabahu.
and offered his whole burnt offering, and his meat-offering, and his drink-offering, and poured out the blood of his peace-offerings on the brazen altar that was before the Lord.
14 Mfalme Ahazi akayaondoa madhabahu ya zamani ya shaba kutoka hapo mbele ya Hekalu la Bwana, yaliyokuwa yamesimama kati ya ingilio la Hekalu na hayo madhabahu mapya, naye akayaweka upande wa kaskazini mwa hayo madhabahu mapya.
And he brought forward [the one] before the house of the Lord from between the altar and the house of the Lord, and he set it openly by the side of the altar northwards.
15 Ndipo Mfalme Ahazi akatoa amri zifuatazo kwa Uria kuhani: “Juu ya hayo madhabahu kubwa mapya, toa sadaka ya asubuhi ya kuteketezwa na sadaka ya jioni ya nafaka, sadaka ya mfalme ya kuteketezwa pamoja na sadaka yake ya nafaka, sadaka ya kuteketezwa ya watu wote wa nchi, pamoja na sadaka yao ya nafaka na sadaka yao ya kinywaji. Unyunyize juu ya hayo madhabahu damu yote ya sadaka za kuteketezwa na dhabihu. Lakini mimi nitatumia hayo madhabahu ya zamani ya shaba kwa ajili ya kutafuta uongozi.”
And king Achaz charged Urias the priest, saying, Offer upon the great altar the whole burnt offering in the morning and the meat-offering in the evening, and the whole burnt offering of the king, and his meat-offering, and the whole burnt offering of all the people, and their meat-offering, and their drink-offering; and you shall pour all the blood of the whole burnt offering, and all the blood of [any other] sacrifice upon it: and the brazen altar shall be for me in the morning.
16 Naye Uria kuhani akafanya kama Mfalme Ahazi alivyoagiza.
And Urias the priest did according to all that king Achaz commanded him.
17 Mfalme Ahazi akaondoa mbao za pembeni na kuondoa masinia kwenye vile vishikilio vilivyohamishika. Akaondoa ile Bahari kutoka kwenye mafahali wa shaba walioishikilia, na kuiweka kwenye kitako cha jiwe.
And king Achaz cut off the borders of the bases, and removed the laver from off them, and took down the sea from the brazen oxen that were under it, and set it upon a base of stone.
18 Kwa heshima ya mfalme wa Ashuru, akaliondoa pia pazia la Sabato lililokuwa limewekwa ndani ya Hekalu, na akaondoa ile njia ya kifalme ya kuingia kwenye Hekalu la Bwana.
And he made a base for the throne in the house of the Lord, and he turned the king's entrance without in the house of the Lord because of the king of the Assyrians.
19 Matukio mengine ya utawala wa Ahazi na yale aliyoyafanya, je hayakuandikwa katika kitabu cha kumbukumbu za wafalme wa Yuda?
And the rest of the acts of Achaz, even all that he did, [are] not these written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Juda?
20 Ahazi akalala na baba zake, naye akazikwa pamoja nao katika Mji wa Daudi. Naye Hezekia mwanawe akawa mfalme baada yake.
And Achaz slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David: and Ezekias his son reigned in his stead.
