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 Pekach the son of Remalyahu, became Achaz, the son of Jotham the king of Judah, king.
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 became king, and sixteen years did he reign in Jerusalem; and he did not what is right in the eyes of the Lord his God, like David his father.
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.
But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, and even his son he caused to pass through the fire, after the abominable acts of the nations whom the Lord had driven 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 on the hills, and under every green 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 came up Rezin the king of Syria and Pekach the son of Remalyahu the king of Israel to Jerusalem to war: and they besieged Achaz, but were not able to make an attack.
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 did Rezin the king of Syria bring Elath back to Syria, and drove the Jews from Elath: and the Edomeans came to Elath and dwelt there, even 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 then sent messengers to Tiglath-pilesser the king of Assyria, saying, Thy servant and thy son am I: come up, and help me out of the hand of the king of Syria, and out of the hand of the king of Israel, who rise 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 were found in the house of the Lord, and in the treasures of the king's house, and sent [the same] to the king of Assyria as a bribe.
9 Mfalme wa Ashuru akamwitikia kwa kushambulia Dameski na kuiteka. Akawahamishia wenyeji wake huko Kiri, na kumuua Resini.
And the king of Assyria hearkened unto him; and the king of Assyria went up against Damascus, and captured it, and led [the people of] it away captive to Kir, and Rezin did he put to death.
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 meet Tiglath-pilesser the king of Assyria to Damascus, and he saw the altar that was at Damascus: and king Achaz then sent to Uriyah the priest the form of the altar, and its pattern, after 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 Uriyah the priest built the altar; in accordance with all that king Achaz had sent from Damascus, so did Uriyah the priest make it against the arrival of king Achaz from Damascus.
12 Mfalme aliporudi kutoka Dameski na kuona hayo madhabahu, akayasogelea na kutoa sadaka juu yake.
And when the king came from Damascus, the king saw the altar; and the king approached to the altar and offered thereon.
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 he burnt his burnt-offering and his meat-offering, and poured out his drink-offering, and sprinkled the blood of his peace offerings upon the altar.
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 as respecteth the copper altar which was before the Lord, he moved it back from the forefront of the house, from between the altar and the house of the Lord, and set it on the side of the altar to the north.
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 commanded Uriyah the priest, saying, Upon the great altar burn the morning burnt-offering, and the evening meat-offering, and the king's burnt-offering, and his meat-offering, with the burnt-offering of all the people of the land, and their meat-offering, and their drink-offerings; and all the blood of the burnt-offering, and all the blood of the sacrifices shalt thou sprinkle on it; and the copper altar shall be for me to visit occasionally.
16 Naye Uria kuhani akafanya kama Mfalme Ahazi alivyoagiza.
And Uriyah the priest did in accordance with all that king Achaz had commanded.
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 lavers from off them; and the sea he took down from off the copper oxen that were under it, and placed it upon a pavement of stones.
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 the covered passage for the sabbath that they had built on the house, and the outer king's entrance, turned he from the house of the Lord, on account of the king of Assyria.
19 Matukio mengine ya utawala wa Ahazi na yale aliyoyafanya, je hayakuandikwa katika kitabu cha kumbukumbu za wafalme wa Yuda?
Now the rest of the acts of Achaz which he did, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah.
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 with his fathers in the city of David: and Hezekiah his son became king in his stead.
