2 Wafalme 21
1 Manase alikuwa na umri wa miaka kumi na miwili alipoanza kutawala, naye akatawala huko Yerusalemu miaka hamsini na mitano. Mama yake aliitwa Hefsiba.
Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Hephzibah.
2 Akafanya maovu machoni pa Bwana, akafuata desturi za machukizo za mataifa ambayo Bwana aliyafukuza mbele ya Waisraeli.
He did that which was evil in the LORD’s sight, after the abominations of the nations whom the LORD cast out before the children of Israel.
3 Akajenga upya mahali pa juu pa kuabudia miungu ambapo Hezekia baba yake alikuwa amepabomoa. Pia akasimamisha madhabahu za Baali na kutengeneza nguzo ya Ashera, kama Ahabu mfalme wa Israeli alivyofanya. Akalisujudia jeshi lote la angani na kuliabudu.
For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he raised up altars for Baal, and made an Asherah, as Ahab king of Israel did, and worshipped all the army of the sky, and served them.
4 Akajenga madhabahu katika Hekalu la Bwana, ambamo Bwana alikuwa amesema, “Katika Yerusalemu nitaliweka Jina langu.”
He built altars in the LORD’s house, of which the LORD said, “I will put my name in Jerusalem.”
5 Katika nyua zote mbili za Hekalu la Bwana, akajenga madhabahu kwa ajili ya jeshi lote la angani.
He built altars for all the army of the sky in the two courts of the LORD’s house.
6 Akamtoa kafara mwanawe mwenyewe katika moto, akafanya uchawi na uaguzi, na akataka shauri kwa wapiga ramli na kwa mizimu. Akafanya maovu mengi sana machoni mwa Bwana na kumghadhibisha.
He made his son to pass through the fire, practised sorcery, used enchantments, and dealt with those who had familiar spirits and with wizards. He did much evil in the LORD’s sight, to provoke him to anger.
7 Akachukua nguzo ya Ashera aliyoichonga na kuiweka katika Hekalu, ambalo Bwana alikuwa amemwambia Daudi na mwanawe Solomoni, “Katika Hekalu hili na katika Yerusalemu niliouchagua kutoka kabila zote za Israeli, nitaliweka Jina langu milele.
He set the engraved image of Asherah that he had made in the house of which the LORD said to David and to Solomon his son, “In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I will put my name forever;
8 Sitaifanya tena miguu ya Waisraeli itangetange kutoka nchi niliyowapa baba zao, ikiwa watakuwa waangalifu kufanya kila kitu nilichowaamuru, na kuishika Sheria yote ambayo walipewa na Mose mtumishi wangu.”
I will not cause the feet of Israel to wander any more out of the land which I gave their fathers, if only they will observe to do according to all that I have commanded them, and according to all the law that my servant Moses commanded them.”
9 Lakini hawa watu hawakusikiliza. Manase akawapotosha, hivyo kwamba walifanya maovu mengi kuliko mataifa ambayo Bwana aliyaangamiza mbele ya Waisraeli.
But they didn’t listen, and Manasseh seduced them to do that which is evil more than the nations did whom the LORD destroyed before the children of Israel.
10 Bwana akasema kupitia watumishi wake manabii:
The LORD spoke by his servants the prophets, saying,
11 “Manase mfalme wa Yuda ametenda dhambi hizi za kuchukiza. Amefanya maovu mengi kuliko Waamori waliokuwepo kabla yake, na ameiongoza Yuda katika dhambi kwa sanamu zake.
“Because Manasseh king of Judah has done these abominations, and has done wickedly above all that the Amorites did, who were before him, and has also made Judah to sin with his idols;
12 Kwa hiyo hili ndilo asemalo Bwana, Mungu wa Israeli: Nitaleta maafa makubwa juu ya Yerusalemu na Yuda, kiasi kwamba masikio ya kila mmoja atakayesikia habari zake yatawasha.
therefore the LORD the God of Israel says, ‘Behold, I will bring such evil on Jerusalem and Judah that whoever hears of it, both his ears will tingle.
13 Nitanyoosha juu ya Yerusalemu kamba ya kupimia iliyotumika dhidi ya Samaria, na timazi iliyotumika dhidi ya nyumba ya Ahabu. Nitaifutilia mbali Yerusalemu kama mtu afutaye sahani, nikiifuta na kuifunikiza.
I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria, and the plumb line of Ahab’s house; and I will wipe Jerusalem as a man wipes a dish, wiping it and turning it upside down.
14 Nitawakataa mabaki wa urithi wangu na kuwatia mikononi mwa adui zao. Watapokonywa mali zao na kutekwa nyara na adui zao wote,
I will cast off the remnant of my inheritance and deliver them into the hands of their enemies. They will become a prey and a plunder to all their enemies,
15 kwa sababu wametenda uovu machoni pangu na kunighadhibisha tangu siku baba zao walipotoka Misri mpaka siku ya leo.”
because they have done that which is evil in my sight, and have provoked me to anger since the day their fathers came out of Egypt, even to this day.’”
16 Zaidi ya hayo, Manase pia alimwaga damu nyingi isiyo na hatia, hivi kwamba aliijaza Yerusalemu kutoka mwanzo hadi mwisho, mbali na dhambi ambayo alikuwa amesababisha Yuda kufanya, na hivyo wakatenda maovu machoni pa Bwana.
Moreover Manasseh shed innocent blood very much, until he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another; in addition to his sin with which he made Judah to sin, in doing that which was evil in the LORD’s sight.
17 Matukio mengine ya utawala wa Manase, na yote aliyoyafanya, pamoja na dhambi alizotenda, je, hayakuandikwa katika kitabu cha kumbukumbu za wafalme wa Yuda?
Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and all that he did, and his sin that he sinned, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
18 Manase akalala pamoja na baba zake na akazikwa katika bustani ya jumba lake la kifalme, katika bustani ya Uza. Naye Amoni mwanawe akawa mfalme baada yake.
Manasseh slept with his fathers, and was buried in the garden of his own house, in the garden of Uzza; and Amon his son reigned in his place.
19 Amoni alikuwa na miaka ishirini na miwili alipoanza kutawala, naye akatawala huko Yerusalemu kwa miaka miwili. Mamaye aliitwa Meshulemethi binti Haruzi, kutoka Yotba.
Amon was twenty-two years old when he began to reign; and he reigned two years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Meshullemeth the daughter of Haruz of Jotbah.
20 Akatenda maovu machoni mwa Bwana, kama baba yake Manase alivyofanya.
He did that which was evil in the LORD’s sight, as Manasseh his father did.
21 Akaenenda katika njia zote za baba yake, akaabudu sanamu ambazo baba yake aliziabudu na kuzisujudia.
He walked in all the ways that his father walked in, and served the idols that his father served, and worshipped them;
22 Akamwacha Bwana, Mungu wa baba zake, wala hakuenenda katika njia za Bwana.
and he abandoned the LORD, the God of his fathers, and didn’t walk in the way of the LORD.
23 Watumishi wa Amoni wakafanya fitina juu yake, nao wakamuulia kwake nyumbani.
The servants of Amon conspired against him, and put the king to death in his own house.
24 Kisha watu wa nchi wakawaua wale wote waliokuwa wamefanya hila dhidi ya Mfalme Amoni. Wakamfanya Yosia mwanawe kuwa mfalme mahali pake.
But the people of the land killed all those who had conspired against King Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his place.
25 Matukio mengine ya utawala wa Amoni na yale aliyoyafanya, je, hayakuandikwa katika kitabu cha kumbukumbu za wafalme wa Yuda?
Now the rest of the acts of Amon which he did, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
26 Akazikwa kwenye kaburi lake katika bustani ya Uza. Naye Yosia mwanawe akawa mfalme baada yake.
He was buried in his tomb in the garden of Uzza, and Josiah his son reigned in his place.
