2 Wafalme 23

1 Kisha mfalme akawaita pamoja wazee wote wa Yuda na Yerusalemu.

And the king sent, and they gathered to him all the elders of Judah and of Jerusalem.

2 Akapanda kwenda hekaluni mwa Bwana pamoja na watu wa Yuda, watu wa Yerusalemu, makuhani na manabii, watu wote wakubwa kwa wadogo. Akasoma wakiwa wanasikia maneno yote ya Kitabu cha Agano, ambacho kilikuwa kimepatikana katika Hekalu la Bwana.

And the king went up into the house of the LORD, and all the men of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with him, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the people, both small and great: and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant which was found in the house of the LORD.

3 Mfalme akasimama karibu na nguzo, na kufanya upya agano mbele za Bwana: yaani kumfuata Bwana na kuzishika amri zake, maagizo na sheria kwa moyo wake wote na kwa roho yake yote, hivyo kuyathibitisha maneno ya agano yaliyoandikwa katika kitabu hiki. Kisha watu wote wakajifunga wenyewe kwa kiapo katika agano.

And the king stood by a pillar, and made a covenant before the LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep his commandments, and his testimonies, and his statutes, with all [their] heart and all [their] soul, to perform the words of this covenant that were written in this book. And all the people stood to the covenant.

4 Mfalme akamwamuru Hilkia kuhani mkuu, makuhani waliomfuata kwa cheo, na mabawabu kuondoa kutoka kwenye Hekalu la Bwana vyombo vyote vilivyofanywa kwa ajili ya Baali na Ashera na jeshi lote la mianga ya angani! Akavichoma nje ya Yerusalemu katika mashamba ya Bonde la Kidroni, na kuyachukua hayo majivu mpaka Betheli.

And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the door, to bring forth out of the temple of the LORD all the vessels that were made for Baal, and for the grove, and for all the host of heaven: and he burned them without Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron, and carried the ashes of them to Beth-el.

5 Akawafukuza makuhani wa kipagani waliokuwa wameteuliwa na wafalme wa Yuda kufukiza uvumba katika mahali pa juu pa kuabudia miungu katika miji ya Yuda na ile iliyozunguka Yerusalemu, yaani wale waliofukiza uvumba kwa Baali, kwa jua na mwezi, kwa makundi ya nyota, na jeshi lote la angani.

And he put down the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah, and in the places around Jerusalem; them also that burned incense to Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the planets, and to all the host of heaven.

6 Akaiondoa nguzo ya Ashera kutoka kwenye Hekalu la Bwana, na kuipeleka kwenye Bonde la Kidroni nje ya Yerusalemu, akaiteketeza huko. Akaisaga hadi ikawa unga na kusambaza hilo vumbi juu ya makaburi ya watu wa kawaida.

And he brought out the grove from the house of the LORD, without Jerusalem, to the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, and stamped [it] small to powder, and cast the powder of it upon the graves of the children of the people.

7 Akabomoa pia nyumba za mahanithi wa mahali pa ibada za miungu, zilizokuwa ndani ya Hekalu la Bwana na mahali wanawake walipofuma kwa ajili ya Ashera.

And he broke down the houses of the sodomites that [were] by the house of the LORD, where the women wove hangings for the grove.

8 Yosia akawaleta makuhani wote wa Bwana kutoka miji yote ya Yuda, na kunajisi mahali pa juu pa kuabudia miungu, kuanzia Geba hadi Beer-Sheba, mahali pote ambapo hao makuhani wa miungu walifukiza uvumba. Akabomoa mahali pa kuwekea vitu vya ibada za miungu palipokuwa katika malango, kwenye ingilio la Lango la Yoshua, mtawala wa mji, lililoko upande wa kushoto wa lango la mji.

And he brought all the priests out of the cities of Judah, and defiled the high places where the priests had burnt incense, from Geba to Beer-sheba, and broke down the high places of the gates that [were] in the entrance of the gate of Joshua the governor of the city, which [were] on a man's left hand at the gate of the city.

9 Ingawa makuhani wa mahali pa juu pa kuabudia miungu hawakuhudumu katika madhabahu ya Bwana katika Yerusalemu, walikula mikate isiyotiwa chachu miongoni mwa ndugu zao.

Nevertheless, the priests of the high places came not up to the altar of the LORD in Jerusalem, but they ate of the unleavened bread among their brethren.

10 Kisha mfalme akanajisi Tofethi, palipokuwa katika Bonde la Ben-Hinomu, ili mtu yeyote asiweze kupatumia kumtoa kafara mwanawe au binti yake katika moto kwa mungu Moleki.

And he defiled Topheth, which [is] in the valley of the children of Hinnom, that no man might make his son or his daughter to pass through the fire to Molech.

11 Akaondoa kutoka kwenye ingilio la Hekalu la Bwana wale farasi ambao wafalme wa Yuda walikuwa wamewaweka wakfu kwa ajili ya jua. Walikuwa kwenye ua karibu na chumba cha afisa aliyeitwa Nathan-Meleki. Basi Yosia akayachoma moto yale magari yaliyokuwa yamewekwa wakfu kwa jua.

And he took away the horses that the kings of Judah had given to the sun, at the entrance of the house of the LORD, by the chamber of Nathan-melech the chamberlain, which [was] in the suburbs, and burned the chariots of the sun with fire.

12 Alizivunja madhabahu ambazo wafalme wa Yuda walikuwa wamezijenga kwenye paa la ghorofa ya Ahazi, pia madhabahu alizokuwa amezijenga Manase katika nyua mbili za Hekalu la Bwana. Akaziondoa huko, akazivunja vipande vipande, na kutupa hicho kifusi katika Bonde la Kidroni.

And the altars that [were] on the top of the upper chamber of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars which Manasseh had made in the two courts of the house of the LORD, did the king beat down, and broke [them] down from thence, and cast the dust of them into the brook Kidron.

13 Mfalme pia akanajisi mahali pa juu pa kuabudia miungu, palipokuwa mashariki ya Yerusalemu upande wa kusini wa Kilima cha Uharibifu, pale ambapo Solomoni mfalme wa Israeli alikuwa amejenga kwa ajili ya Ashtorethi mungu mke chukizo la Wasidoni, kwa ajili ya Kemoshi mungu chukizo la Wamoabu, na kwa ajili ya Moleki mungu chukizo la watu wa Amoni.

And the high places that [were] before Jerusalem, which [were] on the right hand of the mount of corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Zidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the children of Ammon, did the king defile.

14 Yosia akapasua yale mawe ya kuabudiwa na kuzikatakata nguzo za Ashera. Kisha akafunika hayo maeneo kwa mifupa ya wanadamu.

And he broke in pieces the images, and cut down the groves, and filled their places with the bones of men.

15 Hata madhabahu yaliyokuwa huko Betheli, mahali pa juu pa kuabudia miungu palipokuwa pamejengwa na Yeroboamu mwana wa Nebati, ambaye aliwafanya Israeli watende dhambi, alibomoa hata hayo madhabahu na mahali pa juu pa kuabudia miungu. Alipateketeza kwa moto hapo mahali pa juu pa kuabudia miungu na kupasaga hadi pakawa vumbi, na kuichoma hiyo nguzo ya Ashera pia.

Moreover, the altar that [was] at Beth-el, [and] the high place which Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, had made, both that altar and the high place he broke down, and burned the high place, [and] stamped [it] small to powder, and burned the grove.

16 Kisha Yosia akatazama huku na huko, naye alipoona makaburi yaliyokuwa huko kwenye kilima, akaamuru mifupa itolewe humo na akaichoma juu ya madhabahu ya Betheli ili kupanajisi. Hili lilitokea kulingana na neno la Bwana lililosemwa na mtu wa Mungu ambaye alitangulia kusema mambo haya.

And as Josiah turned himself, he espied the sepulchers that [were] there on the mount, and sent, and took the bones out of the sepulchers, and burned [them] upon the altar, and polluted it, according to the word of the LORD which the man of God proclaimed, who proclaimed these words.

17 Mfalme akauliza, “Lile kaburi lenye mnara wa ukumbusho ninaloliona ni kwa ajili gani?” Watu wa mji wakasema, “Hii ni alama ya kaburi la mtu wa Mungu aliyekuja kutoka Yuda, naye akanena dhidi ya hii madhabahu ya Betheli mambo yale yale uliyoifanyia leo.”

Then he said, What title [is] that which I see? And the men of the city told him, [It is] the sepulcher of the man of God, who came from Judah, and proclaimed these things that thou hast done against the altar of Beth-el.

18 Akasema, “Liacheni, msiliguse. Msimruhusu mtu yeyote kuiondoa mifupa yake.” Basi wakaiacha mifupa yake pamoja na ile ya yule nabii ambaye alikuwa amekuja kutoka Samaria.

And he said, Let him alone; let no man move his bones. So they let his bones alone, with the bones of the prophet that came out of Samaria.

19 Kama alivyokuwa amefanya huko Betheli, Yosia akabomoa na kunajisi mahali pa kuabudia miungu kwenye mahali pa juu ambapo wafalme wa Israeli walikuwa wamejenga ndani ya miji ya Samaria, ambayo ilikuwa imemghadhibisha Bwana.

And all the houses also of the high places that [were] in the cities of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had made to provoke [the LORD] to anger, Josiah took away, and did to them according to all the acts that he had done in Beth-el.

20 Yosia akawachinja makuhani wote wa mahali pa juu pa kuabudia miungu katika madhabahu zao wenyewe, na kuchoma mifupa ya wanadamu juu yake. Kisha akarudi Yerusalemu.

And he slew all the priests of the high places, that [were] there upon the altars, and burnt men's bones upon them, and returned to Jerusalem.

21 Mfalme akatoa agizo hili kwa watu wote: “Adhimisheni Pasaka kwa Bwana Mungu wenu, kama ilivyoandikwa katika Kitabu hiki cha Agano.”

And the king commanded all the people, saying, Keep the passover to the LORD your God, as [it is] written in the book of this covenant.

22 Hapakuwahi kuwepo na adhimisho lingine la Pasaka kama hilo tangu nyakati za Waamuzi walioongoza Israeli, wala katika nyakati zote za wafalme wa Israeli na wafalme wa Yuda.

Surely there was not held such a passover from the days of the judges that judged Israel, nor in all the days of the kings of Israel, nor of the kings of Judah.

23 Lakini katika mwaka wa kumi na nane wa utawala wa Mfalme Yosia, Pasaka hii iliadhimishwa kwa Bwana huko Yerusalemu.

But in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, [in which] this passover was held to the LORD in Jerusalem.

24 Zaidi ya hayo, Yosia akawaondoa waaguzi, wanaoabudu mizimu, sanamu za kuagulia, sanamu za kuabudiwa, na vitu vingine vyote vya machukizo vilivyoonekana huko Yuda na Yerusalemu. Aliyafanya haya ili kutimiza matakwa ya sheria iliyoandikwa ndani ya kile kitabu ambacho Hilkia kuhani alikipata ndani ya Hekalu la Bwana.

Moreover the [workers with] familiar spirits, and the wizards, and the images, and the idols, and all the abominations that were seen in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, did Josiah put away, that he might perform the words of the law which were written in the book that Hilkiah the priest found in the house of the LORD.

25 Kabla wala baada ya Mfalme Yosia hapakuwepo na mfalme mwingine yeyote ambaye alimpenda Bwana kwa moyo wake wote, kwa roho yake yote, na kwa nguvu zake zote, sawasawa na Sheria yote ya Mose.

And like him was there no king before him, that turned to the LORD with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his might, according to all the law of Moses; neither after him arose there [any] like him.

26 Hata hivyo, Bwana hakuacha ghadhabu yake iliyowaka dhidi ya Yuda kwa sababu ya yale yote ambayo Manase alikuwa amefanya kumghadhibisha.

Notwithstanding, the LORD turned not from the fierceness of his great wrath, with which his anger was kindled against Judah, because of all the provocations by which Manasseh had provoked him.

27 Hivyo Bwana akasema, “Nitamwondoa Yuda mbele zangu kama nilivyomwondoa Israeli, nami nitaukataa Yerusalemu, mji niliouchagua, na Hekalu hili, ambalo nilisema, ‘Jina langu litakaa humo.’”

And the LORD said, I will remove Judah also out of my sight, as I have removed Israel, and will reject this city Jerusalem which I have chosen, and the house of which I said, My name shall be there.

28 Matukio mengine ya utawala wa Yosia na yote aliyoyafanya, je, hayakuandikwa katika kitabu cha kumbukumbu za wafalme wa Yuda?

Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and all that he did, [are] they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

29 Yosia alipokuwa mfalme, Farao Neko mfalme wa Misri akapanda mpaka Mto Frati kumsaidia mfalme wa Ashuru. Mfalme Yosia akatoka kwenda kupigana naye, lakini Neko akamkabili na kumuua huko Megido.

In his days Pharaoh-nechoh king of Egypt went up against the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates: and king Josiah went against him; and he slew him at Megiddo, when he had seen him.

30 Watumishi wa Yosia wakauleta mwili wake katika gari la vita kutoka Megido hadi Yerusalemu, wakamzika kwenye kaburi lake mwenyewe. Nao watu wa nchi wakamchukua Yehoahazi mwana wa Yosia, wakamtia mafuta na kumfanya mfalme mahali pa baba yake.

And his servants carried him in a chariot dead from Megiddo, and brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own sepulcher. And the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah and anointed him, and made him king in his father's stead.

31 Yehoahazi alikuwa na umri wa miaka ishirini na mitatu alipoanza kutawala, naye akatawala huko Yerusalemu kwa miezi mitatu. Jina la mama yake aliitwa Hamutali binti Yeremia kutoka Libna.

Jehoahaz [was] twenty and three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. And his mother's name [was] Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.

32 Akafanya maovu machoni mwa Bwana, kama baba zake walivyofanya.

And he did [that which was] evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his fathers had done.

33 Farao Neko akamfunga kwa minyororo huko Ribla katika nchi ya Hamathi ili asiweze kutawala huko Yerusalemu, naye akatoza kodi ya talanta mia moja za fedha, na talanta moja ya dhahabu katika Yuda.

And Pharaoh-nechoh put him in bands at Riblah in the land of Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem; and subjected the land to a tribute of a hundred talents of silver, and a talent of gold.

34 Farao Neko akamfanya Eliakimu mwana wa Yosia kuwa mfalme mahali pa baba yake Yosia, na kulibadilisha jina la Eliakimu kuwa Yehoyakimu. Lakini akamchukua Yehoahazi na kumpeleka Misri, naye akafia huko.

And Pharaoh-nechoh made Eliakim the son of Josiah king in the room of Josiah his father, and turned his name to Jehoiakim, and took Jehoahaz away: and he came to Egypt and died there.

35 Yehoyakimu akamlipa Farao Neko ile fedha na dhahabu aliyodai. Ili kuweza kufanya hivyo, Yehoyakimu akatoza nchi kodi na kulipiza fedha na dhahabu kutoka kwa watu wa nchi kulingana na makadrio ya mapato yao.

And Jehoiakim gave the silver and the gold to Pharaoh; but he taxed the land to give the money according to the commandment of Pharaoh: he exacted the silver and the gold from the people of the land, from every one according to his taxation, to give [it] to Pharaoh-nechoh.

36 Yehoyakimu alikuwa na umri wa miaka ishirini na mitano alipoanza kutawala, naye akatawala huko Yerusalemu miaka kumi na mmoja. Jina la mama yake aliitwa Zebida binti Pedaya kutoka Ruma.

Jehoiakim [was] twenty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name [was] Zebudah, the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah.

37 Naye akafanya maovu machoni mwa Bwana, kama baba zake walivyokuwa wamefanya.

And he did [that which was] evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his fathers had done.