2 Wafalme 3
1 Yehoramu mwana wa Ahabu akawa mfalme wa Israeli katika Samaria mwaka wa kumi na nane wa utawala wa Yehoshafati mfalme wa Yuda, naye akatawala kwa miaka kumi na miwili.
Truly, Joram, the son of Ahab, reigned over Israel, in Samaria, in the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah. And he reigned for twelve years.
2 Akafanya maovu machoni pa Bwana, lakini sio kama baba yake na mama yake walivyokuwa wamefanya. Akaondoa nguzo ya ibada ya Baali ambayo baba yake alikuwa ameitengeneza.
And he did evil in the sight of the Lord, but not as his father and mother did. For he took away the statues of Baal, which his father had made.
3 Hata hivyo akashikamana na dhambi za Yeroboamu mwana wa Nebati, ambazo alisababisha Israeli kuzitenda, wala hakuziacha.
Yet truly, he did adhere to the sins of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, who caused Israel to sin; neither did he withdraw from these.
4 Basi Mesha mfalme wa Moabu akafuga kondoo, naye akawa ampatie mfalme wa Israeli wana-kondoo 100,000 pamoja na sufu ya kondoo dume 100,000.
Now Mesha, the king of Moab, raised many sheep. And he repaid to the king of Israel one hundred thousand lambs, and one hundred thousand rams, with their fleece.
5 Lakini baada ya Ahabu kufa, mfalme wa Moabu aliasi dhidi ya mfalme wa Israeli.
And when Ahab had died, he transgressed the pact that he had with the king of Israel.
6 Kwa hiyo wakati ule Mfalme Yehoramu akaondoka kutoka Samaria na kukusanya Israeli yote tayari kwenda vitani.
Therefore, king Joram departed on that day from Samaria, and he took a count of all of Israel.
7 Akapeleka pia ujumbe ufuatao kwa Yehoshafati mfalme wa Yuda: “Mfalme wa Moabu ameasi dhidi yangu. Je, utakwenda pamoja nami kupigana dhidi ya Moabu?” Akajibu, “Nitakwenda pamoja nawe. Mimi ni kama wewe, watu wangu ni kama watu wako, farasi wangu ni kama farasi wako.”
And he sent to Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah, saying: “The king of Moab has withdrawn from me. Come to battle with me against him.” And he responded: “I will go up. What is mine, is yours. My people are your people. And my horses are your horses.”
8 Akauliza, “Je, tutashambulia kupitia njia gani?” Akajibu, “Kupitia Jangwa la Edomu.”
And he said, “Along which way shall we ascend?” So he responded, “Along the desert of Idumea.”
9 Hivyo mfalme wa Israeli akaondoka akiwa pamoja na mfalme wa Yuda na mfalme wa Edomu. Baada ya kuzunguka kwa siku saba, jeshi likawa limeishiwa maji kwa matumizi yao na kwa ajili ya wanyama waliokuwa nao.
Therefore, the king of Israel, and the king of Judah, and the king of Idumea, traveled, and they went by a circuitous path for seven days. But there was no water for the army or for the beasts of burden which were following them.
10 Mfalme wa Israeli akamaka, “Nini! Je, Bwana ametuita sisi wafalme watatu ili tu kututia mikononi mwa Moabu?”
And the king of Israel said: “Alas, alas, alas! The Lord has gathered we three kings, so that he might deliver us into the hands of Moab.”
11 Lakini Yehoshafati akauliza, “Je, hayuko nabii wa Bwana hapa, ili tuweze kumuuliza Bwana kupitia kwake?” Afisa mmoja wa mfalme wa Israeli akajibu, “Elisha mwana wa Shafati yuko hapa. Ndiye alikuwa akimimina maji juu ya mikono ya Eliya.”
And Jehoshaphat said, “Is there not a prophet of the Lord here, so that we may appeal to the Lord through him?” And one of the servants of the king of Israel responded, “Elisha, the son of Shaphat, is here, who poured water upon the hands of Elijah.”
12 Yehoshafati akasema, “Neno la Bwana liko pamoja naye.” Kwa hiyo mfalme wa Israeli na Yehoshafati pamoja na mfalme wa Edomu wakamwendea.
And Jehoshaphat said, “The word of the Lord is with him.” And so, the king of Israel, with Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah, and with the king of Idumea, descended to him.
13 Elisha akamwambia mfalme wa Israeli, “Nina nini mimi nawe? Nenda kwa manabii wa baba yako na manabii wa mama yako.” Mfalme wa Israeli akajibu, “La hasha, kwa sababu ni Bwana ambaye ametuita pamoja sisi wafalme watatu ili atutie mikononi mwa Moabu.”
Then Elisha said to the king of Israel: “What is there between you and me? Go to the prophets of your father and your mother.” And the king of Israel said to him, “Why has the Lord gathered these three kings, so that he might deliver them into the hands of Moab?”
14 Elisha akasema, “Hakika, kama Bwana Mwenye Nguvu Zote aishivyo ambaye ninamtumikia, kama si kuheshimu Yehoshafati mfalme wa Yuda, nisingekutazama wala hata kukutupia jicho.
And Elisha said to him: “As the Lord of hosts lives, in whose sight I stand, if I was not humbled by the face of Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah, certainly I would neither have listened to you, nor have looked upon you.
15 Lakini sasa, nileteeni mpiga kinubi.” Mpiga kinubi alipokuwa akipiga, mkono wa Bwana ukaja juu ya Elisha,
But now, bring a musician to me.” And while the musician was playing, the hand of the Lord fell upon him, and he said:
16 naye akasema, “Hivi ndivyo asemavyo Bwana, ‘Chimbeni bonde hili lijae mahandaki.’
“Thus says the Lord: Make, in the channel of this torrent, pit after pit.
17 Kwa kuwa hivi ndivyo asemavyo Bwana: Hamtaona upepo wala mvua, lakini bonde hili litajaa maji, nanyi pamoja na ngʼombe wenu na wanyama wenu wengine mtakunywa.
For thus says the Lord: You shall not see wind or rain. And yet this channel shall be filled with water. And you shall drink, you and your families, and your beasts of burden.
18 Hili ni jambo rahisi machoni pa Bwana. Pia ataitia Moabu mikononi mwenu.
And this is small in the sight of the Lord. So, in addition, he will also deliver Moab into your hands.
19 Mtaushinda kila mji wenye ngome na kila mji mkubwa. Mtakata kila mti ulio mzuri, mtaziba chemchemi zote, na kuharibu kila shamba zuri kwa mawe.”
And you shall strike every fortified town and every elect city. And you shall cut down every fruitful tree. And you shall obstruct all the sources of water. And you shall cover every excellent field with stones.”
20 Kesho yake asubuhi, karibu na wakati wa kutoa dhabihu ya asubuhi, tazama, maji yakawa yanatiririka kutoka upande wa Edomu! Nayo nchi ikajaa maji.
Then it happened that, in the morning, when the sacrifices were usually to be offered, behold, water was arriving along the way of Idumea, and the land was filled with water.
21 Basi Wamoabu wote walikuwa wamesikia kuwa wale wafalme wamekuja kupigana dhidi yao. Hivyo kila mtu, kijana na mzee, ambaye angeweza kushika silaha akaitwa na kuwekwa mpakani.
Then all the Moabites, hearing that the kings had ascended so that they might fight against them, gathered all who had been girded with a belt around them, and they stood at the borders.
22 Walipoamka asubuhi na mapema, jua likawa linamulika juu ya maji. Wamoabu waliokuwa upande wa pili wakaona maji ni mekundu, kama damu.
And rising up in early morning, and when the sun was now rising before the waters, the Moabites saw the waters opposite them, which were red like blood.
23 Wamoabu wakasema, “Ile ni damu! Lazima hao wafalme wamepigana na kuchinjana wao kwa wao. Sasa Moabu, twendeni tukateke nyara!”
And they said: “It is the blood of the sword! The kings have fought among themselves, and they have slain one another. Go now, Moab, to the spoils!”
24 Lakini Wamoabu walipofika kwenye kambi ya Israeli, Waisraeli wakainuka na kuwapiga mpaka wakakimbia. Nao Waisraeli wakaivamia nchi na kuwachinja Wamoabu.
And they went into the camp of Israel. But Israel, rising up, struck Moab, and they fled before them. And since they had prevailed, they went and struck down Moab.
25 Wakaiharibu miji, kila mtu akatupa jiwe juu ya kila shamba zuri mpaka likafunikwa. Wakaziba chemchemi zote na kukata kila mti mzuri. Kir-Haresethi peke yake ndio uliobaki na mawe yake yakiwa mahali pake. Lakini hata hivyo watu waliokuwa na makombeo wakauzunguka na kuushambulia vilevile.
And they destroyed the cities. And they filled up every excellent field, each one casting stones. And they obstructed all the sources of water. And they cut down all the fruitful trees, to such an extent that only brick walls remained. And the city was encircled by the slingers of stones. And a great part of it was struck down.
26 Mfalme wa Moabu alipoona kuwa vita vimekuwa vikali dhidi yake, akachukua watu 700 wenye panga ili kuingia kwa mfalme wa Edomu, lakini wakashindwa.
And when the king of Moab had seen this, specifically, that the enemies had prevailed, he took with him seven hundred men who draw the sword, so that he might break through to the king of Idumea. But they were unable.
27 Ndipo akamchukua mwanawe mzaliwa wake wa kwanza, ambaye angekuwa mfalme baada yake, akamtoa kama dhabihu ya kuteketezwa juu ya ukuta wa mji. Ghadhabu ikawa kubwa dhidi ya Israeli; wakajiondoa kwake na kurudi katika nchi yao wenyewe.
And taking his firstborn son, who would have reigned in his place, he offered him as a holocaust upon the wall. And there was great indignation in Israel. And they promptly withdrew from him, and they turned back to their own land.
