2 Wafalme 8
1 Wakati huu, Elisha alikuwa amemwambia yule mwanamke ambaye mwanawe alikuwa amefufuliwa, “Ondoka wewe na jamaa yako ukaishi mahali popote unapoweza kwa kitambo kidogo, kwa sababu Bwana ameamuru njaa katika nchi hii ambayo itadumu kwa miaka saba.”
And Eliseus spoke to the woman, whose son he had restored to life, saying: Arise, and go thou and thy household, and sojourn wheresoever thou canst find: for the Lord hath exiled a famine, and it shall come upon the land seven years.
2 Yule mwanamke akafanya kama vile yule mtu wa Mungu alivyosema. Yeye na jamaa yake wakaondoka na kwenda kuishi katika nchi ya Wafilisti kwa miaka saba.
And she arose, and did according to the word of the man of God: and going with her household, she sojourned in the land of the Philistines many days.
3 Baada ya miaka saba, yule mwanamke akarudi kutoka nchi ya Wafilisti, akaenda kwa mfalme kumsihi kwa ajili ya nyumba yake na shamba lake.
And when the seven years were ended, the woman returned out of the land of the Philistines, and she went forth to speak to the king for her house, and for her lands.
4 Mfalme alikuwa anazungumza na Gehazi, mtumishi wa mtu wa Mungu, naye alikuwa amesema, “Hebu niambie mambo yote makuu yaliyofanywa na Elisha.”
And the king talked with Giezi, the servant of the man of God, saying: Tell me all the great things that Eliseus hath done.
5 Wakati Gehazi alipokuwa akimweleza mfalme jinsi Elisha alivyomfufua mtu, yule mwanamke ambaye mwanawe alikuwa amefufuliwa na Elisha akaja ili amsihi mfalme kwa ajili ya nyumba yake na shamba lake. Gehazi akasema, “Huyu ndiye huyo mwanamke, bwana wangu mfalme, na huyu ndiye mwanawe ambaye Elisha alimfufua.”
And when he was telling the king how he had raised one dead to life, the woman appeared, whose son he had restored to life, crying to the king for her house, and her lands. And Giezi said: My lord O king, this is the woman, and this is her son, whom Eliseus raised to life.
6 Mfalme akamuuliza yule mwanamke kuhusu mambo hayo, naye akamweleza. Ndipo akaamuru afisa ashughulikie shauri lake na kumwambia, “Mrudishie huyu mwanamke kila kitu kilichokuwa mali yake, pamoja na mapato yote yaliyotokana na shamba lake tangu siku alipoondoka nchini hadi sasa.”
And the king asked the woman: and she told him. And the king appointed her an eunuch, saying: Restore her all that is hers, and all the revenues of the lands, from the day that she left the land, to this present.
7 Elisha akaenda Dameski, naye Ben-Hadadi mfalme wa Aramu alikuwa mgonjwa. Mfalme alipoambiwa, “Mtu wa Mungu ametoka mbali akapanda hadi hapa,”
Eliseus also came to Damascus, and Benadad king of Syria was sick: and they told him, saying: The man of God is come hither.
8 mfalme akamwambia Hazaeli. “Chukua zawadi na uende kumlaki huyo mtu wa Mungu. Muulize Bwana kupitia yeye, kwamba, ‘Je, nitapona ugonjwa huu?’”
And the king said to Hazael: Take with thee presents, and go to meet the man of God, and consult the Lord by him, saying: Can I recover of this my illness?
9 Hazaeli akaenda kumlaki Elisha, akiwa amechukua zawadi ya kila kitu kizuri kilichopatikana Dameski, mizigo iliyobebwa na ngamia arobaini. Akaingia ndani na kusimama mbele yake, akasema, “Mwanao Ben-Hadadi mfalme wa Aramu amenituma niulize, ‘Je, nitapona ugonjwa huu?’”
And Hazael went to meet him, taking with him presents, and all the good things of Damascus, the burdens of forty camels. And when he stood before him, he said: Thy son Benadad the king of Syria hath sent me to thee, saying: Can I recover of this my illness?
10 Elisha akajibu, “Nenda ukamwambie, ‘Hakika utapona’; lakini Bwana amenifunulia kwamba kweli atakufa.”
And Eliseus said to him: Go tell him: Thou shalt recover: bat the Lord hath shewn me that he shall surely die.
11 Elisha akamkazia Hazaeli macho kwa nguvu mpaka akaona aibu. Kisha mtu wa Mungu akaanza kulia.
And he stood with him, and was troubled so far as to blush: and the man of God wept.
12 Hazaeli akauliza “Kwa nini bwana wangu analia?” Elisha akajibu, “Kwa sababu najua mabaya utakayowatendea Waisraeli. Utachoma moto ngome zao, utawaua vijana wao kwa upanga, kuwatupa chini kwa nguvu watoto wachanga, na kuwatumbua wanawake wenye mimba.”
And Hazael said to him: Why doth my lord weep? And he said: Because I know the evil that thou wilt do to the children of Israel. Their strong cities then wilt burn with fire, and their young men thou wilt kill with the sword, and thou wilt dash their children, and rip up their pregnant women.
13 Hazaeli akasema, “Itawezekanaje mtumishi wako, aliye mbwa tu, kufanya tendo la ajabu namna hiyo?” Elisha akamjibu, “Bwana amenionyesha kuwa utakuwa mfalme wa Aramu.”
And Hazael said: But what am I thy servant a dog, that I should do this great thing? And Eliseus said: The Lord hath shewn me that thou shalt be king of Syria.
14 Kisha Hazaeli akamwacha Elisha na kumrudia bwana wake. Ben-Hadadi akamuuliza, “Elisha alikuambia nini?” Hazaeli akajibu, “Aliniambia kwamba hakika utapona.”
And when he was departed from Eliseus, he came to his master, who said to him: What saith Eliseus to thee? And he answered: He told me: Thou shalt recover.
15 Lakini kesho yake Hazaeli akachukua nguo nzito, akailoweka ndani ya maji, akaitandaza juu ya uso wa mfalme, hivyo akafa. Kisha Hazaeli akaingia mahali pake kuwa mfalme wa Aramu.
And on the next day he took a blanket, and pouted water on it, and spread it upon his face: and he died, and Hazael reigned in his stead.
16 Katika mwaka wa tano wa Yoramu mwana wa Ahabu mfalme wa Israeli, wakati huo Yehoshafati akiwa mfalme wa Yuda, Yehoramu mwana wa Yehoshafati akaanza kutawala kama mfalme wa Yuda.
In the fifth year of Joram son of Achab king of Israel, and of Josaphat king of Juda, reigned Joram son of Josaphat king of Juda.
17 Alikuwa na umri wa miaka thelathini na miwili alipoanza kutawala, naye akatawala huko Yerusalemu kwa miaka minane.
He was two and thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.
18 Akaenenda katika njia za wafalme wa Israeli, kama nyumba ya Ahabu ilivyokuwa imefanya, kwa kuwa alimwoa binti wa Ahabu. Akatenda maovu machoni pa Bwana.
And he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, as the house of Achab had walked: for the daughter of Achab was his wife: and he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord.
19 Hata hivyo, kwa ajili ya Daudi mtumishi wake, Bwana hakutaka kuiangamiza Yuda. Alikuwa ameahidi kuidumisha taa kwa ajili ya Daudi na wazao wake milele.
But the Lord would not destroy Juda, for David his servant’s sake, as he had promised him, to give him a light, and to his children always.
20 Wakati wa Yehoramu, Edomu waliasi dhidi ya Yuda na kujiwekea mfalme wao wenyewe.
In his days Edom revolted, from being under Juda, and made themselves a king.
21 Basi Yehoramu akaenda Sairi pamoja na magari yake yote ya vita. Waedomu wakamzunguka yeye na majemadari wake wa magari yake ya vita, lakini akaondoka, akapenya usiku na kuwashambulia Waedomu. Hata hivyo, jeshi lake likatorokea nyumbani mwao.
And Joram came to Seira, and all the chariots with him: and he arose in the night, and defeated the Edomites that had surrounded him, and the captains of the chariots, but the people fled into their tents.
22 Hadi leo Edomu wameasi dhidi ya Yuda. Libna pia wakaasi wakati huo huo.
So Edom revolted from being under Juda, unto this day. Then Lobna also revolted at the same time.
23 Kwa matukio mengine ya utawala wa Yehoramu na yote aliyoyafanya, je, hayakuandikwa katika kitabu cha kumbukumbu za wafalme wa Yuda?
But the rest of the acts of Joram, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of Juda?
24 Yehoramu akalala pamoja na baba zake, na akazikwa pamoja nao katika Mji wa Daudi. Naye Ahazia mwanawe akawa mfalme baada yake.
And Joram slept with his fathers, and was buried with them in the city of David, and Ochozias his son reigned in Iris stead.
25 Katika mwaka wa kumi na mbili wa utawala wa Yoramu mwana wa Ahabu mfalme wa Israeli, Ahazia mwana wa Yehoramu mfalme wa Yuda alianza kutawala.
In the twelfth year of Joram son of Achab king of Israel, reigned Ochozias son of Joram king of Juda.
26 Ahazia alikuwa na umri wa miaka ishirini na miwili alipoanza kutawala, naye akatawala katika Yerusalemu kwa mwaka mmoja. Mama yake aliitwa Athalia, mjukuu wa Omri mfalme wa Israeli.
Ochozias was two and twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem: the name of his mother was Athalia the daughter of Amri king of Israel.
27 Akaenenda katika njia za nyumba ya Ahabu, na kutenda maovu machoni pa Bwana, kama nyumba ya Ahabu ilivyokuwa imefanya, kwa kuwa alikuwa ameoa kutoka nyumba ya Ahabu.
And he walked in the ways of the house of Achab: and he did evil before the Lord, as did the house of Achab: for he was the son in law of the house of Achab.
28 Ahazia akaenda vitani na Yoramu mwana wa Ahabu kupigana na Hazaeli mfalme wa Aramu huko Ramoth-Gileadi. Waaramu wakamjeruhi Yoramu.
He went also with Joram son of Achab, to fight against Hazael king of Syria in Ramoth Galaad, and the Syrians wounded Joram:
29 Hivyo Mfalme Yoramu akarudi Yezreeli ili apate kuuguza majeraha aliyojeruhiwa na Waaramu huko Ramothi alipopigana na Hazaeli mfalme wa Aramu. Ndipo Ahazia mwana wa Yehoramu mfalme wa Yuda akashuka kwenda Yezreeli kumtazama Yoramu mwana wa Ahabu, kwa sababu alikuwa amejeruhiwa.
And he went back to be healed, in Jezrahel: because the Syrians had wounded him in Ramoth when he fought against Hazael king of Syria. And Ochozias the son of Joram king of Juda, went down to visit Joram the son of Achab in Jezrahel, because he was sick there.
