2 Wafalme 9
1 Nabii Elisha akamwita mtu mmoja kutoka kwa wana wa manabii na kumwambia, “Jikaze viuno, uichukue hii chupa ya mafuta, na uende Ramoth-Gileadi.
And Elisha the prophet called one of the children of the prophets, and said to him, Gird up thy loins, and take this box of oil in thy hand, and go to Ramoth-gilead:
2 Ukifika huko, mtafute Yehu mwana wa Yehoshafati, mwana wa Nimshi. Enda kwake, umtenge na wenzake, na umpeleke katika chumba cha ndani.
And when thou comest thither, look out there Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat, the son of Nimshi, and go in, and make him arise up from among his brethren, and carry him to an inner chamber;
3 Kisha chukua hii chupa na umimine mafuta juu ya kichwa chake, nawe utangaze, ‘Hivi ndivyo asemavyo Bwana: Ninakutia mafuta uwe mfalme juu ya Israeli.’ Kisha ufungue mlango na ukimbie; usikawie!”
Then take the box of oil, and pour [it] on his head, and say, Thus saith the LORD, I have anointed thee king over Israel. Then open the door, and flee, and tarry not.
4 Basi yule kijana nabii akaenda Ramoth-Gileadi.
So the young man, [even] the young man the prophet, went to Ramoth-gilead.
5 Wakati alipofika, akawakuta maafisa wa jeshi wameketi pamoja, akasema, “Nina ujumbe wako, ee jemadari.” Yehu akauliza, “Kwa yupi miongoni mwetu?” Akamjibu, “Kwako wewe, jemadari.”
And when he came, behold, the captains of the host [were] sitting; and he said, I have an errand to thee, O captain. And Jehu said, To which of us all? And he said, To thee, O captain.
6 Yehu akainuka na kuingia ndani ya nyumba. Ndipo yule nabii akamimina mafuta juu ya kichwa cha Yehu na kutangaza, “Hivi ndivyo asemavyo Bwana, Mungu wa Israeli: ‘Ninakutia mafuta uwe mfalme juu ya watu wa Bwana, yaani Israeli.
And he arose, and went into the house; and he poured the oil on his head, and said to him, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I have anointed thee king over the people of the LORD, [even] over Israel.
7 Inakupasa uiangamize nyumba ya bwana wako Ahabu, nami nitalipiza kisasi cha damu ya watumishi wangu manabii na damu ya watumishi wote wa Bwana iliyomwagwa na Yezebeli.
And thou shalt smite the house of Ahab thy master, that I may avenge the blood of my servants the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of the LORD, at the hand of Jezebel.
8 Nyumba yote ya Ahabu itaangamia. Nitamkatilia mbali kila mzaliwa wa kiume wa Ahabu katika Israeli, aliye mtumwa ama aliye huru.
For the whole house of Ahab shall perish: and I will cut off from Ahab the males, and him that is shut up and left in Israel:
9 Nitaifanya nyumba ya Ahabu kuwa kama ile nyumba ya Yeroboamu mwana wa Nebati, na kama ile nyumba ya Baasha mwana wa Ahiya.
And I will make the house of Ahab like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah:
10 Kuhusu Yezebeli, mbwa watamla kwenye kiwanja huko Yezreeli, wala hakuna mtu atakayemzika.’” Kisha akafungua mlango na kukimbia.
And the dogs shall eat Jezebel in the portion of Jezreel, and [there shall be] none to bury [her]. And he opened the door, and fled.
11 Yehu alipotoka nje na kurudi kwenda kwa maafisa wenzake, mmoja wao akamuuliza, “Je, kila kitu ni salama? Kwa nini huyu mwenye wazimu alikuja kwako?” Yehu akajibu, “Wewe unamfahamu huyo mtu, na aina ya mambo ambayo yeye husema.”
Then Jehu came forth to the servants of his lord: and [one] said to him, [Is] all well? Why came this mad [man] to thee? And he said to them, Ye know the man, and his communication.
12 Wakasema, “Hiyo siyo kweli! Tuambie.” Yehu akasema, “Haya ndiyo aliyoniambia: ‘Hivi ndivyo asemavyo Bwana: Ninakutia mafuta uwe mfalme juu ya Israeli.’”
And they said, [It is] false; tell us now. And he said, Thus and thus he spoke to me, saying, Thus saith the LORD, I have anointed thee king over Israel.
13 Wakaharakisha kuvua mavazi yao, na kuyatandaza chini ya Yehu ili akanyage juu kwenye ngazi ya nje. Kisha wakapiga tarumbeta na kupaza sauti wakisema, “Yehu ni mfalme!”
Then they hasted, and took every man his garment, and put [it] under him on the top of the stairs, and blew with trumpets, saying, Jehu is king.
14 Basi Yehu mwana wa Yehoshafati, mwana wa Nimshi, akafanya shauri baya dhidi ya Yoramu. (Wakati huu, Yoramu na Israeli wote walikuwa wakiilinda Ramoth-Gileadi dhidi ya Hazaeli mfalme wa Aramu,
So Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi conspired against Joram. (Now Joram had kept Ramoth-gilead, he and all Israel, because of Hazael king of Syria.
15 lakini Mfalme Yoramu alikuwa amerudishwa Yezreeli ili kujiuguza kutokana na majeraha ambayo Waaramu walimtia katika vita na Hazaeli mfalme wa Aramu.) Yehu akasema, “Kama hii ndiyo nia yenu, msimruhusu hata mmoja kutoroka nje ya mji kwenda kupeleka habari huko Yezreeli.”
But king Joram had returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him, when he fought with Hazael king of Syria.) And Jehu said, If it is your minds, [then] let none go forth [nor] escape from the city to go to tell [it] in Jezreel.
16 Ndipo Yehu akaingia katika gari lake la vita na kuendesha kwenda Yezreeli, kwa sababu Yoramu alikuwa amepumzika huko, na Ahazia mfalme wa Yuda alikuwa ameenda kumwona.
So Jehu rode in a chariot, and went to Jezreel; for Joram lay there. And Ahaziah king of Judah had come down to see Joram.
17 Mlinzi aliyesimama juu ya kinara cha Yezreeli alipoona askari wa Yehu wanakuja, akaita akisema, “Naona askari wanakuja.” Yoramu akaamuru, “Mtwae mpanda farasi umtume akakutane nao na kuuliza, ‘Je, mmekuja kwa amani?’”
And there stood a watchman on the tower in Jezreel, and he spied the company of Jehu as he came, and said, I see a company. And Joram said, Take a horseman, and send to meet them, and let him say, [Is it] peace?
18 Mpanda farasi akaondoka kwenda kukutana na Yehu na kusema, “Hivi ndivyo asemavyo mfalme: ‘Je, mmekuja kwa amani?’” Yehu akamjibu, “Una nini na amani? Unga msafara nyuma yangu.” Mlinzi akatoa habari, “Mjumbe amewafikia lakini harudi.”
So there went one on horseback to meet him, and said, Thus saith the king, [Is it] peace? And Jehu said, What hast thou to do with peace? turn thee behind me. And the watchman told, saying, The messenger came to them, but he doth not return.
19 Basi mfalme akamtuma mpanda farasi wa pili. Wakati alipowafikia akasema, “Hivi ndivyo asemavyo mfalme, ‘Je, mmekuja kwa amani?’” Yehu akajibu, “Una nini na amani? Unga msafara nyuma yangu.”
Then he sent out a second on horseback, who came to them, and said, Thus saith the king, [Is it] peace? And Jehu answered, What hast thou to do with peace? turn thee behind me.
20 Yule mlinzi akatoa taarifa akasema, “Mjumbe amewafikia, lakini hata yeye harudi. Uendeshaji ule ni kama wa Yehu mwana wa Nimshi, anaendesha kama mwenye wazimu!”
And the watchman told, saying, He came even to them, and doth not return? and the driving [is] like the driving of Jehu the son of Nimshi; for he driveth furiously.
21 Yoramu akaagiza, akasema, “Weka tayari gari langu la vita.” Na baada ya gari kuwa tayari, Yoramu mfalme wa Israeli, na Ahazia mfalme wa Yuda, wakaondoka kila mmoja kwenye gari lake ili kukutana na Yehu. Walikutana naye katika shamba lililokuwa mali ya Nabothi, Myezreeli.
And Joram said, Make ready. And his chariot was made ready. And Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah went out, each in his chariot, and they went out against Jehu, and met him in the portion of Naboth the Jezreelite.
22 Yoramu alipomwona Yehu akauliza, “Je, Yehu, umekuja kwa amani?” Yehu akajibu, “Kunawezaje kuwa na amani wakati ibada za sanamu na uchawi wa mama yako Yezebeli ungaliko?”
And it came to pass, when Joram saw Jehu, that he said, [Is it] peace, Jehu? And he answered, What peace, so long as the lewd acts of thy mother Jezebel and her witchcrafts [are so] many?
23 Yoramu akageuka nyuma na kukimbia, akimwambia Ahazia, “Huu ni uhaini, Ahazia!”
And Joram turned his hands, and fled, and said to Ahaziah, [There is] treachery, O Ahaziah.
24 Kisha Yehu akatwaa upinde wake na kumchoma Yoramu katikati ya mabega. Mshale ukapenya kwenye moyo wake, naye akaanguka ghafula ndani ya gari lake.
And Jehu drew a bow with his full strength, and smote Jehoram between his arms, and the arrow went out at his heart, and he sunk down in his chariot.
25 Yehu akamwambia Bidkari, mwendeshaji wa gari lake, “Mwinue na umtupe katika shamba lililokuwa mali ya Nabothi, Myezreeli. Kumbuka jinsi mimi na wewe tulivyokuwa tukiendesha pamoja magari yetu nyuma ya Ahabu baba yake, wakati Bwana alipotoa unabii huu kumhusu:
Then said [Jehu] to Bidkar his captain, Take up, [and] cast him into the portion of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite; for remember how that, when I and thou rode together after Ahab his father, the LORD laid this burden upon him;
26 ‘Jana niliona damu ya Nabothi na damu ya wanawe, nami kwa hakika nitakufanya uilipe juu ya shamba hili, asema Bwana.’ Sasa basi, mwinue na umtupe juu ya kiwanja, kulingana na neno la Bwana.”
Surely I saw yesterday the blood of Naboth, and the blood of his sons, saith the LORD; and I will requite thee in this plat, saith the LORD. Now therefore take [and] cast him into the plat [of ground], according to the word of the LORD.
27 Wakati Ahazia mfalme wa Yuda alipoona kilichotokea, akakimbia kupitia barabara ya Beth-Hagani. Yehu akamkimbiza akipaza sauti na kusema, “Muue naye pia!” Wakamjeruhi katika gari lake kwenye njia ielekeayo Guri karibu na Ibleamu, lakini akatorokea Megido na akafia huko.
But when Ahaziah the king of Judah saw [this], he fled by the way of the garden house. And Jehu followed him, and said, Smite him also in the chariot. [And they did so] at the going up to Gur, which [is] by Ibleam. And he fled to Megiddo, and died there.
28 Watumishi wake wakambeba kwa gari la vita na kumpeleka Yerusalemu, wakamzika pamoja na baba zake kwenye kaburi lake katika Mji wa Daudi.
And his servants carried him in a chariot to Jerusalem, and buried him in his sepulcher with his fathers in the city of David.
29 (Katika mwaka wa kumi na moja wa Yoramu mwana wa Ahabu, Ahazia alianza kutawala katika Yuda.)
And in the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab began Ahaziah to reign over Judah.
30 Kisha Yehu akaenda Yezreeli. Yezebeli aliposikia habari hii, akayapaka macho yake rangi, akatengeneza nywele zake na kutazama nje dirishani.
And when Jehu had come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard [of it]; and she painted her face, and adorned her head, and looked out at a window.
31 Yehu alipokuwa akiingia langoni, Yezebeli akasema, “Je, umekuja kwa amani, Zimri, wewe muuaji wa bwana wako?”
And as Jehu entered the gate, she said, [Had] Zimri peace, who slew his master?
32 Yehu akaangalia juu dirishani na kuita, “Je, ni nani aliye upande wangu? Ni nani?” Matowashi wawili au watatu wakamtazama.
And he lifted up his face to the window, and said, Who [is] on my side? who? And there looked out to him two [or] three eunuchs.
33 Yehu akasema, “Mtupeni huyo mwanamke chini!” Kwa hiyo wakamtupa chini, nayo baadhi ya damu yake ikatapanyika ukutani na nyingine juu ya farasi walipokuwa wakimkanyaga kwa miguu yao.
And he said, Throw her down. So they threw her down: and [some] of her blood was sprinkled on the wall, and on the horses: and he trod her under foot.
34 Yehu akaingia ndani, akala na akanywa. Akasema, “Mshughulikieni huyo mwanamke aliyelaaniwa. Mzikeni, kwa sababu alikuwa binti wa mfalme.”
And when he had come in, he ate, and drank, and said, Go, see now this cursed [woman], and bury her: for she [is] a king's daughter.
35 Lakini walipotoka kwenda kumzika, hawakukuta kitu chochote isipokuwa fuvu la kichwa, miguu yake na mikono.
And they went to bury her: but they found no more of her than the skull, and the feet, and the palms of [her] hands.
36 Wakarudi na kumwambia Yehu, ambaye alisema, “Hili ndilo neno la Bwana alilosema kupitia kinywa cha mtumishi wake Eliya Mtishbi, kwamba: Katika kiwanja cha Yezreeli, mbwa wataikula nyama ya Yezebeli.
Wherefore they came again, and told him. And he said, This [is] the word of the LORD, which he spoke by his servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying, In the portion of Jezreel shall dogs eat the flesh of Jezebel:
37 Maiti ya Yezebeli itakuwa kama mavi shambani katika uwanja wa Yezreeli, kwamba hakutakuwepo mtu atakayeweza kusema, ‘Huyu ndiye Yezebeli.’”
And the carcass of Jezebel shall be as dung upon the face of the field in the portion of Jezreel; [so] that they shall not say, This [is] Jezebel.
