1 Wafalme 14
1 Wakati huo Abiya mwana wa Yeroboamu akawa mgonjwa sana.
At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam became sick.
2 Yeroboamu akamwambia mke wake, “amka ujibadilishe, ili wasikutambue kuwa wewe ndiye mke wangu, na uende Shilo, kwa sababu nabii Ahiya yuko huko, yeye ndiye aliyeninea mimi kuwa nitakuwa mfalme juu ya watu hawa.
Jeroboam said to his wife, “Please get up and disguise yourself, so that you won’t be recognized as Jeroboam’s wife. Go to Shiloh. Behold, Ahijah the prophet is there, who said that I would be king over this people.
3 Uchukue mikate kumi, na kaki na mtungi wa asali, na uende kwa Ahiya. Naye atakuambia kitakachotokea kwa mtoto.”
Take with you ten loaves of bread, some cakes, and a jar of honey, and go to him. He will tell you what will become of the child.”
4 Mke wa Yeroboamu akafanya hivyo; akaenda Shilo mpaka kwenye nyumba ya Ahiya. Wakati huo Ahiya alikuwa hawezi kuona, kwa kuwa macho yake yalikuwa yameishiwa nguvu kwa sababu ya umri wake.
Jeroboam’s wife did so, and arose and went to Shiloh, and came to Ahijah’s house. Now Ahijah could not see, for his eyes were set by reason of his age.
5 BWANA akamwambia Ahiya, “Tazama mke wa Ahiya anakuja kutafuta kutaka ushauri toka kwako kuhusiana na mwanae, kwa kuwa ni mgonjwa. Mwambie hivi na hivi, kwa sababu atakapofika atajifanya kuwa ni mwanamke mwingine.”
Yahweh said to Ahijah, “Behold, Jeroboam’s wife is coming to inquire of you concerning her son, for he is sick. Tell her such and such; for it will be, when she comes in, that she will pretend to be another woman.”
6 Naye Ahiya aliposikia sauti za miguu yake alipokuwa akiukaribia mlango, akasema, “karibu, mke wa Yeroboamu. Kwa nini unajifanya kuwa mtu mwingine? Nimetumwa kwako nikiwa na habaari mbaya.
So when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet as she came in at the door, he said, “Come in, Jeroboam’s wife! Why do you pretend to be another? For I am sent to you with heavy news.
7 Nenda ukamwambia Yeroboamu kwamba BWANA, Mungu wa Israeli, anasema, 'Nilikuinua kutoka kati ya watu na kukufanya uwe kiongozi wa watu wangu Israeli.
Go, tell Jeroboam, ‘Yahweh, the God of Israel, says: “Because I exalted you from among the people, and made you prince over my people Israel,
8 Niliugawa ufalme kutoka kwa Daudi na kukupa wewe, lakini bado hutaki kuwa kama mtumishi wangu Daudi, ambaye alizishika amri zangu na kunifuata kwa moyo wake wote, na kufanya kilichokuwa sawa mbele ya macho yangu.
and tore the kingdom away from David’s house, and gave it to you; and yet you have not been as my servant David, who kept my commandments, and who followed me with all his heart, to do that only which was right in my eyes,
9 Badala yake, umefanya maovu, zaidi ya wote waliokutangulia. Umetengeneza miungu mingine, na umetengeneza sanamu za kuyeyushwa ili kunikasirisha na kunitupa nyuma yako.
but have done evil above all who were before you, and have gone and made for yourself other gods, molten images, to provoke me to anger, and have cast me behind your back,
10 Kwa hiyo, tazama, Nitaleta majanga kwenye familia yako; Nitawatupilia mbali watoto wako wote wa kiume katika Israeli, kama ni mtumwa au ni huru, na nitaiondoa familia yako, kama mtu anayechoma mavi mpaka yaishe.
therefore, behold, I will bring evil on the house of Jeroboam, and will cut off from Jeroboam everyone who urinates on a wall, he who is shut up and he who is left at large in Israel, and will utterly sweep away the house of Jeroboam, as a man sweeps away dung until it is all gone.
11 Yeyote ambaye ni mwanafamilia yako atakayefia mjini ataliwa na mbwa, na yeyote atakayefia shamabani ataliwa na ndege wa angani, kwa kuwa Mimi BWANA, nimesema;
The dogs will eat he who belongs to Jeroboam who dies in the city; and the birds of the sky will eat he who dies in the field, for Yahweh has spoken it.”’
12 Kwa hiyo inuka wewe mke wa Yeroboamu, na uende nyumbani kwako; na mguu wako utakapokanyaga mjini, yule mtoto wa Abiya atakufa.
Arise therefore, and go to your house. When your feet enter into the city, the child will die.
13 Na Israeli yote itamwombolezea na kumzika. Ni yeye pekee katika familia ya Abiya atakayepelekwa makaburini, kwa sababu ni yeye pekee yake kutoka kwenye nyumba ya Abiya, ambaye BWANA, Mungu wa Israeli alimwona kuwa ni mwema.
All Israel will mourn for him and bury him; for he only of Jeroboam will come to the grave, because in him there is found some good thing toward Yahweh, the God of Israel, in the house of Jeroboam.
14 Pia BWANA atainua mfalme katika Israeli ambaye ataifutilia mbali familia ya Yeroboamu katika siku hiyo. Leo ndiyo siku hiyo, sasa hivi.
Moreover Yahweh will raise up a king for himself over Israel who will cut off the house of Jeroboam. This is the day! What? Even now.
15 Kwa kuwa BWANA ataishambulia Israeli kama vile majani yanavyotikiswa majini, na ataing'oa Israeli katika nchi hii njema ambayo aliwpa mababu. Atawatawanya hata ng'ambo ya Mto Frati, kwa sababu wamefanya nguzo za Ashera kumkasirisha BWANA.
For Yahweh will strike Israel, as a reed is shaken in the water; and he will root up Israel out of this good land which he gave to their fathers, and will scatter them beyond the River, because they have made their Asherah poles, provoking Yahweh to anger.
16 Ataiacha Israeli kwa sababu ya dhambi ya Yeroboamu, dhambi ambazo ametenda, na kwa hizo ameifanya Israeli kufanya dhambi.
He will give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam, which he has sinned, and with which he has made Israel to sin.”
17 Kwa hiyo mke wa Yeroboamu akainuka na akaondoka na akaenda mpaka Tirza. Naye alipofika kizingitini kwa nyumba yake, yule mtoto akafa.
Jeroboam’s wife arose and departed, and came to Tirzah. As she came to the threshold of the house, the child died.
18 Isareli wote wakamzika na kumwombolezea, kama vile alivyokuwa ameambiwa kwa neno la BWANA ambalo amelisema kupitia mtumishi wake nabii Ahiya.
All Israel buried him and mourned for him, according to Yahweh’s word, which he spoke by his servant Ahijah the prophet.
19 Na kwa mambo mengine yanayOmhusu Yeroboamu, jinsi alivyopigana vita na jinsi alivyotawala, tazama yameandikwa katika kitabu cha matukio ya wafalme wa Israeli.
The rest of the acts of Jeroboam, how he fought and how he reigned, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
20 Yeroboamu alitawala kwa miaka ishirini na mbili naye akalala na babu zake, na Nadabu mwanawe akawa mfalme mahali pake.
The days which Jeroboam reigned were twenty two years; then he slept with his fathers, and Nadab his son reigned in his place.
21 Sasa Rehoboamu mwana wa Sulemani alikuwa mtawala wa Yuda. Rehoboamu alikuwa na umri wa miaka arobaini na moja alipokuwa mfalme, na akatawala kwa miaka kumi na saba kule Yerusalemu, mji ambao BWANA alikuwa ameuchagua kati ya makabila yote ya Israeli ili aweke jina lake kule. Jina la mama yake alikuwa Naama Mwamori.
Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah. Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which Yahweh had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. His mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonitess.
22 Yuda ikafanya yaliyo maovu mbele ya macho ya BWANA; wakamtia wivu kwa makosa yao, zaidi ya yote ambayo baba zao walikuwa wamefanya
Judah did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, and they provoked him to jealousy with their sins which they committed, above all that their fathers had done.
23 Kwa kuwa walijijengea wenyewe mahali pa juu, nguzo za mawe, na nguzo za Ashera katika kila mahali pa juu na katika kila mti wenye majani mabichi.
For they also built for themselves high places, sacred pillars, and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.
24 Pia kulikuwepo na ukahaba wa kipagani katika nchi. Walifanya machukizo yaleyale kama wa mataifa yale ambayo BWANA alikuwa amewafukuza kutoka kwa watu wa Israeli.
There were also sodomites in the land. They did according to all the abominations of the nations which Yahweh drove out before the children of Israel.
25 Ilitokea wakati wa mwaka wa tano wa mfalme Rehoboamu wakati Shishaki akiwa mfalme wa Misri, akaja kinyume na Yerusalemu.
In the fifth year of King Rehoboam, Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem;
26 Akaichukua hazina iliyokuwa kwenye nyumba ya BWANA, na ile hazina iliyokuwa kwenye nyumba ya Mfalme. Akachukua kila kitu; Pia alizichukua zile ngao za dhahabu ambazo Sulemani alikuwa ametengeneza.
and he took away the treasures of Yahweh’s house and the treasures of the king’s house. He even took away all of it, including all the gold shields which Solomon had made.
27 Mfalme Rehoboamu akatengeneza ngao za shaba mahali pake na akazikabidhi kwa wakuu wa walinzi, ambao walilinda malango ya kuingia kwa mfalme.
King Rehoboam made shields of bronze in their place, and committed them to the hands of the captains of the guard, who kept the door of the king’s house.
28 Na ikawa kila mfalme alipoingia kwenye nyumba ya BWANA, wale walinzi walizibeba na baadaye walizirudisha katika chumba cha walinzi.
It was so, that as often as the king went into Yahweh’s house, the guard bore them, and brought them back into the guard room.
29 Lakini katika mambo mengine kuhusiana na Rehoboamu, na yote yale aliyofanya, je, hayakuandikwa kwenye kitabu cha matukio ya wafalme wa Yuda?
Now the rest of the acts of Rehoboam, and all that he did, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
30 Kulikuwa na mapigano yasiyokoma kati ya nyumba ya Rehoboamu na nyumba ya Yeroboamu.
There was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually.
31 Kwa hiyo Rehoboamu akalala na mababu zake naye akazikwa pamoja nao katika mji wa Daudi Jina la mama yake alikuwa Naama Mwamori. Abiya mwanawe akawa mfalme mahali pake
Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in David’s city. His mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonitess. Abijam his son reigned in his place.
