1 Wafalme 22
1 Miaka mitatu ilipita bila kuwepo na vita kati ya Washami na Wisraeli.
And there passed three years without war between Syria and Israel.
2 Ikawa katika mwaka wa tatu, Yehoshafati mfalme wa Israeli akashuka kwa mfalme wa Isreli.
And in the third year, Josaphat king of Juda came down to the king of Israel.
3 Mfalme wa Israeli alikuwa amewaambia watumishi wake, “Je, mnajua kuwa Ramothi Gileadi ni yetu, ila hatufanyi chochote kuitwaa kutoka kwenye mkono wa mfalme wa Shamu?”
(And the king of Israel said to his servants: Know ye not-that Ramoth Galaad is ours, and we neglect to take it out of the hand of the king of Syria?)
4 Kwa hiyo akamwambia Yehoshafati, “Je, utakwenda na mimi katika vita huko Ramothi Gileadi?” Yehoshafati akamjibu mfalme wa Israeli, “Mimi ni kama wewe, watu wangu ni kama watu wako, na farasi wangu ni kama farasi wako.”
And he said to Josaphat: Wilt thou come with me to battle to Ramoth Galaad?
5 Yehoshafati akamwambia mfalme wa Israeli, “Tafadhali tafuta mwongozo kutoka neno la BWANA juu ya kile unachopaswa kufanya kwanza.”
And Josaphat said to the king of Israel: As I am, so art thou: my people and thy people are one: and my horsemen, thy horsemen. And Josaphat said to the king of Israel: Inquire, I beseech thee, this day, the word of the Lord.
6 Ndipo mfalme wa Israeli akawakusanya manabii pamoja, walikuwa wanaume elfu nne, akawaambia, “Je, niende Ramothi Gileadi kupigana, au nisiende?” Nao wakamwambia, “Ivamie, kwa kuwa Bwana ataitoa katika mkono wa mfalme.”
Then the king of Israel assembled the prophets, about four hundred men, and he said to them: Shall I go to Ramoth Galaad to fight, or shall I forbear? They answered: Go up, and the Lord will deliver it into the hand of the king.
7 Lakini Yehoshafati akasema, “Je, hapa hayupo nabii mwingine wa BWANA ambaye tunaweza kupata ushauri?”
And Josaphat said: Is there not here some prophet of the Lord, that we may inquire by him?
8 Mfalme wa Israeli akamwambia Yehoshafati, “Bado kuna mtu mmoja ambaye tunaweza kupata ushauri toka kwa BWANA ili kusaidia, Makaya mwana wa Imla, lakini namchukia kwa sababu huwa hanitabirii mazuri yanayonihusu, ila hunitabiria matatizo tu.” Lakini Yehoshafat akasema, “mfalme na asiseme hivyo,”
And the king of Israel said to Josaphat: There is one man left, by whom we may inquire of the Lord: Micheas the son of Jemla; but I hate him, for he doth not prophesy good to me, but evil. And Josaphat said: Speak not so, O king.
9 Kisha mfalme wa Israeli akmwita akida na akamwamuru, “Kamlete Makaya mwana wa Imla, sasa hivi.”
Then the king of Israel called an eunuch, and said to him: Make haste, and bring hither Micheas the son of Jemla.
10 Wakati huo Ahabu mfalme wa Israeli na Yehoshafati mfalme wa Yuda walikuwa wameketi kila mmoja kwenye kiti cha enzi, wamevaa mavazi yao, katika eneo la wazi kwenye lango la kuingilia Samaria, na manabii walikuwa wakiwatabiria.
Then the king of Israel, and Josaphat king of Juda, sat each on his throne clothed with royal robes, in a court by the entrance of the gate of Samaria, and all the prophets prophesied before them.
11 Sedekia mwana wa Kenaana akajitengenezea pembe za chuma akasema, “BWANA asema hivi: 'Kwa hili utawasukuma Washami mpaka watakapoisha.'”
And Sedecias the son of Chanaana made himself horns of iron, and said: Thus saith the Lord: With these shalt thou push Syria, till thou destroy it.
12 Na manabii wengine wote wakasema hivyo, wakisema, “Ishambulie Ramothi Gileadi na ushinde, kwa kuwa BWANA ameiweka kwenye mkono wa mfalme.”
And all the prophets prophesied in like manner, saying: Go up to Ramoth Galaad, and prosper, for the Lord will deliver it into the king’s hands.
13 Yule mjumbe aliyeenda kumwita Makaya akamwambia, akisema, “Tazama sasa, maneno ya manabii kwa kinywa kimoja wanatabiri mambo mema kwa mfalme. Tafadhali maneno yako yawe kama yao ukaseme mambo mazuri.”
And the messenger, that went to call Micheas, spoke to him, saying: Behold the words of the prophets with one month declare good things to the king: let thy word therefore be like to theirs, and speak that which is good.
14 Makaya akajibu, “Kama BWANA aishivyo, kile BWANA atakachosema kwangu ndicho nitakachosema.'”
But Micheas said to him: As the Lord liveth, whatsoever the Lord shall say to me, that will I speak.
15 Naye alipokuja kwa mfalme, mfalme akamwambia, “Makaya, je twende Ramothi Gileadi kupigana, au tusiende?” Makaya akamjibu, “Ivamie na ushinde. BWANA ataitoa kwenye mkono wa mfalme.”
So he came to the king, and the king said to him: Micheas, shall we go to Ramoth Galaad to battle, or shall we forbear? He answered him: Go up, and prosper, and the Lord shall deliver it into the king’s hands.
16 Kisha mfalme akamwambia. “Je, nikutake mara ngapi ili kuniapia ukweli kwa jna la BWANA?”
But the king said to him: I adjure thee again and again, that thou tell me nothing but that which is true in the name of the Lord.
17 Makaya akasema, “Ninaiona Israeli yote imesambaa kwenye milima, kama kondoo wasiokuwa na mchungaji, na BWANA amesema, 'Hawa hawana mchungaji. Kila mtu na arudi nyumbani kwake kwa amani.'”
And he said: I saw all Israel scattered upon the hills, like sheep that have no shepherd: and the Lord said: These have no master: let every man of them return to his house in peace.
18 Kwa hiyo mfalme wa Israeli akamwambia Yehoshafati, “Je sikukwambia kuwa huwa hanitabirii mambo mema yanayonihusu, ila majanga tu?”
(Then the king of Israel said to Josaphat: Did I not tell thee, that he prophesieth no good to me, but always evil?)
19 Kisha Makaya akasema, “Kwa hiyo sikiliza neno la BWANA: Nimemwona BWANA akiwa ameketi kwenye kiti chake cha enzi, na majeshi yote ya mbinguni yalikuwa yamesimama karibu yake upande wake wa kulia na upande wake wa kushoto.
And he added and said: Hear thou therefore the word of the Lord: I saw the Lord sitting on his throne, and all the army of heaven standing by him on the right hand and on the left:
20 BWANA akasema, 'Ni nani atakayemdanganya Ahabu, ili kwamba apande akafie Ramothi Gileadi? Na mtu mmoja akajibu kwa njia hii, na mwingine akajbu kwa njia ile.
And the Lord said: Who shall deceive Achab king of Israel, that he may go up, and fall at Ramoth Galaad? And one spoke words of this manner, and another otherwise.
21 Ndipo pepo moja akajitokeza, akasimama mbele ya BWANA, akasema, 'Mimi nitamdanganya.' BWANA akmwuliza, 'Kwa jinsi gani?'
And there came forth a spirit, and stood before the Lord, and said: I will deceive him. And the Lord said to him: By what means?
22 Yule pepo akamjibu, 'Nitakwenda na kuwa roho idanganyayo katika vinywa vya manabii wake,' BWANA akamjibu, 'utaweza kumdanganya, na utafanikiwa. Nenda sasa ukafanye hivyo.'
And he said: I will go forth, and be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And the Lord said: Thou shalt deceive him, and shalt prevail: a go forth, and do so.
23 Tazama sasa, BWANA ameweka roho idangayo kwenye vinywa vya hawa manabii wako, na BWANA ametangaza janga kwako.”
Now therefore behold the Lord hath given a lying spirit in the mouth of all thy prophets that are here, and the Lord hath spoken evil against thee.
24 Kisha Sedekia mwana wa Kenaana, akaja, akamzabua Makaya shavuni, akasema, “Je, yule roho wa Bwana alitokaje kwangu ili asema na wewe?”
And Sedecias the son of Chanaana came, and struck Micheas on the cheek, and said: Hath then the spirit of the Lord left me, and spoken to thee?
25 Makaya akasema, “Tazama, “utatambua hilo katika siku hiyo, utakapokimbilia katika chumba cha ndani kujificha.”
And Micheas said: Thou shalt see in the day when thou shalt go into a chamber within a chamber to hide thyself.
26 Mfalme wa Israeli akamwambia mtumishi wake, “Mkamate Makaya umpeleke kwa Amoni, liwali wa mji, na kwa mwanangu, Yoashi.
And the king of Israel said: Take Micheas, and let him abide with Ammon the governor of the city, and with Joas the son of Amalech.
27 Mwambie, 'mfalme anasema mweke huyo gerezani na awe anampa mkate kidogo na maji kidogo, mpaka nitakaporudi salama.'”
And tell them: Thus saith the king: Put this man in prison, and feed him with bread of affliction, and water of distress, till I return in peace.
28 Naye Makaya akasema, “Kama utarudi salama basi BWANA hajasema kupitia kinywa changu.” Na akaongeza, “Sikilizeni hili, ninyi watu.”
And Micheas said: If thou return in peace, the Lord hath not spoken by me. And he said: Hear, all ye people.
29 Ahabu, mfalme wa Israeli, na Yehoshafati mfalme wa Yuda, wamepanda Ramothi Gileadi.
So the king of Israel, and Josaphat king of Juda went up to Ramoth Galaad.
30 Mfalme wa Israeli akamwambia Yehoshafati, “Nitajibadilisha mwenyewe niende vitani, lakini wewe uvae vazi lako la kifalme.” Kwa hiyo mfalme wa Israeli akajibadilisha na akaenda vitani.
And the king of Israel said to Josaphat: Take armour, and go into the battle, and put on thy own garments. But the king of Israel changed his dress, and went into the battle.
31 Naye mfalme wa Shamu alikuwa amewaamuru majemedari thelathini na mbili wa magari yake, akisema, “Msimwamgamize askari wa muhimu au ambaye si wa muhimu, badala yake mshambulieni mfalme wa Israeli tu.”
And the king of Syria had commanded the two and thirty captains of the chariots, saying: You shall not fight against any, small or great, but against the king of Israel only.
32 Ikawa wakati majemedari wa magari walipomwona Yehoshafati wakasema, “Hakika huyu ndiye mfalme wa Israeli.” Wakageuka ili kumshambulia, kwahiyo Yehoshafati akapiga kelele.
So when the captains of the chariots saw Josaphat, they suspected that he was the king of Israel, and making a violent assault they fought against him: and Josaphat cried out.
33 Ikawa majemedari wa magari walipoona kuwa yeye hakuwa mfalme wa Israeli, wakamwacha.
And the captains of the chariots perceived that he was not the king of and they turned away from him.
34 Lakini mtu mmoja akavuta upinde wake kwa kubahatisha na akampiga mfalme wa Israeli katikati ya mwunganiko wa mavazi yake ya chuma. Ahabu akamawambia dereva wa gari lake, “geuza unirudishe kutoka vitani, kwa kuwa nimeumizwa sana.”
And a certain man bent his bow, shooting at a venture, and chanced to strike the king of Israel between the lungs and the stomach. But he said to the driver of his chariot: Turn thy hand, and carry me out of the army, for I am grievously wounded.
35 Vita ikawa mbaya sana siku hiyo na mfalme akalazwazwa garini mwake akiwakabili Washami. Akafa jioni hiyo. Damu ilimwagika kutoka kwenye jeraha lake ndani ya gari.
And the battle was fought that day, and the king of Israel stood in his chariot against the Syrians, and he died in the evening: and the blood ran out of the wound into the midst of the chariot.
36 Ikawa wakati wa kuzama jua, kilio kikatawala kwa jeshi lote, wakisema, “Kila mtu arudi kwenye mji wake; na kila mtu arudi kwenye mkoa wake!”
And the herald proclaimed through all the army before the sun set, saying: Let every man return to his own city, and to his own country.
37 Kwa hiyo mfalme Ahabu akafa na akaletwa Samaria, wakamzika huko Samaria.
And the king died, and was carried into Samaria: and they buried the king in Samaria.
38 Wakaliosha lile gari kwenye birika la Samaria, na mbwa wakaramba damu yake (hapa ni mahali ambapo makahaba waliogea), kama vile neno la BWANA lilivyokuwa limesema.
And they washed his chariot in the pool of Samaria, and the dogs licked up his blood, and they washed the reins, according to the word of the Lord which he had spoken.
39 Kwa mambo mengine yanayohusisana na Ahabu, yote ambayo alifanya, ile nyumba ya pembe aliyojenga, na miji yote aliyojenga, je, hayakuandikwa kwenye kitabu cha matukio cha wafalme wa Israeli?
But the rest of the acts of Achab, and all that he did, and the house of ivory that he made, and all the cities that he built, are they not written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of Israel?
40 Kwa hiyo Ahabu akalala pamoja na mababu zake, na Ahaziya mwanae akawa mfalme mahali pake.
So Achab slept with his fathers, and Ochozias his son reigned in his stead.
41 Kisha Yehoshafati mwana wa Asa alianza kutawala juu ya Yuda katika mwaka wa nne wa Ahabu mfalme wa Israeli.
But Josaphat the son of Asa began to reign over Juda in the fourth year of Achab king of Israel.
42 Yehoshafati alikuwa na umri wa miaka thelathini na tano alipoanza kutawala, na akatawala Yerusalemu kwa miaka ishirini na mitano. Mama yake alikuwa Azuba, binti wa Shilhi.
He was five and thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned five and twenty years in Jerusalem: the name of his mother was Azuba the daughter of Salai.
43 Akatembea katika njia za Asa, baba yake, hakuziacha; akafanya yaliyokuwa mema mbele ya macho ya BWANA. Lakini bado mahali pa juu palikuwa hapajabomolewa. Watu walikuwa bado wanaendelea kutoa dhabihu na kufukiza uvumba mahali pa juu.
And he walked in all the way of Asa his father, and he declined not from it: and he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord. Nevertheless he took not away the high places: for as Set the people offered sacrifices and burnt incense in the high places.
44 Yehoshafati akafanya amani na mfalme wa Israeli.
And Josaphat had peace with the king of Israel.
45 Kwa mambo mengine kuhusiana na Yehoshafati, na nguvu zake alizoonyesha, na jinsi alivyopigana vita, je, hayajaandikwa katika kitabu cha matukio cha wafalme wa Israeli?
But the rest of the acts of Josaphat, and his works which he did, and his batties, are they not written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of Juda?
46 Aliwaondoa kutoka katka nchi wale makahaba wa kipagani waliokuwa wamebaki katika siku za baba yake Asa.
And the remnant also of the effeminate, who remained in the days of Asa his father, he took out of the land.
47 Hapakuwepo mfalme katika Edomu isipokuwa kaimu mtawala.
And there was then no king appointed in Edom.
48 Yehoshafati alijenga merikebu: ziende Tarshishi na Ofri kuleta dhahabu, lakini hazikusafiri kwa sababu zile merikebu zilivunjika kule Esioni Geberi. Kisha
But king Josaphat made navies on the sea, to sail into Ophir for gold: but they could not go, for the ships were broken in Asiongaber.
49 Ahazia mwana wa Ahabu akamwambia Yehoshafati, “Naomba watumishi wangu waende pamoja na watumishi wako merikebuni. “Lakini Yehoshafati hakuruhusu hilo.
Then Ochozias the ton of Achab said to Josaphat: Let my servants go with thy servants in the ships. And Josaphat would not.
50 Yehoshafati akalala na mababu zake na akazikwa pamoja nao katika mji wa Daudi, babu yake; Yoramu mwanawe akawa mfalme mahali pake.
And Josaphat slept with his fathers. and was buried with them in the city of David his father: and Joram his son reigned in his stead.
51 Ahazia mwana Ahabu alianza kutawala juu ya Israeli ya Samaria katika mwaka wa kumi na saba wa mfalme Yehoshafati mfalme wa Yuda, na akatawala kwa mika miwili juu ya Israeli.
And Ochozias the son of Achab began to reign over Israel in Samaria, in the seventeenth gear of Josaphat king of Juda, and he reigned over Israel two years,
52 Naye akafanya yaliyo maovu mbele ya macho ya BWANA akatembea katika njia za baba yake, katika njia za mama yake na katika njia za Yeroboamu mwana wa Nebati, ambazo kwazo aliifanya Israeli kufanya dhambi.
And he did evil in the sight of the Lord, and walked in the way of his father and his mother, and in the way of Jeroboam the son of Nabat, who made Israel to sin.
53 Alimtumikia Baali na kumwabudu na kwa hiyo akamghadhabisha BWANA, Mungu wa Israeli, katika hasira, kama vile baba yake alivyofanya.
He served also Baal, and worshipped him, and provoked the Lord the God of Israel, according to all that his father had done.
