1 Samweli 2
1 Hana aliomba akasema, “moyo wangu wamtukuza BWANA. Pembe yangu imejulikana katika BWANA. Kinywa changu kinatamba dhidi ya maadui zangu, kwa kuwa naufurahia wokovu wako.
And she said, "My heart rejoices in the LORD. My strength rises up in my God. My mouth boasts over my enemies, because I rejoice in your salvation.
2 Hakuna aliye mtakatifu kama BWANA, kwa kuwa hakuna mwingine zaidi yako; hakuna mwamba kama Mungu wetu.
Truly, there is no one as holy as the LORD. Truly, there is no one besides you, nor is there any rock like our God.
3 Msijivune sana hivyo kwa kiburi; vinywa vyenu visitoke majivuno. Kwa kuwa BWANA ni Mungu wa maarifa; yeye huyapima matendo kwa mizani.
Do not speak boastfully or let arrogance come out of your mouth, for the LORD is a God of knowledge. By him actions are weighed.
4 Pinde za mashujaa zimevunjika, bali wale wanaojikwaa hujivika nguvu kama mshipi.
The bows of the mighty men are broken. Those who stumbled are armed with strength.
5 Wale walio na shibe ya kutosha wamejikodisha ili wapate chakula; wale waliokuwa na njaa hawana njaa tena. Hata yule aliye kuwa tasa amezaa watoto saba, bali mwanamke mwenye watoto wengi amenyong'onyea.
Those who were full have hired themselves out for bread. Those who were hungry are satisfied. Even the barren has borne seven, and she who has many children languishes.
The LORD kills, and makes alive. He brings down to Sheol, and brings up. (Sheol h7585)
7 BWANA humfanya maskini, na yeye ndiye humtajirisha mtu. Yeye hudhili, lakini pia hukweza
The LORD makes poor, and makes rich. He brings low, he also lifts up.
8 Yeye humwinua juu maskini toka mavumbini: Huwainua wahitaji toka jalalani na kuwaketisha pamoja na wakuu na kuwarithisha kiti cha enzi cha utukufu. Kwa kuwa nguzo za dunia ni za BWANA na ameukalisha ulimwengu juu yake.
He raises up the poor out of the dust. He lifts up the needy from the dunghill, To make them sit with princes, and inherit the throne of glory. For the pillars of the earth are the LORD's. He has set the world on them.
9 Yeye atazilinda nyayo za watu wake waaminifu, bali waovu watanyamazishwa gizani, kwa maana hakuna atayeshinda kwa nguvu zake.
He will guard the feet of his faithful ones, but the wicked will be put to silence in darkness. For no man will prevail by strength.
10 Wale wampingao BWANA watavunjwa vipande vipande; atawapiga radi kutokea mbinguni. BWANA atahukumu miisho ya dunia; atampa nguvu mfalme wake na kuinua pembe ya mtiwa mafuta wake.”
The LORD will shatter his adversaries. He will thunder against them in the sky. "The LORD will judge the farthest parts of the earth. He will give strength to his king, and exalt the horn of his anointed."
11 Nndipo Elikana akenda Rama, nyumbani kwake. Na yule mtoto akamtumikia BWANA machoni pa Eli, kuhani.
And she went to Ramah, while the child served the LORD before Eli the priest.
12 Basi, watoto wa Eli walikuwa wakorofi. Wao hawakumheshimu BWANA.
Now the sons of Eli were worthless men; they did not know the LORD.
13 Desturi ya makuhani na watu ilikuwa kwamba endapo mtu yeyote ametoa dhabihu, mtumishi wa kuhani angekuja akiwa na uma wa meno matatu mkononi mwake, nyama ilipokuwa inatokoswa.
The custom of the priests with the people was that when any man offered sacrifice, the priest's servant came, while the flesh was boiling, with a fork of three teeth in his hand;
14 Naye angeutia uma huo sufuriani, au birikani au chomboni au chunguni; nyama yote ambayo ingeinuliwa na uma huo ingetwaliwa na kuhani mwenyewe. Ndivyo walivyofanya huko Shilo kwa Waisraeli wote waliokwenda huko.
and he struck it into the pan, or kettle, or caldron, or pot; all that the fork brought up the priest took therewith. So they did in Shiloh to all the Israelites who came there.
15 Tena, kabla ya kuteketeza mafuta, mtumishi wa kuhani alikuja, na kumwambia aliyekuwa akitoa dhabihu, “Tenga nyama ya kuchoma kwa ajili ya kuhani; kwa sababu hataikubali ile ya kutokosa kutoka kwako, bali tu ile mbichi.”
Yes, before they burnt the fat, the priest's servant came, and said to the man who sacrificed, "Give meat to roast for the priest; for he will not accept boiled meat from you, but raw."
16 Ikiwa mtu atamwambia, “Wachome mafuta kwanza, na kisha uchukue kiasi utakacho.” Ndipo angesema, “Hapana, utanipatia sasa hivi; la sivyo; Nitaichukua kwa lazima.”
If the man said to him, "Let the fat be burned first, and then take all of it which your soul desires"; then he would say, "No, but you shall give it to me now; and if not, I will take it by force."
17 Dhambi ya vijana hawa ilikuwa mbaya sana mbele za BWANA, kwa sababu waliidharau dhabihu ya BWANA.
The sin of the young men was very great before the LORD; for they despised the offering of the LORD.
18 Lakini Samweli alimtumikia BWANA akiwa mdogo akivaa nguo ya naivera ya kitani.
But Samuel ministered before the LORD, being a child, clothed with a linen ephod.
19 Kila mwaka mama yake alimtengenezea kanzu dogo na kumletea, wakati wakija na mmewe kutoa dhabihu ya kila mwaka.
Moreover his mother made him a little robe, and brought it to him from year to year, when she came up with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice.
20 Eli aliwabariki Elikana na mke wake na kusema, “BWANA akupatie watoto zaidi kwa mwanamke huyu kwa sababu ya ahadi yake aliyoitoa kwa BWANA.” Baadaye walirudi nyumbani kwao.
And Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife, and said, "May the LORD repay you with offspring by this woman for the gift which she made to the LORD." And the man returned to his home.
21 BWANA alimsaidia tena Hana, akawa amebeba mimba nyingine. Akazaa watoto watatu wa kiume na wa kike wawili. Wakati huo huo mtoto Samweli akakua akiwa mbele za BWANA.
The LORD visited Hannah, and she bore more children, three sons and two daughters. The child Samuel grew before the LORD.
22 Basi Eli alikuwa mzee sana, akayasikia yote ambayo watoto wake walikuwa wakiwafanyia Waisraeli wote, na jinsi walivyotembea na mwanamke aliyekuwa akitumika katika lango la hema ya kukutania.
Now Eli was very old; and he heard what his sons did to the children of Israel (and how that they lay with the women who served at the door of the Tent of Meeting).
23 Akawaambia, “Kwa nini mnafanya mambo hayo? Kwa maana nasikia matendo yenu maovu kutoka kwa watu hawa wote.”
And he said to them, "Why do you do such things as these that I hear being said of you from the mouth of the people of the LORD?
24 Sivyo hivyo, watoto wangu, maana hii ninayoisikia siyo taarifa njema. Mnawakosesha watu wa BWANA.
No, my sons, do not do this. For it is not a good report that I hear the people of the LORD spreading.
25 “Kama mtu mmoja akimkosea mwenzake, Mungu atamhukumu; Lakini mtu akimkosea BWANA, ni nani atakayemtetea mtu huyo?” Lakini hawakuitii sauti ya baba yao, sababu BWANA alinuia kuwaua.
If one man sins against another, he shall appeal to the LORD; but if a man sins against the LORD, who shall entreat for him?" But, they did not listen to the voice of their father, because the LORD intended to kill them.
26 Yule mtoto Samweli aliongezeka umri, na kupata kibali kwa BWANA na kwa watu pia.
The child Samuel grew on, and increased in favor both with the LORD, and also with men.
27 Kisha mtu wa Mungu akamwendea Eli na kumwambia, “BWANA asema, 'Je, sikujifunua mwenyewe kwa nyumba ya baba zako, walipokuwa Misri utumwani nyumbani mwa Farao?
A man of God came to Eli, and said, "Thus says the LORD, I plainly revealed myself to the house of your father, when they were slaves in Egypt to the house of Pharaoh.
28 Mimi nilimchagua yeye kutoka makabila yote ya Israeli awe kuhani wangu, apande madhabahuni kwangu, na kufukiza uvumba, na kuvaa kanzu ya naivera mbele yangu. Niliwapa nyumba ya baba zako dhabihu zote za wana wa Israeli zilizotolewa kwa moto.
And I chose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to go up to my altar, to burn incense, and to wear an ephod. And I gave to the house of your father all the offerings by fire of the children of Israel as food.
29 Kwanini basi, unaidharau dhabihu yangu na sadaka ambazo ninazitaka mahali ninapoishi? Kwanini unawaheshimu watoto wako kuliko mimi, kwa kujinenepesha ninyi wenyewe kwa uzuri wa kila sadaka ya watu wangu Israeli?'
Then why do you look at my sacrifice and my offering with a selfish eye, and honor your sons more than me in letting them eat from the first part of every offering of Israel before me?'
30 Maana, BWANA, Mungu wa Isareli, asema, niliahidi kwamba nyumba yako, na nyumba ya baba yako, yawapasa kwenda mbele zangu milele,' Lakini sasa BWANA asema. 'Mambo haya yapishe mbali. nami nisifanye hivi, maana nitawaheshimu wanaoniheshimu, bali wanaonidharau mimi hawatakuwa na thamani.
"Therefore the LORD, the God of Israel, says, 'I said indeed that your house, and the house of your father, should walk before me forever.' But now the LORD says, 'Be it far from me; for those who honor me I will honor, and those who despise me shall be lightly esteemed.
31 Tazama, siku zinakuja nitakapoondoa nguvu zako na nguvu za nyumba za baba yako, ili kwamba pasije kuwepo mtu mzee katika nyumba yako.
Look, the days come, that I will cut off your descendants, and the descendants of your father's house, that there shall not be an old man in your house.
32 Nawe utalitazama hangaiko katika makao yangu. Ingawa Israeli watapewa jambo jema, hapatakuwapo tena mtu yeyote mzee katika nyumba yako.
And you will see distress in the dwelling place, in all that he does good with Israel. And there will not be an old man in your house all the days.
33 Yeyote miongoni mwenu nisiye mwondoa kutoka madhabahuni pangu, Nitasababisha macho yenu yaanguke, na ita nitasababisha huzuni maishani mwenu. Wanaume wote waliozaliwa katika familia yako watakufa.
And the man of yours I do not cut off from my altar will be to cause his eyes to fail and to grieve his soul, and all the increase of your house will die by the sword of men.
34 Hii ndiyo itakuwa ishara kwako ambayo itawaijia watoto wako wakiume wawili, juu ya Hofni na Finehasi: Wote wawili watakufa siku moja.
"'This shall be the sign to you, that shall come on your two sons, on Hophni and Phinehas: in one day they shall both die.
35 Nami nitamwinua juu kuhani wangu mwaminifu atakaye fanya kile kilichomo moyoni mwangu na nafisini mwangu. Nami nitamjengea nyumba madhubuti; naye atakwenda mbele ya mfalme wangu mbarikiwa milele.
I will raise me up a faithful priest, that shall do according to that which is in my heart and in my mind. I will build him a sure house; and he shall walk before my anointed forever.
36 Kila mmoja aliyebakia nyumbani mwako atakuja na kusujudu mbele ya mtu huyo, akiomba kipande cha fedha na mkate mmoja, naye atasema, “Tafadhali uniajiri katika moja ya nafasi za kuhani ili niweze kula kipande cha mkate'”'
It shall happen, that everyone who is left in your house shall come and bow down to him for a piece of silver and a loaf of bread, and shall say, "Please put me into one of the priests' offices, that I may eat a morsel of bread."'"
