2 Nyakati 16
1 Katika mwaka wa thelathini na sita wa utawala wa Asa, Baasha, mfalme wa Israeli, akatenda kwa ukatili dhidi ya Yuda na akaujenga Rama, ili kwamba asimruhusu mtu yeyote kutoka wala kuingia katika nchi ya Asa, mfalme wa Yuda.
In the six-and-thirtieth year of the reign of Assa, came up Ba'sha the king of Israel against Judah, and built Kamah, in order not to suffer any one to go out or come in to Assa the king of Judah.
2 Kisha Asa akaitoa fedha na dhahabu nje ya vyumba vya kuhifadhia katika nyumba ya Yahwe na nje ya nyumba ya mfalme, na akaituma kwa Ben Hadadi mfalme wa Aramu, ambaye aliishi Dameski. Akasema, pawe na agano kati yako na mimi, kama palivyokuwa na agano kati ya baba yangu na baba yako. Angalia, nimekutumia fedha na dhahabu.
Then did Assa bring out silver and gold out of the treasuries of the house of the Lord and of the king's house, and sent [them] to Ben-hadad the king of Syria, who dwelt at Damascus, saying,
3 Livunje agano lako na Baasha, mfalme wa Israeli, ili kwamba aniache.”
A covenant is between me and thee, as between my father and thy father: behold, I have sent unto thee silver and gold; go, break thy covenant with Ba'sha the king of Israel, that he may withdraw from me.
4 Ben Hadadi akamsikiliza mfalme Asa na kutuma maakida wa majeshsi dhidi ya miji ya Israeli. Wakavamia Iyoni, Dani, Abelimaimu, na miji yoye ya kuhifadhia ya Naftali.
And Ben-hadad hearkened unto king Assa, and sent the captains of the armies that he had against the cities of Israel, and they smote 'Iyon, and Dan, and Abel-mayim, and all the treasure-cities of Naphtali.
5 Ikawa kwamba Baasha aliposikia hili, akaacha kuujenga Rama, na akaistisha kazi yake.
And it came to pass, when Ba'sha heard this, that he left off the building of Ramah, and stopped his work.
6 Kisha Asa mfalme akawachukua Yuda wote pamoja naye. Wakayabeba mawe na mbao za Rama ambazo Baasha alikuwa anajengea ule mji. Kisha Mfalme Asa alitumia vifaa hivyo vya ujenzi kwa ajili ya kuijenga Gaba na Mispa.
And king Assa took then all Judah; and they carried away the stones of Ramah, and its timber, wherewith Ba'sha had built; and he built therewith Geba' and Mizpah.
7 Wakati huo Hanani mwonaji akaenda kwa Asa, mfalme wa Yuda, na akamwambia, “Kwa sababu umemtegemea mfalme wa Aramu, na hukumtegemea Yahwe Mungu wako, jeshi la mfalme wa Aramu limetoroka nje ya mikono yako.
And at that time came Chanani the seer to Assa the king of Judah, and said unto him, Because thou hast relied on the king of Syria, and hast not relied on the Lord thy God: therefore is the army of the king of Syria escaped out of thy hands.
8 Waethiopia na Walubi hawakuwa jesi kubwa, wenye magari mengi na wapanda farasi wengi? Na bado, kwa sababau ulimtegemea Yahwe, alikupa ushindi juu yao.
Were not the Ethiopians and the Lubim a numerous army, with chariots and horsemen in great abundance? yet, because thou didst rely on the Lord, he gave them up into thy hand.
9 Kwa maana macho ya Yahwe hukimbia kila mahali katika dunia yote, ili kwamba ajioneshe mwenyewe shujaa kwa niaba ya wale amabao mioyo yao ni mikamilifu kumwelekea yeye. Lakini umetenda kipumbavu katika jambo hili. Kwa maana tangu sasa na kuendelea, utakuwa na vita.” Kisha Asa akamkasirikia mwonaji, akamuweka gerezani, kwa maana alikuwa na hasira naye juu ya jambao
For as regardeth the Lord, his eyes roam throughout the whole earth, to hold strongly with those whose heart is entire toward him: thou hast done foolishly for this reason; because from this time forth there will be wars with thee.
10 hili. Wakati huo huo, aliwagandamiza baadhi ya watu
Then became Assa incensed toward the seer, and put him in a prison-house; for he was in a rage with him because of this. And Assa oppressed some of the people at the same time.
11 Tazma, matendo ya Asa, kutoka mwanzo hadi mwisho, tazama, yameandikwa katika kitabu cha wafalme wa Yuda na Israeli.
And, behold, the acts of Assa, the first and the last, lo, they are written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.
12 Katika mwaka wa thelathini na tisa wa utawala wake, Asa alipata ugnjwa kwenye miguu yake; ugonjwa wake ulikuwa mkali sana. Hata hivyo, hakutafuta msaada kutoka kwa Yahwe, lakini kutoka kwa waganga tu.
And Assa became sick in the thirty-and-ninth year of his reign in his feet, his disease being exceedingly severe: yet even in his disease he sought not to the Lord, but [applied] to the physicians.
13 Asa akalala pamoja na babu zake; alikufa katika mwaka wa arobaiani na moja wa utawala wake. Wakamzika katika kaburi lake, ambalo alilichimba mwenyewe katika mji wa Daudi.
And Assa slept with his fathers, and died in the one-and-fortieth year of his reign.
14 Walimlaza juu ya kitanda kilichokuwa kimewekewa manukato na aina mbali mbali ya dawa zilizotayarishwa na wale mafundi wa manukato. KIsha wakatengeneza moto kwa heshima yake.
And they buried him in his own sepulchres, which he had dug for himself in the city of David, and they laid him in the couch which was filled with sweet odors and divers kinds of spices mixed by the apothecary's art; and they made for him a burning uncommonly great.
