2 Nyakati 24
1 Yoashi alikuwa na umri wa miaka saba alipoanza kutawala; akatawala kwa mika arobaini katika Yerusalemu. Jina la mama yake aliitwa Sibia wa Beer-sheba.
Joash was seven years old when he began to reign; and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Zibiah, of Beersheba.
2 Yoashi alifanya yaliyo mema katika macho ya Yahwe siku zote za Yehoyada, yule kuhani.
Joash did that which was right in the eyes of YHWH all the days of Jehoiada the priest.
3 Yehoyada akajichukulia wake wawili kwa ajili yake, na akawa baba wa wana na mabinti.
Jehoiada took for him two wives; and he became the father of sons and daughters.
4 Ikawa baada ya haya, kwamba Yoashi aliamua kuitengeneza nyumba ya Yahwe.
It happened after this, that Joash intended to restore the house of YHWH.
5 Akawakusanya pamoja makuhani na Walawi, na kusema kwao, “Nendeni nje kila mwaka kwenye miji ya Yuda na kukusanya fedha kutoka Israeli yote kwa ajili ya kuikarabati nyumba ya Mungu wenu. Hakikisheni kwamba mnaanza haraka.” Walawi hawakufanya kitu kwanza.
He gathered together the priests and the Levites, and said to them, "Go out to the cities of Judah, and gather money to repair the house of your God from all Israel from year to year. See that you expedite this matter." However the Levites did not do it right away.
6 Kwa hiyo mfalme akamuita Yehoyada, yule kuhani, na kumwambia, “Kwa nini hukuwaagiza Walawi kuleta kutoka Yud na Yerusalemu kodo iliyoagizwa na Musa mtumishi wa Yahwe na kusanyiko la Israeli, kwa ajili ya amri za hema ya agano?”
The king called for Jehoiada the chief, and said to him, "Why haven't you required of the Levites to bring in the tax of Moses the servant of YHWH, and of the assembly of Israel, out of Judah and out of Jerusalem, for the tent of the testimony?"
7 Kwa maana wana wa Athalia, yule mwanamke muovu, walikuwa wameivunja nyumba ya Mungu na kuwapa Mabaali vitu vyote vitakatifu vya nyumba ya Yahwe.
For the sons of Athaliah, that wicked woman, had broken up God's house; and they also gave all the dedicated things of the house of YHWH to the Baals.
8 Kwa hiyo mfalme aliamuru, na wakatengeneza kasha na kulileta nje kwenye lango kwenye nyumba ya Yahwe.
So the king commanded, and they made a chest, and set it outside at the gate of the house of YHWH.
9 Kisha wakafanya tangazo katika Yuda na Yerusalemu, kwa ajili ya watu kuleta kwa Yahwe kodi aliyoiagiza Musa mtumishi wa Mungu juu ya Israeli jangwani.
They made a proclamation through Judah and Jerusalem, to bring in for YHWH the tax that Moses the servant of God laid on Israel in the wilderness.
10 Viongozi wote na watu wote wakafurahia na wakaleta fedha na kuiweka kwenye kasha hadi walipomaliza kulijaza.
And all the leaders and all the people rejoiced, and brought in, and threw it into the chest, until it was full.
11 Ikatokea kwamba kila lilipoletwa kasha kwa mikono ya Walawi kwa wakuu wa mfalme, na kila walipoona kwamba kulikuwa na fedha nyingi sana ndani yake, waandishi wa mfalme na mkuu wa kuhani mkuu walikuja, kulihamishia fedha kasha, na kulirudisha sehemu yake. Walifanya hivyo siku baada siku, wakikusanya kiasi kikubwa cha fedha.
It was so, that whenever the chest was brought to the king's officers by the hand of the Levites, and when they saw that there was much money, the king's scribe and the chief priest's officer came and emptied the chest, and took it, and carried it to its place again. Thus they did day by day, and gathered money in abundance.
12 Mfalme na Yehoyada akawapa zile fedha wale waliofanya kazi ya kuhudumu katika nyumba ya Yahwe, Watu hawa waliwaajiri waashi na maseremala ili waijenge nyumba ya Yahwe, na pia wale waliofanya kazi katika chuma na shaba.
The king and Jehoiada gave it to such as did the work of the service of the house of YHWH; and they hired masons and carpenters to restore the house of YHWH, and also such as worked iron and bronze to repair the house of YHWH.
13 Kwa hiyo wafanya kazi wakafanya kazi, na kazi ya kukarabati ikasonga mbele mikononi mwao; waakaisimamisha nyumba ya Mungu katika hali yake halisi na kuiimarisha.
So the workmen worked, and the work of repairing went forward in their hands, and they set up God's house in its state, and strengthened it.
14 Walipomaliza, wakaleta fedha zilizobaki kwa mfalme na Yehoyada. Fedha hizo zilitumika kutengenezea samani kwa ajili ya nyumba ya Yahwe, vyombo vya huduma na kutolea dhabihu—vijiko na vyombo vya dhahabu na fedha. Wakatoa sadaka za kuteketezwa bila kukomaa katika nyumba ya Yahwe kwa siku zote za Yehoyada.
When they had made an end, they brought the rest of the money before the king and Jehoiada, of which were made vessels for the house of YHWH, even vessels with which to minister and to offer, and spoons, and vessels of gold and silver. They offered burnt offerings in the house of YHWH continually all the days of Jehoiada.
15 Yehoyada akazeeka na alaaikuwa amejaa siku, na kisha akafa; alikuwa na umri wa mika 130 alipokufa.
But Jehoiada grew old and was full of days, and he died; one hundred thirty years old was he when he died.
16 Wakamzika katika aamji wa Daudi miongoni mwa wafalme, kwa sababu alikuwa amefanya mema katika Israeli, kwa Mungu, na kwa ajili ya nyumba ya Mungu,
They buried him in the City of David among the kings, because he had done good in Israel, and toward God and his house.
17 Sasa baada ya kifo cha Yehoyada, kiongozi wa Yuda akaja na kutoa heshima kwa mfalme. Kisha mfalme akawasikiliza.
Now after the death of Jehoiada the leaders of Judah came and paid homage to the king. And the king listened to them.
18 Wakaiacha nyumba ya Yahwe, Mungu wa babu zao, na kuwaabudu miungu na maashera na sanamu. Ghadhabu ya Mungu ikaja juu ya Yuda na Yerusalemu kwa sababau ya hili kosa lao.
They forsook the house of YHWH, the God of their fathers, and served the Asherim and the idols: and wrath came on Judah and Jerusalem for this their guiltiness.
19 Bado akatuma manabii kwao ili kuwaleta tena kwake, Yahwe, manabii wakatangaza juu ya watu, lakini walipuuza kusikiliza.
Yet he sent prophets to them, to bring them again to YHWH; and they testified against them: but they would not give ear.
20 Roho wa Mungu akaja juu ya Zekaria mwana wa Yehoyada, yule kuhani; Zekaria akasimama juu ya watu na kusema kwao, “Mungu anasema hivi: Kwa nini mnazivunja amri za Yahwe, ili kwamba msifanikiwe? Kwa kuwa mmemsahau Yahwe, pia amewasahau ninyi.”
The Spirit of God came on Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest; and he stood above the people, and said to them, "Thus says God, 'Why do you disobey the commandments of YHWH, so that you can't prosper? Because you have forsaken YHWH, he has also forsaken you.'"
21 Lakini wakapanga njama dhidi yake; kwa amri ya mfalme, wakampiga kwa mawe katika uwanja wa nyumba ya Yahwe.
They conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the commandment of the king in the court of the house of YHWH.
22 Katika namna hii hii, Yoashi, yule mfalme, akapuuza ukarimu ambao Yehoyada, baba yake Zekaria, alikuwa amemfanyia.
Thus Joash the king did not remember the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but killed his son. When he died, he said, "May YHWH look at it, and repay it."
23 Ikawa karibu mwisho wa mwaka, kwamba jeshi la Aramu wakaja juu yake Yoashi. Wakaja Yuda na Yerusalemu; wakawaua viongozi wote wa watu na kupeleka nyara zote kutoka kwao kwa mfalme wa Dameski.
It happened at the end of the year, that the army of the Arameans came up against him. And they came to Judah and Jerusalem, and destroyed all the leaders of the people from among the people, and sent all their spoil to the king in Damascus.
24 Jeshsi la Waaramu walikuwa wamekuja na jeshi dogo, lakini Yahwe akawapa ushindi juu ya jeshi kubwa, kwa sababu Yuda alikuwa amemsahau Yahwe, Mungu wa babu zao. Katika namna hii Waaramu wakaleta hukumu juu ya Yoashi.
For the army of the Arameans came with a small company of men; and YHWH delivered a very great army into their hand, because they had forsaken YHWH, the God of their fathers. So they executed judgment on Joash.
25 Katika muda ambao Waaramu walikuwa wameondoka, Yoashi alikuwa amejeruhiwa vikali. Watumishi wake wakapanga njama dhidi yake kwa sababu ya mauaji ya wana wa Yehoyada, yule kuhani. Wakamuua katika kitanda chake, na akafa; wakamzika katika mji wa Daudi, lakini siyo katika makaburi ya wafalme.
When they were departed for him (for they left him very sick), his own servants conspired against him for the blood of the son of Jehoiada the priest, and killed him on his bed, and he died; and they buried him in the City of David, but they did not bury him in the tombs of the kings.
26 Hawa walikuwa watu waliopanaga njama dhidi yake: Zabadi mwana wa Shimeathi, Mwamoni; na Yehozabadi mwana wa Shimrithi, Mwanamke Mmoabu.
These are those who conspired against him: Zabad the son of Shimeath the Ammonitess, and Jehozabad the son of Shimrith the Moabitess.
27 Sasa matukio kuhusu wanaye, unabii muhimu uliokuwa umesemwa kumhusu yeye, na kujengwa tena kwa nyumba ya Mungu, ona, yameandikwa katika Kamusi ya kitabu cha wafalme. Amazia mwanaye, akawa mfalme katika nafasi yake.
Now concerning his sons, and the many oracles against him, and the rebuilding of God's house, look, they are written in the commentary of the book of the kings. Amaziah his son reigned in his place.
