2 Nyakati 29

1 Hezekia alianza kutawala alipokuwa na umri wa miaka ishirini na mitano; alitawala miaka ishini na nane katika Yerusalemu. Jina la mama yake aliitwa Abiya; alikuwa binti wa Zekaria.

Hezekiah began to reign when he was twenty-five years old; he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Abijah; she was the daughter of Zechariah.

2 Alifanya yaliyoadili katika macho ya Yahwe, kama Daudi baba yake alivyofanya.

He did what was right in the eyes of Yahweh, just as David his father had done.

3 Katika mwaka wa kwanza wa utawala wake, katika mwezi wa kwanza, Hezekia aliifungua milango ya nyumba ya Yahwe na kuikarabati.

In the first year of his reign, in the first month, Hezekiah opened the doors of the house of Yahweh and repaired them.

4 Akawaleta ndani makuhani na Walawi, na akawakusanya pamoaja katika uwanda upande wa mashariki.

He brought in the priests and the Levites, and gathered them together into the courtyard on the east side.

5 Akawaambia, “Nisikilizeni, ninyi Walawi! Jitakaseni wenyewe, na itakaseni nyumba ya Yahwe, Mungu wa babu zenu, na uondoeni mbali uchafu kutoka kwenye sehemu takatifu.

He said to them, “Listen to me, you Levites! Consecrate yourselves, and consecrate the house of Yahweh, the God of your ancestors, and carry away the filthiness from the holy place.

6 Kwa kuwa babu zetu walikosea na kufanya kilichokuwa uovu katika macaho ya Yahwe Mungu wetu; walimsahau, wakageuzia mbali nyuso zao kutoka sehemu ambapo Yahwe anaishi, na kuigeuzia migongo yao.

For our ancestors trespassed and did what was evil in the sight of Yahweh our God; they forsook him, turned away their faces from the place where Yahweh lives, and turned their backs on it.

7 Pia waliifunga milango ya ukumbi nakuziweka nje taa; hawakufukiza uvumba au kutoa sadaka za kuteketezwa katika sehemu takatifu kwa Mungu wa Israeli.

Also they shut up the doors of the porch and put out the lamps; they did not burn incense or offer burnt offerings in the holy place to the God of Israel.

8 Kwa hiyo hasira ya Yahwe ilikuwa imeshuka juu ya Yuda na Yerusalemu, na amewafanya kuwa kitu cha wasiwasi, cha hofu, na cha kudharauriwa, kama mnavyoona kwa macho yenu.

Therefore the wrath of Yahweh had fallen on Judah and Jerusalem, and he has made them to be an object of terror, of horror, and of scorn, as you can see with your own eyes.

9 Hii ndiyo maana mababu zetu wameanguka kwa upanga, na wana wetu, binti zetu, na wake zetu wako katika utumwa kwa sababu ya hili.

This is why our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons, our daughters, and our wives are in captivity for this.

10 Sasa ni katika moyo wangu kufanya agano na Yahwe, Mungu wa Israeli, ili kwamba hasira yake kali iweze kugeukia mbali nasi.

Now it is in my heart to make a covenant with Yahweh, the God of Israel, so that his fierce anger may turn away from us.

11 Wanangu, msiwe wavivu sas, kwa kuwa Yahwe amewachagua kwa ajili ya kusimama mbe yake, kwa ajili ya kumwabudu yeye, na kwamba muwe watumishi wake na kufukiza uvumba.”

My sons, do not be lazy now, for Yahweh has chosen you to stand before him, to worship him, and that you should be his servants and burn incense.”

12 Basi Walawi wakainuka; Mahathi mwana wa Amasai, na Yoeli mwana wa Azaria, wa watu wa Kohathi; na wa watu wa Merari, Kishi mwana wa Abdi, na Azaria mwana wa Yehaleleli; na wa Wargeshoni, Yoa mwana wa Zimna, na Edeni mwana wa Yoa;

Then the Levites arose: Mahath son of Amasai, and Joel son of Azariah, of the people of the Kohathites; and of the people of Merari, Kish son of Abdi, and Azariah son of Jehallelel; and of the Gershonites, Joah son of Zimmah, and Eden son of Joah;

13 wa wana wa Elisafani, Shimri na Yeueli; wa wana wa Asafu, Zekaria na Matania;

of the sons of Elizaphan, Shimri and Jeuel; and of the sons of Asaph, Zechariah and Mattaniah;

14 wa wana wa Hemani, Yehueli na Shimei; na wa wana Yeduthuni, Shemaya na Uzieli.

of the sons of Heman, Jehuel and Shimei; and of the sons of Jeduthun, Shemaiah and Uzziel.

15 Wakawakusanya ndugu zao, wakajitakasa wenyewe, na wakaenda ndani, kama alivyoamru mfalme, wakifuata maneno ya Yahwe, kwa ajili ya kuisafisha nyumba ya Yahwe.

They gathered their brothers, they consecrated themselves, and they went in, as the king commanded, following the words of Yahweh, to cleanse the house of Yahweh.

16 Makuhani wakaenda kwenye sehemu za ndani ya nyumba ya Yahwe kwa ajili ya kuisafisha; wakaleta nje uchafu wote walioukuta ndani ya hekalu la Yahwe katika uwanja wa nyumba. Walawi wakauchukua kuubeba nje ya hadi kwnye kijito cha Kidroni.

The priests went in to the inner part of the house of Yahweh to cleanse it; they brought out all the filth that they found in the temple of Yahweh into the courtyard of the house. The Levites took it to carry it out to the brook Kidron.

17 Sasa wakaanza utakaso katika siku ya kwanza ya mwezi. Katika siku ya nane ya mwezi wakaufikia ukumbi wa Yahwe. Kisha siku nane zaidi wakaitakasa nyumba ya Yahwe. Katika siku ya kumi na sita ya mwezi wa kwanza wakamaliza.

Now they began the consecration on the first day of the first month. By the eighth day of the month they reached the porch of Yahweh. Then for eight more days they consecrated the house of Yahweh. On the sixteenth day of the first month they finished.

18 Kisha wakaenda kwa Hezekia, mfalme, ndani ya ikulu na kusema, “Tumeisafisha nyumba yote ya Yahwe, madhabahu kwa ajili ya kutolea sadaka za kuteketezwa pamoja na vifaa vyake vyote, na meza ya mkate wa uwepo, pamoja na vifaa vyake vyote.

Then they went to Hezekiah, the king, inside the palace and said, “We have cleansed all the house of Yahweh, the altar for burnt offerings with all its implements, and the table of the bread of the presence, with all its implements.

19 Kwa hiyo tumejiandaa na tumevitakasa vitu vyote ambavyo Mfalme Ahazi aliviondoa wakati alipoenda kwa ukengeufu katika kipindi cha utawala wake, ona, viko mbele ya madhabahu ya Yahwe.”

So we have prepared and we have consecrated all the items that King Ahaz removed when he acted unfaithfully during his reign. See, they are in front of the altar of Yahweh.”

20 Kisha Hezekia mfalme akaamka mapema asubuhi na kuwakusanya viongozi wa miji; akaenda kwenye nyumba ya Yahwe.

Then Hezekiah the king rose early in the morning and gathered the leaders of the city; he went up to the house of Yahweh.

21 Wakaleta ng'ombe waume saba, kondoo waume saba, wanakondoo saba, mbuzi waume saba kama sadaka ya dhambi kwa ajili ya mfalme, kwa ajili ya patakatifu, kwa ajili ya Yuda. Akawaamuru makuhani, wana wa Haruni, kuwatoa sadaka juu ya madhabahu ya Yahwe.

They brought seven bulls, seven rams, seven lambs, and seven male goats as a sin offering for the kingdom, for the sanctuary, and for Judah. He commanded the priests, the sons of Aaron, to offer them on the altar of Yahweh.

22 Kwa hiyo wakawachinja ng'ombe, na makuhani wakaipokea damu na kuinyunyiza juu ya madhabahu. Wakawachinja kondoo dume, na kunyunyiza damu juu ya madhabahu; Pia wakawachinja wanakondoo na kuinyunyiza damu juu ya madhabahu.

So they killed the bulls, and the priests received the blood and sprinkled it on the altar. Then they killed the rams and sprinkled their blood on the altar; and they also killed the lambs and sprinkled their blood on the altar.

23 Wakawaleta mbuzi kwa ajili ya sadka ya dhambi mbele ya mfalme na kusnyiko; wakaweka mikono yao juu ya hao mbuzi.

They brought the male goats for the sin offering before the king and the assembly; they laid their hands on them.

24 Makuhani wakawachinja, na wakafanya sadaka ya dhambi kwa damu yao juu ya madhabahu ili kufanya upatanisho kwa ajili ya Israeli wote, kwa maana mfalme alikuwa ameamuru kuwa sadaka ya kuteketezwa na sadaka ya dhambi lazima zifanywe kwa ajili ya Israeli wote.

The priests killed them, and they made a sin offering with their blood on the altar to make atonement for all Israel, for the king had commanded that a burnt offering and a sin offering should be made for all Israel.

25 Hezekia akawaweka Walawi katika nyumba ya Yahwe wakiwa na matoazi, vinanda, na vinubi, akiwapanga kwa amri ya Daaudi, Gadi, mwonaji wa mfalme, na Nathani, nabii, kwa maana amri ilitoka kwa Yahwe kupitia manabii wake.

Hezekiah placed the Levites in the house of Yahweh with cymbals, harps, and lyres, arranging them by the command of David, Gad, the king's seer, and Nathan, the prophet, for the command was from Yahweh by means of his prophets.

26 Walawi wakasimama na vyombo vya Daudi, na makauhani wakasimama na matarumbeta.

The Levites stood with the instruments of David, and the priests with the trumpets.

27 Hezekia akawaamuru kutoa sadaka za kuteketezwa juu ya madhabahu. Sadaka zilipoanza, wimbo wa Yahwe ukaanza pia, kwa matarumbeta, pamoja na vyombo vya Daudi, mfalme wa Israeli.

Hezekiah commanded them to offer the burnt offering on the altar. When the burnt offering began, the song of Yahweh began also, with the trumpets, together with the instruments of David, king of Israel.

28 Kusanyiko lote wakaabudu, waimbaji wakaimba, na wapiga matarumbeta wakapiga; yote hayo yakaendele hadi sadaka za kuteketezwa zilizipokwisha.

All the assembly worshiped, the singers sang, and the trumpeters played; all this continued until the burnt offering was finished.

29 Walipomaliza kutoa sadaka, mfalme na watu waliokuwepo pamoja naye wakainama, na kusujudu.

When they had finished the offerings, the king and all who were present with him bowed and worshiped.

30 Vile vile, Hezekia, mfalme, na viongozi wakawaamuru Walawi kuimba ili kumsifu Yahwe kwa maneno ya Daudi na ya Asafu, mwonaji. Wakaimba sifa kwa furaha, wakainama chini wakasujudu.

Moreover, Hezekiah, the king, and the leaders commanded the Levites to sing praises to Yahweh with the words of David and of Asaph, the seer. They sang praises with gladness, and they bowed down and worshiped.

31 Kisha Hezekia akasema, “Sasa mmejiweka wakfu wenyewe kwa Yahwe. Njoni hapa na mlete sadaka na dhabihu za shukrani katika nyumba ya Yahwe.” Kusanyiko wakaleta sadka na dhabihu za shukrani, na wote waliaokuwa na moyo wa kuhiyalika wakaleta sadka za kuteketezwa.

Then Hezekiah said, “Now you have consecrated yourselves to Yahweh. Come here and bring sacrifices and thank offerings into the house of Yahweh.” The assembly brought sacrifices and thank offerings, and all who had a willing heart brought burnt offerings.

32 Hesabu ya sadaka za kuteketezwa ambazo kusanyiko walileta ilikuwa ng'ombe sabini, kondoo waume mia moja, na wanakondo waume mia mbili. Wote hao walikuwa kwa ajili ya sadaka za kuteketezwa kwa Yahwe.

The number of the burnt offerings that the assembly brought was seventy bulls, one hundred rams, and two hundred male lambs. All these were for a burnt offering to Yahweh.

33 Sadaka za kuwekwa wakfu zilikuwa ng'ome mia sita na kondoo elfu tatu.

The consecrated offerings were six hundred oxen and three thousand sheep.

34 Lakini makuhani walikuwa wachache sana kuchuna sadaka zote za kuteketezwa, kwa hiyo ndgugu zao, Walawi, wakawasaidia hadi kazi ilipoisha, na hadi makuhani walipoweza kujitakasa wenyewe, kwa maana Walawi walikuwa makaini sana kujitaksa wenyewe kuliko makuhani.

But the priests were too few to skin all the burnt offerings, so their brothers, the Levites, helped them until the work was done, and until the priests could consecrate themselves, for the Levites had been more careful to consecrate themselves than the priests.

35 Zaidi ya hayo, palikuwa na sadaka za kuteketezwa nyingi sana; zilitolewa pamoja na sadaka za mafauta za amani, na kulikuwa na sadaka za vinywaji kwa kila sadaka ya kuteketezwa. Kwa hiyo huduma ya nyumba ya Yahwe ikawekwa katika utaratibu.

In addition, there were very many burnt offerings; they were performed with the fat of the fellowship offerings, and there were drink offerings for every burnt offering. So the service of the house of Yahweh was set in order.

36 Hezekia akafurahia, na watu pia, kwa sababu ya kile ambacho Mungu alikuwa ameandaa kwa ajili ya watu, kwa maana kazi ilikuwa imekamilika haraka.

Hezekiah rejoiced, and all the people also, because of what God had prepared for the people, for the work had been done quickly.