2 Nyakati 30
1 Hzekia akatuma wajumbe kwa Israeli wote na Yuda, na pia akawaandikia barua Efraimu na Manase, kwamba waje kwenye nyumba ya Yahwe katika Yerusalemu, kusherekea Pasaka ya Yahwe, Mungu wa Israeli.
Hezekiah sent messengers to all Israel and Judah, and also wrote letters to Ephraim and Manasseh, that they should come to the house of Yahweh in Jerusalem, to celebrate the Passover to Yahweh, the God of Israel.
2 Kwa maana mfalme, viongozi wake, na kusanyiko lote katika Yerusalemu walikuwa wameshauriana pamoja, wakakubaliana kusherekea Pasaka katika mwezi wa pili.
For the king, his leaders, and all the assembly in Jerusalem had consulted together, deciding to celebrate the Passover in the second month.
3 Hawakuweza kuisherekea mapema kabla ya hapo, kwa sababu hapakuwa na makuhani wa kutosha waliojitakasa wenyewe, wala watu hawakuwa wamekusanyika pamoja Yerusalemu.
They could not celebrate at the regular time, because not enough priests had consecrated themselves for the celebration and the people had not gathered together in Jerusalem.
4 Pendekezo hili likaonekana sahihi katika macho ya mfalme na ya kusanyiko lote.
This proposal seemed right in the eyes of the king and of all the assembly.
5 Kwa hiyo wakakubaliana kufanya tangazo katika Israeli yote, kuanzia Beer-sheba hadi Dani, kwamba watu lazima waje kusherehekea Paska ya Yahwe, Mungu wa Israeli, huko Yerusalemu. Kwa maana walikuwa hawakuwa wameisherehekea kwa hesabu kubwa ya watu, kwa mujibu wa jinsi ilivyokuwa imeandikwa.
So they agreed to make a proclamation throughout all Israel, from Beersheba to Dan, that the people should come to celebrate the Passover to Yahweh, the God of Israel, in Jerusalem. For they had not observed it with large numbers of people according to what was written.
6 Hivyo matarishi wakaenda na barua kutoka kwa mfalme na viongozi wake katika Israeli na Yuda yote, kwa agizo la mfalme. wakasema, “Ninyi watu wa Israeli, rudini kwa Yahwe, Mungu wa Abrahamu, Isaka na Israeli, ili kwamba aweze kuwarudia masalia wenu ninyi mlipona kutoka kwenye mkono wa wafalme wa Ashuru.
So couriers went with the letters from the king and his leaders throughout all Israel and Judah, by the command of the king. They said, “You people of Israel, turn back to Yahweh, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, so that he may turn back to the remnant of you who have escaped from the hand of the kings of Assyria.
7 Msiwe kama babu zenu au ndugu zenu, ambao walimuasi Yahwe, Mungu wa mababu zao, hivyo akawaweka katika kuangamia, kama mnavyoona.
Do not be like your ancestors or your brothers, who trespassed against Yahweh, the God of their ancestors, so that he made them an object of horror, as you see.
8 Sasa msiwe wasumbufu, kama babu zenu walivyokuwa; badala yake, jitoeni wenyewe kwa Yahwe na njoeni kwenye sehemu yake takatifu, ambayo ameitakasa milele, na mwabuduni Yahwe Mungu wenu, ili kwamba uso wake wenye hasira uwageukie mbali.
Now do not be stubborn, as your ancestors were; instead, give yourselves to Yahweh and come into his holy place, which he has consecrated forever, and worship Yahweh your God, so that his fierce anger may turn away from you.
9 Kwa maana ikiwa mtageuka nyuma kwa Yahwe, ndugu zenu na watoto wenu watapata huruma mbele ya hao wanaowaongoza kama wafungwa, na watarudi katika nchi hii. Kwa maana Yahwe Mungu wenu, ni mkarimu na mwenye huruma, na hatawageuzia mbali uso wake, kama mtarudi kwake.”
For if you turn back to Yahweh, your brothers and children will find compassion before those who led them away as prisoners, and they will come back into this land. For Yahweh your God, is gracious and merciful, and will not turn his face away from you, if you return to him.”
10 Kwa hiyo matarishi wakapita mji kwa mji katika majimbo ya Efraimu na Manase, njia yote hadi Zabuloni, lakini watu waliwacheka na kuwazomea.
So the couriers passed from city to city throughout the regions of Ephraim and Manasseh, all the way to Zebulun, but the people laughed at them and mocked them.
11 Lakini, watu wengine wa Asheri na Manase na Zabuloni walijinyenyekesha wenyewe na wakaja Yerusalemu.
However, certain men of Asher and Manasseh and of Zebulun humbled themselves and came to Jerusalem.
12 Mkono wa Mungu pia ukaja juu ya Yuda, kuwapa moyo mmmoja, ili kulikubali agizo la mfalme na viongozi kwa neno la Yahwe.
The hand of God also came on Judah, to give them one heart, to carry out the command of the king and leaders by the word of Yahweh.
13 Watu wengi, kusanyiko kubwa, likakusanyika Yerusalemu kusherehekea Sikukuu ya Mikate Isiyochacha katika mwezi wa pili.
Many people, a very great assembly, gathered in Jerusalem to celebrate the Festival of Unleavened Bread in the second month.
14 Waliinuka na kuchukua madhabahu zizilizokuwa Yerusalemu, madhabahu zote kwa ajili ya sadaka za kufukiza; wakazirusha katika kijito Kidroni.
They rose and took away the altars that were in Jerusalem, and all the altars for incense; they threw them into the brook Kidron.
15 Kisha wakamuua mwanakondoo wa Paska katika siku ya kumi na nne ya mwezi wa pili. Makuhani na Walawi wakaona aibu, kwa hiyo wakajitakasa wenyewe na kuleta sadaka za kuteketezwa katika nyumba ya Yahwe.
Then they killed the Passover lambs on the fourteenth day of the second month. The priests and Levites were ashamed, so they consecrated themselves and brought burnt offerings into the house of Yahweh.
16 Wakasimama katika sehemu zao katika makaundi yao, wakifuata maelekezo yaliyotolewa na sheria ya Musa, mtu wa Mungu. Makuhani wakainyunyiza damu waliyoipokea kutoka kwenye mikono ya Walawi.
They stood in their place by their divisions, following the directions given in the law of Moses, the man of God. The priests sprinkled the blood that they received from the hand of the Levites.
17 Kwa maana walikuwepo wengi katika kusanyikao amaabao hawakuwa wamejitakasa wenyewe. Kwa hiyo Makuhani wakamchinja mwanakondoo wa Pasaka kwa ajili ya kila mmoja ambaye hakuwa amejisafisha na hakuweza kuzitakasa sadaka zake kwa Yahwe.
For there were many in the assembly who had not consecrated themselves. Therefore the Levites slaughtered the Passover lambs for everyone who was not purified and could not consecrate their sacrifice to Yahweh.
18 Kwa kuwa wingi wa watu, wengi wao kutoka Efraimu na Manase, Asakari na Zabuloni, hawakuwa wamejitakasa wenyewe, bado waliula mlo wa Paska, kinyume na maelekezo yaliyoandikwa. Kwa kuwa Hezekia alikuwa amewaombea, akisema, “Mungu Yahwe amsamehe kila mmoja
For a great many of the people, many of them from Ephraim and Manasseh, Issachar and Zebulun, had not purified themselves, yet they ate the Passover meal, against the written instructions. For Hezekiah had prayed for them, saying, “May the good Yahweh pardon everyone
19 ambaye anaulekeza moyo wake kumtafuta Mungu, Yahwe, Mungu wa babu zake, hata kama hajasafiswa kwa utakaso wa viwango vya patakatifu.”
who sets his heart to seek God, Yahweh, the God of his ancestors, even though he is not purified by the purification standards of the holy place.”
20 Kwa hiyo Yahwe akamsikiliza Hezekia na akawaponya watu.
So Yahweh listened to Hezekiah and healed the people.
21 Watu wa Israeli waliokuwepo Yerusalemu wakaitunza Sikukuu ya Mikaate Isiyochachwa na furaha kubwa kwa siku saba. Walawi na makuhani wakamsifu Yahwe siku baada ya siku, wakiimwimbia Yahwe kwa vyombo vya sauti kuu.
The people of Israel who were present in Jerusalem kept the Festival of Unleavened Bread for seven days with great joy. The Levites and the priests praised Yahweh day after day, singing with loud instruments to Yahweh.
22 Hezekia akazungumza kwa kuwatia moyo Walawi wote walioilewa ibada ya Yahwe, Kwa hiyo wakala kwa kipindi cha siku saba, wakitoa sadaka za amani, na kufanya toba kwa Yahwe, Mungu wa babu zao.
Hezekiah spoke encouragingly to all the Levites who understood the service of Yahweh. So they ate throughout the festival for the seven days, offering sacrifices of fellowship offerings, and making confession to Yahweh, the God of their ancestors.
23 Kusanyiko lote kisha likaamua kusherehekea kwa siku zingine saba, na wakafanya hivyo kwa furaha.
The whole assembly then decided to celebrate for another seven days, and they did so with joy.
24 Kwa kuwa Hezekia mfalme wa Yuda aliwapa kusanyiko ng'ombe dume elf moja, na kondoo elfu saba kama sadaka; na viongozi wakawapa kusanyiko ng'ombe dume elfu moja na kondoo na mbuzi elfu kumi. Idadi kubwa ya makuhani wakajitakasa wenyewe.
For Hezekiah king of Judah gave the assembly one thousand bulls and seven thousand sheep as an offering; and the leaders gave to the assembly one thousand bulls and ten thousand sheep and goats. A large number of priests consecrated themselves.
25 Kusanyiko lote la Yuda, pamoja na makuhani na Walawi na watu wote walikuja pamoja kutoka nchi ya Israeli na wale walioishi Yuda—wote wakafurahia.
All the assembly of Judah, with the priests and the Levites, and all the people who came together from Israel, as well as the foreigners who came from the land of Israel and those who lived in Judah—they all rejoiced.
26 Hivyo kulikuwa na furaha kuu katika Yerusalemu, kwa kuwa tangu wakati wa Solomoni mwana wa Daudi, mfalme wa Israeli, hapakuwa na kitu kama hicho katika Yerusalemu.
So there was great joy in Jerusalem, for since the time of Solomon son of David, king of Israel, there had not been anything like it in Jerusalem.
27 Kisha makuhani, Walawi, wakainuka na kuwabariki watu. Sauti zao zilisikika na maombi yao yakaenda juu mbinguni, sehemu takatifu ambapo Mungu anaishi.
Then the priests, the Levites, rose and blessed the people. Their voice was heard, and their prayer went up to heaven, the holy place where God lives.
