2 Nyakati 35
1 Yosia asherehekea Pasaka kwa ajili ya Yahwe katika Yerusalemu, na wakachinja wanakondoo katika siku ya kumi na nne ya mwezi wa kwanza.
And Josias kept a phase to the Lord in Jerusalem, and it was sacrificed on the fourteenth day of the first month.
2 Akawaweka makauhuni katika nafasi zao na akawatia moyo katika hudumza za nyumba ya Yahwe.
And he set the priests in their offices, and exhorted them to minister in the house of the Lord.
3 Akasema kwa Walawi waliowafundisha Israeli wote na waliokuwa wamewekwa wakifu kwa Yahwe. “Liwekeni sanduka takatifu katika nyumba ambayo Selemani mwana wa Daudi, mfalme wa Israeli aliijenga. Msilibebe kuzunguka nalo tena mabegani mwenu. Sasa mwabuduni Yahwe Mungu wenu, na watumikieni watu wake Israeli.
And he spoke to the Levites, by whose instruction all Israel was sanctified to the Lord, saying: Put the ark in the sanctuary of the temple, which Solomon the son of David king of Israel built: for you shall carry it no more: but minister now to the Lord your God, and to his people Israel.
4 Jikusanyeni wenyewe kwa majina ya nyumba za babu zenu na zamu zenu, mkifuata maelekezo ya Daudi, mfalme wa Israeli, na yale ya Selemani, mwaye.
And prepare yourselves by your houses, and families according to your courses, as David king of Israel commanded, and Solomon his son hath written.
5 Simeni katika sehemu takatifu, mkichukua nafasi zenu kwa zamu zenu ndani ya nyumba za mababu wa bdugu zenu, uzao wa watu, na mchukue sehemu zenu kwa zamu zenu ndani ya nyumba za mababu wa Walawi.
And serve ye in the sanctuary by the families and companies of Levi.
6 Chinjeni wanakondoo wa Paska, jitakaseni wenyewe, andaeni wankondoo kwa ajili ya ndugu zenu, kufanya sawa sawa na neno la Yahwe ambalo lilitolewa kwa mkono wa Musa”.
And being sanctified kill the phase, and prepare your brethren, that they may do according to the words which the Lord spoke by the hand of Moses.
7 Yosia akawapa watu wote wanakondoo elfu thelathini na wanambuzi kutoka katika makundi kwa ajili ya sadaka za Pasaka kwa wote walikuwepo. Pia akatoa ng'ombe dume elfu tatu; hawa walikuwa kutoka katika mali ya mfalame.
And Josias gave to all the people that were found there in the solemnity of the phase, of lambs and of kids of the flocks, and of other small cattle thirty thousand, and of oxen three thousand, all these were of the king’s substance.
8 Viongozi wake wakatoa sadaka za hiari kwa watu, makuhani, na Walawi. Hilki, Zekaria, na Yeieli, viongozi wasimamizi wa nyumba ya Mungu, wakawapa makuhani ndama 2, 600 na maksai mia tatu kwa ajili ya matoleo ya Paska.
And his princes willingly offered what they had vowed, both to the people and to the priests and the Levites. Moreover Helcias, and Zacharias, and Jahiel rulers of the house of the Lord, gave to the priests to keep the phase two thousand six hundred small cattle, and three hundred oxen.
9 Pia Konania, Shemaya na Nethaneli, ndugu zake, na Hashabia, Yeieli, na Yazabadi, mkuu wa Walawi, akawapa Walawi ndama elfu tano kwa ajili ya matoleo ya Pasaka.
And Chonenias, and Semeias and Nathanael, his brethren, and Hasabias, and Jehiel, and Jozabad princes of the Levites, gave to the rest of the Levites to celebrate the phase five thousand small cattle, and five hundred oxen.
10 Kwa hiyo huduma iliandaliwa, na makuhani wakasimama katika sehemu zao, pamoja na Walawi kwa zamu zao, kwa mjibu wa agizo la mfalme.
And the ministry was prepared, and the priests stood in their office: the Levites also in their companies, according to the king’s commandment.
11 Wakawachinja wanakondoo wa Pasaka, na makuhani wakainyunyiza damu waliyoipokea kutoka kwenye mikono ya Walawi, na Walawi wakawachuna wanakondoo.
And the phase was immolated: and the priests sprinkled the blood with their hand, and the Levites flayed the holocausts:
12 Wakaziondoa sadaka za kuteketezwa, ili kuzisambaza katika makundi ya nyumba za mababu wa watu, ili wamtolee Yahwe, kama ilivyoandikwa katika Kitabu cha Musa. Wakafanya vile vile kwa wale ng'ombe dume.
And they separated them to give them by the houses and families of every one, and to be offered to the Lord, as it is written in the book of Moses, and with the oxen they did in like manner.
13 Wakawaoka kwa moto wanakondoo wa Pasaka wakifuata maelekezo, kuhusu sadaka takatifu, walizichemsha kwenye vyungu, masufuria na makaangoni, na haraka wayapeleka kwa watu.
And they roasted the phase with fire, according to that which is written in the law: but the victims of peace offerings they boiled in caldrons, and kettles, and pots, and they distributed them speedily among all the people.
14 Baadaye waliandaa sadaka kwa ajili yao wenyewe na kwa ajili ya makuhani, kwa sababu makuhani, uzao wa Haruni, walikuwa wametingwa katika kazi ya kutoa sadaka za kuteketezwa na za mafuta hadi usiku ulipoingia, kwa hiyo Walawi wakaandaa sadaka kwa ajili yao wenyewe na kwa ajili ya makuhani, wana wa Haruni.
And afterwards they made ready for themselves, and for the priests: for the priests were busied in offering of holocausts and the fat until night: wherefore the Levites prepared for themselves, and for the priests the sons of Aaron last.
15 Waimbaji, wana wa Asafu, walikuwa katika nafasi zao, kama ilivyoagiwa na Daudi, Asafu, Hemani, na Yeduthuni, mwonaji wa mfalme, na walinzi walikuwa katika kila lango. Hawakutakiwa kuviacha vituo vyao, kwa sababu ndugu zao Walawi walifanya maandalizi kwa ajili yao.
And the singers the sons of Asaph stood in their order, according to the commandment of David, and Asaph, and Heman, and Idithun the prophets of the king: and the porters kept guard at every gate, so as not to depart one moment from their service: and therefore their brethren the Levites prepared meats for them.
16 Kwa hiyo, wakati huo huduma yote ya Yahwe ilifanyika kwa ajili ya kusherekea Pasaka na kutoa sadaka za kuteketezwa juu ya madhabahu ya Yahwe, Kama alivyoamuru mfalme Yosia.
So all the service of the Lord was duly accomplished that day, both in keeping the phase, and offering holocausts upon the altar of the Lord, according to the commandment of king Josias.
17 Watu wa Israeli ambao walikuwepo wakaishika Sabato wakati huo, na kisha Sikukuu ya Mikate isiyochachwa kwa siku saba.
And the children of Israel that were found there, kept the phase at that time, and the feast of unleavened bread seven days.
18 Pasika kama hiyo haijafanyika tena katika Israeli tangu siku za nabii Samweli, wala hakuna mfalme yeyote miongoni mwa wafalme wa Israeli ambaye amewahi kusherekea Pasaka kama Yosia alivyofanya, pamoja na makuhani, Walawi, na watu wote wa Yuda na Israeli waliokuwepo, na wakaaji wote wa Yerusalemu.
There was no phase like to this in Israel, from the days of Samuel the prophet: neither did any of all the kings of Israel keep such a phase as Josias kept, with the priests, and the Levites, and all Juda, and Israel that were found, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
19 Pasaka hii ilitunzwa ndani ya miaka kumi na nane ya utawala wa Yosia.
In the eighteenth year of the reign of Josias was this phase celebrated.
20 Baada ya haya yote, baada ya Yosia kuliweka hekalu katika utaratibu, Neko, mfalme wa Misiri, akaenda juu kupigana dhidi ya Karkemist karibu na mto Frati, na Yosia akaenda kupigana juu yake.
After that Josias had repaired the temple, Nechao king of Egypt came up to fight in Charcamis by the Euphrates: and Josias went out to meet him.
21 Lakini Niko akatuma wajumbe kwake, akisema, “Nikufanye nini, mfalme wa Yuda? Leo siji kinyume nawe, lakini dhidi ya nyumba ambayo nafanya vita nayo. Mungu ameniamuru kuwahi, hivyo acha kumwingilia Mungu, ambaye yuko pamoja nami, la sivyo atakuangamiza.”
But he sent messengers to him, saying: What have I to do with thee, O king of Juda? I come not against thee this day, but I fight against another house, to which God hath commanded me to go in haste: forbear to do against God, who is with me, lest he kill thee.
22 Hata hivyo, Yosia alipuuzia kurudi nyuma. Akajibadili ili apigane naye. Hakusikiliza maneno ya Neko ambayo yalikuja kutoka kwenye kinywa cha Mungu; hivyo akaenda kupigana kataika bonde la Megido.
Josias would not return, but prepared to fight against him, and hearkened not to the words of Nechao from the mouth of God, I but went to fight in the field of Mageddo.
23 Wapiga upinde wakampiga Mfalme Yosia, na mfalme akawaambia watumishi wake, “Niondoeni hapa, kwa maana nimejeruhiwa vibaya.”
And there he was wounded by the archers, and he said to his servants: Carry me out of the battle, for I am grievously wounded.
24 Kwa hiyo watumishi wake wakamtoa nje ya gari, na kumuweka katika gari lake la tahadhari. Wakampeleka Yerusalemu, ambako alikufa. Alzikwa katika makaburi ya babu zake. Yuda wote na Yerusalemu wakamwomboleza.
And they removed him from the chariot into another, that followed him after the manner of kings, and they carried him away to Jerusalem, and he died, and was buried in the monument of his fathers, and all Juda and Jerusalem mourned for him,
25 Yeremia akamwomboleza Yosia; waimbaji wote wa kiume na wa kike wakaomboleza kuhusu Yosia hata leo. Nyimbo hizi zikawa desturi katika Israeli; tazama, zimeandikwa katika nyimbo za maombolezo.
Particularly Jeremias: whose lamentations for Josias all the singing men and singing women repeat unto this day, and it became like a law in Israel: Behold it is found written in the Lamentations.
26 Kwa mambao mengine kuhusu Yosia, na matendo yake mema aliyoyafanya katika utii kwa kile kilichoandikwa katika sheria ya Yahwe—
Now the rest of the acts of Josias and of his mercies, according to what was commanded by the law of the Lord:
27 na matendo yake, kutoka mwanzo hadi mwisho, yameandikwa katika kitabu cha wafalme wa Yuda na Israeli.
And his works first and last, are written in the book of the kings of Juda and Israel.
