2 Wafalme 14
1 Katika mwaka wa pili wa Yehoashi mwana wa Yehoazi, mfalme wa Israeli, Amazia mwana wa Yoashi, mfalme wa Yuda, alianza kutawala.
In the second year of Joash the son of Joachaz the king of Israel became Amazyahu, the son of Joash the king of Judah, king.
2 Alikuwa na umri wa miaka ishirini na tanao wakati alipoanza kutawala; alitawala kwa mda wa miaka ishirini na tisa katika Yerusalemu.
Twenty and five years was he old when he became king, and twenty and nine years did he reign in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Yeho'addan of Jerusalem.
3 Mama yake alikuwa anaitwa Yehoyadani, wa Yerusalemu. Alifanya yale yaliyo mema usoni mwa macho ya Yahwe, sio kama baba yake Daudi. Alifanya kila kitu ambacho Yoashi, baba yake, alichukuwa amekifanya.
And he did what is right in the eyes of the Lord, yet not like David his father: in accordance with all that Joash his father had done, [so] did he.
4 Lakini sehemu ya juu haikuondolewa. Watu wakaendelea kutoa dhabihu na kufukiza ubani katika sehemu mahala pa juu.
Nevertheless the high-places were not removed: as yet the people sacrificed and burnt incense on the high-places.
5 Ikawa mara utawala wake ulipokuwa imara, aliwaua watumishi ambao waliokuwa wamemuua baba yake, mfalme.
And it came to pass, when the kingdom was firmly established in his hand, that he slew his servants who had slain the king his father.
6 Ila hakuwaweka watoto wa wale wauaji kwenye kifo; isipokuwa, alifanya kutokana na kile kilichokuwa kimeandikwa kwenye sheria, kwenye kitabu cha Musa, kama Yahwe alivyokuwa ameamuru, akisema, “Wababa wasife kwa ajili ya watoto wao, wala watoto wasife kwa ajili ya makosa ya wazazi wao. Isipokuwa, kila mtu atakufa kwa ajili ya dhambi zake mwenyewe.”
But the children of the murderers he put not to death: as it is written in the book of the law of Moses, that the Lord commanded, saying, The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, nor shall the children be put to death for the fathers; but every man shall be put to death for his own sin.
7 Aliua maaskari elfu kumi wa Edomi kwenye bonde la chumvi; pia alimchukua Sela kwenye vita na kuiita Yoktheeli, ndivyo paitwavyo hadi leo.
He it was that smote of Edom in the valley of salt ten thousand men, and seized Sela' in the war, and called its name Yoktheel until this day.
8 Kisha Amazia akatuma wajumbe kwa Yehoashi mwana wa Yehoahazi mwana wa Yehu mfalme wa Israeli, akisema, “Njoo, tuonane kila mmoja macho kwa macho kwenye mashinadano.”
Then sent Amazyah messengers to Jehoash, the son of Jehoachaz the son of Jehu, the king of Israel, saying, Come, let us look one another in the face.
9 Lakini Yehoashi mfalme wa Israeli akawatuma wajumbe kurudi kwa Amazia mfalme wa Yuda, akisema, “Mbaruti uliokuwa Lebanoni ulituma kwa mwerezi katika Lebanuni, kusema, 'Mpatie mwanangu binti yako amuoe; lakini hayawani aliyekuwako Lebanoni akaukanyaga chini ule mbaruti.
And Jehoash the king of Israel sent to Amazyahu the king of Judah, saying, The thornbush that was in the Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in the Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son for wife. And there passed along the wild beasts that were in Lebanon, and trod down the thornbush.
10 Umempiga sana Edomu, na moyo wako umekuinua. Jisifu katika ushindi wako, lakini kaa nyumbani, kwa nini unataka kujisababishia mataizo na kuanguka, wote wewe na Yuda pamoja nawe?”
Thou hast indeed smitten Edom, and thy heart hath lifted thee up: keep thy glory and stay in thy house; and why wilt thou meddle with misfortune, that thou mayest fall, thou, and Judah with thee?
11 Lakini Amazia hakutaka kusikia. Hivyo Yehoashi mfalme wa Israeli akakwea yeye na Amazia mfalme wa Yuda wakakutana uso kwa uso huko Beth Shemeshi, ambayo ilikuwa ya Yuda.
But Amazyahu would not hear. Therefore Jehoash the king of Israel went up; and he and Amazyahu the king of Judah looked one another in the face at Beth-shemesh, which belongeth to Judah.
12 Yuda walishindwa mbele ya Israeli, na kila mtu akakimbia nyumbani.
And Judah was defeated before Israel; and they fled every man to his tents.
13 Yehoashi mfalme wa Israeli, akamchukua Amazia, mfalme wa Yuda mwana wa Yehoashi mwana wa Ahazia, huko Beth Shemeshi. Akaja Yerusalemu na kuuangusha chini ukuta wa Yerusalemu kutoka lango la Efraimu mpaka kwenye pembe ya lango, urefu wa mbali wa dhiraa mia nne.
And Jehoash the king of Israel caught Amazyahu the king of Judah, the son of Jehoash, the son of Achazyahu, at Beth-shemesh; and he came to Jerusalem, and made a breach in the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim unto the corner-gate, four hundred cubits.
14 Akachukua dhahabu na fedha zote, na vitu vyote ambavyo vilipatikana katika nyumba ya Yahwe, na vitu vya thamani kwenye nyumba ya mfalme, pamoja na mateka pia, na kurudi samaria.
And he took all the gold and the silver, and all the vessels that were found in the house of the Lord, and in the treasures of the king's house, and the children of the chiefs as hostages, and returned to Samaria.
15 Kama ilivyo kwa mambo mengine yamhusuyo Yehoashi, yote aliyoyafanya, ushujaa wake, na jinsi alivyopigana na Amazia mfalme wa Yuda, je hayakuandikwa kwenye kitabu cha matukio ya mfalme wa Israeli?
Now the rest of the acts of Jehoash which he did, and his mighty deeds, and how he fought with Amazyahu the king of Judah, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
16 Kisha Yehoashi akalala na wazee wake na ailizikwa katika Samaria pamoja na wafalme wa Israeli, na Yeroboamu, mwanaye, akawa mfalme katika eneo lake.
And Jehoash slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel: and Jerobo'am his son became king in his stead.
17 Amazia mwana wa Yoashi, mfalme wa Yuda, akaishi miaka kumi na tano baada ya Yehoashi mwana wa Yehoahazi, mfalme wa Israeli.
And Amazyahu the son of Joash the king of Judah lived after the death of Jehoash, the son of Jehoachaz the king of Israel, fifteen years.
18 Kama ilivyo kwa mambo mengine yanayomhusu Amazia, je hayakuandikwa kwenye kitabu cha matukio ya mfalme wa Yuda?
And the rest of the acts of Amazyahu, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah.
19 Wakafanya njama dhidi ya Amazia katika Yerusalimu, akakimbilia Lakishi. Akakimbia hadi Lakishi, lakini wakawatuma watu kumfuata hadi Lakishi na kumuua huko.
Now they raised a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem: wherefore he fled to Lachish; but they sent after him to Lachish, and slew him there.
20 Wakamrudisha kwa farasi, na alizikwa pamoja na wazee wake katika mji wa Saudi.
And they brought him on horses: and he was buried at Jerusalem with his fathers in the city of David.
21 Watu wote wa Yuda wakamchukua Uzaria, ambaye alikuwa na umri wa miaka kumi na minne, na walimfanya kuwa mfalme katika nyumba ya kifalme wa baba yake Uzaria.
And all the people of Judah took 'Azaryah, who was sixteen years old, and they made him king instead of his father Amazyahu.
22 Alikuwa Uzaria ambaye alijenga Elathi na kuirudisha kwa Yuda, baada ya mfalme Uzaria akalala pamoja na mababu zake.
He it was that built Elath, and brought it back to Judah, after the king slept with his fathers.
23 Katika mwaka wa kumi na tano wa Amazia mwana wa Yoashi mfalme wa Yuda, Yeroboamu mwana wa Yoashi mfalme wa Israeli alianza kutawala katika Samaria; alitawala kwa muda wa miaka arobaini na moja.
In the fifteenth year of Amazyahu the son of Joash the king of Judah became Jerobo'am the son of Joash the king of Israel king in Samaria, [for] forty and one years.
24 Akafanya yaliyo maovu usoni mwa Yahwe. Hakuziacha dhambi zake za Yeroboamu mwana wa Nabeti, ambaye aliisababisha Israeli kuasi.
And he did what is evil in the eyes of the Lord: he departed not from all the sins of Jerobo'am the son of Nebat, who induced Israel to sin.
25 Akairudisha mipaka ya Israeli kutoka Lebo Hamathi mpaka kwenye Bahari ya Araba, kufuata amri ya neno la Yahwe, Mungu wa Israeli, ambalo aliongea kupitia mtumishi wake Yona mwana wa Amitai, yule nabii, ambaye alitokea Gathi Heferi.
He restored the boundary of Israel from the entrance of Chamath unto the sea of the plain; in accordance with the word of the Lord God of Israel, which he had spoken by means of his servant Jonah the son of Amitthai, the prophet, who was of Gathchepher.
26 Kwa kuwa Yahwe aliyaona mateso ya Israeli, ambayo yalikuwa makali kwa kila mmoja, wote mtumwa na asyemtumwa, na kwamba hapakuwa na ulinzi kwa ajili ya Israeli.
For the Lord saw the affliction of Israel, which was very bitter; that the guarded was no more, and that the fortified was no more, and there was no helper for Israel.
27 Basi Yahwe akasema kwamba hatoweza kulifuta jina la Israeli chini ya mbingu; badala yake, aliwaokoa kwa mkono wa Yeroboamu mwana wa Yehoashi.
And the Lord had not spoken that he would blot out the name of Israel from under the heavens; but he helped them by means of Jerobo'am the son of Joash.
28 Kama ilivyo kwa mambo mengine yamhusuyo Yeroboamu, yote aliyoyafanya, ushujaa wake, jinsi alivyo pigana vita na kuipata tena Damaskasi na Hamathi, ambayo ilikuwa ya Yuda, kwa Israeli, je hayakuandikwa katika kitabu cha matukio ya wafalme wa Israeli?
Now the rest of the acts of Jerobo'am, and all that he did, and his mighty deeds, how he warred, and how he brought back Damascus and Chamath, [which had belonged] to Judah, to Israel, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
29 Yeroboamu akalala na mababu zake, pamoja na mfalme wa Israeli, na Zekaria mtoto wake akawa mfalme katika sehemu yake.
And Jerobo'am slept with his fathers, with the kings of Israel: and Zechariah his son became king in his stead.
