2 Wafalme 16
1 Katika mwaka wa kumi na saba wa Peka mwana wa Pemalia, Ahazi mwana wa Yothamu mfalme wa Yuda, akaanza kutawala.
IN the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah Ahaz the son of Jotham king of Judah began to reign.
2 Ahazi alikuwa na umri wa miaka ishirini alipoanza kutawala, na alitawala kwa muda wa miaka kumi na sita katika Yerusalemu. Alifanya yasiyo haki usoni mwa Yahwe Mungu wake, kama Daudi babu yake.
Twenty years old was Ahaz when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem, and did not that which was right in the sight of the Lord his God, like David his father.
3 Badala yake, akatembea katika njia ya wafalme wa Israeli; hasa, akamuweka mwanaye kwenye moto kama sadaka ya kuteketeza, kufuatana na machukizo ya mataifa, ambayo Yahwe aliwafukuza wana wa Israeli.
But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, yea, and made his son to pass through the fire, according to the abominations of the heathen, whom the Lord cast out from before the children of Israel.
4 Akatoa sadaka na kuchoma ubani mahali pa juu, juu ya milima, na chini ya kila mti mbichi.
And he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree.
5 Kisha Riseni, mfalme wa Shamu na Peka mwana wa Remalia, mfalme wa Israeli, wakaja mpaka Yerusalemu kuteka. Wakamzunguka Ahazi, lakini hawakuweza kumshinda.
Then Rezin king of Syria and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel came up to Jerusalem to war: and they besieged Ahaz, but could not overcome him.
6 Katika kipindi hicho, Resini mfalme wa Shamu akamponya Elathi kwa Shamu na kuwapeleka watu wa Yuda nje ya Elathi. Kisha Washami wakaja kwa Elathi ambapo waliishi hadi leo.
At that time Rezin king of Syria recovered Elath to Syria, and drave the Jews from Elath: and the Syrians came to Elath, and dwelt there unto this day.
7 Hivyo Ahazi akatuma wajumbe kwenda kwa Tiglath Pileseri mfalme wa Ashuru, akisema, “Mimi ni mtumishi wako na mwanao. Panda juu na uniokoe kutoka kwenye mikononi ya mfalme wa Shamu na kutoka kwenye mkono wa mfalme wa Israeli, ambao wameniteka.”
So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, saying, I am thy servant and thy son: come up, and save me out of the hand of the king of Syria, and out of the hand of the king of Israel, which rise up against me.
8 Hivyo Ahazi akachukua fedha na dhahabu iliyokuwa imepatikana katika nyumba ya Yahwe na mingoni mwa waweka hazina wa nyumba ya mfalme na kuituma kama zawadi kwa mfalme wa Ashuru.
And Ahaz took the silver and gold that was found in the house of the Lord, and in the treasures of the king’s house, and sent it for a present to the king of Assyria.
9 Kisha mfalme wa Ashuru akamsikiliza, na mfalme wa Ashuru akaenda juu dhidi ya Damaski, akaishinda na kuwabeba watu wake kama wafungwa hadi Kiri. Akamuua Resini pia yule mfalme wa Shamu.
And the king of Assyria hearkened unto him: for the king of Assyria went up against Damascus, and took it, and carried the people of it captive to Kir, and slew Rezin.
10 Mfalme Ahazi akaenda Dameski kuonana na Tiglath Pileseri mfalme wa Ashuru. akaiona mdhabahu huko Damski. Akampelekea Uria kuhani mfano wa ile madhabahu na mpangilio wake na mchoro kwa ustadi wote ulikuwa umehitajika.
And king Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, and saw an altar that was at Damascus: and king Ahaz sent to Urijah the priest the fashion of the altar, and the pattern of it, according to all the workmanship thereof.
11 Hivyo Uria yule kuhani akajenga madhabahu kuwa kama mipango ambayo Mfalme Ahazi atakaporudi kutoka Damaski. Akaimaliza kabla mfalme Ahazi hajarudi kutoka Dameski.
And Urijah the priest built an altar according to all that king Ahaz had sent from Damascus: so Urijah the priest made it against king Ahaz came from Damascus.
12 Kisha mfalme akaja kuto Dameski akaiona ile madhabahu; mfalme akaikaribia ile madhabahu na kutoa sadaka juu yake.
And when the king was come from Damascus, the king saw the altar: and the king approached to the altar, and offered thereon.
13 Akatengeneza sadaka yake ya kuteketezwa na sadaka yake ya nafaka, na kunyunyiza damu ya washirika wake sadaka juu ya madhabahu.
And he burnt his burnt offering and his meat offering, and poured his drink offering, and sprinkled the blood of his peace offerings, upon the altar.
14 Madhabahu ya shaba ambayo ilikuwa mbele ya Yahwe-akaileta kutoka mbele ya hekalu, kutoka kati ya madhabahu yake na hekalu la Yahwe na kuiweka upande wa kaskazini wa madhabahu yake.
And he brought also the brasen altar, which was before the Lord, from the forefront of the house, from between the altar and the house of the Lord, and put it on the north side of the altar.
15 Kisha mfalme Ahazi akamwiamuru Uria kuhani, akisema, “Juu ya madhabahu kubwa teketeza sadaka ya kutekezwa ya asubuhi na sadaka ya kuteketezwa ya nafaka ya jioni, pamoja na sadaka ya watu wote wa nchi, na matoleo ya sadaka ya mazao na sadaka zao za kinywaji. Nyunyiza juu ya hiyo damu yote ya sadaka ya kuteketeza, na damu yote ya kuteketeza. Lakini ile madhabahu ya shaba itakuwa kwa ajili yangu ili niulize ushauri.”
And king Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying, Upon the great altar burn the morning burnt offering, and the evening meat offering, and the king’s burnt sacrifice, and his meat offering, with the burnt offering of all the people of the land, and their meat offering, and their drink offerings; and sprinkle upon it all the blood of the burnt offering, and all the blood of the sacrifice: and the brasen altar shall be for me to inquire by.
16 Uria kuhani akafanya kile ambacho Ahazi aliamuru.
Thus did Urijah the priest, according to all that king Ahaz commanded.
17 Kisha mfalme Ahazi akaondoa jopo na mabeseni vitako vinavyobebeka; pia akachukua bahari kutoka juu ya ng'ombe wa shaba ambayo ilikuwa chini ya hiyo na kuiweka juu ya sakafu ya mawe.
And king Ahaz cut off the borders of the bases, and removed the laver from off them; and took down the sea from off the brasen oxen that were under it, and put it upon a pavement of stones.
18 Aliondoa njia iliyokuwa kwa ajili ya kuingia kwenye Sabato ambayo walikuwa wamejenga kwenye hekalu, wote pamoja na mahali pa kuingilia mfalme kwenye hekalu la Yahwe, kwasababu ya mfalme wa Ashuru.
And the covert for the sabbath that they had built in the house, and the king’s entry without, turned he from the house of the Lord for the king of Assyria.
19 Kama kwa mambo mengine yanayomuhusu Ahazi na yale aliyoyafanya, je yameandikwa kwenye kitabu cha matukio ya wafalme wa Yuda?
Now the rest of the acts of Ahaz which he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
20 Ahazi alilala pamoja na babu zake na kuzikwa pamoja babu zake katika mji wa Daudi. Hezekia mtoto wake akawa mfalme katika mahala pake.
And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead.
