2 Wafalme 16
1 Katika mwaka wa kumi na saba wa Peka mwana wa Pemalia, Ahazi mwana wa Yothamu mfalme wa Yuda, akaanza kutawala.
When Pekah had been ruling Israel for almost 17 years, Ahaz, the son of Jotham, became the king of Judah.
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.
He was 20 years old when he became the king [of Judah]. He ruled from Jerusalem for 16 years. He did not do things that pleased Yahweh his God, good things like his ancestor King David had done.
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.
Instead, he was as sinful as the kings of Israel had been. He even sacrificed his son as an offering to idols. That was worse than the disgusting things that the people who previously lived there had done, people whom Yahweh had expelled as the Israelis were advancing through the land.
4 Akatoa sadaka na kuchoma ubani mahali pa juu, juu ya milima, na chini ya kila mti mbichi.
Ahaz offered sacrifices and burned incense [to honor Yahweh] on the tops of many hills and under many [HYP] big trees, [instead of in Jerusalem as Yahweh had commanded].
5 Kisha Riseni, mfalme wa Shamu na Peka mwana wa Remalia, mfalme wa Israeli, wakaja mpaka Yerusalemu kuteka. Wakamzunguka Ahazi, lakini hawakuweza kumshinda.
While he was the king of Judah, King Rezin of Assyria and King Pekah of Israel [came with their armies] and attacked Jerusalem. They surrounded the city, but they could not conquer it.
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 the [army of the] king of Edom expelled the people of Judah who were living in Elath [city]. Some of the people of Edom started to live there, and they are still living there.
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.”
King Ahaz sent messengers to King Tiglath-Pileser of Assyria, to tell this message to him: “I promise that I will completely do what you tell me to do, [as though] I [was] your son. Please come and rescue us from the armies of Syria and Israel who are attacking my country.”
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.
Ahaz took the silver and gold that was in the palace and in the temple and sent it to Assyria to be a present/gift for 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.
So Tiglath-Pileser did what Ahaz requested. His army marched to Damascus and captured it, and they took the people of Damascus as prisoners to live in the capital city of Assyria, and executed [King] 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.
When King Ahaz went to Damascus to meet King Tiglath-Pileser, he saw the altar that was there. So he sent to Uriah, the Supreme Priest [in Jerusalem], a drawing of the altar and a model that was exactly like the altar in Damascus.
11 Hivyo Uria yule kuhani akajenga madhabahu kuwa kama mipango ambayo Mfalme Ahazi atakaporudi kutoka Damaski. Akaimaliza kabla mfalme Ahazi hajarudi kutoka Dameski.
So Uriah built an altar [in Jerusalem], following the drawing that King Ahaz had sent. Uriah finished the altar before Ahaz returned [to Jerusalem] from Damascus.
12 Kisha mfalme akaja kuto Dameski akaiona ile madhabahu; mfalme akaikaribia ile madhabahu na kutoa sadaka juu yake.
When the king returned from Damascus, he saw the altar. He went to it
13 Akatengeneza sadaka yake ya kuteketezwa na sadaka yake ya nafaka, na kunyunyiza damu ya washirika wake sadaka juu ya madhabahu.
and burned animal sacrifices and a grain offering on it. He also poured a wine offering on it and threw on it the blood of the offerings to maintain fellowship with God.
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.
The old bronze altar which had been dedicated long ago to Yahweh was between the new altar and the temple, so Ahaz moved it to the north side of his new altar, [which was bigger than the old 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.”
Then King Ahaz ordered Uriah: “Each morning put on this new altar the sacrifices that will be completely burned, and in the evening put on it the grain offering, along with my offering and the offerings that the people bring, ones that will be completely burned, and my grain offering and the people’s grain and wine offerings. Pour against the sides of the altar the blood of all the animals that are sacrificed. But the old bronze altar will be only for me to use to find out what Yahweh wants me to do.”
16 Uria kuhani akafanya kile ambacho Ahazi aliamuru.
So Uriah did what the king commanded him to do.
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.
King Ahaz told his workers to take off the frames of the carts [that were outside the temple] and to take down the basins that were on them. They also took down the bronze tank from the backs of the bronze [statues of the] oxen and put it on a stone foundation.
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.
Then to please the king of Assyria, Ahaz had them remove from the temple the roof under which the people walked into the temple on the Sabbath Day, and closed up the private entrance into the temple for the kings of Judah.
19 Kama kwa mambo mengine yanayomuhusu Ahazi na yale aliyoyafanya, je yameandikwa kwenye kitabu cha matukio ya wafalme wa Yuda?
[If you want to know about] the other things that Ahaz did, they are written [RHQ] in the scroll called ‘The History 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.
Ahaz died [EUP], and he was buried in [the part of Jerusalem called] ‘The City of David’, where his ancestors had been buried. Then his son Hezekiah became the king.
