2 Wafalme 21

1 Manase alikuwa na umri wa miaka kumi na mbili wakati alipoanza kutawala; alitawala miaka hamsini na tano katika Yerusalemu. Mama yake alikuwa anaitwa Hefziba.

Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Hephzi-bah.

2 Alifanya maovu usoni kwa Yahwe, kama machukizo ya mataifa ambayo Yahwe aliyafukuza nje mbele ya wana wa Israeli.

And he did that which was evil in the sight of YHWH, after the abominations of the heathen, whom YHWH cast out before the children of Israel.

3 Kwa kupajenga tena mahala pa juu ambapo Hezekia baba yake alipaharibu, na akajenga madhabahu kwa ajili ya Baali, akafanya Ashera, kama Ahabu mfalme wa Israeli alivyofanya, akasujudu kwa nyota zote za mbinguni na kuwaabudu wao.

For he built up again the high places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he reared up altars for Baal, and made a grove, as did Ahab king of Israel; and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.

4 Manase akajenga madhabahu za kipagani kwenye nyumba ya Yahwe, ingawaje Yahwe aliamuru, “Jina langu litakuwa Yerusalemu daima.”

And he built altars in the house of YHWH, of which YHWH said, In Jerusalem will I put my name.

5 Akajenga madhabahu kwa ajili ya nyota zote za mbinguni katika behewa mbili za nyumba ya Yahwe.

And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of YHWH.

6 Akamuweka mtoto wake wa kiume kwenye moto; akatazama bao ushirikina na kujishuhulisha pamoja wale ambao wenye pepo wa utambuzi na wale wachawi. Akafanya maovu mengi usoni kwa Yahwe na kuchochea hasira kwa Mungu.

And he made his son pass through the fire, and observed times, and used enchantments, and dealt with familiar spirits and wizards: he wrought much wickedness in the sight of YHWH, to provoke him to anger.

7 Sanamu ya kuchongwa ya Ashera ambayo aliitnegeneza, akaiweka kwenye nyumba ya Yahwe. Nyumba hii ndiyo ambayo Yahwe alimwambia Daudi na Sulemani mwanawe; alisema: “Ni nyumba hii na katika Yerusalemu, ambayo nimeichagua kutoka makabila yote ya Isaraeli, ambako nitaliweka jina langu milele.

And he set a graven image of the grove that he had made in the house, of which YHWH said to David, and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever:

8 Sintofanya miguu ya Israeli kushindwa tena nje ya nchi ambayo niliwapa babu zao, kama tu watakuwa makini kutii yale yote niliyowaamuru, na kufuata sheria zote ambazo mtumishi wangu Musa aliwaamuru.”

Neither will I make the feet of Israel move any more out of the land which I gave their fathers; only if they will observe to do according to all that I have commanded them, and according to all the law that my servant Moses commanded them.

9 Lakini watu hawakusikia, na Manase akawaongoza kufanya maovu zaidi kuliko yale ya mataifa ambayo Yahwe aliyaharibu mbele ya watu wa Israeli.

But they hearkened not: and Manasseh seduced them to do more evil than did the nations whom YHWH destroyed before the children of Israel.

10 Basi Yahwe akaongea na watumishi wake manabii, akisema,

And YHWH spake by his servants the prophets, saying,

11 Kwasababu Manase mfalme wa Yuda amefanya haya machukizo, na kutenda maovu zaidi kuliko yote waliyoyatenda Waamori ambao walikuwa mbele yake walikubali, na pia aliwafanya Yuda kuasi kwa sanamu zake,

Because Manasseh king of Judah hath done these abominations, and hath done wickedly above all that the Amorites did, which were before him, and hath made Judah also to sin with his idols:

12 kwa hiyo Yahwe, Mungu wa Israeli, akasema hivi: Tazama, nakaribia kuleta uovu juu ya Yerusalemu na Yuda ambayo kila mtu asikiapo kuhusu hilo, masikio yake yote yatang'aa.

Therefore thus saith YHWH Elohim of Israel, Behold, I am bringing such evil upon Jerusalem and Judah, that whosoever heareth of it, both his ears shall tingle.

13 Nitanyoosha juu ya Yerusalemu kipimo kilichotumika dhidi ya Samaria, na kuangusha msatari utakaotumika dhidi ya nyumba ya Ahabu; Nitaifuta Yerusalemu safi, kama kufuta sahani, kuifuta na kuifunika juu chini.

And I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria, and the plummet of the house of Ahab: and I will wipe Jerusalem as a man wipeth a dish, wiping it, and turning it upside down.

14 Nitawatupa masalia ya urithi wangu na kuwaweka mikononi mwa maadui zao. Watakuwa nyara na mateka kwa maadui zao wote,

And I will forsake the remnant of mine inheritance, and deliver them into the hand of their enemies; and they shall become a prey and a spoil to all their enemies;

15 kwa sababu wamefanya yaliyo maovu usoni kwangu, na kunichochea hasira, tangu siku babu zao walipotoka Misri, hadi leo.”

Because they have done that which was evil in my sight, and have provoked me to anger, since the day their fathers came forth out of Egypt, even unto this day.

16 Aidha, Manase akazimwaga damu nyingi za wasio na hatia, hadi alipoijaza Yerusalemu kutoka upande huu kwenda mwingine kwa kifo. Hii ilikuwa ni kuongeza kwenye dhambi ambayo aliifanya Yuda kuasi, wakati walipofanya uovu mbele za Yahwe.

Moreover Manasseh shed innocent blood very much, till he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another; beside his sin wherewith he made Judah to sin, in doing that which was evil in the sight of YHWH.

17 Kama kwa mambo mengine yamhusuyo Manase, yote aliyoyafanya, na dhambi ambayo aliyoifanya, je haya hayajaandikwa kwenye kitabu cha matukio cha wafalme wa Yuda?

Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and all that he did, and his sin that he sinned, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

18 Manase akalala pamoja na babu zake na alizikwa kwenye bustani ya nyumba yake, katika bustani ya Uza. Amoni mwanawe akawa mfalme katika sehemu yake.

And Manasseh slept with his fathers, and was buried in the garden of his own house, in the garden of Uzza: and Amon his son reigned in his stead.

19 Amoni alikuwa na miaka kumi na mbili alipoanza kutawala; alitawala miaka miwili katika Yerusalemu. Mama yake alikuwa anaitwa Meshlemethi; alikuwa binti wa Haruzi wa Yotba.

Amon was twenty and two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned two years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Meshullemeth, the daughter of Haruz of Jotbah.

20 Alifanya yaliyo maovu usoni mwa Yahwe, kama manase baba yake alivyofanya.

And he did that which was evil in the sight of YHWH, as his father Manasseh did.

21 Amoni alifuata njia zote ambazo baba yake alizotembelea na kuabudu sanamu ambazo baba yake aliziabudu, na kuzisujudia.

And he walked in all the way that his father walked in, and served the idols that his father served, and worshipped them:

22 Akajitenga na Yahwe, Mungu wa baba zake, na hakutembea katika njia ya Yahwe.

And he forsook YHWH Elohim of his fathers, and walked not in the way of YHWH.

23 Watumishi wa Amoni wakafanya njama dhidi yake na kumuua mfalme kwenye nyumba yake mwenyewe.

And the servants of Amon conspired against him, and slew the king in his own house.

24 Lakini watu wa nchi wakawaua watu wote waliofanya njama dhidi ya mfalme Amoni, na wakamfanya Yosia mtoto wake kuwa mfalme katika sehemu yake.

And the people of the land slew all them that had conspired against king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his stead.

25 Kama ilivyo kwa mambo mengine yamhusuyo Amoni yale aliyoyafanya, je hayajaandikwa kwenye kitabu cha matukio ya wafalme wa Yuda?

Now the rest of the acts of Amon which he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

26 Watu wakamzika kwenye kaburi lake katika bustani ya Uza, na Yosia mwanawe akawa mfalme katika sehemu yake.

And he was buried in his sepulchre in the garden of Uzza: and Josiah his son reigned in his stead.