2 Wafalme 5
1 Basi Naamani, amri jeshi wa mfalme wa Shamu, alikuwa mtu mkubwa na mtu mwenye kuheshimiwa mbele ya bwana wake, kwa sababu kwa ajili yake Yahwe aliwapa ushindi Washami. Pia alikuwa hodari, mtu shujaa, lakini alikuwa anaukoma.
Now Naiman, the captain of the host of Syria, was a great man before his master, and highly respected, because by him the Lord had given deliverance to Syria, and the man was mighty in strength, [but] a leper.
2 Washami walikuwa wametoka kuongoza kikosi na kumchukua kijana mdogo wa kike kutoka nchi ya Israeli. Akamuhudumia mke wa Naamani.
And the Syrians went forth in small bands, and took captive out of the land of Israel a little maid: and she waited on Naiman's wife.
3 Yule binti akamwambia bibi yake, “Natamani kwamba bwana wangu angelikuwa na nabii ambaye yupo Samaria! Halafu angelimponya bwana wangu ukoma wake.
And she said to her mistress, O that my lord were before the prophet of God in Samaria; then he would recover him from his leprosy.
4 Hivyo Naamani akaingia na kumwambia mfalme kile ambacho yule binti kutoka nchi ya Israeli alichokuwa amekisechosema.
And she went in and told her lord, and said, Thus and thus spoke the maid from the land of Israel.
5 Kisha mfalme wa Shamu akase, “Nenda sasa, na nitatuma barua kwa mfalme wa Israeli.” Naamani akaondoka na kuchukua talanta zake kumi za fedha, vipande elfu sita vya dhahabu, na nguo kumi za kubadilisha.
And the king of Syria said to Naiman, Go to, go, and I will send a letter to the king of Israel. And he went, and took in his hand ten talents of silver, and six thousand pieces of gold, and ten changes of raiment.
6 Pia alichukua barua ya kumpelekea mfalme wa Israeli inayosema, “Sasa wakati hii barua itakapoletwa kwako, utaona kwamba nimemtuma mtumishi wangu Naamani kwako, hivyo basi utamponya ukoma wake.”
And he brought the letter to the king of Israel, saying, Now then, as soon as this letter shall reach thee, behold, I have sent to thee my servant Naiman, and thou shalt recover him from his leprosy.
7 Wakati mfalme wa Israeli alipoisoma ile barua, alichana mavazi yake na kusema, “Je mimi ni Mungu, niue na nirudishe uhai, kwamba huyu mtu anataka nimponye mtu ukoma wake? Inaonekana anatafuta mashindano na mimi.”
And it came to pass, when the king of Israel read the letter, [that] he rent his garments, and said, [Am] I God, to kill and to make alive, that this [man] sends to me to recover a man of his leprosy? consider, however, I pray you, and see that this [man] seeks an occasion against me.
8 Ikawa wakati Elisha mtu wa Mungu aliposikia kwamba mfalme wa Israeli alichana nguo zake, akatuma neno kwa mfalme akisema, “Kwa nini umechana nguo zako? Muache aje kwangu sasa, na atajua kwamba kuna nabii katika Israeli.”
And it came to pass, when Elisaie heard that the king of Israel had rent his garments, that he sent to the king of Israel, saying, Wherefore hast thou rent thy garments? Let Naiman, I pray thee, come to me, and let him know that there is a prophet in Israel.
9 Basi Naamani akaja na farasi wake na mikokoteni yake ya kukokotwa na farasi na kusimama kwenye mlango wa nyumba ya Elisha.
So Naiman came with horse and chariot, and stood at the door of the house of Elisaie.
10 Elisha akamtumia mjumbe, akisema, “Nenda na ukazame mwenyewe katika Yordani mara saba, na ngozi ya mwili wako itajirudi; utakuwa msafi.”
And Elisaie sent a messenger to him, saying, Go and wash seven times in Jordan, and thy flesh shall return to thee, and thou shalt be cleansed.
11 Lakini Naamani alikasirika na kuondoka na kusema, “Tazama, Nilidhani bila shaka angekuja kwangu na kusimama na kuliita jina la Yahwe Mungu wake, na kupitisha mkono wake kwenye sehemu ya ugonjwa na kuponya ukoma wangu.
And Naiman was angry, and departed, and said, Behold, I said, He will by all means come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of his God, and lay his hand upon the place, and recover the leper.
12 Je sio Abana na Faepari, mito ya Damaskasi, bora kuliko maji yote ya Israeli?” Je siwezi kuoga ndani yao na kuwa safi?” Hivyo akageuka na kwenda kwa hasira.
[Are] not the Abana and Pharphar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not go and wash in them, and be cleansed? and he turned and went away in a rage.
13 Ndipo watumishi wa Naamani wakaja karibbu na kumwambia, “Baba yangu, kama yule nabii alikuamuru kufanya kitu kigumu, singelifanya? Je si zaidi basi, atakapokwambia rahisi, 'Zama mwenyewe na uwe safi?”
And his servants came near and said to him, [Suppose] the prophet had spoken a great thing to thee, wouldest thou not perform it? yet he has but said to thee, Wash, and be cleansed.
14 Ndipo akashuka chini na kuzama mwenyewe mara saba kwenye Yordani, akitii maelekezo ya mtu wa Mungu. Nyama ya mwili wake ikarudi tena kama nyama ya mwili ya mtoto mdogo, na alikuwa amepona.
So Naiman went down, and dipped himself seven times in Jordan, according to the word of Elisaie: and his flesh returned to him as the flesh of a little child, and he was cleansed.
15 Naamani akarudi kwa yule mtu wa Mungu, yeye na watu wake wengine, na kuja na kusimama mbele yake. Akasema, “Tazama, sasa najua kwamba hakuna Mungu katika Dunia nzima isipokuwa katika Israeli. Kwa hiyo basi, chukua zawadi kutoka kwa mtumishi wako tafadhali.”
And he and all his company returned to Elisaie, and he came and stood before him, and said, Behold, I know that there is no God in all the earth, save only in Israel: and now receive a blessing of thy servant.
16 Lakini Elisha akajibu, “Kama Yahwe aishivyo, ambaye nimesimama mbele yake, sintopokea chochote.”Naamani akamsihi Elisha apokee zawadi, lakini alikataa.
And Elisaie said, [As] the Lord lives, before whom I stand, I will not take [one]. And he pressed him to take [one]: but he would not.
17 Hivyo Naamani akasema, “Kama sivyo, nakuomba ache apewe mtumishi wako pale mzigo wa baghala mbili za aridhi, kwa kuwa kuanzia sasa, mtumishi wako hatotoa tena sadaka ya kuteketezwa wala dhabihu kwa mungu yeyote isipokuwa Yahwe.
And Naiman said, Well then, if not, let there be given to thy servant, I pray thee, the load [of a] yoke of mules; and thou shalt give me of the red earth: for henceforth thy servant will not offer whole-burnt-offering or sacrifice to other gods, but only to the Lord by [reason of] this thing.
18 Katika jambo hili moja Yahwe anaweza kumsamehe mtumishi wako, hii ni, wakati mfalme wangu atakapoenda kwenye nyumba ya Rimoni kuabudu pale, na kujifunza kwenye mikono yangu na kumuinamia mwenyewe kwenye nyumba ya Rimoni, Yahwe aweze kumsamehe mtumishi wako katika hili jambo.”
And let the Lord be propitious to thy servant when my master goes into the house of Remman to worship there, and he shall lean on my hand, and I shall bow down in the house of Remman when he bows down in the house of Remman; even let the Lord, I pray, be merciful to thy servant in this matter.
19 Elisha akamwambia, “Nenda kwa amani.” Hivyo Naamani akaondoka.
And Elisaie said to Naiman, Go in peace. And he departed from him a little way.
20 Alikuwa amesafiri lakini umbali mfupi, wakati Gehazi mtumishi wa Elisha mtumishi wa Mungu alisema mwenyewe, “Tazama, bwana wangu amemuandaa huyu Naamani Mshami kwa kuacha kupokea zawadi kutoka kwenye mikono yake ambazo alizileta. Kama Yahwe aishivyo, Nitakimbia nikimfuata na kupokea kitu kutoka kwake.
And Giezi the servant of Elisaie said, Behold, my Lord has spared this Syrian Naiman, so as not to take of his hand what he has brought: as the Lord lives, I will surely run after him, and take somewhat of him.
21 Hivyo Gehazi akamfuata Naamani. Wakati Naamani alipomuona mtu mmoja anakimbia akimfuata, aliruka chini kutoka kwenye gari yake kuonana naye na kusema, “Je kila kitu kiko sawa?”
So Giezi followed after Naiman: and Naiman saw him running after him, and turned back from his chariot to meet him.
22 Gehazi akasema, “kila kitu kiko sawa. Bwana wangu amenituma, akisema, 'Tazama, sasa wamekuja kwangu kutoka nchi ya mlima ya Efraimu vijana wawili wa watoto wa manabii. Tafadhali, wapatie talanta ya fedha na nguo mbili za kubadilisha.”
And [Giezi] said, All is well: my master has sent me, saying, Behold, now are there come to me two young men of the sons of the prophets from mount Ephraim; give them, I pray thee, a talent of silver, and two changes of raiment.
23 Naamani akajibu, “Ninafuraha kubwa kukupatia talanta mbili.” Naamani akamsihi Gehazi na kujaribu talanta mbili za fedha kwenye mifuko miwili ya kubebea, pamoja na nguo mbili za kubadilisha, na kutandaza kwa wafanyakazi wake wawili, ambao walikuwa wamebebea ile mifuko miwili ya fedha mbele ya Gehazi.
And [Naiman] said, Take two talents of silver. And he took two talents of silver in two bags, and two changes of raiment, and put them upon two of his servants, and they bore them before him.
24 Wakati Gehazi alipokuja kwenye ule mlima, alichukua ile mifuko ya fedha kutoka kwenye mikono yao na kuificha kwenye nyumba; akawatuma wale watu, na wakaondoka.
And he came to a secret place, and took them from their hands, and laid them up in the house, and dismissed the men.
25 Wakati Gehazi alipoingia na kusimama mbele ya bwana wake, Elisha akamwambia, “Umetokea wapi, Gehazi?” Akajibu, “Mtumishi wako hakwenda mahali.”
And he went in himself and stood before his master; and Elisaie said to him,
26 Elisha akamwambia Gehazi, “Je roho yangu haikuwa na wewe wakati yule mtu alipoyarudisha magari yake ya farasi ili kukutana na wewe? Je uu ni mda wa kupokea pesa na nguo, mashamba ya mzaituni na mizabibu, na kondoo na Ng'ombe, na watumishi wakiume na watumishi wakike?
Whence [comest thou], Giezi? and Giezi said, Thy servant has not been hither or thither. And Elisaie said to him, Went not my heart with thee, when the man returned from his chariot to meet thee? and now thou hast received silver, and now thou hast received raiment, and olive yards, and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and maidservants.
27 Basi ukoma wa Naamani utakuwa kwenye uzao wako daima.” Basi Gehazi akatoka kwenye uwepo wake, mwenye ukoma kama theluji.
The leprosy also of Naiman shall cleave to thee, and to thy seed for ever. And he went out from his presence leprous, like snow.
