2 Chronicles 25
1 Amaziah was twenty-five when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem for twenty-nine years. His mother's name was Jehoaddan and she came from Jerusalem.
Amaza alikuwa na umri wa amiaka ishirini na na tano alipoanza kutawala; alitawala miaka ishini na tisa katika Yerusalemu. Jina la mama yake lilikuwa Yehoadani, wa Yerusalemu.
2 He did what was right in the Lord's sight but not with complete commitment.
Alifanya yaliyokuwa sahihi katika macho ya Yahwe, lakini siyo kwa moyo uliojitoa kikamilifu.
3 After he had made sure his rule was secure, he executed the officers who had murdered his father the king.
Ikawa kwamba mapema utawala wake ulipokuwa umeimarika, aliwaua watumishi ambao walikuwa wamemuua baba yake, mfalme.
4 However, he did not kill their sons, as is written in the Law, in the book of Moses, where the Lord commanded: “Fathers must not be executed for their children, and children must not be executed for their fathers. Everyone is to die for their own sin.”
Lakini hakuwaua watoto wa wale wauaji, bali alitenda kama kama ilivyoaandikwa katika sheria, katika kitabu cha Musa, kama Yahwe alivyokuwa ameamru. “Baba hatajuta kwa ajili ya watoto, wala watoto hawatakufa kwa ajili ya baba zao. Badala yake, kila mtu lazima afe kwa ajili ya dhambi zake mwenyewe”.
5 Then Amaziah called up the people of Judah for military service, and assigned them by families to commanders of thousands and of hundreds. He also took a census of those twenty years of age and older throughout Judah and Benjamin, and found there was 300,000 first-rate fighting men who could use spear and shield.
Aidha, Amazia aliwakusanya Yuda pamoja, na akawaandikisha kwa kufuata nyumba za babu zao, chini ya maakida wa maelfu na maakida wa mamia —wote wa Yuda na wa Benyamini. Akawahesabu kuanzia wa mika ishirini na kuendelea, na akawaona wako 300, 000 wanaume waliochaguliwa, wawezaoa kwenda vitani, walioweza kushika mkuki na ngao.
6 He also hired 100,000 battle-ready fighting men from Israel for a hundred talents of silver.
Pia alikodi wanaume wa kupigana 100, 000 kutoka Israeli kwa fedha mia moja.
7 But a man of God came to him and said, “Your Majesty, don't let this army of Israel join you, for the Lord is not with Israel, with these sons of Ephraim!
Lakini mtu wa Mungu alikuja kwake na kusema, “Mfalme, usiliache jeshi la Istaeli kwenda nawe, kwa maana Yahwe hayupo pamoja na Israeli -wala na mtu Yeyote wa Efraimu.
8 Even if you fight bravely, God will let you stumble and fall before the enemy, for God has the power to help you or let you fall.”
Lakini hata kama mtaenda na mkiwa wenye ushupavu na imara katika vita, Mungu atawatupa chini mbele ya adui, kwa maana Mungu ana nguvu za kusaidia, na nguvu za kurusha chini”.
9 Amaziah asked the man of God, “But what about the hundred talents of silver I paid the army of Israel?” “The Lord can give you much more than that!” replied the man of God.
Amazia akasema kwa mtu wa Mungu, “Lakini tutafanyaje kuhusu talanta mia moja nilizowapa jeshi la Israeli? Mtu wa Mungu akajibu, Yahwe anauwezo wa kukupa vingi zaidi kuliko hivyo.”
10 So Amaziah dismissed the army he'd hired from Ephraim and sent them home. They became very angry with Judah, and returned home furious.
Kwa hiyo Amazia akalitenganisha jeshi lilokuja kwake kutoka Efraimu; akawarudisha nyumbani tena. Hivyo hasira yao iliwaka sana zidi ya Yuda, na walirudi nyumbani kwa hasara kali.
11 Amaziah then bravely led his army to the Valley of Salt, where they attacked the Edomite army from Seir, and killed ten thousand of them.
Amazia akajipa ujasiri na kuwaongoza watu wake kwenda nje kwenye bonde la chumvi, huko akawashinda wanaueme elfu kumi wa Seiri.
12 The army of Judah also captured another ten thousand, took them to the top of a cliff and threw them off, killing them all.
Jeshi la Yuda likawachukua elfu kumi wengine wakiwa hai. Wakawapeleka juu ya mwamba na kuwarushwa chini kutoka huko, hivyo wote wakavunjika vunjika katika vipande.
13 But the men of the army Amaziah sent home, refusing to let them go with him to battle, raided the towns of Judah, from Samaria to Beth-horon They killed 3,000 of their inhabitants and took a great deal of plunder.
Lakini watu wa jeshi ambalo Amazia alilirudisha, ili kwamba wasiende naye vitani, wakauvamia mji Yuda kuanzia Somaria hadi Beth- horoni. Wakawapiga watu elfu tatu na kuwateka wengi sana.
14 When Amaziah returned from killing the Edomites, he brought back the gods of the people of Seir and set them up as his own gods, worshiped them, and offered sacrifices to them.
Sasa ikawa kwamba baada ya Amazia kurudi kutoka kuwachinja Waedomu, akaileta miungu ya watu wa Seiri, na kuisimamisha iwe miungu yake. Akainama chini mbele ya hiyo miungu na kuitolea sadaka za uvumba.
15 The Lord became angry with Amaziah and he sent a prophet to him, who said to him, “Why would you worship the gods of a people who couldn't even save their own people from you?”
Hivyo hasira ya Yahwe ikawaka zidi ya Amazia. Akamtuma nabii kwake, ambaye alisema, “Kwa nini umeitafuta miungu ya watu ambayo haikuwaokoa hata watu wake yenyewe zidi ya mkono wako?”
16 But while he was still speaking, the king said to him, “Have we made you a counselor to the king? Stop right now! Do you want to be struck down?” So the prophet stopped, but said, “I know that God has decided to destroy you, because you have acted like this and have refused to listen to my advice.”
Akiwa kwamaba yule nabii alipokuwa anaongea naye, mfalme akamwambia, “Je, wewe tumekufanya kuwa mshauri wa mfalme? Acha! Kwa nini ujitakie kuuawa?” Kisha nabii akaacha na kusema, ninajua kwamba Mungu ameamua kukuangaamiza kwa sababu umefanya tendo hili na hujasikilisa ushauri wangu.”
17 Then Amaziah, king of Judah, took advice from his counselors and sent a message to the king of Israel, Jehoash, son of Jehoahaz, son of Jehu. “Come and face me in battle,” he challenged.
Kisha Amazia akashauriana na washauri na kutuma wajumbe kwa Yehoashi mwana wa Yehoahazi mwana wa Yehu, mfalme wa Israel. akisema, “Njoni, tukutane uso kwa uso katika vita”.
18 Joash, king of Israel, replied to Amaziah, king of Judah, “A thistle on Lebanon sent a message to a cedar on Lebanon, saying, ‘Give your daughter to my son for a wife,’ but a wild animal of Lebanon passed by and trampled down the thistle.
Lakini Yehoashi mfalme wa Israeli akatuma wajumbe kwa Amaziahi mfalme wa Yuda, akisema, Mbaruti uliokuwa Lebanoni ulituma ujumbe kwa mwerezi ulioko Lebanoni, ukisema, Mtoe binti yako kwa mwanangu awe mke wake; lakini akapita hayawani katika Lebanoni akatembea na kuukanyaga chini mbaruti.
19 You're telling yourself how great you are for defeating Edom, boasting about it. But just stay at home. Why should you stir up trouble that will bring you down, and Judah with you?”
Umesema, 'Ona, nimeipiga Edomu,' na moyo wako umekuinua juu. Jipe fahari katika ushindi wako, lakini ukae nyumbani, kwa maana ni kwa nini ujisababishie matatizo mwenyewe na kuanguka, wote wewe na Yuda pamoja nawe?'
20 But Amaziah didn't listen, for God was going to hand him over to his enemies because he had chosen to worship the gods of Edom.
Lakini Amazia hakusikiliza, kwa sababu tukio hili lilikuwa limetoka kwa Mungu, ili awatie Waisraeli katika mkono wa adui zao, kwa sababu walikuwa wametafuta ushauri kutoka kwa miungu ya Edomu.
21 So Joash king of Israel prepared for battle. He and Amaziah, king of Judah, faced one another at Beth-shemesh in Judah.
Kwa hiyo, Yehoashsi, mfalme wa Israeli, akavamia; yeye na Amazia, mfalme wa Yuda, wakakutana uso kwa uso huko Beth -shemishi, ulioko Yuda.
22 Judah was defeated by Israel—they all ran away home.
Yuda akashindwa mbele za Israeli, na kila mtu akarudi nyumbani.
23 Joash, king of Israel, captured Amaziah, king of Judah, son of Joash, son of Ahaziah, at Beth-shemesh. He took him to Jerusalem, and demolished the wall of Jerusalem for 400 cubits, from the Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate.
Yehoashi, mfalme wa Israeli, akamkamata Amazia mwana wa Yehoashi mana wa Ahazia, mfalme wa Yuda, huko Beth - shemeshi. Akamleta Yerusalemu na kuuangusha chini ukuta wa Yerusalemu kuanzia Lango la Efraimu hadi kona ya Lango, umbali wa mikono mia nne.
24 He carried away all the gold and silver, and all the articles found in God's Temple that had been looked after by Obed-edom and in the treasuries of the king's palace, as well as some hostages, and then returned to Samaria.
Akachukua dhahabu na fedha zote, vitu vyote vilivyoonekana akatika nyumba aya Mungu kwa Obedi Edomu, na vitu vya thamanai katika nyumba ya mfalme, na mateka pia, na akarudi Samaria.
25 Amaziah, son of Joash, king of Judah, lived for fifteen years after the death of Joash, son of Jehoahaz, king of Israel.
Amazia mwana wa Yoashi, mfalme wa Yuda, aliishi miaka kumi na tano baada ya kifo cha Yehoashi, mwana wa Yehoahazi, mfalme wa Israeli.
26 The rest of what Amaziah did, from beginning to end, is written down in the Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel.
Kwa mambo mengingine kuhusu Amzia, mwanzo na mwisho, tazama, je, hayajaandikwa katika kitabu cha wafalme wa Israeli?
27 After Amaziah gave up following the Lord, a plot was hatched against him in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish. But the plotters sent men to Lachish to hunt him down, and they killed him there.
Sasa kutoka wakati amabaoa Amazia aligeukia mbali asimfuate Yahwe, walianza kupanga njama zidi yake katika Yerusalemu. Akakimbilia Lachishi, lakini wakatuma watu nyuma yake wamfuate Lachishsi na walimuua huko.
28 They brought him back by horse and buried him with his fathers in the city of Judah.
Wakamleta juu ya farasis na wakamzika pamoja na babu zake kataika Mji wa Yuda.
