2 Wafalme 16
1 Katika mwaka wa kumi na saba wa utawala wa Peka mwana wa Remalia, Ahazi mwana wa Yothamu mfalme wa Yuda alianza 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 miaka ishirini alipoanza kutawala, akatawala huko Yerusalemu kwa miaka kumi na sita. Tofauti na Daudi baba yake, hakufanya yaliyo mema machoni pa Bwana, Mungu wake.
Twenty years old was Ahaz when he began to reign; and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: and he did not do that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah his God, like David his father.
3 Akaenenda katika njia za wafalme wa Israeli, na hata akamtoa mwanawe kafara katika moto, akifuata njia za machukizo za mataifa ambayo Bwana alikuwa ameyafukuza mbele ya Waisraeli.
But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, yes, and made his son to pass through the fire, according to the abominations of the nations, whom Jehovah cast out from before the children of Israel.
4 Akatoa kafara na kufukiza uvumba katika mahali pa juu pa kuabudia miungu, juu ya vilima, na chini ya kila mti uliotanda.
He sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree.
5 Kisha Resini mfalme wa Aramu na Peka mwana wa Remalia mfalme wa Israeli wakaondoka kwenda kupigana dhidi ya Yerusalemu na kumzunguka Ahazi kwa jeshi, lakini hawakuweza kumshinda.
Then Rezin king of Aram and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel came up to Jerusalem to war: and they besieged Ahaz, but could not overcome him.
6 Wakati ule, Resini mfalme wa Aramu akaurudisha Elathi kwa Aramu kwa kuwafukuza watu wa Yuda. Kisha Waedomu wakahamia Elathi, nao wanaishi huko mpaka leo.
At that time Rezin king of Aram recovered Eilat to Aram, and drove the Jews from Eilat; and the Arameans came to Eilat, and lived there, to this day.
7 Ahazi akatuma wajumbe kumwambia Tiglath-Pileseri mfalme wa Ashuru kwamba, “Mimi ni mtumishi na mtumwa wako. Njoo na uniokoe kutoka mkononi mwa mfalme wa Aramu na wa mfalme wa Israeli, ambao wananishambulia.”
So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath Pileser king of Assyria, saying, "I am your servant and your son. Come up, and save me out of the hand of the king of Aram, and out of the hand of the king of Israel, who rise up against me."
8 Naye Ahazi akachukua fedha na dhahabu zilizopatikana ndani ya Hekalu la Bwana na katika hazina ya jumba la mfalme, na kuzituma kama zawadi kwa mfalme wa Ashuru.
Ahaz took the silver and gold that was found in the house of Jehovah, and in the treasures of the king's house, and sent it for a present to the king of Assyria.
9 Mfalme wa Ashuru akamwitikia kwa kushambulia Dameski na kuiteka. Akawahamishia wenyeji wake huko Kiri, na kumuua Resini.
The king of Assyria listened to him; and the king of Assyria went up against Damascus, and took it, and carried its people captive to Kir, and killed Rezin.
10 Kisha Mfalme Ahazi akaenda Dameski kukutana na Tiglath-Pileseri wa Ashuru. Akaona madhabahu huko Dameski, naye akamtumia Uria kuhani mchoro wa hayo madhabahu, pamoja na maelezo ya mpango kamili wa ujenzi wake.
King Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath Pileser king of Assyria, and saw the altar that was at Damascus; and king Ahaz sent to Urijah the priest the fashion of the altar, and its pattern, according to all its workmanship.
11 Kwa hiyo Uria kuhani akajenga madhabahu kulingana na mipango yote ambayo Mfalme Ahazi alikuwa ameituma kutoka Dameski, na akamaliza ujenzi kabla ya Mfalme Ahazi kurudi.
Urijah the priest built an altar: according to all that king Ahaz had sent from Damascus, so Urijah the priest made it for the coming of king Ahaz from Damascus.
12 Mfalme aliporudi kutoka Dameski na kuona hayo madhabahu, akayasogelea na kutoa sadaka juu yake.
When the king had come from Damascus, the king saw the altar: and the king drew near to the altar, and offered on it.
13 Akatoa sadaka yake ya kuteketezwa na sadaka ya nafaka, akamimina sadaka ya kinywaji na kunyunyizia damu ya sadaka zake za amani juu ya hayo madhabahu.
He burnt his burnt offering and his meal offering, and poured his drink offering, and sprinkled the blood of his peace offerings, on the altar.
14 Mfalme Ahazi akayaondoa madhabahu ya zamani ya shaba kutoka hapo mbele ya Hekalu la Bwana, yaliyokuwa yamesimama kati ya ingilio la Hekalu na hayo madhabahu mapya, naye akayaweka upande wa kaskazini mwa hayo madhabahu mapya.
The bronze altar, which was before Jehovah, he brought from the forefront of the house, from between his altar and the house of Jehovah, and put it on the north side of his altar.
15 Ndipo Mfalme Ahazi akatoa amri zifuatazo kwa Uria kuhani: “Juu ya hayo madhabahu kubwa mapya, toa sadaka ya asubuhi ya kuteketezwa na sadaka ya jioni ya nafaka, sadaka ya mfalme ya kuteketezwa pamoja na sadaka yake ya nafaka, sadaka ya kuteketezwa ya watu wote wa nchi, pamoja na sadaka yao ya nafaka na sadaka yao ya kinywaji. Unyunyize juu ya hayo madhabahu damu yote ya sadaka za kuteketezwa na dhabihu. Lakini mimi nitatumia hayo madhabahu ya zamani ya shaba kwa ajili ya kutafuta uongozi.”
King Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying, "On the great altar burn the morning burnt offering, and the evening meal offering, and the king's burnt offering, and his meal offering, with the burnt offering of all the people of the land, and their meal offering, and their drink offerings; and sprinkle on it all the blood of the burnt offering, and all the blood of the sacrifice; but the bronze altar shall be for me to inquire by."
16 Naye Uria kuhani akafanya kama Mfalme Ahazi alivyoagiza.
Urijah the priest did so, according to all that king Ahaz commanded.
17 Mfalme Ahazi akaondoa mbao za pembeni na kuondoa masinia kwenye vile vishikilio vilivyohamishika. Akaondoa ile Bahari kutoka kwenye mafahali wa shaba walioishikilia, na kuiweka kwenye kitako cha jiwe.
King Ahaz cut off the panels of the bases, and removed the basin from off them, and took down the sea from off the bronze oxen that were under it, and put it on a pavement of stone.
18 Kwa heshima ya mfalme wa Ashuru, akaliondoa pia pazia la Sabato lililokuwa limewekwa ndani ya Hekalu, na akaondoa ile njia ya kifalme ya kuingia kwenye Hekalu la Bwana.
The covered way for the Sabbath that they had built in the house, and the king's entry outside, turned he to the house of Jehovah, because of the king of Assyria.
19 Matukio mengine ya utawala wa Ahazi na yale aliyoyafanya, je hayakuandikwa katika kitabu cha kumbukumbu za wafalme wa Yuda?
Now the rest of the acts of Ahaz which he did, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
20 Ahazi akalala na baba zake, naye akazikwa pamoja nao katika Mji wa Daudi. Naye Hezekia mwanawe akawa mfalme baada yake.
Ahaz slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the City of David: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his place.
