2 Chronicles 20
1 After this also came the children of Moab and the children of Ammon, and with them of the Ammonites against Iehoshaphat to battell.
Ikawa baada ya hayo, kwamba watu wa Moabu na Amoni, na pamoja na baadhi ya Wameuni wakaja juu ya Yehoshafati ili kupigana vita. (Mandishi, “baadhi ya Wameuni” yanatoa masahihisho kwa ajili ya maandishi ya Kiebrania, ambayo yanasomeka, “baadhi ya Waamoni”. Inadhaniwa kwamba “Wameuni” ndilo neno la asili, na wenye kunukuu walilibadili kuwa “baadhi ya Waamoni”. Lakaini jina hili la mwisho halileti maana, kwa sababu Waamoni tayari wamekwisha tajwa katika mstri huu. Vile vile, matoleo tofauti tofauti yanajihusha na tatizo hili katika namna mabli mbali)
2 Then there came that tolde Iehoshaphat, saying, There commeth a great multitude against thee from beyonde the Sea, out of Aram: and beholde, they bee in Hazzon Tamar, which is En-gedi.
Kisha baadhi ya watu wakaja wakamwambia Yehoshafati, wakisema, “Umati mkubwa wanakuja juu yako ng'ambo ya Bahari iliyokufa, kutoka Edomu. Ona, wako Hason- tamari”, ambayo ndiyo En-gedi. (Badala ya “Edomu” baadhi ya matoleo ya zamani na ya kisasa yanasomeka, “Aramu.”
3 And Iehoshaphat feared, and set him selfe to seeke the Lord, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Iudah.
Yehoshafati akaogopa na akajipanga kumtafuta Yahwe. Akatangaza haraka katika Yuda yote.
4 And Iudah gathered them selues together to aske counsel of the Lord: they came euen out of all the cities of Iudah to inquire of the Lord,
Yuda wakakakusanyika pamoja kwa ajili ya kumtafuta Yahwe; wakaja kutoka miji yote ya Yuda kwa ajili ya kumtafauta Yahwe.
5 And Iehoshaphat stoode in the Congregation of Iudah and Ierusalem in the house of the Lord before the new court,
Yehoshafati akasimama katika kusanyiko la Yuda na Yerusalemu, kwenye nyumba ya Yahwe, mbele ya kibaraza kipya.
6 And saide, O Lord God of our fathers, art not thou God in heauen? and reignest not thou on all the kingdomes of the heathen? and in thine hande is power and might, and none is able to withstand thee.
Akasema, “Yahwe, Mungu wa babau zetu, hauko mbinguni? Wewe siyo mtawala juu ya falame zote za mataiafa? Nguvu na uweza viko mkononi mwako, kwa hiyao hakuna anayeweza akukupinga wewe.
7 Diddest not thou our God cast out ye inhabitants of this lande before thy people Israel, and gauest it to the seede of Abraham thy friende for euer?
Munagu wetu, Hukuwafuaakuja nje wakaaji wa nchi hii mbe ya watau watau wakop Israeli, na kuitoa milele kwa ajili ya uzaoa wa Abrahamu?
8 And they dwelt therein, and haue built thee a Sanctuarie therein for thy Name, saying,
Wakaishi ndani yake na kujenga sehemu takatifu kwa ajili ya jina lako, wakisema,
9 If euill come vpon vs, as the sworde of iudgement, or pestilence, or famine, we will stande before this house and in thy presence (for thy name is in this house) and will crie vnto thee in our tribulation, and thou wilt heare and helpe.
'Ikiwa janga litakuja juu yetu —upanga, hukumu, au ugonjwa, au njaa—tutasimama mbele ya nyumba hii, na mbele zako (kwa maana jina lako limo ndani ya nyumba hii), na tutakulilia wewe katika mateso yetu, na utatusikia na kutuokoa.' (Badala ya “hukumu” baadhi ya maandiko ya zamani yanasema “mafuriko”).
10 And now beholde, the children of Ammon and Moab, and mount Seir, by whome thou wouldest not let Israel goe, when they came out of the land of Egypt: but they turned aside from them, and destroyed them not:
Tazama sasa, hapa kuna watu wa Amoni, Moabu, na wa Mlima Seiri ambao hukuwaacha Israeli wawapige waalipotoka nchi ya Misri; badala yake, Israeli waliwageukia mbali na hawakuwaangamiza.
11 Behold, I say, they reward vs, in comming to cast vs out of thine inheritance, which thou hast caused vs to inherit.
Ona jinsi wanavyotuzawadia; wanakuja kutotoa nje ya nchi yako mbayo umetupa kuirithi.
12 O our God, wilt thou not iudge them? for there is no strength in vs to stand before this great multitude that commeth against vs, neither doe wee knowe what to doe: but our eyes are toward thee.
Mungu wetu, hutawahukumu? Kwa maana hatuna nguvu dhidi ya hili jeshi kubwa ambalo linakuja juu yetu. hatujui cha kufanya, lakini macho yetu yako kwako.
13 And all Iudah stoode before the Lord with their yong ones, their wiues, and their children.
Yuda wote wakasimama mbele ya Yahwe, pamoja na wadogo wao, wake, na watoto.
14 And Iahaziel the sonne of Zechariah the sonne of Benaiah, the sonne of Ieiel, the sonne of Mattaniah, a Leuite of the sonnes of Asaph was there, vpon whome came the Spirite of ye Lord, in the middes of the Congregation.
Kisha kati kati ya kusanyiko, roho ya Yahwe ikaja juu ya Yahazieli, mwana wa Zekaria, mwana wa Benaya, mwana wa Yeieli, mwana wa Matania, mwana, Mlawi, mmoja wa wana wa Asafu.
15 And he said, Hearken ye, all Iudah, and ye inhabitantes of Ierusalem, and thou, King Iehoshaphat: thus saith the Lord vnto you, Feare you not, neither be afraide for this great multitude: for the battel is not yours, but Gods.
Yahazieli akasema, “Sikilizeni, Yuda wote na ninyi wakaaji wa Yerusalemu, na Mfalme Yehoshafati. Hivi ndivyo Yahwe asemavyao kwenu, 'Msiogope: msivunjike moyo kwa sababu ya hili jeshsi kubwa, kwa maana vita siyo yenu, bali ni ya Mungu.
16 To morowe goe yee downe against them: beholde, they come vp by the cleft of Ziz, and ye shall finde them at the ende of the brooke before the wildernesse of Ieruel.
Lazima muende chini juu ya yao kesho, Ona, wanakuja wakipanda kupia njia ya Sisi. Mtawakuta mwishono mwa bondo, mbele ya jangwa la Yerueli.
17 Ye shall not neede to fight in this battell: stand still, moue not, and behold the saluation of the Lord towardes you: O Iudah, and Ierusalem, feare ye not, neither be afraid: to morow goe out against them, and the Lord wilbe with you.
Hamtahitaji kupigana katika vita hii. Simameni katika nafasi zenu, simameni wima, na muone wokovu wa Yahwe pamoja nanyi, Yuda na Yerusalemu. Msiogope wala kukata tamaa. Tokeni nje juu yao kesho, kwa maana yuko pamoja nanyi.”
18 Then Iehoshaphat bowed downe with his face to the earth, and all Iudah and the inhabitants of Ierusalem fell downe before the Lord, worshipping the Lord.
Yehoshafati akainamisha kichwa chake pamaoja na uso wake chini. Yuda wote na wakaaji wa Yerusalemu wakaanguka chini mbele za Yahwe, wakimwabudu yeye.
19 And the Leuites of the children of the Kohathites and of the childre of the Corhites stood vp to prayse the Lord God of Israel with a loude voyce on hie.
Walawi, wale wa uzao wa Wakohathi na wa uzao wa Wakorahi, wakasimama juu kumsifu Yahwe, Mungu wa Israeli, kwa sauti kubwa sana.
20 And when they arose early in the morning, they went forth to the wildernesse of Tekoa: and as they departed, Iehoshaphat stoode and sayde, Heare ye me, O Iudah, and ye inhabitants of Ierusalem: put your trust in the Lord your God, and ye shalbe assured: beleeue his Prophets, and ye shall prosper.
Asubuhi mapema wakasimama na kwenda nje kwenye bonde la Tekoa. Walipokuwa wakienda nje, Yehoshafati akasimama na kusema, “Nisikilizeni, Yuda, na nnyi wakaaji wa Yerusalemu! Aminini katika Yahwe Mungu wenu, na mtasaidiwa. Aminini katika manabii zake, na mtafanikiwa.
21 And when he had consulted with the people, and appoynted singers vnto the Lord, and them that should prayse him that is in the beautifull Sanctuarie, in going forth before the men of armes, and saying, Prayse ye the Lord, for his mercy lasteth for euer,
Alipokuwa ameshauriana na watu, akawachagaua wale ambao wangemwimbia Yahwe na kumpa sifa kwa ajili ya utukufu wake mtakatifu, walipokuwa wakienda wakilitangulia jeshi, na kusema, “Mshukuruni Yahwe, kwa maana uaminifu wa aganao lake unadumu milele.”
22 And when they began to shoute, and to prayse, the Lord layed ambushments against the children of Ammon, Moab, and mount Seir, which were come against Iudah, and they slewe one another.
Walipoanza kuimba na kusifu, Yahwe akapanga wanaume katika mavamizi juu ya watu wa Amoni, Moabu, na wa Mlima Seiri, ambao walikuwa wanakauja dhidi ya Yuda. Walishindwa.
23 For the children of Ammon and Moab rose against the inhabitants of mount Seir, to slay and to destroy them and when they had made an end of the inhabitantes of Seir, euery one helped to destroy another.
Kwa maana watu wa Aamoni na Moabu walisimama kupigana na wakaaji wa Mlima Seiri, ili kuwaua kabisa na kuwangamiza. Waliapokuwa wamemaliza kuwaangamiza wakaaji wa Mlima Seiri, wote wakasaidiana kuangamizana kila mmoja.
24 And when Iudah came towarde Mizpah in the wildernes, they looked vnto the multitude: and behold, the carkeises were fallen to the earth, and none escaped.
Yuda walipokuwa katika sehemu hiyo wakiangalia jangwani, waliangalia nje juu ya jeshi. Tazama, walikuwa wamekufa, wameanguka chini; hakuna aliyekuwa amepona.
25 And when Iehoshaphat and his people came to take away the spoyle of them, they founde among them in abundance both of substance and also of bodies laden with precious iewels, which they tooke for themselues, till they could cary no more: they were three dayes in gathering of the spoyle: for it was much.
Yehoshafati na watu wake walipokuja kuchukua nyara kutoka kwa hao watu, walikuta miongoni mwao bidhaa nyingi, nguo, na johari za thamani, ambazo walizichukua kwa ajili yao wenyewe, nyingi kuliko uwezo wao wa kubeba. Iliwachukua siku tatu kusomba nyara hizo, zilikuwa nyingi sana. (Badala ya “miongoni mwao”, baadhi ya maandishi ya zamani na ya kisasa yanasema, “ng'ombe.” badala ya “nguo” baadhi ya maandiko ya kale na ya kisasa yanasema, “miili iliyokufa”).
26 And in the fourth day they assembled themselues in the valley of Berachah: for there they blessed the Lord: therefore they called the name of that place, The valley of Berachah vnto this day.
Katika siku ya nne wakakusanyika katika bonde la Baraka, Huko wakamsifu Yaahwe, kwa hiyo jina la sehemu hiyo hata leo ni “Bonde la Baraka”.
27 Then euery man of Iudah and Ierusalem returned with Iehoshaphat their head, to goe againe to Ierusalem with ioy: for the Lord had made them to reioyce ouer their enemies.
Kisha, wakarudi, kila mtu wa Yuda na Yerusalemu, na Yehoshafati katika uongozi wao, kwenda tena Yerusalemu kwa furaha, kwa maana Yahwe alikuwa amewafanya wafurahie juu ya adui zao.
28 And they came to Ierusalem with viols and with harpes, and with trumpets, euen vnto the house of the Lord.
Wakaja Yerusalemu na kwenye nyumba ya Yahwe kwa vinanda, vinubi na matarumbeta.
29 And the feare of God was vpon all the kingdomes of the earth, whe they had heard that the Lord had fought against ye enemies of Israel.
Hofu ya Yahwe ikawa juu ya falme zote za mataifa waliposikia kwamba Yahwe amepigana dhidi ya adui wa Israeli.
30 So the kingdom of Iehoshaphat was quiet, and his God gaue him rest on euery side.
Kwa hiyo ufaleme wa Yehoshafati ulikuwa mtivu, kwa maana Mungu wake alimpa amani kuzungunga pande zake zote.
31 And Iehoshaphat reigned ouer Iudah, and was fiue and thirtie yeere olde, when he began to reigne: and reigned fiue and twentie yeere in Ierusalem, and his mothers name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.
Yehoshafati akatawala juu ya Yuda: Alikuwa na umri wa miaka thelathini na mitano alipoanza kutawala. Jina la mama yke aliitwa Azubahi, binti wa Shilhi.
32 And he walked in the way of Asa his father, and departed not therefrom, doing that which was right in the sight of the Lord.
Akatembea katika njia za Asa, baba yake; hakugeka popote kuziacha; akafanya yaliyo mema katika macaho ya Yahwe.
33 Howbeit the hie places were not taken away: for the people had not yet prepared their hearts vnto the God of their fathers.
Vile vile, sehemu za juu hazikuwa zimeondoshwa mbali. Watu walikuwa bado hawajaelekeza mioyo yao kwa Mungu wa babu zao.
34 Concerning the rest of the actes of Iehoshaphat first and last, beholde, they are written in the booke of Iehu the sonne of Hanani, which is mentioned in the booke of the kings of Israel.
Kwa mambo mengine kuhusu Yehoshafati, mwanzo na mwisho, tazama, yameandikwa katika historia ya kitabu cha wafalme wa Israeli.
35 Yet after this did Iehoshaphat King of Iudah ioyne himselfe with Ahaziah King of Israel, who was giuen to do euill.
Baada ya hayo, Yehoshafati, mfalme wa Yuda, akapatana na Ahazia, mfalme wa Israeli, ambaye alitenda uovu mwingi.
36 And he ioyned with him, to make ships to go to Tarshish: and they made the shippes in Ezion Gaber.
Akapatana naye kujenga meli za kwenda Tarshishi; Wakazijenga meli hizo huko Esion-geberi.
37 Then Eliezer ye sonne of Dodauah of Mareshah prophecied against Iehoshaphat, saying, Because thou hast ioyned thy selfe with Ahaziah, the Lord hath broken thy workes. and the shippes were broken, that they were not able to go to Tarshish.
Kisha Eliezeli, mwana wa Dadavahu wa Maresha, akatoa unabii juu ya Yehoshafati; akasema, “kwa sababu umepatana na Ahazia, Yahwe ameiharibu miradi yako.” Meli zilivunjika ili kwamba zisiweze kusafiri.
