Healed Naaman the Leper
1 Now Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honourable, because by him the LORD had given deliverance unto Syria: he was also a mighty man in valour, but he was a leper.
Basi Naamani, jemadari wa jeshi la mfalme wa Shamu, alikuwa mtu mkubwa mbele ya bwana wake, na mwenye kuheshimiwa, kwa sababu kwa mkono wake Bwana alikuwa amewapa Washami kushinda; tena alikuwa mtu hodari wa vita; lakini alikuwa mwenye ukoma.
2 And the Syrians had gone out by companies, and had brought away captive out of the land of Israel a little maid; and she waited on Naaman's wife.
Na Washami walikuwa wametoka vikosi, wakachukua mfungwa mmoja kijana mwanamke kutoka nchi ya Israeli; naye akamhudumia mkewe Naamani.
3 And she said unto her mistress, Would God my lord were with the prophet that is in Samaria! for he would recover him of his leprosy.
Akamwambia bibi yake, Laiti bwana wangu angekuwa pamoja na yule nabii aliyeko Samaria! Maana angemponya ukoma wake.
4 And one went in, and told his lord, saying, Thus and thus said the maid that is of the land of Israel.
Mtu mmoja akaingia, akamwambia bwana wake, akasema, Yule kijana mwanamke aliyetoka nchi ya Israeli asema hivi na hivi.
5 And the king of Syria said, Go to, go, and I will send a letter unto the king of Israel. And he departed, and took with him ten talents of silver, and six thousand pieces of gold, and ten changes of raiment.
Mfalme wa Shamu akasema, Haya! Basi, mimi nitampelekea mfalme wa Israeli waraka. Basi akaenda zake, akachukua mikononi mwake talanta kumi za fedha, na vipande vya dhahabu elfu sita, na mavazi kumi.
6 And he brought the letter to the king of Israel, saying, Now when this letter is come unto thee, behold, I have therewith sent Naaman my servant to thee, that thou mayest recover him of his leprosy.
Akampelekea mfalme wa Israeli waraka ule, kusema, Waraka huu utakapokuwasilia, tazama, nimemtuma mtumishi wangu Naamani kwako, ili upate kumponya ukoma wake.
7 And it came to pass, when the king of Israel had read the letter, that he rent his clothes, and said, Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man doth send unto me to recover a man of his leprosy? Wherefore consider, I pray you, and see how he seeketh a quarrel against me.
Ikawa, mfalme wa Israeli alipousoma waraka, alirarua mavazi yake, akasema, Je! Mimi ni Mungu, niue na kuhuisha, hata mtu huyu akanipelekea mtu nimponye ukoma wake? Fahamuni, basi, nakusihini, mwone ya kuwa mtu huyu anataka kugombana nami.
8 And it was so , when Elisha the man of God had heard that the king of Israel had rent his clothes, that he sent to the king, saying, Wherefore hast thou rent thy clothes? let him come now to me, and he shall know that there is a prophet in Israel.
Ikawa, Elisha, yule mtu wa Mungu, aliposikia kwamba mfalme wa Israeli ameyararua mavazi yake, ndipo akatuma mtu kwa mfalme, akisema, Mbona umeyararua mavazi yako? Na aje sasa kwangu mimi, naye atajua ya kuwa yuko nabii katika Israeli.
9 So Naaman came with his horses and with his chariot, and stood at the door of the house of Elisha.
Basi Naamani akaja na farasi wake na magari yake, akasimama mlangoni pa nyumba ya Elisha.
10 And Elisha sent a messenger unto him, saying, Go and wash in Jordan seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thou shalt be clean.
Naye Elisha akampelekea mjumbe, akisema, Enenda ukaoge katika Yordani mara saba, na nyama ya mwili wako itakurudia, nawe utakuwa safi.
11 But Naaman was wroth, and went away, and said, Behold, I thought, He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of the LORD his God, and strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper.
Lakini Naamani akakasirika, akaondoka, akasema, Tazama, nalidhania, Bila shaka atatoka kwangu, na kusimama, na kuomba kwa jina la Bwana, Mungu wake, na kupitisha mkono wake mahali penye ugonjwa, na kuniponya mimi mwenye ukoma.
12 Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not wash in them, and be clean? So he turned and went away in a rage.
Je! Abana na Farpari, mito ya Dameski, si bora kuliko maji yote ya Israeli? Je! Siwezi kujiosha ndani yake, na kuwa safi? Akageuka, akaondoka kwa hasira.
13 And his servants came near, and spake unto him, and said, My father, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldest thou not have done it? how much rather then, when he saith to thee, Wash, and be clean?
Watumishi wake wakamkaribia, wakamwambia, wakasema, Baba yangu, kama yule nabii angalikuambia kutenda jambo kubwa, usingalilitenda? Je! Si zaidi basi, akikuambia, Jioshe, uwe safi?
14 Then went he down, and dipped himself seven times in Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God: and his flesh came again like unto the flesh of a little child, and he was clean.
Ndipo akashuka, akajichovya mara saba katika Yordani, sawasawa na neno lake yule mtu wa Mungu; nayo nyama ya mwili wake ikarudi ikawa kama nyama ya mwili wa mtoto mchanga, akawa safi.
15 And he returned to the man of God, he and all his company, and came, and stood before him: and he said, Behold, now I know that there is no God in all the earth, but in Israel: now therefore, I pray thee, take a blessing of thy servant.
Akamrudia yule mtu wa Mungu, yeye na mafuatano yake yote. Akaja, akasimama mbele yake; akasema, Sasa tazama, najua ya kwamba hakuna Mungu duniani mwote, ila katika Israeli; basi nakuomba upokee mbaraka kwa mtumwa wako.
16 But he said, As the LORD liveth, before whom I stand, I will receive none. And he urged him to take it ; but he refused.
Lakini akasema, Kama Bwana aishivyo, ambaye nimesimama mbele yake, sipokei kitu. Akamshurutisha apokee; lakini akakataa.
17 And Naaman said, Shall there not then, I pray thee, be given to thy servant two mules' burden of earth? for thy servant will henceforth offer neither burnt offering nor sacrifice unto other gods, but unto the LORD.
Naamani akasema; Kama sivyo, lakini mtumwa wako na apewe mzigo wa udongo wa baghala wawili; kwa maana mtumwa wako hatatoa tena sadaka ya kuteketezwa wala dhabihu kwa miungu mingine, ila kwa Bwana.
18 In this thing the LORD pardon thy servant, that when my master goeth into the house of Rimmon to worship there, and he leaneth on my hand, and I bow myself in the house of Rimmon: when I bow down myself in the house of Rimmon, the LORD pardon thy servant in this thing.
Jambo hili Bwana amwachilie mtumwa wako; bwana wangu akiingia nyumbani mwa Rimoni ili aabudu humo, naye akitegemea mkononi mwangu, nami nikijiinama nyumbani mwa Rimoni, hapo ninapojiinama nyumbani mwa Rimoni, Bwana amwachilie mtumwa wako jambo hili.
19 And he said unto him, Go in peace. So he departed from him a little way.
Akamwambia, Enenda kwa amani Basi akamwondokea mbali kidogo.
Elisha's Servant
20 But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, Behold, my master hath spared Naaman this Syrian, in not receiving at his hands that which he brought: but, as the LORD liveth, I will run after him, and take somewhat of him.
Lakini Gehazi, mtumishi wa Elisha mtu wa Mungu, akasema, Tazama, bwana wangu amemwachilia huyo Naamani Mshami, asivipokee mikononi mwake vile vitu alivyovileta; kama Bwana aishivyo, mimi nitamfuata mbio, nipokee kitu kwake.
21 So Gehazi followed after Naaman. And when Naaman saw him running after him, he lighted down from the chariot to meet him, and said, Is all well?
Basi Gehazi akamfuata Naamani. Naye Naamani, alipoona mtu apigaye mbio anakuja nyuma yake, alishuka garini amlaki, akasema, Je! Ni amani?
22 And he said, All is well. My master hath sent me, saying, Behold, even now there be come to me from mount Ephraim two young men of the sons of the prophets: give them, I pray thee, a talent of silver, and two changes of garments.
Akasema, Amani. Bwana wangu amenituma, kusema, Tazama, sasa hivi wamenijia kutoka milimani mwa Efraimu vijana wawili wa wana na manabii; uwape, nakuomba, talanta ya fedha, na mavazi mawili.
23 And Naaman said, Be content, take two talents. And he urged him, and bound two talents of silver in two bags, with two changes of garments, and laid them upon two of his servants; and they bare them before him.
Naamani akasema, Uwe radhi, ukatwae talanta mbili. Akamshurutisha, akafunga talanta mbili za fedha ndani ya mifuko miwili, na mavazi mawili, akawatwika watumishi wake wawili; nao wakayachukua mbele yake.
24 And when he came to the tower, he took them from their hand, and bestowed them in the house: and he let the men go, and they departed.
Naye alipofika kilimani, alivitwaa mikononi mwao, akaviweka nyumbani; akawaacha wale watu kuondoka, nao wakaenda zao.
25 But he went in, and stood before his master. And Elisha said unto him, Whence comest thou , Gehazi? And he said, Thy servant went no whither.
Lakini yeye akaingia, akasimama mbele ya bwana wake. Elisha akamwambia, Watoka wapi, Gehazi? Akanena, Mtumwa wako hakuenda mahali.
26 And he said unto him, Went not mine heart with thee , when the man turned again from his chariot to meet thee? Is it a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and oliveyards, and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and maidservants?
Akamwambia, Je! Moyo wangu haukuenda na wewe, hapo alipogeuka yule mtu katika gari ili akulaki? Je! Huu ndio wakati wa kupokea fedha, na kupokea mavazi, na mashamba ya mizeituni, na mizabibu, na kondoo, na ng'ombe, na watumwa, na wajakazi?
27 The leprosy therefore of Naaman shall cleave unto thee, and unto thy seed for ever. And he went out from his presence a leper as white as snow.
Basi ukoma wa Naamani utakushika wewe, na wazao wako hata milele. Naye akatoka usoni pake mwenye ukoma kama theluji.
