Renewed the Passover
1 And Hezekiah sent to all Israel and Judah, and wrote letters also to Ephraim and Manasseh, that they should come to the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, to keep the passover unto the LORD God of Israel.
Hezekia akatuma wajumbe kwa Israeli wote na Yuda pia; akawaandikia nyaraka Efraimu na Manase, waje nyumbani kwa Bwana Yerusalemu, ili wamfanyie pasaka Bwana, Mungu wa Israeli.
2 For the king had taken counsel, and his princes, and all the congregation in Jerusalem, to keep the passover in the second month.
Kwa maana mfalme na wakuu wake, na kusanyiko lote katika Yerusalemu walifanya shauri kufanya pasaka mwezi wa pili.
3 For they could not keep it at that time, because the priests had not sanctified themselves sufficiently, neither had the people gathered themselves together to Jerusalem.
Kwa sababu hawakuweza kuifanya wakati ule, kwa kuwa makuhani walikuwa hawajajitakasa wa kutosha, wala watu hawajakusanyika huko Yerusalemu.
4 And the thing pleased the king and all the congregation.
Likawa neno jema machoni pa mfalme, na kusanyiko lote.
5 So they established a decree to make proclamation throughout all Israel, from Beer-sheba even to Dan, that they should come to keep the passover unto the LORD God of Israel at Jerusalem: for they had not done it of a long time in such sort as it was written.
Basi wakafanya amri kupiga mbiu kati ya Israeli yote, toka Beer-sheba mpaka Dani, ya kwamba watu waje wamfanyie pasaka Bwana, Mungu wa Israeli, huko Yerusalemu; maana tangu siku nyingi hawakuifanya kama vile ilivyoandikwa.
6 So the posts went with the letters from the king and his princes throughout all Israel and Judah, and according to the commandment of the king, saying, Ye children of Israel, turn again unto the LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, and he will return to the remnant of you, that are escaped out of the hand of the kings of Assyria.
Wakaenda matarishi wenye nyaraka za mfalme na wakuu wake, kati ya Israeli yote na Yuda, na kwa amri ya mfalme, kusema, Enyi wana wa Israeli, mrudieni Bwana, Mungu wa Ibrahimu, na Isaka, na Israeli, apate kuwarudia waliosalia wenu waliookoka mikononi mwa wafalme wa Ashuru.
7 And be not ye like your fathers, and like your brethren, which trespassed against the LORD God of their fathers, who therefore gave them up to desolation, as ye see.
Wala msiwe kama baba zenu, na kama ndugu zenu, waliomwasi Bwana, Mungu wa baba zao, hata akawatoa kuwa ushangao, kama mwonavyo.
8 Now be ye not stiffnecked, as your fathers were, but yield yourselves unto the LORD, and enter into his sanctuary, which he hath sanctified for ever: and serve the LORD your God, that the fierceness of his wrath may turn away from you.
Msiwe sasa wenye shingo ngumu kama baba zenu; lakini mjitoe kwa Bwana, mkaingie katika patakatifu pake, alipopatakasa milele, mkamtumikie Bwana, Mungu wenu, hasira yake kali iwageukie mbali.
9 For if ye turn again unto the LORD, your brethren and your children shall find compassion before them that lead them captive, so that they shall come again into this land: for the LORD your God is gracious and merciful, and will not turn away his face from you, if ye return unto him.
Kwa kuwa mkimrudia Bwana, ndugu zenu na watoto wenu watahurumiwa machoni pa hao waliowachukua mateka, nao watairudia nchi hii; kwa kuwa Bwana, Mungu wenu, ndiye mwenye neema, na mwenye rehema, wala hatawageuzia mbali uso wake, mkimrudia.
10 So the posts passed from city to city through the country of Ephraim and Manasseh, even unto Zebulun: but they laughed them to scorn, and mocked them.
Basi matarishi wakapita mji kwa mji kati ya nchi ya Efraimu na Manase, hata kufika Zabuloni; lakini waliwacheka-cheka, na kuwadhihaki.
11 Nevertheless divers of Asher and Manasseh and of Zebulun humbled themselves, and came to Jerusalem.
Ila watu wengine wa Asheri, na wa Manase, na wa Zabuloni walijinyenyekeza, wakaja Yerusalemu.
12 Also in Judah the hand of God was to give them one heart to do the commandment of the king and of the princes, by the word of the LORD.
Tena katika Yuda mkono wa Mungu ulikuwa ukiwapa moyo mmoja, waitimize amri ya mfalme na wakuu kwa neno la Bwana.
13 And there assembled at Jerusalem much people to keep the feast of unleavened bread in the second month, a very great congregation.
Basi wakakusanyika Yerusalemu watu wengi ili kuifanya sikukuu ya mikate isiyochachwa katika mwezi wa pili, kusanyiko kuu sana.
14 And they arose and took away the altars that were in Jerusalem, and all the altars for incense took they away, and cast them into the brook Kidron.
Wakainuka, wakaziondoa madhabahu zilizokuwamo Yerusalemu, nazo madhabahu za kufukizia wakaziondoa, wakazitupa katika kijito Kidroni.
15 Then they killed the passover on the fourteenth day of the second month: and the priests and the Levites were ashamed, and sanctified themselves, and brought in the burnt offerings into the house of the LORD.
Kisha wakaichinja pasaka siku ya kumi na nne ya mwezi wa pili, nao makuhani na Walawi wakatahayarika, wakajitakasa, wakaleta sadaka za kuteketezwa nyumbani mwa Bwana.
16 And they stood in their place after their manner, according to the law of Moses the man of God: the priests sprinkled the blood, which they received of the hand of the Levites.
Wakasimama mahali pao kwa taratibu yao, sawasawa na torati ya Musa, mtu wa Mungu; nao makuhani wakainyunyiza damu, waliyoipokea mikononi mwa Walawi.
17 For there were many in the congregation that were not sanctified: therefore the Levites had the charge of the killing of the passovers for every one that was not clean, to sanctify them unto the LORD.
Kwa maana kulikuwa na wengi katika kusanyiko ambao hawajajitakasa; kwa hiyo Walawi wakamchinjia pasaka, kila mtu asiyekuwa safi, ili kuwatakasa kwa Bwana.
18 For a multitude of the people, even many of Ephraim, and Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, yet did they eat the passover otherwise than it was written. But Hezekiah prayed for them, saying, The good LORD pardon every one
Kwani wingi wa watu, naam, wengi wa Efraimu, na wa Manase, na wa Isakari, na wa Zabuloni, hawakujisafisha, lakini wakala pasaka, ila si kama ilivyoandikwa. Naye Hezekia alikuwa amewaombea, akisema, Bwana mwema na amsamehe kila mtu,
19 that prepareth his heart to seek God, the LORD God of his fathers, though he be not cleansed according to the purification of the sanctuary.
aukazaye moyo wake kumtafuta Mungu, Bwana, Mungu wa babaze, hata ikiwa si kwa utakaso wa patakatifu.
20 And the LORD hearkened to Hezekiah, and healed the people.
Bwana akamsikia Hezekia, akawaponya watu.
21 And the children of Israel that were present at Jerusalem kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with great gladness: and the Levites and the priests praised the LORD day by day, singing with loud instruments unto the LORD.
Nao wana wa Israeli waliohudhuria Yerusalemu wakafanya sikukuu ya mikate isiyochachwa siku saba kwa furaha kubwa; Walawi na makuhani wakamsifu Bwana siku kwa siku, wakimwimbia Bwana kwa vinanda vyenye sauti kuu.
22 And Hezekiah spake comfortably unto all the Levites that taught the good knowledge of the LORD: and they did eat throughout the feast seven days, offering peace offerings, and making confession to the LORD God of their fathers.
Hezekia akawafurahisha mioyo Walawi wote waliokuwa wastadi wa kumtumikia Bwana. Basi muda wa siku saba wakala sikukuu, wakitoa dhabihu za sadaka za amani, na kumtolea shukrani Bwana, Mungu wa baba zao.
23 And the whole assembly took counsel to keep other seven days: and they kept other seven days with gladness.
Na kusanyiko lote wakafanya shauri kufanya sikukuu siku saba nyingine; wakafanya sikukuu siku saba nyingine kwa furaha.
24 For Hezekiah king of Judah did give to the congregation a thousand bullocks and seven thousand sheep; and the princes gave to the congregation a thousand bullocks and ten thousand sheep: and a great number of priests sanctified themselves.
Maana Hezekia, mfalme wa Yuda, aliwatolea kusanyiko matoleo ya ng'ombe elfu, na kondoo elfu saba; na wakuu wakawatolea kusanyiko ng'ombe elfu, na kondoo elfu kumi; tena wakajitakasa makuhani wengi sana.
25 And all the congregation of Judah, with the priests and the Levites, and all the congregation that came out of Israel, and the strangers that came out of the land of Israel, and that dwelt in Judah, rejoiced.
Na kusanyiko lote la Yuda, pamoja na makuhani na Walawi, na kusanyiko lote waliotoka Israeli, na wageni waliotoka katika nchi ya Israeli, nao waliokaa Yuda, wakafurahi.
26 So there was great joy in Jerusalem: for since the time of Solomon the son of David king of Israel there was not the like in Jerusalem.
Ikawa furaha kuu katika Yerusalemu; kwa sababu tangu siku za Sulemani mwana wa Daudi, mfalme wa Israeli, hayajakuwako mambo kama hayo huko Yerusalemu.
27 Then the priests the Levites arose and blessed the people: and their voice was heard, and their prayer came up to his holy dwelling place, even unto heaven.
Ndipo wakasimama makuhani Walawi, wakawabariki watu; ikasikiwa sauti yao, sala yao ikafika hata makao yake matakatifu, yaani, mbinguni.
