Amaziah
1 Amaziah was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem.
Amazia alikuwa na umri wa miaka ishirini na mitano alipoanza kutawala; akatawala katika Yerusalemu miaka ishirini na kenda; na jina la mamaye aliitwa Yehoadani wa Yerusalemu.
2 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, but not with a perfect heart.
Akafanya yaliyo ya adili machoni pa Bwana, lakini si kwa moyo mkamilifu.
3 Now it came to pass, when the kingdom was established to him, that he slew his servants that had killed the king his father.
Basi ikawa, alipopata nguvu katika ufalme wake, akawaua watumishi wale waliomwua mfalme babaye.
4 But he slew not their children, but did as it is written in the law in the book of Moses, where the LORD commanded, saying, The fathers shall not die for the children, neither shall the children die for the fathers, but every man shall die for his own sin.
Lakini watoto wao hakuwaua, ila alifanya sawasawa na hayo yaliyoandikwa katika torati, katika kitabu cha Musa, kama Bwana alivyoamuru, akisema, Mababa wasife kwa makosa ya wana, wala wana wasife kwa makosa ya mababa; lakini kila mtu atakufa kwa dhambi yake mwenyewe.
5 Moreover Amaziah gathered Judah together, and made them captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, according to the houses of their fathers, throughout all Judah and Benjamin: and he numbered them from twenty years old and above, and found them three hundred thousand choice men, able to go forth to war, that could handle spear and shield.
Tena Amazia akawakusanya Yuda, akawaweka sawasawa na nyumba za baba zao chini ya maakida wa maelfu, na maakida wa mamia, naam, Yuda pia, na Benyamini; tangu wenye miaka ishirini na zaidi akawahesabu, akawaona kuwa watu wateule mia tatu elfu, wawezao kwenda vitani, waliozoea mkuki na ngao.
6 He hired also an hundred thousand mighty men of valour out of Israel for an hundred talents of silver.
Akaajiri pia watu mashujaa mia elfu wa Israeli kwa talanta mia za fedha.
7 But there came a man of God to him, saying, O king, let not the army of Israel go with thee; for the LORD is not with Israel, to wit, with all the children of Ephraim.
Lakini mtu wa Mungu akamjia, akasema, Ee mfalme, usiwaache jeshi la Israeli waende nawe; kwa kuwa Bwana hayupo pamoja na Israeli, yaani, wana wote wa Efraimu.
8 But if thou wilt go, do it , be strong for the battle: God shall make thee fall before the enemy: for God hath power to help, and to cast down.
Lakini ukitaka kwenda, haya, jitie nguvu upigane; Mungu atakuangusha mbele ya adui; maana Mungu anazo nguvu za kusaidia, na kuangusha.
9 And Amaziah said to the man of God, But what shall we do for the hundred talents which I have given to the army of Israel? And the man of God answered, The LORD is able to give thee much more than this.
Amazia akamwambia mtu wa Mungu, Lakini tuzifanyieje zile talanta mia nilizowapa jeshi la Israeli? Mtu wa Mungu akajibu, Bwana aweza kukupa zaidi sana kuliko hizo.
10 Then Amaziah separated them, to wit , the army that was come to him out of Ephraim, to go home again: wherefore their anger was greatly kindled against Judah, and they returned home in great anger.
Ndipo Amazia akawafarakisha jeshi lililomjia kutoka Efraimu, ili warudi kwao; kwa hiyo ikawaka sana hasira yao juu ya Yuda, nao wakarudi kwao wenye hasira kali.
11 And Amaziah strengthened himself, and led forth his people, and went to the valley of salt, and smote of the children of Seir ten thousand.
Amazia akapiga moyo konde, akawaongoza watu wake, akaenda mpaka Bonde la Chumvi, akawapiga katika wana wa Seiri watu elfu kumi.
12 And other ten thousand left alive did the children of Judah carry away captive, and brought them unto the top of the rock, and cast them down from the top of the rock, that they all were broken in pieces.
Na elfu kumi wengine, ambao wana wa Yuda waliwachukua wali hai, wakawaleta juu ya jabali, wakawaangusha toka juu ya jabali, hata wakavunjika-vunjika wote.
13 But the soldiers of the army which Amaziah sent back, that they should not go with him to battle, fell upon the cities of Judah, from Samaria even unto Beth-horon, and smote three thousand of them, and took much spoil.
Lakini wale watu wa jeshi, aliowarudisha Amazia, wasiende naye vitani, hao wakaiteka miji ya Yuda, tangu Samaria mpaka Beth-horoni, wakawapiga watu elfu tatu, wakachukua nyara nyingi.
14 Now it came to pass, after that Amaziah was come from the slaughter of the Edomites, that he brought the gods of the children of Seir, and set them up to be his gods, and bowed down himself before them, and burned incense unto them.
Basi ikawa, Amazia alipokwisha rudi kutoka kuwaua Waedomi, alileta miungu ya wana wa Seiri, akaisimamisha kuwa miungu yake, akajiinama mbele yao, akaifukizia uvumba.
15 Wherefore the anger of the LORD was kindled against Amaziah, and he sent unto him a prophet, which said unto him, Why hast thou sought after the gods of the people, which could not deliver their own people out of thine hand?
Kwa hiyo hasira ya Bwana ikawaka juu ya Amazia, akampelekea nabii, aliyemwambia, Mbona umeitafuta miungu ya watu, isiyowaokoa watu wao mkononi mwako?
16 And it came to pass, as he talked with him, that the king said unto him, Art thou made of the king's counsel? forbear; why shouldest thou be smitten? Then the prophet forbare, and said, I know that God hath determined to destroy thee, because thou hast done this, and hast not hearkened unto my counsel.
Ikawa, aliposema naye, mfalme akamwambia, Je! Tumekutia wewe kuwa mshauri wa mfalme? Nyamaza; kwa nini upigwe? Ndipo yule nabii akaacha, akasema, Najua ya kuwa Mungu amekusudia kukuangamiza, kwa sababu umeyafanya haya, wala hukulisikiliza shauri langu.
17 Then Amaziah king of Judah took advice, and sent to Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us see one another in the face.
Ndipo mfalme Amazia akafanya shauri, akatuma wajumbe kwa Yehoashi, mwana wa Yehoahazi mwana wa Yehu, mfalme wa Israeli, kusema, njoo, tutazamane uso kwa uso.
18 And Joash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by a wild beast that was in Lebanon, and trode down the thistle.
Na Yehoashi mfalme wa Israeli akatuma wajumbe kwa Amazia mfalme wa Yuda, kusema, Mbaruti uliokuwako Lebanoni ukatuma kwa mwerezi uliokuwako Lebanoni kusema, Umwoze mwanangu binti yako; kukapita hayawani aliyekuwako Lebanoni, akaukanyaga ule mbaruti.
19 Thou sayest, Lo, thou hast smitten the Edomites; and thine heart lifteth thee up to boast: abide now at home; why shouldest thou meddle to thine hurt, that thou shouldest fall, even thou, and Judah with thee?
Wasema, Tazama, umewapiga Edomu; na moyo wako wakutukuza ujisifu; kaa nyumbani mwako basi; mbona unataka kujitia bure katika madhara, hata uanguke, wewe na Yuda pamoja nawe?
20 But Amaziah would not hear; for it came of God, that he might deliver them into the hand of their enemies , because they sought after the gods of Edom.
Lakini Amazia hakutaka kusikia, kwa maana hayo yalitoka kwa Mungu, ili awatie mikononi mwao, kwa kuwa wameitafuta miungu ya Edomu.
21 So Joash the king of Israel went up; and they saw one another in the face, both he and Amaziah king of Judah, at Beth-shemesh, which belongeth to Judah.
Basi Yehoashi mfalme wa Israeli akakwea; wakatazamana uso kwa uso, yeye na Amazia mfalme wa Yuda huko Beth-shemeshi, ulio wa Yuda.
22 And Judah was put to the worse before Israel, and they fled every man to his tent.
Yuda wakashindwa mbele ya Israeli; wakakimbia kila mtu hemani kwake.
23 And Joash the king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, at Beth-shemesh, and brought him to Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim to the corner gate, four hundred cubits.
Yehoashi mfalme wa Israeli akamtwaa Amazia mfalme wa Yuda, mwana wa Yoashi, mwana wa Ahazia, huko Beth-shemeshi, akamchukua mpaka Yerusalemu, akauvunja ukuta wa Yerusalemu, toka lango la Efraimu mpaka lango la pembeni, mikono mia nne.
24 And he took all the gold and the silver, and all the vessels that were found in the house of God with Obed-edom, and the treasures of the king's house, the hostages also, and returned to Samaria.
Akaitwaa dhahabu yote, na fedha, na vyombo vyote vilivyoonekana nyumbani mwa Mungu kwa Obed-edomu, na hazina za nyumba ya mfalme, tena watu kuwa amana, akarudi Samaria.
25 And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years.
Naye Amazia mwana wa Yoashi mfalme wa Yuda, akaishi baada ya kufa kwake Yehoashi mwana wa Yehoahazi, mfalme wa Israeli, miaka kumi na mitano.
26 Now the rest of the acts of Amaziah, first and last, behold, are they not written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel?
Na mambo yote ya Amazia yaliyosalia, ya kwanza na ya mwisho, tazama, je! Hayakuandikwa katika kitabu cha wafalme wa Yuda na Israeli?
27 Now after the time that Amaziah did turn away from following the LORD they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem; and he fled to Lachish: but they sent to Lachish after him, and slew him there.
Basi, toka wakati alipogeuka Amazia katika kumfuata Bwana, wakamfanyia fitina katika Yerusalemu; naye akakimbia mpaka Lakishi; lakini wakatuma kumfuata mpaka Lakishi, wakamwua huko.
28 And they brought him upon horses, and buried him with his fathers in the city of Judah.
Wakamleta juu ya farasi; wakamzika pamoja na babaze katika mji wa Yuda.
