Josiah
1 Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem one and thirty years.
Yosia alikuwa na umri wa miaka minane alipoanza kutawala; akatawala miaka thelathini na mmoja huko Yerusalemu.
2 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the ways of David his father, and declined neither to the right hand, nor to the left.
Akafanya yaliyo mema machoni pa Bwana, akaziendea njia za Daudi babaye, asigeuke kwa kuume wala kwa kushoto.
3 For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young, he began to seek after the God of David his father: and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images.
Kwa kuwa katika mwaka wa nane wa kutawala kwake, naye akali mchanga, alianza kumtafuta Mungu wa Daudi babaye; hata katika mwaka wa kumi na mbili akaanza kusafisha Yuda na Yerusalemu kwa kuondoa mahali pa juu, na kwa kuondoa maashera, na sanamu za kuchora, nazo za kusubu.
4 And they brake down the altars of Baalim in his presence; and the images, that were on high above them, he cut down; and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images, he brake in pieces, and made dust of them , and strowed it upon the graves of them that had sacrificed unto them.
Wakazibomoa madhabahu za mabaali machoni pake; na sanamu za jua, zilizoinuliwa juu yake, akazikata-kata; na maashera, na sanamu za kuchonga, nazo za kusubu, akazivunja-vunja, akaziponda kuwa mavumbi, akayamimina juu ya makaburi ya hao waliozichinjia dhabihu.
5 And he burnt the bones of the priests upon their altars, and cleansed Judah and Jerusalem.
Akaiteketeza mifupa ya makuhani madhabahuni mwao, akasafisha Yuda na Yerusalemu.
6 And so did he in the cities of Manasseh, and Ephraim, and Simeon, even unto Naphtali, with their mattocks round about.
Na katika miji ya Manase, na Efraimu, na Simeoni, mpaka Naftali, akafanya vile vile; na katika maganjo yake pande zote.
7 And when he had broken down the altars and the groves, and had beaten the graven images into powder, and cut down all the idols throughout all the land of Israel, he returned to Jerusalem.
Akazibomoa madhabahu, akaponda-ponda maashera na sanamu kuwa mavumbi, akazikata-kata sanamu zote za jua katika nchi yote ya Israeli, kisha akarejea Yerusalemu.
8 Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, when he had purged the land, and the house, he sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, and Maaseiah the governor of the city, and Joah the son of Joahaz the recorder, to repair the house of the LORD his God.
Hata katika mwaka wa kumi na nane wa kutawala kwake, alipokwisha kuisafisha nchi, na nyumba, akamtuma Shafani, mwana wa Azalia, na Maaseya, akida wa mji, na Yoa, mwana wa Yoahazi, mwandishi wa tarehe, waitengeneze nyumba ya Bwana, Mungu wake.
9 And when they came to Hilkiah the high priest, they delivered the money that was brought into the house of God, which the Levites that kept the doors had gathered of the hand of Manasseh and Ephraim, and of all the remnant of Israel, and of all Judah and Benjamin; and they returned to Jerusalem.
Wakamjia Hilkia kuhani mkuu, wakampa fedha, iliyoletwa nyumbani mwa Mungu, waliyoikusanya Walawi, wangoje mlango, mikononi mwa Manase na Efraimu, na mabaki yote ya Israeli, na Yuda yote na Benyamini, na wenyeji wa Yerusalemu.
10 And they put it in the hand of the workmen that had the oversight of the house of the LORD, and they gave it to the workmen that wrought in the house of the LORD, to repair and amend the house:
Wakaitia mikononi mwa watenda kazi walioisimamia nyumba ya Bwana; na hao mafundi waliotenda kazi nyumbani mwa Bwana wakaitoa kwa kuitengeneza na kuifanya upya nyumba;
11 even to the artificers and builders gave they it , to buy hewn stone, and timber for couplings, and to floor the houses which the kings of Judah had destroyed.
wakawapa maseremala na waashi, ili wanunue mawe ya kuchonga, na miti ya kuungia, na kuifanyiza boriti kwa nyumba zile walizoziharibu wafalme wa Yuda.
12 And the men did the work faithfully: and the overseers of them were Jahath and Obadiah, the Levites, of the sons of Merari; and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathites, to set it forward; and other of the Levites, all that could skill of instruments of musick.
Nao watu wakatenda kazi kwa uaminifu; na wasimamizi wao walikuwa Yahathi na Obadia, Walawi, wa wana wa Merari; na Zekaria na Meshulamu, wa wana wa Wakohathi, ili kuihimiza kazi; na wengine katika Walawi, wote waliokuwa wastadi wa kupiga vinanda.
13 Also they were over the bearers of burdens, and were overseers of all that wrought the work in any manner of service: and of the Levites there were scribes, and officers, and porters.
Tena walikuwa juu ya wachukuzi wa mizigo, wakawahimiza wote waliotenda kazi ya huduma yo yote; na miongoni mwa Walawi kulikuwa na waandishi, na wasimamizi, na mabawabu.
The Book of the Law Found
14 And when they brought out the money that was brought into the house of the LORD, Hilkiah the priest found a book of the law of the LORD given by Moses.
Nao walipotoa ile fedha iliyoletwa nyumbani mwa Bwana, Hilkia kuhani akakiona kitabu cha torati ya Bwana iliyotolewa kwa mkono wa Musa.
15 And Hilkiah answered and said to Shaphan the scribe, I have found the book of the law in the house of the LORD. And Hilkiah delivered the book to Shaphan.
Akajibu Hilkia akamwambia Shafani mwandishi, Kitabu cha torati nimekiona nyumbani mwa Bwana. Hilkia akampa Shafani kile kitabu.
16 And Shaphan carried the book to the king, and brought the king word back again, saying, All that was committed to thy servants, they do it .
Shafani akampelekea mfalme hicho kitabu, tena akampasha mfalme habari, akisema, Yote waliyokabidhiwa watumishi wako, wayafanya.
17 And they have gathered together the money that was found in the house of the LORD, and have delivered it into the hand of the overseers, and to the hand of the workmen.
Nao wameimimina fedha iliyoonekana nyumbani mwa Bwana, nayo wameitia mikononi mwa wasimamizi, na mikononi mwa watenda kazi.
18 Then Shaphan the scribe told the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest hath given me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king.
Shafani mwandishi akamweleza mfalme, akisema, Hilkia kuhani amenipa kitabu. Shafani akasoma ndani yake mbele ya mfalme.
19 And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the law, that he rent his clothes.
Ikawa, mfalme alipoyasikia maneno ya torati, aliyararua mavazi yake.
20 And the king commanded Hilkiah, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Abdon the son of Micah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah a servant of the king's, saying,
Mfalme akawaamuru Hilkia, na Ahikamu, mwana wa Shafani, na Abdoni, mwana wa Mika, na Shafani mwandishi, na Asaya, mtumishi wa mfalme, kusema,
21 Go, enquire of the LORD for me, and for them that are left in Israel and in Judah, concerning the words of the book that is found: for great is the wrath of the LORD that is poured out upon us, because our fathers have not kept the word of the LORD, to do after all that is written in this book.
Nendeni, mkamwulize Bwana kwa ajili yangu, na kwa hao waliosalia wa Israeli na wa Yuda, katika habari za maneno ya kitabu kilichoonekana; maana ghadhabu ya Bwana ni nyingi iliyomwagika juu yetu, kwa sababu baba zetu hawakulishika neno la Bwana, kutenda sawasawa na yote yaliyoandikwa kitabuni humo.
22 And Hilkiah, and they that the king had appointed , went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvath, the son of Hasrah, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the college:) and they spake to her to that effect .
Basi Hilkia, na hao waliotumwa na mfalme, wakamwendea Hulda nabii mke, mkewe Shalumu, mwana wa Tohathi, mwana wa Hasra, mtunza mavazi; (naye alikuwa akikaa Yerusalemu katika mtaa wa pili); wakasema naye kama hayo.
23 And she answered them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Tell ye the man that sent you to me,
Akawaambia, Bwana, Mungu wa Israeli, asema hivi; Mwambieni mtu huyo aliyewatuma kwangu,
24 Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, even all the curses that are written in the book which they have read before the king of Judah:
Bwana asema hivi, Angalia, nitaleta mabaya juu ya mahali hapa, na juu ya wakaao, laana zote zilizoandikwa katika kitabu hicho walichokisoma mbele ya mfalme wa Yuda;
25 because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands; therefore my wrath shall be poured out upon this place, and shall not be quenched.
kwa sababu wameniacha mimi, na kuifukizia uvumba miungu mingine, ili wanikasirishe mimi kwa matendo yote ya mikono yao; kwa hiyo ghadhabu yangu imemwagika juu ya mahali hapa, wala isizimike.
26 And as for the king of Judah, who sent you to enquire of the LORD, so shall ye say unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel concerning the words which thou hast heard;
Lakini mfalme wa Yuda, aliyewatuma kumwuliza Bwana, mtamwambia hivi, Bwana, Mungu wa Israeli, asema hivi; Kwa habari ya maneno uliyoyasikia,
27 because thine heart was tender, and thou didst humble thyself before God, when thou heardest his words against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, and humbledst thyself before me, and didst rend thy clothes, and weep before me; I have even heard thee also, saith the LORD.
kwa kuwa moyo wako ulikuwa mwororo, nawe umejinyenyekeza mbele ya Mungu, uliposikia maneno yake juu ya mahali hapa, na juu ya wakaao, ukajinyenyekeza mbele zangu, na kuyararua mavazi yako, na kulia mbele zangu; mimi nami nimekusikia, asema Bwana.
28 Behold, I will gather thee to thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered to thy grave in peace, neither shall thine eyes see all the evil that I will bring upon this place, and upon the inhabitants of the same. So they brought the king word again.
Tazama, nitakukusanya kwa baba zako, nawe utawekwa kaburini mwako kwa amani, wala macho yako hayataona mabaya yote nitakayoyaleta juu ya mahali hapa, na juu ya wakaao. Basi wakamrudishia mfalme habari.
The Covenant Renewed
29 Then the king sent and gathered together all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.
Ndipo mfalme akapeleka wajumbe, akawakusanya wazee wote wa Yuda na Yerusalemu.
30 And the king went up into the house of the LORD, and all the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the priests, and the Levites, and all the people, great and small: and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant that was found in the house of the LORD.
Akapanda mfalme nyumbani kwa Bwana, na watu wote wa Yuda, na wenyeji wa Yerusalemu, na makuhani na Walawi, na watu wote, wakubwa kwa wadogo; naye akasoma masikioni mwao maneno yote ya kitabu cha agano kilichoonekana nyumbani mwa Bwana.
31 And the king stood in his place, and made a covenant before the LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep his commandments, and his testimonies, and his statutes, with all his heart, and with all his soul, to perform the words of the covenant which are written in this book.
Akasimama mfalme mahali pake, akafanya agano mbele za Bwana, kumfuata Bwana, na kuzishika amri zake, na shuhuda zake, na sheria zake, kwa moyo wake wote, na kwa roho yake yote, kuyatenda maneno ya agano yaliyoandikwa kitabuni humo.
32 And he caused all that were present in Jerusalem and Benjamin to stand to it . And the inhabitants of Jerusalem did according to the covenant of God, the God of their fathers.
Akawafanya wote walioonekana katika Yerusalemu na Benyamini walikubali. Na wenyeji wa Yerusalemu wakafanya sawasawa na agano la Mungu, Mungu wa baba zao.
33 And Josiah took away all the abominations out of all the countries that pertained to the children of Israel, and made all that were present in Israel to serve, even to serve the LORD their God. And all his days they departed not from following the LORD, the God of their fathers.
Naye Yosia akayaondolea mbali machukizo yote katika nchi zote zilizokuwa milki ya wana wa Israeli, akawafanya wote walioonekana katika Israeli kutumika, naam, wamtumikie Bwana, Mungu wao. Siku zake zote hawakuacha kumfuata Bwana, Mungu wa baba zao.
