1 Then Elisha said, Hear ye the word of the LORD; Thus saith the LORD, To morrow about this time shall a measure of fine flour be sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria.
Elisha akasema, Lisikieni neno la Bwana; Bwana asema hivi, Kesho panapo saa hii, kipimo cha unga mzuri kitauzwa kwa shekeli, na vipimo viwili vya shayiri kwa shekeli, langoni pa Samaria.
2 Then a lord on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold, if the LORD would make windows in heaven, might this thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.
Basi yule akida, ambaye mfalme alikuwa akitegemea mkono wake, akamjibu yule mtu wa Mungu, akasema, Tazama, kama Bwana angefanya madirisha mbinguni, je! Jambo hili lingewezekana? Akamwambia, Angalia, wewe utaliona kwa macho yako, lakini hutakula.
Flight of the Syrians
3 And there were four leprous men at the entering in of the gate: and they said one to another, Why sit we here until we die?
Basi walikuwapo watu wanne wenye ukoma, penye lango la mji; wakasemezana, Mbona tunakaa hapa hata tufe?
4 If we say, We will enter into the city, then the famine is in the city, and we shall die there: and if we sit still here, we die also. Now therefore come, and let us fall unto the host of the Syrians: if they save us alive, we shall live; and if they kill us, we shall but die.
Tukisema, Tutaingia mjini, mjini mna njaa, nasi tutakufa humo; nasi tukikaa hapa, tutakufa vile vile. Haya! Twende tukaliendee jeshi la Washami; wakituhifadhi hai tutaishi; wakituua, tutakufa tu.
5 And they rose up in the twilight, to go unto the camp of the Syrians: and when they were come to the uttermost part of the camp of Syria, behold, there was no man there.
Basi wakaondoka kabla ya mapambazuko, ili waende mpaka kituo cha Washami; na walipofika mwanzo wa kimo cha Washami, kumbe! Hapana mtu.
6 For the LORD had made the host of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great host: and they said one to another, Lo, the king of Israel hath hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us.
Kwa maana Bwana alikuwa amewasikizisha Washami kishindo cha miendo ya magari, na kishindo cha farasi, kama kishindo cha jeshi kubwa; wakaambiana, Tazama, mfalme wa Israeli amewaajiri wafalme wa Wahiti, na wafalme wa Wamisri, waje wapigane nasi.
7 Wherefore they arose and fled in the twilight, and left their tents, and their horses, and their asses, even the camp as it was , and fled for their life.
Kwa hiyo wakaondoka, wakakimbia kungali giza bado, wakaziacha hema zao, na farasi zao, na punda zao, na kimo chao vile vile kama kilivyokuwa, wakakimbia wapate kujiponya nafsi zao.
8 And when these lepers came to the uttermost part of the camp, they went into one tent, and did eat and drink, and carried thence silver, and gold, and raiment, and went and hid it ; and came again, and entered into another tent, and carried thence also , and went and hid it .
Basi wale wenye ukoma walipofika mwisho wa kituo, waliingia katika hema moja, wakala, na kunywa, wakachukua fedha, na dhahabu, na mavazi, wakaenda wakavificha; wakarudi, wakaingia katika hema ya pili, vile vile wakachukua vitu, wakaenda, wakavificha.
9 Then they said one to another, We do not well: this day is a day of good tidings, and we hold our peace: if we tarry till the morning light, some mischief will come upon us: now therefore come, that we may go and tell the king's household.
Ndipo wakaambiana, Mambo haya tufanyayo si mema; leo ni siku ya habari njema, na sisi tunanyamaza; mkingoja hata kutakapopambazuka, madhara yatatupata; basi twende tukawaambie watu wa nyumba ya mfalme.
10 So they came and called unto the porter of the city: and they told them, saying, We came to the camp of the Syrians, and, behold, there was no man there, neither voice of man, but horses tied, and asses tied, and the tents as they were .
Basi wakaenda, wakawaita mabawabu wa mji; wakawaambia, Tulifika kituo cha Washami, na tazama, hapana mtu ye yote huko, wala sauti ya mtu, ila farasi wamefungwa, na punda wamefungwa, na hema zao kama walivyoziacha.
11 And he called the porters; and they told it to the king's house within.
Na mabawabu wakaita wakawaambia watu wa nyumba ya mfalme.
12 And the king arose in the night, and said unto his servants, I will now shew you what the Syrians have done to us. They know that we be hungry; therefore are they gone out of the camp to hide themselves in the field, saying, When they come out of the city, we shall catch them alive, and get into the city.
Mfalme akaondoka usiku, akawaambia watumishi wake, Sasa nitawaonyesha ninyi walivyotutendea Washami. Wanajua ya kuwa tuna njaa; basi wametoka kituoni, ili kujificha kondeni, wakisema Watakapotoka mjini, tutawakamata hai; tena tutapata kuingia mjini.
13 And one of his servants answered and said, Let some take, I pray thee, five of the horses that remain, which are left in the city, (behold, they are as all the multitude of Israel that are left in it: behold, I say , they are even as all the multitude of the Israelites that are consumed:) and let us send and see.
Na mmojawapo wa watumishi wake akajibu, akasema, Kunradhi; baadhi ya watu na watwae farasi watano katika hao waliosalia, waliobaki ndani ya mji (tazama wamekuwa kama mkutano wote wa Israeli waliobaki ndani yake; tazama, wamekuwa kama mkutano wote wa Israeli walioangamia), tukawapeleke tukaone.
14 They took therefore two chariot horses; and the king sent after the host of the Syrians, saying, Go and see.
Basi wakatwaa magari mawili na farasi zake; mfalme akawatuma kuwafuata Washami, akasema, Enendeni, mkaangalie.
15 And they went after them unto Jordan: and, lo, all the way was full of garments and vessels, which the Syrians had cast away in their haste. And the messengers returned, and told the king.
Wakawafuata mpaka Yordani; na kumbe! Njia yote ilikuwa imejaa mavazi na vyombo, walivyovitupa Washami, wapate kukimbia upesi. Watu wale waliotumwa wakarudi, wakamwambia mfalme.
16 And the people went out, and spoiled the tents of the Syrians. So a measure of fine flour was sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, according to the word of the LORD.
Basi watu wakatoka, wakaziteka nyara hema za Washami. Ikawa kipimo cha unga mzuri kikauzwa kwa shekeli, na vipimo viwili vya shayiri kwa shekeli, sawasawa na neno la Bwana.
17 And the king appointed the lord on whose hand he leaned to have the charge of the gate: and the people trode upon him in the gate, and he died, as the man of God had said, who spake when the king came down to him.
Naye mfalme akamweka yule akida, ambaye alitegemea mkono wake, awasimamie watu langoni; na watu wakamkanyaga langoni, akafa; kama alivyosema yule mtu wa Mungu, aliyenena hapo mfalme alipomshukia.
18 And it came to pass as the man of God had spoken to the king, saying, Two measures of barley for a shekel, and a measure of fine flour for a shekel, shall be to morrow about this time in the gate of Samaria:
Ikatukia kama vile yule mtu wa Mungu alivyomwambia mfalme, Vipimo viwili vya shayiri kwa shekeli, na kipimo cha unga mzuri kwa shekeli, ndivyo vitakavyokuwa kesho, panapo saa hii, katika lango la Samaria;
19 and that lord answered the man of God, and said, Now, behold, if the LORD should make windows in heaven, might such a thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.
na yule akida akamjibu mtu wa Mungu, akasema, Sasa tazama, kama Bwana angefanya madirisha mbinguni, je! Jambo hili lingewezekana? Akasema, Angalia, wewe utaliona kwa macho yako, lakini hutakula.
20 And so it fell out unto him: for the people trode upon him in the gate, and he died.
Ikampata vivyo hivyo, kwa kuwa watu wakamkanyaga langoni, akafa.
