1 It came to pass after this also, that the children of Moab, and the children of Ammon, and with them other beside the Ammonites, came against Jehoshaphat to battle.
Ikawa baadaye, wana wa Moabu, na wana wa Amoni, na pamoja nao baadhi ya Wameuni, wakaja juu ya Yehoshafati vitani.
2 Then there came some that told Jehoshaphat, saying, There cometh a great multitude against thee from beyond the sea on this side Syria; and, behold, they be in Hazazon-tamar, which is Engedi.
Wakaja watu waliomwambia Yehoshafati, wakisema, Wanakuja jamii kubwa juu yako watokao Shamu toka ng'ambo ya bahari; na tazama, wako katika Hasason-tamari (ndio En-gedi).
3 And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek the LORD, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.
Yehoshafati akaogopa, akauelekeza uso wake amtafute Bwana; akatangaza mbiu ya watu kufunga katika Yuda yote.
4 And Judah gathered themselves together, to ask help of the LORD: even out of all the cities of Judah they came to seek the LORD.
Yuda wakakusanyika pamoja ili wamtafute Bwana; hata kutoka miji yote ya Yuda wakaja kumtafuta Bwana.
Jehoshaphat's Prayer
5 And Jehoshaphat stood in the congregation of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of the LORD, before the new court,
Yehoshafati akasimama kati ya kusanyiko la Yuda na Yerusalemu, nyumbani mwa Bwana, mbele ya ua mpya;
6 and said, O LORD God of our fathers, art not thou God in heaven? and rulest not thou over all the kingdoms of the heathen? and in thine hand is there not power and might, so that none is able to withstand thee?
akasema, Ee Bwana, Mungu wa baba zetu, si wewe uliye Mungu mbinguni? Tena si wewe utawalaye falme zote za mataifa? Na mkononi mwako mna uweza na nguvu, asiweze mtu ye yote kusimama kinyume chako.
7 Art not thou our God, who didst drive out the inhabitants of this land before thy people Israel, and gavest it to the seed of Abraham thy friend for ever?
Si wewe, Ee Mungu wetu, uliyewafukuza wenyeji wa nchi hii mbele ya watu wako Israeli, ukawapa wazao wa Ibrahimu rafiki yako hata milele?
8 And they dwelt therein, and have built thee a sanctuary therein for thy name, saying,
Nao walikaa humo, wamekujengea patakatifu pa jina lako humo, wakisema,
9 If, when evil cometh upon us, as the sword, judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we stand before this house, and in thy presence, (for thy name is in this house,) and cry unto thee in our affliction, then thou wilt hear and help.
Yakitujia mabaya, upanga, hukumu, au tauni, au njaa, tutasimama mbele ya nyumba hii, na mbele zako, (maana jina lako limo katika nyumba hii), na kukulilia katika shida yetu, nawe utasikia na kuokoa.
10 And now, behold, the children of Ammon and Moab and mount Seir, whom thou wouldest not let Israel invade, when they came out of the land of Egypt, but they turned from them, and destroyed them not;
Na sasa, tazama, wana wa Amoni, na Moabu, na wa mlima Seiri, ambao hukuwaacha Israeli waingie katika nchi yao, walipotoka nchi ya Misri; lakini wakawageukia mbali, wasiwaharibu;
11 behold, I say, how they reward us, to come to cast us out of thy possession, which thou hast given us to inherit.
tazama, jinsi wanavyotulipa, wakija kututupa toka milki yako, uliyoturithisha.
12 O our God, wilt thou not judge them? for we have no might against this great company that cometh against us; neither know we what to do: but our eyes are upon thee.
Ee Mungu wetu, je! Hutawahukumu? Maana sisi hatuna uwezo juu ya jamii kubwa hii, wanaotujia juu yetu; wala hatujui tufanyeje; lakini macho yetu yatazama kwako.
13 And all Judah stood before the LORD, with their little ones, their wives, and their children.
Wakasimama Yuda wote mbele za Bwana, pamoja na wadogo wao, na wake zao, na watoto wao.
14 Then upon Jahaziel the son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, a Levite of the sons of Asaph, came the Spirit of the LORD in the midst of the congregation;
Ndipo Yahazieli mwana wa Zekaria, mwana wa Benaya, mwana wa Yeieli, mwana wa Matania, Mlawi, wa wana wa Asafu, akajiliwa na roho ya Bwana, katikati ya kusanyiko;
15 and he said, Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, and thou king Jehoshaphat, Thus saith the LORD unto you, Be not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not your's, but God's.
akasema, Sikieni, Yuda wote, nanyi mkaao Yerusalemu, na wewe mfalme Yehoshafati; Bwana awaambia hivi, Msiogope, wala msifadhaike kwa ajili ya jeshi kubwa hili; kwani vita si yenu bali ni ya Mungu.
16 To morrow go ye down against them: behold, they come up by the cliff of Ziz; and ye shall find them at the end of the brook, before the wilderness of Jeruel.
Kesho shukeni juu yao; tazameni, wanakwea kwa kupandia Sisi; nanyi mtawapata penye mwisho wa bonde, mbele ya jangwa la Yerueli.
17 Ye shall not need to fight in this battle: set yourselves, stand ye still , and see the salvation of the LORD with you, O Judah and Jerusalem: fear not, nor be dismayed; to morrow go out against them: for the LORD will be with you.
Hamtahitaji kupigana vita, jipangeni, simameni, mkauone wokovu wa Bwana ulio pamoja nanyi, enyi Yuda na Yerusalemu; msiogope, wala msifadhaike; kesho tokeni juu yao; kwa kuwa Bwana yu pamoja nanyi.
18 And Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground: and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell before the LORD, worshipping the LORD.
Yehoshafati akainama kichwa, kifulifuli; wakaanguka mbele za Bwana Yuda wote na wakaao Yerusalemu, wakimsujudia Bwana.
19 And the Levites, of the children of the Kohathites, and of the children of the Korhites, stood up to praise the LORD God of Israel with a loud voice on high.
Na Walawi, wa wana wa Wakohathi na wa wana wa Wakorahi, wakasimama ili wamsifu Bwana, Mungu wa Israeli, kwa sauti kuu sana.
20 And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem; Believe in the LORD your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper.
Wakaamka asubuhi na mapema, wakaenda nje katika jangwa la Tekoa; nao walipokuwa wakitoka, Yehoshafati akasimama, akasema, Nisikieni, enyi Yuda nanyi wenyeji wa Yerusalemu; mwaminini Bwana, Mungu wenu, ndivyo mtakavyothibitika; waaminini manabii wake, ndivyo mtakavyofanikiwa.
21 And when he had consulted with the people, he appointed singers unto the LORD, and that should praise the beauty of holiness, as they went out before the army, and to say, Praise the LORD; for his mercy endureth for ever.
Naye alipokwisha kufanya shauri na watu, akawaweka wale watakaomwimbia Bwana, na kumsifu katika uzuri wa utakatifu, wakitoka mbele ya jeshi, na kusema, Mshukuruni Bwana; kwa maana fadhili zake ni za milele.
22 And when they began to sing and to praise, the LORD set ambushments against the children of Ammon, Moab, and mount Seir, which were come against Judah; and they were smitten.
Nao walipoanza kuimba na kusifu, Bwana akaweka waviziao juu ya wana wa Amoni, na Moabu, na wa mlima Seiri, waliokuja juu ya Yuda; nao wakapigwa.
23 For the children of Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of mount Seir, utterly to slay and destroy them: and when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, every one helped to destroy another.
Kwani wana wa Amoni na wa Moabu waliwaondokea wenyeji wa mlima Seiri kuwaulia mbali na kuwaharibu; nao walipokwisha kuwakomesha hao wakaao Seiri, wakajitia kuharibu kila mtu mwenziwe.
24 And when Judah came toward the watch tower in the wilderness, they looked unto the multitude, and, behold, they were dead bodies fallen to the earth, and none escaped.
Hata Yuda walipofika mnara wa kulindia wa jangwani, wakalitazama hilo jeshi; nao, angalia, walikuwa maiti walioanguka nchi, wala hapana aliyeokoka.
25 And when Jehoshaphat and his people came to take away the spoil of them, they found among them in abundance both riches with the dead bodies, and precious jewels, which they stripped off for themselves, more than they could carry away: and they were three days in gathering of the spoil, it was so much.
Nao Yehoshafati na watu wake walipokuja kuchukua nyara zao, wakaona kati yao wingi wa mali, na mavazi, na johari za thamani, walivyojivulia, zaidi kuliko wawezavyo kuchukua; wakawa siku tatu katika kuteka nyara, maana zilikuwa nyingi sana.
26 And on the fourth day they assembled themselves in the valley of Berachah; for there they blessed the LORD: therefore the name of the same place was called, The valley of Berachah, unto this day.
Hata siku ya nne wakakusanyika katika bonde la Baraka; maana ndipo walipombarikia Bwana; kwa hiyo jina lake mahali pale pakaitwa Bonde la Baraka hata leo.
27 Then they returned, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, and Jehoshaphat in the forefront of them, to go again to Jerusalem with joy; for the LORD had made them to rejoice over their enemies.
Kisha wakarudi, kila mtu wa Yuda na Yerusalemu, na Yehoshafati mbele yao, ili kuurudia Yerusalemu kwa furaha; kwa kuwa Bwana amewafurahisha juu ya adui zao.
28 And they came to Jerusalem with psalteries and harps and trumpets unto the house of the LORD.
Wakafika Yerusalemu wenye vinanda vinubi na mapanda kwenda nyumbani kwa Bwana.
29 And the fear of God was on all the kingdoms of those countries, when they had heard that the LORD fought against the enemies of Israel.
Ikawa hofu ya Mungu juu ya falme zote za nchi, waliposikia ya kuwa Bwana amepigana juu ya adui za Israeli.
30 So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet: for his God gave him rest round about.
Basi ukatulia ufalme wake Yehoshafati; kwa sababu Mungu wake alimstarehesha pande zote.
31 And Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah: he was thirty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.
Yehoshafati akatawala juu ya Yuda; alikuwa na umri wa miaka thelathini na mitano alipoanza kutawala, akatawala miaka ishirini na mitano huko Yerusalemu; na jina la mamaye aliitwa Azuba binti Shilhi.
32 And he walked in the way of Asa his father, and departed not from it, doing that which was right in the sight of the LORD.
Akaiendea njia ya Asa babaye, wala hakuiacha, akifanya yaliyo mema machoni pa Bwana.
33 Howbeit the high places were not taken away: for as yet the people had not prepared their hearts unto the God of their fathers.
Lakini mahali pa juu hapakuondolewa; wala mioyo ya watu bado haijakazwa kwa Mungu wa baba zao.
34 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of Jehu the son of Hanani, who is mentioned in the book of the kings of Israel.
Na mambo yote ya Yehoshafati yaliyosalia, ya kwanza na ya mwisho, angalia, yameandikwa katika tarehe ya Yehu mwana wa Hanani, iliyotiwa katika kitabu cha wafalme wa Israeli.
35 And after this did Jehoshaphat king of Judah join himself with Ahaziah king of Israel, who did very wickedly:
Baada ya hayo Yehoshafati mfalme wa Yuda akapatana na Ahazia mfalme wa Israeli; naye huyo ndiye aliyefanya mabaya mno;
36 and he joined himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish: and they made the ships in Ezion-geber.
akapatana naye kufanya merikebu za kuendea Tarshishi; wakazifanya merikebu zile huko Esion-geberi.
37 Then Eliezer the son of Dodavah of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, Because thou hast joined thyself with Ahaziah, the LORD hath broken thy works. And the ships were broken, that they were not able to go to Tarshish.
Ndipo Eliezeri mwana wa Dodavahu wa Maresha akatoa unabii juu ya Yehoshafati, akasema, Kwa sababu umepatana na Ahazia, Bwana amezivunja-vunja kazi zako. Zikavunjika merikebu, zisiweze kufika Tarshishi.
