Joash
1 Joash was seven years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Zibiah of Beer-sheba.
Yoashi alikuwa na umri wa miaka saba alipoanza kutawala; akatawala miaka arobaini huko Yerusalemu; na jina la mamaye aliitwa Sibia wa Beer-sheba.
2 And Joash did that which was right in the sight of the LORD all the days of Jehoiada the priest.
Yoashi akafanya yaliyo mema machoni pa Bwana siku zote za Yehoyada kuhani.
3 And Jehoiada took for him two wives; and he begat sons and daughters.
Yehoyada akamwoza wake wawili, naye akazaa wana na binti.
4 And it came to pass after this, that Joash was minded to repair the house of the LORD.
Ikawa baada ya haya, Yoashi alikuwa na nia ya kuitengeneza nyumba ya Mungu.
5 And he gathered together the priests and the Levites, and said to them, Go out unto the cities of Judah, and gather of all Israel money to repair the house of your God from year to year, and see that ye hasten the matter. Howbeit the Levites hastened it not.
Akawakusanya makuhani na Walawi, akawaambia, Nendeni mijini mwa Yuda, mkakusanye katika Israeli wote fedha, ili kuitengeneza nyumba ya Mungu wenu mwaka kwa mwaka, mkafanye bidii kuliharakisha neno hili. Walakini Walawi hawakuliharakisha.
6 And the king called for Jehoiada the chief, and said unto him, Why hast thou not required of the Levites to bring in out of Judah and out of Jerusalem the collection, according to the commandment of Moses the servant of the LORD, and of the congregation of Israel, for the tabernacle of witness?
Mfalme akamwita Yehoyada mkuu wao, akamwambia, Mbona hukuwataka Walawi waitoze Yuda na Yerusalemu kodi ya Musa mtumishi wa Bwana, na ya kusanyiko la Israeli, kwa ajili ya hema ya ushuhuda?
7 For the sons of Athaliah, that wicked woman, had broken up the house of God; and also all the dedicated things of the house of the LORD did they bestow upon Baalim.
Kwa kuwa wana wa Athalia, yule mwanamke mwovu, walikuwa wameibomoa nyumba ya Mungu; na vitakatifu vyote vya nyumba ya Bwana wamewapatia mabaali.
8 And at the king's commandment they made a chest, and set it without at the gate of the house of the LORD.
Basi mfalme akaamuru, nao wakafanyiza kasha, wakaliweka nje langoni pa nyumba ya Bwana.
9 And they made a proclamation through Judah and Jerusalem, to bring in to the LORD the collection that Moses the servant of God laid upon Israel in the wilderness.
Wakapiga mbiu katika Yuda na Yerusalemu, kumletea Bwana kodi aliyoiweka Musa mtumishi wa Mungu, juu ya Israeli jangwani.
10 And all the princes and all the people rejoiced, and brought in, and cast into the chest, until they had made an end.
Wakafurahi maakida wote na watu wote, wakaleta na kutia ndani ya kasha, hata wakaisha.
11 Now it came to pass, that at what time the chest was brought unto the king's office by the hand of the Levites, and when they saw that there was much money, the king's scribe and the high priest's officer came and emptied the chest, and took it, and carried it to his place again. Thus they did day by day, and gathered money in abundance.
Ikawa wakati walipoletewa kasha wasimamizi wa mfalme kwa mkono wa Walawi, nao wakaona ya kwamba kuna fedha nyingi, huja karani wa mfalme, na msimamizi wake kuhani mkuu, wakatoa yaliyomo kashani, kisha hulichukua kasha, na kulirudisha mahali pake. Ndivyo walivyofanya siku kwa siku, wakakusanya fedha tele.
12 And the king and Jehoiada gave it to such as did the work of the service of the house of the LORD, and hired masons and carpenters to repair the house of the LORD, and also such as wrought iron and brass to mend the house of the LORD.
Na mfalme na Yehoyada waliwapa hao waliofanya kazi ya utumishi wa nyumba ya Bwana; nao wakawaajiri waashi na maseremala ili kuitengeza nyumba ya Bwana, na hao pia wafuao chuma na shaba ili kuitengeza nyumba ya Bwana.
13 So the workmen wrought, and the work was perfected by them, and they set the house of God in his state, and strengthened it.
Hivyo mafundi wakafanya kazi yao, nao wakaimaliza, wakaisimamisha nyumba ya Mungu kama ilivyopasa, wakaifanya imara.
14 And when they had finished it , they brought the rest of the money before the king and Jehoiada, whereof were made vessels for the house of the LORD, even vessels to minister, and to offer withal , and spoons, and vessels of gold and silver. And they offered burnt offerings in the house of the LORD continually all the days of Jehoiada.
Nao walipokwisha, wakaleta mbele ya mfalme na Yehoyada fedha iliyobaki, vikafanyizwa kwayo vyombo vya nyumba ya Bwana, vyombo vya utumishi, navyo vya kutolea, na miiko, na vyombo vya dhahabu na fedha. Wakatoa sadaka za kuteketezwa katika nyumba ya Bwana, daima, siku zote za Yehoyada.
15 But Jehoiada waxed old, and was full of days when he died; an hundred and thirty years old was he when he died.
Lakini Yehoyada akawa mzee, mwenye umri mwingi, akafa; alipokufa alikuwa na umri wa miaka mia na thelathini.
16 And they buried him in the city of David among the kings, because he had done good in Israel, both toward God, and toward his house.
Wakamzika katika mji wa Daudi kati ya wafalme, kwa sababu ametenda mema katika Israeli, na kwa Mungu, na katika nyumba yake.
17 Now after the death of Jehoiada came the princes of Judah, and made obeisance to the king. Then the king hearkened unto them.
Hata baada ya kufa kwake Yehoyada, wakuu wa Yuda wakamwendea mfalme, wakamsujudia. Naye mfalme akawasikiliza maneno yao.
18 And they left the house of the LORD God of their fathers, and served groves and idols: and wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this their trespass.
Wakaiacha nyumba ya Bwana, Mungu wa baba zao; wakatumikia maashera na sanamu; ghadhabu ikawajia Yuda na Yerusalemu kwa sababu ya hiyo hatia yao.
19 Yet he sent prophets to them, to bring them again unto the LORD; and they testified against them: but they would not give ear.
Hata hivyo akawapelekea manabii, ili kuwarudisha kwa Bwana; nao wakawashuhudia; lakini hawakukubali kuwasikiliza.
20 And the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest, which stood above the people, and said unto them, Thus saith God, Why transgress ye the commandments of the LORD, that ye cannot prosper? because ye have forsaken the LORD, he hath also forsaken you.
Na roho ya Mungu ikamjia Zekaria, mwana wa Yehoyada, kuhani; naye akasimama juu ya watu, akawaambia, Mungu asema hivi, Kwani ninyi kuzihalifu amri za Bwana, hata msiweze kufanikiwa? Kwa kuwa mmemwacha Bwana, yeye naye amewaacha ninyi.
21 And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the commandment of the king in the court of the house of the LORD.
Basi, wakafanya shauri juu yake, wakampiga kwa mawe kwa amri ya mfalme katika ua wa nyumba ya Bwana.
22 Thus Joash the king remembered not the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but slew his son. And when he died, he said, The LORD look upon it , and require it .
Basi hivyo mfalme Yoashi hakuukumbuka wema, ambao Yehoyada, baba yake, alimfanyia, bali alimwua mwanawe. Naye alipokufa, alisema, Bwana na ayaangalie haya, akayatakie kisasi.
23 And it came to pass at the end of the year, that the host of Syria came up against him: and they came to Judah and Jerusalem, and destroyed all the princes of the people from among the people, and sent all the spoil of them unto the king of Damascus.
Ikawa mwisho wa mwaka, wakakwea juu yake jeshi la Washami; wakafika Yuda na Yerusalemu, wakawaangamiza wakuu wa watu wote miongoni mwa watu, wakamletea mfalme wa Dameski nyara zao zote.
24 For the army of the Syrians came with a small company of men, and the LORD delivered a very great host into their hand, because they had forsaken the LORD God of their fathers. So they executed judgment against Joash.
Maana wakaja jeshi la Washami watu haba; Bwana akatia mikononi mwao jeshi kubwa mno, kwa sababu wamemwacha Bwana, Mungu wa baba zao. Hivyo wakamfanyia Yoashi hukumu.
25 And when they were departed from him, (for they left him in great diseases,) his own servants conspired against him for the blood of the sons of Jehoiada the priest, and slew him on his bed, and he died: and they buried him in the city of David, but they buried him not in the sepulchres of the kings.
Hata walipoondoka kwake, (nao walimwacha ameshikwa sana na maradhi,) watumishi wake mwenyewe wakamfanyia fitina kwa ajili ya damu ya mwana wa Yehoyada kuhani, wakamwua kitandani pake, akafa; wakamzika mjini mwa Daudi, lakini hawakumzika katika makaburi ya wafalme.
26 And these are they that conspired against him; Zabad the son of Shimeath an Ammonitess, and Jehozabad the son of Shimrith a Moabitess.
Na hawa ndio waliomfanyia fitina, Zabadi mwana wa Shimeathi mwanamke Mwamoni, na Yehozabadi mwana wa Shimrithi mwanamke Mmoabi.
27 Now concerning his sons, and the greatness of the burdens laid upon him, and the repairing of the house of God, behold, they are written in the story of the book of the kings. And Amaziah his son reigned in his stead.
Basi kwa habari ya wanawe, na ukubwa wa mizigo aliolemewa, na majengo ya nyumba ya Mungu, tazama, hayo yameandikwa katika maelezo ya kitabu cha wafalme. Na Amazia mwanawe akatawala mahali pake.
