Manasseh
1 Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem:
Manase alikuwa na umri wa miaka kumi na miwili alipoanza kutawala; akatawala katika Yerusalemu miaka hamsini na mitano.
2 but did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, like unto the abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD had cast out before the children of Israel.
Akafanya yaliyo maovu machoni pa Bwana, sawasawa na machukizo yote ya mataifa, aliowafukuza Bwana mbele ya wana wa Israeli.
3 For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had broken down, and he reared up altars for Baalim, and made groves, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.
Kwa maana akapajenga tena mahali pa juu alipopabomoa Hezekia babaye; akazisimamisha madhabahu za mabaali, akafanya na sanamu za maashera, akaabudu jeshi lote la mbinguni, na kulitumikia.
4 Also he built altars in the house of the LORD, whereof the LORD had said, In Jerusalem shall my name be for ever.
Akajenga madhabahu katika nyumba ya Bwana, napo ndipo alipopanena Bwana, Katika Yerusalemu litakuwako jina langu milele.
5 And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD.
Akajenga madhabahu kwa ajili ya jeshi lote la mbinguni katika nyua mbili za nyumba ya Bwana.
6 And he caused his children to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom: also he observed times, and used enchantments, and used witchcraft, and dealt with a familiar spirit, and with wizards: he wrought much evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.
Tena akawapitisha wanawe motoni katika bonde la mwana wa Hinomu; akatazama bao, akabashiri, akafanya uganga, akajishughulisha na hao wenye pepo wa utambuzi, na wachawi; akafanya mabaya mengi machoni pa Bwana, hata kumkasirisha.
7 And he set a carved image, the idol which he had made, in the house of God, of which God had said to David and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen before all the tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever:
Akaiweka sanamu ya kuchonga aliyoifanya, katika nyumba ya Mungu ambayo Mungu alimwambia Daudi, na Sulemani mwanawe, Katika nyumba hii, na katika Yerusalemu, niliouchagua miongoni mwa kabila zote za Israeli, nitaliweka jina langu milele;
8 neither will I any more remove the foot of Israel from out of the land which I have appointed for your fathers; so that they will take heed to do all that I have commanded them, according to the whole law and the statutes and the ordinances by the hand of Moses.
wala sitawaondoshea miguu tena Israeli katika nchi niliyowaagizia baba zenu; wakiangalia tu kutenda yote niliyowaamuru, yaani, torati yote, na sheria, na maagizo, niliyowaamuru kwa mkono wa Musa.
9 So Manasseh made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to err, and to do worse than the heathen, whom the LORD had destroyed before the children of Israel.
Basi Manase akawakosesha Yuda na wenyeji wa Yerusalemu, hata wakazidi kufanya mabaya kuliko mataifa, aliowaharibu Bwana mbele ya wana wa Israeli.
10 And the LORD spake to Manasseh, and to his people: but they would not hearken.
Naye Bwana akasema na Manase, na watu wake; wala wasiangalie.
11 Wherefore the LORD brought upon them the captains of the host of the king of Assyria, which took Manasseh among the thorns, and bound him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon.
Kwa hiyo Bwana akaleta juu yao maakida wa jeshi la mfalme wa Ashuru, waliomkamata Manase kwa minyororo, wakamfunga kwa pingu, wakamchukua mpaka Babeli.
12 And when he was in affliction, he besought the LORD his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,
Hata alipokuwa katika taabu, akamsihi Bwana, Mungu wake, akajinyenyekeza sana mbele za Mungu wa baba zake.
13 and prayed unto him: and he was intreated of him, and heard his supplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the LORD he was God.
Akamwomba; naye akamtakabali, akayasikia maombi yake; akamrudisha tena Yerusalemu katika ufalme wake. Ndipo Manase akajua ya kwamba Bwana ndiye Mungu.
14 Now after this he built a wall without the city of David, on the west side of Gihon, in the valley, even to the entering in at the fish gate, and compassed about Ophel, and raised it up a very great height, and put captains of war in all the fenced cities of Judah.
Hata baada ya hayo akaujengea mji wa Daudi ukuta wa nje, upande wa magharibi wa Gihoni, bondeni, hata kufika maingilio ya lango la samaki; akauzungusha Ofeli, akauinua juu sana; akaweka maakida mashujaa katika miji yote ya Yuda yenye maboma.
15 And he took away the strange gods, and the idol out of the house of the LORD, and all the altars that he had built in the mount of the house of the LORD, and in Jerusalem, and cast them out of the city.
Akaiondoa miungu migeni, na hiyo sanamu nyumbani mwa Bwana, na madhabahu zote alizozijenga katika mlima wa nyumba ya Bwana, na Yerusalemu, akazitupa nje ya mji.
16 And he repaired the altar of the LORD, and sacrificed thereon peace offerings and thank offerings, and commanded Judah to serve the LORD God of Israel.
Akaijenga madhabahu ya Bwana, akatoa juu yake dhabihu za sadaka za amani, na za shukrani, akawaamuru Yuda wamtumikie Bwana, Mungu wa Israeli.
17 Nevertheless the people did sacrifice still in the high places, yet unto the LORD their God only.
Lakini watu wakaendelea kutoa dhabihu katika mahali pa juu, ila wakamtolea Bwana, Mungu wao tu.
18 Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and his prayer unto his God, and the words of the seers that spake to him in the name of the LORD God of Israel, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel.
Basi mambo yote ya Manase yaliyosalia, na maombi yake kwa Mungu wake, na maneno ya waonaji walionena naye kwa jina la Bwana, Mungu wa Israeli, tazama, yameandikwa kati ya mambo ya wafalme wa Israeli.
19 His prayer also, and how God was intreated of him, and all his sins, and his trespass, and the places wherein he built high places, and set up groves and graven images, before he was humbled: behold, they are written among the sayings of the seers.
Sala yake pia, na jinsi Mungu alivyomtakabali, na dhambi yake yote, na kosa lake, na mahali alipopajenga mahali pa juu, na kupasimamishia maashera na sanamu za kuchonga, kabla ya kujinyenyekeza; tazama, hayo yameandikwa katika tarehe ya Hozai.
20 So Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his own house: and Amon his son reigned in his stead.
Basi Manase akalala na babaze, wakamzika nyumbani mwake; na Amoni mwanawe akatawala mahali pake.
Amon
21 Amon was two and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned two years in Jerusalem.
Amoni alikuwa na umri wa miaka ishirini na miwili alipoanza kutawala; akatawala katika Yerusalemu miaka miwili.
22 But he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, as did Manasseh his father: for Amon sacrificed unto all the carved images which Manasseh his father had made, and served them;
Akafanya yaliyo maovu machoni pa Bwana, kama alivyofanya Manase babaye; Amoni akazitolea dhabihu sanamu zote alizozifanya Manase babaye, akazitumikia.
23 and humbled not himself before the LORD, as Manasseh his father had humbled himself; but Amon trespassed more and more.
Wala hakujinyenyekeza mbele za Bwana, kama Manase babaye alivyojinyenyekeza; lakini huyo Amoni akaongeza makosa juu ya makosa.
24 And his servants conspired against him, and slew him in his own house.
Wakamfanyia fitina watumishi wake, wakamwua katika nyumba yake mwenyewe.
25 But the people of the land slew all them that had conspired against king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his stead.
Lakini watu wa nchi wakawaua wote waliomfanyia fitina mfalme Amoni; watu wa nchi wakamfanya Yosia mwanawe awe mfalme badala yake.
