Hezekiah
1 Hezekiah began to reign when he was five and twenty years old, and he reigned nine and twenty years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah.
Hezekia alikuwa na umri wa miaka ishirini na mitano alipoanza kutawala; akatawala katika Yerusalemu miaka ishirini na kenda; na jina la mamaye aliitwa Abiya binti Zekaria.
2 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that David his father had done.
Akafanya yaliyo ya adili machoni pa Bwana, sawasawa na yote aliyoyafanya Daudi babaye.
3 He in the first year of his reign, in the first month, opened the doors of the house of the LORD, and repaired them.
Yeye, katika mwaka wa kwanza wa kutawala kwake, katika mwezi wa kwanza, aliifungua milango ya nyumba ya Bwana, akaitengeneza.
4 And he brought in the priests and the Levites, and gathered them together into the east street,
Akawaingiza makuhani na Walawi, akawakusanya uwandani upande wa mashariki,
5 and said unto them, Hear me, ye Levites, sanctify now yourselves, and sanctify the house of the LORD God of your fathers, and carry forth the filthiness out of the holy place .
akawaambia, Nisikieni, enyi Walawi; jitakaseni nafsi zenu sasa, mkaitakase na nyumba ya Bwana, Mungu wa baba zenu, mkautoe uchafu katika patakatifu.
6 For our fathers have trespassed, and done that which was evil in the eyes of the LORD our God, and have forsaken him, and have turned away their faces from the habitation of the LORD, and turned their backs.
Kwa maana baba zetu wameasi, na kufanya yaliyo maovu machoni pa Bwana, Mungu wetu, wamemwacha, na kugeuzia mbali nyuso zao na makao ya Bwana, na kumpa maungo.
7 Also they have shut up the doors of the porch, and put out the lamps, and have not burned incense nor offered burnt offerings in the holy place unto the God of Israel.
Tena wameifunga milango ya ukumbi, na kuzizima taa, wala hawakufukiza uvumba, wala hawakumtolea Mungu wa Israeli sadaka za kuteketezwa katika patakatifu.
8 Wherefore the wrath of the LORD was upon Judah and Jerusalem, and he hath delivered them to trouble, to astonishment, and to hissing, as ye see with your eyes.
Kwa hiyo hasira ya Bwana imekuwa juu ya Yuda na Yerusalemu, naye amewatoa kuwa matetemeko, wawe ushangao, na mazomeo, kama mwonavyo kwa macho yenu.
9 For, lo, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and our daughters and our wives are in captivity for this.
Kwa kuwa, tazama, baba zetu wameangamia kwa upanga, na wana wetu, na binti zetu, na wake zetu wametekwa kwa ajili ya hayo.
10 Now it is in mine heart to make a covenant with the LORD God of Israel, that his fierce wrath may turn away from us.
Basi nia yangu ni kufanya agano na Bwana, Mungu wa Israeli, ili kwamba hasira yake kali itugeukie mbali.
11 My sons, be not now negligent: for the LORD hath chosen you to stand before him, to serve him, and that ye should minister unto him, and burn incense.
Basi wanangu, msijipurukushe sasa, kwa kuwa Bwana amewachagua ninyi msimame mbele yake, kumhudumia, nanyi mpate kuwa watumishi wake, mkafukize uvumba.
12 Then the Levites arose, Mahath the son of Amasai, and Joel the son of Azariah, of the sons of the Kohathites: and of the sons of Merari, Kish the son of Abdi, and Azariah the son of Jehalelel: and of the Gershonites; Joah the son of Zimmah, and Eden the son of Joah:
Ndipo wakaondoka Walawi, Mahathi mwana wa Amasai, na Yoeli mwana wa Azaria, wa wana wa Wakohathi; na wa wana wa Merari, Kishi mwana wa Abdi, na Azaria mwana wa Yehaleleli; na wa Wagershoni, Yoa mwana wa Zima na Edeni mwana wa Yoa;
13 and of the sons of Elizaphan; Shimri, and Jeiel: and of the sons of Asaph; Zechariah, and Mattaniah:
na wa wana wa Elisafani, Shimri na Yeueli; na wa wana wa Asafu, Zekaria na Matania;
14 and of the sons of Heman; Jehiel, and Shimei: and of the sons of Jeduthun; Shemaiah, and Uzziel.
na wa wana wa Hemani, Yehueli na Shimei; na wa wana wa Yeduthuni, Shemaya na Uzieli.
15 And they gathered their brethren, and sanctified themselves, and came, according to the commandment of the king, by the words of the LORD, to cleanse the house of the LORD.
Wakawakusanya ndugu zao, wakajitakasa, wakaingia, kama alivyoamuru mfalme kwa maneno ya Bwana, ili waisafishe nyumba ya Bwana.
Cleansed the Temple
16 And the priests went into the inner part of the house of the LORD, to cleanse it , and brought out all the uncleanness that they found in the temple of the LORD into the court of the house of the LORD. And the Levites took it , to carry it out abroad into the brook Kidron.
Nao makuhani wakaingia nyumbani mwa Bwana, katika mahali pa ndani, ili waisafishe, wakatoa uchafu wote waliouona hekaluni mwa Bwana, wakautupa nje uani mwa nyumba ya Bwana. Walawi wakautwaa, ili wauchukue nje mpaka kijito cha Kidroni.
17 Now they began on the first day of the first month to sanctify, and on the eighth day of the month came they to the porch of the LORD: so they sanctified the house of the LORD in eight days; and in the sixteenth day of the first month they made an end.
Basi wakaanza kutakasa siku ya kwanza ya mwezi wa kwanza, hata siku ya nane ya mwezi wakafika katika ukumbi wa Bwana; wakaitakasa nyumba ya Bwana katika muda wa siku nane; wakamaliza siku ya kumi na sita ya mwezi wa kwanza.
18 Then they went in to Hezekiah the king, and said, We have cleansed all the house of the LORD, and the altar of burnt offering, with all the vessels thereof, and the shewbread table, with all the vessels thereof.
Wakaingia ndani kwa Hezekia mfalme, wakasema, Tumeisafisha nyumba yote ya Bwana, na madhabahu ya sadaka ya kuteketezwa, pamoja na vyombo vyake vyote, na meza ya mikate ya wonyesho, pamoja na vyombo vyake vyote.
19 Moreover all the vessels, which king Ahaz in his reign did cast away in his transgression, have we prepared and sanctified, and, behold, they are before the altar of the LORD.
Tena vyombo vyote alivyovitupa mfalme Ahazi alipotawala, hapo alipoasi, tumevitengeza na kuvitakasa; navyo, tazama, vipo mbele ya madhabahu ya Bwana.
20 Then Hezekiah the king rose early, and gathered the rulers of the city, and went up to the house of the LORD.
Ndipo Hezekia mfalme akaamka mapema, akakusanya wakuu wa mji, akapanda nyumbani kwa Bwana.
21 And they brought seven bullocks, and seven rams, and seven lambs, and seven he goats, for a sin offering for the kingdom, and for the sanctuary, and for Judah. And he commanded the priests the sons of Aaron to offer them on the altar of the LORD.
Wakaleta ng'ombe waume saba, na kondoo waume saba, na wana-kondoo saba, na mabeberu saba, kuwa sadaka ya dhambi kwa ajili ya ufalme, na kwa ajili ya patakatifu, na kwa ajili ya Yuda. Akaamuru makuhani, wana wa Haruni, wawatoe madhabahuni pa Bwana.
22 So they killed the bullocks, and the priests received the blood, and sprinkled it on the altar: likewise, when they had killed the rams, they sprinkled the blood upon the altar: they killed also the lambs, and they sprinkled the blood upon the altar.
Basi wakawachinja ng'ombe, na makuhani wakaipokea damu, wakainyunyiza madhabahuni; wakawachinja kondoo waume, na kuinyunyiza damu madhabahuni; wakawachinja na wana-kondoo, na kuinyunyiza damu madhabahuni.
23 And they brought forth the he goats for the sin offering before the king and the congregation; and they laid their hands upon them:
Wakawaleta karibu mabeberu wa sadaka ya dhambi mbele ya mfalme na kusanyiko; wakawawekea mikono yao;
24 and the priests killed them, and they made reconciliation with their blood upon the altar, to make an atonement for all Israel: for the king commanded that the burnt offering and the sin offering should be made for all Israel.
na makuhani wakawachinja, wakaitoa damu yao kuwa sadaka ya dhambi madhabahuni, ili kuwafanyia Israeli wote upatanisho; maana mfalme aliamuru Israeli wote wafanyiwe sadaka ya kuteketezwa na sadaka ya dhambi.
25 And he set the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals, with psalteries, and with harps, according to the commandment of David, and of Gad the king's seer, and Nathan the prophet: for so was the commandment of the LORD by his prophets.
Akawasimamisha Walawi nyumbani mwa Bwana wenye matoazi, wenye vinanda, na wenye vinubi, kama alivyoamuru Daudi, na Gadi mwonaji wa mfalme, na Nathani nabii; kwani Bwana aliamuru hivi kwa manabii wake.
26 And the Levites stood with the instruments of David, and the priests with the trumpets.
Wakasimama Walawi wenye vinanda vya Daudi, na makuhani wenye mapanda.
27 And Hezekiah commanded to offer the burnt offering upon the altar. And when the burnt offering began, the song of the LORD began also with the trumpets, and with the instruments ordained by David king of Israel.
Hezekia akaamuru kutoa sadaka ya kuteketezwa madhabahuni. Na wakati ilipoanza sadaka hiyo ya kuteketezwa, ukaanza na huo wimbo wa Bwana, na mapanda, pamoja na vinanda vya Daudi mfalme wa Israeli.
28 And all the congregation worshipped, and the singers sang, and the trumpeters sounded: and all this continued until the burnt offering was finished.
Na kusanyiko lote wakaabudu, waimbaji wakaimba, wenye mapanda wakapiga; haya yote yakaendelea hata ilipomalizika sadaka ya kuteketezwa.
29 And when they had made an end of offering, the king and all that were present with him bowed themselves, and worshipped.
Hata walipokwisha kutoa sadaka, mfalme, na hao wote waliokuwapo naye, wakasujudia, wakaabudu.
30 Moreover Hezekiah the king and the princes commanded the Levites to sing praise unto the LORD with the words of David, and of Asaph the seer. And they sang praises with gladness, and they bowed their heads and worshipped.
Tena Hezekia mfalme na wakuu wakawaamuru Walawi, wamwimbie Bwana sifa kwa maneno ya Daudi, na ya Asafu mwonaji. Wakaimba sifa kwa furaha, wakainama vichwa, wakaabudu.
31 Then Hezekiah answered and said, Now ye have consecrated yourselves unto the LORD, come near and bring sacrifices and thank offerings into the house of the LORD. And the congregation brought in sacrifices and thank offerings; and as many as were of a free heart burnt offerings.
Ndipo Hezekia akajibu, akasema, Sasa mmejifanya wakfu kwa Bwana, karibuni mkalete dhabihu na matoleo ya shukrani nyumbani mwa Bwana. Basi kusanyiko wakaleta dhabihu na matoleo ya shukrani; na wote wenye moyo wa ukarimu, wakaleta sadaka za kuteketezwa.
32 And the number of the burnt offerings, which the congregation brought, was threescore and ten bullocks, an hundred rams, and two hundred lambs: all these were for a burnt offering to the LORD.
Na hesabu ya sadaka hizo za kuteketezwa walizozileta kusanyiko ikawa ng'ombe waume sabini, kondoo waume mia, na wana-kondoo mia mbili; hao wote walikuwa ni sadaka ya kuteketezwa kwa Bwana.
33 And the consecrated things were six hundred oxen and three thousand sheep.
Na vitu vitakatifu vilikuwa ng'ombe mia sita, na kondoo elfu tatu.
34 But the priests were too few, so that they could not flay all the burnt offerings: wherefore their brethren the Levites did help them, till the work was ended, and until the other priests had sanctified themselves: for the Levites were more upright in heart to sanctify themselves than the priests.
Lakini makuhani walikuwa wachache, wasiweze kuchuna sadaka zote za kuteketezwa; basi ndugu zao Walawi wakawasaidia, hata ilipokwisha kazi, na hata makuhani walipojitakasa; kwa kuwa Walawi walikuwa wenye mioyo ya adili kwa kujitakasa kuliko makuhani.
35 And also the burnt offerings were in abundance, with the fat of the peace offerings, and the drink offerings for every burnt offering. So the service of the house of the LORD was set in order.
Na tena sadaka za kuteketezwa nazo zilikuwa nyingi, pamoja na mafuta ya sadaka za amani, na sadaka za kinywaji kwa kila sadaka ya kuteketezwa. Hivyo ikatengezeka huduma ya nyumba ya Bwana.
36 And Hezekiah rejoiced, and all the people, that God had prepared the people: for the thing was done suddenly.
Akafurahi Hezekia, na watu wote, kwa sababu ya hayo Mungu aliyowatengenezea watu; maana jambo hilo likawa kwa ghafula.
