1 Then Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab.
Ikawa, baada ya kufa kwake Ahabu, Moabu wakawaasi Israeli.
2 And Ahaziah fell down through a lattice in his upper chamber that was in Samaria, and was sick: and he sent messengers, and said unto them, Go, enquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron whether I shall recover of this disease.
Na Ahazia akaanguka katika dirisha la chumba chake orofani, katika Samaria, akaugua; akatuma wajumbe, akawaambia, Enendeni mkaulize kwa Baal-zebubu, mungu wa Ekroni, kwamba nitapona ugonjwa huu.
Elijah and the Messengers
3 But the angel of the LORD said to Elijah the Tishbite, Arise, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and say unto them, Is it not because there is not a God in Israel, that ye go to enquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron?
Lakini malaika wa Bwana akamwambia Eliya Mtishbi, Ondoka, uende ukaonane na wale wajumbe wa mfalme wa Samaria, ukawaambie, Je! Ni kwa sababu hapana Mungu katika Israeli, hata mnakwenda kuuliza kwa Baal-zebubu, mungu wa Ekroni?
4 Now therefore thus saith the LORD, Thou shalt not come down from that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die. And Elijah departed.
Basi sasa, Bwana asema hivi, Hutashuka katika kile kitanda ulichokipanda, bali hakika utakufa. Eliya akaondoka.
5 And when the messengers turned back unto him, he said unto them, Why are ye now turned back?
Wale wajumbe wakarudi, na mfalme akawaambia, Mbona mmerudi?
6 And they said unto him, There came a man up to meet us, and said unto us, Go, turn again unto the king that sent you, and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Is it not because there is not a God in Israel, that thou sendest to enquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron? therefore thou shalt not come down from that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die.
Wakamwambia, Mtu alitokea, akaonana nasi, akatuambia, Enendeni, rudini kwa mfalme yule aliyewatuma, mkamwambie, Bwana asema hivi Je! Ni kwa sababu hapana Mungu katika Israeli, hata mnakwenda kuuliza kwa Baal-zebubu, mungu wa Ekroni? Basi kwa ajili ya hayo hutashuka katika kile kitanda ulichokipanda, bali hakika utakufa.
7 And he said unto them, What manner of man was he which came up to meet you, and told you these words?
Akawaambia, Je! Mtu yule aliyetokea, akaonana nanyi, akawaambia maneno hayo, alikuwa mtu wa namna gani?
8 And they answered him, He was an hairy man, and girt with a girdle of leather about his loins. And he said, It is Elijah the Tishbite.
Wakamwambia, Alikuwa amevaa vazi la manyoya, tena amejifunga shuka ya ngozi kiunoni mwake. Naye akasema, Ndiye yule Eliya Mtishbi.
9 Then the king sent unto him a captain of fifty with his fifty. And he went up to him: and, behold, he sat on the top of an hill. And he spake unto him, Thou man of God, the king hath said, Come down.
Ndipo mfalme akatuma akida wa askari hamsini pamoja na hamsini wake, wamwendee Eliya. Akamwendea, na tazama, ameketi juu ya kilima. Akamwambia, Ewe mtu wa Mungu, mfalme asema, Shuka.
10 And Elijah answered and said to the captain of fifty, If I be a man of God, then let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And there came down fire from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty.
Eliya akajibu, akamwambia yule akida wa hamsini, Ikiwa mimi ni mtu wa Mungu, na ushuke moto kutoka mbinguni, ukuteketeze wewe na hamsini wako. Moto ukashuka, ukamteketeza, yeye na hamsini wake.
11 Again also he sent unto him another captain of fifty with his fifty. And he answered and said unto him, O man of God, thus hath the king said, Come down quickly.
Akatuma tena akida wa hamsini mwingine pamoja na hamsini wake, wamwendee. Akajibu, akamwambia, Ewe mtu wa Mungu, mfalme asema, Shuka upesi.
12 And Elijah answered and said unto them, If I be a man of God, let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And the fire of God came down from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty.
Eliya akajibu, akamwambia, Ikiwa mimi ni mtu wa Mungu, na ushuke moto kutoka mbinguni, ukuteketeze wewe na hamsini wako. Moto wa Mungu ukashuka kutoka mbinguni, ukamteketeza, yeye na hamsini wake.
13 And he sent again a captain of the third fifty with his fifty. And the third captain of fifty went up, and came and fell on his knees before Elijah, and besought him, and said unto him, O man of God, I pray thee, let my life, and the life of these fifty thy servants, be precious in thy sight.
Tena akatuma akida wa hamsini wa tatu, pamoja na hamsini wake. Yule akida wa hamsini wa tatu akapanda, akaenda akapiga magoti mbele ya Eliya, akamsihi sana, akamwambia, Ee mtu wa Mungu, nakusihi, roho yangu, na roho za watumishi wako hawa hamsini, ziwe na thamani machoni pako.
14 Behold, there came fire down from heaven, and burnt up the two captains of the former fifties with their fifties: therefore let my life now be precious in thy sight.
Tazama, moto ulishuka kutoka mbinguni, ukawateketeza wale akida wa hamsini wawili wa kwanza pamoja na hamsini wao; laiti sasa roho yangu na iwe na thamani machoni pako.
15 And the angel of the LORD said unto Elijah, Go down with him: be not afraid of him. And he arose, and went down with him unto the king.
Malaika wa Bwana akamwambia Eliya, Shuka pamoja naye; usimwogope. Akaondoka, akashuka pamoja naye hata kwa mfalme.
16 And he said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Forasmuch as thou hast sent messengers to enquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron, is it not because there is no God in Israel to enquire of his word? therefore thou shalt not come down off that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die.
Akamwambia, Bwana asema hivi, Kwa kuwa umetuma wajumbe waulize kwa Baal-zebubu, mungu wa Ekroni, je! Ni kwa sababu hapana Mungu katika Israeli, uulize neno lake? Kwa hiyo hutashuka katika kile kitanda ulichokipanda, bali hakika utakufa.
17 So he died according to the word of the LORD which Elijah had spoken. And Jehoram reigned in his stead in the second year of Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah; because he had no son.
Basi akafa, sawasawa na neno la Bwana alilolinena Eliya. Na Yoramu alianza kutawala mahali pake katika mwaka wa pili wa Yehoramu mwana wa Yehoshafati mfalme wa Yuda; kwa kuwa yeye hakuwa na mwana.
18 Now the rest of the acts of Ahaziah which he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
Na mambo yote yaliyosalia aliyoyafanya Ahazia, je! Hayakuandikwa katika kitabu-cha-tarehe cha wafalme wa Israeli?
