1 Kings 14

1 At that time Abijah son of Jeroboam became ill,

1 Wakati ule Abiya mwana wa Yeroboamu akaugua,

2 and Jeroboam said to his wife, “Now get up, disguise yourself so they will not recognize you as my wife, and go to Shiloh. For Ahijah the prophet is there; it was he who spoke about my kingship over this people.

2 naye Yeroboamu akamwambia mke wake, “Nenda ukajibadilishe, ili watu wasijue kwamba wewe ni mke wa Yeroboamu. Kisha uende Shilo. Nabii Ahiya yuko huko, yule aliyeniambia kuwa nitakuwa mfalme juu ya watu hawa.

3 Take with you ten loaves of bread, some cakes, and a jar of honey, and go to him. He will tell you what will become of the boy.”

3 Chukua mikate kumi, maandazi kadhaa na gudulia la asali na umwendee. Atakuambia kitakachotokea kwa kijana.”

4 Jeroboam’s wife did as instructed; she arose and went to Shiloh and arrived at Ahijah’s house. Now Ahijah could not see, for his eyes were dim because of his age.

4 Basi mke wa Yeroboamu akafanya kama alivyosema mumewe, akaenda kwenye nyumba ya Ahiya huko Shilo. Wakati huu Ahiya alikuwa kipofu naye alishindwa kuona kwa sababu ya umri wake.

5 But the LORD had said to Ahijah, “Behold, the wife of Jeroboam is coming to ask you about her son, for he is ill. You are to say such and such to her, because when she arrives, she will be disguised.”

5 Lakini Bwana alikuwa amemwambia Ahiya, “Mke wa Yeroboamu anakuja kukuuliza kuhusu mwanawe, kwa kuwa ni mgonjwa, nawe utamjibu hivi na hivi. Atakapowasili, atajifanya kuwa ni mtu mwingine.”

6 So when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet entering the door, he said, “Come in, wife of Jeroboam! Why are you disguised? For I have been sent to you with bad news.

6 Hivyo Ahiya aliposikia kishindo cha hatua zake mlangoni, akasema, “Karibu ndani, mke wa Yeroboamu. Kwa nini kujibadilisha? Nimetumwa kwako nikiwa na habari mbaya.

7 Go, tell Jeroboam that this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘I raised you up from among the people and appointed you ruler over My people Israel.

7 Nenda, ukamwambie Yeroboamu kwamba hivi ndivyo asemavyo Bwana, Mungu wa Israeli: ‘Nilikuinua miongoni mwa watu na kukufanya kiongozi juu ya watu wangu Israeli.

8 I tore the kingdom away from the house of David and gave it to you. But you have not been like My servant David, who kept My commandments and followed Me with all his heart, doing only what was right in My eyes.

8 Nikararua ufalme kutoka kwa nyumba ya Daudi na kukupa wewe, lakini hukuwa kama mtumishi wangu Daudi, ambaye aliyashika maagizo yangu na kunifuata kwa moyo wake wote, akifanya tu lile lililokuwa sawa machoni pangu.

9 You have done more evil than all who came before you. You have proceeded to make for yourself other gods and molten images to provoke Me, and you have flung Me behind your back.

9 Umefanya maovu mengi kuliko wote waliokutangulia. Umejitengenezea miungu mingine, sanamu za chuma, umenighadhibisha na kunitupa nyuma yako.

10 Because of all this, behold, I am bringing disaster on the house of Jeroboam: I will cut off from Jeroboam every male, both slave and free, in Israel; I will burn up the house of Jeroboam as one burns up dung until it is gone!

10 “ ‘Kwa sababu ya hili, nitaleta maafa juu ya nyumba ya Yeroboamu. Nitakatilia mbali kutoka kwa Yeroboamu kila mzaliwa wa mwisho wa kiume katika Israeli, mtumwa au mtu huru. Nitachoma nyumba ya Yeroboamu mpaka iteketee yote kama mtu achomaye kinyesi.

11 Anyone belonging to Jeroboam who dies in the city will be eaten by dogs, and anyone who dies in the field will be eaten by the birds of the air.’ For the LORD has spoken.

11 Mbwa watawala wale walio wa nyumba ya Yeroboamu watakaofia ndani ya mji na ndege wa angani watajilisha kwa wale watakaofia mashambani. Bwana amesema!’

12 As for you, get up and go home. When your feet enter the city, the child will die.

12 “Kukuhusu wewe, rudi nyumbani. Wakati utakapotia mguu katika mji wako, kijana atakufa.

13 All Israel will mourn for him and bury him. For this is the only one belonging to Jeroboam who will receive a proper burial, because only in him has the LORD, the God of Israel, found any good in the house of Jeroboam.

13 Israeli yote itamwombolezea na kumzika. Kwa sababu ni yeye pekee wa nyumba ya Yeroboamu atakayezikwa, kwa sababu ni yeye peke yake ndani ya nyumba ya Yeroboamu ambaye Bwana, Mungu wa Israeli, ameona kitu chema kwake.

14 Moreover, the LORD will raise up for Himself a king over Israel who will cut off the house of Jeroboam. This is the day—yes, even today!

14 “Bwana atajiinulia mwenyewe mfalme juu ya Israeli ambaye ataikatilia mbali jamaa ya Yeroboamu. Siku ndiyo hii! Nini? Naam, hata sasa hivi.

15 For the LORD will strike Israel as a reed is shaken in the water. He will uproot Israel from this good land that He gave their fathers, and He will scatter them beyond the Euphrates, because they have made their Asherah poles, provoking the LORD to anger.

15 Naye Bwana ataipiga Israeli, hata iwe kama unyasi unaosukwasukwa juu ya maji. Ataingʼoa Israeli kutoka nchi hii nzuri aliyowapa baba zao na kuwatawanya ngʼambo ya Mto Frati, kwa sababu wamemghadhibisha Bwana kwa kutengeneza nguzo za Ashera

16 So He will give Israel over on account of the sins Jeroboam has committed and has caused Israel to commit.”

16 Naye atawaacha Israeli kwa ajili ya makosa ya Yeroboamu aliyoyatenda na kusababisha Israeli kuyatenda.”

17 Then Jeroboam’s wife got up and departed for Tirzah, and as soon as she stepped over the threshold of the house, the boy died.

17 Kisha mke wa Yeroboamu akainuka, akaondoka kwenda Tirsa. Mara alipokanyaga kizingiti cha mlango, kijana akafa.

18 And they buried him, and all Israel mourned for him, according to the word that the LORD had spoken through His servant Ahijah the prophet.

18 Wakamzika na Israeli yote ikamwombolezea, kama Bwana alivyokuwa amesema kupitia mtumishi wake, nabii Ahiya.

19 As for the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, how he waged war and how he reigned, they are indeed written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.

19 Matukio mengine ya utawala wa Yeroboamu, vita vyake na jinsi alivyotawala, vimeandikwa katika kitabu cha kumbukumbu za wafalme wa Israeli.

20 And the length of Jeroboam’s reign was twenty-two years, and he rested with his fathers, and his son Nadab reigned in his place.

20 Yeroboamu akawatawala kwa miaka ishirini na miwili, kisha akalala na baba zake. Naye Nadabu mwanawe akawa mfalme baada yake.

21 Meanwhile, Rehoboam son of Solomon reigned in Judah. He was forty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the LORD had chosen from all the tribes of Israel in which to put His Name. His mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonite.

21 Rehoboamu mwana wa Solomoni alikuwa mfalme wa Yuda. Alikuwa na umri wa miaka arobaini na moja alipoanza kutawala, naye akatawala miaka kumi na saba huko Yerusalemu, mji ambao Bwana alikuwa ameuchagua kutoka makabila yote ya Israeli ili apate kuliweka humo Jina lake. Mama yake aliitwa Naama, ambaye alikuwa Mwamoni.

22 And Judah did evil in the sight of the LORD, and by the sins they committed they provoked Him to jealous anger more than all their fathers had done.

22 Yuda wakatenda maovu machoni pa Bwana. Kwa dhambi walizotenda wakachochea hasira yake yenye wivu zaidi kuliko baba zao walivyofanya.

23 They also built for themselves high places, sacred pillars, and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.

23 Pia wakajijengea mahali pa juu pa kuabudia miungu, mawe ya kuabudiwa na nguzo za Ashera juu ya kila kilima kilichoinuka na kila mti uliotanda.

24 There were even male shrine prostitutes in the land. They imitated all the abominations of the nations the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.

24 Walikuwepo hata wanaume mahanithi wa mahali pa ibada za sanamu katika nchi; watu wakajiingiza katika kutenda machukizo ya mataifa ambayo Bwana aliyafukuza mbele ya Waisraeli.

25 In the fifth year of Rehoboam’s reign, Shishak king of Egypt attacked Jerusalem.

25 Katika mwaka wa tano wa utawala wa Mfalme Rehoboamu, Shishaki mfalme wa Misri akashambulia Yerusalemu.

26 He seized the treasures of the house of the LORD and of the royal palace. He took everything, including all the gold shields that Solomon had made.

26 Akachukua hazina za Hekalu la Bwana na hazina za jumba la kifalme. Akachukua kila kitu, pamoja na zile ngao zote za dhahabu ambazo Solomoni alikuwa amezitengeneza.

27 Then King Rehoboam made bronze shields in their place and committed them to the care of the captains of the guard on duty at the entrance to the royal palace.

27 Kwa hiyo Mfalme Rehoboamu akatengeneza ngao za shaba badala ya zile za dhahabu na kuzikabidhi kwa majemadari wa ulinzi wa zamu kwenye ingilio la jumba la mfalme.

28 And whenever the king entered the house of the LORD, the guards would bear the shields, and later they would return them to the guardroom.

28 Kila wakati mfalme alipokwenda katika Hekalu la Bwana, walinzi walizichukua hizo ngao, na baadaye walizirudisha kwenye chumba cha ulinzi.

29 As for the rest of the acts of Rehoboam, along with all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?

29 Kwa matukio mengine ya utawala wa Rehoboamu na yote aliyoyafanya, je, hayakuandikwa katika kitabu cha kumbukumbu za wafalme wa Yuda?

30 There was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam throughout their days.

30 Kulikuwa na vita vinavyoendelea kati ya Rehoboamu na Yeroboamu.

31 And Rehoboam rested with his fathers and was buried with them in the City of David; his mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonite. And his son Abijam reigned in his place.

31 Naye Rehoboamu akalala na baba zake, na akazikwa pamoja nao katika Mji wa Daudi. Mama yake aliitwa Naama, ambaye alikuwa Mwamoni. Naye Abiya mwanawe akawa mfalme baada yake.