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Katika mwaka wa pili wa Yehoashi mwana wa Yehoahazi mfalme wa Israeli Amazia mwana wa Yoashi mfalme wa Yuda alianza kutawala.
In the second year of the reign of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz over Israel, Amaziah son of Joash became king of Judah.
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Naye alikuwa na umri wa miaka ishirini na mitano alipoanza kutawala; akatawala miaka ishirini na kenda katika Yerusalemu; na jina la mamaye aliitwa Yehoadani wa Yerusalemu.
He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-nine years. His mother’s name was Jehoaddan; she was from Jerusalem.
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Akafanya yaliyo mema machoni pa Bwana, ila si kama babaye Daudi; akafanya kama yote aliyoyafanya baba yake Yoashi.
And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, but not as his father David had done. He did everything as his father Joash had done.
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Walakini mahali pa juu hapakuondolewa; watu wakaendelea kutoa dhabihu na kufukiza uvumba katika mahali pa juu.
Nevertheless, the high places were not taken away, and the people continued sacrificing and burning incense on the high places.
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Ikawa, mara ufalme ulipokuwa imara mkononi mwake, aliwaua watumishi wale waliomwua mfalme baba yake;
As soon as the kingdom was firmly in his grasp, Amaziah executed the servants who had murdered his father the king.
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ila hakuwaua watoto wa hao wauaji; kama ilivyoandikwa katika kitabu cha torati ya Musa, kama alivyoamuru Bwana, akisema, Mababa wasife kwa makosa ya wana, wala wana wasife kwa makosa ya mababa; lakini kila mtu atakufa kwa kosa lake mwenyewe.
Yet he did not put the sons of the murderers to death, but acted according to what is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, where the LORD commanded: “Fathers must not be put to death for their children, and children must not be put to death for their fathers; each is to die for his own sin.”
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Akawaua Waedomi katika Bonde la Chumvi watu elfu kumi; akautwaa Sela vitani, akauita jina lake Yoktheeli hata leo.
Amaziah struck down 10,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt. He took Sela in battle and called it Joktheel, which is its name to this very day.
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Ndipo Amazia akatuma wajumbe kwa Yehoashi mwana wa Yehoahazi mwana wa Yehu, mfalme wa Israeli, akisema, Njoo, tutazamane uso kwa uso.
Then Amaziah sent messengers to the king of Israel Jehoash son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu. “Come, let us meet face to face,” he said.
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Naye Yehoashi mfalme wa Israeli akatuma kwa Amazia mfalme wa Yuda, akisema, Mbaruti uliokuwako Lebanoni ulituma kwa mwerezi uliokuwako Lebanoni, kusema, Umwoze mwanangu binti yako; kukapita hayawani aliyekuwako Lebanoni, akaukanyaga ule mbaruti.
But Jehoash king of Israel replied to Amaziah king of Judah: “A thistle in Lebanon sent a message to a cedar in Lebanon, saying, ‘Give your daughter to my son in marriage.’ Then a wild beast in Lebanon came along and trampled the thistle.
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Kweli umepiga Edomu, na moyo wako umekutukuza; ujisifu basi, ukae nyumbani mwako. Mbona unataka kujitia bure katika madhara, hata uanguke, wewe na Yuda pamoja nawe?
You have indeed defeated Edom, and your heart has become proud. Glory in that and stay at home. Why should you stir up trouble so that you fall—you and Judah with you?”
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Lakini Amazia hakutaka kusikia. Basi Yehoashi mfalme wa Israeli akakwea; wakatazamana uso kwa uso, yeye na Amazia mfalme wa Yuda, huko Beth-shemeshi ulio wa Yuda.
But Amaziah would not listen, so Jehoash king of Israel advanced. He and King Amaziah of Judah faced each other at Beth-shemesh in Judah.
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Yuda wakashindwa mbele ya Israeli; wakakimbia kila mtu hemani kwake.
And Judah was routed before Israel, and every man fled to his home.
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Yehoashi mfalme wa Israeli akamtwaa Amazia mfalme wa Yuda, mwanawe Yoashi mwana wa Ahazia, huko Beth-shemeshi, akaja Yerusalemu, akauvunja ukuta wa Yerusalemu toka lango la Efraimu hata lango la pembeni, mikono mia nne.
There at Beth-shemesh, Jehoash king of Israel captured Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Ahaziah. Then Jehoash went to Jerusalem and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate—a section of four hundred cubits.
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Akaitwaa dhahabu yote na fedha, na vyombo vyote vilivyoonekana katika nyumba ya Bwana, na katika hazina za nyumba ya mfalme, tena watu, kuwa amana; akarudi Samaria.
He took all the gold and silver and all the articles found in the house of the LORD and in the treasuries of the royal palace, as well as some hostages. Then he returned to Samaria.
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Basi mambo yote ya Yehoashi yaliyosalia, aliyoyafanya, na ushujaa wake, na jinsi alivyopigana na Amazia mfalme wa Yuda, je! Hayakuandikwa katika kitabu-cha-tarehe cha wafalme wa Israeli?
As for the rest of the acts of Jehoash, along with his accomplishments, his might, and how he waged war against Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?
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Yehoashi akalala na baba zake, akazikwa katika Samaria pamoja na wafalme wa Israeli; na Yeroboamu mwanawe akatawala mahali pake.
And Jehoash rested with his fathers and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel. And his son Jeroboam reigned in his place.
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Naye Amazia mwana wa Yoashi mfalme wa Yuda akaishi baada ya kufa kwake Yehoashi mwana wa Yehoahazi mfalme wa Israeli miaka kumi na mitano.
Amaziah son of Joash king of Judah lived for fifteen years after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel.
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Basi mambo yote ya Amazia yaliyosalia, je! Hayakuandikwa katika kitabu-cha-tarehe cha wafalme wa Yuda?
As for the rest of the acts of Amaziah, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?
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Wakafanya fitina juu yake katika Yerusalemu, naye akakimbia mpaka Lakishi, lakini wakatuma watu kumfuata mpaka Lakishi, wakamwua huko.
And conspirators plotted against Amaziah in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish. But men were sent after him to Lachish, and they killed him there.
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Wakamleta juu ya farasi; naye akazikwa huko Yerusalemu pamoja na babaze katika mji wa Daudi.
They carried him back on horses and buried him in Jerusalem with his fathers in the City of David.
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Na watu wote wa Yuda wakamtwaa Uzia aliyekuwa mwenye umri wa miaka kumi na sita,wakamfanya awe mfalme mahali pa baba yake Amazia.
Then all the people of Judah took Azariah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in place of his father Amaziah.
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Huyo akajenga Elathi, akaurudisha kwa Yuda, baada ya kulala mfalme pamoja na babaze.
Azariah was the one who rebuilt Elath and restored it to Judah after King Amaziah rested with his fathers.
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Katika mwaka wa kumi na tano wa Amazia mwana wa Yoashi mfalme wa Yuda Yeroboamu mwana wa Yehoashi mfalme wa Israeli alianza kutawala katika Samaria; akatawala miaka arobaini na mmoja.
In the fifteenth year of the reign of Amaziah son of Joash over Judah, Jeroboam son of Jehoash became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria forty-one years.
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Akafanya yaliyo maovu machoni pa Bwana; wala hakuyaacha makosa yote ya Yeroboamu mwana wa Nebati, ambayo kwa hayo aliwakosesha Israeli.
And he did evil in the sight of the LORD and did not turn away from all the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit.
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Yeye akaurudisha mpaka wa Israeli toka kuingia kwa Hamathi hata bahari ya Araba, sawasawa na neno la Bwana, Mungu wa Israeli, alilolinena kwa mkono wa mtumishi wake Yona mwana wa Amitai, nabii, aliyekuwa wa Gath-heferi.
This Jeroboam restored the boundary of Israel from Lebo-hamath to the Sea of the Arabah, according to the word that the LORD, the God of Israel, had spoken through His servant Jonah son of Amittai, the prophet from Gath-hepher.
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Kwani Bwana akayaona mateso ya Israeli, kwamba yalikuwa machungu sana; maana hakukuwa na mfungwa wala asiyefungwa, wala msaidizi kwa ajili ya Israeli.
For the LORD saw that the affliction of the Israelites, both slave and free, was very bitter. There was no one to help Israel,
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Wala Bwana hakusema ya kwamba atalifuta jina la Israeli litoke chini ya mbingu; lakini akawaokoa kwa mkono wa Yeroboamu mwana wa Yehoashi.
and since the LORD had said that He would not blot out the name of Israel from under heaven, He saved them by the hand of Jeroboam son of Jehoash.
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Basi mambo yote ya Yeroboamu yaliyosalia, na yote aliyoyafanya, na ushujaa wake, na jinsi aliyvopigana, akawapatia tena Israeli Dameski na Hamathi, iliyokuwa kwanza ya Yuda, je! Hayakuandikwa katika kitabu-cha-tarehe cha wafalme wa Israeli?
As for the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, along with all his accomplishments and might, and how he waged war and recovered both Damascus and Hamath for Israel from Judah, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?
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Yeroboamu akalala na babaze, yaani, na wafalme wa Israeli. Na Zekaria mwanawe akatawala mahali pake.</p>
And Jeroboam rested with his fathers, the kings of Israel. And his son Zechariah reigned in his place.