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Katika mwaka wa kumi na mbili wa Ahazi mfalme wa Yuda Hoshea mwana wa Ela alianza kutawala juu ya Israeli katika Samaria; akatawala miaka kenda.
In the twelfth year of the reign of Ahaz over Judah, Hoshea son of Elah became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria nine years.
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Akafanya yaliyo maovu machoni pa Bwana, ila si kama wafalme wa Israeli waliomtangulia.
And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, but not like the kings of Israel who preceded him.
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Naye Shalmanesa mfalme wa Ashuru akakwea juu yake, Hoshea akawa mtumishi wake, akampa kodi.
Shalmaneser king of Assyria attacked him, and Hoshea became his vassal and paid him tribute.
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Mfalme wa Ashuru akaona fitina katika huyo Hoshea; kwa maana alikuwa ametuma wajumbe kwa So, mfalme wa Misri, wala hakumletea kodi mfalme wa Ashuru, kama alivyofanya mwaka kwa mwaka; kwa hiyo mfalme wa Ashuru akamfunga, akamtia kifungoni.
But the king of Assyria discovered that Hoshea had conspired to send envoys to King So of Egypt, and that he had not paid tribute to the king of Assyria as in previous years. Therefore the king of Assyria arrested Hoshea and put him in prison.
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Ndipo mfalme wa Ashuru akakwea katikati ya nchi yote, akaenda Samaria, akauhusuru miaka mitatu.
Then the king of Assyria invaded the whole land, marched up to Samaria, and besieged it for three years.
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Katika mwaka wa kenda wa Hoshea, huyo mfalme wa Ashuru akautwaa Samaria, akawahamisha Israeli mpaka Ashuru, akawaweka katika Hala na Habori, karibu na mto wa Gozani, na katika miji ya Wamedi.
In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and carried away the Israelites to Assyria, where he settled them in Halah, in Gozan by the Habor River, and in the cities of the Medes.
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Yalitukia hayo kwa sababu wana wa Israeli walikuwa wametenda dhambi juu ya Bwana, Mungu wao, aliyewaleta kutoka katika nchi ya Misri watoke chini ya mkono wa Farao mfalme wa Misri, wakawaacha miungu mingine.
All this happened because the people of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. They had worshiped other gods
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Wakaziendea sheria za mataifa, ambao Bwana aliwafukuza mbele ya wana wa Israeli, na sheria za wafalme wa Israeli walizozifanya.
and walked in the customs of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites, as well as in the practices introduced by the kings of Israel.
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Tena, wana wa Israeli wakafanya kwa siri mambo yasiyokuwa mema juu ya Bwana, Mungu wao, wakajijengea mahali pa juu katika miji yao yote, kutoka mnara wa walinzi hata katika miji yenye boma.
The Israelites secretly did things against the LORD their God that were not right. From watchtower to fortified city, they built high places in all their cities.
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Wakajisimamishia nguzo na maashera juu ya kila mlima mrefu, na chini ya kila mti wenye majani mabichi;
They set up for themselves sacred pillars and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.
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wakafukiza uvumba huko katika kila mahali pa juu, kama mataifa walivyofanya, ambao Bwana aliwafukuza mbele yao; wakaunda mambo mabaya, ili wamkasirishe Bwana;
They burned incense on all the high places like the nations that the LORD had driven out before them. They did wicked things, provoking the LORD to anger.
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wakatumikia sanamu, ambazo Bwana aliwakataza, akasema, Msitende jambo hili.
They served idols, although the LORD had told them, “You shall not do this thing.”
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Pamoja na hayo Bwana aliwashuhudia Israeli, na Yuda, kwa kinywa cha kila nabii, na cha kila mwonaji, akisema, Geukeni, na kuziacha njia zenu mbaya, mkazishike amri zangu na hukumu zangu, sawasawa na ile sheria yote niliyowaamuru baba zenu, nikawapelekea kwa kinywa cha manabii watumishi wangu.
Yet through all His prophets and seers, the LORD warned Israel and Judah, saying, “Turn from your wicked ways and keep My commandments and statutes, according to the entire Law that I commanded your fathers and delivered to you through My servants the prophets.”
14
Walakini hawakutaka kusikia, bali walifanya shingo zao kuwa ngumu, kama shingo za baba zao, wasiomwamini Bwana, Mungu wao.
But they would not listen, and they stiffened their necks like their fathers, who did not believe the LORD their God.
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Wakazikataa sheria zake, na agano lake, alilolifanya na baba zao; na shuhuda zake alizowashuhudia; wakafuata ubatili, wakawa ubatili, nao wakaandamana na mataifa waliowazunguka, ambao Bwana alikuwa amewaagiza, wasitende kwa mfano wao.
They rejected His statutes and the covenant He had made with their fathers, as well as the decrees He had given them. They pursued worthless idols and became worthless themselves, going after the surrounding nations that the LORD had commanded them not to imitate.
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Wakaziacha amri zote za Bwana, Mungu wao, wakajifanyizia sanamu za kusubu, yaani, ndama mbili, wakafanya na Ashera, wakaliabudu jeshi lote la mbinguni, wakamtumikia Baali.
They abandoned all the commandments of the LORD their God and made for themselves two cast idols of calves and an Asherah pole. They bowed down to all the host of heaven and served Baal.
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Wakawapitisha watoto wao, waume na wake, motoni, wakapiga ramli, wakafanya uchawi, wakajiuza nafsi zao wapate kufanya yaliyo maovu machoni pa Bwana, hata kumkasirisha.
They sacrificed their sons and daughters in the fire and practiced divination and soothsaying. They devoted themselves to doing evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger.
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Kwa hiyo Bwana akawaghadhibikia Israeli sana, akawahamisha mbali na uso wake; wala hapana aliyesalia ila kabila ya Yuda peke yake.
So the LORD was very angry with Israel, and He removed them from His presence. Only the tribe of Judah remained,
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Hata na watu wa Yuda hawakuyashika maagizo ya Bwana, Mungu wao, lakini walikwenda katika amri za Israeli walizokuwa wamezifanya wenyewe.
and even Judah did not keep the commandments of the LORD their God, but lived according to the customs Israel had introduced.
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Basi Bwana akakikataa kizazi chote cha Israeli, akawatesa, na kuwatia katika mikono ya watu wenye kuwateka nyara, hata alipokwisha kuwatupa, watoke machoni pake.
So the LORD rejected all the descendants of Israel. He afflicted them and delivered them into the hands of plunderers, until He had banished them from His presence.
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Maana aliwatenga mbali Israeli na nyumba ya Daudi; nao wakamfanya Yeroboamu mwana wa Nebati kuwa mfalme; Yeroboamu akawavuta Israeli wasimfuate Bwana, akawakosesha kosa kubwa.
When the LORD had torn Israel away from the house of David, they made Jeroboam son of Nebat king, and Jeroboam led Israel away from following the LORD and caused them to commit a great sin.
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Nao wana wa Israeli wakaendelea katika dhambi zote za Yeroboamu alizozifanya; hawakujiepusha nazo;
The Israelites persisted in all the sins that Jeroboam had committed and did not turn away from them.
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hata Bwana akawaondoa Waisraeli wasiwe mbele zake, kama vile alivyosema kwa kinywa cha watumishi wake wote, manabii. Basi Waisraeli walichukuliwa mateka kutoka nchi yao wenyewe, waende nchi ya Ashuru, hata leo.
Finally, the LORD removed Israel from His presence, as He had declared through all His servants the prophets. So Israel was exiled from their homeland into Assyria, where they are to this day.
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Naye mfalme wa Ashuru akaleta watu kutoka Babeli, na Kutha, na Ava, na Hamathi, na Sefarvaimu, akawaweka katika miji ya Samaria badala ya wana wa Israeli; wakaumiliki Samaria, wakakaa katika miji yake.
Then the king of Assyria brought people from Babylon, Cuthah, Avva, Hamath, and Sepharvaim and settled them in the towns of Samaria to replace the Israelites. They took possession of Samaria and lived in its towns.
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Basi ikawa, wakati ule walipoanza kukaa huko, hawakumcha Bwana; kwa hiyo Bwana akapeleka simba kati yao, nao wakawaua baadhi yao.
Now when the settlers first lived there, they did not worship the LORD, so He sent lions among them, which killed some of them.
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Kwa hiyo wakamwambia mfalme wa Ashuru, wakasema, Wale wa mataifa uliowahamisha, na kuwaweka katika miji ya Samaria, hawaijui kawaida ya Mungu wa nchi; kwa hiyo amepeleka simba kati yao, na tazama, wanawaua, kwa sababu hawaijui kawaida ya Mungu wa nchi.
So they spoke to the king of Assyria, saying, “The peoples that you have removed and placed in the cities of Samaria do not know the requirements of the God of the land. Because of this, He has sent lions among them, which are indeed killing them off.”
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Ndipo mfalme wa Ashuru akatoa amri, akasema, Mpelekeni mmojawapo wa makuhani, mliowachukua kutoka huko; aende akakae huko, akawafundishe kawaida ya Mungu wa nchi.
Then the king of Assyria commanded: “Send back one of the priests you carried off from Samaria, and have him go back to live there and teach the requirements of the God of the land.”
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Basi mmoja wa makuhani waliochukuliwa kutoka Samaria akaenda akakaa katika Betheli, akawafundisha jinsi ilivyowapasa kumcha Bwana.
Thus one of the priests they had carried away came and lived in Bethel, and he began to teach them how they should worship the LORD.
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Lakini pamoja na hayo watu wa kila taifa wakajifanyia miungu yao wenyewe, wakaiweka katika nyumba za mahali pa juu, walipopafanya Wasamaria, kila taifa katika miji yao walimokaa.
Nevertheless, the people of each nation continued to make their own gods in the cities where they had settled, and they set them up in the shrines that the people of Samaria had made on the high places.
30
Watu wa Babeli wakafanya Sukoth-benothi kuwa mungu wao, watu wa Kutha wakafanya Nergali, watu wa Hamathi wakafanya Ashima,
The men of Babylon made Succoth-benoth, the men of Cuth made Nergal, the men of Hamath made Ashima,
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Waavi wakafanya Nibhazi na Tartaki; nao Wasefarvi wakawaunguza wana wao katika moto kwa Adrameleki na Anameleki, miungu ya Sefarvaimu.
the Avvites made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites burned their children in the fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech the gods of Sepharvaim.
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Basi hivyo wakamcha Bwana, nao wakijifanyia wengine wao kuwa makuhani wa mahali pa juu, ambao waliwafanyia dhabihu katika nyumba za mahali pa juu.
So the new residents worshiped the LORD, but they also appointed for themselves priests of all sorts to serve in the shrines of the high places.
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Wakamcha Bwana, na kuitumikia miungu yao wenyewe, sawasawa na kawaida za mataifa ambao wao walihamishwa kutoka kwao.
They worshiped the LORD, but they also served their own gods according to the customs of the nations from which they had been carried away.
34
Hata siku hii ya leo hufanya sawasawa na kawaida za kwanza; wala hawamwogopi Bwana, wala hawazifuati sheria zao, wala hukumu zao, wala ile torati, wala ile amri Bwana aliyowaamuru wana wa Yakobo, ambaye alimpa jina la Israeli;
To this day they are still practicing their former customs. None of them worship the LORD or observe the statutes, ordinances, laws, and commandments that the LORD gave the descendants of Jacob, whom He named Israel.
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hao ambao Bwana alifanya agano nao, akawaamuru, akasema, Msiche miungu mingine, wala kuisujudia, wala kuitumikia, wala kuitolea sadaka;
For the LORD had made a covenant with the Israelites and commanded them, “Do not worship other gods or bow down to them; do not serve them or sacrifice to them.
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ila yeye Bwana, aliyewaleta kutoka nchi ya Misri kwa nguvu nyingi, na kwa mkono ulionyoshwa, yeye ndiye mtakayemcha, yeye ndiye mtakayemsujudia, yeye ndiye mtakayemtolea sadaka;
Instead, worship the LORD, who brought you out of the land of Egypt with great power and an outstretched arm. You are to bow down to Him and offer sacrifices to Him.
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na sheria, na hukumu, na torati, na amri, alizowaandikia, hizo ndizo mtakazozishika na kuzifanya hata milele; wala msiche miungu mingine.
And you must always be careful to observe the statutes, ordinances, laws, and commandments He wrote for you. Do not worship other gods.
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Na hilo agano nililofanya nanyi, msilisahau; wala msiche miungu mingine;
Do not forget the covenant I have made with you. Do not worship other gods,
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lakini Bwana, Mungu wenu, ndiye mtakayemcha; naye atawaokoa mikononi mwa adui zenu wote.
but worship the LORD your God, and He will deliver you from the hands of all your enemies.”
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Walakini hawakusikia, bali wakafanya sawasawa na kawaida zao za kwanza.
But they would not listen, and they persisted in their former customs.
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Basi mataifa hawa wakamcha Bwana, tena wakaziabudu sanamu zao za kuchongwa; na wana wao vile vile, na wana wa wana wao; kama walivyofanya baba zao, wao nao hufanya vivyo hivyo hata leo.</p>
So these nations worshiped the LORD but also served their idols, and to this day their children and grandchildren continue to do as their fathers did.