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Manase alikuwa na umri wa miaka kumi na miwili alipoanza kutawala; akatawala miaka hamsini na mitano katika Yerusalemu, na jina la mamaye aliitwa Hefziba.
Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem fifty-five years. His mother’s name was Hephzibah.
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Akafanya yaliyo mabaya machoni pa Bwana, sawasawa na machukizo ya mataifa, aliowafukuza Bwana mbele ya wana wa Israeli.
And he did evil in the sight of the LORD by following the abominations of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.
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Kwa maana akapajenga tena mahali pa juu alipopaharibu Hezekia baba yake; akamjengea Baali madhabahu, akafanya Ashera kama alivyofanya Ahabu mfalme wa Israeli. Akajiinama mbele ya jeshi lote la mbinguni na kulitumikia.
For he rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had destroyed, and he raised up altars for Baal. He made an Asherah pole, as King Ahab of Israel had done, and he worshiped and served all the host of heaven.
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Akazijenga madhabahu ndani ya nyumba ya Bwana, napo ndipo alipopanena Bwana, Katika Yerusalemu nitaliweka jina langu.
Manasseh also built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, “In Jerusalem I will put My Name.”
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Akajenga madhabahu kwa ajili ya jeshi lote la mbinguni katika behewa mbili za nyumba ya Bwana.
In both courtyards of the house of the LORD, he built altars to all the host of heaven.
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Akampitisha mwanawe motoni, akatazama bao, akafanya uganga, akajishughulisha na hao wenye pepo wa utambuzi, na wachawi; akafanya mabaya mengi machoni pa Bwana, hata kumkasirisha.
He sacrificed his own son in the fire, practiced sorcery and divination, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did great evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger.
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Akaiweka sanamu ya kuchongwa ya Ashera aliyoifanya ndani ya nyumba, ambayo Bwana alimwambia Daudi, na Sulemani mwanawe, Katika nyumba hii, na katika Yerusalemu, niliouchagua miongoni mwa kabila zote za Israeli, nitaliweka jina langu milele;
Manasseh even took the carved Asherah pole he had made and set it up in the temple, of which the LORD had said to David and his son Solomon, “In this temple and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I will establish My Name forever.
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wala sitawapotosha Israeli miguu watoke katika nchi niliyowapa baba zao; wakiangalia tu na kufanya sawasawa na yote niliyowaamuru, na kwa kuishika torati yote aliyowaamuru mtumishi wangu Musa.
I will never again cause the feet of the Israelites to wander from the land that I gave to their fathers, if only they are careful to do all I have commanded them—the whole Law that My servant Moses commanded them.”
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Walakini hawakusikia; naye Manase akawakosesha wafanye mabaya, kuliko mataifa Bwana aliowaharibu mbele za wana wa Israeli.
But the people did not listen and Manasseh led them astray, so that they did greater evil than the nations that the LORD had destroyed before the Israelites.
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Bwana akanena kwa watumishi wake manabii, akisema,
And the LORD spoke through His servants the prophets, saying,
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Kwa sababu Manase mfalme wa Yuda amefanya machukizo haya, na kutenda vibaya kuliko yote waliyoyatenda Waamori, waliokuwa kabla yake, naye akawakosesha Yuda kwa sanamu zake;
“Since Manasseh king of Judah has committed all these abominations, acting more wickedly than the Amorites who preceded him, and with his idols has caused Judah to sin,
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kwa sababu hiyo Bwana, Mungu wa Israeli, asema hivi, Angalia, naleta mabaya juu ya Yerusalemu na juu ya Yuda, hata kila mtu asikiaye, masikio yake yatawasha yote mawili.
this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Behold, I am bringing such calamity upon Jerusalem and Judah that the news will reverberate in the ears of all who hear it.
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Nami nitanyosha juu ya Yerusalemu kamba ya Samaria, na timazi ya nyumba ya Ahabu; nami nitaifuta Yerusalemu, kama mtu afutavyo sahani, kuifuta na kuifudikiza.
I will stretch out over Jerusalem the measuring line used against Samaria and the plumb line used against the house of Ahab, and I will wipe out Jerusalem as one wipes out a bowl—wiping it and turning it upside down.
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Nami nitawatupa mabaki ya urithi wangu, na kuwatia mikononi mwa adui zao; nao watakuwa nyara na mateka kwa adui zao wote;
So I will forsake the remnant of My inheritance and deliver them into the hands of their enemies. And they will become plunder and spoil to all their enemies,
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kwa sababu wametenda yaliyo mabaya machoni pangu, na kunikasirisha, tangu siku ile walipotoka baba zao katika Misri, hata leo hivi.
because they have done evil in My sight and have provoked Me to anger from the day their fathers came out of Egypt until this day.’”
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Na Manase akazimwaga damu zisizo na hatia, nyingi sana, hata alipokuwa ameijaza Yerusalemu tangu upande huu hata upande huu; zaidi ya kosa lake alilowakosesha Yuda, kutenda yaliyo mabaya machoni pa Bwana.
Moreover, Manasseh shed so much innocent blood that he filled Jerusalem from end to end, in addition to the sin that he had caused Judah to commit, doing evil in the sight of the LORD.
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Basi mambo yote ya Manase yaliyosalia, na yote aliyoyafanya, na kosa lake alilolikosa, je! Hayakuandikwa katika kitabu-cha-tarehe cha wafalme wa Yuda?
As for the rest of the acts of Manasseh, along with all his accomplishments and the sin that he committed, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?
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Manase akalala na babaze, akazikwa katika bustani ya nyumba yake mwenyewe, yaani, bustani ya Uza. Na Amoni mwanawe akatawala mahali pake.
And Manasseh rested with his fathers and was buried in his palace garden, the garden of Uzza. And his son Amon reigned in his place.
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Amoni alikuwa na umri wa miaka ishirini na miwili alipoanza kutawala; akatawala miaka miwili huko Yerusalemu; na jina la mama yake aliitwa Meshulemethi, binti Haruzi wa Yotba.
Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem two years. His mother’s name was Meshullemeth daughter of Haruz; she was from Jotbah.
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Akafanya yaliyo maovu machoni pa Bwana, kama Manase babaye alivyofanya.
And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, as his father Manasseh had done.
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Akaiendea njia yote aliyoiendea baba yake, akazitumikia sanamu alizozitumikia baba yake, akaziabudu.
He walked in all the ways of his father, and he served and worshiped the idols his father had served.
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Akamwacha Bwana, Mungu wa babaze, wala hakuiendea njia ya Bwana.
He abandoned the LORD, the God of his fathers, and did not walk in the way of the LORD.
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Nao watumishi wa Amoni wakafanya fitina juu yake, wakamwua mfalme ndani ya nyumba yake mwenyewe.
Then the servants of Amon conspired against him and killed the king in his palace.
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Lakini watu wa nchi wakawaua wote waliofanya fitina juu yake mfalme Amoni, watu wa nchi wakamfanya Yosia mwanawe awe mfalme mahali pake.
But the people of the land killed all those who had conspired against King Amon, and they made his son Josiah king in his place.
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Basi mambo yote ya Amoni yaliyosalia, aliyoyafanya, je! Hayakuandikwa katika kitabu-cha-tarehe cha wafalme wa Yuda?
As for the rest of the acts of Amon, along with his accomplishments, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?
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Akazikwa kaburini mwake katika bustani ya Uza. Na Yosia mwanawe akatawala mahali pake.
And he was buried in his tomb in the garden of Uzza, and his son Josiah reigned in his place.