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Basi, mwanamke mmoja miongoni mwa wake za wana wa manabii alimlilia Elisha, akasema, Mtumishi wako mume wangu amekufa; nawe unajua ya kuwa mtumishi wako alikuwa mcha Bwana; na aliyemwia amekuja ili ajitwalie wana wangu wawili kuwa watumwa.
Now the wife of one of the sons of the prophets cried out to Elisha, “Your servant, my husband, is dead, and you know that your servant feared the LORD. And now his creditor is coming to take my two children as his slaves!”
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Elisha akamwambia, Nikufanyie nini? Niambie; una kitu gani nyumbani? Akasema, Mimi mjakazi wako sina kitu nyumbani, ila chupa ya mafuta.
“How can I help you?” asked Elisha. “Tell me, what do you have in the house?” She answered, “Your servant has nothing in the house but a jar of oil.”
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Akasema, Nenda, ukatake vyombo huko nje kwa jirani zako wote, vyombo vitupu; wala usitake vichache.
“Go,” said Elisha, “borrow empty jars from all your neighbors. Do not gather just a few.
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Kisha uingie ndani, ukajifungie mlango wewe na wanao, ukavimiminie mafuta vyombo vile vyote; navyo vilivyojaa ukavitenge.
Then go inside, shut the door behind you and your sons, and pour oil into all these jars, setting the full ones aside.”
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Basi akamwacha, akajifungia mlango yeye na wanawe; hao wakamletea vile vyombo, na yeye akamimina.
So she left him, and after she had shut the door behind her and her sons, they kept bringing jars to her, and she kept pouring.
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Ikawa, vilipokwisha kujaa vile vyombo, akamwambia mwanawe, Niletee tena chombo. Akamwambia, Hakuna tena chombo. Mafuta yakakoma.
When all the jars were full, she said to her son, “Bring me another.” But he replied, “There are no more jars.” Then the oil stopped flowing.
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Ndipo akaja akamwambia yule mtu wa Mungu. Naye akasema, Enenda ukayauze mafuta haya, uilipe deni yako; nayo yaliyosalia uyatumie wewe na watoto wako.
She went and told the man of God, and he said, “Go, sell the oil, and pay your debt. Then you and your sons can live on the remainder.”
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Hata ikawa siku moja, Elisha alikwenda Shunemu; na huko kulikuwa na mwanamke mmoja mwenye cheo; naye akamshurutisha aje ale chakula. Ikawa kila alipopita njia ile, huingia kula chakula.
One day Elisha went to Shunem, and a prominent woman who lived there persuaded him to have a meal. So whenever he would pass by, he would stop there to eat.
9
Yule mwanamke akamwambia mumewe, Tazama, mimi naona ya kuwa mtu huyu apitaye kwetu mara kwa mara ni mtu mtakatifu wa Mungu.
Then the woman said to her husband, “Behold, now I know that the one who often comes our way is a holy man of God.
10
Nakuomba, tumfanyie chumba kidogo ukutani; na ndani yake tumwekee kitanda, na meza, na kiti, na kinara cha taa; na itakuwa, atujiapo, ataingia humo.
Please let us make a small room upstairs and put in it a bed, a table, a chair, and a lamp for him. Then when he comes to us, he can stay there.”
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Ikawa siku moja akafika huko, akaingia katika chumba kile akalala.
One day Elisha came to visit and went to his upper room to lie down.
12
Akamwambia Gehazi mtumishi wake, Mwite yule Mshunami. Naye alipokwisha kuitwa, akasimama mbele yake.
And he said to Gehazi his servant, “Call the Shunammite woman.” And when he had called her, she stood before him,
13
Akamwambia, Sema naye sasa, Tazama, wewe umetutunza sana namna hii; utendewe nini basi? Je! Uombewe neno kwa mfalme, au kwa amiri wa jeshi? Yule mwanamke akamjibu, Mimi ninakaa katika watu wangu mwenyewe.
and Elisha said to Gehazi, “Now tell her, ‘Look, you have gone to all this trouble for us. What can we do for you? Can we speak on your behalf to the king or the commander of the army?’” “I have a home among my own people,” she replied.
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Akasema, Basi, atendewe nini? Gehazi akajibu, Hakika hana mwana, na mumewe ni mzee.
So he asked, “Then what should be done for her?” “Well, she has no son,” Gehazi replied, “and her husband is old.”
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Akamwambia, Kamwite. Naye alipokwisha kuitwa, akasimama mlangoni.
“Call her,” said Elisha. So Gehazi called her, and she stood in the doorway.
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Akasema, Panapo wakati huu mwakani, utamkumbatia mwana. Akasema, La! Bwana wangu, wewe mtu wa Mungu, usiniambie mimi mjakazi wako uongo.
And Elisha declared, “At this time next year, you will hold a son in your arms.” “No, my lord,” she said. “Do not lie to your maidservant, O man of God.”
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Yule mwanamke akachukua mimba, akazaa mtoto mume wakati uo huo mwakani, kama Elisha alivyomwambia.
But the woman did conceive, and at that time the next year she gave birth to a son, just as Elisha had told her.
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Hata yule mtoto alipokua, ikawa siku moja alitoka kwenda kwa baba yake kwenye wavunao.
And the child grew, and one day he went out to his father, who was with the harvesters.
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Akamwambia baba yake, Kichwa changu! Kichwa changu! Naye akamwambia mtumishi wake, Mchukue kwa mama yake.
“My head! My head!” he complained to his father. So his father told a servant, “Carry him to his mother.”
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Akamchukua, akampeleka kwa mama yake, naye akakaa magotini mwake hata adhuhuri, kisha akafa.
After the servant had picked him up and carried him to his mother, the boy sat on her lap until noon, and then he died.
21
Mamaye akapanda juu, akamlaza juu ya kitanda cha yule mtu wa Mungu, akamfungia mlango, akatoka.
And she went up and laid him on the bed of the man of God. Then she shut the door and went out.
22
Kisha akamwita mumewe, akasema, Tafadhali, uniletee mtu mmoja wa watumishi, na punda mmoja, ili nimwendee yule mtu wa Mungu kwa haraka, nikarudi tena.
And the woman called her husband and said, “Please send me one of the servants and one of the donkeys, that I may go quickly to the man of God and return.”
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Akasema, Kwa nini kumwendea leo? Sio mwandamo wa mwezi, wala sabato. Akasema, Si neno.
“Why would you go to him today?” he replied. “It is not a New Moon or a Sabbath.” “Everything is all right,” she said.
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Akatandika punda, akamwambia mtumishi wake, Mwendeshe, twendelee mbele. Usinipunguzie mwendo, nisipokuambia.
Then she saddled the donkey and told her servant, “Drive onward; do not slow the pace for me unless I tell you.”
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Basi akaenda, akafika kwa yule mtu wa Mungu, katika mlima wa Karmeli. Ikawa, yule mtu wa Mungu alipomwona kwa mbali, akamwambia Gehazi mtumishi wake, Tazama, Mshunami yule kule.
So she set out and went to the man of God at Mount Carmel. When the man of God saw her at a distance, he said to his servant Gehazi, “Look, there is the Shunammite woman.
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Tafadhali piga mbio sasa kwenda kumlaki, ukamwambie, Hujambo? Mume wako hajambo? Mtoto hajambo? Akajibu, Hawajambo.
Please run out now to meet her and ask, ‘Are you all right? Is your husband all right? Is your child all right?’” And she answered, “Everything is all right.”
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Naye alipofika kwa yule mtu wa Mungu kilimani, alimshika miguu. Gehazi akakaribia amwondoe; lakini mtu wa Mungu akamwambia, Mwache; maana roho yake ndani yake ina uchungu; na Bwana amenificha, wala hakuniambia.
When she reached the man of God at the mountain, she clung to his feet. Gehazi came over to push her away, but the man of God said, “Leave her alone, for her soul is in deep distress, and the LORD has hidden it from me and has not told me.”
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Yule mwanamke akasema, Je! Naliomba mwana kwa bwana wangu? Mimi sikusema, Usinidanganye?
Then she said, “Did I ask you for a son, my lord? Didn’t I say, ‘Do not deceive me?’”
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Ndipo Elisha akamwambia Gehazi, Jikaze viuno, ukachukue fimbo yangu mkononi mwako, ukaende zako; ukikutana na mtu, usimsalimu; na mtu akikusalimu, usimjibu; ukaweke fimbo yangu juu ya uso wa mtoto.
So Elisha said to Gehazi, “Tie up your garment, take my staff in your hand, and go! If you meet anyone, do not greet him, and if anyone greets you, do not answer him. Then lay my staff on the boy’s face.”
30
Na mama yake yule mtoto akasema, Kama Bwana aishivyo, na roho yako iishivyo, sitakuacha. Basi akaondoka, akamfuata.
And the mother of the boy said, “As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So he got up and followed her.
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Na Gehazi akawatangulia, akaiweka ile fimbo juu ya uso wa mtoto; lakini hapakuwa na sauti, wala majibu. Basi akarudi ili kumlaki, akamwambia, akisema, Mtoto hakuamka.
Gehazi went on ahead of them and laid the staff on the boy’s face, but there was no sound or response. So he went back to meet Elisha and told him, “The boy has not awakened.”
32
Basi Elisha alipofika nyumbani, tazama, mtoto amekwisha kufa, amelazwa kitandani pake.
When Elisha reached the house, there was the boy lying dead on his bed.
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Basi akaingia ndani, akajifungia mlango, yeye na yule mtoto wote wawili, akamwomba Bwana.
So he went in, closed the door behind the two of them, and prayed to the LORD.
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Akapanda juu ya kitanda, akajilaza juu ya mtoto, akaweka kinywa chake juu ya kinywa chake, na macho yake juu ya macho yake, na mikono yake juu ya mikono yake; akajinyosha juu yake; mwili wake yule mtoto ukaanza kupata moto.
Then Elisha got on the bed and lay on the boy, mouth to mouth, eye to eye, and hand to hand. As he stretched himself out over him, the boy’s body became warm.
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Kisha akarudi, akatembea nyumbani, huko na huko mara moja; akapanda, akajinyosha juu yake; na yule mtoto akapiga chafya mara saba, na mtoto akafumbua macho yake.
Elisha turned away and paced back and forth across the room. Then he got on the bed and stretched himself out over the boy again, and the boy sneezed seven times and opened his eyes.
36
Akamwita Gehazi, akasema, Mwite yule Mshunami. Basi akamwita. Na alipofika kwake, Elisha akasema, Haya! Mchukue mwanao.
Elisha summoned Gehazi and said, “Call the Shunammite woman.” So he called her and she came. Then Elisha said, “Pick up your son.”
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Ndipo akaingia, akamwangukia miguu akainama mpaka nchi; kisha akamchukua mwanawe, akatoka.
She came in, fell at his feet, and bowed to the ground. Then she picked up her son and went out.
38
Elisha akafika Gilgali tena; na kulikuwa na njaa katika nchi; na hao wana wa manabii walikuwa wakikaa mbele yake. Akamwambia mtumishi wake, Teleka sufuria kubwa, uwapikie wana wa manabii.
When Elisha returned to Gilgal, there was a famine in the land. As the sons of the prophets were sitting at his feet, he said to his attendant, “Put on the large pot and boil some stew for the sons of the prophets.”
39
Na mmoja wao akaenda nje kondeni ili kuchuma mboga, akaona mtango-mwitu, akayachuma matango-mwitu, hata nguo yake ikawa imejaa, akaja akayapasua-pasua sufuriani; kwa maana hawakuyajua.
One of them went out to the field to gather herbs, and he found a wild vine from which he gathered as many wild gourds as his garment could hold. Then he came back and cut them up into the pot of stew, though no one knew what they were.
40
Basi wakawapakulia hao watu ili wale. Ikawa, walipokuwa katika kula chakula, wakapiga kelele, wakasema, Mauti imo sufuriani, Ee mtu wa Mungu. Wala hawakuweza kula.
And they poured it out for the men to eat, but when they tasted the stew they cried out, “There is death in the pot, O man of God!” And they could not eat it.
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Lakini yeye akasema, Leteni unga. Naye akautupa ndani ya sufuria; akasema, Wapakulie watu, ili wale. Wala hakikuwamo kitu kibaya sufuriani.
Then Elisha said, “Get some flour.” He threw it into the pot and said, “Pour it out for the people to eat.” And there was nothing harmful in the pot.
42
Tena, akaja mtu kutoka Baal-shalisha, akamletea mtu wa Mungu chakula cha malimbuko, mikate ishirini ya shayiri, na masuke mabichi ya ngano guniani. Akasema, Uwape watu, ili wale.
Now a man from Baal-shalishah came to the man of God with a sack of twenty loaves of barley bread from the first ripe grain. “Give it to the people to eat,” said Elisha.
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Na mtumishi wake akasema, Je! Niwaandikie hiki watu mia? Lakini akasema, Uwape watu, ili wale; kwa kuwa Bwana asema hivi, Watakula na kusaza.
But his servant asked, “How am I to set twenty loaves before a hundred men?” “Give it to the people to eat,” said Elisha, “for this is what the LORD says: ‘They will eat and have some left over.’”
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Basi akawaandikia, nao wakala, wakasaza, sawasawa na neno la Bwana.
So he set it before them, and they ate and had some left over, according to the word of the LORD.