1
Kisha, wana wa manabii wakamwambia Elisha, Angalia basi, mahali tukaapo mbele yako ni padogo kwetu.
Now the sons of the prophets said to Elisha, “Please take note that the place where we meet with you is too small for us.
2
Basi twende mpaka Yordani, twakuomba, tutwae huko kila mtu mti mmoja, ili tujifanyie huko mahali pa kukaa. Akajibu, Haya! Nendeni.
Please let us go to the Jordan, where each of us can get a log so we can build ourselves a place to live there.” “Go,” said Elisha.
3
Mmoja wao akasema, Uwe radhi, basi nakusihi, uende pamoja na watumishi wako. Akajibu, Nitakwenda.
Then one of them said, “Please come with your servants.” “I will come,” he replied.
4
Basi, akaenda pamoja nao. Nao walipofika Yordani, wakakata miti.
So Elisha went with them, and when they came to the Jordan, they began to cut down some trees.
5
Lakini mmojawapo alipokuwa katika kukata boriti, chuma cha shoka kikaanguka majini; akalia, akasema, Ole wangu! Bwana wangu, kwani kiliazimiwa kile.
As one of them was cutting down a tree, the iron axe head fell into the water. “Oh, my master,” he cried out, “it was borrowed!”
6
Mtu wa Mungu akasema, Kilianguka wapi? Akamwonyesha mahali. Akakata kijiti, akakitupa pale pale, chuma kikaelea.
“Where did it fall?” asked the man of God. And when he showed him the place, the man of God cut a stick, threw it there, and made the iron float.
7
Akasema, Kiokote. Basi akanyosha mkono, akakitwaa.
“Lift it out,” he said, and the man reached out his hand and took it.
8
Basi, mfalme wa Shamu alikuwa akifanya vita na Israeli. Akafanya mashauri na watumishi wake, akasema, Kituo changu kitakuwapo mahali fulani.
Now the king of Aram was at war against Israel. After consulting with his servants, he said, “My camp will be in such and such a place.”
9
Yule mtu wa Mungu akapeleka habari kwa mfalme wa Israeli, kusema, Jihadhari, usipite mahali fulani; kwa sababu ndiko wanakoshukia Washami.
Then the man of God sent word to the king of Israel: “Be careful not to pass by this place, for the Arameans are going down there.”
10
Mfalme wa Israeli akapeleka watu mpaka mahali pale alipoambiwa na yule mtu wa Mungu, na kuhadharishwa; akajiokoa nafsi yake, si mara moja, wala si mara mbili.
So the king of Israel sent word to the place the man of God had pointed out. Time and again Elisha warned the king, so that he was on his guard in such places.
11
Basi mfalme wa Shamu moyo wake ukamfadhaika sana kwa ajili ya jambo hili; akawaita watumishi wake, akawaambia, Je! Hamtanionyesha, ni mtu yupi miongoni mwenu aliye upande wa mfalme wa Israeli?
For this reason the king of Aram became enraged and called his servants to demand of them, “Tell me, which one of us is on the side of the king of Israel?”
12
Mmojawapo wa watumishi wake akasema, La, bwana wangu, mfalme; lakini Elisha, yule nabii aliye katika Israeli, humwambia mfalme wa Israeli maneno uyanenayo katika chumba chako cha kulala.
But one of his servants replied, “No one, my lord the king. For Elisha, the prophet in Israel, tells the king of Israel the very words you speak in your bedroom.”
13
Akasema, Enendeni, mkamwangalie aliko, nipate kupeleka watu kwenda kumchukua. Akaambiwa ya kwamba, Tazama, yuko Dothani.
So the king said, “Go and see where he is, that I may send men to capture him.” On receiving the report, “Elisha is in Dothan,”
14
Kwa hiyo akapeleka huko farasi, na magari, na jeshi kubwa; wakafika usiku, wakauzingira mji ule pande zote.
the king of Aram sent horses, chariots, and a great army. They went there by night and surrounded the city.
15
Hata asubuhi na mapema mtumishi wake yule mtu wa Mungu alipoondoka, na kwenda nje, kumbe! Pana jeshi la watu, na farasi na magari, wameuzingira mji ule. Mtumishi wake akamwambia, Ole wetu! Bwana wangu, tufanyeje?
When the servant of the man of God got up and went out early in the morning, behold, an army with horses and chariots had surrounded the city. So he asked Elisha, “Oh, my master, what are we to do?”
16
Akamjibu, Usiogope; maana walio pamoja nasi ni wengi kuliko wale walio pamoja nao.
“Do not be afraid,” Elisha answered, “for those who are with us are more than those who are with them.”
17
Elisha akaomba, akasema, Ee Bwana, nakusihi, mfumbue macho yake, apate kuona. Bwana akamfumbua macho yule mtumishi; naye akaona; na tazama, kile kilima kilikuwa kimejaa farasi na magari ya moto yaliyomzunguka Elisha pande zote.
Then Elisha prayed, “O LORD, please open his eyes that he may see.” And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man, and he saw that the hills were full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.
18
Na walipomtelemkia Elisha akamwomba Bwana, akasema, Uwapige, nakusihi, watu hawa kwa upofu. Akawapiga kwa upofu sawasawa na neno la Elisha.
As the Arameans came down against him, Elisha prayed to the LORD, “Please strike these people with blindness.” So He struck them with blindness, according to the word of Elisha.
19
Elisha akawaambia, Njia hii siyo, na mji huu sio, nifuateni mimi, nami nitawapeleka kwa mtu yule mnayemtafuta. Akawapeleka Samaria.
And Elisha told them, “This is not the way, and this is not the city. Follow me, and I will take you to the man you are seeking.” And he led them to Samaria.
20
Hata walipokwisha kuingia Samaria, Elisha akasema, Bwana wafumbue macho watu hawa, wapate kuona. Bwana akawafumbua macho wakaona; kumbe! Walikuwa katikati ya Samaria.
When they had entered Samaria, Elisha said, “O LORD, open the eyes of these men that they may see.” Then the LORD opened their eyes, and they looked around and discovered that they were in Samaria.
21
Naye mfalme wa Israeli alipowaona, akamwambia Elisha, Ee baba yangu, niwapige? Niwapige?
And when the king of Israel saw them, he asked Elisha, “My father, shall I kill them? Shall I kill them?”
22
Akamjibu, Usiwapige; je! Ungetaka kuwapiga watu ambao umewatwaa mateka kwa upanga wako na uta wako? Weka chakula na maji mbele yao, wapate kula na kunywa, na kwenda kwa bwana wao.
“Do not kill them,” he replied. “Would you kill those you have captured with your own sword or bow? Set food and water before them, that they may eat and drink and then return to their master.”
23
Basi akawaandalia chakula tele; nao walipokwisha kula na kunywa, akawaacha, wakaenda zao kwa bwana wao. Na vikosi vya Shamu havikuja tena katika nchi ya Israeli.
So the king prepared a great feast for them, and after they had finished eating and drinking, he sent them away, and they returned to their master. And the Aramean raiders did not come into the land of Israel again.
24
Ikawa baada ya hayo, Ben-hadadi mfalme wa Shamu akakusanya majeshi yake yote, akakwea akauhusuru Samaria.
Some time later, Ben-hadad king of Aram assembled his entire army and marched up to besiege Samaria.
25
Njaa ikawa kuu huko Samaria; na tazama, wakauhusuru, hata kichwa cha punda kikapata kuuzwa kwa vipande themanini vya fedha, na kibaba cha mavi ya njiwa kwa vipande vitano vya fedha.
So there was a great famine in Samaria. Indeed, they besieged the city so long that a donkey’s head sold for eighty shekels of silver, and a quarter cab of dove’s dung sold for five shekels of silver.
26
Ikawa mfalme wa Israeli alipokuwa akipita ukutani, mwanamke mmoja akamwita akisema, Unisaidie, bwana wangu, mfalme.
As the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, a woman cried out to him, “Help me, my lord the king!”
27
Akasema, Bwana asipokusaidia, nikusaidieje mimi? Ya sakafuni, au ya shinikizoni?
He answered, “If the LORD does not help you, where can I find help for you? From the threshing floor or the winepress?”
28
Mfalme akamwambia, Una nini? Akajibu, Mwanamke huyu aliniambia, Mtoe mtoto wako, tumle leo, na mtoto wangu tutamla kesho.
Then the king asked her, “What is the matter?” And she answered, “This woman said to me, ‘Give up your son, that we may eat him, and tomorrow we will eat my son.’
29
Basi, tukamtokosa mtoto wangu, tukamla; nikamwambia siku ya pili, Mtoe mtoto wako, tumle; naye amemficha mtoto wake.
So we boiled my son and ate him, and the next day I said to her, ‘Give up your son, that we may eat him.’ But she had hidden her son.”
30
Ikawa, mfalme alipoyasikia maneno ya huyo mwanamke, aliyararua mavazi yake; (naye alikuwa akipita juu ya ukuta;) na watu wakaona, na tazama, alikuwa amevaa magunia ndani mwilini mwake.
When the king heard the words of the woman, he tore his clothes. And as he passed by on the wall, the people saw the sackcloth under his clothes next to his skin.
31
Ndipo akasema, Mungu anifanyie hivyo, na kuzidi, kikimbakia kichwa Elisha mwana wa Shafati juu yake leo.
He announced, “May God punish me, and ever so severely, if the head of Elisha son of Shaphat remains on his shoulders through this day!”
32
Lakini Elisha alikuwa akikaa nyumbani mwake, na wazee wakikaa pamoja naye; na mfalme akamtuma mtu wa mbele yake; lakini hata kabla ya kufika kwake yule aliyetumwa, akawaambia wazee, Je! Mwaona jinsi huyu mwana wa mwuaji alivyotuma aniondolee kichwa changu? Angalieni, huyo aliyetumwa akifika, fungeni mlango, mkamzuie mlangoni; je! Sauti ya miguu ya bwana wake haiko nyuma yake?
Now Elisha was sitting in his house, and the elders were sitting with him. The king sent a messenger ahead, but before he arrived, Elisha said to the elders, “Do you see how this murderer has sent someone to cut off my head? Look, when the messenger comes, shut the door to keep him out. Is not the sound of his master’s footsteps behind him?”
33
Hata alipokuwa katika kusema nao, tazama, yule aliyetumwa akamshukia; naye akasema, Angalia, mabaya haya yatoka kwa Bwana; kwani mimi kumngojea Bwana tena?
While Elisha was still speaking with them, the messenger came down to him. And the king said, “This calamity is from the LORD. Why should I wait for the LORD any longer?”