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Nabii Elisha akamwita mmojawapo wa wana wa manabii, akamwambia, Jikaze viuno, ukachukue chupa hii ya mafuta mkononi mwako, ukaende Ramoth-Gileadi.
Now Elisha the prophet summoned one of the sons of the prophets and said to him, “Tuck your cloak under your belt, take this flask of oil, and go to Ramoth-gilead.
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Utakapofika huko, mtafute Yehu, mwana wa Yehoshafati, mwana wa Nimshi, ukaingie, ukamtoe miongoni mwa ndugu zake, ukamchukue katika chumba cha ndani.
When you arrive, look for Jehu son of Jehoshaphat, the son of Nimshi. Go in, get him away from his companions, and take him to an inner room.
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Kisha, ukatwae ile chupa ya mafuta, ukayamimine juu ya kichwa chake, ukaseme, Bwana asema hivi, Nimekutia mafuta uwe mfalme juu ya Israeli. Kisha ufungue mlango ukakimbie, wala usikawie.
Then take the flask of oil, pour it on his head, and declare, ‘This is what the LORD says: I anoint you king over Israel.’ Then open the door and run. Do not delay!”
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Basi yule kijana, yule nabii kijana, akaenda Ramoth-Gileadi.
So the young prophet went to Ramoth-gilead,
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Naye alipofika, tazama, majemadari wa jeshi walikuwa wamekaa; naye akasema, Nimetumwa na neno kwako, Ee jemadari; Yehu akasema, Kwa yupi miongoni mwetu sote? Akasema, Kwako wewe, Ee jemadari.
and when he arrived, the army commanders were sitting there. “I have a message for you, commander,” he said. “For which of us?” asked Jehu. “For you, commander,” he replied.
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Akainuka akaingia nyumbani; naye akayamimina yale mafuta kichwani mwake, akamwambia, Bwana, Mungu wa Israeli, asema hivi, Nimekutia mafuta uwe mfalme juu ya watu wa Bwana, yaani, juu ya Israeli.
So Jehu got up and went into the house, where the young prophet poured the oil on his head and declared, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘I anoint you king over the LORD’s people Israel.
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Nawe utawapiga nyumba ya Ahabu, bwana wako, ili nijilipize kisasi cha damu ya watumishi wangu manabii, na damu ya watumishi wote wa Bwana, mkononi mwa Yezebeli.
And you are to strike down the house of your master Ahab, so that I may avenge the blood of My servants the prophets and the blood of all the servants of the LORD shed by the hand of Jezebel.
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Kwa maana nyumba yote ya Ahabu wataangamia; nami nitamkatilia mbali kila mwanamume wa nyumba ya Ahabu, yeye aliyefungwa, na yeye asiyefungwa, katika Israeli.
The whole house of Ahab will perish, and I will cut off from Ahab every male, both slave and free, in Israel.
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Nami nitaifanya nyumba ya Ahabu kuwa kama nyumba ya Yeroboamu mwana wa Nebati, na kama nyumba ya Baasha mwana wa Ahiya.
I will make the house of Ahab like the houses of Jeroboam son of Nebat and Baasha son of Ahijah.
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Na mbwa watamla Yezebeli katika kiwanja cha Yezreeli, wala hapatakuwa na mtu wa kumzika. Akaufungua mlango, akakimbia.
And on the plot of ground at Jezreel the dogs will devour Jezebel, and there will be no one to bury her.’” Then the young prophet opened the door and ran.
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Ndipo Yehu akatoka akawaendea watumishi wa bwana wake. Mmoja wao akamwuliza, Je! Ni amani? Huyu mwenye wazimu amekujia kwa nini? Akawaambia, Ninyi mnamjua mtu huyu na habari ya maneno yake.
When Jehu went out to the servants of his master, they asked, “Is everything all right? Why did this madman come to you?” “You know his kind and their babble,” he replied.
12
Wakasema, Ni uongo; haya, tuambie. Akasema, Aliniambia haya na haya, akisema, Bwana asema hivi, Nimekutia mafuta, uwe mfalme juu ya Israeli.
“That is a lie!” they said. “Tell us now!” So Jehu answered, “He talked to me about this and that, saying, ‘This is what the LORD says: I anoint you king over Israel.’”
13
Basi wakafanya haraka, kila mtu akalitwaa vazi lake, na kulitia chini yake juu ya madaraja, wakapiga baragumu wakasema, Yehu ni mfalme.
Quickly, each man took his garment and put it under Jehu on the bare steps. Then they blew the ram’s horn and proclaimed, “Jehu is king!”
14
Hivyo Yehu, mwana wa Yehoshafati, mwana wa Nimshi, akafanya fitina juu ya Yoramu. Basi Yoramu alikuwa akiulinda Ramoth-Gileadi, yeye na Israeli wote, kwa sababu ya Hazaeli mfalme wa Shamu.
Thus Jehu son of Jehoshaphat, the son of Nimshi, conspired against Joram. (Now Joram and all Israel had been defending Ramoth-gilead against Hazael king of Aram,
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Lakini mfalme Yoramu mwenyewe alikuwa amerudi, apate kupona jeraha zake alizotiwa na Washami, alipokuwa akipigana na Hazaeli mfalme wa Shamu. Yehu akasema, Kama hii ndiyo nia yenu, basi, msimwache hata mtu mmoja atoke mjini, ili aende kupeleka habari Yezreeli.
but King Joram had returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds he had suffered at the hands of the Arameans in the battle against Hazael their king.) So Jehu said, “If you commanders wish to make me king, then do not let anyone escape from the city to go and tell it in Jezreel.”
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Basi Yehu akapanda gari lake kwenda Yezreeli; kwa maana Yoramu alikuwa amelala huko; na Ahazia mfalme wa Yuda alikuwa ameshuka ili kumtazama Yoramu.
Then Jehu got into his chariot and went to Jezreel, because Joram was laid up there. And Ahaziah king of Judah had gone down to see him.
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Basi mlinzi alikuwa anasimama juu ya mnara wa Yezreeli, akaliona lile kundi la watu wa Yehu, alipokuwa akija, akasema, Naona kundi la watu. Yoramu akasema, Haya! Mtwae mpanda farasi mmoja, ukampeleke aende kuwalaki, na kuwauliza, Je! Ni amani?
Now the watchman standing on the tower in Jezreel saw Jehu’s troops approaching, and he called out, “I see a company of troops!” “Choose a rider,” Joram commanded. “Send him out to meet them and ask, ‘Have you come in peace?’”
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Basi mpanda farasi mmoja akatoka awalaki, akasema, Mfalme asema hivi, Je! Ni amani? Yehu akasema, Wewe una nini na amani? Geuka unifuate. Yule mlinzi akatoa habari, akasema, Yule mjumbe amewafikilia, lakini harudi tena.
So a horseman rode off to meet Jehu and said, “This is what the king asks: ‘Have you come in peace?’” “What do you know about peace?” Jehu replied. “Fall in behind me.” And the watchman reported, “The messenger reached them, but he is not coming back.”
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Ndipo akapeleka mpanda farasi wa pili, naye akawafikilia, akasema, Mfalme asema hivi, Je! Ni amani? Yehu akasema, Wewe una nini na amani? Geuka unifuate.
So the king sent out a second horseman, who went to them and said, “This is what the king asks: ‘Have you come in peace?’” “What do you know about peace?” Jehu replied. “Fall in behind me.”
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Yule mlinzi akatoa habari, akasema, Amewafikilia wala harudi tena; na mwendo huu ni kama mwendo wa Yehu mwana wa Nimshi; maana analiendesha gari kwa kasi.
Again the watchman reported, “He reached them, but he is not coming back. And the charioteer is driving like Jehu son of Nimshi—he is driving like a madman!”
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Yoramu akasema, Tandika gari. Wakalitandika gari lake. Yoramu mfalme wa Israeli akatoka, na Ahazia mfalme wa Yuda, kila mtu katika gari lake. Wakatoka ili kumlaki Yehu, wakamkuta katika kiwanja cha Nabothi, Myezreeli.
“Harness!” Joram shouted, and they harnessed his chariot. Then Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah set out, each in his own chariot, and met Jehu on the property of Naboth the Jezreelite.
22
Ikawa, Yoramu alipomwona Yehu, akasema, Je! Ni amani, Yehu? Akajibu, Amani gani, maadamu uzinzi wa mama yako Yezebeli na uchawi wake ni mwingi?
When Joram saw Jehu, he asked, “Have you come in peace, Jehu?” “How can there be peace,” he replied, “as long as the idolatry and witchcraft of your mother Jezebel abound?”
23
Yoramu akageuza mikono yake, akakimbia, akamwambia Ahazia, Ni uhaini, Ahazia.
Joram turned around and fled, calling out to Ahaziah, “Treachery, Ahaziah!”
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Yehu akavuta upinde wake kwa nguvu zake zote, akampiga Yoramu kati ya mikono yake, hata mshale ukamtoka penye moyo wake, akaanguka katika gari lake.
Then Jehu drew his bow and shot Joram between the shoulders. The arrow pierced his heart, and he slumped down in his chariot.
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Ndipo Yehu akamwambia Bidkari, akida wake, Mtwae ukamtupe katika kiwanja cha Nabothi, Myezreeli; maana kumbuka, hapo mimi na wewe tulipokuwa tumepanda farasi zetu, na kumfuata Anabu baba yake, Bwana alimwekea mzigo huu, akasema;
And Jehu said to Bidkar his officer, “Pick him up and throw him into the field of Naboth the Jezreelite. For remember that when you and I were riding together behind his father Ahab, the LORD lifted up this burden against him:
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Hakika, jana nimeiona damu ya Nabothi, na damu ya wanawe, asema Bwana; nami nitakulipa katika kiwanja hiki, asema Bwana. Basi sasa mtwae huyu ukamtupe katika kiwanja hicho, sawasawa na neno la Bwana.
‘As surely as I saw the blood of Naboth and the blood of his sons yesterday, declares the LORD, so will I repay you on this plot of ground, declares the LORD.’ Now then, according to the word of the LORD, pick him up and throw him on the plot of ground.”
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Na Ahazia mfalme wa Yuda alipoona hayo, akakimbia kwa njia ya nyumba ya bustanini. Yehu akamfuatia, akasema, Mpigeni huyu naye katika gari lake; wakampiga hapo penye kupandia Guri, karibu na Ibleamu. Akakimbilia Megido, akafa huko.
When King Ahaziah of Judah saw this, he fled up the road toward Beth-haggan. And Jehu pursued him, shouting, “Shoot him too!” So they shot Ahaziah in his chariot on the Ascent of Gur, near Ibleam, and he fled to Megiddo and died there.
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Na watumishi wake wakamchukua garini mpaka Yerusalemu, wakamzika katika kaburi lake pamoja na baba zake katika mji wa Daudi.
Then his servants carried him by chariot to Jerusalem and buried him with his fathers in his tomb in the City of David.
29
Katika mwaka wa kumi na moja wa Yoramu mwana wa Ahabu, Ahazia alianza kutawala juu ya Yuda.
(In the eleventh year of Joram son of Ahab, Ahaziah had become king over Judah.)
30
Hata Yehu alipofika Yezreeli, Yezebeli akapata habari; akatia uwanja machoni mwake, akapamba kichwa chake, akachungulia dirishani.
Now when Jehu arrived in Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it. So she painted her eyes, adorned her head, and looked down from a window.
31
Hata Yehu alipoingia lango la mji, alisema, Je! Ni amani, Ewe Zimri, mwenye kumwua bwana wako?
And as Jehu entered the gate, she asked, “Have you come in peace, O Zimri, murderer of your master?”
32
Akainua uso wake kulielekea dirisha, akasema, Aliye upande wangu ni nani? Matowashi wawili watatu wakachungulia.
He looked up at the window and called out, “Who is on my side? Who?” And two or three eunuchs looked down at him.
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Akasema, Mtupeni chini. Basi wakamtupa chini; na damu yake ikamwagika nyingine juu ya ukuta, na nyingine juu ya farasi, naye akamkanyaga-kanyaga.
“Throw her down!” yelled Jehu. So they threw her down, and her blood splattered on the wall and on the horses as they trampled her underfoot.
34
Alipoingia, akala, na kunywa; kisha akasema, Haya! Mwangalieni mwanamke huyu aliyelaaniwa, mkamzike; kwa maana ni binti mfalme.
Then Jehu went in and ate and drank. “Take care of this cursed woman,” he said, “and bury her, for she was the daughter of a king.”
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Wakaenda ili kumzika; lakini hawakuona kitu ila kifuvu cha kichwa chake, na miguu yake, na vitanga vya mikono yake.
But when they went out to bury her, they found nothing but her skull, her feet, and the palms of her hands.
36
Basi wakarudi, wakampasha habari. Akasema, Hili ndilo neno la Bwana, alilolinena kwa kinywa cha mtumishi wake Eliya, Mtishbi, kusema, Katika kiwanja cha Yezreeli mbwa wataila nyama ya Yezebeli.
So they went back and told Jehu, who replied, “This is the word of the LORD, which He spoke through His servant Elijah the Tishbite: ‘On the plot of ground at Jezreel the dogs will devour the flesh of Jezebel.
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Na mzoga wa Yezebeli utakuwa kama mavi juu ya uso wa mashamba, katika kiwanja cha Yezreeli; hata wasipate kusema, Huyu ni Yezebeli.
And Jezebel’s body will lie like dung in the field on the plot of ground at Jezreel, so that no one can say: This is Jezebel.’”