2 Mbiri 36
1 Tsono anthu a mʼdzikomo anatenga Yehowahazi mwana wa Yosiya namuyika kukhala mfumu mu Yerusalemu mʼmalo mwa abambo ake.
Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in his father’s place in Jerusalem.
2 Yowahazi anali wa zaka 23 pamene anakhala mfumu ndipo analamulira mu Yerusalemu kwa miyezi itatu.
Joahaz was twenty-three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.
3 Mfumu ya Igupto inamuchotsa pa udindo wa ufumu mu Yerusalemu ndipo inakhometsa msonkho dziko la Yuda wa makilogalamu 3,400 asiliva ndi agolide.
The king of Egypt removed him from office at Jerusalem, and fined the land one hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.
4 Mfumu ya Igupto inakhazika Eliyakimu, mʼbale wake wa Yehowahazi kukhala mfumu ya Yuda ndi Yerusalemu ndipo anasintha dzina la Eliyakimu kukhala Yehoyakimu. Koma Neko anatenga Yowahazi mʼbale wake wa Eliyakimu ndi kupita naye ku Igupto.
The king of Egypt made Eliakim his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem, and changed his name to Jehoiakim. Neco took Joahaz his brother, and carried him to Egypt.
5 Yehoyakimu anali wa zaka 25 pamene anakhala mfumu, ndipo analamulira mu Yerusalemu zaka 11. Iye anachita zoyipa pamaso pa Yehova Mulungu wake.
Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. He did that which was evil in the LORD his God’s sight.
6 Nebukadinezara, mfumu ya ku Babuloni anachita naye nkhondo ndipo anamumanga ndi zingwe zamkuwa ndi kumutenga kupita naye ku Babuloni.
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against him, and bound him in fetters to carry him to Babylon.
7 Nebukadinezara anatenganso zipangizo za ku Nyumba ya Yehova kupita nazo ku Babuloni ndipo anaziyika mʼnyumba ya Mulungu wake kumeneko.
Nebuchadnezzar also carried some of the vessels of the LORD’s house to Babylon, and put them in his temple at Babylon.
8 Zochitika zina za pa ulamuliro wa Yehoyakimu, zinthu zonyansa zimene anachita ndi zonse zinapezeka kuti zinali zomutsutsa zalembedwa mʼbuku la mafumu a Israeli ndi Yuda. Ndipo Yehoyakini mwana wake analowa ufumu mʼmalo mwake.
Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and his abominations which he did, and that which was found in him, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah; and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his place.
9 Yehoyakini anali ndi zaka 21 pamene anakhala mfumu ndipo analamulira mu Yerusalemu kwa miyezi itatu ndi masiku khumi. Iye anachita zoyipa pamaso pa Yehova.
Jehoiachin was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem. He did that which was evil in the LORD’s sight.
10 Nthawi ya mphukira, mfumu Nebukadinezara inayitanitsa Yehoyakini ndipo inapita naye ku Babuloni, pamodzi ndi ziwiya zamtengowapatali za mʼNyumba ya Mulungu wa Yehova, ndipo anayika Zedekiya malume wake kukhala mfumu ya Yuda ndi Yerusalemu.
At the return of the year, King Nebuchadnezzar sent and brought him to Babylon, with the valuable vessels of the LORD’s house, and made Zedekiah his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem.
11 Zedekiya anali ndi zaka 21 pamene ankakhala mfumu, ndipo analamulira mu Yerusalemu zaka 11.
Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem.
12 Iye anachita zoyipa pamaso pa Yehova Mulungu wake ndipo sanadzichepetse yekha pamaso pa mneneri Yeremiya amene ankayankhula mawu a Yehova.
He did that which was evil in the LORD his God’s sight. He didn’t humble himself before Jeremiah the prophet speaking from the LORD’s mouth.
13 Iye anawukiranso mfumu Nebukadinezara amene anamulumbiritsa mʼdzina la Mulungu. Iyeyo anali wosamva ndipo anawumitsa mtima wake. Sanatembenukire kwa Yehova Mulungu wa Israeli.
He also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God; but he stiffened his neck, and hardened his heart against turning to the LORD, the God of Israel.
14 Kuwonjezera apo, atsogoleri onse a ansembe ndi anthu ena anapitirapitira kukhala osakhulupirika, kutsatira machitidwe onse onyansa a mitundu ina ndi kudetsa Nyumba ya Yehova Mulungu wawo, imene anayipatula mu Yerusalemu.
Moreover all the chiefs of the priests and the people trespassed very greatly after all the abominations of the nations; and they polluted the LORD’s house which he had made holy in Jerusalem.
15 Yehova, Mulungu wa makolo awo, ankatumiza mawu kwa iwo kudzera kwa amithenga ake kawirikawiri, chifukwa ankawamvera chisoni anthu ake ndi malo ake okhalapo.
The LORD, the God of their fathers, sent to them by his messengers, rising up early and sending, because he had compassion on his people and on his dwelling place;
16 Koma iwo ananyoza amithenga a Mulungu, anapeputsa mawu awo ndipo ankaseka aneneri ake mpaka anawutsa mkwiyo wa Yehova pa anthu ake ndipo panalibenso mankhwala owachiritsa.
but they mocked the messengers of God, despised his words, and scoffed at his prophets, until the LORD’s wrath arose against his people, until there was no remedy.
17 Yehova anabweretsa mfumu ya anthu a ku Babuloni, imene inapha anyamata awo ndi lupanga ku malo opatulika, ndipo sanasiye kaya mnyamata kapena mtsikana, wamkulu kapena wokalamba. Mulungu anapereka onsewo kwa Nebukadinezara.
Therefore he brought on them the king of the Kasdim, who killed their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion on young man or virgin, old man or infirm. He gave them all into his hand.
18 Iye ananyamula kupita nazo ku Babuloni zipangizo zonse za mʼNyumba ya Yehova Mulungu wawo, zazikulu ndi zazingʼono zomwe, ndi chuma cha mʼNyumba ya Yehova ndiponso chuma cha mfumu ndi akuluakulu ake.
All the vessels of God’s house, great and small, and the treasures of the LORD’s house, and the treasures of the king and of his princes, all these he brought to Babylon.
19 Iwo anayatsa moto Nyumba ya Mulungu, ndipo anagwetsa makoma a Yerusalemu. Anatentha moto nyumba zonse zaufumu ndipo anawononga chilichonse chimene chinali chofunika.
They burnt God’s house, broke down the wall of Jerusalem, burnt all its palaces with fire, and destroyed all of its valuable vessels.
20 Iye anagwira ukapolo anthu otsala amene anapulumuka ku lupanga ndi kupita nawo ku Babuloni, ndipo anakhala antchito ake ndi ana ake mpaka pamene ufumu wa Peresiya unakhazikitsidwa.
He carried those who had escaped from the sword away to Babylon, and they were servants to him and his sons until the reign of the kingdom of Persia,
21 Dziko linakondwera ndi masabata ake. Pa nthawi yonse ya chipasuko chake nthaka inapuma, mpaka zaka 70 zinakwana pokwaniritsa mawu a Yehova amene anayankhula kudzera mwa Yeremiya.
to fulfil the LORD’s word by Jeremiah’s mouth, until the land had enjoyed its Sabbaths. As long as it lay desolate, it kept Sabbath, to fulfil seventy years.
22 Mʼchaka choyamba cha Koresi mfumu ya Peresiya, pofuna kukwaniritsa mawu a Yehova amene anayankhula kudzera mwa Yeremiya, Yehova anakhudza mtima wa mfumu ya Peresiya kuti alengeze mu ufumu wake wonse ndipo anazilemba:
Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the LORD’s word by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying,
23 Chimene mfumu Koresi ya Peresiya ikunena ndi ichi: “Yehova, Mulungu wakumwamba wandipatsa ine mafumu onse a dziko lapansi ndipo wandisankha kuti ndimumangire Nyumba ya Mulungu ku Yerusalemu ku Yuda. Aliyense wa anthu ake pakati panu, Yehova Mulungu wake akhale naye, ndipo apite.”
“Cyrus king of Persia says, ‘The LORD, the God of heaven, has given all the kingdoms of the earth to me; and he has commanded me to build him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Whoever there is amongst you of all his people, the LORD his God be with him, and let him go up.’”
