2 Mafumu 25
1 Choncho mʼchaka chachisanu ndi chinayi cha ulamuliro wa Zedekiya, mwezi wakhumi, pa tsiku lakhumi la mwezi, Nebukadinezara mfumu ya Babuloni anabwera ndi gulu lake lonse la ankhondo, nadzathira nkhondo mzinda wa Yerusalemu. Iye anamanga misasa kunja kwa mzindawo ndipo anamanga mitumbira ya nkhondo kuzungulira mzindawo.
And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth [day] of the month, [that] Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he, and all his host, against Jerusalem, and pitched against it; and they built forts against it round about.
2 Mzindawo anawuzinga mpaka chaka cha khumi ndi chimodzi cha Mfumu Zedekiya.
And the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.
3 Pa tsiku lachisanu ndi chinayi pa mwezi wachinayi, njala inakula kwambiri mu mzindamo kotero kuti anthu analibe chakudya.
And on the ninth [day] of the [fourth] month the famine prevailed in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land.
4 Pamenepo khoma la mzindawo linabowoledwa ndipo gulu lonse la ankhondo linathawa usiku kudzera pa chipata cha pakati pa makoma awiri pafupi ndi munda wa mfumu, ngakhale kuti Ababuloni anali atazinga mzindawo. Iwo anathawira cha ku Araba,
And the city was broken up, and all the men of war [fled] by night by the way of the gate between two walls, which [is] by the king’s garden: (now the Chaldees [were] against the city round about: ) and [the king] went the way toward the plain.
5 koma gulu la ankhondo la ku Babuloni linalondola mfumu Zedekiya ndi kumupeza mʼchigwa cha ku Yeriko. Ankhondo onse anamusiya yekha nabalalika.
And the army of the Chaldees pursued after the king, and overtook him in the plains of Jericho: and all his army were scattered from him.
6 Anagwidwa napita naye kwa mfumu ya ku Babuloni ku Ribula, kumene anagamula mlandu wa Zedekiyayo.
So they took the king, and brought him up to the king of Babylon to Riblah; and they gave judgment upon him.
7 Iwo anapha ana a Zedekiya iyeyo akuona. Kenaka anakolowola maso a Zedekiya namumanga ndi unyolo wamkuwa ndi kupita naye ku Babuloni.
And they slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him with fetters of brass, and carried him to Babylon.
8 Mwezi wachisanu, pa tsiku lachisanu ndi chiwiri la mwezi, mʼchaka cha 19 cha Nebukadinezara, mfumu ya Babuloni, Nebuzaradani, mkulu wa asilikali oteteza mfumu, nduna ya mfumu ya Babuloni, anabwera ku Yerusalemu.
And in the fifth month, on the seventh [day] of the month, which [is] the nineteenth year of king Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, came Nebuzar-adan, captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, unto Jerusalem:
9 Iye anatentha Nyumba ya Yehova, nyumba ya mfumu pamodzi ndi nyumba zonse za mu Yerusalemu. Anatentha nyumba iliyonse yofunika.
And he burnt the house of the LORD, and the king’s house, and all the houses of Jerusalem, and every great [man’s] house burnt he with fire.
10 Gulu lonse la ankhondo la ku Babuloni limene linali ndi mkulu wa asilikali oteteza mfumu ija, linagumula malinga ozungulira Yerusalemu.
And all the army of the Chaldees, that [were with] the captain of the guard, brake down the walls of Jerusalem round about.
11 Nebuzaradani mkulu wa asilikali uja anatenga anthu amene anatsala mu mzindamo, ndi ena amene anathawira kwa mfumu ya Babuloni, pamodzi ndi ena onse kupita nawo ku ukapolo ku Babuloni.
Now the rest of the people [that were] left in the city, and the fugitives that fell away to the king of Babylon, with the remnant of the multitude, did Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard carry away.
12 Koma mkulu wa asilikaliyo anasiya anthu ena osauka kwambiri mʼdzikomo kuti azisamalira minda ya mpesa ndi minda ina.
But the captain of the guard left of the poor of the land [to be] vinedressers and husbandmen.
13 Ababuloni anaphwanya zipilala zamkuwa, maphaka ndiponso mbiya ya mkuwa zimene zinali mʼNyumba ya Yehova ndipo anatenga mkuwawo napita nawo ku Babuloni.
And the pillars of brass that [were] in the house of the LORD, and the bases, and the brasen sea that [was] in the house of the LORD, did the Chaldees break in pieces, and carried the brass of them to Babylon.
14 Iwo anatenganso miphika, mafosholo, mbaniro za nyale, mbale ndi ziwiya zonse zamkuwa zimene ankagwiritsa ntchito potumikira mʼNyumbayo.
And the pots, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the spoons, and all the vessels of brass wherewith they ministered, took they away.
15 Mkulu wa asilikali uja anatenganso zofukizira lubani ndi mbale zowazira magazi. Zonsezi zinali zopangidwa ndi golide wabwino kwambiri kapena siliva.
And the firepans, and the bowls, [and] such things as [were] of gold, [in] gold, and of silver, [in] silver, the captain of the guard took away.
16 Mkuwa wochokera ku zipilala ziwiri zija, mbiya ija ndi maphaka aja, zimene Solomoni anapanga mʼNyumba ya Yehova, kuchuluka kwake kunali kosawerengeka.
The two pillars, one sea, and the bases which Solomon had made for the house of the LORD; the brass of all these vessels was without weight.
17 Chipilala chilichonse chinali chotalika mamita asanu ndi atatu. Mutu wa mkuwa umene unali pamwamba pa chipilalacho unali mita imodzi ndi theka ndipo unakongoletsedwa ndi ukonde wa makangadza a mkuwa amene anazungulira mutuwo. Chipilala chachiwiri chinali chofanana ndi chinacho, ndipo chinali ndi ukonde.
The height of the one pillar [was] eighteen cubits, and the chapiter upon it [was] brass: and the height of the chapiter three cubits; and the wreathen work, and pomegranates upon the chapiter round about, all of brass: and like unto these had the second pillar with wreathen work.
18 Mkulu wa asilikali uja anagwira ukapolo mkulu wa ansembe Seraya, Zefaniya wachiwiri wa mkulu wa ansembe ndi alonda atatu apakhomo.
And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door:
19 Mwa anthu amene anali mu mzindamo, anatenga mkulu amene ankalamulira ankhondo ndiponso alangizi asanu a mfumu. Anatenganso mlembi wa mtsogoleri wa ankhondo amene ankalemba anthu ntchito ya usilikali mʼdzikomo pamodzi ndi anthu ake 60 amene anali mu mzindamo.
And out of the city he took an officer that was set over the men of war, and five men of them that were in the king’s presence, which were found in the city, and the principal scribe of the host, which mustered the people of the land, and threescore men of the people of the land [that were] found in the city:
20 Nebuzaradani mkulu wa asilikali uja anawatenga onsewo napita nawo kwa mfumu ya Babuloni ku Ribula.
And Nebuzar-adan captain of the guard took these, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah:
21 Ku Ribulako, mʼdziko la Hamati, mfumu ya ku Babuloni inalamula kuti awakwapule ndi kuwapha. Choncho Ayuda anatengedwa ukapolo kuwachotsa mʼdziko lawo.
And the king of Babylon smote them, and slew them at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was carried away out of their land.
22 Nebukadinezara mfumu ya Babuloni anasankha Gedaliya mwana wa Ahikamu, mwana wa Safani, kukhala woyangʼanira anthu amene anatsala ku Yuda.
And [as for] the people that remained in the land of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had left, even over them he made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, ruler.
23 Atsogoleri onse ankhondo ndi anthu awo atamva kuti mfumu ya Babuloni yasankha Gedaliya kukhala bwanamkubwa, anabwera kwa Gedaliya ku Mizipa. Atsogoleriwo mayina awo anali awa: Ismaeli mwana wa Netaniya, Yohanani mwana wa Kareya, Seraya mwana wa Tanihumeti wa ku Netofa ndi Yaazaniya mwana wa Maakati, pamodzi ndi anthu awo.
And when all the captains of the armies, they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah governor, there came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan the son of Careah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah the son of a Maachathite, they and their men.
24 Gedaliya analumbira powatsimikizira iwo ndi anthu awo. Iye anati, “Musachite mantha ndi atsogoleri Ababuloniwa. Khalani mʼdziko muno ndipo tumikirani mfumu ya Babuloni. Mukatero zinthu zidzakuyenderani bwino.”
And Gedaliah sware to them, and to their men, and said unto them, Fear not to be the servants of the Chaldees: dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon; and it shall be well with you.
25 Koma pa mwezi wachisanu ndi chiwiri, Ismaeli mwana wa Netaniya, mwana wa Elisama, wa banja laufumu, anabwera ndi anthu khumi ndipo anapha Gedaliya pamodzi ndi Ayuda ndi anthu a ku Babuloni amene anali naye limodzi ku Mizipa.
But it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the seed royal, came, and ten men with him, and smote Gedaliah, that he died, and the Jews and the Chaldees that were with him at Mizpah.
26 Chifukwa cha zimenezi, anthu onse kuyambira wamngʼono mpaka wamkulu, pamodzi ndi atsogoleri a ankhondo anathawira ku Igupto chifukwa choopa Ababuloni.
And all the people, both small and great, and the captains of the armies, arose, and came to Egypt: for they were afraid of the Chaldees.
27 Pa chaka cha 37 cha ukapolo wa Yehoyakini mfumu ya Yuda, chaka chimene Evili-Merodaki anakhala mfumu ya Babuloni, anamasula Yehoyakini mʼndende pa mwezi wa 12 pa tsiku la 27.
And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the seven and twentieth [day] of the month, [that] Evil-merodach king of Babylon in the year that he began to reign did lift up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah out of prison;
28 Anamukomera mtima namukweza kupambana mafumu ena onse amene anali naye ku Babuloni.
And he spake kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that [were] with him in Babylon;
29 Choncho Yoyakini anavula zovala zake za ku ndende, ndipo ankadya ndi mfumu masiku onse a moyo wake.
And changed his prison garments: and he did eat bread continually before him all the days of his life.
30 Mfumu inkamupatsa Yehoyakini chakudya tsiku lililonse pa moyo wake wonse.
And his allowance [was] a continual allowance given him of the king, a daily rate for every day, all the days of his life.
