2 Setouknae 36
1 Hahoi, khocanaw ni Josiah capa Jehoahaz hah a ceikhai awh teh, Jerusalem vah a na pa yueng lah siangpahrang a tawk sak awh.
Then the people of Judah chose Josiah’s son Jehoahaz and appointed him as the king in Jerusalem.
2 Jehoahaz teh siangpahrang a tawk nah kum 23 touh a pha teh, Jerusalem vah thapa yung thum touh a bawi.
Jehoahaz was 23 years old when he became the king, but he ruled from Jerusalem for [only] three months.
3 Izip siangpahrang ni Jerusalem siangpahrang lah onae a kâhat sak. A ram heh ngun tangka talen 100 touh hoi sui talen 4 touh a rawng sak.
King Neco of Egypt [captured him and] prevented him from ruling any longer. He also forced the people of Judah to pay him a tax of almost four tons of silver and about 75 pounds of gold.
4 Izip siangpahrang ni a nawngha Eliakim teh Judah hoi Jerusalem siagpahrang lah a tawk sak. A min teh Jehoiakim telah a thung pouh teh, Neko ni a nawngha Jehoahaz teh Izip ram a ceikhai.
The king of Egypt appointed Jehoahaz’s [younger] brother Eliakim to be the king of Judah. He changed Eliakim’s name to Jehoiakim. After Neco captured Jehoahaz, he took him to Egypt.
5 Jehoiakim teh siangpahrang a tawk nah, kum 25 touh a pha teh, Jerusalem vah kum 11 touh a bawi. BAWIPA Cathut e hmaitung hawihoehnae ouk a sak.
Jehoiakim was 25 years old when he became the king [of Judah], and he ruled from Jerusalem for 11 years. He did things that Yahweh his God considers to be evil.
6 Babilon siangpahrang Nebukhadnezar ni ahni tuk hanelah a tho teh, Babilon lah ceikhai hanelah, sum bawtarui hoi a ka tek.
Then the army of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon attacked Jehoiakim’s army. They [captured Jehoiakim and] bound him with bronze chains and took him to Babylon.
7 Nebukhadnezar ni BAWIPA e im dawk e hnopainaw hah Babilon lah a ceikhai awh teh, Babilon e a Cathut e im dawk a ta.
Nebuchadnezzar’s soldiers also took valuable things from the temple; they took them to Babylon and put them in king [Nebuchadnezzar’s] palace there.
8 Jehoiakim kâroenae kaawm rae naw pueng hoi, panuetkatho e hno a sak e naw hoi, a khosaknae naw teh khenhaw! Isarel hoi Judah siangpahrangnaw e lairui cauk dawk thut lah ao. Hahoi a capa Jehoiakim ni a yueng lah let a bawi.
A record of the other things that happened while Jehoiakim was ruling, the detestable things that he did, including the evil things that people said that he did, is written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Israel and Judah’. After [he was taken to Babylon], his son Jehoiachin became the king [of Judah].
9 Jehoiakim teh siangpahrang a tawk nah kum 18 touh a pha. Jerusalem vah thapa yung thum touh hoi hnin hra touh a bawi. BAWIPA e hmaitung hawihoehnae ouk a sak.
Jehoiachin was 18 years old when he became the king [of Judah], and he ruled from Jerusalem for [only] three months and ten days. He did things that Yahweh considers to be evil.
10 Hote kum abaw toteh, siangpahrang Nebukhadnezar ni a tami a poun teh ahni teh, BAWIPA im dawk e hnopai kahawi poung e hoi Babilon lah a hrawi awh. A nawngha Zedekiah hah Judah ram hoi Jerusalem vah, siangpahrang a tawk sak awh.
During the spring of the next year, King Nebuchadnezzar sent [soldiers] to bring him to Babylon. They also took to Babylon many valuable things from the temple of Yahweh. Then Nebuchadnezzar appointed Jehoiachin’s uncle, Zedekiah, to be the king of Judah.
11 Zedekiah teh siangpahrang a tawk nah, kum 21 touh a pha. Jerusalem vah kum 11 touh a uk.
Zedekiah was 21 years old when he became the king, and he ruled in Jerusalem for 11 years.
12 BAWIPA Cathut hmaitung kahawihoehe hno a sak teh, BAWIPA lawk ka dei e profet Jeremiah e hmalah kârahnoum ngai hoeh.
He did many things that Yahweh his God considered to be evil. And he did not humble himself when the prophet Jeremiah gave him a message from Yahweh [to warn him].
13 Cathut min lahoi lawk ka kam kung siangpahrang Nebukhadnezar taranlahoi taran a thaw. A lung a pata sak teh, Isarel BAWIPA Cathut koe lah, kamlang hoeh nahanlah a lungtang sak.
He would not return to Yahweh, the God that the people of Israel [said that they worshiped]. Zedekiah also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had forced him to solemnly promise using God’s name [to be loyal to him]. Zedekiah became very stubborn.
14 Vaihmanaw pueng hoi, tamimayanaw pueng nihai, Cathut ka panuek hoeh naw ni a sak awh e patet e panuetkatho poung e hno hah a sak awh. Jerusalem kathoung sak e BAWIPA im hai a khin sak awh.
Furthermore, all the leaders of the priests and also the people [of Judah] became more wicked again, doing all the detestable things that the people of the other nations did, and causing the temple in Jerusalem that Yahweh had caused to be holy to become [an] unacceptable [place to worship him].
15 A na mintoenaw e BAWIPA Cathut ni kâhruetcuetnae poe hanelah amom a thaw teh, patounenaw hah ahnimouh koe a patoun. Bangkongtetpawiteh, tamimaya hoi a onae hmuen hai a pouk.
Yahweh, the God whom the ancestors [of the people of Judah belonged to/worshiped], gave messages to his prophets many times, and the prophets told those messages to the people of Judah. Yahweh did that because he pitied his people and did not want his temple to be destroyed.
16 Hateiteh, ahnimouh taranlahoi BAWIPA lungkhuek sak teh, a roum hoeh totouh Cathut e patounenaw hah a panuikhai awh teh, a lawk hah a dudam awh teh, a profet hah a dudam awh.
But the people continually made fun of God’s messengers. They despised God’s messages. They ridiculed his prophets, until finally God became extremely angry with his people, with the result that nothing could stop him [from destroying Judah].
17 Hatdawkvah, Khaldean siangpahrang hah ahnimouh koe a matheng sak teh, ahni ni thoundounnaw hah hmuen kathoung koe a thei. Thoundoun tangla hoi hnamthun e matawng totouh pahrennae tawn laipalah ahnimae kut dawk koung a poe.
He incited the king of Babylonia to attack [Judah with his army]. They killed the young men with their swords, even in the temple. They did not spare/pity anyone, young men or young women or old people. God enabled the army of Nebuchadnezzar to kill all of them.
18 Cathut im dawk kaawm e hlaamnaw pueng kathoung kalen hoi BAWIPA im dawk ta e hnopai pueng, siangpahrang hno pâtung e hoi kahrawikungnaw e hno pâtung e totouh, Babilon vah a ceikhai.
His soldiers took to Babylon all the things that were used in God’s temple—big things and little things, all the valuable things, and the valuable things that belonged to the king and his officials.
19 Cathut e im hai hmai a sawi awh teh, Jerusalem kalupnae hai koung a raphoe awh. Haw e im kalenpui hah hmai a sawi awh teh, haw e hlaam kahawihnawn kaawm e pueng hai, koung a raphoe awh.
They burned the temple, and they broke down the wall surrounding Jerusalem. They burned all the palaces [in Jerusalem] and destroyed all the remaining valuable things there.
20 Persia uknaeram ni a uk hoehnahlan totouh, ama hoi a capa san lah a coung roinae hmuen koe, tahloi dawk hoi ka hlout e hah Babilon lah a ceikhai awh teh,
Nebuchadnezzar’s soldiers took to Babylon the remaining people who had not been killed with their swords. Then those people became the king’s slaves and his son’s slaves, until the [army of the] king of Persia conquered [the army of Babylonia].
21 Isarel ram ni sabbath hnin a lunghawi hoehroukrak, Jeremiah pahni hno lahoi, BAWIPA e lawk akuep nahanelah doeh. Kum 70 kuepsaknae hnin dawkvah, tami kingdi lah onae tueng pueng dawk ram ni sabbath hah a ya han.
[Moses had said that every seventh year the people must not plant their fields; they must allow the soil to rest. But the people had not done that. So after the army of Babylonia destroyed Judah, ] the soil was allowed to rest. That continued for 70 years, fulfilling what Yahweh told Jeremiah and what Jeremiah had predicted/prophesied would happen.
22 Hat toteh, siangpahrang Sairus a bawi hoi Jeremiah e pahni hno lahoi BAWIPA lawk a kuep thai nahanelah, uknaeram pueng dawk pathang hane hoi thut hane hai BAWIPA ni Persia siangpahrang Sairus lungthin hah a tho sak.
During the first year that Cyrus was the king of Persia, in order that what Yahweh told Jeremiah would happen would occur, Yahweh motivated Cyrus to write this and proclaim it throughout his kingdom:
23 Persia siangpahrang Sairus ni hettelah a dei. Talai siangpahrang uknaeramnaw pueng teh, kalvan e BAWIPA Cathut ni na poe toe. Hahoi Judah ram dawk kaawm e Jerusalem vah im sak pouh hanelah kâ na poe. Amae taminaw pueng koe apimaw kaawm. BAWIPA Cathut hah ahni koe awm naseh, luen sak awh.
“I, Cyrus, the king of Persia, declare that Yahweh, the God [who rules] in heaven, has enabled me to become the ruler of all the kingdoms of this world. And he wants me to [command that my workers] build a temple {a temple be built} for him in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Any of his people living among you people of Persia are allowed to go to Jerusalem. And I will pray that Yahweh will be with them.”
