Jeremiah 52
1 Zedekiah teh siangpahrang a tawknae kum 21 touh a pha. Jerusalem vah kum 11 touh a uk, a manu min teh Hamutal, Libnah kho e Jeremiah e canu doeh.
Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became the King [of Judah]. He ruled in Jerusalem for eleven years. His mother was Hamutal, the daughter of [a man named] Jeremiah from Libnah [town].
2 Jehoiakim ni ouk a sak e patetlah BAWIPA e mithmu vah hawihoehnae a sak.
Zedekiah did [many] things that Yahweh says are evil, like [his father] Jehoiakim had done.
3 Bangkongtetpawiteh, BAWIPA a lungkhuek teh a hmalah hoi he takhoe e totouh Jerusalem hoi Judah ram dawk hete hnonaw a pha. Hattoteh Zedekiah teh Babilon siangpahrang taranlahoi taran a thaw.
[The events that are summarized here happened] because Yahweh was angry with [the people of] Jerusalem and [of other places in] Judah, and finally he (exiled them/forced them to go to other countries) [and said that he did not want to have anything to do with] them any more. Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.
4 A uknae kum 9, thapa yung hra, hnin 10 nah Babilon siangpahrang Nebukhadnezar hoi a ransanaw pueng Jerusalem tuk hanlah a tho awh. A roe sin awh teh tengpam petkâkalup lah a tungpup awh.
[So, ] on January 15, when Zedekiah had been ruling for almost nine years, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon led his entire army to attack Jerusalem. They surrounded the city and built dirt ramps up to the top of the city walls [to enable them to attack the city].
5 Hottelah siangpahrang Zedekiah abawinae kum 11 totouh khopui hah king a ven awh.
They continued to surround Jerusalem until Zedekiah had been ruling for almost eleven years.
6 Thapa yung pali, hnin 9 nah khopui dawk takang ka patawpoung lah a tho sak teh, ram thung rangpuinaw ca hane banghai awm hoeh toe.
When Zedekiah had been ruling for almost eleven years, by July 18 of that year, the (famine/lack of food) in the city had become very severe, and there was no [more] food for the people [to eat].
7 Hat toteh, khopui kalupnae tapang a thuk awh teh, ransanaw pueng a yawng awh. Siangpahrang takha koe e tapang kahni rahak e longkha koehoi a tâco awh teh, tangmin vah khopui thung hoi a yawng awh. Khaldean taminaw khopui tengpam ao awh eiteh, a yawng lam lah a cei awh.
Then [the soldiers of Babylonia] broke through [a section of] the city wall, and all the [Israeli] soldiers fled. But because the city was surrounded by soldiers from Babylonia, [Zedekiah and the Israeli] soldiers [waited until] it became dark. Then they left the city through the gate between the two walls behind the king’s garden. Then they ran towards the Jordan River Valley.
8 Hatei, Khaldean ransanaw ni siangpahrang hah a pâlei awh teh, Jeriko yawn dawk rek a pha awh. A ransanaw pueng ahni koehoi a kâkapek awh.
But the soldiers of Babylonia pursued King Zedekiah, and they caught up with him on the plains near Jericho. [He was alone because] all his men had deserted him and had scattered.
9 Zedekiah a man awh teh Babilon siangpahrang koe Hamath ram e Riblah kho dawk a ceikhai awh teh, ahni ni ama kong dawk lawk a ceng.
The soldiers of Babylonia took him to the king of Babylon, who was at Riblah in the Hamath [region]. There the king of Babylon told [his soldiers what] they should do to punish Zedekiah.
10 Babilon siangpahrang ni Zedekiah capa hah a mithmu roeroe vah a thei. Ribah vah Judah kahrawikungnaw pueng a thei.
They forced Zedekiah to watch while they killed his sons and all the officials from Judah.
11 Zedekiah e mitmu hai a cawngkhawi pouh. Babilon siangpahrang ni sumbawtarui hoi a pâkhi teh, Babilon lah a ceikhai, a due totouh thongim vah a paung.
[Then] they gouged out Zedekiah’s eyes. They fastened him with bronze chains and took him to Babylon. They put him in a prison, and he remained there until the day that he died.
12 Hahoi Babilon siangpahrang Nebukhadnezar abawinae kum 19, thapa yung panga, hnin hra nah siangpahrang karingkungnaw kahrawikung, Babilon siangpahrang hmalah ouk kangdout e Nebuzaradan teh Jerusalem vah a kâen.
On August 17 of that year, which was when King Nebuchadnezzar had been ruling for almost 19 years, Nebuzaradan, who was the captain of the king’s bodyguards and one of the king’s officials, arrived in Jerusalem.
13 BAWIPA e im hoi siangpahrang im hah hmai a sawi. Jerusalem e im kalenpoungnaw pueng hmai koung a sawi.
He [commanded his soldiers to] burn down the temple of Yahweh, the king’s palace, and all the houses in Jerusalem. They [also] destroyed all the important buildings [in the city].
14 Khaldean ransa, siangpahrang karingkungnaw thung kaawmnaw pueng ni Jerusalem kalupnae teh a tengpam hoi he a raphoe awh.
Then he supervised the soldiers from Babylonia while they tore down the walls on all sides of Jerusalem.
15 Hat toteh, karingkungnaw kahrawikung Nebuzaradan ni tami ka roedeng tangawn hoi, khopui thung kaawm rae tami pueng hoi Babilon siangpahrang koe ka kâhmoun tangcoungnaw hoi kacawirae kutsakkathoumnaw pueng hah san lah a ceikhai.
Then Nebuzaradan (forced to go/exiled) [to Babylon] some of the poorest people, those Israelis who had said they would support the king of Babylon, the rest of the craftsmen, and other people who had remained in Jerusalem.
16 Hatei, karingkungnaw kahrawikung Nebuzaradan ni ram dawk e ka roedeng tangawn hah takhakatawkkungnaw lah a hruek.
But Nebuzaradan allowed some of the very poor people to remain [in Judah] to take care of the vineyards and fields.
17 Hahoi BAWIPA im dawk e rahum khom, hoi BAWIPA im dawk e rahum tuiim hoi kawlungnaw hah Khaldean taminaw ni koung a kâbawng sak teh rahumnaw pueng Babilon lah a ceikhai awh.
The soldiers from Babylonia broke [into pieces] the [huge] bronze pillars that were in front of the temple, and the [large] bronze water tank, and the [ten bronze water] carts, and they took all the bronze to Babylon.
18 Hlaam hoi hraba kawnnae, paitei, ampaikei, sumpacen, ouk a hro awh e rahum hnopai pueng he a la awh.
They also took away the basins [for holding the ashes from the burned sacrifices], the shovels [for cleaning out the ashes], the tools for snuffing out the wicks of the lamps, the basins [for holding the blood of the sacrificed animals], the dishes [for incense], and all the [other] bronze items that were used when sacrifices were made at the temple.
19 Manang hoi hrabakawnnae, tongben, hlaam, hmaiimkhoknaw, sumpacen, sui hoi sak e hoi, ngun hoi sak e pueng teh, karingkungnaw kahrawikung ni he a la.
Nebuzaradan also [told his soldiers to] take away the small bowls, the dishes for burning incense, the basins, pots, lampstands, bowls [for incense], and the bowls used for pouring out the wine offerings. They took all the other items that were made of pure gold or silver.
20 Rahum hoi sak e khom kahni touh, maitotan hlaikahni touh, rahum tuiim pâhungnae, Solomon siangpahrang ni BAWIPA im hanelah a sak e naw hah, hete rahum pacen tawngben pueng teh boeba hai khing leklak hoeh.
The bronze from the two pillars, the [large water] tank and the twelve statues of oxen that were beneath it, and the water carts, was more/heavier than they could weigh. Those things had been made for the temple during the time that Solomon was the king.
21 Hahoi khom buet touh dong 18 touh a rasang teh, petkâtue lah dong 12 touh a pha. A tha e dek pali touh a pha teh, a lungui vuk kâko.
Each of the pillars was (27 feet/8 meters) tall and (18 feet/5.5 meters) around. They were hollow, and each had sides/walls that were (3 in./8 cm.) thick.
22 A som dawk rahum kaco e ao. A lû kacoum e teh dong panga touh a pha. A lû ka coum e petkâkalup lah rahum hoi pathoup e lah ao teh, talepawmei hai ao. Khom apâhni e dawk kaawm e talepaw hoi a kâvan.
The bronze head on the top of each pillar was (7-1/2 feet/over 2 meters) high and was decorated all around with a bronze [network of figures that represented] pomegranates.
23 Khom vang lah talepaw 96 touh ao. Petkâkalup lah pathoupnae talepaw teh 100 touh a pha.
There was a total of 100 figures of pomegranates on the network at the top, 96 of which could be seen from the ground.
24 Hahoi, karingkungnaw kahrawikung ni vaihma bawi Seraiah hoi vaihma apâhni e Zephaniah hoi hmaiim khenyawnkung kathum touh hai a man.
When Nebuzaradan [returned to Babylon], he took [with him as prisoners] Seraiah the Supreme Priest, Zephaniah who was Seraiah’s deputy, and the three men who guarded the entrances [to the temple].
25 Tarankatuknaw e thung kahrawikung lah ta e naw tami sari touh siangpahrang ouk kahmawt e khopui vah kaawm e hoi ransa ka hrawi e cakathutkung, ram dawk e tami minnaw ouk ka pâkuem e hoi ram dawk e taminaw thung hoi 60 touh khopui dawk kaawmnaw hah khopui thung hoi a tâcokhai.
He found [some other] people who were [hiding] in the city. [So] from them he took a commander of the army [of Judah], seven of the king’s advisors, the army commander’s chief secretary who was in charge of recruiting [soldiers for the army], and 60 [other] soldiers.
26 Karingkungnaw kahrawikung Nebuzaradan ni ahnimouh a ceikhai teh, Riblah e Babilon siangpahrang koevah, a ceikhai.
Nebuzaradan took them all to the king of Babylon, [who was still] at Riblah.
27 Babilon siangpahrang ni Hamath ram e Riblah vah ahnimouh a tuk awh teh a thei, hat toteh, Judah teh a ram dawk hoi san lah ceikhai lah ao.
There at Riblah in the Hamath region, the king of Babylon commanded that they [all] be executed. [Many of the people of] Judah were (forced to leave/exiled from) their own land.
28 Hetnaw teh Nebukhadnezar ni tamimaya san lah a hrawi e naw doeh. Kum 7 nae dawk Judahnaw 3023,
The number of people who were captured and sent to Babylon at that time, when Nebuchadnezzar had been ruling for almost seven years, was 3,023.
29 Nebukhadnezar abawinae kum 18 nae dawk Jerusalem hoi tami 832 touh san lah a hrawi.
Then, when he had been ruling for almost 18 years, his [soldiers] took 832 [more Israeli people to Babylonia].
30 Nebukhadnezar abawinae kum 23 nae dawk karingkungnaw kahrawikung Nebuzaradan ni 745 touh san lah a hrawi. Abuemlahoi tami 4600 touh a pha.
When he had been ruling almost 23 years, he sent Nebuzaradan [to Jerusalem again], and he brought back 745 [more Israelis to Babylonia]. That was a total of 4,600 Israelis [who were taken to Babylonia].
31 Hahoi Judah siangpahrang Jehoiakhin abawinae kum 37, thapa yung 12, hnin 25 nah, Babilon siangpahrang Evilmerodak ni abawinae kum kum touh nah, Judah siangpahrang Jehoiakhin teh a rasa awh teh, thongim hoi a tâco sak awh.
After King Jehoiachin of Judah had been in prison [in Babylon] for almost thirty-seven years, Evil-Merodach became the king of Babylon. He was kind to Jehoiachin and ordered that he be released from prison. That was on March 31 of the year that Evil-Merodach became king.
32 Kahawicalah a kâpankhai awh teh, Babilon hoi ahni koe kaawm e siangpahrangnaw e tungkhung hlak ka rasanghnawn lah tungkhung a ta pouh awh.
He [always] spoke kindly to Jehoiachin and gave him a position in which he was honored more than [all] the other kings [who had been exiled/taken to Babylon].
33 Hottelah, Jehoiakhin thongim dawk khohna a kâthung teh, a hringyung thung siangpahrang hmalah bu ouk a ca.
He [supplied new clothes] for Jehoiachin, to replace the clothes that he had been wearing in prison. [He also allowed] Jehoiachin to eat with him every day, all during the rest of his life.
34 Hnintangkuem a ham hah Babilon siangpahrang ni kawkhik nahanlah a hringyung pueng, a due hnin totouh hnintangkuem a ham hah a poe.
Every day, the King [of Babylon] gave him some money [to buy the things that he needed. That continued] until the day that Jehoiachin died.
