2 Kings 25
1 So in the ninth year of Zedekiah’s reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his entire army. They encamped outside the city and built a siege wall all around it.
Ale, wòva eme le Zedekia ƒe fiaɖuɖu ƒe ƒe asiekɛlia me le ɣleti ewolia ƒe ŋkeke ewolia dzi be Babilonia fia Nebukadnezar kplɔ eƒe aʋakɔ blibo la va ɖe to ɖe Yerusalem du la. Woƒu asaɖa anyi ɖe du la godo eye woƒu kpo ƒo xlã du la.
2 And the city was kept under siege until King Zedekiah’s eleventh year.
Woɖe to ɖe du la va se ɖe fia Zedekia ƒe fiaɖuɖu ƒe ƒe wuiɖekɛlia me.
3 By the ninth day of the fourth month, the famine in the city was so severe that the people of the land had no food.
Le ɣleti enelia ƒe ŋkeke asiekɛlia dzi la, dɔ si to ɖe dua me la nu sẽ ale gbegbe be nuɖuɖu aɖeke meganɔ dua me na ameawo woaɖu o.
4 Then the city was breached; and though the Chaldeans had surrounded the city, all the men of war fled by night by way of the gate between the two walls near the king’s garden. They headed toward the Arabah,
Kasia, woŋɔ gli si woɖo ƒo xlã du la eye asrafoha si le dua me la katã si dzo. Togbɔ be Babiloniatɔwo ɖe to ɖe dua hã la, wodze agbagba si le zãtitina to agbo si le gli eveawo dome eye wòte ɖe fia la ƒe amabɔ ŋuti la me. Ale woɖo ta Araba gbegbe.
5 but the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king and overtook him in the plains of Jericho, and all his army was separated from him.
Ke Babiloniatɔwo ƒe aʋakɔ ti fia la yome eye wotui le Yeriko ƒe gbadzaƒe. Fia la ƒe asrafowo gble fia la ɖi eye woka hlẽ.
6 The Chaldeans seized the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah, where they pronounced judgment on him.
Wokplɔe yi Nebukadnezar gbɔe le Ribla, afi si wodrɔ̃ ʋɔnue le eye wobu fɔe.
7 And they slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes. Then they put out his eyes, bound him with bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon.
Wowu Zedekia ƒe viwo le eya ŋutɔ ƒe ŋkume. Emegbe la, wogbã eya ŋutɔ ƒe ŋkuwo, de akɔblikɔsɔkɔsɔe eye wokplɔe yi Babilonia.
8 On the seventh day of the fifth month, in the nineteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar’s reign over Babylon, Nebuzaradan captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, entered Jerusalem.
Le ɣleti atɔ̃lia ƒe ŋkeke adrea gbe, le fia Nebukadnezar ƒe fiaɖuɖu ƒe ƒe wuiasiekɛlia me la, Nebuzaradan, aʋafia si nye dɔnunɔla le Babilonia fia te la va Yerusalem.
9 He burned down the house of the LORD, the royal palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem—every significant building.
Etɔ dzo Yehowa ƒe gbedoxɔ, fiasã la kple aƒe siwo le Yerusalem. Vavã, etɔ dzo aƒe vevi ɖe sia ɖe.
10 And the whole army of the Chaldeans under the captain of the guard broke down the walls around Jerusalem.
Emegbe la, Babiloniatɔwo ƒe aʋakɔ blibo si le aʋafia la ƒe kpɔkplɔ te la gbã Yerusalem ƒe gliwo katã keŋkeŋ.
11 Then Nebuzaradan captain of the guard carried into exile the people who remained in the city, along with the deserters who had defected to the king of Babylon and the rest of the population.
Ke aʋafia Nebuzaradan ɖe aboyo dua me tɔ mamlɛawo, kple ame siwo si yi Babilonia fia gbɔ kpakple ameha la ƒe susɔea.
12 But the captain of the guard left behind some of the poorest of the land to tend the vineyards and fields.
Ke wogblẽ ame dahewo ɖi be woawɔ dɔ le waingblewo kple agble bubuwo dzi.
13 Moreover, the Chaldeans broke up the bronze pillars and stands and the bronze Sea in the house of the LORD, and they carried the bronze to Babylon.
Babiloniatɔwo gbã akɔblisɔti, akɔblizɔ kple woƒe anyinɔwo siwo le Yehowa ƒe gbedoxɔ me eye wolɔ akɔbliawo katã yi Babilonia.
14 They also took away the pots, shovels, wick trimmers, dishes, and all the articles of bronze used in the temple service.
Wotsɔ zɔwo, sofiwo, akaɖiɖovusẽhɛ, treawo, agbawo kple akɔblinuwo katã siwo ŋu dɔ wowɔna le subɔsubɔ me le gbedoxɔ la me la hã dzoe.
15 The captain of the guard also took away the censers and sprinkling bowls—anything made of pure gold or fine silver.
Fiaŋusrafowo ƒe tatɔ la tsɔ dzoɖesonuwo kple tre siwo me wokɔa lãwo ƒe ʋu ɖo la dzoe. Wowɔ nu siawo katã kple sika nyuitɔ alo klosalo.
16 As for the two pillars, the Sea, and the movable stands that Solomon had made for the house of the LORD, the weight of the bronze from all these articles was beyond measure.
Akɔbli si woɖe le akɔblisɔti eveawo kple akɔblizɔ kple ete ƒe afɔtiwo ŋuti, siwo Solomo wɔ na Yehowa ƒe gbedoxɔ la, mele dada me o.
17 Each pillar was eighteen cubits tall. The bronze capital atop one pillar was three cubits high, with a network of bronze pomegranates all around. The second pillar, with its network, was similar.
Sɔti ɖe sia ɖe kɔkɔ “mita” asiekɛ. Akɔblitametsyɔnu si wowɔ tsyɔ sɔtiawo tame la ƒe kɔkɔme le mita ɖeka kple afã eye woɖo atsyɔ̃ nɛ kple yevuboɖati ƒe seƒoƒo siwo wowɔ kple akɔbli. Nɔnɔme sia tɔgbi ke mee wowɔ sɔti evelia hã ɖo.
18 The captain of the guard also took away Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the priest of second rank, and the three doorkeepers.
Babilonia ƒe aʋafia la ɖe aboyo Seraya, nunɔlagã la, eƒe kpeɖeŋutɔ, Zefania kple agbonudzɔla etɔ̃awo.
19 Of those still in the city, he took a court official who had been appointed over the men of war, as well as five royal advisors. He also took the scribe of the captain of the army, who had enlisted the people of the land, and sixty men who were found in the city.
Ke le ame siwo susɔ ɖe dua me dome la, ekplɔ aʋafia si le aʋawɔlawo nu kpe ɖe ame atɔ̃ siwo nye fia ƒe aɖaŋuɖolawo ŋuti. Ekplɔ agbalẽŋlɔla gã, ame si ganye dɔnunɔlagã, si kpɔa amewo xɔxɔ de asrafodɔ me ƒe nyawo gbɔ hekpe ɖe eŋutime blaade siwo susɔ ɖe dua me la ŋuti.
20 Nebuzaradan captain of the guard took them and brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah.
Ale aʋafia, Nebuzaradan kplɔ wo katã yi na Babilonia fia le Ribla.
21 There at Riblah in the land of Hamath, the king of Babylon struck them down and put them to death. So Judah was taken into exile, away from its own land.
Le Ribla, le Hamatnyigba dzi, afi ma fia la na wowu wo ɖo. Ale Yuda yi aboyo me, hedzo le eƒe denyigba dzi.
22 Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, over the people he had left behind in the land of Judah.
Azɔ Babilonia fia Nebukadnezar tsɔ Gedalia, Ahikam ƒe vi kple Safan ƒe tɔgbuiyɔvi ɖo mɔmefiae ɖe ame siwo susɔ ɖe Yuda la nu.
23 When all the commanders of the armies and their men heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah as governor, they came to Gedaliah at Mizpah—Ishmael son of Nethaniah, Johanan son of Kareah, Seraiah son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah son of the Maacathite, as well as their men.
Esi Israel ƒe aʋawɔla aɖewo, ame siwo womelé o la se be Babilonia fia tsɔ Gedalia ɖo dzikpɔlae la, kplɔla aɖewo kple woƒe amewo va wɔ ɖeka kplii le Mizpa. Ame siawo dometɔ aɖewoe nye Ismael, Netania ƒe vi, Yohanan, Karea ƒe vi, Seraya, Tanhumet ƒe vi tso Netofat kple Yaazania, si tso Makat kple woƒe amewo.
24 And Gedaliah took an oath before them and their men, assuring them, “Do not be afraid of the servants of the Chaldeans. Live in the land and serve the king of Babylon, and it will be well with you.”
Gedalia ka atam na wo be, “Migavɔ̃ na Babiloniatɔwo ƒe amegãwo o. Minɔ anyigba sia dzi eye miasubɔ Babilonia fia la, ekema nu sia nu adze edzi na mi nyuie.”
25 In the seventh month, however, Ishmael son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, who was a member of the royal family, came with ten men and struck down and killed Gedaliah, along with the Judeans and Chaldeans who were with him at Mizpah.
Ke le ɣleti adre megbe la, Ismael, Netania ƒe vi, ame si nye Elisama ƒe vi, ame si tso fiaƒomea me la yi Mizpa kple ame ewo eye wowu Gedalia kple eƒe ʋɔnudrɔ̃lawo, Babiloniatɔwo kple Yudatɔwo siaa.
26 Then all the people small and great, together with the commanders of the army, arose and fled to Egypt for fear of the Chaldeans.
Ale Yudatɔwo katã, kesinɔtɔwo kple ame dahewo kple asrafomegãwo katã si yi Egipte elabena wonɔ vɔvɔ̃m na Babiloniatɔwo.
27 On the twenty-seventh day of the twelfth month of the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Judah’s King Jehoiachin, in the year Evil-merodach became king of Babylon, he released King Jehoiachin of Judah from prison.
Esi Evil Merodak, ame si wogayɔna be Awel Marduk zu fia le Babilonia la, ekpɔ nublanui na Yuda fia, Yehoyatsin eye wòna woɖee le gaxɔ me. Esia va eme le Yehoyatsin ƒe gamenɔnɔ ƒe ƒe blaetɔ̃-vɔ-adrelia me le ɣleti wuievelia ƒe ŋkeke blaeve-vɔ-adrelia dzi.
28 And he spoke kindly to Jehoiachin and set his throne above the thrones of the other kings who were with him in Babylon.
Elé be na Fia Yehoyatsin wu fia bubu siwo wode gaxɔ me le Babilonia.
29 So Jehoiachin changed out of his prison clothes, and he dined regularly at the king’s table for the rest of his life.
Womena Yehoyatsin do gaxɔmenɔlawo ƒe awuwo o eye wona wòɖua nu le fia ƒe kplɔ̃ ŋu le eƒe agbemeŋkekewo katã me.
30 And the king provided Jehoiachin a daily portion for the rest of his life.
Fia la naa ga Yehoyatsin gbe sia gbe le eƒe agbemeŋkeke mamlɛawo me.
