2 Kings 25
1 And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, on the tenth of the month, [that] Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem, and encamped against it; and they built turrets against it round about.
Ɔsram Tebet (bɛyɛ Ɔpɛpɔn) da a ɛto so dunum wɔ Sedekia ahenni mfe akron so no, ɔhene Nebukadnessar dii nʼakofo nyinaa anim, bɛko tiaa Yerusalem. Wotwaa kuropɔn no ho hyiae. Wɔbobɔɔ mpampim wɔ kuropɔn no afasu ho.
2 And the city was besieged until the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.
Wɔkaa Yerusalem hyɛɛ kosii ɔhene Sedekia ahenni no mfe dubaako so.
3 On the ninth of the [fourth] month the famine prevailed in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land.
Eduu Tammus ɔsram (bɛyɛ Kitawonsa) da a ɛto so dunwɔtwe no, Sedekia ahenni mfe dubaako mu no, na ɔkɔm a aba kuropɔn no mu no ano ayɛ den yiye, ama wɔn aduan a aka no nyinaa asa.
4 And the city was broken into; and all the men of war [fled] by night, by the way of the gate between the two walls, which [leads] to the king's garden (now the Chaldeans were by the city round about); and they went the way toward the plain.
Na kuropɔn no fasu fa bi abu agu fam nti, asraafo no nyinaa yɛɛ adwene sɛ, wobeguan afi kuropɔn no mu. Nanso esiane sɛ na Babiloniafo atwa kuropɔn no ho ahyia nti, wɔtwɛn kosii anadwo, na woguan faa ɔpon a ɛda afasu abien a ɛwɔ ɔhene no nturo no mu mu. Wɔyɛɛ ntɛm faa wuramkwan de wɔn ani kyerɛɛ Yordan bon no.
5 And the army of the Chaldeans pursued after the king, and overtook him in the plains of Jericho; and all his army was scattered from him.
Nanso Babiloniafo no tiw wɔn, kɔkyeree ɔhene no wɔ Yeriko tataw so, efisɛ na ne mmarima no nyinaa aguan agya no saa bere no.
6 And they took the king, and brought him up to the king of Babylon unto Riblah; and they pronounced judgment upon him,
Wɔde no brɛɛ Babiloniahene wɔ Ribla ma wobuu no atɛn.
7 and slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him with chains of brass, and carried him to Babylon.
Babiloniahene maa Sedekia de nʼani kann hwɛɛ sɛ, wɔrekunkum ne mmabarima nyinaa. Afei, wotutuu Sedekia ani, de kɔbere nkɔnsɔnkɔnsɔn guu no, na wɔde no kɔɔ Babilonia.
8 And in the fifth month, on the seventh of the month, which was in the nineteenth year of king Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, Nebuzar-adan, captain of the body-guard, servant of the king of Babylon, came unto Jerusalem;
Ab ɔsram (bɛyɛ Ɔsannaa) da ɛto so dunan wɔ afe a ɛyɛ Nebukadnessar mfe dunkron adedi mu no, Nebusaradan a ɔyɛ awɛmfo so panyin a ɔyɛ Babiloniahene mpanyimfo no mu baako no kɔɔ Yerusalem.
9 and he burned the house of Jehovah, and the king's house, and all the houses of Jerusalem; and every great [man's] house he burned with fire.
Ɔde ogya too Awurade asɔredan, ahemfi ne afi a ɛwɔ Yerusalem nyinaa mu. Ɔhyew ofi biara a edi mu.
10 And all the army of the Chaldeans that were with the captain of the body-guard broke down the walls of Jerusalem round about.
Awɛmfo so panyin no hwɛ maa Babilonia asraafo no bubuu Yerusalem afasu no.
11 And Nebuzar-adan the captain of the body-guard carried away captive the rest of the people that were left in the city, and the deserters that had deserted to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the multitude.
Nebusaradan a ɔyɛ awɛmfo so panyin no kyekyeree wɔn a wɔkaa wɔ kuropɔn no mu no, twaa wɔn ne nnipa a aka no ne asraafo a wɔdaa wɔn ho adi sɛ wɔtaa Babiloniahene akyi no asu.
12 But the captain of the body-guard left of the poor of the land for vinedressers and husbandmen.
Na awɛmfo so panyin no maa mmɔborɔfo no mu bi tenaa Yuda, sɛ wɔnhwɛ bobe mfuw ne mfuw foforo a ɛka ho no so.
13 And the brazen pillars that were in the house of Jehovah, and the bases, and the brazen sea that was in the house of Jehovah, the Chaldeans broke in pieces, and carried the brass thereof to Babylon.
Babiloniafo no bubuu kɔbere mfrafrae afadum, nnyinasode a wotumi moma so ne kɔbere mfrafrae Po a na ɛwɔ Awurade asɔredan mu, na wɔde kɔbere mfrafrae no nyinaa kɔɔ Babilonia.
14 The cauldrons also and the shovels and the knives and the cups, and all the vessels of copper wherewith they ministered, they took away.
Wɔtasee nkuku, sofi, akanea adabaw, nsanka ne kɔbere mfrafrae nneɛma ahorow a wɔde di wɔn afɔrebɔ ho dwuma wɔ Asɔredan no mu no nyinaa.
15 And the censers and the bowls, that which was of gold in gold, and that which was of silver in silver, the captain of the body-guard took away.
Nebusaradan a ɔyɛ awɛmfo so panyin no san tasee nkankyee a wɔnoa mu ne nhweaseammɔ ne nkuku ne nkaka nkae a wɔde sikakɔkɔɔ ne dwetɛ ayɛ no nyinaa.
16 The two pillars, the one sea, and the bases which Solomon had made for the house of Jehovah: for the brass of all these vessels there was no weight.
Kɔbere mfrafrae a wonya fii afadum abien, nsu teaseɛnam ne Po no mu no, na emu yɛ duru dodo sɛ wobetumi akari. Ɔhene Salomo bere so na ɔyɛɛ saa nneɛma yi guu Awurade Asɔredan mu.
17 The height of one pillar was eighteen cubits, and the capital upon it was brass, and the height of the capital three cubits; and the network and the pomegranates, upon the capital round about, all of brass: and similarly for the second pillar with the network.
Na afadum no mu biara sorokɔ yɛ anammɔn aduonu ason. Kɔbere mfrafrae no ntaaso a ɛdeda afadum no mu biara so no sorokɔ yɛ anammɔn ason ne fa a wɔde kɔbere mfrafrae no ara bi a ɛyɛ ɔtan sɛso ne atoa aba sɛso, atwa ho nyinaa ahyia de asiesie no. Na ɔfadum a ɛka ho no siesiebea ne no sesɛ.
18 And the captain of the body-guard took Seraiah the high priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three doorkeepers.
Awɛmfo no sahene no faa ɔsɔfopanyin Seraia, abediakyiri Sefania ne ɔponanoahwɛfo baasa no nnommum.
19 And out of the city he took a chamberlain that was set over the men of war, and five men of them that were in the king's presence, who were found in the city, and the scribe of the captain of the host, who enrolled the people of the land; and sixty men of the people of the land that were found in the city.
Ɔfaa ɔpanyin a otua asraafo no ano, ne adehye afotufo baason fii nnipa a na wɔda so wɔ kuropɔn no mu no mu. Afei ɔfaa ɔkyerɛwfo a na ɔyɛ adwumayɛfo panyin ma wɔn a wɔfa nnipa ma wɔkɔyɛ asraafo wɔ asase no so, ne nʼadwumayɛfo no mu aduosia a ohuu wɔn wɔ kuropɔn no mu no.
20 And Nebuzar-adan the captain of the body-guard took them and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah;
Ɔsahene Nebusaradan de wɔn nyinaa kɔɔ Babiloniahene anim wɔ Ribla.
21 and the king of Babylon smote them and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. Thus Judah was carried away captive out of his land.
Ɔhene no ma wokunkum wɔn wɔ Ribla a ɛwɔ Hamat. Enti wotwaa Yuda asu fii nʼasase so.
22 And [as for] the people that remained in the land of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had left behind, over them he appointed Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan.
Ɔhene Nebukadnessar yii Ahikam babarima Gedalia a na ɔyɛ Safan nena sɛ amrado a na ɔhwɛ nnipa a wɔkaa wɔ Yuda no so.
23 And all the captains of the forces, they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah, and they came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, namely, Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah the son of a Maachathite, they and their men.
Bere a asraafodɔm so asahene ne wɔn mmarima tee sɛ Babiloniahene asi Gedalia amrado no, wɔkɔkaa ne ho wɔ Mispa. Nnipa a wɔkɔkaa ne ho no ne Netania babarima Ismael, Karea babarima Yohanan, Tanhumet a ofi Netofa babarima Seraia ne Maakatni babarima Yaasania ne wɔn mmarima nyinaa.
24 And Gedaliah swore unto them and to their men, and said to them, Fear not to be servants of the Chaldeans: dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon, and it shall be well with you.
Gedalia dii nsew, kyerɛɛ wɔn sɛ, Babilonia mpanyimfo no amma hɔ ɔhaw so. Otuu wɔn fo se, “Munnsuro sɛ mobɛsom Babiloniafo. Montena asase no so na monsom Babiloniahene, na ebesi mo yiye.”
25 And it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the royal seed, came, and ten men with him, and smote Gedaliah, that he died, and the Jews and the Chaldeans that were with him at Mizpah.
Tisri ɔsram (bɛyɛ Ɛbɔ ne Ahinime ntam) no mpaemu wɔ saa afe no mu no, Netania babarima Ismael a ɔyɛ Elisama nena a na ofi adehye abusua mu no de mmarima du kɔɔ Mispa, kokum Gedalia ne nnipa a na wɔka ne ho a wɔyɛ Yudafo ne Babiloniafo no nyinaa.
26 And all the people, both small and great, and the captains of the forces, arose and came to Egypt; for they were afraid of the Chaldeans.
Afei, nnipa a wɔwɔ Yuda nyinaa, efi akumaa so, kosi ɔkɛse so ne asraafodɔm asahene bɔɔ huboa, na woguan kɔɔ Misraim, efisɛ na wosuro sɛ Babiloniafo no bɛyɛ wɔn biribi.
27 And it came to pass in the thirty-seventh year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-seventh of the month, [that] Evil-Merodach king of Babylon, in the year that he began to reign, lifted up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah out of prison;
Ɔhene Yehoiakyin dii mfe aduasa ason wɔ nʼasutwa mu wɔ Babilonia no, Ewil-Merodak bedii Babiloniahene. Ohuu Yehoiakyin mmɔbɔ, enti oyii no fii afiase saa afe no ara mu Adar ɔsram (bɛyɛ Oforisuo) da a ɛto so abien.
28 and he spoke kindly to him, and set his seat above the seat of the kings that were with him in Babylon.
Ɔkaa abodwosɛm kyerɛɛ no, na ɔmaa no dibea a ɛwɔ anuonyam sen ahemfo a wɔne no wɔ Babilonia no de.
29 And he changed his prison garments; and he ate bread before him continually all the days of his life;
Enti Yehoiakin yii nʼafiase ntade guu nkyɛn, na efi saa da no odidii wɔ ɔhene didipon so bere biara, kosii ne wuda.
30 and his allowance was a continual allowance given him by the king, every day a portion, all the days of his life.
Na Babiloniahene no san maa Yehoiakin sika bere ano bere ano, ma ɔde tuatua ne ho aka, kosii ne wuda.
