Jeremiah 52
1 Zedekiah was twenty-one when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem for eleven years. His mother's name was Hamutal, daughter of Jeremiah She came from Libnah.
Sedekia alikuwa na umri wa miaka ishirini na mmoja alipoanza kutawala; akatawala miaka kumi na mmoja huko Yerusalemu. Jina la mamaye lilikuwa Hamutali; alikuwa binti Yeremia wa Libna.
2 He did evil in the Lord's sight, just as Jehoiakim had done.
Akafanya maovu machoni pa Yahwe; akafanya kila alichokifanya Yehoyakimu.
3 All this happened in Jerusalem and Judah, because of the Lord's anger, until he eventually banished them from his presence. Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.
Kwa hasira ya Yahwe, matukio haya yote yalitukia Yerusalemu na Yuda, hata alipowatoa mbele yake mwenyewe. Kisha Sedekia akaasi dhidi ya mfalme wa Babeli.
4 In the ninth year of Zedekiah's reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, attacked Jerusalem with his entire army. He set up camp around the city and built siege ramps against the walls.
Ikawa katika mwaka wa tisa wa utawala wa mfalme Sedeki, katika mwezi wa kumi, na siku ya kumi ya mwezi huo, Nebukadneza, mfalme wa Babeli, alikuja na jeshi lake lote dhidi ya Yerusalem. Wakapiga kambi kuukabili, nao wakajenga ukuta wa kuusuria kuuzunguka.
5 The city remained under siege until the eleventh year of King Zedekiah.
Hivyo mji ukausuriwa mpaka mwaka wa kumi na moja wa utawala wa mfalme Sedekia.
6 By the ninth day of the fourth month, the famine in the city was so bad that the people had nothing left to eat.
Katika mwezi wa nne, siku ya tisa ya mwaka huo, njaa ikawa kali sana mjini hata hakukuwa na chakula kwa watu wa nchi.
7 Then the city wall was broken through, and all the soldiers ran away, escaping at night through the gate between the two walls by the king's garden, even though the Babylonians had the city surrounded. They went in the direction of the Arabah,
Kisha mji ukatobolewa, na wapiganaji wote wakakimbia nje ya mji wakati wa usiku kwa njia ya lango lililokuwa kati ya kuta mbili, kwa bustani ya mfalme, japokuwa Wakaldayo walikuwa wameuzunguka mji. Hivyo wakaenda kwa njia ya Araba.
8 but the Babylonian army chased after the king and caught up with him on the plains of Jericho. His whole army had scattered and left him.
Lakini jeshi la Wakaldayo likamfuatia mfalme na kumpata Sedekia katika tambarare za bonde la Mto Yordani karibu na Yeriko. Jeshi lote lilikuwa limetawanyika mbali naye.
9 They captured the king and took him to the king of Babylon at Riblah, where he sentenced him.
Wakamkamata mfalme na kumleta hadi kwa mfalme wa Babeli huko Ribla katika nchi ya Hamathi, alipotoa hukumu juu yake.
10 The king of Babylon slaughtered Zedekiah's sons while he watched, and also killed the officials of Judah there at Riblah.
Mfalme wa Babeli akawachinja wana wa Sedekia mbele ya macho yake, na huko Ribla akawachinja viongozi wote wa Yuda.
11 Then he gouged out Zedekiah's eyes, and bound him in bronze shackles. The king of Babylon took him to Babylon and imprisoned him there until the day he died.
Kisha akayaondoa macho ya Sedekia, akamfunga katika vifungo vya shaba, na kumleta Babeli. Mfalme wa Babeli akamweka kifungoni hata siku ya kufa kwake.
12 On the tenth day of the fifth month, in the nineteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, Nebuzaradan, the commander of the guard, an officer of the king of Babylon, entered Jerusalem.
Basi mwezi wa tano, siku ya kumi ya mwezi, ambao ulikuwa mwaka wa kumi na tisa wa utawala wa mfalme Nebukadneza, mfalme wa Babeli, Nebuzaradani akaja Yerusalemu. Alikuwa jemedari wa walinzi wa mfalme na mtumishi wa mfalme wa Babeli.
13 He burned down the Lord's Temple, the royal palace, and all the large buildings of Jerusalem.
Akaiteketeza nyumba ya Yahwe, kasiri, na nyumba zote za Yerusalemu; pia kila jengo mhimu mjini alilichoma.
14 The whole Babylonian army under the commander of the guard knocked down all the walls around Jerusalem.
Kama kwa kuta za kuuzunguka Yerusalemu, jeshi lote la Wababeli lililokuwa pamoja na jemedari wa mlinzi wakaviaribu.
15 Nebuzaradan, the commander of the guard, deported some of the poor people and those who were left in the city, even those who had gone over to the side of the king of Babylon, as well as the rest of the craftsmen.
Kama kwa watu maskini sana, watu waliosalia walioachwa katika mji, waliokuwa wamemwendea mfalme wa Babeli, na baadhi ya watu wenye ujuzi - Nebuzaradan, jemedari wa askari walinzi, akawachukua baadhi yao uhamishoni.
16 But Nebuzaradan allowed others of the poor people who were left in the country to stay and take care of the vineyards and the fields.
Lakini Nebuzaradani, jemedari wa mlinzi, akawaacha baadhi ya maskini sana wa nchi kuitunza mizabibu na mashamba.
17 The Babylonians broke into pieces the bronze pillars, the movable carts, and the bronze Sea that belonged to the Lord's Temple, and they took all the bronze to Babylon.
Lakini kwa nguzo za shaba lilizokuwa katika nyumba ya Yahwe, mishikio na bahari ya shaba iliyokuwa katika nyumba ya Yahwe, Wakaldayo wakaivunja vipande wakaondoka navyo kurudi Babeli.
18 They also took all the pots, shovels, lamp snuffers, sprinkling bowls, and all the other bronze items used in the Temple service.
Vyungu, makoleo, kinara cha taa, mabakuri, na vitu vyote vya shaba ambavyo makuhani walikuwa wakivitumia hekaluni - Wakaldayo wakavichukua vyote.
19 The commander of the guard removed the basins, censers, sprinkling bowls, pots, lampstands, dishes and bowls, anything that was made of pure gold or silver.
Makalai na chetezo cha uvumba, mabakuri, vyungu, kinara cha taa, vikaango, makalai zilizotengenezwa kwa dhahabu, na zilizotengenezwa kwa dhahabu - kapteni wa mlinzi wa mfalme akazichukua pia.
20 The amount of bronze that came from the two columns, the Sea, the twelve bronze bulls under it, and the movable carts, which Solomon had made for the Lord's Temple, all of this weighed more than could be measured.
Nguzo mbili, bahari, na ng'ombe kumi na wawili wa shaba waliokuwa chini yake, vitu Selemani alivyokuwa amevifanya kwa ajili ya nyumba ya Yahwe, vikiwa na shaba nyingi sana isiyoweza kupimwa.
21 Each column was eighteen cubits tall and twelve cubits around. They were hollow with walls four fingers thick.
Nguzo zilikuwa na urefu wa dhiraha kumi na nane kila moja, na mstari kuzunguka kila moja wenye urefu wa dhiraha kumi na mbili. Kila moja ilikuwa na unene wa vidole vinne na tundu.
22 The bronze capital on top of one column was five cubits high, with a network of bronze pomegranates around it. The second column was the same, and also had a decorative network.
Kichwa cha shaba kilikuwa juu yake. Kichwa kilikuwa dhiraha tano urefu wake, kazi ya waya zinazokingamana na makomamanga kukizunguka. Chote kilitengenezwa kwa shaba. Na nguzo nyingine ilikuwa na makomamanga yake vilikuwa kama ya kwanza.
23 There were ninety-six bronze pomegranates around each column. Above the network were a total of one hundred pomegranates.
Hivyo kulikuwa na makomamanga tisini na sita ubavuni mwa kila kichwa, na makomamanga mia moja juu ya nyaya zilizokingamana kukizunguka.
24 The commander of the guard took as prisoners Seraiah, the chief priest, Zephaniah the priest, second in rank, and the three Temple doorkeepers.
Jemedari wa mlinzi akamchukua Seraya mfungwa, kuhani mkuu, pamoja na Sefania, kuhani wa pili, na wale mabawaba watatu.
25 From those left in the city he took the officer in charge of the soldiers, and seven of the king's advisors. He also took the secretary to the army commander who was in charge of calling up the people for military service, and sixty other men who were present in the city.
Kutoka mjini akamchukua mfungwa afsa aliyekuwa juu ya askari, na watu saba wa wale waliomshauri mfalme, waliokuwa wamesalia mjini. Akamchukua mfungwa afsa wa jeshi la mfalme aliyekuwa na wajibu wa kuwaingiza watu katika jeshi, pamoja na watu mashuhuri sitini kutoka katika nchi waliokuwamo mjini.
26 Nebuzaradan, the commander of the guard, took them and brought them before the king of Babylon at Riblah.
Kisha Nebuzaradani, jemedari wa mlinzi, akawachukuwa na kuwaleta kwa mfalme wa Babeli huko Ribla.
27 The king of Babylon had them executed at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So the people of Judah had to leave their land.
Mfalme wa Babeli akawaua huko Ribla katika nchi ya Hamathi. Kwa njia hii, Yuda akaondoka katika nchi yake na kwenda uhamishoni.
28 This is a record of the number of people Nebuchadnezzar took into exile. In the seventh year of his reign he took 3,023 Judeans.
Hawa walikuwa watu Nebukadneza aliwaamisha: katika mwaka wa saba, Wayudea 3, 023.
29 In his eighteenth year Nebuchadnezzar took another 832 from Jerusalem.
Katika mwaka wa kumi na nane wa Nebukadneza alichukuwa 832 kutoka Yerusalemu.
30 In his twenty-third year of Nebuchadnezzar's reign, Nebuzaradan, the commander of the guard, took another 745 Judeans, making a total of 4,600.
Katika mwaka wa ishirini na tatu wa Nebukadneza, Nebuzaradani, jemedari wa walinzi wa mfalme, aliwahamisha Wayudea 745. Jumla ya watu walioamishwa walikuwa 4, 600.
31 In the year Evil-merodach became king of Babylon, he released Jehoiachin, king of Judah, from prison. This happened on the twenty-fifth day of the twelfth month of the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Jehoiachin, king of Judah.
Ikawa baadaye katika mwaka wa thelathini na saba wa kufungwa kwake Yohoyakini, mfalme wa Yuda, katika mwezi wa kumi na mbili, siku ya ishirini na tano ya mwezi, Evili Merodaki, mfalme wa Babeli akamfungua Yehoyakini mfalme wa Yuda kutoka kifungoni. Ilikuwa mwaka ambao Evili Merodaki alianza kutawala.
32 The king of Babylon treated him well him and gave him a position of honor higher than the other kings there with him in Babylon.
Akaongea naye kwa upole na akampa kiti cha heshima kuliko cha wafalme wengine aliokuwa pamoja nao huko Babeli.
33 So Jehoiachin was able to remove his prison clothes, and he ate frequently at the king's table for the rest of his life.
Evili Merodaki akaondoa mavazi ya gerezani ya Yehoyakini, na Yehoyakini akala chakula cha daima katika meza ya mfalme siku zote zilizosalia za maisha yake.
34 The king provided Jehoiachin with a daily allowance for the rest of his life until he died.
Na alipewa posho ya chakula cha kila siku kwa maisha yake yote yaliyosalia mpaka siku ya kufa kwake.
