2 Kings 25
1 And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he, and all his army, against Jerusalem, and pitched against it; and they built forts against it round about.
Ilitokea kwamba katika mwaka wa tisa wa utawala wa mfalme Sedekia, katika mwezi wa kumi, na siku ya kumi ya huo mwezi, Nebukadreza mfalme wa Babeli alikuja pamoja na jeshi lake lote kwa ajili ya kupigana dhidi ya Yerusalemu. Akaweka kambi kuelekeana nayo, na wakajenga ukuta kuizunguka.
2 And the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.
Hivyo mji huo ulizungukwa mpaka miaka kumi na moja ya utawala wa Sedekia.
3 And on the ninth day of the fourth month the famine prevailed in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land.
Katika siku ya tisa ya mwezi wa nne wa huo mwaka, njaa ilikuwa kali sana kwenye huo mji kwamba hapakuwa na chakula kwa ajili ya watu wa nchi.
4 And the city was broken up, and all the men of war fled by night by the way of the gate between two walls, which is by the king’s garden: ( now the Chaldees were against the city round about: ) and the king went the way toward the plain.
Wakati huo ule mji ulikuwa umebomoka ndani, na wapiganaji wote wakakimbia usiku kwa njia ya lango kati ya kuta mbili, karibu na bustani ya mfalme, ingawa Wakaldayo walikuwa wote wameuzunguka mji. Mfalme akaenda kuelekea upande wa Araba.
5 And the army of the Chaldees pursued after the king, and overtook him in the plains of Jericho: and all his army were scattered from him.
Lakini jeshi la Wakaldayo likamfuata mfalme Sedekia na kumchukua katika tambarare ya bonde la Mto Yoradani karibu na Yeriko. Jeshi lake lote lilitawanyika wakamwacha.
6 So they took the king, and brought him up to the king of Babylon to Riblah; and they gave judgment upon him.
Wakamkamata mfalme na kumleta mpaka kwa mfalme wa Babeli huko Ribla, ambapo walipitisha hukumu juu yake.
7 And they slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him with fetters of brass, and carried him to Babylon.
Kama kwa watoto wa Sedekia, wakawachinja mbele ya macho yake. Kisha akamtoa macho Sedekia, wakamfunga pingu, na kumpeleka hadi Babeli.
8 And in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month, which is the nineteenth year of king Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, came Nebuzar–adan, captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, unto Jerusalem:
Basi katika mwezi wa tano, katika siku ya saba ya mwezi, ambapo ulikuwa mwaka wa kumi na tisa wa utawala wa Nebukadreza mfalme wa Babeli, Nebuzaradani, mtumishi wa mfalme wa Babeli na amrijeshi wa walinzi wake, wakaja hadi Yerusalemu.
9 And he burnt the house of Yhwh, and the king’s house, and all the houses of Jerusalem, and every great man’s house burnt he with fire.
Akaichoma moto nyumba ya Yahwe, nyumba ya mfalme, na nyumba zote za Yeruselemu; pia kila jengo la muhimu katika mji akayachoma.
10 And all the army of the Chaldees, that were with the captain of the guard, brake down the walls of Jerusalem round about.
Kama kwa kuta zote zilizoizunguka Yerusalemu, jeshi lote la Wababeli ambao walikuwa chini ya amrishi wa walinzi wakaziharibu.
11 Now the rest of the people that were left in the city, and the fugitives that fell away to the king of Babylon, with the remnant of the multitude, did Nebuzar–adan the captain of the guard carry away.
Basi watu waliokuwa wamebaki ambao walikuwa wameondoka katika mji, wale waliokuwa wameasi kwa mfalme wa Babeli, na mabaki ya watu-Nebuzadani, amiri jeshi wa mlinzi, wakachukuliwa kwenda utumwani.
12 But the captain of the guard left of the poor of the land to be vinedressers and husbandmen.
Lakini amiri jeshi wa mlinzi aliwaacha baadhi ya maskini wa nchi ili wafanye kazi kwenye shamba la mizabibu na kulima.
13 And the pillars of brass that were in the house of Yhwh, and the bases, and the brasen sea that was in the house of Yhwh, did the Chaldees break in pieces, and carried the brass of them to Babylon.
Na zile nguzo za shaba ambazo zilikuwa kwenye nyumba ya Yahwe, na misimamio na bahari ya chuma ambayo ilikuwa kwenye nyumba ya Yahwe, Wakaldayo wakazivunja vipande vipande na kubeba shaba kuirudisha Babeli.
14 And the pots, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the spoons, and all the vessels of brass wherewith they ministered, took they away.
Masufuria, mabeleshi, makasi, vijiko, na vyombo vyote vya shaba ambavyo kuhani alivyokuwa amevitunza kwenye hekalu-Wakaldayo wakavichukua vyote.
15 And the firepans, and the bowls, and such things as were of gold, in gold, and of silver, in silver, the captain of the guard took away.
Masufuria ya kuhamisha majivu na mabakuli ambayo yalikuwa yametengenezwa kwa dhahabu, na yale yaliyotengenezwa kwa fedha-yule nahodha wa mlinzi wa mfalme akavichukua pia.
16 The two pillars, one sea, and the bases which Solomon had made for the house of Yhwh; the brass of all these vessels was without weight.
Zile nguzo mbili, ile bahari, na vile vitako ambavyo Suleimani alivitengeneza kwa ajili ya nyumba ya Yahwe shaba ya vyombo hivyo vyote haikuwa na uzani.
17 The height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits, and the chapiter upon it was brass: and the height of the chapiter three cubits; and the wreathen work, and pomegranates upon the chapiter round about, all of brass: and like unto these had the second pillar with wreathen work.
Urefu wa ile nguzo ya kwanza ulikuwa ridhaa kumi na nane, na kichwa cha shaba kilikuwa juu yake. Na urefu wa kichwa ulikuwa ridhaa tatu, pamoja na mapambo ya wavu na makomamanga yote yakizunguka kwenye hicho kichwa, vyote vilikuwa vimetengenezwa kwa shaba. Na ile nguzo nyingine ilikuwa vivyo hivyo kama ile ya kwanza pamoja na wavu wake.
18 And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door:
Yule amiri jeshi wa mlinzi akamchukua Seraya kuhani mkuu, pamoja za Sefania, yule kuhani wa pili, na walinzi watatu wa kwenye lango.
19 And out of the city he took an officer that was set over the men of war, and five men of them that were in the king’s presence, which were found in the city, and the principal scribe of the army, which mustered the people of the land, and threescore men of the people of the land that were found in the city:
Kutoka mjini akamchukua mlinzi, afisa mmoja ambaye aliyekuwa msimamizi wa maaskari, na watu watano ambao walikuwa wakimshauri mfalme, ambao walikuwa bado katika mji. Pia alimchukua mfungwa wa afisa jeshi la mfalme, kwa ajili ya kuandika watu kwenye jeshi, pamoja na watu sitini muhimu kutoka hiyo nchi ambao walikuwa katika mji.
20 And Nebuzar–adan captain of the guard took these, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah:
Kisha Nebuzaradani, amiri wa mlinzi, akawachukua na kuwapeleka kwa mfalme Babeli huko Ribla.
21 And the king of Babylon smote them, and slew them at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was carried away out of their land.
Mfalme wa Babeli akawaua huko Ribla katika nchi ya Hamathi. Kwa njia hii, Yuda akaiacha nchi yake kwenda utumwani.
22 And as for the people that remained in the land of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had left, even over them he made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, ruler.
Na wale watu waliokuwa wamebakia katika nchi ya Yuda, wale ambao Nebukadreza mfalme wa Babeli aliwaacha, akamuweka Gedalia mwana wa Ahikamu, mwana wa Shafani, msimamizi wao.
23 And when all the captains of the armies, they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah governor, there came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan the son of Careah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah the son of a Maachathite, they and their men.
Kisha wakati maamiri wote wa majeshi, wao na watu wao, waliposikia kwamba mfalme wa Babeli amemfanya Gedalia kuwa liwali, wakaenda kwa Gedalia huko Mispa. Hawa watu walikuwa Ishmaeli mwana wa Nethania, Yohanani mwana wa Karea, Seraya mwana wa Tanhumethi Mnetofa, na Yezania mwana wa Mmaaka-wao na watu wao.
24 And Gedaliah sware to them, and to their men, and said unto them, Fear not to be the servants of the Chaldees: dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon; and it shall be well with you.
Gedalia akafanya kiapo kwa watu wake na kuwaambia, “Msiwaogope Wakaldayo. Muishi katika nchi na kumtumikia mfalme wa Babeli, na itakuwa vema kwenu.”
25 But it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the seed royal, came, and ten men with him, and smote Gedaliah, that he died, and the Jews and the Chaldees that were with him at Mizpah.
Lakini ilitokea kwamba katika mwezi wa saba Ishmaeli mwana wa Nethania mwana wa Elishama, kutoka familia ya kifalme, wakaja na watu kumi na kumshambulia Gedalia. Gedalia akafa, pamoja na watu wa Yuda na Wababeli ambao walikuwa pamoja nae huko Mizpa.
26 And all the people, both small and great, and the captains of the armies, arose, and came to Egypt: for they were afraid of the Chaldees.
Kisha wale watu wote, kutoka chini kwenda juu, na maamiri wa jeshi, wakainuka na kwenda Misri, kwasababu walikuwa wanawaogopa Wababeli.
27 And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, that Evil–merodach king of Babylon in the year that he began to reign did lift up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah out of prison;
Ilitokea baadaye katika mwaka wa thelathini na saba wa utumwa wa Yekonia mfalme wa Yuda, katika mwezi wa kumi na mbili, siku ya ishirini na saba ya mwezi, Evil-merodaki mfalme wa Babeli akamtoa Yekonia mfalme wa Yuda kutoka gerezani. Hii ilitokea katika mwaka ambao Evil-Merodaki alipoanza kutawala.
28 And he spake kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon;
Akaongea naye kwa ukarimu na kumpatia kiti kizuri zaidi kuliko kile cha wafalme wengine ambao walikuwa pamoja naye Babeli.
29 And changed his prison garments: and he did eat bread continually before him all the days of his life.
Evil-Merodaki akamvua Yekonia nguo za gerezani,
30 And his allowance was a continual allowance given him of the king, a daily rate for every day, all the days of his life.
na Yekinia akala siku zote kwenye meza ya mfalme katika maisha yake yote yaliyokuwa yamebakia.
