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 the king of Babylon came, he, and all his host, against Jerusalem, and encamped against it; and they built a mound all around about it.
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 put in a state of siege until the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.
Wɔkaa Yerusalem hyɛɛ kosii ɔhene Sedekia ahenni no mfe dubaako so.
3 And on the ninth of the month, when 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 The city was broken into, and all the men of war [fled] in the night by the way of the gate between the two walls, which was by the king's garden; [while the Chaldeans were all round about the city; ] and the people 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 were scattered from around 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 seized the king, and brought him up to the king of Babylon to Riblah; and they called him to account.
Wɔde no brɛɛ Babiloniahene wɔ Ribla ma wobuu no atɛn.
7 And they slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and he blinded the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him with fetters 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 day of the month, which was the nineteenth year of king Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, came Nebusaradan, the chief of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, 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 burnt the house of the Lord, and the king's house; also, all the houses of Jerusalem, and every great man's house burnt he with fire.
Ɔde ogya too Awurade asɔredan, ahemfi ne afi a ɛwɔ Yerusalem nyinaa mu. Ɔhyew ofi biara a edi mu.
10 And the walls of Jerusalem round about did all the army of the Chaldeans that were with the captain of the guard tear down.
Awɛmfo so panyin no hwɛ maa Babilonia asraafo no bubuu Yerusalem afasu no.
11 And the rest of the people that were left in the city, and the deserters that had run over to the king of Babylon, with the remnant of the multitude, did Nebusaradan the captain of the guard lead away into exile;
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 from the poorest of the land the captain of the guard left some to be vine-dressers 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 pillars of copper that were in the house of the Lord, and the bases, and the copper sea that was in the house of the Lord, did the Chaldeans break up, and they carried the copper 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 And the pots, and the shovels, and the knives, and the spoons, and all the vessels of copper wherewith they ministered, took they 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, the gold of the golden things, and the silver of the silver things, took the captain of the guard 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 the Lord: the copper of all these vessels was too much to be weighed.
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 Eighteen cubits was the height of the one pillar, and the capital upon it was copper; and the height of the capital was three cubits; and the wreathed work, and the pomegranates upon the capitals round about, were all of copper: and the same had the second pillar together with the wreathed work.
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 guard took Serayah the chief-priest, and Zephanyahu the second priest, and the three door-keepers;
Awɛmfo no sahene no faa ɔsɔfopanyin Seraia, abediakyiri Sefania ne ɔponanoahwɛfo baasa no nnommum.
19 And out of the city he took one court-officer that was appointed over the men of war, and five men of those that could come into the king's presence, who were found in the city, and the scribe of the chief of the army, who ordered to the army 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 Nebusaradan the captain of the guard took these, and conducted 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 Chamath. So did Judah wander away into exile out of their 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 were left in the land of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had left, he appointed over them Gedalyahu the son of Achikam, 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 when all the captains of the armies, they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedalyahu, they came to Gedalyahu to Mizpah; even Ishma'el the son of Nethanyah, and Jochanan the son of Kareach, and Serayah the son of Tanchumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazanyahu the son of a Ma'achathite, 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 Gedalyahu swore to them, and to their men, and said unto them, Be not afraid of the servants of the Chaldeans: remain in the land, and serve the king of Babylon; and it will 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 But it happened in the seventh month, that there came Ishma'el the son of Nethanyah, the son of Elishama', of the seed royal, and ten men with him, and they smote Gedalyahu, so that he died, also 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 then arose all the people, from small to great, and the captains of the armies, and went 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 seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoyachin the king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the seven and twentieth [day] of the month, that Evil-merodach the king of Babylon in the year that he became king did lift up the head of Jehoyachin the king of Judah out of the 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 chair above the chair 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 changed his prison garments: and he ate bread continually before him 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, the necessary ration for the day on its day, 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.
