2 Kings 24
1 In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant three years: then he turned and rebelled against him.
Katika siku za Yehoyakimu, Nebukadreza mfalme wa Babeli akaiteka Yuda; Yehoyakimu akawa mtumishi kwa muda wa miaka mitatu. Kisha Yehoyakimu akarudi na kuasi dhidi ya Nebukadreza.
2 And the LORD sent against him bands of the Chaldeans, and bands of the Syrians, and bands of the Moabites, and bands of the children of Ammon, and sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by the hand of his servants the prophets.
Yahwe akatuma vikosi vya Wakaldayo dhidi ya Yehoyakimu, Washami, Wamoabu, na Waamoni; akawatuma dhidi ya Yuda kuiharibu. Hii ilikuwa ni kuthibitisha pamoja na neno la Yahwe ambalo aliloliongea kupitia watumishi wake manabii.
3 Surely at the commandment of the LORD came this upon Judah, to remove them out of his sight, for the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he did;
Ilikuwa baada ya mda mfupi kwenye kinywa cha Yahwe kwamba hili likaja juu ya Yuda, kuwaondoa usoni mwa uso wake, kwa sabau ya dhambi za Manase, yote aliyoyafanya,
4 and also for the innocent blood that he shed; for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood: and the LORD would not pardon.
na pia kwa sababu ya damu isiyokuwa na hatia aliyoimwaga, kwa kuijaza Yerusalemu kwa damu isiyokuwa na hatia. Yahwe hakuwa tayari kusamehe hilo.
5 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
Kama kwa mambo mengine yanayomuhusu Yehoyakimu, na yote aliyoyafanya, je hayajaandikwa kwenye kitabu cha matukio ya wafalme wa Yuda?
6 So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers: and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead.
Yehoyakimu akalala pamoja na wazee wake, na Yekonia mtoto wake akawa mfalme katika sehemu yake.
7 And the king of Egypt came not again any more out of his land: for the king of Babylon had taken, from the brook of Egypt unto the river Euphrates, all that pertained to the king of Egypt.
Mfalme wa Misri hakushambulia tena nje ya nchi yake, kwa sababu mfalme wa Babeli alakuwa amezishinda nchi zote ambazo zilikuwa zikitawaliwa na mfalme wa Misri, kutoka kwenye kitabu cha Misri mpaka Mto wa Frati.
8 Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he began to reign; and he reigned in Jerusalem three months: and his mother’s name was Nehushta the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem.
Yekonia alikuwa na umri wa miaka kumi na nane alipoanza kutawala; alitawala Yerusalemu miezi mitatu. Mama yake alikuwa anaitwa Nehushta; alikuwa binti wa Elnathani wa Yerusalemu.
9 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father had done.
Alifanya yaliyo maovu usoni mwa Yahwe; alifanya yale yote ambayo baba yake aliyafanya.
10 At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up to Jerusalem, and the city was besieged.
Katika kipindi hicho jeshi la Nebukadreza mfalme wa Babeli liliishambulia Yerusalemu na kuuzunguka mji.
11 And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came unto the city, while his servants were besieging it;
Nebukadreza mfalme wa Babeli akaja kwenye mji wakati maaskari wake walipokuwa wameuzunguka,
12 and Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon, he, and his mother, and his servants, and his princes, and his officers: and the king of Babylon took him in the eighth year of his reign.
na Yekonia mfalme wa Yuda akatoka nje kwenda kwa mfalme wa Babeli, yeye, mama yake, watumishi wake, watoto wake, na maafisa wake. Mfalme wa Babeli akamteka katika mwaka wa nane wa utawala wake.
13 And he carried out thence all the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king’s house, and cut in pieces all the vessels of gold which Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of the LORD, as the LORD had said.
Nebukadreza akachukua kutoka pale vitu vyote vya thamani katika nyumba ya Yahwe, na walio katika nyumba ya kifalme. Akavikata vipande vipande vitu vyote vya dhahabu ambavyo Suleimani mfalme wa Israeli alivitengeneza katika hekalu la Yahwe, kama alivyokuwa amesema ingetokea.
14 And he carried away all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all the mighty men of valour, even ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and the smiths; none remained, save the poorest sort of the people of the land.
Akawachukua wote utumwani Yerusalemu, viongozi wote, na wapiganaji wote, mateka elfu kumi, na mafundi wote, na wafua vyuma. hakuna aliyekuwa amesalia isipokuwa watu maskini katika nchi.
15 And he carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon; and the king’s mother, and the king’s wives, and his officers, and the chief men of the land, carried he into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon.
Nebukadreza akamchukua Yekonia utumwani Babeli, pia na mama yake na mfalme, wake, maafisa, na wakuu wa nchi. Akawachukua kwenda utumwani kutoka Yerusalemu mpaka Babeli.
16 And all the men of might, even seven thousand, and the craftsmen and the smiths a thousand, all of them strong and apt for war, even them the king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon.
Wapiganaji wote, elfu saba kwa hesabu, na mafundi elfu moja na wafua vyuma, wote wanaostahili kumpiga- mfalme wa Babeli aliwaleta hawa watu kwenye utumwa Babeli.
17 And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah his father’s brother king in his stead, and changed his name to Zedekiah.
Mfalme wa Babeli akamfanya Matania, kaka yake na baba yake na Yehokimu, mfalme katika sehemu yake, na kubadilisha jina lake kuwa Sedekia.
18 Zedekiah was twenty and one years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and his mother’s name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
Sedekia alikuwa na umri wa miaka ishirini na moja wakati alipoanza kutawala; alitawala miaka kumi na moja katika Yerusalemu. Mama yake alikuwa anaitwa Hamutali; alikuwa binti wa Yeremia kutoka Libna.
19 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that Jehoiakim had done.
Alifanya yaliyo maovu machoni mwa Yahwe; aliyafanya yale yote ambayo Yehokimu aliyoyafanya.
20 For through the anger of the LORD did it come to pass in Jerusalem and Judah, until he had cast them out from his presence: and Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.
Kupitia hasira ya Yahwe, haya matukio yote yalitokea Yerusalemu na Yuda, hadi alipowaondoa kwenye uso wake. Kisha Sedekia akaasi dhidi ya mfalme wa Babeli.
