2 Kings 25
1 And it came to pass, in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, on the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came—he and all his force, against Jerusalem, and encamped against it, —and they built against it a siege wall, round about.
Ale, wòva eme le Zedekia ƒe fiaɖuɖu ƒe ƒe asiekɛlia me le ɣleti ewolia ƒe ŋkeke ewolia dzi be Babilonia fia Nebukadnezar kplɔ eƒe aʋakɔ blibo la va ɖe to ɖe Yerusalem du la. Woƒu asaɖa anyi ɖe du la godo eye woƒu kpo ƒo xlã du la.
2 And the city came into the siege, —until the eleventh year of King Zedekiah.
Woɖe to ɖe du la va se ɖe fia Zedekia ƒe fiaɖuɖu ƒe ƒe wuiɖekɛlia me.
3 On the ninth of the month, when the famine had become severe in the city, —and there had come to be no bread for the people of the land,
Le ɣleti enelia ƒe ŋkeke asiekɛlia dzi la, dɔ si to ɖe dua me la nu sẽ ale gbegbe be nuɖuɖu aɖeke meganɔ dua me na ameawo woaɖu o.
4 then was the city broken up, and all the men of war [fled] by night by way of the gate between the two walls, which is by the garden of the king, the Chaldeans being near the city round about, —and he went the way of the Waste Plain;
Kasia, woŋɔ gli si woɖo ƒo xlã du la eye asrafoha si le dua me la katã si dzo. Togbɔ be Babiloniatɔwo ɖe to ɖe dua hã la, wodze agbagba si le zãtitina to agbo si le gli eveawo dome eye wòte ɖe fia la ƒe amabɔ ŋuti la me. Ale woɖo ta Araba gbegbe.
5 and the force of the Chaldeans, pursued, the king, and overtook him in the Waste Plains of Jericho, —and, all his force, was scattered from him.
Ke Babiloniatɔwo ƒe aʋakɔ ti fia la yome eye wotui le Yeriko ƒe gbadzaƒe. Fia la ƒe asrafowo gble fia la ɖi eye woka hlẽ.
6 So they seized the king, and brought him up unto the king of Babylon, at Riblah, —and they pronounced upon him sentence of judgment.
Wokplɔe yi Nebukadnezar gbɔe le Ribla, afi si wodrɔ̃ ʋɔnue le eye wobu fɔe.
7 And, the sons of Zedekiah, they slew before his eyes, —and, the eyes of Zedekiah, put they out, and then bound him with fetters of bronze, and brought him into Babylon.
Wowu Zedekia ƒe viwo le eya ŋutɔ ƒe ŋkume. Emegbe la, wogbã eya ŋutɔ ƒe ŋkuwo, de akɔblikɔsɔkɔsɔe eye wokplɔe yi Babilonia.
8 And, in the fifth month, on the seventh of the month, the same, was the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, came Nebuzaradan, chief of the royal executioners, servant of the king of Babylon, to Jerusalem;
Le ɣleti atɔ̃lia ƒe ŋkeke adrea gbe, le fia Nebukadnezar ƒe fiaɖuɖu ƒe ƒe wuiasiekɛlia me la, Nebuzaradan, aʋafia si nye dɔnunɔla le Babilonia fia te la va Yerusalem.
9 and burned the house of Yahweh, and the house of the king, —yea, all the houses of Jerusalem, even every great man’s house, burned he with fire.
Etɔ dzo Yehowa ƒe gbedoxɔ, fiasã la kple aƒe siwo le Yerusalem. Vavã, etɔ dzo aƒe vevi ɖe sia ɖe.
10 And, the walls of Jerusalem round about, did all the force of the Chaldeans who were with the chief of the royal executioners, break down.
Emegbe la, Babiloniatɔwo ƒe aʋakɔ blibo si le aʋafia la ƒe kpɔkplɔ te la gbã Yerusalem ƒe gliwo katã keŋkeŋ.
11 And, the residue of the people who were left in the city, and the disheartened who fell away unto the king of Babylon, and the residue of the multitude, did Nebuzaradan, chief of the royal executioners, carry away captive.
Ke aʋafia Nebuzaradan ɖe aboyo dua me tɔ mamlɛawo, kple ame siwo si yi Babilonia fia gbɔ kpakple ameha la ƒe susɔea.
12 But, of the poorest of the land, did the chief of the royal executioners, leave, for vine-dressers and for husbandmen.
Ke wogblẽ ame dahewo ɖi be woawɔ dɔ le waingblewo kple agble bubuwo dzi.
13 And, the pillars of bronze that were in the house of Yahweh, and the stands, and the sea of bronze which was in the house of Yahweh, the Chaldeans brake in pieces, and they carried away the bronze of them to Babylon;
Babiloniatɔwo gbã akɔblisɔti, akɔblizɔ kple woƒe anyinɔwo siwo le Yehowa ƒe gbedoxɔ me eye wolɔ akɔbliawo katã yi Babilonia.
14 and, the caldrons, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the spoons, even all the utensils of bronze wherewith ministration used to be made, did they take away;
Wotsɔ zɔwo, sofiwo, akaɖiɖovusẽhɛ, treawo, agbawo kple akɔblinuwo katã siwo ŋu dɔ wowɔna le subɔsubɔ me le gbedoxɔ la me la hã dzoe.
15 and, the sprinkling pans and the dashing bowls which were of gold, in gold, and which were of silver, in silver, did, the chief of the royal executions, take away.
Fiaŋusrafowo ƒe tatɔ la tsɔ dzoɖesonuwo kple tre siwo me wokɔa lãwo ƒe ʋu ɖo la dzoe. Wowɔ nu siawo katã kple sika nyuitɔ alo klosalo.
16 As for the two pillars the one sea and the stands which Solomon made for the house of Yahweh, without weight, was the bronze of all these things.
Akɔbli si woɖe le akɔblisɔti eveawo kple akɔblizɔ kple ete ƒe afɔtiwo ŋuti, siwo Solomo wɔ na Yehowa ƒe gbedoxɔ la, mele dada me o.
17 Eighteen cubits, was the height of each pillar, and, the capital thereupon was of bronze, and, the height of the capital, was three cubits, and, the lattice-work and pomegranates upon the capital round about, the whole, was of bronze; and, like these, had the second pillar, upon the lattice-work.
Sɔti ɖe sia ɖe kɔkɔ “mita” asiekɛ. Akɔblitametsyɔnu si wowɔ tsyɔ sɔtiawo tame la ƒe kɔkɔme le mita ɖeka kple afã eye woɖo atsyɔ̃ nɛ kple yevuboɖati ƒe seƒoƒo siwo wowɔ kple akɔbli. Nɔnɔme sia tɔgbi ke mee wowɔ sɔti evelia hã ɖo.
18 And the chief of the royal executioners took Seraiah the head priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, —and the three keepers of the entrance hall;
Babilonia ƒe aʋafia la ɖe aboyo Seraya, nunɔlagã la, eƒe kpeɖeŋutɔ, Zefania kple agbonudzɔla etɔ̃awo.
19 and, out of the city, took he one courtier who himself was set over the men of war, and five men of them who were wont to see the face of the king, who were found in the city, and the scribe—general of the army, who used to muster the people of the land, —and sixty men of the people of the land, who were found in the city;
Ke le ame siwo susɔ ɖe dua me dome la, ekplɔ aʋafia si le aʋawɔlawo nu kpe ɖe ame atɔ̃ siwo nye fia ƒe aɖaŋuɖolawo ŋuti. Ekplɔ agbalẽŋlɔla gã, ame si ganye dɔnunɔlagã, si kpɔa amewo xɔxɔ de asrafodɔ me ƒe nyawo gbɔ hekpe ɖe eŋutime blaade siwo susɔ ɖe dua me la ŋuti.
20 and Nebuzaradan, chief of the royal executioners, took them, —and brought them unto the king of Babylon, at Riblah;
Ale aʋafia, Nebuzaradan kplɔ wo katã yi na Babilonia fia le Ribla.
21 and the king of Babylon smote them and slew them in Riblah, in the land of Hamath, —and thus Judah disappeared from off their own soil.
Le Ribla, le Hamatnyigba dzi, afi ma fia la na wowu wo ɖo. Ale Yuda yi aboyo me, hedzo le eƒe denyigba dzi.
22 But, as for the people who were left in the land of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon left remaining, he set over them Gedaliah, son of Ahikam son of Shaphan.
Azɔ Babilonia fia Nebukadnezar tsɔ Gedalia, Ahikam ƒe vi kple Safan ƒe tɔgbuiyɔvi ɖo mɔmefiae ɖe ame siwo susɔ ɖe Yuda la nu.
23 And, when all the generals of the forces, they and the men, heard that the king of Babylon had given oversight unto Gedaliah, then came they in unto Gedaliah, at Mizpah, —even Ishmael son of Nethaniah, and Johanan son of Kareah, and Seraiah son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah son of a Maacathite, they and their men.
Esi Israel ƒe aʋawɔla aɖewo, ame siwo womelé o la se be Babilonia fia tsɔ Gedalia ɖo dzikpɔlae la, kplɔla aɖewo kple woƒe amewo va wɔ ɖeka kplii le Mizpa. Ame siawo dometɔ aɖewoe nye Ismael, Netania ƒe vi, Yohanan, Karea ƒe vi, Seraya, Tanhumet ƒe vi tso Netofat kple Yaazania, si tso Makat kple woƒe amewo.
24 And Gedaliah sware unto them, and to their men, and said to them, Do not fear because of the servants of the Chaldeans, —dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon, and it shall be well with you.
Gedalia ka atam na wo be, “Migavɔ̃ na Babiloniatɔwo ƒe amegãwo o. Minɔ anyigba sia dzi eye miasubɔ Babilonia fia la, ekema nu sia nu adze edzi na mi nyuie.”
25 And it came to pass, in the seventh month, that Ishmael son of Nethaniah a son of Elishama, of the seed royal, came, and ten men with him, and smote Gedaliah, that he died, —and the Jews and the Chaldeans who were with him at Mizpah.
Ke le ɣleti adre megbe la, Ismael, Netania ƒe vi, ame si nye Elisama ƒe vi, ame si tso fiaƒomea me la yi Mizpa kple ame ewo eye wowu Gedalia kple eƒe ʋɔnudrɔ̃lawo, Babiloniatɔwo kple Yudatɔwo siaa.
26 Then arose all the people, both small and great, and the generals of the forces, and came into Egypt, —for they were afraid of the Chaldeans.
Ale Yudatɔwo katã, kesinɔtɔwo kple ame dahewo kple asrafomegãwo katã si yi Egipte elabena wonɔ vɔvɔ̃m na Babiloniatɔwo.
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 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;
Esi Evil Merodak, ame si wogayɔna be Awel Marduk zu fia le Babilonia la, ekpɔ nublanui na Yuda fia, Yehoyatsin eye wòna woɖee le gaxɔ me. Esia va eme le Yehoyatsin ƒe gamenɔnɔ ƒe ƒe blaetɔ̃-vɔ-adrelia me le ɣleti wuievelia ƒe ŋkeke blaeve-vɔ-adrelia dzi.
28 and he spake with him kind words, —and set his throne above the throne of the kings who were with him in Babylon;
Elé be na Fia Yehoyatsin wu fia bubu siwo wode gaxɔ me le Babilonia.
29 and changed his prison garments, —and he did eat bread continually before him, all the days of his life.
Womena Yehoyatsin do gaxɔmenɔlawo ƒe awuwo o eye wona wòɖua nu le fia ƒe kplɔ̃ ŋu le eƒe agbemeŋkekewo katã me.
30 And, as his allowance, a continual portion, was given him, from the king, the provision of a day upon its own day, —all the days of his life.
Fia la naa ga Yehoyatsin gbe sia gbe le eƒe agbemeŋkeke mamlɛawo me.
