2 Kings 25
1 On January 15 of the ninth year that Zedekiah had been ruling, King Nebuchadnezzar arrived with his whole army, and they surrounded Jerusalem. They built ramps [made of dirt against the walls of the city], so that they could climb up the ramps and attack the city.
A I ka iwa o ka makahiki o kona alii ana, i ka umi o ka malama, i ka la umi o ka malama, hele mai o Nebukaneza ke alii o Babulona, a me kona poe kaua a pau, i Ierusalema, a ku e ia wahi; a nana iho la i pa a puni ona.
2 They did that for two years.
A hoopilikiaia ke kulanakauhale, a hiki i ka makahiki umikumamakahi o Zedekia ke alii.
3 After Zedekiah had been ruling for eleven years, the (famine/shortage of food) had become very bad. All their food was gone.
I ka la eiwa o ka ha o ka malama, ua ikaika ka wi ma ke kulanakauhale, aohe ai na na kanaka o ka aina.
4 On July 18 of that year, the Babylonian soldiers broke through part of the city wall, [and that enabled them to enter the city]. All the soldiers of Judah [wanted to escape]. But the Babylonian soldiers surrounded the city, so the [king and] the soldiers of Judah waited until it was nighttime. Then they fled through the gate that was between the two walls near the king’s park. They ran across the fields and started to go down to the Jordan [River] Valley.
A ua hoopioia ke kulanakauhale. a holo aku la ua kanakakoa a pau i ka po, ma ke ala o ka ipuka mawaena o na papohaku elua, ma ke kihapai o ke alii; (a o ko Kaledea e noho ana a puni ke kulanakauhale: ) a hele aku la [ke alii] i ke ala o ka papu.
5 But the Babylonian soldiers chased/ran after them. They caught the king when he was by himself in the valley near the Jordan River. He was by himself because all his soldiers had abandoned him.
A hahai aku la ka poe kaua o ko Kaledea mahope o ke alii, a loaa ia lakou ia ma na papu o Ieriko; a ua puehu liilii kona poe kaua mai ona aku la.
6 The Babylonian soldiers took King Zedekiah to Riblah [city] in Babylon. There the king of Babylon decided what they would do to punish him.
Lalau aku la lakou i ke alii, a lawe aku ia ia i ko alii o Babulona ma Ribela, a hoohewa lakou ia ia.
7 There the king of Babylon forced Zedekiah to watch as the Babylonian soldiers killed all of Zedekiah’s sons. Then they gouged out Zedekiah’s eyes. They put bronze chains on [his hands and feet] and then they took him to Babylon.
A pepehi aku la lakou i na keiki a Zedekia imua o kona maka, a poalo ae la i na maka o Zedekia, a hoopaa aku la lakou ia ia i na kupee elua, a lawe aku la lakou ia ia i Babulona.
8 On August 14 of that year, after Nebuchadnezzar had been ruling for 19 years, Nebuzaradan arrived in Jerusalem. He was one of king Nebuchadnezzar’s officials and captain of the men that guarded the king.
A i ka lima o ka malama, i ka hiku o ka la o ka malama, oia ka umikumamaiwa o na makahiki o ke alii, o Nebukaneza, ke alii o Babulona, hele mai i Ierusalema o Nebuzaraduna, ka luna o ka poe koa, ke kauwa a ke alii o Babulona.
9 He [commanded his soldiers to] burn down the temple of Yahweh, the king’s palace, and all the houses in Jerusalem. So they burned down all the important buildings in the city.
A puhi aku la i ka hale o Iehova, a me ka hale o ke alii, a me na halo a pau o Ierusalema, a puhi aku la hoi i ke ahi i kela hale keia hale o ka poe koikoi a pau.
10 Then Nebuzaradan supervised all the soldiers of the Babylonian army as they tore down the walls of Jerusalem.
A o ka puali a pau o Kaledea me ka luna koa, hoohiolo lakou i na papohaku o Ierusalema a puni.
11 Then he and his soldiers took to Babylon the people who were still living in the city, the other people [who lived in that area], and the soldiers who had previously surrendered to the Babylonian army.
A o ke koena o na kanaka i waihoia ma ke kulanakauhale, a me ka poe i haule mamuli o ke alii o Babulona, a me ke koena o ka lehulehu, o lakou ka Nebuzaradana, ka luna koa, i lawe pio aku.
12 But Nebuzaradan allowed some of the very poor people to stay in Judah to take care of the vineyards and [to plant crops in] the fields.
A o ka poe ilihune o ka aina, o lakou ka ka luna koa i waiho i poe malama i na pawaina, a i poe mahiai.
13 The Babylonian soldiers broke into pieces the bronze pillars, the bronze carts with wheels, and the huge bronze basin, all of which were in the temple courtyard, and they took all the bronze to Babylon.
A o na kia keleawe ma ka halo o Iehova, a o na kumu me ke kai keleawe ma ka hale o Iehova, oia ka ko Kaledea i wawahi iho, a lawe aku i ke keleawe o ia mau mea i Babulona.
14 They also took the pots, the shovels, the instruments for (snuffing out/extinguishing) [the wicks of] the lamps, the dishes, and all the other bronze items that the Israeli priests had used for offering sacrifices at the temple.
A o na ipuhao, a me na mea kopeahi, a me na upakolikukui, a me na puna, a me na ipu keleawe a pau, na mea a na kahuna i lawelawe ai, oia ka lakou i lawe aku la.
15 The soldiers also took away the (firepans/trays for carrying burning coals), the basins, and [all the other] items made of pure gold or pure silver.
A o na ipuahi, a me na bola, a o na mea gula i hanaia i ke gula, a me na mea kala i hanaia i ke kala, oia mau mea ka ka luna koa i lawe aku la.
16 The bronze from the two pillars, the carts with wheels, and the huge basin were very heavy; they could not be weighed. (Those things had been made/A man named Hiram had made these things) for the temple when Solomon [was the king of Israel].
O na kia elua, hookahi ipunui, a me na kumu, na mea a Solomona i hana'i no ka hale o Iehova; o ke keleawe o ia mau mea, aole i kaupaonaia.
17 Each of the pillars was (27 feet/8 meters) tall. The bronze capital/top of each pillar was (7-1/2 feet/2.3 meters) high. They were each decorated all around with something that looked like a net made of bronze chains connecting bronze pomegranates.
He umikumamawalu kubita ke kiekie o kekahi kia, a o ke poo maluna ona he keleawe ia; a ekolu kubita ka loihi o ke poo; a o na mea i ulanaia, a me na pomegerane i hoopuniia maluna o ke poo, he keleawe wale no ia; a like me keia ka lua o na kia me ka mea i ulanaia.
18 Nebuzaradan took with him to Babylon Seraiah the Supreme Priest, Zephaniah his assistant, and the three men who guarded the entrance [to the temple].
A lawe aku la ka luna koa ia Seraia ke kahuua nui, a ia Zepania, ke kahuna lua, a me na kiaipuka ekolu.
19 And they found people who were still hiding in Jerusalem. From those people he took one officer from the Judean army, five of the king’s advisors, the chief secretary of the army commander who was in charge of recruiting men to join the army, and 60 other important Judean men.
A lawe aku la ia mai ke kulanakauhale aku i kekahi luna, ka mea i hoonohoia maluna o na kanaka kaua, a i elima kanaka punahele o ke alii, ka poe i loaa ma ke kulanakauhale, a i ke kakauolelo o ka luna kaua, nana i alakai i ke kaua i na kanaka o ka aina, a me na kanaka o ka aina he kanaono i loaa ma ke kulanakauhale.
20 Nebuzaradan took them all to the king of Babylon at Riblah [city].
A lawe aku la o Nebuzaradana ka luna koa ia lakou, a alakai aku la ia lakou i ke alii o Babulona ma Ribela.
21 There at Riblah, in Hamath province, the king of Babylon commanded that they all be executed. That is what happened when the people of Judah were (taken forcefully/exiled) from their land [to Babylon].
Pepehi aku la ke alii o Babulona ia lakou, a make lakou ia ia ma Ribela i ka aina o Hamata, A ua laweia aku o ka Iuda mai ko lakou aina aku.
22 Then King Nebuchadnezzar appointed Gedaliah, who was the son of Ahikam and grandson of Shaphan, to be the governor of the people who were still living in Judah.
A o na kanaka i koe ma ka aina o ka Iuda, ka poe a Nebukaneza ke alii o Babulona i waiho ai, hoonoho aku la oia ia Gedalia, ke keiki a Ahikama, ke keiki a Sapana, maluna o lakou.
23 When all the army captains of Judah and their soldiers who had not surrendered to Nebuchadnezzar found out that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah to be the governor, they met with him at Mizpah [town]. These army captains were Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, Johanan the son of Kareah, Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth from Netophah [town], and Jaazaniah from the Maacah region.
A lohe na luna a pau o na kaua, o lakou, a me ko lakou poe kanaka, ua hoonoho ke alii o Babulona ia Gedalia i luna, hele mai io Gedalia la ma Mizepa, o Isemaela ke keiki a Netania, a o Iohanana ke keiki a Karea, a o Seraia ke keiki a Tanehumeta no Netopa, a o Iaazania ke keiki a ke kanaka no Maaka, o lakou, a me ko lakou poe kanaka.
24 Gedaliah solemnly promised them [that the officials from Babylon were not planning to harm them]. He said, “You may live in this land [without being afraid] and serve the king of Babylon, and [if you do], everything will go well for you.”
Hoohiki iho la oia ia lakou, a i ko lakou poe kanaka, a i aku la ia lakou, Mai makau oukou i ka hookauwa ana na ko Kaledea: e noho i ka aina, a e malama i ke alii o Babulona, a e pono auanei oukou.
25 But in October of that year, Ishmael, whose grandfather Elishama was one of the relatives of the descendants of King David, went to Mizpah along with ten other men and assassinated/killed Gedaliah and all the men who were with him. There were also men from Judah and men from Babylon whom they assassinated.
Aka, i ka hiku o ka malama, hele mai o Isemaela, ke keiki a Netania ke keiki a Elisama, no ka ohana alii, a he umi na kanaka me ia, a pepehi iho la ia Gedalia, a make iho la ia, a me na Iudaio, me ko Kaledea me ia ma Mizepa.
26 Then many [HYP] of the people from Judah, important people and unimportant ones, and the army captains, were very afraid of [what] the Babylonians [would do to them], so they fled to Egypt.
A ku ae la na kanaka a pau, na mea uuku, a me na mea nui, a me na luna o na kaua, a hele aku la i Aigupita; no ka mea, ua makau lakou i ko Kaledea.
27 Thirty-seven years after King Jehoiachin of Judah was taken to Babylon, [Nebuchadnezzar’s son] Evil-Merodach became the king of Babylon. He was kind to Jehoiachin, and on April 2 of that year, he released/freed Jehoiachin from prison.
A i ka makahiki kanakolukumamahiku o ka noho pio ana o Iehoiakina, ke alii o ka Iuda, i ka malama umikumatnalua, i ka la iwakalua kumamahiku o ka malama, o Evilemerodaka, ke alii o Babulona, i ka makahiki ana i lilo ai i alii, hookiekie ae la ia i ke poo o Iehoiakina, ke alii o ka Iuda, mai ka halepaahao mai.
28 He always spoke kindly to Jehoiachin and honored him more than the other kings who had been taken/exiled to Babylon.
A olelo oluolu aku ia ia, a haawi aku ia ia i noho alii maluna o ka noho alii o na'lii me ia ma Babulona.
29 He gave Jehoiachin new clothes to replace the clothes that he had been wearing in prison, and he allowed Jehoiachin to eat at the king’s table every day for the rest of his life.
A hoololi iho la i kona lole aahu o ka halepaahao; a ai mau iho la ia i ka ai imua ona i na la a pau o kona ola ana.
30 The king of Babylon also gave him money every day, so that he could buy the things that he needed. The king continued to do that until Jehoiachin died.
A o kana wahi ai, oia wahi mau no i ka haawiia nana, he wahi no kela la, no keia la, i na la a pau o kona ola ana.
