Fiawo 2 25
1 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.
Then it happened that, in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, on the tenth day of the month, Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, he and his entire army, arrived against Jerusalem. And they encircled it, and they constructed fortifications all around it.
2 Woɖe to ɖe du la va se ɖe fia Zedekia ƒe fiaɖuɖu ƒe ƒe wuiɖekɛlia me.
And the city was enclosed and besieged, even until the eleventh year of king Zedekiah,
3 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.
on the ninth day of the month. And a famine prevailed in the city; neither was there bread for the people of the land.
4 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.
And the city was breached. And all the men of war fled in the night along the way of the gate which is between the double wall at the garden of the king. Now the Chaldeans were besieging the city on all sides. And so Zedekiah fled along the way which leads to the plains of the wilderness.
5 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.
And the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king, and they overtook him in the plains of Jericho. And all the warriors who were with him were dispersed, and they abandoned him.
6 Wokplɔe yi Nebukadnezar gbɔe le Ribla, afi si wodrɔ̃ ʋɔnue le eye wobu fɔe.
Therefore, having apprehended him, they led the king to the king of Babylon at Riblah. And he was speaking with him in judgment.
7 Wowu Zedekia ƒe viwo le eya ŋutɔ ƒe ŋkume. Emegbe la, wogbã eya ŋutɔ ƒe ŋkuwo, de akɔblikɔsɔkɔsɔe eye wokplɔe yi Babilonia.
Then he killed the sons of Zedekiah before him, and he dug out his eyes, and he bound him with chains, and he led him away to Babylon.
8 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.
In the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month, the same is the nineteenth year of the king of Babylon, Nebuzaradan, the leader of the army, a servant of the king of Babylon, went into Jerusalem.
9 Etɔ dzo Yehowa ƒe gbedoxɔ, fiasã la kple aƒe siwo le Yerusalem. Vavã, etɔ dzo aƒe vevi ɖe sia ɖe.
And he set fire to the house of the Lord, and to the house of the king. And the houses of Jerusalem, and every great house, he burned with fire.
10 Emegbe la, Babiloniatɔwo ƒe aʋakɔ blibo si le aʋafia la ƒe kpɔkplɔ te la gbã Yerusalem ƒe gliwo katã keŋkeŋ.
And the entire army of the Chaldeans, which was with the leader of the military, tore down the walls of Jerusalem all around.
11 Ke aʋafia Nebuzaradan ɖe aboyo dua me tɔ mamlɛawo, kple ame siwo si yi Babilonia fia gbɔ kpakple ameha la ƒe susɔea.
Then Nebuzaradan, the leader of the military, carried away the rest of the people, who had remained in the city, and the fugitives, who had fled over to the king of Babylon, and the remnant of the common people.
12 Ke wogblẽ ame dahewo ɖi be woawɔ dɔ le waingblewo kple agble bubuwo dzi.
But he left behind some vinedressers and farmers from the poor of the land.
13 Babiloniatɔwo gbã akɔblisɔti, akɔblizɔ kple woƒe anyinɔwo siwo le Yehowa ƒe gbedoxɔ me eye wolɔ akɔbliawo katã yi Babilonia.
Now the pillars of brass which were in the temple of the Lord, and the bases, and the sea of brass, which was in the house of the Lord, the Chaldeans broke apart. And they took all the brass to Babylon.
14 Wotsɔ zɔwo, sofiwo, akaɖiɖovusẽhɛ, treawo, agbawo kple akɔblinuwo katã siwo ŋu dɔ wowɔna le subɔsubɔ me le gbedoxɔ la me la hã dzoe.
Also, they took away the cooking pots of brass, and the scoops, and the forks, and the cups, and the little mortars, and all the articles of brass with which they were ministering.
15 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.
And the leader of the military even took away the censers and the bowls, whatever was of gold for the gold, and whatever was of silver for the silver,
16 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.
and also the two pillars, the one sea, and the bases which Solomon had made for the temple of the Lord. The brass of all these items was beyond measure.
17 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.
One pillar had eighteen cubits in height. And the head of brass upon it was three cubits in height. And the network and pomegranates upon the head of the pillar were all of brass. And the second pillar had a similar adornment.
18 Babilonia ƒe aʋafia la ɖe aboyo Seraya, nunɔlagã la, eƒe kpeɖeŋutɔ, Zefania kple agbonudzɔla etɔ̃awo.
Also, the leader of the military took away Seraiah, the chief priest, and Zephaniah, the second priest, and three doorkeepers,
19 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.
and from the city, one eunuch, who was in charge of the men of war, and five men out of those who had stood before the king, whom he found in the city, and Sopher, the leader of the army who trained the young soldiers from the people of the land, and sixty men from the common people, who had been found in the city.
20 Ale aʋafia, Nebuzaradan kplɔ wo katã yi na Babilonia fia le Ribla.
Taking them, Nebuzaradan, the leader of the military, led them to the king of Babylon at Riblah.
21 Le Ribla, le Hamatnyigba dzi, afi ma fia la na wowu wo ɖo. Ale Yuda yi aboyo me, hedzo le eƒe denyigba dzi.
And the king of Babylon struck them and killed them at Riblah, in the land of Hamath. And Judah was taken away from his land.
22 Azɔ Babilonia fia Nebukadnezar tsɔ Gedalia, Ahikam ƒe vi kple Safan ƒe tɔgbuiyɔvi ɖo mɔmefiae ɖe ame siwo susɔ ɖe Yuda la nu.
But over the people who had remained in the land of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, had permitted, he appointed as ruler Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan.
23 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.
And when all the commanders of the military had heard this, they and the men who were with them, specifically, that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah, they went to Gedaliah at Mizpah: Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan, the son of Kareah, and Seraiah, the son of Tanhumeth, the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah, the son of a Maacathite, they and their companions.
24 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.”
And Gedaliah swore to them and to their companions, saying: “Do not be afraid to serve the Chaldeans. Remain in the land, and serve the king of Babylon, and it shall be well with you.”
25 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.
But it happened that, in the seventh month, Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of royal offspring, and ten men with him, went and struck Gedaliah, who then died, along with the Jews and the Chaldeans who were with him at Mizpah.
26 Ale Yudatɔwo katã, kesinɔtɔwo kple ame dahewo kple asrafomegãwo katã si yi Egipte elabena wonɔ vɔvɔ̃m na Babiloniatɔwo.
And all the people, from small to great, and the leaders of the military, rising up, went away to Egypt, fearing the Chaldeans.
27 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.
Truly, it happened that, in the thirty-seventh year of the transmigration of Jehoiachin, the king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, Evilmerodach, the king of Babylon, in the year when he had begun to reign, lifted up the head of Jehoiachin, the king of Judah, from prison.
28 Elé be na Fia Yehoyatsin wu fia bubu siwo wode gaxɔ me le Babilonia.
And he spoke kindly to him. And he set his throne above the throne of the kings who were with him at Babylon.
29 Womena Yehoyatsin do gaxɔmenɔlawo ƒe awuwo o eye wona wòɖua nu le fia ƒe kplɔ̃ ŋu le eƒe agbemeŋkekewo katã me.
And he changed his garments that he had worn in prison. And he ate bread before him always, during all the days of his life.
30 Fia la naa ga Yehoyatsin gbe sia gbe le eƒe agbemeŋkeke mamlɛawo me.
Also, he appointed to him an allowance without ceasing, which also was given to him by the king, for each day, during all the days of his life.
