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.
And it comes to pass, in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, on the tenth of the month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has come, he and all his force, against Jerusalem, and encamps against it, and builds a surrounding fortification against it.
2 Woɖe to ɖe du la va se ɖe fia Zedekia ƒe fiaɖuɖu ƒe ƒe wuiɖekɛlia me.
And the city enters into siege 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 of the month, when the famine is severe in the city, then there has not been 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 is broken up, and all the men of war [go] by night the way of the gate, between the two walls that [are] by the garden of the king, and the Chaldeans [are] against the city all around, and [the king] goes the way of the plain.
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 force of the Chaldeans pursue after the king, and overtake him in the plains of Jericho, and all his force have been scattered from him;
6 Wokplɔe yi Nebukadnezar gbɔe le Ribla, afi si wodrɔ̃ ʋɔnue le eye wobu fɔe.
and they seize the king, and bring him up to the king of Babylon, to Riblah, and they speak judgment with him.
7 Wowu Zedekia ƒe viwo le eya ŋutɔ ƒe ŋkume. Emegbe la, wogbã eya ŋutɔ ƒe ŋkuwo, de akɔblikɔsɔkɔsɔe eye wokplɔe yi Babilonia.
And they have slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and he has blinded the eyes of Zedekiah, and binds him with bronze chains, and they bring him 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.
And in the fifth month, on the seventh of the month (it [is] the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon), Nebuzaradan chief of the executioners, servant of the king of Babylon, has come to Jerusalem,
9 Etɔ dzo Yehowa ƒe gbedoxɔ, fiasã la kple aƒe siwo le Yerusalem. Vavã, etɔ dzo aƒe vevi ɖe sia ɖe.
and he burns the house of YHWH, and the house of the king, and all the houses of Jerusalem, indeed, he has burned every great house with fire;
10 Emegbe la, Babiloniatɔwo ƒe aʋakɔ blibo si le aʋafia la ƒe kpɔkplɔ te la gbã Yerusalem ƒe gliwo katã keŋkeŋ.
and all the forces of the Chaldeans, who [are] with the chief of the executioners, have broken 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.
And the rest of the people, those left in the city, and those falling who have fallen to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the multitude, Nebuzaradan chief of the executioners has removed;
12 Ke wogblẽ ame dahewo ɖi be woawɔ dɔ le waingblewo kple agble bubuwo dzi.
and of the poor of the land the chief of the executioners has left for vinedressers and for farmers.
13 Babiloniatɔwo gbã akɔblisɔti, akɔblizɔ kple woƒe anyinɔwo siwo le Yehowa ƒe gbedoxɔ me eye wolɔ akɔbliawo katã yi Babilonia.
And the pillars of bronze that [are] in the house of YHWH, and the bases, and the sea of bronze, that [is] in the house of YHWH, the Chaldeans have broken in pieces, and carry away their bronze 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.
And the pots, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the spoons, and all the vessels of bronze with which they minister, they have taken;
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 fire-pans, and the bowls that [are] wholly of silver, the chief of the executioners has taken.
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.
The two pillars, the one sea, and the bases that Solomon made for the house of YHWH, there was no weighing of the bronze of all these vessels;
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.
eighteen cubits [is] the height of the one pillar, and the capital on it [is] of bronze, and the height of the capital [is] three cubits, and the net and the pomegranates [are] on the capital all around—the whole [is] of bronze; and the second pillar has like these, with the net.
18 Babilonia ƒe aʋafia la ɖe aboyo Seraya, nunɔlagã la, eƒe kpeɖeŋutɔ, Zefania kple agbonudzɔla etɔ̃awo.
And the chief of the executioners takes Seraiah the head priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the threshold;
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 he has taken out of the city a certain eunuch who is appointed over the men of war, and five men of those seeing the king’s face who have been found in the city, and the head scribe of the host who musters the people of the land, and sixty men of the people of the land who are found in the city;
20 Ale aʋafia, Nebuzaradan kplɔ wo katã yi na Babilonia fia le Ribla.
and Nebuzaradan chief of the executioners takes them, and causes them to go to the king of Babylon, to Libnah,
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 strikes them, and puts them to death in Riblah, in the land of Hamath, and he removes Judah from off its 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.
And the people that are left in the land of Judah whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has left—he appoints Gedaliah son of Ahikam, son of Shaphan, over them.
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 all the heads of the forces hear—they and the men—that the king of Babylon has appointed Gedaliah, and they come to Gedaliah, to Mizpah, even Ishmael son of Nethaniah, and Johanan son of Kareah, and Seraiah son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah son of the Maachathite—they and their men;
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 swears to them and to their men, and says to them, “Do not be afraid of the servants of the Chaldeans, dwell in the land and serve the king of Babylon, and it is good for 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.
And it comes to pass, in the seventh month, Ishmael son of Nathaniah has come, son of Elishama of the seed of the kingdom, and ten men with him, and they strike Gedaliah, and he dies, and the Jews and the Chaldeans who have been with him in Mizpah.
26 Ale Yudatɔwo katã, kesinɔtɔwo kple ame dahewo kple asrafomegãwo katã si yi Egipte elabena wonɔ vɔvɔ̃m na Babiloniatɔwo.
And all the people rise, from small even to great, and the heads of the forces, and come to Egypt, for they have been afraid of the presence of 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.
And it comes to pass, in the thirty-seventh year of the expulsion of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-seventh of the month, Evil-Merodach king of Babylon has lifted up, in the year of his reigning, the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah, out of the house of restraint,
28 Elé be na Fia Yehoyatsin wu fia bubu siwo wode gaxɔ me le Babilonia.
and speaks good things with him and puts his throne above the throne of the kings who [are] with him in Babylon,
29 Womena Yehoyatsin do gaxɔmenɔlawo ƒe awuwo o eye wona wòɖua nu le fia ƒe kplɔ̃ ŋu le eƒe agbemeŋkekewo katã me.
and has changed the garments of his restraint, and he has eaten bread continually before him all [the] days of his life,
30 Fia la naa ga Yehoyatsin gbe sia gbe le eƒe agbemeŋkeke mamlɛawo me.
and his allowance—a continual allowance—has been given to him from the king, the matter of a day in its day, all [the] days of his life.
