2 Wa 24
1 Pandan reny Jojakim lan, Nèbikadneza, wa peyi Babilòn, anvayi peyi Jida. Pandan twazan Jojakim soumèt devan li. Apre sa, li konmanse kenbe tèt avè l'.
During his days, Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, ascended, and Jehoiakim became his servant for three years. And again he rebelled against him.
2 Lè sa a, Seyè a voye ansasen soti nan peyi Babilòn, nan peyi Siri, nan peyi Moab ak nan peyi Amon vin dèyè Jojakim. Li lage yo nan peyi Jida a pou yo fini avè l' dapre sa Seyè a te di nan bouch pwofèt yo, sèvitè l' yo.
And the Lord sent to him the robbers of the Chaldeans, and the robbers of Syria, and the robbers of Moab, and the robbers of the sons of Ammon. And he sent them into Judah, so that they might destroy it, in accord with the word of the Lord, which he had spoken through his servants, the prophets.
3 Sa te rive peyi Jida a paske Seyè a te vle wete pèp peyi Jida a devan je l' poutèt peche wa Manase te fè yo,
Then this occurred, by the word of the Lord against Judah, that he took him away from before himself because of all the sins of Manasseh which he did,
4 ak pou kantite moun inonsan li te touye jouk tout lari Jerizalèm te plen san. Seyè a pa t' vle padonnen ankò.
and because of the innocent blood which he shed, and because he filled Jerusalem with the slaughter of the innocent. And for this reason, the Lord was not willing to be appeased.
5 Tout rès istwa Jojakim lan, sa li te fè yo, n'a jwenn sa ekri nan liv Istwa wa peyi Jida yo.
But the rest of the words of Jehoiakim, and all that he did, have these not been written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of Judah? And Jehoiakim slept with his fathers.
6 Lè Jojakim mouri se Jojakin, pitit gason li a, ki moute wa nan plas li.
And Jehoiachin, his son, reigned in his place.
7 Wa peyi Lejip la pa janm soti kite peyi l' la ankò, paske wa peyi Babilòn lan te pran tout zòn ki te pou wa peyi Lejip la, depi larivyè Lefrat rive nan ravin Lejip.
And the king of Egypt no longer continued to go out from his own land. For the king of Babylon had taken all that had belonged to the king of Egypt, from the river of Egypt as far as the river Euphrates.
8 Jojakin te gen dizwitan lè li moute wa peyi Jida. Li gouvènen lavil Jerizalèm pandan twa mwa. Manman l' te rele Neouchta. Se te pitit fi Elnatan, moun lavil Jerizalèm.
Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he had begun to reign, and he reigned for three months in Jerusalem. The name of his mother was Nehushta, the daughter of Elnathan, from Jerusalem.
9 Li fè sa ki mal devan Seyè a tankou papa l'.
And he did evil before the Lord, in accord with all that his father had done.
10 Se sou reny li lame Nèbikadneza, wa peyi Babilòn lan, te mache sou lavil Jerizalèm. Yo sènen lavil la.
At that time, the servants of Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, ascended against Jerusalem. And the city was encircled with fortifications.
11 Pandan lame a te sènen lavil la, Nèbikadneza vin atake lavil la li menm menm.
And Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, went to the city, with his servants, so that he might fight against it.
12 Lè sa a, Jojakin, wa peyi Jida a, al rann tèt li bay wa Babilòn lan ansanm ak manman l', pitit gason l' yo, chèf lame l' yo ak chèf palè li yo. Wa a fè yo tout prizonye. Lè sa a, Nèbikadneza t'ap mache sou witan depi li te wa.
And Jehoiachin, the king of Judah, went out to the king of Babylon, he, and his mother, and his servants, and his leaders, and his eunuchs. And the king of Babylon received him, in the eighth year of his reign.
13 Li pran tout richès ki te nan Tanp Seyè a ak nan palè wa a. Li kraze tout bèl bagay an lò Salomon, wa pèp Izrayèl la, te fè pou sèvi nan Tanp Seyè a, jan Seyè a te fè konn sa depi lontan an.
And he took from there all the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the house of the king. And he cut up all the gold vessels which Solomon, the king of Israel, had made for the temple of the Lord, in accord with the word of the Lord.
14 Nèbikadneza depòte dènye moun ki te lavil Jerizalèm, tout chèf yo, tout grannèg yo, li depòte tout atizan yo ak tout bòs fòjon yo. Sa te fè dimil (10.000) moun antou. Se moun pòv yo ase li kite nan peyi Jida a.
And he carried away all of Jerusalem, and all the leaders, and all the strong men of the army, ten thousand, into captivity, with every artisan and craftsman. And no one was left behind, except the poor among the people of the land.
15 Nèbikadneza fè Jojakin prizonye ansanm ak manman l', madanm li yo, chèf nan gouvènman l' yo ak tout grannèg peyi Jida yo. Li depòte yo, li pran yo lavil Jerizalèm li mennen yo peyi Babilòn.
Also, he carried away Jehoiachin into Babylon, and the mother of the king, and the wives of the king, and his eunuchs. And he led into captivity the judges of the land, from Jerusalem to Babylon,
16 Wa peyi Babilòn lan te depòte antou sètmil (7.000) prizonye nan peyi Babilòn, ansanm ak mil atizan ak bòs fòjon san konte vanyan gason ki te ka fè lagè.
and all the robust men, seven thousand, and the artisans and craftsman, one thousand: all who were strong men and fit for war. And the king of Babylon led them away as captives, into Babylon.
17 Apre sa, Nèbikadneza pran Matanya, tonton wa Jojakin, li mete l' wa nan peyi Jida. Li chanje non l', li rele l' Sedesyas.
And he appointed Mattaniah, his uncle, in his place. And he imposed the name Zedekiah upon him.
18 Sedesyas te gen venteyennan lè li vin wa peyi Jida. Li pase onzan lavil Jerizalèm ap gouvènen peyi a. Manman l' te rele Amoutal. Se te pitit fi Jeremi, moun lavil Libna.
Zedekiah held twenty-one years of life when he had begun to reign. And he reigned for eleven years in Jerusalem. The name of his mother was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah, from Libnah.
19 Wa Sedesyas te fè sa ki mal devan Bondye menm jan ak Jojakin.
And he did evil before the Lord, in accord with all that Jehoiakim had done.
20 Se konsa, Seyè a te fache ni sou moun lavil Jerizalèm yo, ni sou moun peyi Jida yo jouk jou li wete yo devan je l'. Men, rive yon lè Sedesyas derefize soumèt devan Nèbikadneza, wa Babilòn lan.
For the Lord was angry against Jerusalem and against Judah, until he cast them away from his face. And so Zedekiah withdrew from the king of Babylon.
